Current Events > If the Death Note was real would they catch the person who had it?

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The existence of the show might make people realize that it actually exists faster than they normally would have, but it seems to me like it would be impossible
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no, light's big flaw was killing that guy in the 1st ep that he saw on the TV, which led L to suspect Light was in Japan & all that. then the rest was the cat & mouse game.

but now with the internet you could google the names of murderers worldwide and kill people at random, there'd be no way to logically trace someone back to Japan if that guy is googling arrest records of pedophiles in Bulgaria and killing them for example
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If you were a regular person who had it you would probably be biased toward a certain country or even region of that country though.
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I think they'd have more supporters than in the anime. They never touched on dead Dictators like if the Kim Jong family died one after the other and they're like "fuck this we're just going to be actually democratic".
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Lol no.
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They would not, and as someone already said Lights blunder was killing the guy he saw on tv.
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No. You could look at the show as an example of what not to do, if such a thing happened in real life. Light targeted way to many people way too close to him. If he was as smart as he thought he was he would have spaced them out to other places.

Now if Light lived on the other side of the world and was targeting the people he did he could have gotten away with it.

At the same time Idunno, if something like that happened irl I don't think the person would be caught.
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Romulox28 posted...

no, light's big flaw was killing that guy in the 1st ep that he saw on the TV, which led L to suspect Light was in Japan & all that. then the rest was the cat & mouse game.

I still feel like L is one of the biggest asspulls of the series, and that particular event is what convinced me of that.
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i think it would take much more than that for someone to go "maybe these sudden seemingly random heart-attacks are caused by an individual" to the point of it being almost impossible for a normal person to make that connection
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The whole idea of L and the origination requires a lot of suspension of belief.

Had there been an actual smart person with the death note they would not be caught.
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Yea, there are a lot of educated guesses that are accepted as true logic in that show.
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Strider102 posted...

No. You could look at the show as an example of what not to do, if such a thing happened in real life. Light targeted way to many people way too close to him. If he was as smart as he thought he was he would have spaced them out to other places.

Now if Light lived on the other side of the world and was targeting the people he did he could have gotten away with it.

At the same time Idunno, if something like that happened irl I don't think the person would be caught.

That's just foresight though, most of us would also probably act irrationally if we had the death note like that. We would only be more cautious once we find out that people are suspecting it was actually murder at not some accident.
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Prestoff posted...

Strider102 posted...

No. You could look at the show as an example of what not to do, if such a thing happened in real life. Light targeted way to many people way too close to him. If he was as smart as he thought he was he would have spaced them out to other places.

Now if Light lived on the other side of the world and was targeting the people he did he could have gotten away with it.

At the same time Idunno, if something like that happened irl I don't think the person would be caught.

That's just foresight though, most of us would also probably act irrationally if we had the death note like that. We would only be more cautious once we find out that people are suspecting it was actually murder at not some accident.

True. I can understand thinking maybe one or two was just a coincidence, but after that it's time to use your head.
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another thing that fucked him over was hacking his dads comp for info only few people would know
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Really depends on the person.

The death note would have no physical evidence that comes with regular murder.

The only thing investigators would have to go on is motive. If some does what L did no. If some kid kills every bully that picks on him at his high school then most likely yea.
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if you tried to do what light did, yes.

If you just use it without going public, than there's no way you'd get caught.
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If you're smart with it, they'd never find out about you.

Light of course wasn't as smart as he led himself to believe.
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Yes. Criminals are idiots. Some are more clever than others, but there's no such thing as a perfect crime and they'll eventually create patterns in how they do things. And inevitably, that will lead to more info being guessed about their profile, until it's too late and the circle is closing around them too rapidly to lose the attention on them.
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Romulox28 posted...

no, light's big flaw was killing that guy in the 1st ep that he saw on the TV, which led L to suspect Light was in Japan & all that. then the rest was the cat & mouse game.

but now with the internet you could google the names of murderers worldwide and kill people at random, there'd be no way to logically trace someone back to Japan if that guy is googling arrest records of pedophiles in Bulgaria and killing them for example

