I did? I have to see, I do not remmeber that =) edit: I rewatched the scene, I do not really remmeber. I do know some character designs, like the girl and her dude I remember. Also I remember L's desing. my friend who did wahtc it back in the day showed me stuff, I think. But it was a live action movie with cgi he showed me a picture of, he said it was really good for japan I think. Is there a movie? I have pinned you comment so people will not get confused. =)
I mean, there is a lot. I know of japanese live action movies, a japanese live action series and a netflix movie. The netflix movie is infamously bad and the japanese stuff, while decent for live action, still are downgrades with many changes to something where the devil is in the details. Some of the worst changes for me are attempts at making the characters closer to "normal" and "relatable" which fails their entire characterizations point.
19:10 "its a bit convenient..." Actually, the fact that his father is in the police, ties in REALLY well to what we already know about Light at this point! We know Light has a strong personal sense of justice, and has strong beliefs regarding how criminals should be treated! He is still quite young, so it only makes sense that these beliefs must have developed from SOMEWHERE close, right? With this reveal, we understand than his father also likely had a similarly strong sense of justice, which is why he joined the police force. His influence on Light's character has played its part in developing Light into the type of personality that would be doing what he is doing.
It's like L said about Light's reasoning being simple and childish. What I'm doing is right, therefore I'm Good. They're trying to stop me from doing right, which is wrong, and thus Evil. Therefore they are Evil, and I must destroy Evil, because I am Good. Simple reasoning, and yet utterly twisted.
I also think a big part of his mentality is something a lot of people fall victim to. Once he knew for sure that the Death Note was real he had already killed two people, he then had a choice in his mind, either accept that he had done something terrible and against the morals he had been brought up to believe and accept the guilt or abscond himself from the guilt by rationalizing his actions as just. People do this a lot, 'I had no choice', 'it's not my fault' etc. We soften the blow to protect our sense of self, the main problem for Light being he is very intelligent. Whilst unintelligent people can do this and not have it effect their entire world view that is hypocritical, if they had no choice they then could never judge anyone for the same actions in the same way. In order to not be wrong and immoral in his own mind for the first two killings Light perceives his actions as correct and therefore he must continue to do the same thing or admit he was wrong to begin with. It is incredibly well written as it is a folly that would probably only happen with a very intelligent but also naive individual, if he were older and more mature it would not have led him down this path and if he was less intelligent it also wouldn't.
@@MikimaruxI completely agree with what you said, specifically the whole “I had no choice” logic. Towards the end light does yell out “I had no other choice, the world had to be saved” so you were very spot on with that ✨👍✨ and I agree on how most people try to sugar coat their wrong doings and how they try really hard to justify their actions by passing it off as good intentions or by gas lighting another person or group of people in order to feel like they really have done no wrong and how they were “pushed” or “forced” into doing what they did. They do this for so long it basically goes from wanting to protect their sense of self to I truly believe everything I’m saying, thinking and doing
Regarding Japan's high conviction rate: one of the main reasons for that is that they only prosecute people for whom they have an overwhelming amount of evidence - only about 8% of cases are actually prosecuted.
Yeah. Looking at conviction rates alone is misleading. It's more like: (crime rate)x(percentage arrested)x(percentage charged)x(percentage convicted). If you have a low arrest rate and a low charge rate, a high conviction rate doesn't mean much.
This is a lie. Japan is notorious for its 'hostage justice' system where the accused is denied access to legal aid, denied bail, and coerced/forced into making confessions whether real or false. Most convictions don't make it to trial because most convictions are based on written confessions, not on the weight of the evidence. The police use the 99.9% conviction rate as a threat, telling suspects to even falsely confess to lesser crimes to avoid being taken to court on a more serious offense where they will be found guulty 99.9% of the time. Also the conditions for appealing a decision are such that most dont get a fair hearing. The whole thing is a charade between judges and prosecutors and law enforcement, who get to pat each other on the back for their great work in catching "criminals".
15:55 - my uneducated opinion is that you show the face of the criminal if the criminal is currently a danger to other people. but if they get arrested, just say they got arrested.
@@reapimuhs Pedantism is cringe, it's just an example, obviously there's other kinds of criminals. Edit: and With "kinds of criminals," I mean other kinds of dangerous criminals. I know, need to specify every detail to you.
Funny suggestion👀: for the Death Note Reactions, show your patrons at the start like always, but the background that has their names is a death Note 😂 That would be funny as hell
33:10 On Ryuk just enjoying the show - I like to see Ryuk as sort of an in-world extension of us, the audience. He often reacts the same as we would and clues into stuff at around the same time/pace as us.
That’s a very Interesting take. I would like to also add how ryuk never judges light about being right or wrong with anything he says or does. He has opinions on things here and there, but ultimately it’s not on ryuk to say what light is doing is right or wrong. Similar to how we have opinions on the show, but we can’t really say for sure what is right or wrong. Or what is justice. It really is a masterpiece done right
When I moved to Japan I discovered there was a vending machine right outside my building which stocked alcoholic drinks. I asked my Japanese friend if this meant there would be groups of teenagers hanging around at night drinking and causing trouble. She was very surprised by my question and replied, “Of course not. It says on the machine that you have to be 20 years old to buy alcohol.” [maybe 21 years old. I forget the law] My friend was being genuine. It just didn’t occur to her that a person might break the law knowingly. If they could see the age limit printed on the vending machine then there was no chance of them breaking the law by accident of ignorance. Of course, this doesn’t mean there is no crime in Japan, but it was definitely the most common attitude by far amongst the people I knew, and I have to say that in the 9 years I lived in that building I never was aware of a single underage person using the vending machine illegally and there were no groups of youths hanging about on the street.
what I heard from someone a long time ago was that with a justice system that works, it relieves the victim or the victim's family of the duty/responsibility to retaliate against the perpetrator. We would have alot of revenge killings if there wasn't any justice system in place.
I think it's hilarious that Ryuk got "creeped out" by the feeling that he's being watched, despite Ryuk being invisible to other humans. A stupid reason to give Light a hint, but a funny stupid reason.
In the manga Light actually fanagles him to helping during a later arc in the series. Look into it, it's a pretty interesting omittance from the animated series although it has no real impact on the flow of the story overall. The most interesting thing to note about it, is that during those events it confirms that Ryuk has quite a bit more agency in the human world than you would think from watching the anime alone. In the follow up stories "The Kira A files" and "The Kira C files" (Mighta got the name wrong.) it actually comes into play which is hella interesting, and they even address it directly because they wanted to be sure that the audience understood that in fact they did NOT screw up the continuity.
Ryuk is one of my favorite character ever. He's always consistent and to think that everything happens because he got bored and found the right human to entertain him makes the show even better.
when I was in latino america, we woked up in the morning to watch the news. It was around 10 a.m. and they showed a street were a boy (19 i think) was killed by a bus... this boy just had died like 30 minutes ago and they showed all his facebook page and even fotos and comments he made in it.... at this point most of his family wouldn't have know that he was deceased but this was on the news for the whole country to see...and I'm sure this is something that is shown on a daily basis. I was so angry that I cried....
*No spoilers:* About the timing of writing things in the book, as soon as you finish writing a valid name while thinking of that person's face, 40 seconds start counting down, and at the end of those 40 seconds, that person dies of heart attack. If you write the cause of death before those 40 seconds are up, you now have 6 min 40 sec (400 seconds) to continue writing any details of the death. After those 400 seconds pass, whatever is written will occur (if no details were specified, they will simply die of the specified cause as soon as time is up). However, since you can also specify the time of death, it is possible to specify a time of death sooner than 6 min and 40 seconds and have it happen, or up to 23 days later. It is also possible to strike out what you wrote and change it, as long as the strikeout and rewrite happens within the 400 second timeframe; however, you cannot strike out a name - there is no way to prevent death once a name is written, you can only change the circumstances of the death. And if you should ever mess up and end up writing something totally incoherent or otherwise nonsensical, the cause of death will default to heart attack after 400 seconds.
Reading your comment made me realize that 40 and 400 are multiples of 4, which is a number associated with death. I'm not sure about 23. I'm trying to find a meaning without doing mental gymnastics, maybe someone can enlighten me with this one.
@Kiwi-Araga I know 23 comes up weirdly often as a 'random number'. It may not be significant itself, or it could be playing of it in an Easter egg kinda way, just noting human biases. I don't think it has any more significant meaning like the 4's do though, it's not an unlucky number in Japan. On the other hand, the 13 day rule that comes in later feels like that was intentionally using a western unlucky number, so maybe 23 is unlucky somewhere else!
Hola m8. Great vid. As always fantastic commentary. I feel like his father being the chief is much more cause and effect than convenient. Light is shown to be much different than any other person who has ever claimed a deathnote. Ryuk said so himself. Smartest student in Japan, one of the highest in social totem pole (son of the police chief). Strong (and twisted) sense of justice and his extreme interest in crime and detective work (again, son of the police chief)... It is ALL of these aspects combined that seperate Light from any other person who claims a deathnote. In a screwed up way, It is THIS kind of person that can be convinced they should play god.
So many deep conversations and topics, and yet we haven't even reached the complicated parts of the series! Should make for an interesting experience, moving forward.
fyi seasonal anime is a fairly recent thing. Back when Death Note aired, shows just ran until they finished, either after adapting all the source material, after adapting a pre-planned amount of it, or after public interest in the show dropped to the point it was decided to end the show. You occasionally got sequel series 4-5 years later that adapted more of source material the initial show didn't fully adapt, but shows that were planned for the beginning to run over multiple seasons were not a thing. The Death Note anime started after the manga had already finished, so they just adapted the entire thing in full from start to finish as a single show.
15:51 - This year we had a few terrorist attacks, and photos of the attackers were posted online, which turned out to be the wrong people. I remember reading that one guy turned himself to the police, because he saw online that he's wanted and didn't know for what. Anyone who saw him would've understood that something's wrong, but still, imagine being called terrorist and see yourself everywhere, while you did nothing.
"Why do people love superhero movies? It's because everyone longs for help during difficult times. Essentially, all forms of entertainment that people enjoy reflect their desires. For instance, fantasy films are successful because people find their daily lives boring. Why does Light want to become a god? Because every day, Light witnesses injustice everywhere. He desires to change the world, even if it means resorting to morally questionable methods. But ultimately, he is only human, prone to making mistakes just like all of us."
