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* AscendedFanon: Ohba originally had no intention of meaning anything when L kicks Light in retaliation for being punched-- Obata was the one who staged the kick, and he staged it the way he did based on the fact that L was handcuffed to the person he was kicking at the time, but when fans identified L's kick as a move in UsefulNotes/{{Capoeira}}, both the creators and the light novel just ran with it.
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* AscendedFanon: Ohba originally had no intention Originally, L's knowledge of meaning anything when L kicks Light in retaliation for being punched-- Obata capoeira was simply put in because the one who staged the kick, and he staged it the way he did based on the fact writer was thinking of ways that L was one could fight while handcuffed to the person he was kicking at the time, but when their opponent. But then some fans identified L's kick as a move pointed out that it looked like capoeira, and eventually in UsefulNotes/{{Capoeira}}, both ''Another Note'', it became canonical that L has some knowledge of that particular martial art. Though the creators canonical status of ''Another Note is hotly debated''. It's mentioned in the manga reference ''How To Read'', but isn't by the original mangaka, and several things in it appear to either be outrageously untrue (such as the light novel just ran third World War having happened in a world mostly similar to our own) or otherwise clearly inconsistent with it.the anime and manga canons.
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* BannedInChina: Yes. They're 'a poison which creates wicked hearts', apparently. Mainly because it inspired students to alter notebooks to resemble Death Notes and write the names of the teachers they hated in them, which came off as a little rebellious. That being said, it did receive a Cantonese dub and was aired in Hong Kong.
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* BannedInChina: Yes. They're 'a poison which creates wicked hearts', apparently. Mainly because it inspired students to alter The series was banned in China for allegedly inciting anarchy and insubordination, after some kids and teens were caught using ripoff notebooks to resemble Death Notes and write the names of the teachers they hated in them, which came off as a little rebellious.make hit lists. That being said, it did receive a Cantonese dub and was aired in Hong Kong.
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* TheWikiRule: [[http://deathnote.wikia.com/wiki/Main_Page The Death Note Wiki]].
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** Episode 2 of the anime has a minor, but noticeable animation error during the shot where light holds up the Death Note while declaring that L can't catch him without finding it first. The last frame loops a couple of times, making it look like Light randomly decided to put down the Death Note and then hold it up again for no reason.
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** Episode 2 of the anime has a minor, but noticeable animation error during the shot where light Light holds up the Death Note while declaring that L can't catch him without finding it first. The last frame loops a couple of times, making it look like Light randomly decided to put down the Death Note and then hold it up again for no reason.
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** Episode 2 of the anime has a minor, but noticeable animation error during the shot where light holds up the Death Note while declaring that L can't catch him without finding it first. The last frame loops a couple of times, making it look like Light randomly decided to put down the Death Note and then hold it up again for no reason.
** Episode 2 of the anime has a minor, but noticeable animation error during the shot where light holds up the Death Note while declaring that L can't catch him without finding it first. The last frame loops a couple of times, making it look like Light randomly decided to put down the Death Note and then hold it up again for no reason.
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* NamesTheSame: No, this Kira is not a Music/DavidBowie lookalike who [[Manga/JoJosBizarreAdventureDiamondIsUnbreakable just wants to live a quiet life]]. Nor is he [[Film/TheDarkCrystal an orphaned female Gelfing]] or a [[Anime/MobileSuitGundamSeed Gundam pilot that is a coordinator]].
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* AdaptationOverdosed: The franchise has spawned an anime, two light novels, five live action films ([[Film/DeathNoteSeries four in Japan]] and [[Film/DeathNote2017 one in America]]), a [[Series/DeathNote Japanese miniseries]], tabletop games, video games, a [[Theatre/DeathNoteTheMusical stage musical]] with productions in both Japan ''and'' South Korea, and an upcoming live action series by the Duffer Brothers.
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* AscendedFanon: Ohba originally had no intention of meaning anything when L kicks Light in retaliation for being punched, but when fans identified L's kick as a move in UsefulNotes/{{Capoeira}}, Ohba decided to just ThrowItIn and take over the idea that L was a practitioner of said martial art.
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* AscendedFanon: Ohba originally had no intention of meaning anything when L kicks Light in retaliation for being punched, punched-- Obata was the one who staged the kick, and he staged it the way he did based on the fact that L was handcuffed to the person he was kicking at the time, but when fans identified L's kick as a move in UsefulNotes/{{Capoeira}}, Ohba decided to both the creators and the light novel just ThrowItIn and take over the idea that L was a practitioner of said martial art.ran with it.
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* ReferencedBy: [[ReferencedBy/DeathNote|Has its own page]].
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* ReferencedBy: [[ReferencedBy/DeathNote|Has [[ReferencedBy/DeathNote Has its own page]].
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* ReferencedBy: In Chapter 268 of ''Manga/BlackClover'', among the devils in the underworld, Ryuk can be seen in the background.
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* ReferencedBy: In Chapter 268 of ''Manga/BlackClover'', among the devils in the underworld, Ryuk can be seen in the background.[[ReferencedBy/DeathNote|Has its own page]].
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* QuoteSource: SomeoneHasToDoIt
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** Aruno Tahara, who voices the UsefulNotes/GeorgeWBush-lookig US president in the Japanese version, previously dubbed George W. Bush in ''Film/Fahrenheit911''.
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** Aruno Tahara, who voices the UsefulNotes/GeorgeWBush-lookig UsefulNotes/GeorgeWBush-looking US president in the Japanese version, previously dubbed George W. Bush in ''Film/Fahrenheit911''.
