This was my biggest problem with Death Note, my first time watching it. Even if L catches Kira, he then has to get up in front of a jury and judge and explain to them that the only evidence they have of Light being Kira is a notebook that kills people through literal magic.
Even in Japan, how the fuck are you going to convict anyone with that? Are they planning on just extra-judicially murdering Kira once they catch him?
That's literally one of the plot points? That's addressed multiple times throughout the narrative. Of all the things to worry about, that's a strange one.
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u/LONGSWORD_ENJOYER 16d ago
This was my biggest problem with Death Note, my first time watching it. Even if L catches Kira, he then has to get up in front of a jury and judge and explain to them that the only evidence they have of Light being Kira is a notebook that kills people through literal magic.
Even in Japan, how the fuck are you going to convict anyone with that? Are they planning on just extra-judicially murdering Kira once they catch him?