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No Death Note End for Second Kira: How Misa Amane Simply Faded Away

16/5/2016

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Misa Amane's character, and her possession of a second shinigami notebook, had a tremendous impact upon both major arcs of Death Note. But there was no Misa-Misa in the Yellow Box.

After screaming, scheming, manipulating and manoeuvring her way through nearly one hundred chapters of the manga, Death Note's main female protagonist was merely moved out of the spotlight and left sidelined from the plot.

"Where's Misa?" Light raged, in his final throngs of desperation, and we might well have asked the same thing.

She was with Mogi, in the penthouse of a posh hotel, stashed there by Near to keep her from helping Kira mid-climactic confrontation.  Misa said it was without her consent, but she wasn't trying too hard to get away. She sounded downright enthusiastic when she was deposited into those luxurious surroundings, so that Mogi could attend the finale without her.  Even then, Misa-Misa made no attempt to flee.  She did not try to join her beloved Light.
Death Note's Misa Amane in a hotel room
It seemed out of character for her. This was the woman who would have died for Light Yagami; who twice shortened her lifespan by half each time on his behalf; who withstood torture for weeks on end in his defence; and who killed indiscriminately, in truly mind-boggling proportions of mass slaughter, to impress him or else cover his back.

Yet Misa wouldn't leave an unguarded penthouse, when every clue at her disposal hinted at a showdown moment for Light. She stayed put because it was pretty.  Though, to be fair, Light did tell her to remain there for the time being. Though since when did directives like that figure, if Misa had any inkling that her erstwhile fiancé might need her.

We barely needed Death Note author Tsugumi Ohba to state what was obvious.  Misa Amane was sidelined at the end, as he didn't 'have a situation in which to fit her'. (How to Read: Death Note 13)  Just like Mello, Misa was simply bundled out of sight, however out of character the requisite actions and decisions, in lieu of her creator to pen a plot-line that accommodated all personae dramatis.

Perhaps it was hoped that we wouldn't notice.  We did.

Do you agree with this reading of the situation?  What do you think would have occurred had Misa Amane been in the Yellow Box warehouse?  Would Light's mental disintegration have shaken her devotion to him, thus saving her from the suicide that finally constituted Misa Amane's departure from the Death Note story?

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Death Note Profile: Who is Misa Amane?

15/5/2016

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Misa Amane is the most prominent female protagonist in Death Note.  An actress, singer and model, her beautiful demeanor and cutesy, Little Girl Lost persona conceal a much darker truth.

It concerns a woman who can kill at ease.  Misa Misa - as she consistently refers to herself, always in the third person - is also the story's Second Kira.  She possesses a shinigami notebook, presented to her by a Death Goddess Rem, who witnessed the disintegration into dust of a fellow shinigami who died to save Misa's life.

Her independent usage of it causes Light Yagami a great deal of trouble, forcing him to make contact with and befriend Misa Amane.  His planned manipulation of her (in order to kerb her activities with said death notebook beyond his instruction) initially seems eased, when she instantly, loudly and vivaciously falls in love with him. But the love of Misa Amane does not come without strings, nor is she so easily directed as all idle accounts would lead spectators to believe.

The couple are soon dating and, by the end of Death Note, have long since been lovers, with their engagement due to be announced.

Misa as Second Kira also has an additional power to that wielded by Light Yagami.  She has bargained half of her remaining life span so to gain Shinigami Eyes.  That is the ability to read the true name and date of death for all living beings, in text and numerals glowing numinous above our heads.  She uses this grisly sight to massacre victims which Light could never have killed.  Her ultimate kill count is untold, but widely believed by fans to utterly eclipse those legions slaughtered by Kira himself.

Death Note's Misa Amane Profile

The Names of Misa Amane

Death Note's Second Kira is alternatively known as:
弥 海砂
Misa Amane
Amane Misa
ミサミサ
Misa-Misa
Misa Misa
第二のキラ
Second Kira
Daini no Kira
Kira II

Misa-Misa's Vital Statistics

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Hair Colour:
Blonde (brown in live action and Musicals)

Height:
5'  (152.4cm)
Eye Colour:
Brown


Weight:

5 stone 6lbs (79lbs; 35.8kg)
Occupation:
Model; actress; singer; TV personality; serial killer; Second Kira

Relationship Status:
Single at start; engaged to Light Yagami by end

The Family of Misa Amane

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The impetus for Misa Amane's murderous behaviour and support of Kira stems from the slaughter of her own family.

It occurred on May 19th 2003 - according to the Death Note manga - when a burglar broke into the Amane family home.  Misa witnessed the murder of both parents.

Her sister survived. Misa was living with her in Osaka at the beginning of the story.

In the live-action movies, her sibling - now a brother - wasn't so lucky. Misa Amane returned home to find her entire nuclear family wiped out in a single raid.  The trauma incurred a need for vengeance.

Her attention was drawn to Kira after he avenged the murders for her, by killing her family's assailant as he served his life sentence in prison. At the time quite out of her reach.
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Key Dates for Misa Amane

December 25th 1984:
December 25th 1987:
February 14th 2011:
February 14th 2014:
Misa Amane born
Misa Amane born
Misa Amane died
Misa Amane died
Manga
Anime
Manga
Anime

Misa Amane's Life-Span in Flux

Misa Amane's name through shinigami eyes

Even with shinigami eyes, Misa cannot see her own death date, only her name
Misa died on *insert date*.  At least that's the date that would have been displayed to any Death God or those with the shinigami eyes to see, in the script above her head for most of her life.

It's the date upon which Misa Amane should have died. The date on which Gelus wrote her assailant's name in his own notebook of death, thus saving her life to the detriment of his own.

By which we mean that his transgression - apparently one of the most heinous there is for his kind - was instantly punishable by  the hapless God being disintegrated into a pile of dust.

Having thwarted Fate as she did, we have to ask ourselves what new numbers appeared now above Misa Amane's head?  Another far distant date, selected at random by whatever sentient presence throws such dice?  Or something quite stunning in relative human terms?
To all extents and purposes, was Misa now immortal, barring accident or, you know, jumping off a bridge as she eventually did?  We know that she wasn't actually immortal, because she did die.

We can also be certain that a date did appear above her head, and that it could change, because Rem knows immediately upon meeting Misa that she'd made the eye deal again with Ryuk.  For the second time in Misa's life, her remaining years had halved.  But therein lies the rub - Misa should already have been dead on both occasions when her life-span was thus curtailed.  She should have died on the day of Gelus's self-sacrifice in her stead.

For shinigami, prematurely ending a human life by writing their name in a death notebook evokes its own reward.  That time stolen from their victim is now added onto the death god's own life-span.  If the newly deceased human should have lived another twenty years, then the shinigami authoring their demise is now assured an extra twenty years to their own tally.

Misa did not kill Gelus directly.  She did not write his name in her death note (which anyway didn't belong to her until shortly thereon). However, by Gelus writing the name of Misa's would-be murderer in that same book, she inadvertently became the cause of the shinigami's disintegration into dust.
Later still, the desperate situation engineered by Light Yagami into being meant Misa's liberty and life were endangered again.  Rem could see that Misa was foolish enough in love to repeatedly chop her life's span in two, in order to impress and/or save her beloved Light.  With such an overview, the shinigami Rem saw no alternative herself but to kill Watari, then L, so to save Misa Amane from herself (and, by extension, them).

Two death gods, both infatuated with the enchanting human woman; both causally committing suicide via their death notes to save her life.

How many years had those two deities amassed between them, as yet to be lived, at the point of their deaths?  And did those two tallies transfer to Misa Amane, as they would have to another shinigami?

There is circumstantial evidence to say that they did.  Insofar as Ryuk looks quite stunned to behold the death date adorning Misa's aura; momentarily fairly speechless at the notion that half will soon swell his own life-span, as she begged to make the shinigami eye deal with him. 

Moreover, Rem rushed into killing L and Watari for Misa's sake.  It's questionable that such speedy action would have been necessary, if Rem could see that Misa had many more years left in her.  Tenuous, we know, but intriguing nonetheless.

On the other hand, the rules of the Death Note are quite clear on the point that a human user writing names does not amass the lost life-span of their victims, in the same way as a Death God would.

However, it says nothing at all about the consequences of a human being instrumental in the death by shinigami notebook of its divine owner.

We do not know how many years Gelus and Rem had left. It could have been hundreds.

We do not know if those life-spans transferred to Misa Amane. She could well have lived for centuries (or mere hours, days, weeks, months...), if disillusionment and lovelorn grief had not sent her hurling from a high bridge to her death.

