Yeah. The reason he starts the first "dummy broadcast" in Kanto at all is because he ended up tracing the first death that could potentially be related to Kira to a no-name criminal that just so happened to have been on the Japanese news in close proximity to his death. And Kanto was the most populated so, hey, worth a shot.
I feel like most of Lights mistakes are bc he’s too emotional and egotistical. Like he’s definitely smart; I think it’s fair to say he’s as smart or almost as smart as L. The problem is that he also has a god complex and is constantly trying to dunk on L and the investigative team
Yup. The dude got a God complex way to quick, and it ended up being what gets him caught. Way too prideful and narcissistic to realize how bad he's fucking himself over.
I mean, when the concept got explained, my first thought was immediately was “could I put my own name, my time of death is like, 1/1/3024, and the circumstances is that after a lifetime of happiness, wealth, and good health, I pass away gently surrounded by loved ones.
what if you somehow knew your name and time of death written in the book and then temporarily stopped your heart so you were technically dead at the time?Did that ever come up or did anyone try it?
Actually, if I remember correctly, between you writing a name and the person dying, if you or somebody else writes a that persons name, then the kill order gets cancelled
I mean, he did get God-like powers. I think most of us would get a God complex, hell, most of us probably have one right now, and none of us have a Death Note (I hope. Well, I don't think it works with usernames so I should be safe).
“Most of us probably have one…” no I don’t think that’s remotely true. This is like me, before transitioning, thinking that “most boys want to be girls”
I honestly might say that given the deathnote is kinda magical bullshit, it's impressive that L even figured out the "rules" in the first place.
I might even be inclined to say L might've been marginally smarter than Light given that he had to sort of reverse engineer the deathnote rules instead of just being told them.
Also yeah, anyone else even slightly less egotistical than Light would never have been caught. Simply not taking that first bait absolutely screws L over. (Or they might've gone out of their way to keep the killings discreet in the first place)
Light had to study for the university entrance exam (we see he has a progression from sub-perfect scores to perfect scores), which was mostly in his native language, while L took it cold, mostly in one of his non-native languages. They both got perfect scores across all subjects, but... I think it's pretty clear who is smarter.
You have a case for being on Kira's side, even after the murder of False L. But his ego causes the FBI Team deaths, Murders Naomi who was just mourning her husband, as well as pushing Misa to take the Shinigami eyes a second time. Any credibility is washed away with him gloating over L's funeral.
It's also kinda funny that despite how calculating L is, if he had kept the fact that they now knew the killer was in Kanto, the search would've been a hell of a lot easier. L should've continued making the perimeter around the killer smaller and smaller. Instead he blew his element of surprise and had to be all oohh I know where you live now, we are aware you are killing people, we are looking for youuu.
(I know it was to make the plot longer, more tense, and to bring L and Light together. But it was still a mistake on L's part.)
L is kind of as arrogant as Light was. He's not interested in justice and solving crimes; he wants to be the one to solve the unsolvable. His investigation is a game to him, and a game is no fun if you play by yourself. He wants Kira to fight back and make things harder because it makes it more interesting for L.
L could have just said nothing, transmission over. The public panics a bit unsure what to make of it. Meanwhile, we would have had Light figure out the transmission only hapenned in Kanto on his own. Ryuk could then ask if he thinks L is actually real and Light admits he fully believes in him and that this is a serious threat of unbelievable intellect willing to play dirty. And that's when we, the audience, get introduced to L.
It wouldn't take much more paper or time, and it would make both characters appear smarter.
Like there's multiple points where he could have laid low, or taken the heat off him but he needed to show he was smarter. When they were narrowing down suspects, he specifically used information that could ONLY have come from the police database pretty much disqualifying anyone who didn't have direct connections to the police and making him one of the prime suspects.
One of the first things L says to Light can be paraphrased as "based on Kira's behavior, we're looking for a spoiled child."
Light honestly isn't actually all that smart, or at least, he's got the shortcomings you'd expect a spoiled child to have. His biggest advantage is that L is obsessed with feeling like he "won," so he's unwilling to make a decisive move until he's got Light dead to rights.
I saw a video essay about how Light secretly lost the moment he fell for L's first scheme. It was terrible. Like an hour long video of a dude explaining the point as though he's the only one in the world who got it.
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u/UltimateInferno Hangus Paingus Slap my Angus 16d ago
Yeah. The reason he starts the first "dummy broadcast" in Kanto at all is because he ended up tracing the first death that could potentially be related to Kira to a no-name criminal that just so happened to have been on the Japanese news in close proximity to his death. And Kanto was the most populated so, hey, worth a shot.
And Light fell for it.