Current Events > If you came into possession of a Death Note how long could you last?

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I'd never strike all at once unless I was like, watching some live event with a bunch of evil people together in one location.

gunplagirl posted...

I'd never strike all at once unless I was like, watching some live event with a bunch of evil people together in one location.

Even then, you could theoretically just use basic memory of everyone there, write their names in the notebook in some future far off date, to when, where and how they die in some future date.

You don't even have to of been there or viewed it. Simple heresy they were there and simple memory what they looked like and names could suffice.

gunplagirl posted...

I'd never strike all at once unless I was like, watching some live event with a bunch of evil people together in one location.

Again in the modern age we have a method that could work that no one would expect. If death note happened during the covid pandemic Kira would have never been caught.

creativerealms posted...

Again in the modern age we have a method that could work that no one would expect. If death note happened during the covid pandemic Kira would have never been caught.

But the Shinigami eyes would be useless with everyone wearing masks.

Let's also not forget that this is assuming research is even necessary in the first place.

It's not like you need to look at recent news articles to know what, for example, Donald Trump looks like.

You'd obviously need it for local criminals though.

jumi posted...

But the Shinigami eyes would be useless with everyone wearing masks.

The people who wearing masks all the time wouldn't be targets anyway.

t5yvxc posted...

Even then, you could theoretically just use basic memory of everyone there, write their names in the notebook in some future far off date, to when, where and how they die in some future date.

You don't even have to of been there or viewed it. Simple heresy they were there and simple memory what they looked like and names could suffice.

Yeah but having several very specific people having it televised would be very cathartic to a great many people.

creativerealms posted...

Again in the modern age we have a method that could work that no one would expect. If death note happened during the covid pandemic Kira would have never been caught.

Yeah I guess. Not as fun but the irony would be palpable.

I mean, ultimately you still need investigators to believe foul play was involved, establish motive, and determine how the victim was killed.

Like lets say 10 notable politicians die of heart attacks, hell let's say it is even in rapid succession. Even if they think it is suspicious they would need to establish how someone caused people heart attacks. All of which will look completely natural. You are gonna be hard pressed to have any investigator claim foul play when some dies of a heart attack and there is no evidence of foul play.

I can absolutely promise you that nobody is going to finger magic journal as potential means of death.

IfGodCouldDie posted...

And without evidence they can't hold you.

they can for questioning or if they think you're a flight risk

Rathinor posted...

"Donald Trump goes on TV, announces to his cult that Drano is the cure for covid and chugs a bottle"

Overnight, America's average IQ goes up by 20+

Lmfaooo

But yeah, I wouldn't get caught. Light's just an idiot.

I havent watched the series, but i have a hard time understanding how someone WOULD get caught.

Let alone convicted, how the hell do you prove whats essentially magic?

...would certainly allow for some.. interesting chaos.

SuperVegitoFAN posted...

I havent watched the series, but i have a hard time understanding how someone WOULD get caught.

Let alone convicted, how the hell do you prove whats essentially magic?

...would certainly allow for some.. interesting chaos.

basically it was an emergency situation, potential collapse of society scenario so some specific people (worlds greatest detective) were given authority to operate above the law and the full cooperation of the police.

It is almost impossible to get caught in the real world. The real world would never suspect a magical book...plus, like others have said, people are dying like flies all the time. Some user made a topic just yesterday that almost 18k people died from covid this week. You really think an additional 1 or 2 kills weekly (and I doubt anyone would even do this much) would be noticeable?

Let's pretend there's a DN user out there right now. Let's pretend he killed Gabby Petito's killer. How exactly does he get caught? Dude's name was plastered everywhere. So no need for any online searches. Plus, any high profile people are constantly getting searched by several hundred people at any given time. You'd have to have a long pattern of searching people. And not only that, you'd have to do the kills immediately after searching. You could just say someone died in 27 days. It's not gonna look suspicious if you searched Epstein and then later searched some other high profile evil person, then they both died at different points in the future.

Kloe_Rinz posted...

basically it was an emergency situation, potential collapse of society scenario so some specific people (worlds greatest detective) were given authority to operate above the law and the full cooperation of the police.

