Death Note One-Shot Bonus Chapter.
PostPosted:Sat Feb 09, 2008 3:08 am
No there will not be an anime of this version.
You must read...the manga! Dun dun dun.
(Still trying to convert you Zeus!)
Raw manga:
http://rapidshare.com/files/90237292/De ... ylara_.zip
http://www.sendspace.com/file/jqokzl
http://www.megaupload.com/?d=BKBXA8F4
http://www.shiraku-scans.com/wsj/index. ... 2008-11%2F
Translation(http://mangahelpers.com/forums/showthread.php?t=25616)
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Death Note
[Insert text: There was no end to this story... // This ultimate psychological battle, with death at its centre, returns once more.]
2
[Insert text: A grand finale for the revived Note...!!]
[Text: Nine years since L was killed at the hands of "Kira", Yagami Light.]
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[Text: Three years since "Kira", Yagami Light, was killed at the hands of the Shinigami, Ryuk.]
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[Text: These two deaths were never made public. Near was the one to solve this case, which could surely never have been solved but by the true L, and thus L lived on. // As for Kira... he was destroyed... no, he's just taking a rest... the rumours still linger on. // Now another Death Note-wielding human has appeared. // And thus...]
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[Text: From the country with the highest life expectancy... // ...Japan has fallen to sixth place.]
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[Text: But before this fall ever took place... Kira's revival... the first to notice this occurrence... // It was... // Not the so-called Kira believers who continue praying for his eventual return... // ...Not even the current L, Near... // But the voices of the Internet.]
[ThreadTitle: Saviour Kira Appears]
BoardPosters: That Kira has returned is the unmistakable truth. // Hmm, d'you think so? // With all these deaths, there's no more doubt about it. // If you're right, looks like Kira's got a thing going for the environment... // It's Eco-Kira, guys, Eco-Kira! // "Eco"...? So. Old.
[Text: And a few days after that conversation was started... // Many people, believing in Kira's revival, began stirring up a fuss, begging for him to give old people who wished to die their quick relief. // Soon the net was flooded with the faces of old people, or mini-dramas put on by their families, begging for them to be given the death they wanted.
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TVPerson: The deceased are all over 65 years of age and mostly heavily diseased... to simply decide that this is the work of Kira...
OtherTVPerson: Even if they weren't heart attacks per se, the fact is, their hearts stopped. And most important is the time taken for those who wished for death to get their with, not to mention the sheer numbers, and the clear bias towards the Japanese...
[Sign: National Public Safety Commission / Police]
[Sign: Vice Chief]
OtherTVPerson: Is this Kira, or mere coincidence...?
Matsuda: If it really is a Note doing all this, then death by illness would make sense...
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Matsuda: Could the Note that Light-kun was keeping safe have been a substitute, after all? If so, this is Near's fault for not testing the thing out properly before burning it!
Aizawa: We don't have any proof that this is the work of a Note. And even if it is, it's entirely possible that a Shinigami has simply brought another one into the human world.
Yamamoto: I still find all this a little difficult to believe, you know... Death Notes, and Shinigami......
Matsuda: What are you even doing here, Yamamoto...?
Yamamoto: Why, shouldn't I be?
Matsuda: Well, I guess it's fine...
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Matsuda: Anyway, if this is the work of a Note, then it's clear the person using it is Japanese. / I mean, they're basically solving our population balance issues, our pension problems, completely!
Yamamoto: Matsuda, would you kindly stop referring to people's deaths in a positive light.
Aizawa: Yamamoto's right.
Matsuda: ......... // ...I'm sorry. // But even if it is wrong, let me just say one thing!
Mogi: (Not again...)
Matsuda: We can assume the previous Kira was evil; it's easy enough to label him as a murderer, since he was killing people who didn't want to die. // But let's just consider for a moment: the victims this time are all old people, suffering terribly from poverty or disease, being forced to live on when all they want is death...
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Aizawa: ...You're saying even if this is a Kira, his crimes aren't all that serious? I hope you're not thinking of this as a good thing.
Matsuda: Ah... Well, I did say I know that it's wrong...
Ide: But if this is a Note, shouldn't we wait for Near, I mean L, to make the call...?
Matsuda: Ah, but he's the one who burned the Note! He's probably feeling guilty about now, and doesn't want to talk to us!
Yamamoto: Hmm... This L, we can't establish contact with him unless he contacts us, can we...
Aizawa: That's right.
Matsuda: I bet he's going to end up giving us a call any moment, anyway! / Saying, you know, "This level of mass-murder is unforgivable", or something...
