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It’s kind of genius in a metatextual way, because that’s exactly what would make an artifact like the Death Note so tempting in the first place. During the stint where Light loses his memory for a bit, you get the impression that without the notebook Light would just be a regular person if he never had it in the first place. He could have grown up to be a cop like his dad. But one day he finds himself with the power to kill instantly and anonymously, and who wouldn’t at least think about using that in a world where injustice happens every day?

I think it’s a near universal human experience to see a horrific crime on the news and think “that person should hang”. It’s a form of temporary tribalism that affects even the most hardened opponents of capital punishment. But most of us are never given a means of acting on that dark thought, so it just remains a thought and we move on. I think what makes Death Note such a great concept is that Tsugumi Ohba tapped into this experience and really examined it.

God, I love this series. Can you tell?

They didn’t disappear in Z. You can still see them in select filler episodes. It’s just that with the show going into space and the afterlife and what have you, there’s less time available to show off the eccentricites of Toriyama’s Earth.

I mean, in Goku’s defense, he was dead most of that time.

Jesus was a legit historical figure, it’s just the more fantastical parts of his story that are up for debate.

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Historical_Jesus