Or perhaps that moment WAS Fated.  February 14th 2011 (or 2014, in the anime) was the date left there for heartbroken Rem to see.
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If that was the case, we can calculate the dates displayed at any given time above Misa Amane's pretty brow.  But only if we assume that she received no extra life from the two shinigami, otherwise all but the first and last dates must remain unknown.
Until Gelus intervened:
March 12th 2004 (or 2007)

March 12th 2004 (manga);
March 12th 2007 (anime)

aged 19
Until Misa made the eye deal with Rem:
Est. March 20th 2004 (or 2007)
November 25th 2031 (manga);
November 25th 2034 (anime)

aged 46
Until Misa made the eye deal with Ryuk:
November 4th 2004 (or 2007)

January 17th 2018 (manga);
January 17th 2021 (anime)

aged 33
Until the end:
February 14th 2011 (or 2014)

February 14th 2011 (manga);
February 14th 2014 (anime)

aged 26
Of course, this is only one possible example.

Assuming the date Misa died is, in fact, the end of her new life-span, then we are able to say that Gelus could have added anywhere between 1 and 38 years, and likewise, Rem could have added anywhere between 1 and 6 years. So another example: Gelus could have added 16 years, which would mean Rem would have added 3 years.

The amount of life gained from Rem depends directly on the amount of life Misa gained from Gelus. It can be worked out using the formula:
Y = 7 - X/4
(Where life added by Rem is represented by Y, and life added by Gelus is X)
Because the amount of life added by Rem and Gelus are directly dependent on one another, we can never know exact numbers, only a range of possible scenarios, represented by the graph below:
Graph calculating possible time added to Misa Amane life by the suicide of two shinigami to save her.
Possible time additions effected to Misa Amane's life-span by the self-sacrifice of two Death Gods on her behalf
NB: Mathematics contemplated, calculated and completed by Orangepunch and Richard Mak.  With thanks to both!

The Suicide of Misa Amane in Death Note


The Auguries of Misa

Capricorn the goat
Born on December 25th, astrologically
Misa Amane is Capricorn

Death Note rat
Misa's birth date of December 25th 1984 (manga) also factors into Shēngxiào. The Second Kira is a Wood Rat in the Chinese Zodiac
Fire rabbit
However, the time-slip of the anime would have her born in 1987 instead. That means that now in the Chinese Zodiac Misa Misa is a Fire Rabbit
Blood type AB
How to Read: Death Note 13 reveals that Misa Amane's blood group is AB

Misa Amane's Personality

Misa Amane is the archetypal It Girl; she has charisma in abundance, especially before a camera, and in life can delight just about everyone she meets. Give or take those with broader concerns (for whom she poses a distraction and a nuisance), like her lover Light, locked in fatal bouts of gladiatorial competitiveness with whichever Wammy boy offers the fight.

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describes Misa as having tremendous screen presence, resulting in a plethora of offers for film roles. This is coupled with beauty and a physique in great demand for modelling in top fashion magazines.

The actress and model knows well how to use such charms. Her flirtation with Higuchi Kyosuke prompts him with ease to divulge information that will ultimately lead directly to his death. Misa's coolness under pressure and ability to read social cues and situations with aplomb is also very much in evidence during the Yotsuba arc.  Hosting an impromptu private party for the company's executives, Misa's able to help Matsuda affect his escape. Assessing and playing her part with barely a tip off regarding what was about to follow.  She took it all in her stride.

It's not surprising then that the aforementioned Death Note manual affords Misa Misa top marks for charm, social skills and initiative.  Don't let the big, batting, innocent eyes foll you, Misa Amane is one canny lady.

That conclusion is borne out in canon time and again, yet belied in the graph's piddling 3/10 ranking for her intelligence.   There are equally low points for creativity, despite the canon Second Kira seeming quite resourceful.  While her Genki Girl style outbursts does concur with the mid-range score for emotional strength.

Death Note's Misa Amane cannot be underestimated, but then perhaps we shouldn't ask too much of her either.  And, of course, none of this accounts for her propensity to kill at will and whim, but mostly for her intense, jealous and all consuming passion in love with Light Yagami.

The Myriad Faces of Misa-Misa

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Misa Amane Death Note manga
Death Note anime Misa Amane

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Death Note TV drama Misa Amane

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Misa Amane Death Note the Musical (Korea)
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COMING SOON
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Honolulu Artist Lei K Shares her Misa Amane Art in Graphite Pencil

12/5/2016

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Lei K, a professional graphite pencil artist from Nānākuli, Honolulu, has created this fabulous drawing especially for Month of Misa Amane.  Death Note actress, idol and Second Kira in pencil art.
Death Note's Misa Amane by Lei K
You heard it here first that Lei K will soon be joining Death Note News as a regular contributor.  She practically is already, having pencilled artwork for three out of the four Month of... events thus far - with apologies on the fourth, as she was busy with actual paid commission work.  Fair enough!  Check out more from Lei K at her own on-line gallery.

Artists!

Display your Death Note artwork here and/or answer our questionnaire about creating Death Note fan-art in any medium.

Check out the Death Note News fan-artist contribution page.

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Why Does it Matter that Misa Amane's Blood Type is AB? (Article by Renchan)

11/5/2016

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It is time once again for another discussion on blood types. On this edition, we will be discussing one of the most divisive characters in the Death Note fandom – Misa Amane.

In all of my years in fandom, I have never come across a character that inspires such a dramatic reaction than Misa from the series Death Note. There are many opinions that float around, both good and negative, but those are a topic for another article.
 
Perhaps quite fitting for a character as divisive and stigmatized as Misa is the blood type of AB, the rarest blood type in Japan, and the most disliked. An AB blood-type, at a glance, is known for a character that is known for not having one set personality, known as ‘split-personality’ characters.

They are the unpredictable characters who tend to drive the story, or at least be a major influence in them.

But why the stigma?

AB Blood-Type and Stigma in Japan

In Japan, the most common blood type is A.

An A blood-type is known for being rational, calm, and predictable. Japan is a country known for valuing a conservative, group-mentality, where being predictable is good for the group as it means that you do not stand out.

This is in a direct contrast to a country like the United States of America, where individuality is viewed as the best way to be. Setting yourself apart from the crowd is celebrated, while in Japan, it is viewed as extremely negative.

People that have the AB blood-type are known as extremely unpredictable and even irresponsible in some cases.

There was a time period where various blood types were placed together in the workplace, believing that type A’s would work better with A’s, and so on and so forth.  However, this posed a problem – no one wanted to work with the AB types, and so the model gradually died out.
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In any case, being an unpredictable blood type already produces one strike against Miss Amane.
 
Why is the AB blood type known as the ‘split personality’ blood type? Well, it is associated with being both shy and outgoing, and serious yet not. AB people are known for having one personality that they show to the ‘outside’ world, and another personality they show to the people who are closest with them.

They are known for being a bit delicate and not being able to stand having too much pressure put upon them.  They are known for being rather sentimental but also quite strict with themselves.

Considering how different Misa’s character is depending on who she interacts with, it is absolutely no surprise that this description fits her to a T. Sometimes she can come off as quite ruthless, while other times she seems warm and loving towards Light Yagami, her love interest (of a sort) in the manga.

Due to her status as an Idol, which necessitates a persona to show to the world, it is unsurprising that her regular personality is ever-changing as well.

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Welcome to Month of Misa Amane on Death Note News

11/5/2016

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Our Black Mass begins in the shinigami glow from eyes which seems otherwise wide-eyed cute in the sense of a Japanese Idol.  Actress supreme; and serial killer on a massive scale too.

This is Misa Amane month on Death Note News, time for the Second Kira to have her hour in the spotlight.  And by 'hour', we mean from yesterday until the 10th of June.

At the altar of this New World Goddess in human form, we will leave our offerings of creative content, analyses, profiles and opinion pieces, pictures, photos and stories enough to honour our model murderess.

Or condemn her, obviously.

Who is Misa-Misa to you?   A sweetheart woman; a tragic love-lorn Ophelia type; your Queen or Kami;  a funny/irritating Genki Girl of epic proportions; or just a murderer like her sometime nearly spouse?

Let us know.  Show us.  Draw, paint, compose, frame, pose, cook or tell, whatever your medium for self-expression on the subject of Death Note's Misa Amane. And check back often to discover new additions to our diverse collection of Second Kira stuff.

Last Day for publication: June 10th 2016.

