The Crazy Thing You Don't Realise About Death Note - Light Loses in Episode 2 - Death Note Theory
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- čas přidán 6. 06. 2024
- Today at the Mystery Shack, we look at a crazy thing you may not realise about Death Note - Light's biggest blunder that causes his down fall as soon as episode 2. Despite how smart he is, being wise is a whole different question and Light plays right into L's hand, continuing to make mistake after mistake that only narrow down the suspect list, making him effectively lose no more than a couple episodes in.
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I like how he says spoiler warning AFTER saying “that’s why he dies in the end”
Good point, I suppose I should've really put that right at the start. But to be fair, I feel like a spoiler warning for a video like this is redundant as is and I included it purely out of habit.
Either way, appreciate the comment, certainly something to think about next time! :)
Ohhhh boy this comment just spoiled it
Deathnote has been out for 10+ years if youve not watched it yet then i dont think you will lol
hes smart but he sure as hell aint wise.
i find it hilarious he thinks this is where he lost as if no one understood this. The point that made the show interesting was the fact that L was doing things by the books. From the very beginning L was fairly certain light was Kira.
@@alishah8526 There's always young teens who haven't watched yet. You can't come out of the tomb and watch Death Note the day after.
Imagine to get throw in jail for smoking some pot in Japan and getting killed inside jail just because an egomaniac straight A student has a magical notebook.
Yo, fucking for real
Ikr 💀
Did he really kill such petty criminals too?
I don't know forsure but the way Japan demonizes weed I absolutely could see it.
Plus when you look at how high Japan's conviction rates are, it's pretty much a guarantee he killed some completely innocent people.
Actually, L's plan was to broadcast per region and country to narrow down to the place where Kira would take the bait. He broadcasted in Kanto/Japan first because of the small population and to make it easier to narrow down who is Kirai it turns out he's there. Light's mistake of taking the bait wasn't only a tactical mistake. He crossed a moral line when he decide to kill the people investigating him and were trying to do justice instead of sticking to only criminals.
Isn't it the opposite, with the largest population being in Kanto?
@@allyhanaffy2329 yes Kanto is Tokyo's Region, most populated
Well.
He *technically* did not cross a line even then, thanks L best bro.
you're wrong. L himself stated that the reason he broadcast on kanto region is the first victim was there. remember biker gang sexually harassed random girl and Light Yagami write down one of them from a book store? yeah that was the first use of death note and L knows it.
@@lakraknjeprak2536 I watched it a couple of years ago, but how did L know it? As far as I remember, first guess was based on school shooting. You can't pinpoint any accident to usage of deathnote. Biker was dead due to truck-kun, which may happen, road accidents are not that rare. Even with motive it is more like "yeah, let's pick this exact accident as a starting point". It only works, because we know such information, but if you try to use statistics and knowledge about mechanism of death note it won't happen.
The problem here is largely that Light wanted people to know there was someone casting judgement, random heart attacks although would be better to avoid any possible link to himself, as in like there isn't even anything to suspect because people have heart attacks all the time. He wanted the attention, and maybe was also a bit cocky about being untraceable.
I mean he didn’t need to kill Lind L Taylor to achieve that. He had the attention. People already knew. That’s why the broadcast aired in the first place. But his ego couldn’t handle being criticized. And then did all the shenanigans with the police and the fbi to get close to L, all cuz he got embarrassed on national tv. He was upset that he got played for a fool. He decided to make it his mission to find the guy who embarrassed him and kill him. That was the whole thing. It wasn’t like L had the means to stop Light in any capacity. The only real wildcard is Misa. Cuz, they could probably deduce she is a copy cat. And misa could be tracked down. So they would could probably get their hands on the death note. But it wouldn’t tell you who the other death note user was. But yeah, Light could have gotten everything he wanted had he just put his fragile ego aside and focused on the mission. But no he needed to get his lick back so damn bad.
AHH ur so smart, I noticed pretty much everything this guy said upon my 1st watch through, this comment helped me understand why he did it that isnt just plot convenience.
The actual problem is that he criticizes things that have to be in the show for the show to exist. I dont have problem with things like this. I mean if Light didnt do anything and just killed few criminals every day it would be boring show. There is countless movies where you can say ''if he just walked away he would be fine'' yea and also there would be no movie.😁 I have problem with stupid plot lines that are supposed to get you to some point in the story while i can think of 3 better more natural ways to get there, which is not the case for DN.
@@orchoose Obviously we needed a conflict for the show to be interesting. We all get that, doesn't mean we can't criticize Light for kinda being stupid/ egotistical. It's fun to criticize shows and games, even if you like them.
@@TheJadeFist Well i didnt say you cant criticize. I just said i dont mind it and i explained teh difference.
Light’s own ego was his worst enemy. Ryuk could not have asked for anyone better to pickup the notebook.
Not only that, but there is nobody who would've been more likely to pick up the notebook than a self centered egomaniac best-in-the-country student that thinks he should manage to have control over death itself
@@imanoljesusdelpozo4907 I mean I could have picked it up without knowing what it did just bc why not and free notebook
@@arty5356 Oh yeah now that I think about it you’re totally right hahaha
Had I picked up the book, he'd be super entertained
@@arty5356 well if you pick the book do you have to make a contract with that ghost guy or can you just throw it away. I watched it many years ago so i dont remember most of it only the end and l's death
In the show there's a dialogue "the weakness of a genius is the need for an audience"
Almost makes you wonder how other detectives like Poirot or Sherlock or even Batman (he is the proclaimed world's greatest detective after all) would solve the case.
@@sohumchatterjee9 Sherlock doesn't believe in mythical beings so he would look into logical ways of death that would make it very difficult or out of character for Sherlock to solve the mystery imo.
@@davewhispers7720 I would say that L is actually heavily based on Sherlock Holmes. Both of them are highly antisocial geniuses and they solve all those mysteries purely for fun. Also, I don't think the first letter of "Watari" name is a coincidence.
However, the main diffrence between them is probably that L focuses mostly on people and psychological motives of their actions, meanwhile Sherlock is just purely using deduction.
@@davewhispers7720 That's completely wrong. I read the Sherlock Holmes stories. And a huge fan of his canon. Holmes is portrayed a believer of God for example. Which is a magical thing alone. But that's not the point, Holmes would never bias his reasoning, even if he believed something for so long. If he is presented with something that contradicts what he knows, then he is fully wanting to learn and adapt. Holmes never says the supernatural isn't real- he only states that it isn't as common as people would throw it around on every situation. It'll be like, someone would win 5 bucks in a lottery, just when you needed gas money, and they just say it's "God's Will" that brought you it. It's absurd things like that, he'll shut down, because people throw those around willy nilly. He'll never overlook the truth if it's in his face. It's the garbage adaptations of Holmes in modern day, that make you think he isn't into the Supernatural or some sort of atheist. But if you read even a single book, you'll know that's false. I'm not being mean or anything like that, or coming at you specifically. Cause I'm not. I'm just talking generally about what you said. It's a false statement that I imagine a lot of people make. His line proves that statement is wrong..."When you have eliminated the impossible, whatever remains, however improbable, must be the truth". He would easily deduce a supernatural force at work.
Can somone elaborate this pls
Rewatching the series, I came to that same conclusion. As a teenager, I was rolling my eyes the whole time L explained how he pinpointed Light's location and all the other clues he pointed out, but ten years later, I can see how Light is smart, but not wise. He's a fool who believes himself to be a wise man
Yeah but it was a good thing because if Light was really wise he would have been a very dangerous man. After all it was his foolish decisions, and overly inflated ego that killed him.
Light is smart, but he has ego and that was commented all over the manga, to be honest. It made part of L strategies as he predicted Kira would be a high ego person
I’m a freshman in high school and I haven’t even finished the series yet I noticed this on my first watch though
Yeah thats why L called him to have childlike mind😂
L also made a huge mistake: he told Kira what he had done.
Logically, Kira should have just.... left the Kanto region. Go anywhere else in the world.
It's not as if L was tracking people that left.
You're right up to the part where he falls for the broadcasted criminal trap. You use the phrase, "It's almost like he wanted to zero himself as a suspect" - that's exactly what he was trying to do! He does state that he wanted to get as close to L as possible. Even L recognises that "Kira" is taunting the police force by responding to every clue that they uncover. Great vid tho!
