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Cortez from Parts Unknown (4 Score & 7 Years Ago)
#1151: Feb 6th 2020 at 10:47:04 AM

Do you think Minoru's mom will inherit the money in his bank account?

Edited by Cortez on Feb 6th 2020 at 6:04:50 AM

RJ-19-CLOVIS-93 from New Zealand (4 Score & 7 Years Ago)
#1152: Feb 7th 2020 at 6:59:08 PM

I have wondered what would happen if the Shinigami went extinct or Ryuk was made the Last of His Kind(besides the king). There's what, a double digit in their population, and they're so lethargic they're known for forgetting to write down lifespans and die. Two shinigami die because of Misa(and I imagine Ryuk probably had her name written down for all that shinigami lifespan, even if quartered). Imagine if every shinigami dies of boredom/suicide with Ryuk being the only one left and the Shinigami King being king of basically nobody

HandsomeRob Leader of the Holey Brotherhood from The land of broken records Since: Jan, 2015
Leader of the Holey Brotherhood
#1153: Feb 8th 2020 at 8:52:25 AM

Read the one shot.

So this kid finds a way to make himself and a bunch of people rich using the Death Note without killing a single person, but dies anyway due to a last minute rule he had no way of knowing about? That's not cool.

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RJ-19-CLOVIS-93 from New Zealand (4 Score & 7 Years Ago)
#1154: Feb 8th 2020 at 9:06:52 AM

[up] The Shinigami King is a dick. Again, the shinigami are parasites who have no positive effect on the world. Hopefully the Shinigami King isn't The Grim Reaper, or we've got some Final Destination level dickery on Death Note's Death

HandsomeRob Leader of the Holey Brotherhood from The land of broken records Since: Jan, 2015
Leader of the Holey Brotherhood
#1155: Feb 8th 2020 at 9:12:04 AM

I mean, Minoru isn't knowingly innocent and all, since he was willing to sell the most dangerous weapon in existence to....fricking Donald Trump, but still...that's a shitty way to go. He found a way to benefit from the note without harming a single person (and helped more people indirectly than Light ever did), but Not Trump gets to live and still benefits from things by saying he has the note, while this kid dies with no clue about what happened. That's just unfair, especially the Donald Trump benefits in any way part.

The Death Note universe is the worst universe.

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OmegaRadiance Since: Jun, 2011
#1156: Feb 8th 2020 at 9:14:53 AM

Donald Trump saying he has the Note is more likely to backfire especially if "suspicious deaths" happen.

Every accusation by the GOP is ALWAYS a confession.
Mami Since: Oct, 2017 Relationship Status: Faithful to 2D
#1157: Feb 8th 2020 at 9:22:17 AM

Sure he was willing to sell it, but he made it a public affair so that people would know who has the deathnote which basically restricts their ability to use it (especially as Ryuk would have stayed with Trump while he had it, and all the former investigators can see Ryuk)

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HandsomeRob Leader of the Holey Brotherhood from The land of broken records Since: Jan, 2015
Leader of the Holey Brotherhood
#1158: Feb 8th 2020 at 9:29:41 AM

[up]

Oh right. No matter who won, they'd have ended up getting caught...though the President of the United States having it would have made it more difficult to move but being such a public face would have (in theory mind you, because this is Donald Trump we're talking about) meant it'd be impossible to use it without everyone knowing you did it.

The kid's plan was pretty good, and likely would have ended with far less death than Light's plan even with a head of state owning it (again in theory, as I fully expect Donald Trump would have used it to do a lot of harm because the man only understands the concept of enemies of Trump and not enemies of Trump and has zero restraint), but instead, everyone essentially wins but him.

It galls me quite a bit to be honest......do I still need to use spoilers?

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Mami Since: Oct, 2017 Relationship Status: Faithful to 2D
#1159: Feb 8th 2020 at 9:46:02 AM

Yeah that's why I'll super salty about the ending, he won the game but lost the war, and only him.

Also no idea

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OmegaRadiance Since: Jun, 2011
#1160: Feb 8th 2020 at 9:46:45 AM

Funny enough. The fact Trump exists at all is proof of how Light failed in every way. Even his own fanatic Mikami.

Edited by OmegaRadiance on Feb 8th 2020 at 9:49:32 AM

Every accusation by the GOP is ALWAYS a confession.
Blueace Surrounded by weirdoes from The End Of the World Since: Dec, 2010 Relationship Status: Chocolate!
Surrounded by weirdoes
#1161: Feb 8th 2020 at 10:34:24 AM

Right now, a Light-like figure would probably kill half the corporate world.

