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Weirdguy149 Former King from Lumiose City Since: Jul, 2014 Relationship Status: I'd jump in front of a train for ya!
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#25151: Feb 24th 2017 at 2:09:33 PM

Dammit, Ryuk.

The legend has returned.
AdricDePsycho Rock on, Gold Dust Woman from Never Going Back Again Since: Oct, 2014 Relationship Status: [TOP SECRET]
Rock on, Gold Dust Woman
#25153: Feb 24th 2017 at 2:17:26 PM

It was alright.

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LSBK Since: Sep, 2014
LordVatek Not really a lord of anything Since: Sep, 2014
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#25155: Feb 24th 2017 at 2:31:52 PM

As someone who has never seen Death Note, does that check out?

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Hobgoblin Since: Nov, 2010 Relationship Status: Above such petty unnecessities
#25156: Feb 24th 2017 at 2:33:29 PM

The Death Note kills a person whose name is written down in about a minute afterwards. You have to have their face in mind, though, to avoid situations where there might be multiple people with the same name.

The default method of death is via heart attack, incidentally, though you can be more specific during the minute long interval to add a specific method of death if you want.

edited 24th Feb '17 2:34:11 PM by Hobgoblin

LordVatek Not really a lord of anything Since: Sep, 2014
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#25157: Feb 24th 2017 at 2:39:42 PM

Well in that case, they probably could have picked a better fighter. The best of these subvert expectations (Cell actually playing Duel Monsters, Kenshiro getting the upper hand on Cell) and that seemed fairly by-the-numbers.

Also, why Willem Dafoe?

edited 24th Feb '17 2:42:16 PM by LordVatek

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AdricDePsycho Rock on, Gold Dust Woman from Never Going Back Again Since: Oct, 2014 Relationship Status: [TOP SECRET]
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#25158: Feb 24th 2017 at 2:50:45 PM

Willem Dafoe is supposed to be in some live action Death Note thing coming soon.

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VeryMelon Since: Jul, 2011 Relationship Status: Anime is my true love
#25159: Feb 24th 2017 at 2:57:09 PM

Wasn't Street Fighter bad, but it wasn't interesting either.

WillKeaton from Alberta, Canada Since: Jun, 2010
#25160: Feb 24th 2017 at 3:00:25 PM

How many hearts is Cell supposed to have?

Anomalocaris20 from Sagittarius A* Since: Sep, 2010 Relationship Status: Love blinded me (with science!)
#25161: Feb 24th 2017 at 3:03:52 PM

Well, he travels through time and takes on many different appearances, so two.

edited 24th Feb '17 3:04:09 PM by Anomalocaris20

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hardcorefakes coolest_guy from probably America Since: Oct, 2015 Relationship Status: You cannot grasp the true form
coolest_guy
#25162: Feb 24th 2017 at 3:05:03 PM

Good question, and would having a heart attack even affect him much?

I mean, he can survive getting his torso blown off, how much damage could a heart attack do?

AdricDePsycho Rock on, Gold Dust Woman from Never Going Back Again Since: Oct, 2014 Relationship Status: [TOP SECRET]
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#25163: Feb 24th 2017 at 3:05:43 PM

Two hearts...so Cell is a Time Lord?

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KarkatTheDalek Not as angry as the name would suggest. from Somwhere in Time/Space Since: Mar, 2012 Relationship Status: You're a beautiful woman, probably
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#25164: Feb 24th 2017 at 3:09:08 PM

It's an interesting question, actually - default cause of death via the Death Note is a heart attack, but what if a heart attack is simply incapable of killing the person?

Anyway, not their best (honestly, this one would have never even crossed my mind), but creepy live action Ryuk makes it worth the price of admission.

...Which was nothing, so hey, bonus.

edited 24th Feb '17 3:10:40 PM by KarkatTheDalek

Oh God! Natural light!
AdricDePsycho Rock on, Gold Dust Woman from Never Going Back Again Since: Oct, 2014 Relationship Status: [TOP SECRET]
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#25165: Feb 24th 2017 at 3:16:09 PM

This was the version of Death Note Abridged done by 1KidsEntertainment, correct?