It wouldn't be a story without Light's pride. I like how you pointed that out.
Even the author pointed it out
Yo hash slashing slasher
@@StarvingAngel4583 wassup dawg
@@snvcchs you listen to kidx
1000th like
When an anime is being talked about a decade and a half later, you know its a GOAT
One piece, and dragonball be like (not mentioning boruto because i think naruto ended in mid shippuden lmao)
@@DiselSun Yeah but both of those are still receiving new content like manga chapters and games. Death Note has had nothing. Well technically it’s had like two chapters since it ended but nothing significant.
@@DiselSun those two aren’t goats. They are just extremely popular. Deathnote was/is amazing and is popular
@@Blastoisebo122 arent goats??? One piece and oda is THE most popular manga\manga authour, being one piece the most selled manga and the 3rd most selled COMIC almost beating batman
Death note is a goat, but just in a different way
Besides Light doing all that because he wants to confront and mock L, if you pay attention, Light explains why he acted on the police info, he wanted L to investigate the police so they would investigate L and do Light's work for him. It kinda worked because L had to admit defeat and work with a very reduced group.
But even then L wouldn’t be a threat if he had no evidence to work off of
@@j1227 Light swore to take down L, he had to take risks
Was looking for a comment like this, not sure why the video didn't mention he did a lot of these things intentionally. Sure it was a mistake, but he's clearly opted in to the risks involved.
@@enzo91821Which was stupid, because had his head not been so far up his own ass he would've just not engaged and could've continued killing to his hearts content
@@kmh0237 well sure but if there was no response to L then he would have just looked like a fool. L proclaims Kira is just a petty evil person but Kira continues anyway undisturbed and L would be shown to have nothing and be nothing. Instead L was proven right that Kira is a flawed human and NOT a god
But remember, Light's ultimate goal was to be revered as a god once he murdered everybody. So announcing his presence was very much a part of his plan.
The moment he killed Lind L. Tailor, his fate was sealed.
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More like *"Rind Eru. Teiraru"*
Nah man. He could've stopped using Death Note
L. Bait: *doesn't die
L: "welp I'm stumped."
*end credits
Lmao
Directed by: George Lucas
Actualy, if it wasnt for his pride or recognicion, light colud have punished criminals via NORMAL deaths.
Get runned down, or choking, or even tripped fell and knocked out? People still would get the impression that something is causing everything, or they could atributte it to "fate".
@@sinedddmk8996 its explained why he doesnt do that in episode 1 or 2
@@coochiha his explanation is dumb af tho its just a scream to get caught
Seeing that a murder was once solved because the detective decided to investigate the chicken bones that were thrown in the trash from a restaurant and correlated that the target was someone who either frequented the restaurant or was close to one of the owners/employees, I'd say there was probably a thousand things that could have given Light away.
Is that a real case?
Yeah, Death Note isn't really as "smart" as people who only watch anime think it is. It's not a failure, of course the plot and characters can't be smarter than the writers, who are manga authors and not geniuses or detectives. I once watched the first half of Death Note with my mother, who is one of those women who spends all her free time reading pulp detective novels. She was able to correctly guess every twist and plan before they happened during the episode (she is also one of those people who talks about the show/movie while watching it). Point being, Death Note is entertaining and good, but it isn't "smart" if it's barely on the level of paint-by-numbers detective/crime fiction for generic women.
@sigiligus I admire that you take her word for it. Actually, I admire her instead because you do not think about it yourself and come to that conclusion.
Light’s decisions where severely affected by his ego. However, all he did in episode 2 and after was to get closer to L (letting L get closer to him), because he always knew he had to kill him. Otherwise he couldn’t create his new world, because L would have always tried to catch him.
I completely agree, I love watching this show, because you need to be more than clever to predict what happens next, you have to have a strong intuition about what happens next in TV shows/movies
On my first walkthrough I actually predicted that Misa would be the 2nd Kira though this process of context clues and what I know abou other shows
"He maybe smart, but He sure as hell isn't wise" just summarizes this whole character as good as possible
Yesss
Light is literally that edgy teen who thinks that because he is smart and a top student, he knows more about everything and is more mature than the adults with more life experience .
@@nessyness5447 with a god complex to top it off. He is so full of himself, it is entertaining to watch how he gets into trouble because of it.
@@adamrak7560 it is, i also find it funny that no one except L seems to notice that he is , in fact, way too " perfect" to be real. Like, he doesn't do anything but study, he is always super polite, politically correct in a calculated way, always calm, always very formally dressed, his room is super tidy and impersonal....like, he is a teen, that all should have been everyone's first clue something was off with him.
my question is why didn't he write down one of his assistant's names and write "murder suicide"
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To be honest the biggest misstake was that he took a window seat in class.
You know there is a mistake in your misstake
@@sheezabiradr2853 😅
@@sheezabiradr2853 He did miss the take though
I have already made that mistake
I used to take the window seat, I no longer got the window seat after watching this anime. Light cursed my spot 😭😭
I think it's realistic that he'd make these kinds of mistakes. You don't know what people can use to track you until they've already done it. Light tried to cover his tracks in every way, and he did a good job, but it wasn't perfect.
rewatch the video my guy
Even during my first watch, the moment Light was hacking to access the Police info, I was like: dude you are basically attracting attention by doing that!!
He actually fucked it up earlier than that, the moment he decided to only make killings during after school hours and revealing his schedule is that of a student
At that time he was still learning how to use the Death Note. He learns later that he can choose the times of death.
@@DemonOfShadows66 yeah, but that one stupid move messed up basically everything. The rules state you can choose time and method of death how did he not know.
@@walkingarmageddon5479 The rules stated that you could choose the method, but it didn't say anything about the time of death. Light had to learn that himself.
Yeah but I doubt people who would get a Death Note would think like that at first
If light wrote more death causes to criminal instead of letting them all die by heart attack he fuked up
Something that L likes to remind us of is how Light often has a 5% chance of being Kira in the early parts. That might not seem like much but when you single it down across the millions of people that could have the notebook its a pretty damning percentage.
Never thought about it like that and to be honest you're exactly right.
When L says that's, he actually believes there is 95% chance that Light is Kira.
He lied when he said that, he was lowering the percentage by 90%
Literally one in twenty. Twenty suspects, he’s one of them
I liked when L said there was a 5% chance of him being Kira because to me it was that L knew light was Kira but he had 0 evidence
Light himself stated he wanted them to suspect someone with ties to the police. It wasn't a mistake, he wanted to get close to L to eventually kill him.
amen
But it was a mistake overall
The only reason he has to kill L is because L was getting closer. Had he players cards right they’d have never been a threat to begin with
And that's exactly why he would lose.
The thing is, he didn't lose in episode 2. He made himself known, on purpose. The whole point of this is that light yagami was so arrogant that he actually wanted to fight L up close and personal. If he chose he could have remained under the radar for probably his entire life, but instead he knowingly put himself out there because that is what he wanted. He wanted the world to know that he was there. And when he finally lost, it wasn't because his confrontational nature finally came around to bite him in the ass. It was literally because somebody he chose to put trust into messed up his plan. Crazy
Exactly!Even in the end the mess up was because of Mikami, Light predicted the exact plan of Near.
And even then....the way the mistake was forced was by PERFECTLY COPYING Mikami's Death Note to pinpoint accuracy within 24 hours, if I'm not mistaken. And that's just...stupid... I'm fine with Light losing, but that feels like a cheap way to do it. If they would have said "We had an entire division to copy Mikami's Death Note/pages within 24 hours" then I'd be much more likely to buy it, unless that's what they mean but didn't say.
Either way LIGHT didn't lose... Mikami lost and that loss directly influenced Light's loss.