How to Have Your Misa Amane Work Published on Death Note News

Veterans will know the score by now, however here is a recap for those needing the links to hand, 0r new to these kinds of events:
  • General submission page - all the media via which you may message us or submit content as files;
  • Cosplayer Questionnaire - to be answered by Death Note cosplayers (particularly those with Misa costumes) in order to advise others wanting to follow suit;
  • Fan-art Questionnaire - to be answers by Misa Amane artists and/or those creating Death Note artwork per se, who are happy to pass on tips to newcomers in the Death Note fan-art communities;
  • Fan-fiction Writers Questionnaire - to be answered by Death Note fan-fiction writers (Misa storytellers especially welcome) ready to extend the baton to those new authors coming through;
We have about four items ready for publication already, which demonstrates how on the ball some of you are. Everyone else, this event started yesterday, where's your Misa Amane articles, essays, analyses, images, photographs, tales, recipes and all the rest already?  Off you go!  Contribute now!
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Death Note News Editor Feedback on our Reader Survey and Other Updates

9/5/2016

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Many thanks to all who took the time to voice their thoughts on Death Note News' Month of... feature. In addition to airing viewpoints on various items relating to the running of the site, and how we deliver content to you, via the completion of last month's reader survey.

All comments have now been read. Some whilst blushing and feeling suddenly very coy; others forming a cringing addendum to our discussion agenda and/or directly onto a lengthening To Do list.  All were very helpful and wonderfully appreciated upon receipt.

There were a few pointers requiring acknowledgement, answers, action or announcements, including the results of who will be featured at the centre of future Death Note Month of... events. I'm here to bring you fully into the loop.

Known Issues, Omissions and Pointers for the Death Note News Website

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First the problematic parts, or things to be actioned here, to get them out the way:
  • Feedly RSS reader isn't picking up news articles very well - Matti to look into it;
  • Death Note TV drama analyses were never finished - another one for Matti;
  • Articles on Death Note News should clearly differentiate between canon fact/fanon speculation, particularly those submitted for Month of... features, which tend towards the theoretical - added to agenda for editorial meeting;
  • Comment on the Matsuda theory article proved canonically impossible the one re Near controlling Mello via a Death Note. The article should be altered, or a note added within the write-up, to reflect this - Orangepunch to do;
  • Not clear in the FAQ how one might join the Death Note News team - answer below, plus Matti to add to the FAQ.

Hopefully we didn't miss any and you're happy with the actions!  Please do leave a comment below, if you have views to add to anything highlighted above, or spot something which didn't make the list.

How to Join the Death Note News Team

Contact the Death Note News Team
Ask.  We're always good for welcoming new writers, or other talented folk, into our team.  If it's a regular column that you wish to pursue, then hunt down Matti to discuss what you have in mind.  Either way, our contact page has a plethora of ways to contact us.  In this instance, an email (via the form) is probably best.

Whatever Happened to Those Voice Actor Interviews We Were Promised?

Everything has been collated, tidied up, formatted and emailed to the requisite Death Note actors.  Each acknowledged receipt of the questions and indicated their intent to answer as many as possible.
  • Brad Swaile has since sent his apologies for the delay. Life has suddenly become very busy for him, and there ARE rather a lot of questions that were asked.  He does still plan to return his answers eventually.  Until then it's a patience Padawain moment.
  • Sergio Zamora was full of enthusiasm and beginning to work through them last we checked.  We're slightly afraid that we've overwhelmed him along the way. No reason to believe that we won't get his responses back sooner or later.
  • Kim Hasper is currently exchanging emails with our German language translator, Jo Coburn. Unfortunately he MAY have to drop out.
  • Vincent Tong is a complete sweetheart, who gave up an hour of his life to answer questions asked by us on your behalf.  We have it in the bag.  Well, hard-drive.  It could go up right now, if only the sole Death Note News team-member with any skill in video editing would stop getting ill and edit the video instead.  We hold out hope that it will happen sometime this week. Poor love recorded it weeks ago, while the monthly focus was still upon his character Touta Matsuda! Sorry, Vincent.
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The lovely smile of Vincent Tong, all unknowing that he'd be waiting over a month for Death Note News to actually feature his interview!
In short, we're confident that all (but possibly one) remain winging their respective ways to us and will be made public quickly thereon.

Results of the Reader Survey Regarding the Month of... Feature

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We're already three days late with Month of Misa.  Nine, if you count the original intention for it to begin on the first of May and continue through to its end.

However, it appears from the responses given in the reader survey that none of you are too worried about things like that.

You'd rather have well-written articles with every contributor's work included, than any strict adherence to the dates.

You also almost unanimously fed back that one topic per month is perfect; running them bimonthly not at all a welcome suggestion (mostly because momentum would be lost); and you're happy with how we're choosing the subject of each focus thus far.

That said, there were some great ideas thrown into the mix too.  One person thought it might be nice to choose the topics a month or two in advance via readers' poll.
Another individual thought having a 'what if' month would be interesting, as in 'what would have happened to the characters if Light Yagami hadn't received his Death Note, thus the Kira case never occurred?'   I have to say that my imagination has been running overtime in pondering, since reading it posed there.  But could we pull off a whole month of it?   Probably.  Maybe another format would work better.  It's one of those added to the staff agenda for mulling over.

Nearly all of you indicated that yes, you would like to see a Month of... focus being the forthcoming Death Note movie, released at the end of October 2016.  Of those, one person voted for November to be the ideal month.  The rest of you didn't mind, as long as it happens.

All excepting the single respondent who said no full stop to that and indeed everything about the Month of... events.  He/she really didn't like it and wished it would go away.  Your views have been read and noted.  Thank you for them.  Unfortunately, you were outvoted by your peers.

Everything in, it was overwhelmingly positive and extremely helpful.   Even the person who hated the feature told us nicely!  And we were really pleased with the wide array of places where people are finding Death Note News. Particularly as one source was apparently the Archangel Mello pointing this way with his fiery sword.

As for the one who asked if being in the Mello/Matt fandom counts - YES!  Yes, it does.  Most important part of the whole Death Note fandom Mello and Matt.  Though I might be biased, given what I write.

Forthcoming Characters to be Featured in Death Note News Month of... Focus

Lots of fabulous suggestions here.  We had Mello, Beyond Birthday, Mikami, Sayu, ALL live-action tellings together, L, Shingami (collectively), Naomi Misora, the LABB murders, and the movie thumbs up for a month closer to the release date.

We've decided to start with the one garnering the most votes in that survey.  Admittedly to the mild surprise of all here, though we're game for everything. Bring it on!   Therefore I can announce that June and July look like this, with more made public when we've finished tatting with the list:
Month of Naomi Misora on Death Note News

Coming June 2016

Ms Misora not only received the most votes overall, but she also managed to beat Beyond Birthday by a single point. Hence the surprise.  Then again she does make quite a habit of thwarting of poor BB at the last minute!
Go Naomi!  You won your month, fair and square.
Death Note News Mikami Month

Coming July 2016

Mr Mikami's high rating in the straw poll of suggestions was less surprising. We already hold in waiting two pieces of content about him, submitted by different readers, both long before he'd even been considered for a Month of... feature!
By tomorrow, we should have their submission and questionnaire pages up and ready.  In the meantime, do feel free to send in things using generic tools for contributing content, or mentally amending questions pertaining to another character asked of Death Note fans writing, creating art or donning cosplay.

Also by tomorrow, we should actually start Death Note News' Month of Misa Amane.  Three items in already.  Get a head start on the crowds by chucking in any relevant content now.
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Death Note Tarot Tales V: Kira's Magician Versus the Wammy's Magi - Divine Wisdom and Poetic Justice in Death Note

8/5/2016

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Every epic journey must begin
with a step upon its routes, roads and Ryuk directed by-ways.

Every great destiny must have a destination.

Explored against
the back-drop of Death Note,
the Major Arcana Tarot cards
feature the realm of The Magician

~ written by our guide into
all things esoteric
Tarot Mikami

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Welcome seekers after sama, kana and qi!  You won't be the first to want to reverse your life's fortunes; otherwise embrace words to change the world; take steps to transform yourself into a hero; divert humanity away from its current perverse course; perfect its core that all may sing together - refraining from discordance, aligned in peace and harmony; gain insight into the working of the universe; realize your dreams; reach for the stars; sail across the cosmos and converse with the divine; enchant and charm Kannon at the gates of wisdom; seize manna from the Gods; invoke matter from the kether; traverse the mysteries and become God of this New World.

It's not unknown.

But no matter what foolish idea inflames your passion and ignites your will.  Before you take your first steps onto the path of making it real, you will need some guidance.  Sound the intro, maestro!  And enter The Magician.