You might want to duck duck go it and encrypt your traffic

Not a chance. I don't care how much profiling the investigation is able to do. A magic murder book that leaves no traceable evidence is not going to be overcome.
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Romulox28 posted...

no, light's big flaw was killing that guy in the 1st ep that he saw on the TV, which led L to suspect Light was in Japan & all that. then the rest was the cat & mouse game.

but now with the internet you could google the names of murderers worldwide and kill people at random, there'd be no way to logically trace someone back to Japan if that guy is googling arrest records of pedophiles in Bulgaria and killing them for example

That leaves google with a very telling search history on you. Once they connect the deaths together as a serial killer those records would be pulled up quickly.
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I dont know, is there a way to completely hide your searches online? If so, then as long as you spread out your killings then you would probably be safe. But if the government can do a worldwide sweep of what people search for and narrow it down to a few keywords related to the victims, you might need to be on your toes.

Or wait, what if you mix up the cause of deaths as well? Didnt Light purposely give criminals heart attacks as a warning that someone was killing them off? Like what if you just have themselves drink themself to death or something?
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BettyB0op08 posted...

Police cant find the zodiac killer how can they find the most anonymous murder weapon in existence being used by even someone of slightly above average intelligence

We've had decades of advancement in researching crimes, collecting evidence, etc. There's no way a zodiac killer could succeed and get away in most first would nations.

I say "most" because if they only targeted black and latina sex workers in the American south, they'd have to commit at least 5 killings in half as many months with the same method of murder to finally get the FBI called in.
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I think they could be caught by an algorithm if it looked through search histories to find out who is googling all these people before they died. No investigation will catch them unless they get cocky
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Probably. In addition to what's been covered, L was determined to "win" the chase through his brilliance. Real police run by real governments would be a lot less concerned with the ethics of surveillance or incarceration for suspicion.
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ArmieBuff posted...

lightwarrior78 posted...

Probably. In addition to what's been covered, L was determined to "win" the chase through his brilliance. Real police run by real governments would be a lot less concerned with the ethics of surveillance or incarceration for suspicion.

A lot of what L did is illegal in most if not all developed countries.

Yeah, I'm guessing it's illegal to use a criminal as death bait like that lol
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No, unless the person was immensely stupid. You could certainly narrow it down to at least their region from how they kill if they only focus on local criminals with the same kind of god complex as Light. If they wanted to remain hidden, it would be super easy.

Shoot, if Reddit could find Shia Laebouf, they could probably take down a death noter. They even have the power of being anonymous
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fuzzylittlbunny posted...

ArmieBuff posted...

lightwarrior78 posted...

Probably. In addition to what's been covered, L was determined to "win" the chase through his brilliance. Real police run by real governments would be a lot less concerned with the ethics of surveillance or incarceration for suspicion.

A lot of what L did is illegal in most if not all developed countries.

Yeah, I'm guessing it's illegal to use a criminal as death bait like that lol

He was on death row
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Honestly, we probably could. We have massive resources of intelligence now and no matter how smart a person is I highly doubt they could remove personal desires from using something so powerful. Once people figured out a pattern it wouldn't take terribly long.

ArmieBuff posted...

lightwarrior78 posted...

Probably. In addition to what's been covered, L was determined to "win" the chase through his brilliance. Real police run by real governments would be a lot less concerned with the ethics of surveillance or incarceration for suspicion.

A lot of what L did is illegal in most if not all developed countries.

Not saying it wasn't, but it was in service to his deductive logic. In reality, think what 9/11 gave us in the patriot act, then think what agencies would ask for even for a possible Kira.
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R_Jackal posted...

Honestly, we probably could. We have massive resources of intelligence now and no matter how smart a person is I highly doubt they could remove personal desires from using something so powerful. Once people figured out a pattern it wouldn't take terribly long.

Eh it depends on how you use it's if you use it on high-profile targets like world leaders or CEOs I don't see how they could trace it back to you
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If you varied the cause of death and used only well-know figures, you'd be totally fine. Light failed in part because he was trying to make a statement and wanted it to be known there was someone behind it all. If X gets run over by a car, Y dies of a brain tumor, and Z kills herself after having left behind a note saying she was devastated by the deaths of X and Y, who the hell is going to think there is a murderer on the loose, let alone one with a magic book?