@@spin.chicken I totally agree with you man, it seems like such a stupid plot line that one of nears subordinates could do the inhuman act of actually copying an entire notebook and doing everything perfectly all less than a single day? Ridiculous, death Note started strong and is still one of my favorites but it fell off at the end
@@spin.chicken there is also the theory that matsuta had at the end of the manga, which was that near used the death Note in order to make Mikame mess up and therefore guarantee that light would be caught. Either way, Giovanni is obviously the most overpowered character in the verse 🙏🏻
Thats why i think episode 2 of deathnote is the biggest hook in history. Yes the premise in episode 1 is enough to make you watch ep 2 but when you see that L multi level galaxy brain outplay, you're in it till the end
Absolutely, I feel like not many series are able to hook you in that early. And with Death Note, things only get more and more wild with time, so that constant escalation just keeps you coming back.
Straight up every time i get someone to watch it , episode 2 does it’s thing every time
That's exactly what happened to me. I watched the first episode twice, because the first time I didn't keep watching it. It was only after a few weeks that I decided to give it a second shot and episode 2 made me binge watch it all the way through.
Just like redo of healer
@@Koroto also Attack on Titan has the ability to instantly get you hooked. Of course death note is on another level, but AoT is also just perfect for someone looking for complex stories.
"light died"
Few moments later:
"Be careful everybody, this video has spoilers"
Lmao
Right ! " Why light *loses*..." In title
To whom it's a spoiler, deserves it
To be fair, ryuk did say in ep1 that he was going to be the one to write lights names in his death note
😂 🤣 🤣 😂 🤣 😂 🤣 😂 Loll
as soon as he fell for L broadcast trick he was cooked not only his location was revealed but now L was aware of his terribly high ego
One issue I have with your breakdown here is when you talk about his elaborate hiding of the notebook. The problem with what you were saying is that the minute someone else touches the notebook, they are able to see the shinigami attached to it.
right but the whole notebook is magic. he’s saying if light rips all the pages out and puts it in a regular notebook with a regular cover, the only magic part of the notebook would be the pages. L wouldn’t look at a normal notebook and say, that’s suspicious. but a notebook that literally says Death Note on it is very suspicious. obviously if he touched the hypothetical regular notebook’s pages, he would see Ryuk, but i don’t think that was the point he was making.
Let’s be real the only reason light managed to kill L was b/c he was using death god magic and the fact the L was pretty much able to deduce he was using some kind of death god magic at all is kinda insane.
@G.O.D 7 you sound like a Light fanboy
Dude, Light didn't even win cause he was using 'some kind of death god magic', he won cause of 2 factors, the first factor being that L didn't have any friends or equals, and when L and Light met, they both become friends(Or so L thought) and the 2nd Factor is of L being mysterious, I know, this might sound dumb, but see, if a guy sits like a guy on a potty trying to get a dump, and looks like a very different guy to the one you believed to be the No. 1 Detective in the whole entire world, would you believe him 100•/•, some people may say yes, some may say no, but the main part is that people around L and Light were alittle stupid and Light Yagami's dad was a good guy and he thought his son was just a normal high school student, and his fellow co-workers thought the same, and because of that, L's fellow investigators didn't trust him, and he also says that the chances of Light being Kira is just 5•/•, normally you would think that's very low but, in the whole world, there are 7.8 Billion humans. So, the chances of Light being Kira is very high as L didn't say that the chances of Light being Kira is 5•/• in Japan, he just said 5•/•.
Edit : I just watched some clips and then realised something, after L had deduced that Kira is in Kanto, he then said 5% and I also realised something, in the Manga, L might have said that he doubted that Light maybe Kira, and the chances are 5% but, actually, L thought Light was Kira 95%, L takes side of the innocent until they are proven guilty so, yeah.
@@AnimatedGamerDab L knew Light was Kira That’s why he came to his graduation.
He just couldn’t jail him without a good reason,that’s why he stayed around light.
@@Therealsasuke Read the edit to, I said something else.
@@Therealsasuke And he didn't know Light was Kira 100%, he knew Light was Kira 95% but, just said 5% to the people, cause he takes the side of the innocent until proven guilty.
I think the real genius of Death Note is that in the end Light is 17 years old and he could have a genius level intellect but in the end wisdom is something you aquire through experience and a teenager would be impulsive and a show off, two things that spelled his doom.
Maybe, but also just the fact that he's so bored. It's been a while since I watched the anime, but L's existence was infuriating to him right - a threat to his plans. But it was also interesting. I'm guessing Light was so obsessed with not being bored, he wanted to challenge L. Even if it was not the wise thing to do.
@@daniqueneefjes6543 I don't think it was just boredom that made him challenge L but more likely his god-complex as well. He was obsessed with one-upping L, a world renowned 'anonymous' detective who is also respected by the FBI and Interpol. If he could manipulate and win over L in their 'game of chess', that will prove that noone could take him down.
Wasn't there a time skip at the very end Light was like 20?
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I love the fact that, he didn't really needed some sort of worldly wisdom come to this realization, but just two minutes of introspection, which genius like him could've easily done, but noooo.
I will say that the first mistake with the fake L wasn't that much of a problem. he wanted people to know he exists anyway, and while narrowing the suspects down to just the Kanto region was a big win for L there are also a lot of people there. even narrowing it down to students doesn't help much because there is no way they could monitor every student, at least not enough to catch light. so I'd say his biggest mistake was using his insider knowledge to taught L with the hourly murders. that brings the suspect down to a few hundred people that can be monitored.
I love the video man, and I’ve thought about this a lot too, he couldn’t refuse the challenge and that was his biggest flaw,
Light loses the moment he started depending on other people.
exactly
Yup with Misa
Disagree
Light Loses the Moment he start killing the people that are hunting Kira starting with Fake L and ending with the FBI agents
@@OK-yy6qz indeed. He should not have considered a crime to oppose Kira.
@@papapapa16 yeah not only that Destroyed his ideology basically
But also it's what turned him to the prime Suspect of this Investigation
Light wanted them to know that Kira exists so he can live as a godlike figure
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But that was his downfall because the genius of religions is convince you that an invisible and intangible force is watching over you. He very well could create the belief that karma was real and his objective would be completed easier.
Thing is, it was really unnecessary for him to have any supporters. It was mostly Light's ego.
@@samueldelacruz2659 yes!!!
@@lilsuty3751 isn't that is a mysterious no
Given by Nicolas Tesla
Oh yeah. That moment. I've been thinking that since the anime first aired. His biggest blunder was taking L's bait at the start, and he never learns from the mistake.
him falling for the bait when there was no pressure on him specifically has always made me angry. all he had to do was sit back and just continue to do what he is doing behind closed doors.
I do think Light, subconsciously, was trying to draw as much attention to himself without actually being caught. He was trilled by the challenge by L.
Yes. That’s the way Light was written. He didn’t want to be a normal person. He likes the thrill. He gets a kick out of committing his own crime. If he truly didn’t like killing ppl, he would have never write a single name down. If he thought it was a necessary evil to kill “criminals” then he was absolutely aware how evil it is to kill. Namely, innocent people. Which he did multiple times.
He didn't expect to face someone that could challenge him intellectually and that could figure out the name condition.
@@MugenTJand it’s cool that his first introduction is being bored with life, had he succeeded and built his perfect world, he’d again be bored in the end
@@johnnyappleseed6889 true. A comforting life is pretty stale. That’s why many reader identify with him.
He also mentioned his tactic was to get closer to L to defeat him because it was a game to him. He could’ve hid in the shadows but he was playing god and flew to close to the sun
Light only "beat" L because he had literal magic on his side. L ran circles around him intellectually.
Tbf, Light did pull a really nice intelectual play when he gave up the death note and his memorys knowing he would get it back, and knowing that, if Misa didnt remember the name (like it would be to expect after what she went trough), Rem would kill him. But yes, Light had the better hand
I would'nt say ran circles around, more like 1 step ahead
@@lpgoodgamer7137 no definitely circles around him based on what the handicap was. A guy who can kill anyone from anywhere in the world, just has to know their name....how the hell do you catch him? Yet we know L basically did in just a few episodes. After that, Light only stayed ahead of him due to L not understanding the supernatural phenomenon so not being able to do anything to Light without a solid case. L figured him out within no time and knew the whole time Light was Kira. Again, he only couldn't do anything because he didnt know about Death Note's or the Shinigami. As soon as he found out about it, he started to piece everything together. He even suspected one of the rules Light wrote of being fake. Light definitely won but L was running circles around him intellectually, Light just barely got away every time. Don't get me wrong though, glad he did because it was awesome to watch
Indeed, L had to deal with an unthinkable magical shit in real life, light fucked up because his arrogance
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That's ignoring the advantages L has. Light is a high school student with only a small amount of expierence in detective work and stratergy while L has been solving cases since he was a child. L didn't figure out Light was Kira because he was smart, he figured it out because he has had so much expierence analysing people's body language while Light hasn't had nearly the amount of expierence hiding his body language. L had full control of the police and alot of control over the media at the start of the series. L also had the FBI on his side.