The Many Roles of the Tarot Magician

The Magician Tarot Card
The second card of the Major Arcana starts the story proper.  It stands at number one, as The Fool is zero.  Without meeting or becoming The Magician, the Fool is merely a broiling mess of notions, running around like a headless chicken with no direction in which to pursue them. 

If nothing else, the Magician is a doorkeeper - providing access to another (or the wider) world, opening a gateway onto an appropriate path, or acting as a way-marker signing the route to take.  Usually this role contextualizes the bigger picture and sets out the destination.  The Wise Man is concerned with destiny.  Though the advice should be taken indiscriminately.

The Magician isn't necessarily on your side.  The guidance given or the way forward illuminated might be a service provided in all innocence and altruism. Nevertheless, he/she has an agenda of their own and the knowledge to manipulate others too. 

They may play a dual role - making Mafia profits sky-rocket, whilst diverting its resources into capturing a Death Note - and could as easily be trickster instead of consigliere. 

Or a charlatan.  This all-knowing being may present themselves as God, then turn out to merely be a man and a murderer at that.  Worse still, a serial killer implicating you in the guise of the great detective L. 

But the differentiation isn't always that clear cut either.  Nothing so black and white.

The Magician juggles many roles, generally playing all the same time; multi-tasking meaning depending upon who is being addressed.  One person's terrorist being another's freedom fighter and all that, while the manipulation might be to save yourself from yourself, or to aid a greater cause.

Either way, The Magician will certainly give our hero something to ponder and a route (or twelve) to take next.  There's the potential for destiny-laden adventure and opportunities lessons to be learned here, if only never to be that gullible again.

The Meaning of Magician in the Major Arcana

Christians are most familiar with The Magician as the Magi - Three Wise Men in modern versions of the Bible; twelve Pharisee priests in the closest we have to the original - who visited the newborn Christ with gifts. 

For everyone else, the name has largely denigrated to the level of sleight-of-hand illusionists and tricksters on stage, or grown fantastical in figures from stage or literature like Gandalf, Merlin and Obi-Wan Kenobi.

It used to mean so much more.  The hints of it permeate our lexicon.  We glimpse their greatness in words sharing the same root, like magnate, mega, magnitude, magnus, magus and majesty.  That last also containing a hint of their skill as spokespeople, mediators, lecturers, teachers and orators - 'gest', as in 'jester', 'gesticulate', 'gesture' and the 'gist' of a story.  It comes from Middle English 'to recite a tale', originating in Latin 'geste' or 'gesta' 'to perform deeds; to act'.  By the time it hit 13th century France, 'geste' meant to 'narrate an heroic tale'.

Stories could (and often still do) command the will of a people.  Which is why governments today are so keen to pressure the press into toeing the party line.  In Medieval Italy and France, which is where our earliest extant tarot cards were made, the majesty of magicians led to them adjudicating in delicate matters, acting as counsellors or speaking on behalf of less learned individuals.

The Magicians as magisters, in fact, or magistrates.  That 'gist' sometimes turning into its other form of 'iurare' to bring us to jury, and conjurer; or 'joculate' as joker or juggler.  Wise counsellor or trickster indeed.  Furthermore, the French word grammairien referred to 'learned men; magicians', whose ability to know the power and perfect usage of words gave us 'grammar'.

But akin to magician is also master, maestro, mahatma, maharaji, maharishi, yogi, guru, the one who knows.  The Japanese would call them dai-sensai, or O-sensai, doshi, Rōshi, or know them as sifi.  In addition to great wisdom and skill, The Magician brings into play the tools that the Fool might need t0 embark upon their journey.
Major Arcana Magician card
In ancient Persia, the Magos were the learned members of the priestly caste, adept at astrology.  They could give you the overview of your life and destiny, as it was written in the stars, taking in the knowledge of what constellation was on the ascendency or ruling within a certain house. It was up to you what you did with that information and how you let it guide your lives.

Over the centuries, their spiritual descendants have been known as the adepts in a variety of other fortune-telling, mind expanding, soul perfecting or perception enhancing skills.  For example, those magnificent seekers delving into the Kabbalah/Cabala/Qabala as scholars, scryers, practitioners, occultists, alchemists, diviners, philosophers, Hermetic code-breakers and ceremonial magicians.

Enlightened beings who know The Way and what it might mean for you.  But if it's shared - and done so entirely, selectively or else strewn with misinformation - and how that translates into relevancy for your own life's destiny, only a Fool can know in passing through the realm of the Magi.

The Magi In All Their Guises: Major Arcana Death Note's The Magician Card

Death Note: The Magician Tarot Card
Tarot Magician Death Note Rules
Death Note Enlightenment The Magican
The Death Note itself can be seen as falling right into the realm of The Magician.  In fact, it's practically the Three Magi represented here in the notebook, as its role is considered in relation to Light Yagami.

Firstly Light has to find the shinigami's notebook, which serves the dual purpose of opening his eyes to the existence of a world beyond his own and highlighting its possibilities. Hitherto unconsidered (or disbelieved) realities are presented as a pathway upon which to forge his own destiny.  It's the Tarot Magician as gatekeeper, signpost and luminary of higher knowledge.

However, its also the Trickster, or Charlatan, insofar as the falling Death Note serves Ryuk's agenda first and foremost. Its presence on Earth is set to alleviate the shinigami's boredom.  Light will pick it up and, primarily believing it an elaborate prank, use it to the detriment of his own future.  Not only will it curse his living years, but condemn his eternal being into the dissolution of Mu.  This ultimate destination for Death Note users means that a destiny is foisted upon Light Yagami, manipulated by ignorance and curiosity into foolishly using it without fully translating all of the rules beforehand.

The Death Note wasn't on his side, nor against him.  It's an item; a thing without judgement nor partiality.  It serves an agenda encapsulated by itself.  ('I am that I am' is the So'ham Sanskrit manta; also viewed as the Word of God in Christian mysticism; or 'As above, so below; so below, as above' in Hermetic teachings.  All very much part of The Magician's inner knowledge, and here beautifully descriptive of the Death Note too.)

Secondly, Light actually reads the rules written inside the Death Note.  Here the shinigami notebook becomes The Magician as a teacher; illuminating the arcane knowledge needed to utilize this supernatural tool.  The rules themselves inspire possible ways in which Light may now traverse in order to fulfil his projected destiny.

Even more dramatically comes that third moment of the notebook of death as The Magician in Death Note.  That's when the touch of it allows Light's mind to access his memories, previously locked away through rejection of the artefact.  Perhaps it's not quite what the ancient Magos would view as accessing the higher self, but it serves the same purpose within the storyline.  In an instant, Light Yagami's ignorance is dissolved, when the doors of perception are well and truly opened upon his past.  His destination now reached, just as planned.

The Magician as Death Note's Gatekeepers and Arbiters of Destiny

Ryuk as The Magician Death Note Tarot
Ryuk is another obvious contender for The Magician's Death Note tarot representative.  His appearance directs the plot in a myriad of ways, not least because it clarifies Light Yagami's overview and destiny.

Just like his notebook, the shinigami confirms the existence of previously unknown layers to reality, broadening Light's horizons and information base. 

Ryuk stands as guide and gatekeeper to the shinigami realm.  Not only can he speak for and translate the Gods, he is one.

Whilst denying Light access to any such services, unless the whim of the moment takes him.  Because he can.

The shinigami also acts as arbiter of knowledge concerning eternity and deals available to human users of Death Notes, which he does deign to share.  Albeit selective in his choice of snippets to pass on, and deliberately obtuse in the timing of all such communication.

It's too amusing for him not to cause maximum frustration in thus trolling his human Death Note user. 

Which all fits in completely with the reason for him being there, performing his role as Earthly sage and sometime mentor. Openly not on anyone's side - but that of his own amusement - Ryuk is the Trickster Mage personified. 

His entire performance is dedicated to his own agenda, aligning with those of others only where each party's motives/tactics run in tandem. Or he's persuaded that the potential for entertainment is strong.

The Death God is, after all, quite bored and he's here to alleviate said tedium. Everything that occurs must factor that in first, as top priority, because it's certainly the only reason Ryuk is acting in any capacity right now.

L's Messenger Mage Watari: Herald, Spokesperson and Point of Contact

Tarot Death Note Watari as The Magician

As gatekeeper to L, Watari's intervention at the Interpol meeting is pure Magician territory.

Not only does it alert all present to the avenue of inquiry now opening up due to the detective's interest in the Kira case, but it allows Matsuda - thus us too - to discover L's existence in the first place.

Thus the Fool takes the first step out of innocence, ignorance and a lack of context for the world.

For the veteran law enforcement agents there, Watari represents destiny in a very practical sense.  They don't need to discuss the way forward in their investigation now, because L is involved.   He IS the way forward; an option for the situation to be passed up to a higher authority. 