Not quite. Both for the first part and also in the case of Light. And I am not going to discuss the first part. But when it comes to Light, even in the first episode, you can already see that he is a sociopath. An ordinary person might try the notebook, and find out it works, but most of us would not continue, no matter what injustice we might see, no matter how much we would like to change the world. Light is not ordinary. He is smart, top of his class, charismatic, good looking, narcisistic sociopath with god complex. And that's simply it. You can argue that his motives are pure, that he kills criminals to bring justice to the world, that he wants the best for humanity. But once he gets drunk enough by his newfound godly power over life and death, he shows his true face. He did not hesitate a second once his ego got hit by false L, even though he is just a mysterious Kira who nobody knows, when the false L bruises his ego, he wastes not a moment to write his name down and murder someone who is on his side, fighting for justice. He was no threat to him, they knew nothing about Kira at that point, he did not kill him out of fear or neccessity. He killed him simply because he challenged him. It was not a morally questionable choice, it was not means justify the end thing at that point. It was not morally gray, it was pure evil. And that point was showcased even more just seconds after, when he declared he is justice. This was a showcase of his true character. A boundary he step over so easily. If he can kill someone on his side of justice just on a whim, where is the line? When will he start killing innocent people who do not agree with his idea of justice? It was obvious that police would have to investigate this. He is smart, he surely knew it would happen eventually with what he was doing. And that's exactly it - he killed fake L because he challenged him, because he did not agree with his version of justice. He killed him for the crime of disagreeing with a god of justice. And as we all know, once you cross the line, there is no going back. Which again, we can see by him trying to kill L. Someone widely known for great work of justice and detective work, a menace against injustice. Someone he should defend, not kill. But alas, he has shown that he does not agree with his methods, and that's enough for Light to want to kill him. The line is crossed. And you can't say that it was a human mistake on his part, no, it was his nature. The error was that his nature got him outsmarted. He revealed so much by doing that, simply because of his bruised ego. The question now is, how much lower can the line go. Because he is over and above morally questionable methods. As he mentions in the video, how will he progress his crimes that deserve execution? During that first match between Light and fake L, he crossed a major line. He already executed someone for not agreeing with his methods. And that's enough for him to do it thousand upon thousands of times. And there is not much room to go even lower after that.
@@SoloKatOnly Never said he is not. He is just a sociopath with perfect blend of intelligence, cunning and charisma for the job he is aiming for. And he needs all of those traits to succeed for at least a while. But don't kid yourself, he is not doing all that just because of justice. He has shown that already. And with all of those traits that help him do the job also come deep flaws in his character. And that's absolutely human, because even someone as fit for the job as Light make mistakes. Which killing fake L absolutely was. And no, you might think that, but if people used the note, it would be either for very selfish reason, making it very easy to track them, or they would lack the dedication of Light and could not go any further. Just three episodes in and Light is already beyond reach of what an ordinary human could do. Yes, there is a potential to do great harm with the notebook right away that some people would go for, but that would be stupid and without any moral justification, not even close to Light. And still, that would be a very small number of people, most probably closely linked with sociopathy as well. It is one thing to think what you would do if you had the power. It's completely different when you actually have that power and have the ability to do the deed.
@@SoloKatOnly I don't think Light is common tbh. I think it says alot that he pretty much had the perfect life but he's bored. Light suffers from "black and white" and "all or nothing" thinking. His thinking means he can't understand that humans, including himself aren't always perfect. To Light there is only bad guys and good guys. Bad guys do bad things so society is rotten. He ignores the good being done because if bad still exist then good simply isn't good enough. He himself has top grades, is handsome, healthy, popular, well adjusted, and loved by his family. So he's not just good he's superior.
People forget the justice system is just as much there to convict criminals (though I prefer reformation whenever possible), as it is there to make sure people aren't wrongly convicted and have their rights stripped away without reason. Don't forget we all only have as many rights as the "least" of us do, because the justice system doesn't always get it right. I had the opposite, I had almost crippling doubt in general, and still do to an extent, but I'm improving day by day step by step.
LOL at being hung up on how he hacked their database. "Did he brute force it?" lol I always assumed since he's Light, and super smart he did some fancy SQL injection or found a backdoor or something. TBF hacking websites back in the day was pretty easy up until like idk, 2015, 2016? I remember being like 13 years old and showing off defaces of websites and thinking I was so cool lol. I think sometimes it was easy as doing a google dork and some script kiddy copy paste then boom, htaccess, upload a fancy deface, redirect to that. Now in days security is way tighter lol.
06:00 - reminds me of Dostoevsky's Crime and Punishment; Raskolnikov in the novel also has similar ideas of 'normal people follow societal rules and great people break them' and ends up planning an elaborate murder. comparing crime and punishment to death note is funny because the protagonists go crazy in both series. Raskolnikov does so because his morality catches up to him, and Light does so because his morality could not.
34:30 Since Light said here that "I should only look like a REGULAR high-school student", and mentioned the amount of investigators, I don't think he expects the police to have given up on the student theory, but rather that at this point they should have been unable to find anything that makes him seem different from other students.
5:45 - It's not only about the justice system, but also about the law, and as we can see in real life, some people, who deserve a punishment, are above the law, so they can do whatever they want and not be prosecuted.
In general, the percentage of people being wrongfully convicted is around 5% (in average, in first world countries). Assuming Kira only goes for people that have clear evidence against them, you could lower that number to around 1-2%~. If you consider that to be a sacrifice worth making, then Kira's actions make sense. Also, one could also take into consideration the effects of a reduced crime rate.
There is no worthy sacrifices, it's just an excuse to pretend that spreading violence is necessary, there is no benefit from killing already captured criminals, it literally changes nothing
@@majinfreecell yes but it's an anime, also one of the big things that changed to is cults praising kira which obviously do crimes in their own rights within the closed walls. When we think about from a real world standpoint what criminal would be affraid of kira? One that wouldn't have opportunity to cover themselves or commit crime successfully. There is a lot of stupid people in the world that kill in broad daylight under cameras and then say in interegations things like "i thought murder is not a crime on fridays" there were real life case of bank robbery in which two criminals convinced themselves that camera lenses can't detect objects covered in lemon juice and robbed the bank without masks covering faces in lemon juice. A lot of criminals would still commit crimes because they would be too stupid to be affraid of kira, there is also natural desire to defy kira, a lot of people would commit crimes to prove to themselves that they are better than god. There would be cults that would kill in name of kira because of something like "we helping god by cleansing world of lesser criminals" there one hundred percent would be discourse if kira considers abortion to be a crime or homosexuality leading to violence at the smallest of a reasons to assume he does. I cannot believe that crime would plummet so much that all of the crimes that will occur because of kira will also be a worthy sacrifice
@@majinfreecell not to talk about criminals he can't kill, organized crime will not disappear because they have money to cover themselves, fake identities, plastic surgeries, paying not to show faces in news broadcasts. Kira is absolutely powerless against measures that yakuzas and mafias can afford
@5:50 exactly!! All light has done so far is mostly kill people whom the justice system is already punishing. Should they not have been allowed to complete their sentences? Taking into account the amount of names he’s written down along with the amount of days he’s had the death note. I highly doubt he researched each individual case in order to determine if his actions would be justified under his own set of standards(which doesn’t mean much considering he was willing to kill someone whom he thought was a detective aka L’s stand in during the video confrontation)
I think that Light isn't naive enough to believe that he can achieve a "perfect" world with no crimes of any level. He only ever mentions a "new" world where people "move in the right direction", not arrive at the perfect destination.
Yeah, he isn't. Bunch of mf just salty bout evil 😂 a lot of mf in the real world will be more evil than Light if they got the note. Hell, many of them will do it for shits and giggles.
The devil is in the details, it's all about information, gathering it, interpreting it, using it, manipulating it, etc. Cold hard data is a huge part of the show that should be the worst for an entertainment purpose, yet it manages to make it work wiith its presentation which i find fascinating.
40 seconds, 6m40s = 400 s 4 is the number of death in Japanese society. All the different times mentioned in Death Note tend to be multiples of 40 or 400 in seconds, almost as if Shinigami use a death-based system of keeping time.
This thing about seeing people's lifespan in the person's head reminded me of a clip from a famous American band but I don't know if the clip came before or after the anime...
Deathnote is the best anime writing that’s ever been produced. It’s also one of the best mystery stories every produced. Or maybe it’s a reverse mystery? I can’t wait til you get to the later episodes.
it should absolutely be illigal to post images of suspects unless it's for the purpose to find ones that went into hiding. for both reasons. to not make them famous (which could inspire others) and to prevent ruining lives of falsely accused and even falsely sentenced people.
On the topic of showing the faces of criminals, here in Chile, it is common to show the faces of criminals, which is generally used more as a way to generate infamy for the person, since in many cases, they are criminals who receive ridiculously low sentences or are directly released. This way, people can be cautious if they recognize such an individual, and in other cases, people themselves try to seek social justice.
@@YellowBunny Oh thank you! I remember that since I was like 3 or 4 years old! I learn how to read it only in my 30s, when I attended a Japanese language class! :)
One of the ways the authorities might find the Death Note is if Light carries it with him in public. The Japanese police have a stop-and-frisk policy and, while they're more polite about it than in other countries, refusing to cooperate will likely get you taken down and carted off to jail in a heartbeat. That goes double if you do something dumb like mouth off to the officers or try to threaten them. So yeah, be on your best behavior if you plan to visit Japan.
20:25 It will be better explained later, but Ryuk can't really leave or talk to anyone else. He already said that Light can see and hear him because of the connection through the Death Note, so anyone that hasn't touched it can't see or hear him
It's more about investigation systems than about court systems. For example in my country the court doesn't get involved until after investigation has concluded. So only bullet proof cases get to the court to be judged. In US court starts as soon as the case is opened, so naturally every case gets to be judged before the person is released. That's why some countries have higher rates in this regard. If we were to only count similar cases than the percentage will become roughly the same for most countries
I always assumed people wanted faces and names in the media so they knew who to look out for if they’re ever released, whether that being out of a fear they have to keep themselves safe or some desire of people to enact further punishment, or others may simply want to make an arbitrary classification of the person they see.
Justice is supposed to be blind. I get your thinking but, you're assuming the perpatrator is the one on trial. It's ironic, given your questioning of Japan's 99.9% conviction rate. Justice should be blind.
