The 23 day rule means that you can't use the first-come first-served rule to keep someone alive indefinitely. You can only influence events up to 23 days after the note is written. Light discovered this during his early experiments with prison inmates. Btw, welcome back! I missed seeing your uploads in my inbox 😊
Ah, so it’s something that was left out of the anime (or, at least hasn’t been introduced yet in the Rules I’ve covered so far). Thank-you for the insight! I knew something had to be stopping Rem from doing that.
I thought they had discussed it in the anime too, but I might be mistaken. It's been a while. I don't think it got a "How to Use It" bump card, but Light figures it out while trying to determine how long he can control someone's actions before death.
@@malcolm32 Light literally says it all himself, after L figures, Kira is experimenting with his powers. Maybe that is why they didn't give it a bump card.
Matsuda is actually my favorite member of the SPK and I think there's good reason for why a single episode has such a focus on him: He's seemingly one of the most characterized out of all of the regular detectives working with L. He doesn't have the experience of the chief, nor the intelligence of L and Light, and yet his strong sense of justice and open-ended way of looking at the cases makes him stand out from the rest of the members to me. Despite lacking conventional qualities that would be favorable among the group of talent he inhabits, Matsuda's perseverance and genuine nature make him feel just as important as the rest of the SPK, even if it doesn't always work out in their favor. It makes the ending when he shoots Light all the more impactful. Matsuda truly did believe that Light WASN'T Kira and stood up for him just as much as the chief, and the frightful anger he exibhits brings such a serious contrast to him that makes the moment feel so much more "oh sh*t." He's just such a human character to me, and despite only seeing Death Note once in its entirety, he's the SPK member I tend to remember the most.
he is literally the straight man to the rest of the genius and dedicated cops, who actually has the most understandable and relatable world view. when he played devil's advocate, he was saying the thoughts we all had. when he shot down light after light went psycho, he did what we all wanted to.
@@christiancrusader9374from what I can tell about the cultural expectations in Japan, from things I've heard about the country time and time again, is they likely assume no one would act independent of the collective and do something so brazen. Whereas in other countries like the US, it's assumed that someone eventually will do something brazen literally anywhere.
Really like the part where you explained that not all of this mistake lied with Matsuda, and that if the others, especially L, had given him tasks this wouldn't have happened. The others in the team are "go-getters" and frankly, Matsuda is not. He's a follower, and I don't say that in a bad way. He does his best work when given something to focus his attention on. He's not good at being a go-getter and when he tries to be, this happens. He thrives with instruction, and he is not an incapable person.
Yes, exactly! I really like the way you broke that down; because you actually just described me at work. I work best when given actual instructions; I’m not the most innovative person at my job, but when giving clear instructions on what needs to be done I can 100% get that shit done. Thank-you for this!
We in the 40K fandom have been having this discussion for like 20 years now, just with Magnus instead of Matsuda, both technically didn’t do anything wrong
I keep thinking that Matsuda while able to become a police officer by passing whatever tests and training u go through in Japan to become a police officer. Who ever is or was Matsuda’s training officer(s) might not have been good training Matsuda. I Aizawa, Mogi and Yagami had proper training while becoming police officers. Watching a lot of US and British police shows. I have seen characters like Matsuda. It seems that even with training they still caused problems. It might have been because they were not trained by someone who is able to train police officers like that or are so fed up with training police officer like that. That yelling at them seems like the only option. Maybe the training officers used to be like that when becoming police officers and are mad that they are reminded of that.
I find worth noting that L, Light and Matsuda were not the only ones to have a representative color (or whatever that is) at this point in the story. Misa seems to have teal (or sky blue, I don't remeber) hair in the opening
Yeah, if I remember correctly it’s in Episode 15 - she has some sort of teal hair along with red eyes. I’m actually planning on doing an analysis of all the colors in a future video; I just wanna wait until all of them are introduced. I will be discussing someone else’s color in the next one - as the use of Purple was interesting to me.
@@overanalyzinganimeMaybe it's like "Ah, yes, of course I'm on L's side" but really she, quite literally, only has eyes for Light (as in made the deal *for him* and as in she loves him)
@@Masha_Sulym Because he's kinda tied to L but mostly to the rest of the task force (as signified by Matsuda's yellow; Matsuda is kinda the heart) because L is a jerk.
Memory loss Light believing he couldn't be capable of killing people for me just feeds back into his inherent arrogance that bleeds through all his personas. He doesn't think he could kill because killing is wrong, and Light Yagami could never be wrong. When he has the opportunity, it's not murder. It's divine justice. Whom he chooses to kill is objectively who should be killed because Kira/Light Yagami could never be wrong. It perfectly displays how he can never view himself as anything but perfect.