(Sneak preview for a later major arcana card - The Hierophant describes L for those with knowledge and experience of his work.)

For Soichiro and Matsuda, Watari's position is doorkeeper to destiny in a much more ethereal way.

To one it will prove downright Fateful, while the other will reach the proposed destination (catching Kira) changed beyond recall.

Destiny's Magister: Roger Ruvie, The Wammy House Ringmaster Tolls Part Two

Roger Ruvie as the Magician in Death Note tarot
One day, Wammy House warden Roger Ruvie will be Watari too.  His role will encapsulate The Magician in just the same way as Quillsh Wammy, as described above.

Nevertheless, in that Fateful moment imaged as tarot arcana (left), Roger already illustrates several aspects of The Magican card.  Each face or facet exhibited simultaneously.

For a start, he's a messenger, delivering the news that the children's idol and surrogate father are both dead.  Divining correctly the information received from a transmission's ending.  Liaison, wisdom, enlightenment, all wrapped up in that single act.

He's doing so as Wammy's House administrator - which has its root in 'ministry/minister' and from there becomes entrenched in symbolism linked with The Magician.  Minister meaning to 'act on behalf of a higher authority', hence a minister of the state in politics or the church (it literally meant 'priest' in Medieval Latin). It gets its secretarial sense from the French, where it became 'servant; overseer; watcher; manager'.

But may also relate to inspiration of a more tuneful note, hence minstrel and musician are both cognitive words. Each obviously pertaining to The Fool, yet The Magician too, as the latter can be former in receipt of self-awareness, context or knowledge, thus driving their own actions.

It all becomes much more blatant, when another cognate is brought into the mix - magistrate or magister.  One who directs or adjudicates; making decisions; laying down the law.

Roger is authorized to tell a twelve and fourteen year old that their idolized foster sibling and beloved guardian are dead. Yet nothing of sentimentality here. His job is to collect children from around the world, bring them to The Wammy House and train them as potential successors to L.

His results are majestic. After coldly dismissing Mello's emotional outburst, the first question asked was which of them was chosen as heir. No querying the fact that kids are about to be sent into an arena which killed two adults, one purportedly the world's most genius detective.  No options considered.

This Wammy Ringmaster magisterially sends both kids to fight round two; their destination seeming less destined than Fated, with such news extolled like passing bells, louder than ever tonight.

Mello the Consigliere: Death Note Mafia Mage with a Dual Agenda

Mello exemplifies The Magician with a dual agenda, while acting as consigliere within the Mafia family headed by Rod Ross.

It's similar to the previously examined outlook of that other magnate Ryuk, but Mello's motivational duality holds some important differences.

The Magician acts by manipulating an individual's lack of essential knowledge or wisdom.  However this doesn't necessary occur every time, only when it suits our canny counsellor's alternate agenda to do so.

Sometimes the concerns will align for both advisor and their directed individual; sometimes not. Regardless, the interests of the latter do not factor into the guidance given by this Mage - whether in counsellor mode, or as councillor representing their client's views and speech to others.

Consigliere (or consigliori) - Mello's position in the Mafia - meant both by the way.  Though technically describing solely the counsel given to the Don, consiglieri (in manga and in life) also fulfil many other roles ruled by The Magician.  Including, but not limited to, mediating in conflict; liaising on the Don's behalf with important contacts and/or authority figures (judges, police etc.); and keeper/archivist of secrets for the entire Family's, so to retain an overview and warn if trouble may be caused, for example, by a capo acting rashly through ignorance of matters concerning another.

Mello seems to be a good consigliere.  At one point Rod Ross is moved to comment that the genius teen has never been wrong in any decision made since joining their Family.

However, no-one should lose sight of reality. Mello was just using the Mafia to achieve his own goals.  

The wisdom imparted by Mello as consigliere causes Rod Ross's profits to sky-rocket.  Yet those and all other available resources are soon diverted into serving Mello's ambition to secure a Death Note. 

After Mello achieves his goal, thus placing a shinigami notebook in the hands of his Mafia family, all agendas probably fell in line, shared and indivisible. For a moment, indeed it seemed to Ross et al that they had absolute power.

And then, in the next moment, they ended up dead.  Mello using the lives of the last ones standing to make good his own escape.
Mafia Mello Death Note Magician

Sakura TV as the Charlatan: Showmanship Masquerading as Wisdom

Death Note Tarot The Magician Sakura TV Charlatan
When Sakura TV appoints itself as the voice of Kira, it's an attempt to appear as The Divinely Ordained or Enlightened Magician.  

As studio boss and anchor-man, Demegawa's overall aim is to trick unsuspecting individuals into believing the station has some conferred higher knowledge. Therefore attempting to gain the same trust or power given to The Magician.

Or in this case, boost ratings.

The Magician can well act as spokesperson for the people/individuals in dealings with authority, or magistrate dilemmas and/or direct juries.  They can certainly translate the divine for those less versed in the sacred mysteries.  However, its beholden upon us all to beware false prophets.

In its more negative (or domineering/pompous) aspect, our spokesperson Mage might not say what we wished them to convey.  

Think politicians declaiming sentiments which make us cringe or cry, all in our name; or the journalist who twists your words, yet 'quotes' you all the same, in pursuit of a sensational story bearing no relation to what actually occurs; or the parent/guardian/teacher expressing their own views as if they were automatically shared by yourself, ignoring or over-riding any attempt at dissent.

While Kira may experience Sakura TV's antics (in the persona of Demegawa) as the above, every other viewer is watching a charlatan or mountebank in action.  A pseudo-priest or trickster mantis preying upon the gullibility of their television audience turned congregation.

On the flip side, even the False Magician may inadvertently act as teacher.  The lesson today from Sakura being not to believe everything you hear on TV.  

(Particularly when tabled as a Trump; donkey imagery warns us off, as seen below The Magician's board in some ancient tarot decks.  Mistake the babbling showmanship of this charlatan for wisdom, and your only sure destiny is to be made feel like an ass.)

Kiyomi Takada: Enlightened Divine Messenger of Death Note

I don't remember who said it, but the quotation snagged in my mind.

Someone was told that David Icke - the footballer turned commentator and write - was now telling all and sundry that he was the Son of God.  There was a pause in which the informant gleefully awaited  the witty put-down that was sure to follow concerning the subject of their gossip.

"Well?" The other slowly asked.  "Has anyone checked if he is?"

And therein lies the rub.  How does one verify such a claim?  And if we can't, then how do we know for sure whether they're a mounteback babbling lies, or insane, or someone Cassandra cursed to be disbelieved in all the divine truth they tell?

The Magi would know.   It tends to be them. Whether reading the portents in divination; searching arcane knowledge to uncover higher truths; or acting as intermediaries between the Gods and us, as the priestly caste or ministering on career paths.

Just occasionally, we get the real thing.  Magos aglow with the numen nod - enchanters, prophets, seers, the chosen and invokers; attuned to the Great Music and entrancing with utterances lifted from source; merely mediums through which the universe flows.

Or television anchor woman/newscaster, who just happens to be the right person, at the right time, with a matching warped sense of morality and all the right contacts to be the Messiah. 

The divine intermediary aspect of The Magician is represented quite literally by Death Note's Kiyomi Takada, twofold.

She performs her role as Messenger of the God(s) in that Takada is the actual, publicly appointed spokesperson for Kira; while also being the conduit that allows both Kiras - Light Yagami and Teru Mikami - to communicate in open conversation.

No charlatan this.  Blessed Takada performs with gravitas; notably refined before this even began.  Now perceived by the ever-growing faithful as gentle, radiant, the real thing and absolutely full of grace. Buying into and believing all Light says; mind mired and amazed beyond all rationality. 

But then it was always thus:
Death Note Tarot The Magician Takada
Quem Deus perdere vult, dementat prius; quem di diligunt, adolescens moritu.
Those the Gods will destroy, they first make mad; and whom the Gods love dies young.

Le Bateleur Matsuda: Sleight of Hand Illusionist in Death Note

The Magician Matsuda - Death Note's Le Bateleur
Le Bateleur is the aspect of The Magician most familiar to us in the modern world; give or take a few fantasy movie mages, and their counterpart skills offered as an option for gamers.

This is the stage magician; the conjurer; the sleight-of-hand trickster; the illusionist; the abracadabra, now you see it, now you don't, bateleur drawing in crowds and thrilling them with misdirection, misinformation, smoke and mirrors distraction, before delivering all enrapt and gasping with awe to that climatic moment of The Prestige.