When talking about Kira (Light Yagami) vs L, people mostly neglect the fact that L's conditions to "win" are way more difficult than Kiras. Of course finding out ones identity is already hard but thats actually all Kira needs to accomplish. For L however it isn't. L doesn't only have to find out who Kira is, but also how he kills people and has to catch him redhanded on top of this. So in all honesty, I think L has already proven to be smarter than Light is. It's only that his task if you will is way more challenging than simply finding out who he is.
34:31 Light deliberately let L know that he can manipulate time of death, so the "high school student" theory is no longer valid. He could be anyone pretending to be a student.
I still stand by that it makes it even more likely to conclude he is one. Why would he change the pattern exactly as they suspect it to be a studnet? Only reason is "oh shit, they are on to it". even "Haha, I made you believe that, but now I change it" is really far reaching, especially as they know hestill experiments and thus still has not found all tricks with 2whatever he is using" =D
@@storieswithstyle What he was doing was sowing doubts about whether he was a student that changed his pattern after the police suspected he was, or if he was pretending to be a student that changed his pattern after the police suspected he was. Both options mean that he knows what the police are talking about, though, and as L said, his main goal was to let them know that they had no secrets from him. That's what made it so up in the air. If he deliberately changed his pattern to mock their conclusion, it's not illogical to conclude that the initial pattern was only a pattern for the purpose of making the police think there WAS a pattern.
Hello, I would like to point out that I love the way you react and that I am always curious about your view on certain situations or the behavior of certain characters. Normally I don't comment much and am more of a quiet observer. I just wanted to let you know that I celebrate your content and hope that you continue with it for a long time ❤ Thank You 😀
Мне очень нравится ваша реакция. ❤ Считаю, что в реальной жизни снижение преступности было бы краткосрочным - да, это новый неизвестный и мистический фактор, уничтожающий преступников, но к новизне привыкают, в мистику не все верят, и даже там, где преступников казнят, преступления не исчезают. Кто-то совершает преступление в состоянии аффекта, кто-то по неосторожности, кто-то уверен, что его-то точно не поймают. И когда публике станет известно об убийстве, которое Кира не наказал, или о ком-то, кого он казнил по ошибке - вера в его всемогущество и праведность должна пошатнуться. Почему этого не произошло с его явной ошибочным убийством в прямом эфире 🤷♀️
Да, согласен, я думаю, что то, о чём вы говорите, ещё не происходит, потому что это слишком "свежее", и люди его восхваляют, особо не задумываясь обо всём этом... =)
I'm new to the channel, started with death note. But I'm also watching attack on titan and love the way you react to the content. It feels like you actually absorb it and add to the conversation. And based on the way you seem to enjoy the way these shows explore concepts related to morality and the intrigue behind reasoning of characters actions and analysis, and also as a scientist. I have to Recommend Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood it is consistently ranked as one of the best anime of all time and explores a wide variety of themes including the ways science and religion can collide, morality surrounding good and evil and right and wrong and redemption, loss and moving on the suffering and hardships caused by war. And that's just the tip of the iceberg. It's truly a rite of passage in my opinion even if you don't react in UA-cam it's truly worth a watch
The rationale that Kira was a student was in complete logic. The same facts would also lead to people with certain shift work and especially people with part-time jobs in Japan. If Light were really smart, he would have shifted the execution schedule within that type of pattern of say a changing shift work or temporary schedule. It was a very big mistake by Light and L.
I believe there are two seasons but I don't recall if they're officially split. There is also a musical album, I think you'd enjoy his father's song, though "Where Is the Justice" is light's song before he gets the notebook as well. ua-cam.com/video/DhkrEoWUUbk/v-deo.htmlsi=02hR1WWrpBlKKbQX
On the debate on showing criminals' faces and names, and centering coverage on them, I agree that it can lead to dangerous consequences and copycats seeking to achieve similar levels of infamy. I would much prefer for coverage to center on the victims, especially those who are no longer able to speak out on their own behalf, as it centers the narrative on the loss, rather than the violence. We only have to look at how certain serial killers have entered the zeitgeist with multiple recent documentaries and retellings that are centered on their perspective to understand how twisted society's fascination with crime really is. It's horrifying to me that I know the names and faces of such monsters as Bundy and Dahmer so easily and ubiquitously, but would be hard-pressed to name or recognize the faces and names of their victims. I like what you said about stating all the facts, how it's important here and in science. If you ignore the facts that are "inconvenient " or "uncomfortable", you're denying yourself the full picture, and when you're trying to reach the truth or at least a better understanding of the world, denying yourself the ability to take everything into account is detrimental. In this case Matsuda pointing out the change in criminal habits speaks to the public awareness of the Kira situation, how people and society are changing and adapting. Being aware of it means they'll be able to adjust and adapt in their investigation, not only in the Kira case but in other cases as well.
Deterrance has never worked in crime reduction. Death penalty has been a thing in most societies and yet people continued to do horrid crimes. As death penalty has been removed, there was no observed rise in criminality, which shows that deterrance and penalties do not prevent crime.
21:00 If both computers are in his local network, getting inside someone 's computer is not really hard, plus you'll not leave any trace because it's your own network wich is protected from the outside not the inside. I may be wrong in the details, that's only what I learned to do for security purpose.
What always amazed me that Kira started to kill regular criminals i stead of dictators and tyrants, war mongrels etc. If it was just teenage maximalism and sense of justice, i know I'd go for those people first and gradually not to raise suspicion and not to put world into frenzy. Bit he went for regular killers and convicts, seems to me he was initially morally on the side on tyranny even if subconsciously
I think on principle it's good to not reveal suspect's identities. It prevents people from committing crimes for the notoriety, and it prevents innocent people from being slandered by baseless accusations. However, I've heard that Western Europe currently has political turmoil over the growing belief that policing and conviction is not being fairly applied. Allowing the law to operate without transparency only works if people trust the law, so I think Western Europe needs to be more transparent for a while to regain public trust and destroy stereotypes.
Something quick I just remembered!. I was reading last week about the problems/difficulty of writing an "inteligent" character. Light is brilliantly done. The biggest problem is to make their moves "smart" but that means a lot. First the writer needs to be "smart" or understand what "intelligence" is (in base the set of skills to addapt yourself to the circunstances divided into several fields, is a primal skill humans have so well developed). Adding to that base it's very common to see how smart characters are able to know everything or see the future or even modify a ton of random circunstances into their benefit. That's wrong. Light seems so well written and natural because he's not just smart. He's smart and able to get almost every tool the narrative brings him to use but he fails into the emotional and lets his rage take some really bad choices plus he barely never (or at least yet) regrets nor accepts his failures. Because he's a teenager and that's what teens do. The key to make a smart character is in the end the same to make Superman. X ammount of power requires a balanced weakness that allows the character feel real. And Light is perfect into it. L is a little more messy if we talk about it but I would say not so much even his choices feel risky or senseless sometimes that's part of his character and weakness as the pride and unexperience is part of Light's.
I can see the reasons why it's debatable to publish crime information, but there is one recent trend I don't understand. They sometimes blur the faces on camera footage that shows wrongdoing in progress, like why, no chance you got the wrong guy there.
I heard that in Japan you don't need a unanimous vote to convict someone just a majority, which is a bit worrying as I've seen a video talking about death penalties being handed out based on a 5 out of 9 judge panel
Why do you suppose that in Japan they have a jury, of a judge panel? For what I've seen on tv, they have 3 judges for a penal trial, same as in Italy. In Italy we have like 11 "popular judges" and 2 professional judge; in Japan, for what I've seen, they have 3 professional judges. That would made a 2 out of 3 sufficient to be convicted to death, or to life prison.
Regarding L's conclusion "he might be trying to become a God" seems like a massive leap in logic, but "kami" in Japanese is a bit more loosely used in their vocabulary, since they have a lot of Shinto-buddhist practices that dictate that gods can live in everything and are particularly active around shrines, so in this context, the best way to contextualize L's meaning is more like "Kira might be playing at being the Grim Reaper". He's toying with peoples lives in a Judge, Jury and Executioner sense, seeing himself above the law and having a very "pure" view of good and evil, black & white, no time for nuance.
I think one mistake in your logic is assuming Light's definition of crimes will gradually grow stricter. As it stands (based on everything you've seen so far) we have no confirmation of his perspective on what crimes constitute death either before or after receiving the death note, nor are we given much if any information of the crimes and circumstances of the people he murders. Therefore we have no indication of a change occurring, so your assumption that there will be one is little more than the slippery slope fallacy.
"Becoming a god" is a foreign concept for westerners, but has always been a common theme in far-eastern literature. This reflects our differences in religious traditions. Japan is less than 1% Christian. The general population does have a positive impression of Christianity, and they like to use its themes and imagery, but it tends to be in a polytheistic context.
I am unsure, I think it is the same but different :D closing in on divinity in some way is there in all religions I believe :) I like the eastern way a bit more though, I think, makes for better stories:)
The word "god" doesn't even hold the same meaning for Japanese people. It's more of a spirit, though not a spirit😅 Spirits are different. It's so hard to explain... and probably why people decided to have god=神(kami). Part of the reason Christianity didn't really take off in Japan, I think. We already have 8 million gods (literal translation of 八百万の神) and bunch of Buddhist characters. Why add another, special one? Kind of thing. We do weddings Shinto style, celebrate Christmas as a holy night and hold Buddhist funerals. It's just not that big of a deal. You even hear people being praised as gods for their skill. Not godlike, mind you. Straight up a god. There's no divinity involved.
We studied social engineering in my computer science class, I don’t think you can write it off as “not hacking”. Using the weakest point in the system, the human, is a genius technique.
I like this theory I found... I have a theory of my own, if you’d like to hear it. If you look at the characters life spans you’ll notice it’s mostly made up of multiple 1-digit numbers and then a single 2-digit number. The number of numbers also differs like Light has 5 numbers in his lifespan and Misa has 6. So I think what you do is Add all the single digit numbers, multiply it by the 2-digit number, then divide by the amount of numbers in total so like this, ((1+5+4+2+6)*30)/6 = 90 For Misa ((9+3+8+9)*8)/5 = 46.5 For Light ((5 + 0 + 2 + 9)*20)/5 = 64 for Mello ((7 + 5 + 2 + 3 + 1 + 2)*36)/7 = 102 for L
Although if this is true best case scenario is he started this series with the 137 years to live... There will be other maths involved throughout the series that will tell you assuming you do the math how long of a life he actually had at the start of the series
Its to show to the public that this person is a danger and so when they escape from prison they are apprehended more easily as people would know that they are bad and wont be tricked by them
gonna point out that the human frontal lobe isn't fully developed until age 25ish, on average. and for men, you hit puberty around age 14, which means an uptick in a bunch of hormones and changes in the body both physically and chemically, including the steady development of that region of the brain. so it makes sense that Light is very childish/immature in his responses and you're right to point out L's accuracy in that reading.