I literally never noticed the weird thing Mogi did with the strawberry! The fact that you pointed it out had me in tears OML! Also the chief did NOT need to roast Hatori like that at the end. It's videos going over the small details like these that remind me how wild some anime can be, especially Death Note.
Mogi taking that strawberry almost had me choke on my joint when watching, bro almost killed me xD I love how naturally he just puts it into his pocket
Yo, the fact that I can provide that for someone is honestly so heartwarming; I have channels that are like that for me (people I can both give my full attention to, but also just have on in the background while I’m doing other stuff) and, so, the idea that my videos can be that for someone else? It’s honestly so cool. I’m really glad you enjoy the videos, @durpbudd - hope I can continue pushing them out for you!
that was pretty much my reaction as well. The way he is able to create entirely new perceptions of the tiniest details is one of the things I love most about this channel
Honestly, I had never noticed that he put it in his pocket! Lol. It caught me off guard. Also, I’m glad you enjoyed it! Next one will be out within the next week or so; script is done, I just need to record and edit and I’ll be recording either today or tomorrow.
Personally, I'd interpret Rem writing Misa's name to stop her from being killed by another death note as technically using the death note to extend Misa's life span as it was done with the intention of preventing her impending death date
I don't think someone can write a date passed someone's original death date. Also the furthest out you can go is 26 days from writing the name. It's impossible to save someone once their name is written down correctly.
Rem would be limited by either the fact you can’t expand lifespans except by a Shinigami killing a human to save another, or because light found the (23?) day limit to controlling actions
So with regards to the weird security, this is another bit from the manga the anime cut down. In the manga, Matsuda looks at the front entrance, sees a lot of security he knows he has basically zero chance of getting past without making a scene or revealing himself as police. However, showing some of his actual thinking skills (yes he has some!), he the goes to a rear entrance that he notes are usually less well guarded, and then does his crawling bit there seeing he was correct about the lesser security at a rear service entrance. It shows that Matsuda actually has some amount of practical critical thinking, namely that he's good at improvising and thinking on his feet in potentially tense situations, even if he fails to think things through as far as he should.
I identify with Matsuda so much, im neurodivergent and have always been an odd one out in groups unless it was one of my specialties, and matsuda legit inspired me to take my life into my own hands, though instead of jumping on the matress it was signing my application to culinary school :), also amazing series and video, plz keep going this is so bingable
Thank-you so much for understanding! I have started editing the next one; I wanted to drop it last week but got caught up with a lot of OT at work. I’m going to stop promising dates, but I can say that it’s coming soon!
As someone with security experience, there’s probably a team of guards but the rest of them are probably either on patrol somewhere else or all hanging out in their office. They’re probably only really there to shoo away vagrants and keep an eye out for unusual behaviour amongst employees, so it’s a rather dull job and all you can really do is wander aimlessly, read a book, or hang out with other guards. The one guard at the desk is only there to really verify identification of employees entering the building, and for all we know he could’ve been doing that for up to half a day already, it’s pretty common for security guards to work 12 hours at a time. Can’t blame him for sort of working on autopilot and not having a sharper attention to his surroundings. In a corporate setting, there rarely is much action to be had, boredom can really rot your brain over time. Especially for a relatively safe and peaceful country like japan, security may be treated as more of just a formality if anything. A thing in place because businesses in other countries have that practice. While the guard is there for controlling entry to the building, I’m sure what he mainly does to strangers is offer directions
TWO things I think it's interesting how Light also says to Matsuda at the end of the show "Matsuda, you idiot." L says it in slight annoyance, like he could have prevented this. Light says it in absolute contempt. Along with the fact that he takes up the other primary color slot, I think the repetition of this line could be part of understanding his character arc and the role he plays in the battle between Light and L/N ALSO you can't fix your time of death because you have 23 days before your death note must take effect and otherwise it's a simple heart attack.
I honestly thought you had given up on this or were having irl troubles. Glad to have you back I love this series! EDIT: I actually started watching this after my car accident when I was recovering and I am 100% sincere when I mean it helped me through some dark times
Hey, great to see you back! :D This video was fantastic. I'm quite fond of Matsuda as a character but I agree he would be hard to work with in this situation, so it makes sense why the SPK is annoyed by him. I do think it's less of a problem with Matsuda's personality though, and more just... a bad culture fit. Most of the time, a friendly, optimistic coworker is really nice to have around, but the rest of the task force is SO serious and professional, it just doesn't come out in his favor. Your analysis of the situation is perfect. About L trying to suss out whether Light would compromise his morals, great catch, I never noticed that! But I think that's def what he was trying to do. And that joke about Misa's response to Matsuda faking his death was also hilarious, lololol thank you for that.
the reason why Light is actually thinks like that (without his memories) is well. He is actually a good guy, but with these powers... they turned him into that one person he didn't want to. So, without the Death Note, he'd either kill himself out of boredom, or just become one of the best police officer if not police chief
Welcome back! I hope the new family is treating you well. Just adding a comment to help you out in the algorithm, don't mind me. regarding what you brought up around 14:20, there was a spinoff AU I recall where L wins because he wrote his own name in the death note and the Kira of that story couldn't kill him. So yes, your idea does seem to work if you count non-canonical material. The reason it wouldn't be done in this series is because not all the rules are presented to these characters, so the humans would never be able to consider that option and the shinigami are constantly shown to be surprised about the rules being used in creative ways because they don't see the death note as a weapon.