Top that with despite all of Lights intelligence, his narcissism lead him into complete idiocy with actions back to back to back that kept pointing to him.

Well I wouldn't be doing anything grandiose like killing criminals, so I wouldn't be found.

Not that I would be caught if I did kill off criminals anyway.

*scribbles down "every male that's not me"*

Ladies, it is my duty to repopulate this earth. I accept this responsibility.

I'd be the silent God not the loudmouth one like Light

I wouldn't get caught because I wouldn't use one.

bladegash posted...

*scribbles down "every male that's not me"*

Ladies, it is my duty to repopulate this earth. I accept this responsibility.

Technically woman could just use donated sperm.

008Zulu posted...

I'd never get caught.

See, Light was an idiot, he used the default method of heart attack frequently. Made it easier to track him down. He should have varied the methods more.

He also should have spaced the deaths out more, If I was him I would have gotten rid of a bunch of bad people all at the same time four months or so after I wrote their names in the book and nothing else.

SuperVegitoFAN posted...

I havent watched the series, but i have a hard time understanding how someone WOULD get caught.

Let alone convicted, how the hell do you prove whats essentially magic?

...would certainly allow for some.. interesting chaos.

All they really had to do is prove that the notebook did kill people, and that the person writing in it was doing so with the intention to kill.

If you aren't stupid, and trying to get noticed blatantly like light admitted to you can easily hide the book. Just don't use fucking use heart attacks all the time. Light established a pattern, and got baited hard.

Nintendo_Porn posted...

If you aren't stupid, and trying to get noticed blatantly like light admitted to you can easily hide the book. Just don't use fucking use heart attacks all the time. Light established a pattern, and got baited hard.

Even after the pattern was established, he had so many outs to getting off Scott free it's insane. Dude was so narcissistic he doubled down.

Like let's go back as early as when the fake L showed up on TV, so the real L concluded he's in Tokyo (or whatever the city was). That fake L dying could have been left at circumstantial. Ls logic wasn't a bad leap in logic, but it was most definitely circumstantial. The fake L could have just coincidentally died from the Thanos snap (conspiracy number 2875).

Then let's flash forward to him targeting people only the police should know about......red flag much? But again, could have slowed that shit down but didnt.didn't..

Then let's go to when L made Light the prime suspect when they both were trying to "catch" Kira. L suspected Light, however there was no tangible evidence to prosecute. It was all circumstantial. Even if Light gave it all up then and there, the conclusion that it was him was circumstantial at best as they had no concrete proof how he could have done it.

Tag. This is fun to read and think about but I'm at work.

Stick to high profile deaths and you're fine. You don't need to go out of your way to search out specific names at all. We all already know plenty of names, most of us look at news with regularity, and lots of news is just kinda blared out at us in headlines via social media even if we're not looking out it.

*writes own name*

I think people are overplaying their own ability to not abuse the power. The anime had it right, everyone who uses that power would eventually turn into Light.

We can pretend that we only write peoples names from different countries, but just the idea of knowing, "I can get away with killing someone" will always lead to narcissism. It's what most serial killers say when they get caught.

Just like any serial killer, that mindset will lead to being stupid and killing people over petty reasons. Hell, even a gun drastically changes irresponsible gun owners into assholes. They may not go out and shoot up everything, but their demeanor definitely changes. The only way to combat that is through proper training.

Now add into the mix a magical book that can literally kill anyone with no trace, literally turning you into a God overnight. Give that to the average Joe that has no proper training in handling that kind of responsibility. Yeah, all y'all turning into Narcissistic God's like Light, and all y'all getting caught. Only person that's not getting caught is the one that doesn't use it.

Slaya4 posted...

I think people are overplaying their own ability to not abuse the power. The anime had it right, everyone who uses that power would eventually turn into Light.

You are projecting real hard lol.

The anime did not have it right. Not everyone has the same personality or God complex that apparently you and Light have. Not everyone is as narcissistic as Light and apparently yourself.

Since you are claiming you would be like him.

Simply put, not everyone has the same thought processes and morality.

Going into something knowing that you have to be cautious to make it work seems to counter the whole "you WILL become a stupid narcissist" thing pretty handily.