Yeah, one of the reasons why math is asinine to be taught before 14 as it is also connected to abstractions. I love that the author captures that with L, really realistic writing :)
Battery is physical contact yes. Assault is physical contact or causing someone to reasonably fear it is imminent. Battery is the more serious crime. Often you'll be charged with assault if there was only the threat, or if the physical contact is not so severe, or if you cooperate and plead guilty. You may also be charged with both assault and battery for the different elements (Double jeopardy prevents the same element). So if you say "I'm going to hit you with this hammer" and then do it, you have done both assault and battery for the threat and the hitting, but not the hitting twice. Because assault also includes "The fear of imminent violence" and is wrapped up with physical contact, it makes it easy enough to convict people for minor physical contact. "Not only did X shove Y, but it is reasonable to fear this could have escalated, thus we have proved assault two ways.". Whether physical contact is assault or battery is largely arbitrary, but often comes down to "We know it when we see it". Charging someone for battery because they keep patting your head despite you telling them to stop would get the court to roll their eyes at the prosecutor and the jury wouldn't buy it. For assault though, they'd go for that. Assault can also include offensive contact, which battery can't. (Knowingly feeding pork to someone whose religion forbids it, for example).
This is one of the biggest fallacies I have seen many people think about. This gentleman here classifies "rape" and "robbery" as something that, despite the horrors, he can kinda get behind with Light for killing the perpetrators. Likewise, if hypothetically, Light kills only rapists and robbers, would his 400+ kill count be justified? If the answer is no, then that should answer your queries. Anything abstract is subjective. I'd rather have a benevolent dictator who kills truly evil people, but only after every research is done than have whatever our justice system is. Even this version of dictatorship aka Kira is better than the current justice system. But even a benevolent dictator may go bad anytime, so I can understand the dilemma there. Bro was trying to think what could be worse than robbery and rape. I can give you multiple reasons for why robbery can be justified. Does every thief do what they do for pleasure, or is it possible that they might also have a family they have to support and stealing was the only option he found? Physics expert you may be, whatever opinion you have might apply to you, but never try to believe that your opinion is right. Because then, you'd not be that different from Kira. Kira had an opinion, a perspective, and he tried to enforce it onto the world. Now, that's subjectively evil. Kira gets objectively evil in later episodes, but to a point, I wholeheartedly agree with him.
When I first watched this anime, I was about 13-15 years old, and I thought: "Oh, how intelligent everyone is" but as I rewatched it as I grew older, I realized that L didn't really deduce much, he just guessed, and Light was incredibly lucky, he had serious plot armor. Still, it's a very interesting anime to watch, especially for the first time.
@@osmaniesquijarosa4308 Sorry for the following bible LOL I didn't say otherwise, just that when I was younger, what impressed me about the story was how intelligent they were. As I've gotten older, not so much. You can appreciate other things that are interesting but not as convenient, like the epic music, the shots, the references, the philosophical debates. They're intelligent, but not as much as I thought when I was young. They're really more lucky than anything else. I think L, above all, is much more intelligent than any other character, but many of his arguments aren't that solid. Even in this episode you can see it when he "guesses" that he's a student, as our reactor says, he could also be a teacher, in fact there could be many reasons, and I can understand that maybe to summarize the process to adapt it to an anime they reduce it to guesses rather than ruling out several possibilities. - SPOILER ALERT - After L, if they keep going off on tangents and getting lucky, the series ends when one of the characters runs out of luck or the other character ends up being luckier."
I really like a reaction with a great analysis, thanks for that. By the way, I recommend you react to "Monster", it's an amazing anime. I'd love to hear your opinion about the antagonist.
Should criminals faces be shown to the public? Good question. I think it really depends on a lot of factors. Very recently in the UK, there was a incident where a man stabbed and killed multiple little girls at a dance party. I think 2 adults died too. The man's identity wasn't immediately revealed because he was underage. I guess there's a law about protecting young people's privacy even if they're criminals. Well, needless to say, it caused massive rioting. People were appalled and outraged by the event (rightfully so) and then someone leaked a fake name. A name that sounded like it belonged to a Pakistani Muslim. Probably to stir up anger among racists. Mosques were attacked. Innocents Muslims were harassed and attacked and the riots got out of hand. The name and face of the actual killer was finally released. Turns out it was a Welsh lad who's parents were from somewhere in Africa, I can't remember where exactly. All the riots, and for what? I understand people in the community where it happened were angry. Little kids were killed. But attacking a whole group of people who had nothing to do with it all because a fake name was released... I haven't kept up to date it with recently so I don't know the details. I can't remember if the police released the actual guys identity because he came of age or just to stop the riots. And I don't know what happened afterwards. I don't know if this even adds anything to the debate, I just wanted to share these events with you
Reverse discrimination occurs in many developed countries. Just like discrimination, it's also wrong.The riots were probably an expression of that dissatisfaction. It's the wrong way to do it, but I understand how they feel. (Google translate)
It absolutely adds something. If a criminal's identity is released to the public, it at the very least stops vigilante detectives from enacting "justice" on whatever innocent person they determine is guilty, which is exactly what happened at that time.
While I understand and somewhat agree about the showing of culprits' faces. I think a good reason to show it is to prevent civilians from accusing innocent people. If you don't show the face then someone on social media can just create a rumor and accuse an innocent person and ruin their lives. Coming from a trusted source like the news or police prevents that from happening.
I mean, I'd only want to know for safety. If the police know what a killer on the run looks like, I want to know, too, so I'm not unknowingly having coffee with them. But if they're in prison with little to no chance of escape, I don't really need to know. Although if he also serves his sentence and is released, I have no guarantee myself that he changed either. So long as the criminal themself is not a current threat to me, there's no reason for me to know. Also, you didn't exactly miss anything, but it is explained later. Other viewers, if I did that wrong pls quickly correct me, im bad at not spoiling. That's not a spoiler, right? 22:09 as i understand that after several rewatches, you have 40 seconds after righting a name to write the cause of death. Once you write that the clock starts whether you need to pause or add anything . There's a rule that's not really important about spelling, so I assume from that it's locked in no matter what you write. What i never understood is why he never used a pencil, though. Because the death would probably still happen, but you could erase it.
Is this a reupload or upload from somewhere else? You mentioned death note characters in Attack on Titan 1x17 which was quite a few months ago.
I did? I have to see, I do not remmeber that =) edit: I rewatched the scene, I do not really remmeber. I do know some character designs, like the girl and her dude I remember. Also I remember L's desing. my friend who did wahtc it back in the day showed me stuff, I think. But it was a live action movie with cgi he showed me a picture of, he said it was really good for japan I think. Is there a movie? I have pinned you comment so people will not get confused. =)
@@storieswithstyle Yes, I think there are two live action movies
I mean, there is a lot. I know of japanese live action movies, a japanese live action series and a netflix movie. The netflix movie is infamously bad and the japanese stuff, while decent for live action, still are downgrades with many changes to something where the devil is in the details. Some of the worst changes for me are attempts at making the characters closer to "normal" and "relatable" which fails their entire characterizations point.
@@storieswithstyle There're lots of japanese live action adaptation of Death Note, and one by Netflix (which should not exist)
@@lukasal91 Thanks for clarifying! I wasnt sure and too lazy to google xD
19:10 "its a bit convenient..." Actually, the fact that his father is in the police, ties in REALLY well to what we already know about Light at this point!
We know Light has a strong personal sense of justice, and has strong beliefs regarding how criminals should be treated! He is still quite young, so it only makes sense that these beliefs must have developed from SOMEWHERE close, right?
With this reveal, we understand than his father also likely had a similarly strong sense of justice, which is why he joined the police force. His influence on Light's character has played its part in developing Light into the type of personality that would be doing what he is doing.
It's like L said about Light's reasoning being simple and childish.
What I'm doing is right, therefore I'm Good. They're trying to stop me from doing right, which is wrong, and thus Evil. Therefore they are Evil, and I must destroy Evil, because I am Good.
Simple reasoning, and yet utterly twisted.
I also think a big part of his mentality is something a lot of people fall victim to. Once he knew for sure that the Death Note was real he had already killed two people, he then had a choice in his mind, either accept that he had done something terrible and against the morals he had been brought up to believe and accept the guilt or abscond himself from the guilt by rationalizing his actions as just. People do this a lot, 'I had no choice', 'it's not my fault' etc. We soften the blow to protect our sense of self, the main problem for Light being he is very intelligent. Whilst unintelligent people can do this and not have it effect their entire world view that is hypocritical, if they had no choice they then could never judge anyone for the same actions in the same way. In order to not be wrong and immoral in his own mind for the first two killings Light perceives his actions as correct and therefore he must continue to do the same thing or admit he was wrong to begin with. It is incredibly well written as it is a folly that would probably only happen with a very intelligent but also naive individual, if he were older and more mature it would not have led him down this path and if he was less intelligent it also wouldn't.
@@Mikimaruxl agree with you here he amzing villain too tho thanks for his my friend❤
Yeah, it is so simplistic, but I love it :D
@@MikimaruxI completely agree with what you said, specifically the whole “I had no choice” logic. Towards the end light does yell out “I had no other choice, the world had to be saved” so you were very spot on with that ✨👍✨ and I agree on how most people try to sugar coat their wrong doings and how they try really hard to justify their actions by passing it off as good intentions or by gas lighting another person or group of people in order to feel like they really have done no wrong and how they were “pushed” or “forced” into doing what they did. They do this for so long it basically goes from wanting to protect their sense of self to I truly believe everything I’m saying, thinking and doing
Regarding Japan's high conviction rate: one of the main reasons for that is that they only prosecute people for whom they have an overwhelming amount of evidence - only about 8% of cases are actually prosecuted.
Yeah. Looking at conviction rates alone is misleading. It's more like: (crime rate)x(percentage arrested)x(percentage charged)x(percentage convicted). If you have a low arrest rate and a low charge rate, a high conviction rate doesn't mean much.
This is a lie. Japan is notorious for its 'hostage justice' system where the accused is denied access to legal aid, denied bail, and coerced/forced into making confessions whether real or false.