Aizawa: Matsuda... you really, really want this to turn out to be a Note, don't you...
Matsuda: Ahh... Well, I wouldn't go that far...
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Near: What is it? The both of you wanting to see me all of a sudden...
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Rester: I'm sure you already know about what's going on in Japan right now..
Near: I do. // However... // More importantly... // If you destroy this Tarot Tower, I shall become very angry.
Rester: Near, Listen to me seriously for a moment! This is clearly the work of a Note.
Near: Indeed. That is a 100% certainty.
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Rester: Then why are you not taking action?
Near: I am thinking. // What would L do in this situation...? // .........That is what I am considering.
Rester: .........I see. Thank goodness. // But I don't think this Kira will respond to the kind of provocation that L used on the last one. // And it will be difficult to infer his identity from a few simple deaths by illness...
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Near: Please, stop referring to him as "Kira". // It is a discourtesy. // To L... / ...and to Kira... // It's not that I wish to accept Kira, but the fact remains that he reduced world crime by 70%, and even put an end to war. // Even whilst considering him evil... // L battled against him in full appreciation of the fact that this was a worthy opponent, one who merited putting his own life on the line. // However, the person currently using the Note...
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Near: ...is trash. // Many Japanese youths right now are getting excited about how the deaths of a few old fogies are going to lead Japan to a brighter future. // If it is indeed the case that he is doing this for the sake of Japan, then that makes him little different from Higuchi, acting in his own self-interest.
Rester: Then perhaps this is the work of a politician "enforcing" his own personal policies...
Near: I find that idea hard to swallow. // Old men killing other old men......... // The idea would simply not appeal to them.
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Near: And I don't think this is the work of one of those old people wishing for death, granting the wishes of others like him before he himself passes away. // I simply cannot think that a person such as that would have the willpower nor the physical strength to scour the internet and pick out his willing victims. // One might, perhaps, imagine a young person, seeing his own grandfather or some such suffering from disease, and granting him death... // ...and then considering his action a form of justice, and continuing with more of the same...... That is still a possibility. // Or perhaps a fool, who, obtaining the power that Kira possessed, simply came to think of himself as a new kind of Kira himself... // Whichever it is, to us, who are all too familiar with the weapon he is using to commit his crimes... // ...he is a simple murderer. Nothing more.
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Near: I have no desire to put this fool on the same level as Kira, and I'm sure L would think the same way. // If you absolutely must refer to him by a "Kira" codename... let's see... / "C Kira". / "Cheap Kira"... I think that would be fitting.
Lidner: L, and Near... and all of us... we have all gone up against Kira, with our lives on the line, and we can certainly understand your sentiments. // However, if this criminal truly is using a Note to commit murders, then surely we cannot simply refrain from taking action?
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Near: ...I actually spoke to L myself, once.
Rester/Lidner: ?!
Near: I am not sure of my accuracy on this point... // ...but I believe it was shortly before he became involved in the Kira case. We at the Wammy's House were given a rare opportunity to speak with L himself. // Well, I say "conversation"... it essentially consisted of the Wammy's children asking L questions, and him responding to them.
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Near: The conversation was audio-only. // We were being observed by L through a camera feed. // Everyone asked him lots of questions... // And L answered them all, one by one. // I never thought that L would come forth and say such things...
Flashback!L: I do not do this out of a sense of justice.
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Flashback!L: I solve difficult cases because it is my hobby. // By the principles of our modern laws, I too am a villain who has committed many crimes. // Just as I am sure you all enjoy solving mystery novels or video games as quickly as you can, I enjoy this. // It is an extension of such games; a mere hobby. // As such, I only involve myself in cases that interest me personally. / This is not "justice". // Furthermore, I will stop at nothing to solve them... for I am a fickle person who detests losing.
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Near: Some people lost faith or were disappointed in L when they heard that... // But I simply liked him more than ever. His way of thinking was extremely similar to my own. // I only heard this later, but apparently, without being given any further materials on us, L stated that the one to succeed him should be either myself or Mello.
Rester/Lidner: ......
Lidner: What kind of questions did the two of you ask?
Near: No... // Apparently, his basic reasoning was that Mello and I were the only ones there who did not ask any questions, instead simply observing L and assessing him. Also, I believe he mentioned a certain nasty look in our eyes.
Rester: ......
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Lidner: That was a very interesting little story... but I fail to see what exactly it has to do with the murders currently taking place in Japan.