Guide posted...

Going into something knowing that you have to be cautious to make it work seems to counter the whole "you WILL become a stupid narcissist" thing pretty handily.

Agreed.
In my case I dont even need to factor morality, just caution (for superstitious reasons). The books existence would make me reevaluate my entire worldly views. More specifically, I lean Agnostic Atheist. I dont believe in god, but if you presented some magical book to me likethe Death Note and at least gave me an ounce of doubt it works? (Like me touching the book and seeing a monster only I can see).

Such a book existing would put fear into me of ever using it. Is some invisible thing judging me what I do with it? What will happen to me for using it? I certainly wouldn't trust the Shinigami. Too many questions.

Fuck, the simple fact that I even touched the thing and see a Shinigami would have me anxious and paranoid about how fuck am I.

The irony of all this is that most people in this topic is already proving that they are narcissistic already by believing they could get away with it. You guys played yourself. Y'all get caught.

Slaya4 posted...

The irony of all this is that most people in this topic is already proving that they are narcissistic already by believing they could get away with it. You guys played yourself. Y'all get caught.

Being frank I'd be too afraid to use it.

Playing along with the hypothetical of actually using, the topic has laid out how drastically dumb you have to be to even get caught.

You're projecting way too much how you'd react with this magical book into others.

Slaya4 posted...

The irony of all this is that most people in this topic is already proving that they are narcissistic already by believing they could get away with it. You guys played yourself. Y'all get caught.

Light literally wanted the world to know of his existence as a god who brought judgement on criminals so they would cower in fear and avoid committing crimes. Even CE isnt that narcissistic and/or stupid. He also didnt have covid to pin the deaths on. Hes a dipshit, and anyone with half a brain, especially in this day and age, would get away with it

NatsuSama posted...

Being frank I'd be too afraid to use it.

Playing along with the hypothetical of actually using, the topic has laid out how drastically dumb you have to be to even get caught.

You're projecting way too much how you'd react with this magical book into others.

I'm not projecting at all. I wouldn't use it.

I'm just being real that the average Joe couldn't handle that kind of responsibility. If I touched a nerve don't get mad at me that's y'all journey.

Slaya4 posted...

I'm not projecting at all. I wouldn't use it.

I'm just being real that the average Joe couldn't handle that kind of responsibility. If I touched a nerve don't get mad at me that's y'all journey.

I love how you get called out, and you rationalize it by thinking you touched a nerve if someone calls you out.

If this takes place in real life as-is, one disadvantage we'd have compared to Light is that people know of Death Notes at least as fictional items. So while it'd be very very hard to believe, people would at least start joking about the possibility of a real Death Note and then as the hints pile up those jokes could turn into serious investigations.

I think everyone is forgetting that the very act of accepting the Death Note puts you on borrowed time.

Because eventually, your death god is going to write your name in their notebook(Unless you give your DN back to them I suppose).

Granted, maybe you get a chill one that only takes your last 10 years.

t5yvxc posted...

Technically woman could just use donated sperm.

*scribbles down "donated sperm"*

As i was saying ladies....

I never watched or read Death Note. Is there something saying you'd have to use it? Like I'd never get caught because if I came across some notebook that kills people, I'd either say "nope" and get as far away from it as possible, or I'd bury it so deep that no one in my lifetime would ever find and use it.

Stagmar posted...

I never watched or read Death Note. Is there something saying you'd have to use it? Like I'd never get caught because if I came across some notebook that kills people, I'd either say "nope" and get as far away from it as possible, or I'd bury it so deep that no one in my lifetime would ever find and use it.

Only watched the anime. Far as I'm aware, no.

I just remember Ryuk commenting whoever uses the Death Note, will make him write your name in his Death Note at the time of their death.

I didn't really see any rules stopping Ryuk from killing Light for giggles though.

I dont recall any rules on simply touching it though beyond being able to see and talk to them.

On that same note, I dont recall any rules that Ryuk couldn't kill whoever he wanted as long as he wasn't doing it to intentionally save anyone.

OrangeCrush980 posted...