Le Bateleur - and its cognates Il Bagatto, El Bagatella, Bateleuse - refers to this tarot figure's stick, rod or, ta-daaaa, wand.

This aspect of The Magician appears throughout the Death Note series. There's even a whole chapter, in Death Note 13: How to Read, devoted to explaining all of the tricks inserted into the storyline by Tsugumi Ohba.

The Death Note Magician tarot card we've chosen to depict Il Bagatto in action features Matsuda faking his own death.  Before a stunned crowd of Yotsuba corporate executives, he pulls off The Prestige in garnering their belief that the dressed up Aiber far below on the ground is Matsuda's mangled corpse.  Meanwhile, Touta sits safely on a mattress a mere one floor below.

However, we could just as easily picked any of the dozens of scenarios, whereby Death Note's conjurers wash over truth with a new reality, attested by witnesses swearing on oath that they watched throughout.

Like when Light becomes aware he is being watched by surveillance cameras. He quickly acts to manipulate the evidence by a tricky sleight-of-hand illusion.

To the onlooker, it would appear as though he was only studying, while taking those potato chips and eating them. The reality being that Kira was killing criminals with a piece of the Death Note hidden, alongside a miniature TV, inside the chip bag.

Even L was fooled by that one.

So what's your favourite showing for the tarot Death Note Bagatella?   Just to check that you kept observing, through all there was to see.

The Three Wise Men (Wam-Magi?)

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In the time of Watari, after Kira was born in Japan, wise men from the Wammy's House in Winchester came to Kanto, asking, "Where is the murderer who has been born God of the New World? For we observed his kill count at its rising, and have come to take him down."

When Takimura heard this, he was frightened and all world leaders with him; and calling together all the Kira Task Force and NPA public relations officers, he inquired of them when the Kira was to be arrested. They told him, "In the Yellow Box Warehouse; for so it has been written by Near: 'And you, Takimura, in the land of Japan, are by no means going to know a thing about it, because Mello would have got you killed by then.'"

Then US President David Hoope secretly called - via Watari - for the wise men and begged each in turn to stop threatening to control him into doing worse than Kira, whenever any of them get hold of a Death Note. Then he sent them to Kanto, saying, "Go and search diligently for Kira; and when you have found him, bring me word so that I may also go and pay him homage."

When they had heard the POTUS, they got him killed and replaced with George Sairas; and there, ahead of them, went the star Misa Amane that they had seen rising as Second Kira, until she stopped because L had her tortured. When they saw that the Japanese idol had started begging to have her life ended, they were overwhelmed with joy.

On entering the Warehouse, they saw the megalomaniac with Mikami his worshipper; and Near knelt down (the other two forced to too, as they were now dead and puppets). Then, opening their treasure chests, they offered him gifts of cake, Transformers, and chocolate.

And having painted a vivid picture for Ryuk warning of a future bound to a Death Note now stuck in Near's vault - while Light languished in a prison for the criminally insane for life - Near successfully manipulated the Death God into taking out Light before returning to the shinigami realm.  Then the Three Wise Wammys left for their own country, where verily two returned to the toy box and Near took L's Code for himself.  And probably Mello's too.
Hold on!  One missing from this listing of The Wam-Magi as read from the Book of God's New World: 

Bored out of his mind, Il Matto stayed put in Winchester, playing SuperMario and thanking the Gods of the Internet that Kira never came with cyber-terrorism on-line.  Else he'd never have been able to get away with hiding behind his lazy, mad, wise Fool routine; playing Tetris instead of getting himself killed in someone else's war.  So wise he only ever ranked third and remained forever Il Matto.  He probably wouldn't have amounted to much anyway.  Beep, beep, lulwut, nub?
Matt Death Note Il Matto tarot
Ok, I've stopped now.
As if by Magic - More Death Note Tarot Tales

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Thank you Everyone who Joined the Month of Quillsh Wammy!!

8/5/2016

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This month, the honours are performed by one of our most prolific writers - the lovely Lua Cruz.  Over to her with thanks for all she does too; no background task too small, no analysis too obscure nor too deep. All completed with intelligence and grace. The rest to follow is all her. 

Lua writes:

The themed months are gone in the blink of an eye, and, risking repeating what was said in the previous months, wasn’t this awesome!?


It feels like there isn’t enough time to touch on every subject, which isn’t unexpected when fans come together to talk about interesting stuff. One article brings up more discussions, and, before you noticed it, you got lost on meta-analysis and caught yourself re-reading/re-watching Death Note.

And when you come back to the party, the party is over before someone calls the cops on you for making too much noise and playing loud music far into the night.

But it’s all good; now you know where the other fans are (which means the party never ended and you can keep the conversations going until everyone is satisfied. Just…quieter? To not disturb the neighbors because we are all nice, polite people here).

Anyway.
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All the Thanks are Due For Death Note News Wammy Month Contributors:

I’m not really sure how to go about thanking everyone because it always feels like I’m missing someone who contributed and that’s so unfair of me. So, first, let me thank everyone involved because you guys did a brilliant work. The month of Wammy pointed a bunch of fans at an amazing topic, and it resulted in fantastic articles, great discussions and the analysis that this fandom comes up with that’s really awesome to read.

Matti, all the thanks to you for being an amazing hostess and making this site such a lovely place for Death Note fans to find. You put a lot of work into this, and, as a DN fan, I’m really happy you came up with the character of the month idea and that you’re making it happen. I’m really happy you came up with the whole Death Note News!

Not only that, thank you for writing fantastic fic focused on Watari. You do a lot and the result is amazing, thank you.

Orangepunch, thank you for the support behind the scenes. I saw maths happening and that’s awesome; it brought up more discussions, even if I can only admire maths from far far away.


Georgina Aguilar, thank you for adding beautiful fanwork to this fandom we all love and for allowing your art to be shared here.

Kinky Mattila, thank you for bringing to life a character we all appreciate in one way or another and for giving us tips so we can do it too.

CupofSquirrel, thank you for also bringing Watari out of the pages of Death Note and telling us a lot about it and encouraging more fans to cosplay.

Renchan, thank you for writing a great analysis on Watari’s blood type for us and giving us food for thought on the topic.

Everyone from the Pinterest Community for Wammy and Wammy’s House, thank you for keeping selecting and pinning stuff, grouping them in one place for all the other fans to find.

Ethereality, thank you for holding discussions with me about anything that can come up related to Death Note and that sparks the interest.

DeathNotegirl3675, for writing a great Watari fanfic to share with us.


Aerial Sky, for contributing to fandom in another awesome way and, in doing so, giving us more Watari fan-fiction to enjoy.

Tarot Mikami, for exploring the parallels of Death Note and Tarot with such depth and giving us interesting analysis to think about.

There is way more being discussed than we have time to write about in a month. That’s always a pleasant surprise.

It was fun; thank you all for making it happen. See you in the Month of Misa!!

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Watari's Moment: Poignant Wammy Fan-Fiction Penned by DeathNotegirl3675

7/5/2016

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Fan-Fiction writer DeathNotegirl3675 hails from the USA.  As the moniker may have already implied, she deems herself 'obsessed with Death Note'.  Originally her Death Note Watari stream of consciousness drabble was posted on DeviantART, where she wrote, 'I know its quite dark and sad, but I really hope you enjoy anyway!'

Watari's Moments by DeathNotegirl3675

Quillsh Wammy Death Note's Watari
He's been having this feeling for days now.

The unshakable, unmistakable feeling of dread, creeping up like a looming shadow.

Watari takes out his pure white handkerchief, and lightly dabs his forehead as he rests on the kitchen table. The friendly and inviting aroma of freshly made cake wafts around the room, making his dark premonitions something of a ridiculous thought.

His grey moustache furrowing into something of a half-hearted smile, Watari looks around the room.

This.

All This.

L what a wonderful man you've turned out to be.

My prodigy.

My son.

What a crazy life you've lead.

Watari remembers when he first found L that fateful day. With a messy head of raven hair, and grey eyes that stared into your soul.

Yeah, Watari remembers.

He remembers the way he stood, with a grubby lollipop in one hand, and a coat that was too large for his small body. He remembers the half-hearted, sad, broken smile that was on his face.

Yeah, he remembers.

He remembers the day when the little prodigy finally opened up to him. The day when they connected. The day L put all the trust his tiny little body could muster into the palm of Watari's hand.

Such fond memories...

He remembers the heartbreak. He remembers the trial and error, and the strength that pulled them through, together. They were a team, though all of their problems. He remembers their cases, and L's genius.

As time ticks by, Watari knows.

He knows its nearing the end..

The end of such a beautiful journey...

Then he feels it.