Near: That is why I am considering... // What would L do......?
Lidner: .........According to L's methods, there would be no need to involve ourselves in this case. But L is L, and you are you, Near... we should do things our way.
Near: .................. // Yes, that's true.
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Near: If I wish to catch this murderer, the quickest method would be to make a public announcement as L, making public the existence of the Notes of death and the Shinigami.
Rester: .........I do wonder how many would believe such claims, even coming from L.
Near: We should be able to secure the support of Mr. Aizawa and his group also. // I'm sure at least a few would be willing to believe us. // And even those who do not would certainly be intrigued and discuss the topic. // If the police were to pretend to begin a grand hunt for the Note, and the public are aware that anyone who touches the Note should be able to see the Shinigami, it would quickly erupt into a "Death Note boom". That is simply the way the world works.
Rester: Hm...
Lidner: .........
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Lidner: But in that case, it would not be us who uncovered the culprit, but the Japanese police... the people of Japan. // I am sure that L would not resort to throwing the entirety of Japan into chaos, but rather find a way to find the culprit cleanly and simply by himself. // And that's what you're considering, is it not? // ......What L would do.
Near: ........................ // Hmm, a pity... // My apologies to the two of you... I would like to ask you to leave for today.
Lidner: Near...
Near: And please, leave softly, to avoid causing any air currents that might disturb the Tower.
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[Box: The Shinigami World]
Shinigami: Hmm? Ryuk...
Ryuk: Hm?
Shinigami: So it wasn't you? I heard that someone had dropped another Death Note into the human world...
Ryuk: Nah, not me. // That was Meadra.
Shinigami: Meadra? But he doesn't have two Notes...
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Ryuk: The guy went to the human world, saying he wanted to observe the humans he was killing... and he brought a ton of apples back here. // He offered the old guy a trade - thirteen apples for a spare Note - and it worked like a charm.
Shinigami: .........The King's easy to please, huh?
Ryuk: Hey, he's not the only one... the apples here are as rotten as us Shinigami.
Shinigami: So thanks to you going on about how tasty the apples are down there, it's become easy for anyone to get a spare Note......? I don't know what to think of that...
Ryuk: It's a good thing. After all, I got three apples out of it, too!
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[Headline: Kira pulls the cut-off age down from 65 to 60]
Yamamoto: Man, when I heard about the drop, I thought it was talking about some kind of government project...
Matsuda: More importantly, check out the TV listings! The TV listings! // "Kira Kingdom Reborn... the pro-Kira faction against the anti-Kira faction: a huge, live, all-night debate..." // I guess Sakura TV never change...
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SomeGuy: It's the all-night great debate! // Since Kira is only killing those whose faces are uploaded to the net, we'll be keeping all our speakers' faces hidden today for their own security.
Someone: Kira is justice. Judging criminals, allowing those those who are suffering a peaceful death... Everybody knows in their hearts that these are the right things to do, and he is the God who makes them happen.
SomeoneElse: No... The Kira who was judging criminals, maybe you could call him "justice", but I don't think you can say that of the Kira who's active now.
SomeoneElse: To start with, I'd just like to say - these killings are not the work of Kira.
SomeoneElse: Huh? What're you talking about, you're a believer, aren't you?
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Someone: Kira is the ally of the weak. Whoever it is out there just killing off Japan's elderly... that isn't Kira; it can't be.
SomeoneElse: But I'm sure it's been established that Kira was Japanese right from the start, right? // Besides, granting death to those old people who were nothing more than a burden upon the country while they lived... surely that still makes him an ally of the weak!
SomeoneElse: To the person who spoke just now - I'd like to say, I don't think the deaths of the elderly are a positive thing. // Without the voices and experience of the elderly to guide it, Japan will only deteriorate.
SomeoneElse: What are you, an idiot? It's those old guys with all the experience who are telling us they ought to die! We should listen to what they're telling us! // If you're so keen on them, how about you go follow their example and die as well, for the sake of the youth of Japan!
Matsuda: Th - That's terrible...
Aizawa: Yamamoto, switch this thing off!!
Yamamoto: Eh? Why me...?
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Someone: Besides, why's it only the over-60's?
People: .........
SomeoneElse: That's right! I'm only 26, but I have no dreams or hopes left in my life! I'd like to die as well!
SomeoneElse: I'd like to die, too!
Aizawa: Wh - What are these guys saying?!
SomeoneElse: Me too, I never asked to be born... Being alive is nothing but a pain in the ass, I wish my parents had never bothered!
