#interrogatelight

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Hi Light-kun! I just wanted to say that despite what you did I think your still rather likeable...I don't know why I would perceive or think of you that way but I guess it's just a matter of emotions I suppose. Anyhow if you and L had gotten along and you became true best friends what do you think would have happened between you both? Would it be something more or just the same platonic relationship? and also don't you find him strange sometimes?

I believe your emotions are trying to tell you that there is no need to use “despite” when referring to my actions, since there was, after all, no ill intention in the grand scheme of my plan. It is pleasing to know that your instincts were able to overcome the mistaken, general view of me as a person, and I thank you for the timid compliment.

As far as your question regarding L goes, there is not much to add. In fact, we managed to become rather close in the time spent together, as both of us thought very highly of justice as an ideal and purpose. Of course, I was able to find a rather unique sort of equal in him, which made our chance to interact even more satisfying. However, there is no real reason to imagine that kind of relationship ever developing into anything more, especially between two people such as L and I. I am by no means trying to degrade same-sex relationships, but I definitely would not consider myself as a possible candidate for one.

There have been several times that I addressed L’s strange nature and my thoughts regarding it, but to put it shortly, yes, L was indeed quite the unique individual.

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Was it really you who killed Beyond Birthday, or is it just a coincidence that he died of a heart attack?

I have already answered this question previously, but for the sake of addressing this issue again, I will simply state that mere coincidences occur very rarely, and that was definitely not the case with his death.

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Say in the perfect world, you've already killed all the criminals, every evil from the world. You are the only one left who has committed a crime-many crimes actually. Will you do the deed and get rid of yourself, in order to truly achieve the perfect world? Would it not be hypocritical if you did not write your name, since you'd be the only one who has shed blood, regardless of reason? I'm not sure if this was asked.

Dear Anon, people shed blood for multiple reasons. Some shed blood for pleasure, some dirty their hands with the blood of the innocent out of necessity. Thus, there is a difference between a criminal who finds pleasure in slicing the throat of a desperate, pleading victim, and a farmer who slices the throat of a chicken to feed his family.

I also dirtied my hands out of necessity, the entire world’s need for safety. Therefore, people would continue to shed blood, and perhaps I would have continued as well here and there, but I would have never killed harmless farmers, or myself. Now, of course, vegans could argue, but that is irrelevant.

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Do you think, now that Near has the death note, that there is a chance of him becoming Kira? Not quite the same as Kira, obviously, but essentially ridding the world of evil with the death note.

Near was far too indoctrinated by L’s own ideology, that even if he did not necessarily view himself as only a perfected version of L, he always made sure to follow into his footsteps and take them further, yet towards the same direction. Using the Death Note to rid the world of criminals was something that L would have never considered and, thus, something that neither Near would. Like I’ve mentioned in a previous answer, the Death Note is the only quick and efficient method to minimize the crime phenomenon, yet L and, subsequently, Near, do not wish for it to be that way. For them, a world filled with crime is merely a playground. Why would they want all their toys taken away all of a sudden? They find pleasure in the game itself, not in completing it. I wished to complete it and end it once and for all. Now, I’m afraid there is no chance for that, other than a bunch of kids playing without end in a playground filled with human filth.

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Yes, L is dead, but L was answering on that blog AFTER he died. He mentioned he was answering it in heaven or something. Explain that.

L? In Heaven? Now, that’s quite an interesting thought that I’d have never considered. Also, I am by no means in any capacity to explain what might have “happened” to him and cause him to stop answering questions. However, if I were to take a wild guess, perhaps that “Heaven” he was talking about hasn’t been that nice to him lately?

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Where is the Death Note? - A Kira supporter

Clearly not in your hands.

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Hello Light. If you had the opportunity to stop L without killing him, would you keep him prisoner? That way you can have someone at your intellectual level to talk to, that way when you do achieve your goal of building your new world, you won't be depressed again from boredom? Also now that you would have the opportunity, do you think you would be able to convince him to accept your viewpoint? And if so how? ((Also to the owner of this blog, the way you write Light is amazing! Good job!))

First of all, I would like to thank you for your kind words and, second, I see the need to apologize for the inconvenience of you having to wait a rather long time for me to get to your question. Yet, as I mentioned before, time passes slightly differently for me.

With those being said, no, I would not choose to keep him as a prisoner. Indeed, the thought of having someone by my side with whom I could interact on my level would be a nice, yet improbable scenario. Because it is L that we are talking about, I never said that I did not respect his own set of skills and his strengths. Nonetheless, the way he chose to use them was rather selfish and ineffective in the grand scheme of things. He would have never managed to rid the world of criminals and, even so, that was never his intention from the beginning. Being a detective was more of a passion to him, something that offered him a place and a meaning to hold on to. Why would he ever wish for that to stop? He needed criminals to exist, the harder to catch, the better.

As I mentioned, I respected L greatly. Thus, even if I had the ability to safely confine him and pursue my goal, I know that it would be a great inconvenient for him. And that would have been something incredibly selfish of me to do, and since, unlike him, I have always managed to prevent myself from being selfish, I doubt I would have ever considered to keep him as a mere captive. Because we all know he would never be able to view my plan the way I did.

That is my answer. I hope it was satisfactory enough.

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Would you feel bad if you learned someone you killed was actually innocent? What would your emotions be?

I am sure it would be impossible for me to commit such a mistake, however, if that ever were the case, I would only view their death as a lesson to keep in mind, in order to avoid a similar failure. Yes, it would be a failure, yet their death would not be in vain, therefore I would not consider it as a complete failure, as it contributed to the improvement of my future actions.