Most convictions don't make it to trial because most convictions are based on written confessions, not on the weight of the evidence. The police use the 99.9% conviction rate as a threat, telling suspects to even falsely confess to lesser crimes to avoid being taken to court on a more serious offense where they will be found guulty 99.9% of the time.
Also the conditions for appealing a decision are such that most dont get a fair hearing.
The whole thing is a charade between judges and prosecutors and law enforcement, who get to pat each other on the back for their great work in catching "criminals".
@@JohnYoo39 that is also true, however that does bit exclude the data that they prosecute very few cases compared to the number of arrested criminals.
Looking forward to this. :) You have a very analytical mind that is perfect for being part of L's detective team.
I would have loved to be ion the team if I knew my name was not written down xD
Death Note takes place in 2006.
(just for reference in terms of internet and other time related things)
In manga it even sooner, 2003
I see, that makes sense. I think a friend of mine watched it in 2009 or so :D
15:55 - my uneducated opinion is that you show the face of the criminal if the criminal is currently a danger to other people.
but if they get arrested, just say they got arrested.
So, a no-lose situation? serial killer is either found by police or Kira'd
@@uneterostardust8233 serial killers aren't the only criminals who can be a danger to other people.
@@reapimuhs Pedantism is cringe, it's just an example, obviously there's other kinds of criminals.
Edit: and With "kinds of criminals," I mean other kinds of dangerous criminals. I know, need to specify every detail to you.
@@reapimuhs Yeah, slice-of-life killers are also dangerous.
@@diablo.the.cheaterl agree with you here my friend ❤
Funny suggestion👀: for the Death Note Reactions, show your patrons at the start like always, but the background that has their names is a death Note 😂
That would be funny as hell
33:10 On Ryuk just enjoying the show - I like to see Ryuk as sort of an in-world extension of us, the audience. He often reacts the same as we would and clues into stuff at around the same time/pace as us.
That’s a very Interesting take. I would like to also add how ryuk never judges light about being right or wrong with anything he says or does. He has opinions on things here and there, but ultimately it’s not on ryuk to say what light is doing is right or wrong. Similar to how we have opinions on the show, but we can’t really say for sure what is right or wrong. Or what is justice. It really is a masterpiece done right
Man is arrested for battery.
Face is shown.
People see it and tell the police, "Hey, that guy attacked me too!"
When I moved to Japan I discovered there was a vending machine right outside my building which stocked alcoholic drinks. I asked my Japanese friend if this meant there would be groups of teenagers hanging around at night drinking and causing trouble. She was very surprised by my question and replied, “Of course not. It says on the machine that you have to be 20 years old to buy alcohol.” [maybe 21 years old. I forget the law]
My friend was being genuine. It just didn’t occur to her that a person might break the law knowingly. If they could see the age limit printed on the vending machine then there was no chance of them breaking the law by accident of ignorance. Of course, this doesn’t mean there is no crime in Japan, but it was definitely the most common attitude by far amongst the people I knew, and I have to say that in the 9 years I lived in that building I never was aware of a single underage person using the vending machine illegally and there were no groups of youths hanging about on the street.
I kinda think that is really cool. Would love to have that in Germany as well =(
So, in Death Note, the men who were trying to grape that woman in front of a convinient store in Kanto is super unrealistic?
what I heard from someone a long time ago was that with a justice system that works, it relieves the victim or the victim's family of the duty/responsibility to retaliate against the perpetrator. We would have alot of revenge killings if there wasn't any justice system in place.
I agree with you here my friend have nice day ❤️
Hell yeah! Excited for this one. Thanks for the reaction
I think it's hilarious that Ryuk got "creeped out" by the feeling that he's being watched, despite Ryuk being invisible to other humans. A stupid reason to give Light a hint, but a funny stupid reason.
Since when are emotions based in rationality?
What I love about Ryuk is he's always a neutral observer throughout the series. He stays true to himself.
In the manga Light actually fanagles him to helping during a later arc in the series. Look into it, it's a pretty interesting omittance from the animated series although it has no real impact on the flow of the story overall.
The most interesting thing to note about it, is that during those events it confirms that Ryuk has quite a bit more agency in the human world than you would think from watching the anime alone. In the follow up stories "The Kira A files" and "The Kira C files" (Mighta got the name wrong.) it actually comes into play which is hella interesting, and they even address it directly because they wanted to be sure that the audience understood that in fact they did NOT screw up the continuity.
Ryuk is one of my favorite character ever. He's always consistent and to think that everything happens because he got bored and found the right human to entertain him makes the show even better.
Maybe just shut up and quit spoiling things
I agree with you here him and light are my favorite here❤@@Kiwi-Araga
Ryuk is the audience self insert character
when I was in latino america, we woked up in the morning to watch the news. It was around 10 a.m. and they showed a street were a boy (19 i think) was killed by a bus... this boy just had died like 30 minutes ago and they showed all his facebook page and even fotos and comments he made in it.... at this point most of his family wouldn't have know that he was deceased but this was on the news for the whole country to see...and I'm sure this is something that is shown on a daily basis. I was so angry that I cried....
That fd up. Such breach, all for just a news highlight.
*No spoilers:* About the timing of writing things in the book, as soon as you finish writing a valid name while thinking of that person's face, 40 seconds start counting down, and at the end of those 40 seconds, that person dies of heart attack. If you write the cause of death before those 40 seconds are up, you now have 6 min 40 sec (400 seconds) to continue writing any details of the death. After those 400 seconds pass, whatever is written will occur (if no details were specified, they will simply die of the specified cause as soon as time is up). However, since you can also specify the time of death, it is possible to specify a time of death sooner than 6 min and 40 seconds and have it happen, or up to 23 days later. It is also possible to strike out what you wrote and change it, as long as the strikeout and rewrite happens within the 400 second timeframe; however, you cannot strike out a name - there is no way to prevent death once a name is written, you can only change the circumstances of the death. And if you should ever mess up and end up writing something totally incoherent or otherwise nonsensical, the cause of death will default to heart attack after 400 seconds.
Reading your comment made me realize that 40 and 400 are multiples of 4, which is a number associated with death.
I'm not sure about 23. I'm trying to find a meaning without doing mental gymnastics, maybe someone can enlighten me with this one.
@Kiwi-Araga I know 23 comes up weirdly often as a 'random number'. It may not be significant itself, or it could be playing of it in an Easter egg kinda way, just noting human biases. I don't think it has any more significant meaning like the 4's do though, it's not an unlucky number in Japan.
On the other hand, the 13 day rule that comes in later feels like that was intentionally using a western unlucky number, so maybe 23 is unlucky somewhere else!
6 minutes 40 seconds:
40 seconds is 2/3 of 1 minute so 6 minutes and 66.66666% of 1 minute total time to write a cause.
Hola m8. Great vid. As always fantastic commentary.
I feel like his father being the chief is much more cause and effect than convenient.
Light is shown to be much different than any other person who has ever claimed a deathnote. Ryuk said so himself.
Smartest student in Japan, one of the highest in social totem pole (son of the police chief). Strong (and twisted) sense of justice and his extreme interest in crime and detective work (again, son of the police chief)...
It is ALL of these aspects combined that seperate Light from any other person who claims a deathnote. In a screwed up way, It is THIS kind of person that can be convinced they should play god.
So many deep conversations and topics, and yet we haven't even reached the complicated parts of the series! Should make for an interesting experience, moving forward.
fyi seasonal anime is a fairly recent thing. Back when Death Note aired, shows just ran until they finished, either after adapting all the source material, after adapting a pre-planned amount of it, or after public interest in the show dropped to the point it was decided to end the show. You occasionally got sequel series 4-5 years later that adapted more of source material the initial show didn't fully adapt, but shows that were planned for the beginning to run over multiple seasons were not a thing.
The Death Note anime started after the manga had already finished, so they just adapted the entire thing in full from start to finish as a single show.
15:51 - This year we had a few terrorist attacks, and photos of the attackers were posted online, which turned out to be the wrong people. I remember reading that one guy turned himself to the police, because he saw online that he's wanted and didn't know for what. Anyone who saw him would've understood that something's wrong, but still, imagine being called terrorist and see yourself everywhere, while you did nothing.
Yeah, stuff like that happens, and probably more often than we know :(
"Why do people love superhero movies? It's because everyone longs for help during difficult times. Essentially, all forms of entertainment that people enjoy reflect their desires. For instance, fantasy films are successful because people find their daily lives boring. Why does Light want to become a god? Because every day, Light witnesses injustice everywhere. He desires to change the world, even if it means resorting to morally questionable methods. But ultimately, he is only human, prone to making mistakes just like all of us."
Not quite. Both for the first part and also in the case of Light. And I am not going to discuss the first part.
But when it comes to Light, even in the first episode, you can already see that he is a sociopath. An ordinary person might try the notebook, and find out it works, but most of us would not continue, no matter what injustice we might see, no matter how much we would like to change the world. Light is not ordinary. He is smart, top of his class, charismatic, good looking, narcisistic sociopath with god complex. And that's simply it.
You can argue that his motives are pure, that he kills criminals to bring justice to the world, that he wants the best for humanity. But once he gets drunk enough by his newfound godly power over life and death, he shows his true face. He did not hesitate a second once his ego got hit by false L, even though he is just a mysterious Kira who nobody knows, when the false L bruises his ego, he wastes not a moment to write his name down and murder someone who is on his side, fighting for justice. He was no threat to him, they knew nothing about Kira at that point, he did not kill him out of fear or neccessity. He killed him simply because he challenged him. It was not a morally questionable choice, it was not means justify the end thing at that point. It was not morally gray, it was pure evil. And that point was showcased even more just seconds after, when he declared he is justice.
This was a showcase of his true character. A boundary he step over so easily. If he can kill someone on his side of justice just on a whim, where is the line? When will he start killing innocent people who do not agree with his idea of justice?
It was obvious that police would have to investigate this. He is smart, he surely knew it would happen eventually with what he was doing. And that's exactly it - he killed fake L because he challenged him, because he did not agree with his version of justice. He killed him for the crime of disagreeing with a god of justice. And as we all know, once you cross the line, there is no going back. Which again, we can see by him trying to kill L. Someone widely known for great work of justice and detective work, a menace against injustice. Someone he should defend, not kill. But alas, he has shown that he does not agree with his methods, and that's enough for Light to want to kill him. The line is crossed. And you can't say that it was a human mistake on his part, no, it was his nature. The error was that his nature got him outsmarted. He revealed so much by doing that, simply because of his bruised ego.