Aizawa: Doesn't that brat have the slightest sense of decency?!
Matsuda: Ahh! He can't push that... that's bad...!
SomeoneElse: I had no idea there were so many people like that here... Truth is, I came here wanting to die, too! // I'm sure Kira will be kind enough to kill us!
People: Ah - // No...!
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People: Kill me, please...! // Kira......! // Kill me, too... Kira-sama......!
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Cameraman: Ah - No! G - Get back to your seats -
People: Kira......! / Shut up! Everybody goes on about their right to life, well, why can't we have a right to death as well?! // Kill me...!
Matsuda: Th - This is really bad! These people just aren't normal!
Aizawa: Yamamoto, what do you think your'e doing?!
Yamamoto: Ah... You don't have to ask me, why don't you get Mogi-san to -
People: Ungh... // Guahh!
Matsuda: !
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People: Ahh...
Matsuda: Ahhh!
Yamamoto: He really did it...?
People: It's another live killing on TV...! // That's scary... // It's just like back when Kira was around the first time...!
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People: All right...! // Kira really was on our side, after all...! // Kira forever~~~~~~~~~~!! // Kira, me too - ! // Kira...!
[TextOnTV: Our apologies for the inconvenience; please wait.]
Matsuda: Ahh...
Yamamoto: It... looks like they decided to cut off the broadcast...
Aizawa: Kira! There's no more room for doubt... this is clearly the work of a Note! Get us all the people we know we can trust!
Ide: Yessir!
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Aizawa: !
Ide: L!
Yamamoto: Ahh!
Matsuda: It's Near at last...!
People: Ahh! // It's L! L! // He's here!!
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Rester: Near... We can't be worrying ourselves with whether our methods are clean and simple any more... I hope you understand. // We just received word of a major incident... // There have been more killings on Sakura TV -
Near: We must simply follow the obvious course of action. // To everyone in Japan, no, in the world, watching this broadcast... // This is L. // Right now, in Japan, a major mass murder is in progress.
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Near: I do not intend to concern myself with this matter.
People: What?! He won't concern - ?! // Wh - What's that guy think he's saying?!
Rester: He won't concern himself? .........
Lidner: ..................
Near: This mass murder is not the work of Kira. I would like to make that much clear to you all.
People: Huh? It's not Kira? // But... it is... // If L says it's not Kira, then it can't be Kira!
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Near: If this were Kira, then I would most certainly fight against him. However, I will not concern myself with the current events.
Lidner: Near......
Near: I have determined exactly how the Kira murders were committed. // It would appear these murders were committed in the same way. // However...
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Near: I have no interest in this culprit. / I will not concern myself with cases in which I have no interest.
People: What's with this? // L's horrible...! // Well, he's always been like this, I guess... // Hell, we don't want Kira caught anyway, it's better like this. // But he just said, this isn't Kira at all!
Lidner: ........."What would L do?"... Is this what he meant...?
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Near: This case is a Japanese affair, and one best left to the Japanese police.
Aizawa: !
Matsuda: What did he just say...?!
Aizawa: .................. // No! We know how the killer is doing this just as well as Near does... we have no excuse for relying on him!!
Mogi: Yeah!
Ide: Mm.
Yamamoto: You're right, of course!
Near: However, I would not jack the radio waves simply to inform the public that I am not planning to interfere.
Aizawa: !
Rester: ?
Near: There is just one small thing that I would like to say, right now, directly to the culprit.
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Near: This is murder.
C-Kira: ......
Meadra: ?
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Near: ...I suppose I may have not acted very much like L.
Rester: .........No... // After all, Near... // You are L, now...
Near: Yes... That I am.
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Ryuk: Hm? Meadra, what're you doing back here?
Meadra: It's over... // How boring. // When he killed all those people on TV, I thought things might be getting a little interesting, but... // After he did that, he went really pale... He must've been sitting there just staring into space for about three days before he just made a weird sort of noise, and wrote his own damn name in the Note. // I just don't get it...
Ryuk: Real weird, huh......... // Come to think of it, there was something the guy who used my Note said once.
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Ryuk: "What a user of the Death Note truly needs is a strong will and conviction." // I guess the guy you gave it to was just weak.
Meadra: Huh... That's kinda complicated, I just don't get it. I guess I just can't do it like you can. // You want the Note?
Ryuk: I'll take it if you like, but... you've got that too, right...?
Meadra: Tch... Go on, then.