L had full control of the police and alot of control over the media at the start of the series. The Lind L Tailor plan wasn't actually that good. It revealed to Kira that L exists, L is chasing him, L has control of the police and the media, L is very smart and that L knows Kira needs a name and a face or at least a face to kill. The thing is, had Light not fallen for it all of these things would still have been revealed to Light in exchange for some information on Light's personality. After the broadcast it would have been easy for Light to figure out L was baiting him to kill Lind L Tailor, since the broadcast appeared in the different areas at different times, something Light would have quickly found out via the internet (even though it wasn't very advanced back then). Once he figured out this it would be easy for him to figure out that L knew Kira needed a name and a face to kill since he revealed the face of someone who may or may not be him and expected him to be able to kill that person. The reason why L used such a risky plan is because it was the best way to humilate Light and stoke his ego as will as winning the trust of the police. So Light and L aren't too different, their ego causes them to make risky but calculated decisions (well killing Lind L Tailor wasn't calculated but beyond that) rather than safer and probably more effective choices.
Not sure if i forgot if light did this or not but i really liked your idea of hiding in plain sight. I wouldve just put the pages in my diary and at the first non deathnote page of that diary, i wouldve titled the book 'notes regarding the murders.' So when L does find the diary with specific details about the events, he would be lead to believe its just light yagamis notes.
Very great analysis loved it.
"Because Ryuk, I was bored too."
That's all the reason you need to explain why Light decided to challenge L as much as he did.
Sure give ryuk some entertainment to..
*_Every opening/ending of Death Note has a meaning, if memory serves me right..._*
Opening 1: How Light Sees himself
Ending 1: How the world sees Light
Opening 2: How the world sees KIRA
Ending 2: How KIRA sees himself
Isn’t the 2 the other way around or something?
@@mooganify you're right, it is
Opening 2:
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FREE POOOOOOOOOOORNNNNN
@@mooganify ur right my mistake
@@LightbulbHD LOTS OF FROZEN PIE HOME SECURITY
In the show, light mentions how he intends to confront the people hunting him. I don't think it is a matter of if he can get away with it forever, I think in the moment Light saw his own weakness of lashing out in an obvious ploy and realized that with the combined physical might of the global police force and the brilliance of L, he would soon be cornered into a position where he could no longer act as he pleases, or worse reveal himself. The long game would lose him his perfect world.
Instead he had to go on the offensive, separate the police from L, and then draw him in. L realizes almost immediately that Light is the killer, but he has no means of detaining him without proof that Light is somehow some supernatural killer else he would be released and exonerated of being tried for the same crime crime in the future. Light realizes that L is a credible threat to his authority, and if left to his own devices would eventually prove his guilt. It's only a decade later when Light has gotten complacent that he gets caught by the siblings of L.
Something I thought about just now:
What would have happened if Light scheduled Lind L. Taylors death for a few days after the conferrence? He was due for his death sentence on that day so would the Death Note haven chosen that day as his "remaining life span" and give him a heart attack on the spot or would it somehow have "protected" him until his death date specified in the book?
I don't think it would've extended his life. It's shown that if you write something impossible, it won't happen and they'll just have a heart attack. I don't think there's any reasonable way for him to get out of an execution. I'm not too sure about if he'd die of a heart attack though. It seems reasonable, since he wouldn't be able to die days later, but it could be possible that the execution before the written death date might overwrite it and nothing would happen until he died naturally.
The Death Note wasn't able to extend life past the point of the "normal" death, unless the source of that death was eliminated. And the source would be whoever was pulling the lever for the electric chair, or push the button for the lethal injection, or whatever else. So writing his name with a scheduled time wouldn't have made the chair or syringes malfunction. Not even give him a heart attack.
If you scratch a little bit, it's actually not hard to find hard flaws with the way this whole thing works.
for example, if someone is meant to die because their lifespan comes to an end, they will survive if a Shinigami saves them, thus killing the Shinigami and transferring their lifespan to the human. which makes sense right? because how could someone keep living with a lifespan of 0? they have to have time pulled from somewhere in order to stay alive.
Also, It is demonstrated by the existence of Misa within the series that lifespan doesn't correspond to natural death, but includes any cause (she was meant to be murdered as a young woman, not die of old age). Therefor it is easy to imagine that killing literally anyone on Earth, could result in someone else surviving an event they shouldn't have (for an infinity of chaotic and unpredictable reasons) thus making Shinigamis using their death notes the riskiest move in history.
And that's not even mentioning all other instances of potentially monumental butterfly effect that would happen because of so many people dying.
Even better, what would happen if Light saved someone who's lifespan was at an end from a murderer? would that person stay alive with no lifespan left? when would they die then?
Also, why exactly did Rem die? she killed L, sure, but even if it's obvious he would have led to Misa being executed, he wouldn't have killed her himself... where's the limit then? If I kill a cop, do I save every person he would have arrested? if I kill a judge? who does the lifespan go to?
Better not to look too deep into it in this kind of story, the illusion is too easy to break...
@@sebastienaguila2107I always took it as "the human will either die when they were supposed to, if the natural time of death is before the scheduled time, or at the scheduled time if it's before their natural death".
Also, lifespans only matter for shinigami, in canon - if Light kills someone he won't get their lifespan, if Ryuk does he gets their lifespan.
What happens, for shinigami, is that killing someone with the intention to save a human (like Jelus did to Misa's stalker, or Rem did to L) means that the shinigami dies and their lifespan is transferred to the human they tried to save. Which ironically means that Misa might have lived for another thousand years, if she didn't decide to kill herself after Light's demise (this is why I love Misa's line "I live on borrowed time" in the Death Note musical).
They say it's because of "killing someone for love", but it might be simply Rem's interpretation after seeing Jelus's death, knowing their fascination with Misa.
Alternatively, L struck a deal with Lind L. Taylor to cancel his execution if he posed as him (after all, L expected Kira to kill him).
I'd also say that L shouldn't have told Light about the broadcast only being in Japan, or even that the one he killed wasn't the real L. This would have given L an advantage, especially with Light believing he had won already.
Yeah but L had his ego, he said it himself that he was giving Kira this information during the broadcast as a gift for making his work so easy
He was both humiliating his opponent and trying to amp the difficulty so that Kira would be worth his time
But L didn’t know Light at the time, he couldn’t have predicted how he would have reacted to that knowledge, for all he knew, Light could've very quickly backed himself into a corner if he'd been a different person.
Which would mean he was not worth his time if it were the case
However Light followed his prediction that Kira was childish and too proud, so he got the challenge he wanted
Ok ur L material
@@freshcupofangst If he couldn't predict Light's reaction that's an even bigger reason to not say that wasn't the real Light
Hes a narcissist. He cant resist the challenge; the chance to prove his superiority. That was *before* he got the book. With it, he felt invincible. He could never conceive empathy, or somebody making a sacrifice play. That's how I beat him.
He became the very thing he sought to destroy which I don't think is mentioned enough. He also got a thrill from being chased as well.
He is basically the Riddler.
@@Pain-cw3lt Like every serial killer, he wanted to be caught
I thought this was obvious since the first time L challenges him. Light is trying less to avoid getting caught, and more trying to feed his God complex.
@@6l4d05 Very true.
That’s exact what I’ve always been thinking while watching the series, although I’ve always liked it very much (despite a little disappointment about the end though) couldn’t stop but wondering how an absolutely brilliant individual like light could so dumbly and willingly expose himself to be caught. Absurdly, even someone slightly stupid could have went on using the notebook without ever being caught by just keeping a low profile, but the series wouldn’t have worked out that well in such case I guess. In the end, just like Walter White in Br bad, what causes his downfall is no other than his own ego, presumably just as big as his genius, and that applause very well to both characters.