The question now is, how much lower can the line go. Because he is over and above morally questionable methods. As he mentions in the video, how will he progress his crimes that deserve execution? During that first match between Light and fake L, he crossed a major line. He already executed someone for not agreeing with his methods. And that's enough for him to do it thousand upon thousands of times. And there is not much room to go even lower after that.
Nah, stop the yap, he's human. And no, a LOT of people will go further, or even as far or close as Light if they got the note 😂 stop kidding urself.
@@SoloKatOnly a lot of people would, and they all lacked empathy
@@SoloKatOnly Never said he is not. He is just a sociopath with perfect blend of intelligence, cunning and charisma for the job he is aiming for. And he needs all of those traits to succeed for at least a while. But don't kid yourself, he is not doing all that just because of justice. He has shown that already. And with all of those traits that help him do the job also come deep flaws in his character. And that's absolutely human, because even someone as fit for the job as Light make mistakes. Which killing fake L absolutely was.
And no, you might think that, but if people used the note, it would be either for very selfish reason, making it very easy to track them, or they would lack the dedication of Light and could not go any further. Just three episodes in and Light is already beyond reach of what an ordinary human could do.
Yes, there is a potential to do great harm with the notebook right away that some people would go for, but that would be stupid and without any moral justification, not even close to Light. And still, that would be a very small number of people, most probably closely linked with sociopathy as well.
It is one thing to think what you would do if you had the power. It's completely different when you actually have that power and have the ability to do the deed.
@@SoloKatOnly I don't think Light is common tbh. I think it says alot that he pretty much had the perfect life but he's bored. Light suffers from "black and white" and "all or nothing" thinking. His thinking means he can't understand that humans, including himself aren't always perfect. To Light there is only bad guys and good guys. Bad guys do bad things so society is rotten. He ignores the good being done because if bad still exist then good simply isn't good enough. He himself has top grades, is handsome, healthy, popular, well adjusted, and loved by his family. So he's not just good he's superior.
People forget the justice system is just as much there to convict criminals (though I prefer reformation whenever possible), as it is there to make sure people aren't wrongly convicted and have their rights stripped away without reason. Don't forget we all only have as many rights as the "least" of us do, because the justice system doesn't always get it right.
I had the opposite, I had almost crippling doubt in general, and still do to an extent, but I'm improving day by day step by step.
LOL at being hung up on how he hacked their database. "Did he brute force it?" lol I always assumed since he's Light, and super smart he did some fancy SQL injection or found a backdoor or something. TBF hacking websites back in the day was pretty easy up until like idk, 2015, 2016? I remember being like 13 years old and showing off defaces of websites and thinking I was so cool lol. I think sometimes it was easy as doing a google dork and some script kiddy copy paste then boom, htaccess, upload a fancy deface, redirect to that. Now in days security is way tighter lol.
Yeah, I always wonder „how?“ with hacking:D
19:00 That is convenient, but it's also an explaination of why Light has such a strong, even if twisted, sense of justice
True :D
06:00 - reminds me of Dostoevsky's Crime and Punishment; Raskolnikov in the novel also has similar ideas of 'normal people follow societal rules and great people break them' and ends up planning an elaborate murder.
comparing crime and punishment to death note is funny because the protagonists go crazy in both series. Raskolnikov does so because his morality catches up to him, and Light does so because his morality could not.
34:30 Since Light said here that "I should only look like a REGULAR high-school student", and mentioned the amount of investigators, I don't think he expects the police to have given up on the student theory, but rather that at this point they should have been unable to find anything that makes him seem different from other students.
That is true, but I am unsure if they still think it is a student 🤔
5:45 - It's not only about the justice system, but also about the law, and as we can see in real life, some people, who deserve a punishment, are above the law, so they can do whatever they want and not be prosecuted.
Yeah, would have been more interesting if he went after those
More as well I think :D
In general, the percentage of people being wrongfully convicted is around 5% (in average, in first world countries). Assuming Kira only goes for people that have clear evidence against them, you could lower that number to around 1-2%~. If you consider that to be a sacrifice worth making, then Kira's actions make sense. Also, one could also take into consideration the effects of a reduced crime rate.
There is no worthy sacrifices, it's just an excuse to pretend that spreading violence is necessary, there is no benefit from killing already captured criminals, it literally changes nothing
@@tslex6477 Well, I mean... (Spoilers) In the anime, it does in fact change a lot about the world, in a really positive way.
@@majinfreecell yes but it's an anime, also one of the big things that changed to is cults praising kira which obviously do crimes in their own rights within the closed walls. When we think about from a real world standpoint what criminal would be affraid of kira? One that wouldn't have opportunity to cover themselves or commit crime successfully. There is a lot of stupid people in the world that kill in broad daylight under cameras and then say in interegations things like "i thought murder is not a crime on fridays" there were real life case of bank robbery in which two criminals convinced themselves that camera lenses can't detect objects covered in lemon juice and robbed the bank without masks covering faces in lemon juice. A lot of criminals would still commit crimes because they would be too stupid to be affraid of kira, there is also natural desire to defy kira, a lot of people would commit crimes to prove to themselves that they are better than god. There would be cults that would kill in name of kira because of something like "we helping god by cleansing world of lesser criminals" there one hundred percent would be discourse if kira considers abortion to be a crime or homosexuality leading to violence at the smallest of a reasons to assume he does. I cannot believe that crime would plummet so much that all of the crimes that will occur because of kira will also be a worthy sacrifice
@@majinfreecell not to talk about criminals he can't kill, organized crime will not disappear because they have money to cover themselves, fake identities, plastic surgeries, paying not to show faces in news broadcasts. Kira is absolutely powerless against measures that yakuzas and mafias can afford
@@majinfreecell i do not accept point that anime tried to make because there were way to many things that autor didn't take into account
The cop at 2;15 its nice to hear zorro out side of one piece
That is a fun addition :D
@5:50 exactly!! All light has done so far is mostly kill people whom the justice system is already punishing. Should they not have been allowed to complete their sentences? Taking into account the amount of names he’s written down along with the amount of days he’s had the death note. I highly doubt he researched each individual case in order to determine if his actions would be justified under his own set of standards(which doesn’t mean much considering he was willing to kill someone whom he thought was a detective aka L’s stand in during the video confrontation)
Yeah that is so wild how that is glossed over a bit :D
The dark side of immortality always reminds me of the fury of the time lord
I think that Light isn't naive enough to believe that he can achieve a "perfect" world with no crimes of any level. He only ever mentions a "new" world where people "move in the right direction", not arrive at the perfect destination.
"The perfect world of Kira" is a phrase Light says towards the end of the show, if I remember correctly. He's a naive narcissist with a god complex
Yeah, he isn't. Bunch of mf just salty bout evil 😂 a lot of mf in the real world will be more evil than Light if they got the note. Hell, many of them will do it for shits and giggles.
he called this world "world without crimes or criminals" multiple times throughout the series
I agree with you here my friend but l fell şad for his family here have nice day❤️
The devil is in the details, it's all about information, gathering it, interpreting it, using it, manipulating it, etc.
Cold hard data is a huge part of the show that should be the worst for an entertainment purpose, yet it manages to make it work wiith its presentation which i find fascinating.
40 seconds, 6m40s = 400 s
4 is the number of death in Japanese society.
All the different times mentioned in Death Note tend to be multiples of 40 or 400 in seconds,
almost as if Shinigami use a death-based system of keeping time.
Ah, a hundred deaths, that is funny 😄
This thing about seeing people's lifespan in the person's head reminded me of a clip from a famous American band but I don't know if the clip came before or after the anime...
That sounds awesome :)
About living forever, Sandman has an arc about that and it's really amazing. A different spin to the concept.
Yeah, I think it was in the show, loved season 1 so much, the reaction is on the channel if you are interested. Can not wait for s2 :)
@@storieswithstyle Yeah, It is in Season 1 quite well executed from the comics.
Deathnote is the best anime writing that’s ever been produced. It’s also one of the best mystery stories every produced. Or maybe it’s a reverse mystery?
I can’t wait til you get to the later episodes.
I am curious to see whether it will top aot or dark for me, but it is definitely really good :)
The legend back at it again with the Death Note
Random fact:
Laptop is called «noutbuk» in russian, which sounds familiar to notebook, yet the notebook is a completely different word: «tetrad'»
in brazilian portuguese, laptop is "notebook", and notebook is "caderno"
In Japanese laptop is pasokon.
"Portátil" in Spanish, coming from "portable computer" (ordenador portátil)
it should absolutely be illigal to post images of suspects unless it's for the purpose to find ones that went into hiding.
for both reasons. to not make them famous (which could inspire others) and to prevent ruining lives of falsely accused and even falsely sentenced people.
5:12 is the most normal conclusion and you get to the same one in the first episode before Light said it loud haha
On the topic of showing the faces of criminals, here in Chile, it is common to show the faces of criminals, which is generally used more as a way to generate infamy for the person, since in many cases, they are criminals who receive ridiculously low sentences or are directly released. This way, people can be cautious if they recognize such an individual, and in other cases, people themselves try to seek social justice.
I see, then that makes more sense in your region. :)
So glad to see your channel growing rapidly 😶🌫️✨
Thank you, new anime often give small bursts :)
39:06 Translator's note: "続く" means "to be continued".
Isn't it "Tsuzuku" or something? I remember in older anime it was written in Hiragana.
@@gabrielesolletico6542 Yes, it's "tsuzuku" or "つづく" in hiragana.
@@YellowBunny Oh thank you! I remember that since I was like 3 or 4 years old! I learn how to read it only in my 30s, when I attended a Japanese language class! :)
I'm really enjoying your reactions keep up the great work!
One of the ways the authorities might find the Death Note is if Light carries it with him in public. The Japanese police have a stop-and-frisk policy and, while they're more polite about it than in other countries, refusing to cooperate will likely get you taken down and carted off to jail in a heartbeat. That goes double if you do something dumb like mouth off to the officers or try to threaten them. So yeah, be on your best behavior if you plan to visit Japan.
20:25 It will be better explained later, but Ryuk can't really leave or talk to anyone else. He already said that Light can see and hear him because of the connection through the Death Note, so anyone that hasn't touched it can't see or hear him
But can he go on travels? :D
@@storieswithstyle maybe... but why would he if he finds Light so interesting?