Ryuk: (Made a weird noise and wrote down his own name, huh... // Humans really are... // ...so interesting!)
[Insert text: Farewell, Kira...]
You must read...the manga! Dun dun dun.
(Still trying to convert you Zeus!)
Raw manga:
http://rapidshare.com/files/90237292/De ... ylara_.zip
http://www.sendspace.com/file/jqokzl
http://www.megaupload.com/?d=BKBXA8F4
http://www.shiraku-scans.com/wsj/index. ... 2008-11%2F
Translation(http://mangahelpers.com/forums/showthread.php?t=25616)
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Death Note
[Insert text: There was no end to this story... // This ultimate psychological battle, with death at its centre, returns once more.]
2
[Insert text: A grand finale for the revived Note...!!]
[Text: Nine years since L was killed at the hands of "Kira", Yagami Light.]
3
[Text: Three years since "Kira", Yagami Light, was killed at the hands of the Shinigami, Ryuk.]
4
[Text: These two deaths were never made public. Near was the one to solve this case, which could surely never have been solved but by the true L, and thus L lived on. // As for Kira... he was destroyed... no, he's just taking a rest... the rumours still linger on. // Now another Death Note-wielding human has appeared. // And thus...]
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[Text: From the country with the highest life expectancy... // ...Japan has fallen to sixth place.]
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[Text: But before this fall ever took place... Kira's revival... the first to notice this occurrence... // It was... // Not the so-called Kira believers who continue praying for his eventual return... // ...Not even the current L, Near... // But the voices of the Internet.]
[ThreadTitle: Saviour Kira Appears]
BoardPosters: That Kira has returned is the unmistakable truth. // Hmm, d'you think so? // With all these deaths, there's no more doubt about it. // If you're right, looks like Kira's got a thing going for the environment... // It's Eco-Kira, guys, Eco-Kira! // "Eco"...? So. Old.
[Text: And a few days after that conversation was started... // Many people, believing in Kira's revival, began stirring up a fuss, begging for him to give old people who wished to die their quick relief. // Soon the net was flooded with the faces of old people, or mini-dramas put on by their families, begging for them to be given the death they wanted.
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TVPerson: The deceased are all over 65 years of age and mostly heavily diseased... to simply decide that this is the work of Kira...
OtherTVPerson: Even if they weren't heart attacks per se, the fact is, their hearts stopped. And most important is the time taken for those who wished for death to get their with, not to mention the sheer numbers, and the clear bias towards the Japanese...
[Sign: National Public Safety Commission / Police]
[Sign: Vice Chief]
OtherTVPerson: Is this Kira, or mere coincidence...?
Matsuda: If it really is a Note doing all this, then death by illness would make sense...
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Matsuda: Could the Note that Light-kun was keeping safe have been a substitute, after all? If so, this is Near's fault for not testing the thing out properly before burning it!
Aizawa: We don't have any proof that this is the work of a Note. And even if it is, it's entirely possible that a Shinigami has simply brought another one into the human world.
Yamamoto: I still find all this a little difficult to believe, you know... Death Notes, and Shinigami......
Matsuda: What are you even doing here, Yamamoto...?
Yamamoto: Why, shouldn't I be?
Matsuda: Well, I guess it's fine...
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Matsuda: Anyway, if this is the work of a Note, then it's clear the person using it is Japanese. / I mean, they're basically solving our population balance issues, our pension problems, completely!
Yamamoto: Matsuda, would you kindly stop referring to people's deaths in a positive light.
Aizawa: Yamamoto's right.
Matsuda: ......... // ...I'm sorry. // But even if it is wrong, let me just say one thing!
Mogi: (Not again...)
Matsuda: We can assume the previous Kira was evil; it's easy enough to label him as a murderer, since he was killing people who didn't want to die. // But let's just consider for a moment: the victims this time are all old people, suffering terribly from poverty or disease, being forced to live on when all they want is death...
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Aizawa: ...You're saying even if this is a Kira, his crimes aren't all that serious? I hope you're not thinking of this as a good thing.
Matsuda: Ah... Well, I did say I know that it's wrong...
Ide: But if this is a Note, shouldn't we wait for Near, I mean L, to make the call...?
Matsuda: Ah, but he's the one who burned the Note! He's probably feeling guilty about now, and doesn't want to talk to us!
Yamamoto: Hmm... This L, we can't establish contact with him unless he contacts us, can we...
Aizawa: That's right.
Matsuda: I bet he's going to end up giving us a call any moment, anyway! / Saying, you know, "This level of mass-murder is unforgivable", or something...