Something strange to me is that in the episode that light kills Naomi Misora, she obviously goes to the receptionist with a purpose and ask to speak with the task force. Yet they all just conclude that she committed suicide. And no one not even the receptionist mentioned that she was seen with light yagami just before her death.
I didnt think about this the show would've ended way sooner if this was taken into consideration
i might be wrong but i think i have an idea as to why:
Maybe the receptionist didnt know of her death and the Task Force dont know she went to the receptionist to tell her theory to the Task Force. In their head they probably wouldnt think to ask if she came to the receptionist and if someone was with her.
again i might be wrong here, but if u have a theory as to why im wrong please let me know :)
@@ekwoos they were at the police station together but on two different notices. Light was there to drop off food to his pops while she was there to drop a tip off. It was coincidental but it worked out for light to cut a loose end.
At that time they didn’t know that Kira can kill with causes other than heart attacks
Well obviously the writer couldn’t end it there
I’VE ALWAYS SAID THIS. killing lind l. tailor was his most grave mistake ever. he would have been able to get away with so much and probably not ever be caught if he hadn’t. but he let his ego get in the way.
L already knew that light was in kanto region of Japan the reason why he setup that "world wide podcast" was because he wanted to challenge light directly in his battle of pride and wanted to announce himself as a enemy to light
He thought that there was a good chance Kira was in Kanto but he didn’t know for sure which is why he was having it broadcast in different regions at different times.
@@islasullivan3463 I got you're reply after 1 month lol. Nope he knew that light was in kanto region of Japan. L calls light by saying that the police treated light's first killing as an unrelated incident but in acutally his first killings was a suspect in shinjuku and L also said that the shinjuku killer was only broadcast in Japan. Now even if light didn't kill Lind.L. Tailer L can easily make a 2nd trap to catch kira
@@l.lawliet2222 He wasn't certain otherwise he wouldn't have planned to broadcast it in other regions. That would just be a waste of time.
@@l.lawliet2222 he didnt, he tried broadcasting on kanto region first bc it has a really big population
I thought the same exact thing but YOU explained it so much better!
Light and L's story reminds me in many ways of the enigma machine in World War 2, just slightly in reverse.
They had finally cracked enigma and could read all those secret German communications and knew everything they had, what they were doing, and so on.
But... They couldn't act on it, because if they did, it would reveal to the Germans that enigma had been cracked and just result in them making a different device and method. So they had to choose selectively, very very carefully, what information they actually revealed, what strategies they formulated around it, and so on. They willingly allowed a lot of their own people to die in attacks they could have prevented just to keep the secret safe because of the idea that losing the ability to decode those messages would be worse.
In the same way Light made mistakes, L did too. He kept doing things to reveal to Light what he knew. If he had kept that shit secret, he could've rooted out Light a lot faster. For instance, why challenge him directly? Why tell him that now he knew where he lived? Why explain to him all the details of everything that just happened? It was foolish. If Light believed he had killed L, if he believed no one could find him, he would've continued to make mistakes and been caught.
Both of them were too arrogant to do what they needed to do. They were just alike.
Biggest mistake was to try and go after the FBI agent who was tailing him. In fact, the agent was already convinced that Light wasn't Kira and was about to discontinue tailing him anyway. Killing him and then his fiance sharply turned L's attention towards investigating the folks whom the FBI agent was tailing. From then on, Light was constantly under suspicion more or less throughout the show.
Totally agree, only way to be more suspicious was to yell I'm Kira.
Yeah, he shouldn't have killed Lind L Taylor, not only was what narrowed the hell out of where's Kira, but also he crossed a moral line by trying to kill people who are trying to stop criminals.
@@sarmavlada funnily enough, that would probably be less suspicious, because people may just assume he's in his "dark and edgy teenager" phase. Killing that Agent truly was incredibly dumb.
Yeah, but he also played with the idea of being framed for being Kira.
Imagine it from L POV, not only Kira kill very precisely someone in Kanto, which is already a monumental error, the next non-criminal to die are an FBI agent and his wife trailing the son of the region police chief.
It still look like a massive covert up/ redherring and middle finger to L in the case Light wasn't Kira.
The main thing is as said light says he is smart and says he is wise but he ain't more than the meme sings; a human. The series may make someone interested in real crime because when boiled down to it, someone did it and maybe tried their best to get away with it, and in their mind had all the perfect answers before they end up in two hour stern voiced commentary video breaking down all of their mistakes during and after the crime.
I think the points in the story are included to show how slowing down would have helped him more but he doesn't because of his new found ego.
Light actually loses in episode 1. “I want the world to know of my existence, that there’s someone out there passing righteous judgement on the wicked.” He says this line when Ryuk questions him as to why he never specifies the causes of death when using the notebook. Light deliberately went out of his way to inform the world that these events were happening by design rather than happenstance. If all criminals Light targeted died of seemingly random consequences, it would be difficult to establish motive. And only suspects have motives.
if a huge number of criminals started dying because of seemingly unrelated symptoms that would still ring a bell. Unless light had decades to plan each and every single death in a way that wouldn't raise any suspicion, which is of course nonsensical
Light wanted to be caught, but he wanted to be caught in a way where he would have already won. I think Light keeps the notebook intact because he wants L to be able to fully understand his powers before he wins. A true god is unseen, Light wanted to be an idol.
@@nocturn9x He can write them dying of a disease, the world will be left chasing a virus that they cannot identify. even if the victims fit a certain profile, you can link it to their environment by killing the vast majority of criminals by disease while the more affluent ones can have other more low key causes of death.
The last thing anyone will suspect is a magical notebook.
@@altumurnemtzra2026 Fair point actually. Also pretty on topic given the current situation of things, lol
He can kill them in groups, for example listing all inmates in a prison and specifying that everyone died because of explosion.
Great video. I will at the solutions or the “what light should have done…” doesn’t explore the risks of your solutions.
For example if he placed random pages in a normal notebook there is a risks someone may accidentally take a piece of the notebook and accidentally write on a death note page
As others have said, I do believe that Light's ego was what ultimayely lead to his eventual death. When I first watched the whole series (after L's death), I got increasiny agitated by how much he was giving away to Near. During the last episode, we learn that it was lights intention to expose himself to Near, but then kill everyone in the warehouse. If he had been more carefull and patient during the second half of the series light may have been able to get around Mello and Near.
So I dont think it's as simple as light got outplayed, or he couldnt get away in time. Moreover, it was his own ego, or as said in the video, his lack of wisdom that made him step too far.
It’s crazy because even with all of his flaws he was still so close to winning in the end
all because of that fuckin fanboy that thought he knew what he was doing
Literally he would’ve been golden but Mikami ruined it
That's only because he had a power that nobody else had.
I’d say his worst mistake was celebrating early, during the end of the series where N and everyone else was supposed to die he said, “I win” which led to evidence of him being Kira. If this hadn’t happened it would have been harder to prove him guilty.
I definitely think Light could have gotten away with saying Near is framing me. There was literally nothing about Mikami linking him to Light and Misa wasn't there that day either. If he hadn't of said "I win" I think he would have at least survived that day.
@@CiraxMusic While it's true that Mikami wasn't related to Light, it's also true that Aizawa, Mogi, the Task Force and Near were all already convinced at that point that Light was Kira. Assuming in this scenario Light didn't out himself, If Light had managed to spew out a lie like that, Near and the others would easily dismiss it with basic evidence I think.
Another neat detail is that N knew he won as soon as they entered the building. Since he had the real death note, he could see the shinigami in the room.
@@jessetheanimenerd3304 true but my point is that if he hadn’t celebrated he could try to weasel his way out.
Also guys let's not forget that N looked at Mikami's fake notebook that he thought was real and it had everyone's names on it beside Light's. Also Mikami called Light Kami (God, if you watched the dub) so regardless of Light saying anything, he was always gonna lose once he set foot in that warehouse.
Yeah, I recently rewatched this show for the first time since I was like, fourteen, (I'm 28) and noticed this too. He reacted well enough, and was able to keep going for a long time, due to his intelligence, but him reacting to Lind L Taylor at all basically set his fate in stone. His own hubris was his downfall.