Why not :D
Hearing your insights is truly wonderful, I'd love to hear you on a podcast whilst I'm driving to work.
It's more about investigation systems than about court systems. For example in my country the court doesn't get involved until after investigation has concluded. So only bullet proof cases get to the court to be judged. In US court starts as soon as the case is opened, so naturally every case gets to be judged before the person is released. That's why some countries have higher rates in this regard. If we were to only count similar cases than the percentage will become roughly the same for most countries
Yeah, I think it is the same in germany
Holger Bech Nielsen jr. out here cursing much more than expected,and i'm here for it 😂
Yeah, I curse a lot, but I am more flowery in German, in English I mainly drop the f bomb. :D
What baffles me is throughout the entire series even after Kira was known, people still committed crimes xD...
I always assumed people wanted faces and names in the media so they knew who to look out for if they’re ever released, whether that being out of a fear they have to keep themselves safe or some desire of people to enact further punishment, or others may simply want to make an arbitrary classification of the person they see.
I never would recognize one of those people realistically though :D
Yeah the kanji at the end of episode is read: "tsudzuku" meaning "to be continued"
The dreadful tbc :D
in the end of the episode it says 続く, which means "to be continued"
Ahhh, that makes sense
Justice is supposed to be blind.
I get your thinking but, you're assuming the perpatrator is the one on trial.
It's ironic, given your questioning of Japan's 99.9% conviction rate.
Justice should be blind.
i don't understand what are you trying to say?
When talking about Kira (Light Yagami) vs L, people mostly neglect the fact that L's conditions to "win" are way more difficult than Kiras. Of course finding out ones identity is already hard but thats actually all Kira needs to accomplish. For L however it isn't. L doesn't only have to find out who Kira is, but also how he kills people and has to catch him redhanded on top of this. So in all honesty, I think L has already proven to be smarter than Light is. It's only that his task if you will is way more challenging than simply finding out who he is.
Yeah, l definitely seems a bit „cleverer“, but it might also be that he is more aware of his flaws…
By episode 2 they already knew who it was they just are now going through the steps to prove who it is...
Imagine how insane would be a german watching Neon Genesis Evangelion
You are in luck, a german is currently watching and recording Evangelion :D
@@storieswithstyle 💀 im dead
@@storieswithstyle oh YES I am so excited!! It's an amazing series and getting your take on it would be beyond delicious
@@storieswithstyleCongratulations! 🎉
34:31 Light deliberately let L know that he can manipulate time of death, so the "high school student" theory is no longer valid. He could be anyone pretending to be a student.
I still stand by that it makes it even more likely to conclude he is one. Why would he change the pattern exactly as they suspect it to be a studnet? Only reason is "oh shit, they are on to it". even "Haha, I made you believe that, but now I change it" is really far reaching, especially as they know hestill experiments and thus still has not found all tricks with 2whatever he is using" =D
@@storieswithstyle What he was doing was sowing doubts about whether he was a student that changed his pattern after the police suspected he was, or if he was pretending to be a student that changed his pattern after the police suspected he was. Both options mean that he knows what the police are talking about, though, and as L said, his main goal was to let them know that they had no secrets from him.
That's what made it so up in the air. If he deliberately changed his pattern to mock their conclusion, it's not illogical to conclude that the initial pattern was only a pattern for the purpose of making the police think there WAS a pattern.
Hello, I would like to point out that I love the way you react and that I am always curious about your view on certain situations or the behavior of certain characters. Normally I don't comment much and am more of a quiet observer. I just wanted to let you know that I celebrate your content and hope that you continue with it for a long time ❤ Thank You 😀
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Мне очень нравится ваша реакция. ❤
Считаю, что в реальной жизни снижение преступности было бы краткосрочным - да, это новый неизвестный и мистический фактор, уничтожающий преступников, но к новизне привыкают, в мистику не все верят, и даже там, где преступников казнят, преступления не исчезают. Кто-то совершает преступление в состоянии аффекта, кто-то по неосторожности, кто-то уверен, что его-то точно не поймают. И когда публике станет известно об убийстве, которое Кира не наказал, или о ком-то, кого он казнил по ошибке - вера в его всемогущество и праведность должна пошатнуться. Почему этого не произошло с его явной ошибочным убийством в прямом эфире 🤷♀️
Да, согласен, я думаю, что то, о чём вы говорите, ещё не происходит, потому что это слишком "свежее", и люди его восхваляют, особо не задумываясь обо всём этом... =)
I'm new to the channel, started with death note. But I'm also watching attack on titan and love the way you react to the content. It feels like you actually absorb it and add to the conversation. And based on the way you seem to enjoy the way these shows explore concepts related to morality and the intrigue behind reasoning of characters actions and analysis, and also as a scientist. I have to Recommend Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood it is consistently ranked as one of the best anime of all time and explores a wide variety of themes including the ways science and religion can collide, morality surrounding good and evil and right and wrong and redemption, loss and moving on the suffering and hardships caused by war. And that's just the tip of the iceberg. It's truly a rite of passage in my opinion even if you don't react in UA-cam it's truly worth a watch
Thank you so much :) FMA is definitely on the watchlist :)
The rationale that Kira was a student was in complete logic. The same facts would also lead to people with certain shift work and especially people with part-time jobs in Japan. If Light were really smart, he would have shifted the execution schedule within that type of pattern of say a changing shift work or temporary schedule. It was a very big mistake by Light and L.
Yeah, he definitely fd up by the pattern :D
I believe there are two seasons but I don't recall if they're officially split. There is also a musical album, I think you'd enjoy his father's song, though "Where Is the Justice" is light's song before he gets the notebook as well. ua-cam.com/video/DhkrEoWUUbk/v-deo.htmlsi=02hR1WWrpBlKKbQX
On the debate on showing criminals' faces and names, and centering coverage on them, I agree that it can lead to dangerous consequences and copycats seeking to achieve similar levels of infamy. I would much prefer for coverage to center on the victims, especially those who are no longer able to speak out on their own behalf, as it centers the narrative on the loss, rather than the violence. We only have to look at how certain serial killers have entered the zeitgeist with multiple recent documentaries and retellings that are centered on their perspective to understand how twisted society's fascination with crime really is. It's horrifying to me that I know the names and faces of such monsters as Bundy and Dahmer so easily and ubiquitously, but would be hard-pressed to name or recognize the faces and names of their victims.
I like what you said about stating all the facts, how it's important here and in science. If you ignore the facts that are "inconvenient " or "uncomfortable", you're denying yourself the full picture, and when you're trying to reach the truth or at least a better understanding of the world, denying yourself the ability to take everything into account is detrimental. In this case Matsuda pointing out the change in criminal habits speaks to the public awareness of the Kira situation, how people and society are changing and adapting. Being aware of it means they'll be able to adjust and adapt in their investigation, not only in the Kira case but in other cases as well.
Yeah, we know no victims almost. I think it might also be because „evil“ sells more :(
The cat and mouse game L and Light have is legendary
Man, Monster would be extremely your jam.
In the future :)
Deterrance has never worked in crime reduction.
Death penalty has been a thing in most societies and yet people continued to do horrid crimes.
As death penalty has been removed, there was no observed rise in criminality, which shows that deterrance and penalties do not prevent crime.
Yeah, only rarely are the murders true psychopaths.
21:00 If both computers are in his local network, getting inside someone 's computer is not really hard, plus you'll not leave any trace because it's your own network wich is protected from the outside not the inside.
I may be wrong in the details, that's only what I learned to do for security purpose.
Ah, I see :)
What always amazed me that Kira started to kill regular criminals i stead of dictators and tyrants, war mongrels etc. If it was just teenage maximalism and sense of justice, i know I'd go for those people first and gradually not to raise suspicion and not to put world into frenzy.
Bit he went for regular killers and convicts, seems to me he was initially morally on the side on tyranny even if subconsciously
Yeah, I think the other way might have been even more interesting, actually, but then it would not have been crime but political in all likeliness :D
I think on principle it's good to not reveal suspect's identities. It prevents people from committing crimes for the notoriety, and it prevents innocent people from being slandered by baseless accusations. However, I've heard that Western Europe currently has political turmoil over the growing belief that policing and conviction is not being fairly applied. Allowing the law to operate without transparency only works if people trust the law, so I think Western Europe needs to be more transparent for a while to regain public trust and destroy stereotypes.
Something quick I just remembered!. I was reading last week about the problems/difficulty of writing an "inteligent" character. Light is brilliantly done. The biggest problem is to make their moves "smart" but that means a lot. First the writer needs to be "smart" or understand what "intelligence" is (in base the set of skills to addapt yourself to the circunstances divided into several fields, is a primal skill humans have so well developed).
Adding to that base it's very common to see how smart characters are able to know everything or see the future or even modify a ton of random circunstances into their benefit. That's wrong.
Light seems so well written and natural because he's not just smart. He's smart and able to get almost every tool the narrative brings him to use but he fails into the emotional and lets his rage take some really bad choices plus he barely never (or at least yet) regrets nor accepts his failures. Because he's a teenager and that's what teens do.
The key to make a smart character is in the end the same to make Superman. X ammount of power requires a balanced weakness that allows the character feel real. And Light is perfect into it.
L is a little more messy if we talk about it but I would say not so much even his choices feel risky or senseless sometimes that's part of his character and weakness as the pride and unexperience is part of Light's.
Can you like, do 3 episodes per day? I'm not good with waiting 👉👈 🥺
:D would love to, but barely get the current pace done with my kids and work :D
why they'd show criminals is so that people can be careful if they encounter them maybe?
0I thought so some time ago, but I could never remember those photos really and never recognize those people onm the street :D
I can see the reasons why it's debatable to publish crime information, but there is one recent trend I don't understand. They sometimes blur the faces on camera footage that shows wrongdoing in progress, like why, no chance you got the wrong guy there.
I heard that in Japan you don't need a unanimous vote to convict someone just a majority, which is a bit worrying as I've seen a video talking about death penalties being handed out based on a 5 out of 9 judge panel
They also have an over 99% conviction rate. If you go before court, that means, you're going to jail. Those aren't very nice either.
Why do you suppose that in Japan they have a jury, of a judge panel? For what I've seen on tv, they have 3 judges for a penal trial, same as in Italy. In Italy we have like 11 "popular judges" and 2 professional judge; in Japan, for what I've seen, they have 3 professional judges. That would made a 2 out of 3 sufficient to be convicted to death, or to life prison.