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* CharacterSpecificPages:
** [[Characters/DeathNoteLightYagami Light Yagami]]
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** Mello and Near's character designs were accidentally switched during character creation explaining why they have [[IronicNickname Ironic Codenames]]-they were originally going to be [[MeaningfulName Meaningful Names]]-Mello was intended to be the "mello" one and Near was intended to be the AxeCrazy one who was drawing "near."
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** Mello and Near's character designs were accidentally switched during character creation explaining why they have [[IronicNickname Ironic Codenames]]-they were originally going to be [[MeaningfulName Meaningful Names]]-Mello was intended to be the "mello" "mellow" one and Near was intended to be the AxeCrazy one who was drawing "near."
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* PlayingAgainstType: Creator/KappeiYamaguchi as L, who is a lot more reserved and soft-spoken in contrast to Yamaguchi's roles as Manga/{{Inuyasha}}, [[Manga/OnePiece Usopp]], [[VisualNovel/DanganronpaTriggerHappyHavoc Hifumi]], and [[VideoGame/Persona4 Teddie]].
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* StarMakingRole: For Creator/MamoruMiyano as Light Yagami, and Creator/AyaHirano as Misa Amane.
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** [[Characters/DeathNoteNear Near]]
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* SerendipityWritesThePlot: Ohba decided that the third Kira would be Higuchi by essentially undergoing a process of elimination - after establishing Mido and Takahashi as {{Red Herring}}s and deciding that Shimura didn't have the right personality, he picked Higuchi to be Kira based on Obata's remaining designs.
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** Ohba decided that the third Kira would be Higuchi by essentially undergoing a process of elimination - after establishing Mido and Takahashi as {{Red Herring}}s and deciding that Shimura didn't have the right personality, he picked Higuchi to be Kira based on Obata's remainingdesigns.designs.
** One of the major turning points in the early story (and one of Light's first mistakes) is when he pauses to gloat at Raye Penber as he dies. Penber's death is caught on security camera and L watches it. The way Ohba drafted it in his thumbnails, Light just says "Good-bye, Raye Penber," and moves on his way, but when Obata drew it, he staged it in such a way that L could clearly see Raye Penber looking at someone in recognition off-camera. While Ohba did not script the scene that way, he utilized it by having L realize that Raye Penber's killer must have been someone he knew, and thus he zeroed in on the people Penber was investigating... like Light.
** Ohba decided that the third Kira would be Higuchi by essentially undergoing a process of elimination - after establishing Mido and Takahashi as {{Red Herring}}s and deciding that Shimura didn't have the right personality, he picked Higuchi to be Kira based on Obata's remaining
** One of the major turning points in the early story (and one of Light's first mistakes) is when he pauses to gloat at Raye Penber as he dies. Penber's death is caught on security camera and L watches it. The way Ohba drafted it in his thumbnails, Light just says "Good-bye, Raye Penber," and moves on his way, but when Obata drew it, he staged it in such a way that L could clearly see Raye Penber looking at someone in recognition off-camera. While Ohba did not script the scene that way, he utilized it by having L realize that Raye Penber's killer must have been someone he knew, and thus he zeroed in on the people Penber was investigating... like Light.
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** YouJustToldMe (fanart)
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* NamesTheSame: No, this Kira is not a Music/DavidBowie lookalike who [[Manga/JoJosBizarreAdventureDiamondIsUnbreakable just wants to live a quiet life]]. Nor is he [[Film/TheDarkCrystal an orphaned female Gelfing]] or a [[Anime/MobileSuitGundamSeed Gundam pilot that is a coordinator]]..
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* NamesTheSame: No, this Kira is not a Music/DavidBowie lookalike who [[Manga/JoJosBizarreAdventureDiamondIsUnbreakable just wants to live a quiet life]]. Nor is he [[Film/TheDarkCrystal an orphaned female Gelfing]] or a [[Anime/MobileSuitGundamSeed Gundam pilot that is a coordinator]]..coordinator]].
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* NamesTheSame: No, this Kira is not a Music/DavidBowie lookalike who [[Manga/JoJosBizarreAdventureDiamondIsUnbreakable just wants to live a quiet life]]. Nor is he [[Film/TheDarkCrystal an orphaned female Gelfing]].
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* NamesTheSame: No, this Kira is not a Music/DavidBowie lookalike who [[Manga/JoJosBizarreAdventureDiamondIsUnbreakable just wants to live a quiet life]]. Nor is he [[Film/TheDarkCrystal an orphaned female Gelfing]].Gelfing]] or a [[Anime/MobileSuitGundamSeed Gundam pilot that is a coordinator]]..
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* ReferencedBy: In Chapter 268 of ''Manga/BlackClover'', among the devils in the underworld, [[Manga/DeathNote Ryuk]] can be seen in the background.
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* OneTakeWonder: One of the most beloved moments across the 12 different versions of the anime, the Italian take on Light's EvilLaugh in the final episode, was done on the first take.
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** Aruno Tahara, who voices the US president in the Japanese version, previously dubbed UsefulNotes/GeorgeWBush in ''Fahrenheit 9/11''.
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** Aruno Tahara, who voices the UsefulNotes/GeorgeWBush-lookig US president in the Japanese version, previously dubbed UsefulNotes/GeorgeWBush George W. Bush in ''Fahrenheit 9/11''.''Film/Fahrenheit911''.