There would be three things to watch out for: make the deaths plausibly natural,avoid looking up information online, and keep the Death Note out of sight of any cameras. If you began to suspect that the deaths were deemed suspicous, you'd simply need to use the Death Note to make several prominent, respected individuals admit to being part of a made up cult or conspiracy before death. You would never, ever get caught.

I loved Death Note, but in real life, Light wouldn't have lasted very long before getting caught given the way he went about it.

Absolute power corrupts.

I don't think there is a human alive who could contain themselves if they came across that kind of ability. Somewhere, somehow... you'd brag about it, or threaten someone a little too aggressively.

Just like Light... someone would wrong a person in real life with a deathnote, and then that real life person would be like "they don't know me! I'll show them!" and then down the slippery slope they'd run.
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Ive seen several episodes but could someone kindly describe in brief the overarching plot of the series and how it ends?
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Shablagoo posted...

Ive seen several episodes but could someone kindly describe in brief the overarching plot of the series and how it ends?

Guy finds book, writes names in book, people die, super detective catches on, guy turns himself in but gets amnesia, guy gets released, super detective realizes guy was the culprit, guy kills super detective, guy created his ideal world, super detective has apprentices, guy has apprentices, guy finally gets cornered and outed, guy gets shot, guy gets name written in Death Note and dies
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charey posted...

Romulox28 posted...

no, light's big flaw was killing that guy in the 1st ep that he saw on the TV, which led L to suspect Light was in Japan & all that. then the rest was the cat & mouse game.

but now with the internet you could google the names of murderers worldwide and kill people at random, there'd be no way to logically trace someone back to Japan if that guy is googling arrest records of pedophiles in Bulgaria and killing them for example

That leaves google with a very telling search history on you. Once they connect the deaths together as a serial killer those records would be pulled up quickly.

This is why I use Bing.
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If someone had it today, they would be stupid and go on twitter bragging about it.

It would be even worse if it was in the USA due to how polarized people are online.

Once you see political figures on one side dropping like flies, people would atleast begin to suspect some deep state conspiracy.

The_Thinker posted...

This is why I use Bing.

With just you and three other people using it, you'd be caught within a day.

Shablagoo posted...

Ive seen several episodes but could someone kindly describe in brief the overarching plot of the series and how it ends?

I'd recommend just watching the movie on Netflix.
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Romulox28 posted...

no, light's big flaw was killing that guy in the 1st ep that he saw on the TV, which led L to suspect Light was in Japan & all that. then the rest was the cat & mouse game.

but now with the internet you could google the names of murderers worldwide and kill people at random, there'd be no way to logically trace someone back to Japan if that guy is googling arrest records of pedophiles in Bulgaria and killing them for example

Uhh if someone Googled pedos in Bulgaria and suddenly they all died that would be a major red flag
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I'm just really pessimistic that any person in power would ever determine that a death note existed (I'm assuming we're living in a world where Death Note itself doesn't exist).
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Anteaterking posted...

I'm just really pessimistic that any person in power would ever determine that a death note existed (I'm assuming we're living in a world where Death Note itself doesn't exist).

Yeah, I think people are overestimating just how believable it would be. Sure, a bunch of Bulgarian pedophile drops dread, some Italian murderers keel over, a few dictators die. Sure, your search history shows you looking up all three of those topics before they died. But what possible reason would they have to connect the search history of some nerd in middle America to a bunch of murders with inexplicable causes of deaths that simultaneously happened all across the world?
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Without the user of the Death Note causing an exodus of people into a field so he could have them all die and fall so their corpses spell out "HA HA COME CATCH ME" law enforcement isn't even going to be able to connect a bunch of unrelated supernatural deaths to each other. They are far more likely to throw up their arms and give up the investigation than to decide "yep... we're dealing with a super powered serial killer" when a bunch of people start dying, even by the same cause.
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What if law enforcement and the FBI started watching Death Note?
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An item that can kill in any way described, without leaving any evidence, from anywhere in the world?

You would have to try to get caught
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