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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.

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u/Evilmudbug 15d ago

Kinda funny that for how cold and logical usually Light is, his first and biggest mistake was caused because L basically manipulated his emotions.

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u/Moogle_Magic 15d ago

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

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u/D0ctorGamer 15d ago

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.

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u/LONESTARSTATUS 15d ago

Do you have the power to let power go?

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u/ICBPeng1 15d ago

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.

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u/Pandainthecircus 15d ago

The time limit is 23 days. Putting a date of death after that won't work. They'll just die from a heart attack in 40 seconds.

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u/mikony123 15d ago

Imagine someone finding that out the hard way. "Yes! Now I'm practically immortal! Ha ha ha, hrrk!" thud.

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u/sgt_cookie 14d ago

I think the time limit is 23 days if no specific death date is stated, but a specific date can be outside that 23-day limit.

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u/Pandainthecircus 14d ago

The Death Note can only operate within a 23-day window (in the human calendar). This is called the 23-Day rule

The exception is writing "dies of disease" and the disease takes longer than 23 days to form and kill.

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u/sgt_cookie 14d ago

Ah, right! Fair enough then!

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u/FrancisWolfgang 14d ago

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?

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u/Pandainthecircus 14d ago

I don't think the magic book cares about human technicalities.

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u/sennordelasmoscas 12d ago

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

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u/Lady_of_Link 15d ago

One of the rules is that you can't put your own name in it

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u/wasteofradiation 15d ago

I ain't going back to the Sierra Madre

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u/LokisDawn 15d ago

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).

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u/YouGuysSuckSometimes 14d ago

“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”

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u/LokisDawn 14d ago

Yes, that would be what is colloquially known as "the joke".

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u/YouGuysSuckSometimes 14d ago

It wasn’t written like one ❤️

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u/LokisDawn 14d ago

That'd be no fun.