If this takes place in real life as-is, one disadvantage we'd have compared to Light is that people know of Death Notes at least as fictional items. So while it'd be very very hard to believe, people would at least start joking about the possibility of a real Death Note and then as the hints pile up those jokes could turn into serious investigations.

Yeah, people absolutely would do that. Theres no way that idea wouldnt get traction online.

uwnim posted...

Yeah, people absolutely would do that. Theres no way that idea wouldnt get traction online.

A lot of big name celebrities died very recently. Not people who are hated, but just extremely famous and very close to each other. One person could have decided he didn't like them. I don't see any allegations online right now about a Death Note.

A lot of conservative anti-vax talk show hosts have died within the past year. I don't see people blaming a death note. In real life, no one would actually suspect a death note no matter how bizarre the situation was.

People itt are vastly overestimating who knows about Death Note.

Legato-and-Vash posted...

A lot of big name celebrities died very recently. Not people who are hated, but just extremely famous and very close to each other. One person could have decided he didn't like them. I don't see any allegations online right now about a Death Note.

A lot of conservative anti-vax talk show hosts have died within the past year. I don't see people blaming a death note. In real life, no one would actually suspect a death note no matter how bizarre the situation was.

People dying when it would be reasonable for them to die doesnt get much reaction. So yes, if you kill like a bunch of random old folks and have them die of typical things no one would suspect anything. But when theres any reason to suspect something weird people come up ideas about how it was actually a murder.

cuttin_in_farm posted...

People itt are vastly overestimating who knows about Death Note.

You dont need it to be common knowledge in society at large for some groups of people to suspect such a thing.

Slaya4 posted...

The irony of all this is that most people in this topic is already proving that they are narcissistic already by believing they could get away with it. You guys played yourself. Y'all get caught.

Your statement doesn't make sense. That's not what narcissism even is.

And narcissism doesn't correlate with getting caught in the first place. That and sociopathy are more common with people in power, like CEOs, but it's not like they get exposed easily.

Guide posted...

Your statement doesn't make sense. That's not what narcissism even is.

And narcissism doesn't correlate with getting caught in the first place. That and sociopathy are more common with people in power, like CEOs, but it's not like they get exposed easily.

Narcissist => fragile ego => pettiness => sloppy => caught

Everyone ITT would last 3 years max with a Death Note and that's being very generous. Y'all can believe y'all are somehow different, but you guys already exhibit fragile egos and narcissistic behaviors that Light had. Just on the fact alone y'all think you won't get caught.

I'm not saying you guys will want to dance a parade around on TV, but y'all won't last as long as y'all think. The funny part of it is, you guys are unaware of it and continue to prove my point.

uwnim posted...

You dont need it to be common knowledge in society at large for some groups of people to suspect such a thing.

Someone mentioned a very good point earlier in that in a world where Death Note doesn't exist as a piece of fictional media, most people would, at best, attribute the string of deaths to some sort of curse, vengeful ghost or even God himself.

It would actually take quite a bit of stretching to immediately pin the cause as someone with a supernatural killer notebook.

RchHomieQuanChi posted...

Someone mentioned a very good point earlier in that in a world where Death Note doesn't exist as a piece of fictional media, most people would, at best, attribute the string of deaths to some sort of curse, vengeful ghost or even God himself.

It would actually take quite a bit of stretching to immediately pin the cause as someone with a supernatural killer notebook.

Well yeah. The thing is we live in a universe where death note was made and is well known among some large subsets of the population.

Many of the users on CE would get caught simply by how they act and feel towards their political rivals... so I could only imagine how crazy they'd get with it. I've never wished death upon anyone, so I wouldn't need to worry about that -- and the fact others in this topic are trying to find alibis is a sign they'll slip up eventually. Me, I'd talk to the Ryuk creature, ask them all about it, and accept it to write down my own name, so I know exactly when and how I'd die, then give it back to the creature. That's it... that's all I'd desire to do with such a power.

Slaya4 posted...

Everyone ITT would last 3 years max with a Death Note and that's being very generous. Y'all can believe y'all are somehow different, but you guys already exhibit fragile egos and narcissistic behaviors that Light had. Just on the fact alone y'all think you won't get caught.

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