Aizawa: Matsuda... you really, really want this to turn out to be a Note, don't you...
Matsuda: Ahh... Well, I wouldn't go that far...
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Near: What is it? The both of you wanting to see me all of a sudden...
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Rester: I'm sure you already know about what's going on in Japan right now..
Near: I do. // However... // More importantly... // If you destroy this Tarot Tower, I shall become very angry.
Rester: Near, Listen to me seriously for a moment! This is clearly the work of a Note.
Near: Indeed. That is a 100% certainty.
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Rester: Then why are you not taking action?
Near: I am thinking. // What would L do in this situation...? // .........That is what I am considering.
Rester: .........I see. Thank goodness. // But I don't think this Kira will respond to the kind of provocation that L used on the last one. // And it will be difficult to infer his identity from a few simple deaths by illness...
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Near: Please, stop referring to him as "Kira". // It is a discourtesy. // To L... / ...and to Kira... // It's not that I wish to accept Kira, but the fact remains that he reduced world crime by 70%, and even put an end to war. // Even whilst considering him evil... // L battled against him in full appreciation of the fact that this was a worthy opponent, one who merited putting his own life on the line. // However, the person currently using the Note...
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Near: ...is trash. // Many Japanese youths right now are getting excited about how the deaths of a few old fogies are going to lead Japan to a brighter future. // If it is indeed the case that he is doing this for the sake of Japan, then that makes him little different from Higuchi, acting in his own self-interest.
Rester: Then perhaps this is the work of a politician "enforcing" his own personal policies...
Near: I find that idea hard to swallow. // Old men killing other old men......... // The idea would simply not appeal to them.
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Near: And I don't think this is the work of one of those old people wishing for death, granting the wishes of others like him before he himself passes away. // I simply cannot think that a person such as that would have the willpower nor the physical strength to scour the internet and pick out his willing victims. // One might, perhaps, imagine a young person, seeing his own grandfather or some such suffering from disease, and granting him death... // ...and then considering his action a form of justice, and continuing with more of the same...... That is still a possibility. // Or perhaps a fool, who, obtaining the power that Kira possessed, simply came to think of himself as a new kind of Kira himself... // Whichever it is, to us, who are all too familiar with the weapon he is using to commit his crimes... // ...he is a simple murderer. Nothing more.
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Near: I have no desire to put this fool on the same level as Kira, and I'm sure L would think the same way. // If you absolutely must refer to him by a "Kira" codename... let's see... / "C Kira". / "Cheap Kira"... I think that would be fitting.
Lidner: L, and Near... and all of us... we have all gone up against Kira, with our lives on the line, and we can certainly understand your sentiments. // However, if this criminal truly is using a Note to commit murders, then surely we cannot simply refrain from taking action?
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Near: ...I actually spoke to L myself, once.
Rester/Lidner: ?!
Near: I am not sure of my accuracy on this point... // ...but I believe it was shortly before he became involved in the Kira case. We at the Wammy's House were given a rare opportunity to speak with L himself. // Well, I say "conversation"... it essentially consisted of the Wammy's children asking L questions, and him responding to them.
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Near: The conversation was audio-only. // We were being observed by L through a camera feed. // Everyone asked him lots of questions... // And L answered them all, one by one. // I never thought that L would come forth and say such things...
Flashback!L: I do not do this out of a sense of justice.
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Flashback!L: I solve difficult cases because it is my hobby. // By the principles of our modern laws, I too am a villain who has committed many crimes. // Just as I am sure you all enjoy solving mystery novels or video games as quickly as you can, I enjoy this. // It is an extension of such games; a mere hobby. // As such, I only involve myself in cases that interest me personally. / This is not "justice". // Furthermore, I will stop at nothing to solve them... for I am a fickle person who detests losing.
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Near: Some people lost faith or were disappointed in L when they heard that... // But I simply liked him more than ever. His way of thinking was extremely similar to my own. // I only heard this later, but apparently, without being given any further materials on us, L stated that the one to succeed him should be either myself or Mello.
Rester/Lidner: ......
Lidner: What kind of questions did the two of you ask?
Near: No... // Apparently, his basic reasoning was that Mello and I were the only ones there who did not ask any questions, instead simply observing L and assessing him. Also, I believe he mentioned a certain nasty look in our eyes.
Rester: ......
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Lidner: That was a very interesting little story... but I fail to see what exactly it has to do with the murders currently taking place in Japan.
Near: That is why I am considering... // What would L do......?