Moreover, I think that's the truth in the majority of penal systems, anyway.
Regarding L's conclusion "he might be trying to become a God" seems like a massive leap in logic, but "kami" in Japanese is a bit more loosely used in their vocabulary, since they have a lot of Shinto-buddhist practices that dictate that gods can live in everything and are particularly active around shrines, so in this context, the best way to contextualize L's meaning is more like "Kira might be playing at being the Grim Reaper". He's toying with peoples lives in a Judge, Jury and Executioner sense, seeing himself above the law and having a very "pure" view of good and evil, black & white, no time for nuance.
Yeah, that might also be a way to read that. Perhaps even both :)
@Mordaedil
Good understanding
I would pay anything for him to react to the death mote movie after the amine!
I think one mistake in your logic is assuming Light's definition of crimes will gradually grow stricter. As it stands (based on everything you've seen so far) we have no confirmation of his perspective on what crimes constitute death either before or after receiving the death note, nor are we given much if any information of the crimes and circumstances of the people he murders. Therefore we have no indication of a change occurring, so your assumption that there will be one is little more than the slippery slope fallacy.
"Becoming a god" is a foreign concept for westerners, but has always been a common theme in far-eastern literature. This reflects our differences in religious traditions.
Japan is less than 1% Christian. The general population does have a positive impression of Christianity, and they like to use its themes and imagery, but it tends to be in a polytheistic context.
I am unsure, I think it is the same but different :D closing in on divinity in some way is there in all religions I believe :) I like the eastern way a bit more though, I think, makes for better stories:)
The word "god" doesn't even hold the same meaning for Japanese people.
It's more of a spirit, though not a spirit😅 Spirits are different.
It's so hard to explain... and probably why people decided to have god=神(kami).
Part of the reason Christianity didn't really take off in Japan, I think. We already have 8 million gods (literal translation of 八百万の神) and bunch of Buddhist characters. Why add another, special one? Kind of thing. We do weddings Shinto style, celebrate Christmas as a holy night and hold Buddhist funerals. It's just not that big of a deal.
You even hear people being praised as gods for their skill. Not godlike, mind you. Straight up a god. There's no divinity involved.
Woop Woop, let's go!
It should be noted that Light found the Death Note in 2006.
As awful that is, you need a star(Killer) for your show(News).
We studied social engineering in my computer science class, I don’t think you can write it off as “not hacking”. Using the weakest point in the system, the human, is a genius technique.
I like this theory I found...
I have a theory of my own, if you’d like to hear it. If you look at the characters life spans you’ll notice it’s mostly made up of multiple 1-digit numbers and then a single 2-digit number. The number of numbers also differs like Light has 5 numbers in his lifespan and Misa has 6. So I think what you do is Add all the single digit numbers, multiply it by the 2-digit number, then divide by the amount of numbers in total so like this,
((1+5+4+2+6)*30)/6 = 90 For Misa
((9+3+8+9)*8)/5 = 46.5 For Light
((5 + 0 + 2 + 9)*20)/5 = 64 for Mello
((7 + 5 + 2 + 3 + 1 + 2)*36)/7 = 102 for L
Although if this is true best case scenario is he started this series with the 137 years to live...
There will be other maths involved throughout the series that will tell you assuming you do the math how long of a life he actually had at the start of the series
Its to show to the public that this person is a danger and so when they escape from prison they are apprehended more easily as people would know that they are bad and wont be tricked by them
gonna point out that the human frontal lobe isn't fully developed until age 25ish, on average. and for men, you hit puberty around age 14, which means an uptick in a bunch of hormones and changes in the body both physically and chemically, including the steady development of that region of the brain. so it makes sense that Light is very childish/immature in his responses and you're right to point out L's accuracy in that reading.
Yeah, one of the reasons why math is asinine to be taught before 14 as it is also connected to abstractions. I love that the author captures that with L, really realistic writing :)
Battery is physical contact yes. Assault is physical contact or causing someone to reasonably fear it is imminent. Battery is the more serious crime. Often you'll be charged with assault if there was only the threat, or if the physical contact is not so severe, or if you cooperate and plead guilty.
You may also be charged with both assault and battery for the different elements (Double jeopardy prevents the same element). So if you say "I'm going to hit you with this hammer" and then do it, you have done both assault and battery for the threat and the hitting, but not the hitting twice.
Because assault also includes "The fear of imminent violence" and is wrapped up with physical contact, it makes it easy enough to convict people for minor physical contact. "Not only did X shove Y, but it is reasonable to fear this could have escalated, thus we have proved assault two ways.". Whether physical contact is assault or battery is largely arbitrary, but often comes down to "We know it when we see it". Charging someone for battery because they keep patting your head despite you telling them to stop would get the court to roll their eyes at the prosecutor and the jury wouldn't buy it. For assault though, they'd go for that.
Assault can also include offensive contact, which battery can't. (Knowingly feeding pork to someone whose religion forbids it, for example).
I see, that is an interesting distinction. :) thanks formexplainingnthis :)
This is one of the biggest fallacies I have seen many people think about. This gentleman here classifies "rape" and "robbery" as something that, despite the horrors, he can kinda get behind with Light for killing the perpetrators.
Likewise, if hypothetically, Light kills only rapists and robbers, would his 400+ kill count be justified? If the answer is no, then that should answer your queries.
Anything abstract is subjective. I'd rather have a benevolent dictator who kills truly evil people, but only after every research is done than have whatever our justice system is. Even this version of dictatorship aka Kira is better than the current justice system. But even a benevolent dictator may go bad anytime, so I can understand the dilemma there.
Bro was trying to think what could be worse than robbery and rape. I can give you multiple reasons for why robbery can be justified. Does every thief do what they do for pleasure, or is it possible that they might also have a family they have to support and stealing was the only option he found?
Physics expert you may be, whatever opinion you have might apply to you, but never try to believe that your opinion is right. Because then, you'd not be that different from Kira. Kira had an opinion, a perspective, and he tried to enforce it onto the world. Now, that's subjectively evil. Kira gets objectively evil in later episodes, but to a point, I wholeheartedly agree with him.
Wanting to be a god is a pretty common for edgy teenage maximalism.
Hahaha, that is true
英語は全く分からないから皆が何を書いてるか分からないけどもしこの人にネタバレする人が居たら私がDEATH NOTEに名前書くからね！💪🏻
When I first watched this anime, I was about 13-15 years old, and I thought: "Oh, how intelligent everyone is" but as I rewatched it as I grew older, I realized that L didn't really deduce much, he just guessed, and Light was incredibly lucky, he had serious plot armor. Still, it's a very interesting anime to watch, especially for the first time.
Well your logic here kinda cancels out. Both can be true.
@@osmaniesquijarosa4308 Sorry for the following bible LOL
I didn't say otherwise, just that when I was younger, what impressed me about the story was how intelligent they were. As I've gotten older, not so much. You can appreciate other things that are interesting but not as convenient, like the epic music, the shots, the references, the philosophical debates.
They're intelligent, but not as much as I thought when I was young. They're really more lucky than anything else. I think L, above all, is much more intelligent than any other character, but many of his arguments aren't that solid. Even in this episode you can see it when he "guesses" that he's a student, as our reactor says, he could also be a teacher, in fact there could be many reasons, and I can understand that maybe to summarize the process to adapt it to an anime they reduce it to guesses rather than ruling out several possibilities.
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After L, if they keep going off on tangents and getting lucky, the series ends when one of the characters runs out of luck or the other character ends up being luckier."
I really like a reaction with a great analysis, thanks for that. By the way, I recommend you react to "Monster", it's an amazing anime. I'd love to hear your opinion about the antagonist.
Thank you, monster is on the watchlist already, can‘t wait for it :)
Should criminals faces be shown to the public? Good question. I think it really depends on a lot of factors. Very recently in the UK, there was a incident where a man stabbed and killed multiple little girls at a dance party. I think 2 adults died too. The man's identity wasn't immediately revealed because he was underage. I guess there's a law about protecting young people's privacy even if they're criminals. Well, needless to say, it caused massive rioting. People were appalled and outraged by the event (rightfully so) and then someone leaked a fake name. A name that sounded like it belonged to a Pakistani Muslim. Probably to stir up anger among racists. Mosques were attacked. Innocents Muslims were harassed and attacked and the riots got out of hand. The name and face of the actual killer was finally released. Turns out it was a Welsh lad who's parents were from somewhere in Africa, I can't remember where exactly. All the riots, and for what? I understand people in the community where it happened were angry. Little kids were killed. But attacking a whole group of people who had nothing to do with it all because a fake name was released... I haven't kept up to date it with recently so I don't know the details. I can't remember if the police released the actual guys identity because he came of age or just to stop the riots. And I don't know what happened afterwards. I don't know if this even adds anything to the debate, I just wanted to share these events with you
Reverse discrimination occurs in many developed countries. Just like discrimination, it's also wrong.The riots were probably an expression of that dissatisfaction. It's the wrong way to do it, but I understand how they feel.
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It absolutely adds something. If a criminal's identity is released to the public, it at the very least stops vigilante detectives from enacting "justice" on whatever innocent person they determine is guilty, which is exactly what happened at that time.
While I understand and somewhat agree about the showing of culprits' faces. I think a good reason to show it is to prevent civilians from accusing innocent people. If you don't show the face then someone on social media can just create a rumor and accuse an innocent person and ruin their lives. Coming from a trusted source like the news or police prevents that from happening.
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Next time :)
I mean, I'd only want to know for safety. If the police know what a killer on the run looks like, I want to know, too, so I'm not unknowingly having coffee with them. But if they're in prison with little to no chance of escape, I don't really need to know. Although if he also serves his sentence and is released, I have no guarantee myself that he changed either. So long as the criminal themself is not a current threat to me, there's no reason for me to know. Also, you didn't exactly miss anything, but it is explained later. Other viewers, if I did that wrong pls quickly correct me, im bad at not spoiling. That's not a spoiler, right? 22:09 as i understand that after several rewatches, you have 40 seconds after righting a name to write the cause of death. Once you write that the clock starts whether you need to pause or add anything . There's a rule that's not really important about spelling, so I assume from that it's locked in no matter what you write. What i never understood is why he never used a pencil, though. Because the death would probably still happen, but you could erase it.
Wouldn't killing Light without Trial make the Police/L no better than Kira?
Depends on whether it is self defense and they can get the death note away from him I think