I don't think it was ever about figuring out who Kira was, at least not for L. I'm assuming L knew pretty quickly but the challenge for him was to PROVE Light was Kira. Hard task to do when the suspect is using a deathnote.
I agree with all of this! It's like you said, his pride was his downfall. Pretty much every rash decision he made was due to his god complex, i.e. killing Lind L. Tailor for calling him evil, actually wanting to deal with the second Kira for "besmirching" the name and ideals of Kira, etc..
Appreciate the input! :) Another interesting thought is that someone like Mikami might have been far more successful at evading capture. as He didn't seem phased by everything else that was going on with the Kira investigation, so if he were the original holder of the note book, he may have simply included it in his daily schedule and not challenged L in any way.
Also, if you don't mind me asking, how'd you come across the video?
@@Koroto That's a good point! I never really put much thought into what would've happened if another person got the death note first but I'm sure they would've concealed it better. And I found it posted on the death note subreddit!
As smart as he is, we also have to remember he's about 17-18 at this time. He's a High School student presumably in his final year. Teenagers in that bracket tend to be the most arrogant know-it-alls you can ever meet. Especially one with Light's level of intellect. Top student in the nation? Yeah, of course he has an ego problem, and L exploited the hell out of that teenaged ego.
@@Aurora-313
Yeah, the super constant praise of his intellect in a (probably) sheltered environment may have most likely contributed to his development (I wouldn't be surprised if people that interacted Light before he first saw the Death Note would have found him really pompous in his younger years, save for his family)...
We are forgetting about Ryuk. The reason Ryuk stayed in the human world for so long was because Light was entertaining. Otherwise I think Ryuk would have killed Light long ago. Light was doomed as soon as he used the Death Note to kill someone.
No wonder Ryuk was entertained, it was literally the best anime ever
I'm sure you haven't watched DN. He said that he'd write light's name in his notebook when light's end would be near (no pun intended)
He never mentioned that he'd write his name when he'd get bored
@@bikdigdaddy When he writes Light's name, he says he doesn't know how long Light will live if he is sent to prison. I think it's pretty clear from that that he was thinking he would be bored while waiting for Light to die naturally in prison, so he ended him there and then.
No, light would have lived a long and easy life even with death note if he hadn't let himself stand out too much or fed his own ego. He was immature and had a God complex.
Ryuk can’t kill light bro
Reminds me of the conversation in “The Imitation Game” where they have to decide how to use the code breaker just enough to not be noticed.
L's trap with Lind L. Taylor in the beginning is still the craziest move I've ever seen in Manga & Anime.
But the biggest issue with all of this is that Light intended for people to know of his existence. It might have been stupid in hindsight, but he was absolutely sure that he couldn't be caught and every move he made had a purpose and that purpose was for people to know about him, while also proving uncatchable
He would've pulled it of if his accomplices listened
Yeah! He wanted people to see what would happen to anyone that defied him. L did it in public, so he couldn't just let it pass if following that philosophy. His philosophy was flawed, that why he made flawed actions.
That tends to be the major issue with pretty much most things humans do. Not all but most people want some form of recognition for the things they do. Whether the thing they're doing is good or bad in this case.
@@leonardocerqueiradias6168 No he wanted people to know becouse thst way criminals would fear him and therefore stop crime and save countless people.You missed everything.His ideals were not perfect but they were definetely the best available.
@@kaibaboy3374 You just repeated what I said.
sometimes death note fans really scare me cuz off how smart they are
@Light Yagami LMAOOOO
@Light Yagami you should write your name
YOU SEE JUST IM CASE IT LOST
@Light Yagamiyou see if you lost they will know whom they owe the chance to return it
But no one can be dumber than myself
That's just *impossible* ...
Haha
While what L did with Lind L Taylor and Light accessing the police files does paint a heavy target on his back, it doesn't necessarily mean that Light lost and this is largely due to L himself. The reason for this is due the rivalry that arises between Light and L and also where L cares about beating Light not necessarily knowing to himself that he his Kira. This means that while L basically knows that Light is Kira he has to be able to prove it with clear evidence not circumstantial or flimsy evidence in order to win, and that is where the problem comes in, Light is able to evade giving him the evidence he needs in order to outright prove he is Kira. Even though like i said he basically knows that Light is Kira it doesn't matter because L wont act on it as he considers merely knowing this without the evidence to prove it in order to convict him is a loss for him and all of this a a game to L much like the rivalry becomes a game to Light as well. While the combined efforts of Near and Melo ultimately lead to Lights demise later on it is off the back of the work done by L but its still not necessarily the student thing and Lind L taylor that brings him down, Light would have actually beaten near if it wasnt for the mistake made by Mikami and if he had just stuck to the plans as originally laid out by him and Light it most likely would have been Near who lost
i personaly thought that Light initially already thought even with these actions there is absolutely no way a person would even consider that someone is magically makes people have heart attacks! and L took a huuuge ass guess that did work well, but Light still managed to cover up despite almost being targeted from episode 2.
to me it's tougher to see how L actually theorized that someone could be behind this in the 1st place.... it's kinda crazy
but plot got run and it needs some thrills! i love Death note as it!
when you realize this was all because ryuk wanted some fun time on earth. that being said tho, i think ryuk was definitely very satisfied. his notebook was picked up by an incredibly intelligent young man who also has issues with his own ego. ryuk knew from the very start how all of this would end, as soon as he found out light has a big ego, he figured out what light's downfall would be like. honestly happy for the guy, hope he had a good stay on earth
As soon as he met Light he knew he got one hell of a party.....plus apples.
Seriously, lights entire downfall was the fact that he actually tried to not get caught. All he had to do was not respond and they probably would've concluded they were just natural deaths 😭.
Sure ryuk would've done something eventually but still
Exactly. It would have put the onus on others to prove that all the prison deaths were unnatural. And by then Light could have prisoners commit suicide, stab each other, have aneurysms. Even L says that he had to see it for himself and didn't believe it until he did the Lind L Taylor thing. But Light wanted the world to be aware of a "God"
not natural deaths , they thought a literal god was doing these deaths until it was proven otherwise
@@reignadams6692 Light's ego was his downfall. He wanted all people to think a God was doing this. If instead he came up varied suicidal deaths and spaced them out it would have never reached L at all, but it would be a very boring series.
@@moviefiendz they could make a alternate series where light actually doss things right just to see how itd look
L might be seen as a failure going against a god or something extreme
I feel the same way about that exact moment, he got all the info from that broadcast and could have sat on it.
Yeah, I am currently reading a really good fanfiction that’s all about Light having a second chance + character development and basically fixing his mistakes. It’s really interesting to think about how he could’ve ‘won’.
That sounds interesting, I recently read one like that! If you don't mind, what's the name of the fic you're reading and what website?
What’s the name of the fic?
Light ultimately went against the “moral good” he was trying to create as soon as he tried to go after L. I think that twisted sense of needing to win was the downfall. His motive was never as pure as he wanted.
I've been looking through the comment to see someone else notice and point out this irony. For all the people that think Light was righteous, why did he try to kill a detective trying to find him? He didn't even give them a chance, ignore it or try to wait it out until Lind L. didn't find him - he immediately decided "Hmm, this guy seems like he *might* get in my way. I'm gonna kill him." And I have to think, partly he did it out of self-preservation for his goal, but I'm sure it also had to do with showing everyone else how serious and powerful he was.
That was his greatest downfall, it wasn't the last domino to fall, but that instance of his ego trying to assert himself as the one, true epitome of justice is what got him caught and led him to real justice years later.
@@navonmyhand7999 Also, the entire reason Misa is infatuated with Light is because he killed the robbers who murdered Misa’s parents. But Light never once seems to care about the safety he has brought to Misa, or anyone for that matter. He says that he stands for the innocent, but he doesn’t. He just wants power.
@@navonmyhand7999 its all about god-complex and him being teenager. Great real life-appliable advice, ngl
Not sure how they did it in the show, but I guess it won't be far from the manga (since I read them and did not watch the show enough), but when Reurk first heard about Kira plan, he said something along the line, "... then, the only murderer left is you"
I think that's the whole Death Note story there.