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Saiga Since: Feb, 2011 Relationship Status: Getting away with murder
#25166: Feb 24th 2017 at 3:18:36 PM

Well that was crap.

[up][up] well for other deaths, if the conditions can not be fulfilled, they simply die of a heart attack

if the condition of dying by heart attack cannot be fulfilled, Cell will suffer a heart attack INFINITE VALUE

KarkatTheDalek Not as angry as the name would suggest. from Somwhere in Time/Space Since: Mar, 2012 Relationship Status: You're a beautiful woman, probably
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#25167: Feb 24th 2017 at 3:23:55 PM
Saiga Since: Feb, 2011 Relationship Status: Getting away with murder
#25168: Feb 24th 2017 at 3:28:58 PM

Death Note tries to kill Cell from heart attack > fails, resorts to failure condition "kill victim with heart attack" > fails, repeat

'Infinite value' is a joke from vidya games/card games about loops that technically provide infinite value for your resources but usually just create a pointless loop

hardcorefakes coolest_guy from probably America Since: Oct, 2015 Relationship Status: You cannot grasp the true form
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#25169: Feb 24th 2017 at 3:30:05 PM

...Cell suffers from an infinite amount of heart attacks?

And maybe writhes in pain for all of eternity?

Enlong Court Dragon from The Underground Facility Since: May, 2011 Relationship Status: is commanded to— WANK!
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#25170: Feb 24th 2017 at 3:52:10 PM

Since Death note takes place in a world of humans, it's probably most accurate to say that the heart attack is its default kill method for humans.

Being that it's an artifact of doom made by death gods, it's possible that it has other methods that it could use as the default for beings that could survive its default method for humans. Because the one thing common to all the things it can do to someone whose name is written innit is that it results in death.

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KarkatTheDalek Not as angry as the name would suggest. from Somwhere in Time/Space Since: Mar, 2012 Relationship Status: You're a beautiful woman, probably
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#25171: Feb 24th 2017 at 4:03:25 PM

Actually...can the Death Note even be used on non-humans?

Oh God! Natural light!
Soble Since: Dec, 2013
#25172: Feb 24th 2017 at 4:13:27 PM

Haven't watched the video yet and pretty much scrolled to the bottom of the screen but

oh no they f'cking didn't- [lol]

I didn't even consider Death Note Abridged. More importantly they can mash Death Note into the Cell Game but not One Punch Man?

EDIT:

Shame it wasn't Team Dattebayo.

edited 24th Feb '17 4:18:54 PM by Soble

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HandsomeRob Leader of the Holey Brotherhood from The land of broken records Since: Jan, 2015
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#25173: Feb 24th 2017 at 4:26:01 PM

That one was kinda weak.

Though Cell having more than one heart doesn't shock me. It's not something I considered, but I'm not surprised either.

Notably, after losing a bunch of the Genki-Dama to Vegeta crushing him, Goku never uses his own body for the conduit again. Starting at Frieza, he charges the power externally, which allows him to take the beating Frieza deals him without losing a drop of energy from it. Subtle way we see Goku's skills improve.

Huh. So that's why it's so different each time. Kinda a shame we never see that version that you mention (where Goku stores it in his body) actually work on anyone.

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Soble Since: Dec, 2013
#25174: Feb 24th 2017 at 4:34:08 PM

Well in that case, they probably could have picked a better fighter. The best of these subvert expectations (Cell actually playing Duel Monsters, Kenshiro getting the upper hand on Cell) and that seemed fairly by-the-numbers.

I didn't expect Cell's heart to actually stop - the Death Note explicitly affects human beings so Cell's reaction surprised me. Subversive in that A) the Death Note actually worked, and B) now we know Cell has multiple hearts.

Most of it was just Cell ripping on Light though but I still chuckled.

edited 24th Feb '17 4:34:42 PM by Soble

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Thebrawlbro Since: Aug, 2013
#25175: Feb 24th 2017 at 4:53:36 PM

I liked it in that it was sorta the reverse of Cell vs Kenshiro in that both Kenshiro and Loght are known for inflicting instant death on their opponent. Lights could have worked, if he had told the Death Note to just have Cell fly into the Sun and stay there untill he dies, but he was Lazy and cocky, so he died.


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