Lidner: .........According to L's methods, there would be no need to involve ourselves in this case. But L is L, and you are you, Near... we should do things our way.
Near: .................. // Yes, that's true.
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Near: If I wish to catch this murderer, the quickest method would be to make a public announcement as L, making public the existence of the Notes of death and the Shinigami.
Rester: .........I do wonder how many would believe such claims, even coming from L.
Near: We should be able to secure the support of Mr. Aizawa and his group also. // I'm sure at least a few would be willing to believe us. // And even those who do not would certainly be intrigued and discuss the topic. // If the police were to pretend to begin a grand hunt for the Note, and the public are aware that anyone who touches the Note should be able to see the Shinigami, it would quickly erupt into a "Death Note boom". That is simply the way the world works.
Rester: Hm...
Lidner: .........
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Lidner: But in that case, it would not be us who uncovered the culprit, but the Japanese police... the people of Japan. // I am sure that L would not resort to throwing the entirety of Japan into chaos, but rather find a way to find the culprit cleanly and simply by himself. // And that's what you're considering, is it not? // ......What L would do.
Near: ........................ // Hmm, a pity... // My apologies to the two of you... I would like to ask you to leave for today.
Lidner: Near...
Near: And please, leave softly, to avoid causing any air currents that might disturb the Tower.
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[Box: The Shinigami World]
Shinigami: Hmm? Ryuk...
Ryuk: Hm?
Shinigami: So it wasn't you? I heard that someone had dropped another Death Note into the human world...
Ryuk: Nah, not me. // That was Meadra.
Shinigami: Meadra? But he doesn't have two Notes...
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Ryuk: The guy went to the human world, saying he wanted to observe the humans he was killing... and he brought a ton of apples back here. // He offered the old guy a trade - thirteen apples for a spare Note - and it worked like a charm.
Shinigami: .........The King's easy to please, huh?
Ryuk: Hey, he's not the only one... the apples here are as rotten as us Shinigami.
Shinigami: So thanks to you going on about how tasty the apples are down there, it's become easy for anyone to get a spare Note......? I don't know what to think of that...
Ryuk: It's a good thing. After all, I got three apples out of it, too!
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[Headline: Kira pulls the cut-off age down from 65 to 60]
Yamamoto: Man, when I heard about the drop, I thought it was talking about some kind of government project...
Matsuda: More importantly, check out the TV listings! The TV listings! // "Kira Kingdom Reborn... the pro-Kira faction against the anti-Kira faction: a huge, live, all-night debate..." // I guess Sakura TV never change...
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SomeGuy: It's the all-night great debate! // Since Kira is only killing those whose faces are uploaded to the net, we'll be keeping all our speakers' faces hidden today for their own security.
Someone: Kira is justice. Judging criminals, allowing those those who are suffering a peaceful death... Everybody knows in their hearts that these are the right things to do, and he is the God who makes them happen.
SomeoneElse: No... The Kira who was judging criminals, maybe you could call him "justice", but I don't think you can say that of the Kira who's active now.
SomeoneElse: To start with, I'd just like to say - these killings are not the work of Kira.
SomeoneElse: Huh? What're you talking about, you're a believer, aren't you?
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Someone: Kira is the ally of the weak. Whoever it is out there just killing off Japan's elderly... that isn't Kira; it can't be.
SomeoneElse: But I'm sure it's been established that Kira was Japanese right from the start, right? // Besides, granting death to those old people who were nothing more than a burden upon the country while they lived... surely that still makes him an ally of the weak!
SomeoneElse: To the person who spoke just now - I'd like to say, I don't think the deaths of the elderly are a positive thing. // Without the voices and experience of the elderly to guide it, Japan will only deteriorate.
SomeoneElse: What are you, an idiot? It's those old guys with all the experience who are telling us they ought to die! We should listen to what they're telling us! // If you're so keen on them, how about you go follow their example and die as well, for the sake of the youth of Japan!
Matsuda: Th - That's terrible...
Aizawa: Yamamoto, switch this thing off!!
Yamamoto: Eh? Why me...?
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Someone: Besides, why's it only the over-60's?
People: .........
SomeoneElse: That's right! I'm only 26, but I have no dreams or hopes left in my life! I'd like to die as well!
SomeoneElse: I'd like to die, too!
Aizawa: Wh - What are these guys saying?!
SomeoneElse: Me too, I never asked to be born... Being alive is nothing but a pain in the ass, I wish my parents had never bothered!
