Death Note Theory - Blog Posts

Re-watched and Re-read Death Note so...

As someone who is preparing for a career in law this will be rather interesting.

I know Misa and Mikami are Kira supporters but their own sense of Justice is different from Light's. Mikami is way more intense in punishing criminals and Misa does not care about Justice except for the fact it punished the criminals who killed her parents; she only punishes criminals for Light's attention.

Ryuk and L are more on the neutral side as in they either do not have any interest in justice or only care about having fun and not being bored. That's why Ryuk dropped the death note out of boredom and L solves cases when it's of personal intrigue to him, he is mostly morally grey.

The rest of the characters have their own unique sense of Justice (or the lack thereof).

(Have not read LA: BB case, I have no idea what BB is like except he is like the Lawlight lovechild)

Edit: LIGHT AND L BOTH WON WTF, IS THIS REAL? I LOVE THIS, THAT'S SO TRUE TO THE SERIES

*inserts Light and L saying "I am Justice" together*

Death Note happened and kept going on because Light, Ryuk and L were just bored with their lives and I respect that.

Death Note spoilers ahead:

I personally think it would have been harder for the police and L to catch up with Light if:

1. He hadn't been obsessed with the idea of being the "god" of the "new world" (aka being power hungry)

2. He didn't wish to be recognised, instead laying as low as possible (he was really excited to be KIRA, when it only made him be more in the police's radar)

3. He didn't kill extreme amount of criminals on the go. Instead focused to make sure there was no pattern (such as time, dates, kills, types of criminals)

4. Used other methods than heart attack, more accidental or predictable deaths would have made it quite hard to track back.

5. Hadn't accepted an open challenge of L by killing Lind. L. Taylor which confirmed a lot of stuff for L.

6. STOP DOING HIS EVIL LAUGHS AND MONOLOGUES IN HIS FREAKING HOUSE. (though his sister and mother probably thought he was going through an emo phase. I can imagine Sayu saying "Mom, Light is talking about being the god of the world again. He also has some imaginary friend called Ryuk" "Just, ignore it honey")

While I know Light wanted to be known and be treated as some vigilante god, on the long run being a hidden and mysterious force like L would have helped him achieve his goal. Also knowing L's IQ, he would still have found Light.