I may be wrong but doesn't this rule kinda come into play during the final episode? From what I recall, Light tried to kill Takada with the death note, but Mikami did exactly the same thing one minute earlier. I remember Near noticed that and it tipped him off, implying he knew about the rule? Again though I'm not sure.
Also, a detail I think you missed from a previous episode: You were curious what tests L used to test the detectives to make sure they were not Kira. I suspect that the answer is actually shown. When L asked Light about how he would trap Kira at the cafe, he said he asked numerous investigators the same question, but only he came up instantly with a situation where Kira was talking directly to a detective. And from this point on, L is more or less convinced that Light is Kira.
So glad to see you're back with this series! This was a great episode. Matsuda is probably my favorite character and this is absolutely his episode, even if he was being quite reckless. The Yotsuba-Kira was being quite reckless as well though, until you pointed it out I didn't realize how he was basically admitting to being Kira through his dialogue. I find it interesting that both rules stated in this episode's "How to Use it" come back later in pivotal episodes. The first rule comes in to play when Light kills the Yotsuba-Kira in just a few episodes, iircc Light pretty much repeats the rule verbatim right before killing him. The second rule seemingly comes back in the final episode when it is revealed that Mikami killed Takada about one minute before Light attempted to. I remember this being a big brain play on Near's part and factored into Light being unmasked. So I'm very curious to see what you have to say about that when you reach that point. But for now, yeah, that rule does imply some pretty overpowered things like you said. Also weird that it says "more than TWO death notes" when you'd expect it to say something like "Two or more". Maybe that was another slight mistranslation? I got no clue though.
I was just thinking it's been too damn long... In my opinion Matsuda is much better then his co-workers gives him credit. I've worked with a guy not that unlike him and he was a good, hard worker. But he's young, energetic and enthusiastic. Due to all of that he's not that experienced and is in need of direction. What he needs someone to take him under his wing directly and give him a task to do; beyond 'get me coffee'. That he nearly solved the case on his own by going Solid Snake shows what he's able to do.
Thank-you! The last few months have been pretty rough, NGL, but I’ve kept y’all waiting long enough! And I’ve already written the scripts for Episodes 20, 21, and 22 - so the wait shouldn’t be too long for the next ones!
So happy to have you back! I've been watching your series since the very start and been, rewatching, rewatching time to time while waiting for the new episode. Thanks for the new upload!
Good to see you back, I checked your channel every couple of weeks waiting for the next video. I really like your way of overanalyzing Death note ( and I probably watched every part 2 times - 1 time paying full attention and 1 time to fall asleep to haha)
Matsuda is my favorite character in Death Note! this was such a good analysis, welcome back! dont feel pressured take care of yourself and your spouse! (i hope things are going well!)
14:37 : I don't know if this rule has shown up, but you can't immortalize someone with the death note. The most you can delay their death is by 24 days I believe, so Rem couldn't just write Misa's name or otherwise she would die in 24 days. Edit: It is 23 days not 24, also how to use it 27 states that if you write ''die of disease'' and that disease takes more than 23 days to kill someone. Then the 23 day rule is overwritten.
Much love to you man! Just had my 21st birthday celebration last night so this was an excellent surprise to wake up to. Found you around your release of episode 6 and I’ve been waiting for the next episode every time since! Keep it up and good luck with the baby!!!
Yo!! Happy (Belated) Birthday! I hope your celebration was lit! Also, I’m glad you’re enjoying the content! Imma try to be more consistent going forward! I already got three finished scripts for the next three episodes so, the only thing now is finding time to record and edit!