Wake me up at your own risk.
Discar Since: Jun, 2009
#1162: Feb 8th 2020 at 11:24:37 AM

Since Light was attacking society from the bottom up (which is the stupidest way to use a precision assassination device), it's unclear if corporate types would have been on his radar at all. Trump only really became a worldwide problem after Light died, so we can't be sure how Kira would have reacted to him, but there were plenty of terrible high-profile leaders he could have gone for but didn't. Such as, for example, most of North Korea's leadership.

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slimcoder The Head of the Hydra Since: May, 2013
The Head of the Hydra
#1163: Feb 8th 2020 at 11:56:10 AM

Okay I think we can stop using spoilers.

While I like Minoru, I still found the ending fairly hilarious. It’s a good lesson there, no matter how good you may be the Death Note will fuck you one way or another.

So stay away from the actual object that brings unlimited death.

"I am Alpharius. This is a lie."
HandsomeRob Leader of the Holey Brotherhood from The land of broken records Since: Jan, 2015
Leader of the Holey Brotherhood
#1164: Feb 8th 2020 at 12:34:15 PM

I guess.

You know what I'd like to see.

Light' first use of the Note came from killing some dude who took a bunch of little kids hostage.

This took place in 2003-2006 (and I'm assuming that was date of the events of the manga as well. So those kinds would be in their late teens to early twenties now. It'd be interesting to see one of the few to benefit from Light's first use of the note (due to him saving their lives, even if only by accident) gain that same power and how they would use it, and especially how they would feel about Light, knowing he cause a shitload of harm, but also being aware of the fact that they are alive today because of him.

It'd be an interesting character to follow. Hell, I think Minoru may or may not be old enough to potentially be one of those kids depending on their exact ages.

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Mami Since: Oct, 2017 Relationship Status: Faithful to 2D
#1165: Feb 8th 2020 at 1:11:50 PM

It seemed like only reason Minoru didn'tjust ditch the Death Note from the get go was because he knew Ryuk would look for someone else to feed him apples so he just concocted a plan that would benefit him and keep Ryuk from making another Kira

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RJ-19-CLOVIS-93 from New Zealand (4 Score & 7 Years Ago)
#1166: Feb 8th 2020 at 1:12:04 PM

See, the Shinigami have no positive purpose and should all just rot and die so humanity doesn't have to deal with them

fredhot16 Don't want to leave but cannot pretend from Baton Rogue, Louisiana. Since: Jan, 2015 Relationship Status: Too sexy for my shirt
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#1167: Feb 8th 2020 at 1:14:02 PM

[up]Yay, genocide.

Edited by fredhot16 on Feb 8th 2020 at 1:14:46 AM

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slimcoder The Head of the Hydra Since: May, 2013
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#1168: Feb 8th 2020 at 1:23:40 PM

I mean if their tormenting humanity you can't say their bad people.

Edited by slimcoder on Feb 8th 2020 at 1:25:25 AM

"I am Alpharius. This is a lie."
alekos23 Since: Mar, 2013
#1169: Feb 8th 2020 at 1:25:00 PM

I mean can't you just keep feeding Ryuk while you seal the Death Note in cement or something

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#1170: Feb 8th 2020 at 1:28:30 PM

[up][up]Sorry, where did you hear a defense of the Shinigami from me? I didn’t say anything about them being good or bad, I expressed my distaste for “they should all die”, i.e genocide.

Edited by fredhot16 on Feb 8th 2020 at 1:30:07 AM

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slimcoder The Head of the Hydra Since: May, 2013
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#1171: Feb 8th 2020 at 1:30:23 PM

[up] Uh it wasn't really directed at you.

I'm just saying a thing.

"I am Alpharius. This is a lie."
fredhot16 Don't want to leave but cannot pretend from Baton Rogue, Louisiana. Since: Jan, 2015 Relationship Status: Too sexy for my shirt
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#1172: Feb 8th 2020 at 1:33:04 PM

[up]Wait, I misread it. That was about how the Shinigami aren’t bad people.

My B.

Edited by fredhot16 on Feb 8th 2020 at 1:36:48 AM

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Envyus Since: Jun, 2011
#1173: Feb 8th 2020 at 1:33:29 PM

It appears they kill people pretty rarely. Minoru is the first person Ryuk killed since Light. Which I guess makes sense for them, as killing one or two people can get them around 70 years of life span easily. They don't have to write names down often.

Discar Since: Jun, 2009
#1174: Feb 8th 2020 at 1:50:20 PM

Which I imagine is also why they're able to forget easily. When you've lived for thousands of years bored out of your skull, losing track of a few decades isn't surprising.

I can't remember, do Shinigami have any way of checking how many years they have left?

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TheAirman Brightness from The vicinity of an area adjacent to a location Since: Feb, 2011 Relationship Status: Historians will say we were good friends.
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#1175: Feb 8th 2020 at 1:57:09 PM

Assuming they don't have a way to know outright, they could always just make a note of how many years they gain from each person they've killed and just do the math.

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