@@izzfp9802 in the anime i remember light saying how kira wants to create a world only for innocent and good people and ryuk says "look who's talking"
His final nail in his coffin was killing Ray Penbur. HE DIDNT EVEN SUSPECT HIM!!! All light had to do was let him move on. Instead he HAD to kill them and narrow down the list even more 🙄
It was a mistake, yes, but completely within character though. Light didn't know what Ray was thinking. He had been running circles in his own mind for weeks. Plotting, scheming and anticipating the police and L. At this point he has developed a level of paranoia and acts out of fear, not logic.
Light's grave mistake was killing the fake L in ep2, without doing that he wouldn't give his location to L and just be free to kill
@@realspeedghxst So true. However I think that was brilliant writing, because it foreshadowed his downfall. Light couldn't help himself, he was too arrogant. And Ryuk even told Light how he would die. He gave us a massive spoiler and nobody noticed.
You say final nail in the coffin but Light literally would have won if Mikami wouldn’t have made 1 mistake
@@tomasroberts3481 Yeah, but Ryuk literally spelled it out for us. "I will write your name in my deathnote." Destiny? Or did he plan it? Either way Ryuk and we by proxy knew how it would end.
That was the first thing I thought when I saw that he killed L's clone, but it also surprises me how L. was suspicious at such a low percentage.
I thought I was the only one who realized how early Light lost to L. Glad to see a video on it
The dumbest mistake Light ever did was not letting the FBI investigate longer before starting his experiments on prisoners. He basically just told L when he found out about the FBI.
I have a feeling he wasn't Kira for 'justice' he was bored. He might have done all those stuff because he was bored and wanted to mess around with L a bit
edit: I don't think he was doing it JUST for justice but he was also bored
he could've left the guy who investigated him alone, it wouldn't have done anything bad for him to let the dude live, considering he didn't find light suspicious at all. and neither did the rest of the fbi-
I'm pretty certain that is the whole point. He wanted to taunt L and give a bit more information so L could participate more in their cat and mouse game.
Light already knew L knew it was him but with no evidence at that time he can mess around and test things out
@Pissed Off White Guy
I think he wanted to believe it. I don't think it was actually true, though. A massive part of Light's personality and motivations seems to be wrapped around deception, and especially self-deception. He can't face the idea that he's capable of doing bad things, so he tells himself what he's doing is actually good and selfless -- while he's pretty obviously toying with people and enjoying himself immensely.
6:17 thats the thing, crime stopping wasnt his actual dream. His dream was to be recognized as God the only one who could pass judgement
Maybe you should say “ wasn’t his only dream” .
I think it was his dream at the start, but this ultimate weapon made him lose his initial ideals and he became too prideful.
@@lucat17lula he didn't ever forget about his initial ideal. I don't know what made you think that but he always wanted to make a perfect world( he mentioned about making a perfect world lot of times) he always believed that he is justice and he wanted to to do a good thing to the world and make it more peaceful place to live. Even the reason he was killing FBI agents and the police is because he believes them to be evil because they are opposing justice. So he wanted to become God and equally he wanted to make a perfect world...
@@shyamk1103 he mentioned wanting to be God in like episode 1😭
@@shyamk1103 Light is a narcicist psychopath who misused his power as soon as he knew the death note worked. He was willing to kill his own sister and judged people when they commited petty crimes after L was dead. He just wanted to be god, he said this very early on. The whole justice thing was just a delusion he told himself to justify his actions, but like Near said "you're just a serial killer"
The thing I disliked most about my most recent rewatch of Deathnote was how in the first part of the show, all that Light has to do is induction. As he knows that he's Kira, he can fairly effortlessly pretend to make deductions like L, but really he's just starting from the end point that he already knows and going backwards from it.
Then when he loses his memory, he's suddenly a much better master of deduction than he ever was in the first part. Light post-memory-loss would have never made the mistakes he made.
I think another big factor was Light's maturity. He got the notebook as a high school student. Imagine if he found it in his late twenties, or even his forties.
That whole thing confused me. Killing Lind L. Tailor made sense, because Light is childish and it was an impulse decision. However, after that, he goes completely haywire. Even with the information that he lives in the Kanto region of Japan and he is a student, they’d have to investigate every single student out there. His big mistake was showing his involvement with the police. The weird thing was that before Light knew that L had found out about the police thing, Light says “If he’s as good as they say, he’ll probably suspect my connections to the police.” (Not verbatim), so he knew what he was doing.
I think once he found out Lind L. Tailor wasn’t L, he realized he had lost, and therefore needed to “win” or reclaim his dignity by killing L. L knew how easy Kira was making it for him, which is why L could say so confidently that he knew Kira was childish and hated losing. Light wanted to get close to L so he could eliminate him, and he did it recklessly, exactly how L was counting on it.
L would have been lost without Kira’s impulsiveness, and Light’s impulsiveness shows in every scene, even when he acts composed. Ryuk knows this, too, which is why he tells Light that Raye is tailing him. It’s why Light got so in his head that he killed Raye and his fiancée.
As much as Ryuk says he wouldn’t take sides on L’s killings, Ryuk was never on Light’s side. Ryuk said stuff to freak him out because he knew _that_ would be a worthy show. No, he wasn’t on L’s side either, but Ryuk influenced Light’s decisions so much because he knew it would be interesting.
I love your comment btw just so you know lol
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Quite a smart comment :)
^^^^
Because light wanted the normal public to know that there was someone passing judgment. He wanted to challenge L or anyone that would stop him from killing criminals.
Imo, the most interesting aspect of the entire show is that as Light continues to use the notebook, his sense of Justice kept twisting into this sick version of it. After he found out about L, he pushed creating a better world aside to defeat L. He started killing good people who were getting in his way.
Why the ' in good people
Another interesting point is that Light starts believing that ANYONE who opposes Kira, even a little bit, is evil. So the FBI agents might as well be criminals to him. Light builds this authoritarian regime around Kira, and it’s scarily effective because even decades later people still worship and celebrate Kira.
@@SakuraxStars decades later? But the show doesnt go on for a decade even
@@alex2005z You might want to look at Death note one shot manga
@@winchester5991 I probably wont
it always bugged THE CRAP out of me how he handled the police/student suspicion thing. honestly if he had just taken TIME to plan after his first two test kills, he could have easily deduced all of this and more on his own because of how smart he is. but like you said, his pride is what gets in his way. and i do really like the message the show sends at the end, plus the cat and mouse chase between L and him (i wish they hadnt killed L off so soon, i loved him so much more than near 😭) needed to happen for the plot. it just frustrates me how easy it would have been to get away with, yet hes too ambitious
L: "hahaha you took the bait!"
Me: *Moves to a different continent*
His biggest flaw was his ego. He wanted the world to know that Kira existed and wanted the battle between him and L. If Light genuinely believed in the ‘pure justice’ of making criminals pay for what they did, he wouldn’t have been caught
True, just put details of death in every kill randomly
Justice is blind if you don't take matters into your own hands there won't be justice
But lights whole point was that there had to be a god figure to deter more crime so to that idea Kira had to b known world wide
@@thomasyongo7287 maybe to create fear so no one dares to crime again
Yeah, this is why I believe Light was on par, and maybe even smarter than L, as when he loses the death note, taking his ego out of the picture, he makes deduction after deduction that L missed out on.
"For the story to work the characters must be flawed" - This story is an incredible example of how you can advance a plot with good writing.
I completely agree, I love watching this show, because you need to be more than clever to predict what happens next, you have to have a strong intuition about what happens next in TV shows/movies
On my first walkthrough I actually predicted that Misa would be the 2nd Kira though this process of context clues and what I know abou other shows
@@etanifi7613Well that's not hard to guess at all. Like a lot of animes the opening spoils it.
The notebook thing works but I'm not sure if it applies to the user, when the second kira gets caught there is a rule that is exposed saying if a page is destroyed anyone who touched that page will also die
Also worth noting: Nowadays 4Chan would figure out the case pretty quickly, because crowdsourcing is VERY powerful.