Aizawa: Doesn't that brat have the slightest sense of decency?!
Matsuda: Ahh! He can't push that... that's bad...!
SomeoneElse: I had no idea there were so many people like that here... Truth is, I came here wanting to die, too! // I'm sure Kira will be kind enough to kill us!
People: Ah - // No...!
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People: Kill me, please...! // Kira......! // Kill me, too... Kira-sama......!
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Cameraman: Ah - No! G - Get back to your seats -
People: Kira......! / Shut up! Everybody goes on about their right to life, well, why can't we have a right to death as well?! // Kill me...!
Matsuda: Th - This is really bad! These people just aren't normal!
Aizawa: Yamamoto, what do you think your'e doing?!
Yamamoto: Ah... You don't have to ask me, why don't you get Mogi-san to -
People: Ungh... // Guahh!
Matsuda: !
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People: Ahh...
Matsuda: Ahhh!
Yamamoto: He really did it...?
People: It's another live killing on TV...! // That's scary... // It's just like back when Kira was around the first time...!
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People: All right...! // Kira really was on our side, after all...! // Kira forever~~~~~~~~~~!! // Kira, me too - ! // Kira...!
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Matsuda: Ahh...
Yamamoto: It... looks like they decided to cut off the broadcast...
Aizawa: Kira! There's no more room for doubt... this is clearly the work of a Note! Get us all the people we know we can trust!
Ide: Yessir!
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Aizawa: !
Ide: L!
Yamamoto: Ahh!
Matsuda: It's Near at last...!
People: Ahh! // It's L! L! // He's here!!
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Rester: Near... We can't be worrying ourselves with whether our methods are clean and simple any more... I hope you understand. // We just received word of a major incident... // There have been more killings on Sakura TV -
Near: We must simply follow the obvious course of action. // To everyone in Japan, no, in the world, watching this broadcast... // This is L. // Right now, in Japan, a major mass murder is in progress.
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Near: I do not intend to concern myself with this matter.
People: What?! He won't concern - ?! // Wh - What's that guy think he's saying?!
Rester: He won't concern himself? .........
Lidner: ..................
Near: This mass murder is not the work of Kira. I would like to make that much clear to you all.
People: Huh? It's not Kira? // But... it is... // If L says it's not Kira, then it can't be Kira!
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Near: If this were Kira, then I would most certainly fight against him. However, I will not concern myself with the current events.
Lidner: Near......
Near: I have determined exactly how the Kira murders were committed. // It would appear these murders were committed in the same way. // However...
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Near: I have no interest in this culprit. / I will not concern myself with cases in which I have no interest.
People: What's with this? // L's horrible...! // Well, he's always been like this, I guess... // Hell, we don't want Kira caught anyway, it's better like this. // But he just said, this isn't Kira at all!
Lidner: ........."What would L do?"... Is this what he meant...?
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Near: This case is a Japanese affair, and one best left to the Japanese police.
Aizawa: !
Matsuda: What did he just say...?!
Aizawa: .................. // No! We know how the killer is doing this just as well as Near does... we have no excuse for relying on him!!
Mogi: Yeah!
Ide: Mm.
Yamamoto: You're right, of course!
Near: However, I would not jack the radio waves simply to inform the public that I am not planning to interfere.
Aizawa: !
Rester: ?
Near: There is just one small thing that I would like to say, right now, directly to the culprit.
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Near: This is murder.
C-Kira: ......
Meadra: ?
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Near: ...I suppose I may have not acted very much like L.
Rester: .........No... // After all, Near... // You are L, now...
Near: Yes... That I am.
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Ryuk: Hm? Meadra, what're you doing back here?
Meadra: It's over... // How boring. // When he killed all those people on TV, I thought things might be getting a little interesting, but... // After he did that, he went really pale... He must've been sitting there just staring into space for about three days before he just made a weird sort of noise, and wrote his own damn name in the Note. // I just don't get it...
Ryuk: Real weird, huh......... // Come to think of it, there was something the guy who used my Note said once.
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Ryuk: "What a user of the Death Note truly needs is a strong will and conviction." // I guess the guy you gave it to was just weak.
Meadra: Huh... That's kinda complicated, I just don't get it. I guess I just can't do it like you can. // You want the Note?
Ryuk: I'll take it if you like, but... you've got that too, right...?
Meadra: Tch... Go on, then.
Ryuk: (Made a weird noise and wrote down his own name, huh... // Humans really are... // ...so interesting!)
[Insert text: Farewell, Kira...]