That thud within the burrows of his soul that stops his heart dead in its tracks.

no.

Oh God please no...

Let L be ok.

As his handkerchief floats delicately to the ground, and Watari is brought to his knees,

He knows.

A smile forms on his face; a knowing, wise smile.

L

Thank you for the memories...
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6/5/2016

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Multi-talented Aerial Sky has shown up in a variety of guises for our Death Note Month of features.  Last time, it was as a cosplayer for Matsuda month.  This time she's sharing her Watari fan-fiction and talking us through the process of writing it, all as her contribution to Month of Quillsh Wammy.  Discover more from Aerial Sky at her DeviantArt AerialSkyCosplay account.

Thorns of Death by Aerial Sky
- Watari Death Note Fan-Fiction

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Wammy House A on red background
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"What's wrong with her?" L questioned, frowning as he sat on the bed beside A. "Watari, why won't she wake up?"

But Watari hadn't spoken in hours. Ever since he had brought A from the coffee shop to the hotel, he had been silent. Did he know something? Had he known this would happen?

"Watari. Why won't she wake up? Is she dying?" L had an excellent poker face, but it was so tempting to let it fall. But he hadn't cried in years. Not since he was younger... He had built walls to protect himself.

The elder man sighed audibly, causing L to glance at him curiously. "She will be okay for now."

L paused, waiting for him to say something else. But he didn't. "For now? So she is dying?"

Watari's face was grave. "I was anonymously informed of this event beforehand. I thought it was some practical joke, but now I see he was being truthful."

"What are you talking about? Who called you?" L had never yelled at his father before. Not once. But it was hard not to. He had known that A would collapse like this, and he had done nothing to stop it from happening. "Who called you, Watari?" L's voice rose.

Watari had never seen this side of L before. It was hard not to be intimidated. He seemed... different. Evil. Capable of anything. "I could tell it was a man, but the number was untraceable, and I couldn't tell who it was."

"When did he call? What did he say?!" L was getting desperate.

"He simply said that A would be delivered to us in a few days time. He said her mind wasn't in the right place, and she wouldn't get better. He said she had the Thorns of Death."

"Thorns of Death?" L asked questioningly. What in the world was that?

"He said she was not who she seemed, and she was dangerous."

Dangerous. A. Dangerous. Those two words didn't go together. A would not even hurt a fly. "You're wrong. She's still the same. Just a bit more anxious and paranoid. Watari you didn't talk to her. She's still the same."

"Ryuzaki, she needs rest. Whatever this is that's hurting her, we need to leave her be for now."

"I'm staying with her. I'm not losing her again."

And Watari didn't argue, for as much as L tried to hide it, he saw that streak on his cheek. He knew L was serious. He never cried, so this had to be important.

"Tell me when she wakes up. I will do some research."
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Aerial Sky's Tips on Writing Wammy in Death Note Fan-Fiction

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Aerial Sky in her usual guise - cosplaying Death Note's L
Do you/have you written fan-fiction about Wammy now or in the past?
Sort of - I'm working on one right now

If yes, any anecdotes/background info about your experiences as a Mr Wammy fan-fiction writer?
I have included his character to build the story and suspense, but I am mainly wanting to make Watari as close to the manga and anime. I want him to be as accurate as possible, to avoid confusion and plot gaps later in the story.

Regardless of whether you have done this, how would you go about writing Mr Wammy fan-fiction?
Depending on whether it is a serious, dramatic, or comedic story, I'd say think about how you imagine Watari acting. He is normally a polite butler/father figure for L, but he has another side to him that is dangerous. For suspenseful or dramatic stories I would like to see his dangerous side.

What attributes, scenarios and/or characteristics are essential for bringing Watari to life in story-form?
His personality is interesting. Usually he does what L wants him to, and he protects L to make sure he is safe. In that sense, I take scenarios from the actual manga and anime and put it into the story to fit it.

How do you go about teasing out the fine detail in characterising Wammy, so to seem realistic to readers?
I take how he acted in the manga and anime and use that information to imagine him as accurately as possible.
How do you go about finding plot bunnies and beginning your Quillsh Wammy story?
I try to detail almost everything in the story, so that later the reader doesn't ask themselves "Where did that come from?"

In your experience, what are the common mistakes made by fan authors writing about Watari?
I think they make Watari out of character, which is something I try hard to avoid. When he does something that I don't see him doing, it's hard for me to see that scene play out in my head.

Any last tips for anyone reading, who wishes to start writing fan-fiction about Mr Wammy?
Always write things that interest you. If you aren't interested and care about it, then the reader won't either. Just be yourself, and express your feelings in your words.

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What Consent the Children of the Wammy House? (Analysis by Lua Cruz)

5/5/2016

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It’s difficult to argue Quillsh Wammy isn’t morally questionable.

We know he is willing to assist with the imprisonment and torture of people that he, at that point of the story, has no evidence of being guilt (which still wouldn’t excuse things like torture but could explain his willingness to comply).

He has L’s word for their guilt and one could say he trusts L to be right. Even if that’s the case, Watari arranged for the death of a criminal to be on television so L could conduct a test.

Just through examples from the Kira case, one cannot say Watari only does what is right and good in the eyes of common sense morality.

Knowing Mr. Wammy established several orphanages, it’s easy to think, like Matsuda says, and say Watari was a great man.  Someone who is a brilliant inventor and who uses their wealth to house orphans around the globe doesn’t sound like a bad person.
Watari watches as L tests the tortured Light Yagami

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But what do we know about those orphanages?

If they were like Wammy’s House, they were spacious, barely furnished places. One could argue the children there required rooms with little to no furniture as they would use the space to play like Near does by building card towers. It’s interesting to notice, then, that the rooms don’t have chairs or even cushions for the children to sit in when they are expected to do so (take for example Mello and Near speaking with Roger and the children speaking with L).

The adults responsible for the care of the children seem to care very little for them and Roger allows a fourteen-year-old to leave his care.

The children collected and taken to his orphanages are gifted and they are trained to become the next L. Those children are raised in a competitive environment for no reason other than Mr. Wammy decided they should.
Quillsh Wammy's white gloves

Wammy dons his white gloves to leave no mark
Given how Watari acts in the Kira case, we know he has no issues with doing questionable things in order to accomplish a task.

In this case, could Watari be stealing geniuses for his project? The children at his institutions are supposed to be orphans but it’s clear he isn’t doing this out of kindness in an attempt to provide them a loving home.

If they are orphans, not only they have nowhere to go, no one to reach out to, and are forced to stay, but they have no ties holding them back.

The children are taught to look for what entertains them, but they are also given a fake choice as they grow up. They are raised to compete with each other in order to become L’s successor and, for that to happen, they have to learn to want to become L’s successors.
It doesn’t matter they may choose not to become L as long as they want to have the skills required to still be an option. The objective of the orphanages is not to house orphans but to house gifted children who have the potential to be L’s successors.

The autonomy of those children is denied from a very young age in such a way they grow to believe the way they are guided by beliefs they were manipulated into having are actually an expression of their own independent self.

The system in place to control and raise the gifted children at Wammy’s House does not care for the children’s needs and desires. In fact, it makes it so the children are led to believe their needs and desires are the ones the institution expect them to have, aka to become L’s successor.

If someone looks closely at Watari’s work, he doesn’t seem to be such a great man.

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What is Meant by Death Note Watari's B Blood Type? (Article by Renchan)

5/5/2016

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Death Note Wammy's blood type is B.

Blood types in Japan happen to be incredibly popular, to the extent to where in a character biography, the blood type of a character is often shown last in order to tease the fans.

Blood types are associated with numerous personality traits, often giving just as much information as Western horoscopes.

In many shows, characters are sometimes given personality traits due to their blood type before they are even given a character design.

It is entirely unsurprising that blood types are such a fascinating topic in a manga called Death Note, centering around quite a bit of forensics and police action.

In this case, however, the meaning is a bit less literal and more analytical.

What, exactly, does it mean that Watari was assigned the blood type of B?

 Personality Traits Associated with Blood-Type B for Wammy:
  • Unconventional
  • Impulsive
  • Stubborn
  • Independent

  • Individualist
  • Serious
  • Hyper-focused

  • Innovative
  • Flexible
  • Relaxed
As it turns out, it means quite a lot. Characters that have a B blood type tend to be the most practical of the blood types. This is certainly true in a character like Wammy who, though pragmatic, has shown to be quite practical in his execution of tasks.

B-type characters are also known to become specialists in whatever they become interested in, and a few examples of this include Wammy’s great skill with cooking and his perfect marksmanship.