I think all of these issues boil down to the fact that Light is a cocky, egotistical character who just is not as smart as he thinks he is
i disagree. he is as smart as he thinks he is. IN THE END he lost because of mikami's mistake. you could say light made a mistake by entrusting it to the wrong person, though.
@@nickb220 but the reason why he had to entrust Mikami (and use an extremely risky method of communication) was because of HIS mistakes.
The issue is that he wanted kira to be known which was he's downfall
@@asaptrizzy967 but the entire point of Kira was to be known or else it wouldn’t cause the change he wanted
As all humans
Revisiting Death Note 15 years later really makes me appreciate the writing more as I understand the larger nuances and complexities now.
I’m rewatching the anime, and I’m feeling the opposite way. I don’t remember Light being this stupid, the first time I watched.
@@always_serpico Hindsight bias
@@always_serpico ikr, it's the reason I'm afraid to re-watch it.
@@always_serpico exactly, bro. When I revisited it waaayy past my teenage years and got a grasp of these "larger nuances" and so called "complexities", just realized that it's the same bullshit as any other anime with overcompetent and overcapable teens, except this one is taking itself way too seriously.
5:40 the Second Kira comment is kind of mistaken. We find out Misa went to Japan to find Kira after the confrontation with L. If he had done nothing Misa would never have gone to Japan to find him.
Watching Light wriggle out of his early mistakes is what makes Season 1 so fun.
Agreed on most of the topics but there is one thing that you didn't pointed out. Kira goal was never to hide from L and the police forever. He wanted to defeat them and become 'god of the new world'. The ruler of his own perfect world. So he have to eliminate L out of the equation to do that. But I pretty much agree on everything else that you mentioned in this video.
I think the youtube video is about his character flaws.
Actually,an average person with death note can use it without getting caught,if they don't have 'pride' like Light.
Actually,such a tool will bring 'pride' to any user.Using it is unfair after all.
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@@ameennasar2583 The thing is that Light (probably) wanted Kira to be known. by being known he gives an incentive for people to not commit any crime. That average person would not get caught but he may not have the same effect on the public than Light would have.
Also saying that it was just his pride is kinda of simplifying it too much. The existence of L is unpredictable, someone that is not just smart, but allowed to do crazy stuff.
@@kenzoo21 It's cruel pride for sure.Imagine if I or you were on Light's position.If a person says what you're doing is evil,will you kill him for that?
If your answer is 'no',then you'll understand the fault in Light's character and for sure character faults create villains.
Also,an average person with the ambition to eliminate evil people will succeed the test of L,if they don't have god complex like Light,and would not get caught.The whole anime is about how Light's character
leads to his downfall,like Macbeth.
@@ameennasar2583 "If a person says what you're doing is evil,will you kill him for that?"
Maybe. In the right context.
I dont think Light killed the fake L just for that.
That average person might as well have taken the bait of the fake L, even without the god complex. The stuff L does against Kira isn't with the specific intention to exploit the weaknesses of someone with god complex.
At 3:53 Ryuk's Shinigami eyes already saw that Light already had 93,312,639 seconds left of his lifespan which is about only 3 years. I remember computing this and telling my friends and nobody believed me when the series was still ongoing. Good times 😅
Dude that's wild. Good on ya though
Goshh 😳 this is so smarttt
But actually he lives more than three years. After L's death, the second part of the show take place five years later.
I never thought his time left was supposed to be read in seconds youre a genius my guy
@@CMartin715 the Shinigami that Killed L to protect Misa Amane also protected Light and I do believe Misa was not the only one that got time added on her lifespan but also Light. Hence, your observation.
Great video, but there is one flaw i noticed about your theory about hiding the Death Note in plain sight. yes, going through such lengths to ensure the notebook is hidden seems stupid.
But i think you're forgetting to consider the fact that if someone touches it, they can see the Shinigami. So if you hide it in plain sight, you run the very high probability of someone touching it if they were searching for something. Therefore, it MUST be hidden and cannot be available for anyone to touch unless if its intentional.
I think the reason Light does all that is because he wants to feel the excitement of people trying to find him out and punish him, while trying to avoid all of that, revealing more of his psychopathic nature. Correct me if I’m wrong, I just remembered seeing some news about psychopath leaving some sort of evidence behind on purpose with intent because they also enjoy the game of cats and mouse with the police.
Light wanted people to know he was responsible for the deaths, but understood if they knew his actual person they would crucify him, thus he settled on people knowing "someone" was responsible. The evidence he left was never suppose to lead to him, only to the existence of an entity behind the actions. He very easily could have just never made "kira" a thing, but it's exactly what he wanted. An anonymous figure that can be talked about, feared, and loved, while maintaining anonymity.
It's not so much that he enjoyed being hunted, it's that he enjoyed being known. He didn't want to be hunted so badly infact that he made it apparent that he was willing to kill any and all that attempt to unmask him despite the fact that goes against his morals of "justice". This was to discorage anyone from trying, the same way his goal was to discorage crime from occuring through his existence. He considered anyone that posed a threat to his ability to continue his plan as a criminal and would gladly remove them if given the chance.
Not to dunk on this video but isn't that the point of Light as a character? His flawed ego and obsession to be "God". He set in motion everything from killing Lind L Taylor on purpose, because he wanted to get close enough to L to kill him, while playing God at the same time. Yes, the most logical thing to do would be to do nothing. He could've continued to play God and L would never catch him. But he didn't like the idea of L challenging his perspective of "passing righteous judgement". L got under Lights skin because Light is fueled by narcissism and so desperately wanted to one up L - Which he inevitably did. I did enjoy the video nontheless because I love that this show is still being talked about, but nothing new was really said in this video, sorry.
I disagree, even if Light didn't kill Taylor L would have a million schemes to get more info/suspects. Also, I'm surprised the police never went through his computer or the task force in general they just prohibited the use of personal phones.
He didnt kill Lynd L Taylor on purpose to get to L. At that time he thought the inmate was L. Its only after this mistake that is only option is to be safe from suspicion but still a suspect noless so that he can zero in on the real L and eliminate him. Is everyone watching the anime or reading the manga with its eyes closed?🤨
I agree with you. When you have a magical notebook, you kinda underestimate people from there.
I think it's only natural to get complacent. Light won in the end so this video is redundant in saying he lost in episode 2.
What's that expression... He may have lost the battle, but he won the war.
I agree with you. It is so easy speak in hindsight of what he should have done. But it is not like Light wasn't still figuring out everything and he paniced. He has gone too far to back down so obviously he will take the bait. He doesn't even really know who and what he is dealing with when L challenges him. At least that is how I remember it for it has been a while since I've seen the show.
I think you're right.. Light actions help move the plot, where if he did nothing we wouldn't had this chase.
Been re-watching this recently and have realized that L likely 99% knew that Light was Kira by the time he decided to introduce himself in person to Light at the college entrance ceremony. It seems like L's entire motivation for involving Light on the case was to get him closer in attempt to obtain some proof that it was him and figure out how he was doing it. That lack of evidence was the only thing keeping him from being able to settle it.
of course, the entire L arc was him knowing that light IS kira but being unable to prove it due to evidence lack (though that makes sense because he’s dealing with a supernatural case of a notebook that kills people when you write in it
No shit sherlock.
1:50 He intentionaly acted on police information to make L come closer to him. I'm not arguning if it was a good or bad idea, just noting that it was a conscious decision and he being aware of the risks.
It is really funny that Light messes up so early. And the funnier thing is that L KNOWS Light has to be Kira based on all of the circumstances as you pointed out Light confirmed by trying to kill him, but he still just can't prove it because the Death Note is so absurd.
I've always loved Death Note because it says right at the beginning "whoever uses the death Note, will die." And yet you spend the entire series having forgot that until the very end of the series. Everything else is just how it ends.
It was absolutely magnificent storytelling and one of the most important pieces of animation that led me to loving psychology and philosophy.
Well everyone dies eventually so it doesn’t really stand out
@@insevered2730 the obvious implication was clearly that the shinugamis would kill any user of the death note when the user stopped being entertaining or useful.
Amane is alive. She goes on her own term.
@@deltacharlieecho4732 i dont think they can
Actually, it’s “whoever uses this notebook will neither go to heaven nor hell” and “you will know the pain and suffering that comes to humans who use the death note “