I personally think that Mutsuda is absolutely based 🗿 he show his high variable here, only mistake was that they opened door, if not that, he could safety give L many information
I believe the DeathNote has a 23 day rule, where it can only cause a death 23 days after it was written, preventing someone from cheating the Death Note
There is one possible pathway to cheat it: the disease rules. "If you write, "die of disease" with a specific disease's name and the person's time of death, there must be a sufficient amount of time for the disease to progress. If the set time is too tight, the victim will die of a heart attack after 6 minutes and 40 seconds after completing the Death Note." "If you write, "die of disease" like before with a specific disease's name, but without a specific time, if it takes more than 24 days for the human to die the 23 day rule will not take effect and the human will die at an adequate time depending on the disease." Specifically, if you write a given disease and even give it a set date, if the date given is enough time for the disease to progress then you could theoretically get some cheating in because the person would be determined to die of the disease. The only rule given that causes "dies of disease" to default to a heart attack is if there is a time frame given and the time frame is not large enough for the disease to progress to a fatality. The first rule shows the conditions to have it turn to a heart attack, the second rule outlines that "dies of disease" allows the death to extend past 23 days. If you write "dies of disease" with a specific disease and sufficient time for the disease to progress, the rules seem to imply that there wouldn't be any complications. For instance, if a target is given "dies of ebola in 5 years" then given there is enough time for ebola to progress I believe it will kill the person in 5 years, but if you wrote "dies of ebola in 5 minutes" since there wasn't enough time for the ebola to progress it will default to a heart attack. If you wrote "dies of ebola" then they'd probably contract ebola as quickly as possible and die at an appropriate date. I believe that one thing that would prevent cheating with this is an implication in one of the rules that humans using the Death Note cannot directly extend a human lifespan, though. If you write "dies of cancer at age 90" but you the Shinigami Eyes say the person would die at age 89 then you may get the default heart attack, but if you wrote "dies of cancer at age 89" then the target could theoretically survive to that point. Plus there's probably nothing preventing the target from dying of some other reason prior to that. Requiring both reading between the lines on multiple rules and requiring experimentation to confirm if it would even work and then also not even knowing if it would necessarily guarantee the life of the human in question does clear up why it wouldn't really be useful on that front.
light found a life exploit that gives him unlimited power and is free of consequences or judgment from his immediate friends or family. If he did have any negative thoughts of killing the evil he would simply chalk it up to relatable feelings many people think about but never say. Without those memories, he's regained his humanity which he lost being kira. The problem I see in this scenario is light doesn't know what he doesn't know, meaning that once he had a taste of murder and realized he liked it actually, he leaned further into it. Under normal circumstances, he would have lived a life being a good citizen and making the best of his life. But since the notebook exposed his proclivity to power and ultimate judgment without debate he can fulfill his latent urges for murder and minipulation. He doesn't care about making the world a better place he just wants power and having the whole world bow down to him eventually is.... interesting.
Light and L are two highly manipulative psychopaths with different loose principles and goals to justify their actions who get depressed when they're bored and would die for a sense of purpose. That's why I didn't feel sad when they both died, they died doing what they enjoy the most, facing death for a sweet addictive adrenaline rush. Light was a vigilante and as the first OP song lyrics imply, has a revolutionary sense of justice which is often chaotic, swift and brutal while L represents the authorities fighting to be the exclusive enforcers of violence. They both strive to be leaders of both opposite sides of the battle and take the challenge very personally. Neither of them care about the material conditions and injustices that cause crime to rise in the first place as Light only once wacked a group of degenerate shareholders of a major corporation as a distraction and wasn't that much focused on combating wage theft or imperialism, only surgically amputating the resulting symptoms of the broader issues which in turn ended wars and lowered crime rates. This was all done with a sense of simple reward and punishment without any nuance and as a bonus he can justify playing god.
Honestly, L being able to handle the work of 3 different detectives makes sense. Given what we know about him it seems like solving mysteries is the only thing that brings him joy so that’s why he does it all the time.
I think my favorite part of Matsuda was that, at the end Light was unconsciously counting on Matsuda siding with him and there even could be a case that Matsuda does believe on some level that 'Kira' is right but it was how Light/Kira got there, by betraying/manipulating EVERYONE including his own father that Matsuda could never forgive. It reminded me of my experience watching Death Note, how I almost saw myself siding with Light, until he killed Ray Pembar and from then on I knew it was something I could never agree with.
"Treating him like an assistant", I kinda assumed that was his role here. L is a smart dude but he's still just one guy, so there is probably tons of paper work, internet articles and footage to scour through that would simply be impossible for one man to do on his own. He's mostly just doing the bulk work.
bro i forgot about your vid’s for like 2 months, I checked back thinking, has he uploaded again? And I saw you didn’t do I just rewatched your old videos THE DAY AFTER I rewatched them you post this.
Matsuda is one of the greatest anime characters there ever was, it’s not because he’s brave, powerful, smart, heroic or villainous, it’s because he’s human. He feels like a real person and when practically everyone else in anime is somebody sometimes it’s a nobody that really stands out.
14:08 If a Shinigami were to do this with the intention of preventing someone from being killed by a death note, that would count as saving them and kill the Shinigami. A human could only use this effectively with Shinigami eyes, and if you've traded half your remaining lifespan, the ability to protect people from other death notes is a reasonable bonus in that trade.
@@poisonpenfairy2844I checked the rules from „How to read“ and apparently, the limit is 23 days into the future, unless you specify a slow-acting disease as cause of death.