An interesting piece of information is that B-type characters tend to follow their own rules and prefer to be their own bosses.  That most certainly sounds like Watari, as he basically formed his own empire and is his own boss.  He is a very independent man that basically does what he likes, including abducting children and turning them into terrifying detective geniuses (sorry, couldn’t help myself).

B-types tend to be the Genki-type characters, as already stated in the Matsuda article about blood types. For the sake of recap, a “genki” character is a cheerful, well-meaning character. Genki could be translated quite well as hyper, or impulsive, or even cheerful.

At first glance, this does not sound like a blood type that should house a character like Watari, but on the other side of the personality spectrum, B-types could also manifest as characters who are very thoughtful, to the extent to where they do not express emotion easily. Many people would describe them as ‘cold’, or ‘analytical’, which is an interpretation that suits quite a bit better.

I would argue that Wammy is a very impulsive man, as you do not entirely plan out a career as varied as his. You have to be somewhat impulsive to decide to run an Orphanage for Gifted Youth. They are also known as being unconventional to a degree that is not accepted widely by the public, and as stated, I believe that Wammy is unconventional in a way.  Because of this, the B-blood type suits him.
Death Note's Watari as butler
A man like Wammy, who in many ways played a large background role in the story, would not at first glance appear to be a B-type character.  That is part of his charm, I believe, because in many ways Wammy is not a character who you can judge upon first glance. I remember being a thirteen year old girl and my first impression of him was of a butler who would not matter too much to the story. That is part of his disguise, and why he is such a fascinating character. He plays a very large role in the series, even if it is only a background one, and he is a very unconventional character.
 
Do you agree with the classification of Wammy as a B-type? Or would you argue for the even more unconventional AB blood type, as it is more of a mixed bag? Definitely share your thoughts.

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What Were the Stakes for Watari in Death Note? (Analysis by Lua Cruz)

3/5/2016

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Quillsh Wammy as L's aide Watari in Death Note
While canon doesn’t linger on Quillsh Wammy on his own, Watari’s existence on itself is implied to occupy a much bigger role than what we actually see.

We are introduced to him as the connection between L and the outside world, and, as the story progresses, we also see Watari is responsible for carrying L’s orders as well as taking care of L himself. We see Watari as the liaison, the butler, the bodyguard and the assistant but we aren’t given a reason to explain this renewed inventor taking on those functions.

We are told, both in the original manga and in the L: The Wammy’s House One-shot, that Quillsh Wammy is a man of wealth.  There is no reason keeping him from paying someone to look after L other than he chose to do it himself. And as we see when L arrives at Wammy’s house, he makes that decision soon after he is introduced to L. That is a choice we are left to explain on our own.
L hoarding toys in L: The Wammy House Death Note one-shot

L hoarding toys in L: The Wammy House Death Note one-shot
It could’ve been boredom. Watari is shown to be an old man; it’s possible he has seen what he wanted to see and has done what he wanted to do. He’s an inventor, a creative mind, and he could be following this unpredictable child to see what he would do. Surely, boredom could be a motivation.

But what does it say for his morality that he allowed a young child to go unpunished for beating up his house-mates and hoarding toys meant to be shared?

More than that, he actually rewarded L’s behavior, showing him attention and giving him whatever he asked for even when that meant taking a monetary risk. 

Although curiosity born out of boredom could be the reason Watari singles out L, it doesn’t explain the reasoning that created the circumstances that allowed him to find a child like L.
The orphanages weren’t created out of altruism and kindness. When we see one of them, we see a place with barely any furniture and a warden who cares so little for the children he’s responsible for that he doesn’t mind handing over private information he knew could endanger them. It’s not a place for children to grow up happily and safely, neither it is a place for children to be adopted.

After L, the point of, at least, Wammy’s House was to produce a successor and there is no explanation as to why the orphanages were meant to produce something in the first place. In that case, it’s more likely L was what they were looking for and not a random child Watari decided to entertain.

Considering Watari made the decision of establishing several orphanages after World War II, his motivation could’ve been to prevent another war, to find the one mind capable of intervening and putting a stop to such horrors. If L was the answer to the question he was trying to answer with his orphanages, Watari was looking for a kid capable of saying their own methods, their own morals, were just.
The idea behind his orphanages was grooming children who met a certain standard to become the moral compass of the world, and, by choosing this particular child to become the standard the other children should follow, Watari himself chose this child as the ideal one.

To make a choice like that, Quillsh Wammy had to be particularly confident on his own morality, his own sense of justice and his own intelligence. He had to be sure he was right, that was he was doing and the possible grief he would cause was worth it.

If Watari set out to find a child who could become Justice in the world, his resolve was not to raise children nor was it to provide them a loving home.

He established a system that allowed him to find someone he considered capable of being justice and provided this person with all resources required. He modified the system in place just enough to create another person based on the standard is first choice produced.

That being the case, we can say Watari considered the common good to be indubitably more important than personal well-being.
Death Note Near hearing L talk about justice and his cases

Death Note Near hearing L talk about justice and his cases
In fact, we can go beyond that and consider Watari didn’t change his methods after finding L as much as he was lucky enough to find a child who already did and strongly believed what he wanted the children under his care to do and believe.

Watari forced the children under his care to abide by his own moral inclination despite their own desires but to do so believing in their own deductive skills. They were indoctrinated to believe they, too, could be justice, but only if they were the very best. Personal safety, personal happiness, mental health, physical well-being, etc… were not as important as the good of the majority, but the good of the majority was taught to them as a consequence of their own actions, their own inclinations, their own search for answers.

Not only was Watari morally irresponsible as he allowed L to do as he wished (choosing the cases and methods he pleased under the pretence of representing justice), he was also morally wrong on the orphanage system he created. If he thought the world needed a moral compass that he could provide, he, at least, knew his methods were condemnable enough he should keep them hidden.
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On This Day in Death Note: May 2nd

2/5/2016

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May 2nd 1964: Sergio Zamora Birthday Death Note Kira Spanish dub actor
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Fabulous Quillsh Wammy Cosplay by Guess Greenleaf from CupofSquirrel

29/4/2016

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US cosplay collective CupofSquirrel have turned their attention to Death Note characters in costume.

And that includes Watari cosplay courtesy of Guess Greenleaf - pictured right with fellow group member Rhyme Lawliet as, well, L.

Moreover, Guess has popped in to explain to us how we can create a Wammy costume of our very own. 

All the win!
Discover more from CupofSquirrel cosplayers on their YouTube channel.

CupofSquirrel's Guess Greenleaf on How to Cosplay Quillsh Wammy

Have you cosplayed Quillsh Wammy now or in the past?
Yes - currently.

Any anecdotes about your experiences cosplaying Mr Wammy?
I was Watari for a video that my L was making for their YouTube channel. Even though I was only in a few scenes, it was a joy to be Watari.

His personality is special to me--he is caring, kind, and intelligent.

What clothing and/or props do you feel are essential Watari costume items?
I collected a second-hand suit for Watari to wear. His outfit is very simple, which makes him easy to cosplay for people just beginning.

His hair is swept back, so I purchased a lace front wig. Watari is defined by his glorious moustache, so I purchased a nice one from a local theatre store.

I feel that it is nice for Watari cosplayers to have a similar hat, so on occasion I use a vintage fedora my mom found at a garage sale.

To complete the cosplay, simple ageing make-up was important for me, because I am a young woman instead of an old man.

Is there more to cosplaying Wammy than the outfit? (Look/behaviour etc.)
More important than the quality of your Watari cosplay is his demeanour. People will know you are Watari if you carry yourself with pride and are deliberate in your actions. He has a serious kindness about him that is essential to his character.
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CupofSquirrel cosplay Watari and L

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What's your professional opinion about ready-made Death Note costumes, such as those in our Cosplay Store? Any pieces in there decent enough for a Mr Wammy cosplay? (Be honest!)
I didn't see any Watari cosplay items in your store, so I don't think these would work out!  [Ooops! ~ Matti]  Ready-made cosplay items are nice for people who do not have the skills to make things themselves.

When I started cosplaying Watari, I did not have the skills to make a suit coat, which is why I bought one from a thrift store. When buying ready-made items, the most important thing is how they fit you. If you want it to look like it was made specifically for you, you should probably go with a site that takes your measurements to make sure you have a nice fitting costume.

If not anything there, where would YOU source items to cosplay Quillsh Wammy?
I would go to a local thrift store and try on the nicest looking men's suits there.

Any last tips for anyone reading, who wishes to create their Watari cosplay from scratch?
Spend extra time on make-up and wig/moustaches. These parts of your costume will give a recognizable face to your cosplay.

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