Sun 2007/12/09 08:45
Two students were suspended after writing names of people they wanted dead (obviously) in a Death Note. So students wont be suspended if the book was called something else? Thanks to Shin Asuka for sending this in.
Posted on Sun 2007/12/09 08:45 by
lol, when they find out its from an anime, the politicians will have a field day...could this be the start of an anti-anime campaign in the states?
(ID #13380) Posted on 2007/12/09 23:48
Troubleshooter, Universal Exports
Probably nothing will come of it. Instead we will just invade Japan and do away with the government. That's what we do now. Did I say that?? ^^;
(ID #13383) Posted on 2007/12/09 23:54
the US already invaded japan, it happened during the second world war...lol
(ID #13384) Posted on 2007/12/09 23:57
HappyCat in somewhere in Asia near the mountains and a hydroelectric dam (Registered on 2008/04/03 03:08)
freelancer,freeloader,noh drama and enka fanatic
But US invade by Japan afterwards....by Pokemon,Wii,sushi,cosplay and moe.I wonder if this related to ninjas...sure they were pretty sneaky.
(ID #179998) Posted on 2008/05/03 03:30
by the way i'm not being insensitive or anything, just want to clear that up
(ID #13385) Posted on 2007/12/09 23:58
Troubleshooter, Universal Exports
Of course your not being insensitive. We all know war is something that should never be taken lightly.
(ID #13399) Posted on 2007/12/10 00:24
Music Producer/Delivery Driver
it would be s funny once they find out its fake and all but one or two people who know about in that area will look like fools
(ID #13432) Posted on 2007/12/10 02:15
ひきこもり/Hikikomori. Suits my current state more than a 大学生/University Student. ^^
This ruckus is all because they don't watch anime or read manga. They really need to.
(ID #13434) Posted on 2007/12/10 02:18
animefreak222 (Registered on 2007/05/27 12:46)
lol,ppl are getting more ridculous these days.Dun tell me they will ban anime just like what they did with computer games over a freakish incident that was started by a mentally ill/troubled person.people only know how to blame things but don't know how to take reponsibility for what they watch and do. how lame is that? =p
(ID #13468) Posted on 2007/12/10 05:16
You know, between completely desperate teens, ultra-paranoid politics and predator-behaving media, there is quite something not to take too literally. As long as the crazed ones don't get violent, there is not much to fear (yet). Another nice advertisement for anime again... And another line for those haters who don't even know what anime is about (and surely never read any).
(ID #13511) Posted on 2007/12/10 08:15
VF-25 Pilot. Universariate Scholar.
D_Blade: you do know that we are all slightly crazy, right??
(ID #13543) Posted on 2007/12/10 10:47
radical anime fan in Singapore; starting to freeze up. Mmm, end-of-year weather. (Registered on 2007/01/25 21:20)
Polytechnic Freshman. Mmm... fresh.
In a good way. ^_^ Writing someone's name in that is, from my point of view, VERY immature. His classmates were not afraid of him, they certainly won't be now. They'll think he's an anime freak or something... which brings all the blame to anime. Boo-hoo. I'm different. I'm a radical anime fan... which means I deviate from the otaku-norm ):-D In a good way of course.
(ID #13578) Posted on 2007/12/10 14:22
Setsuna-san, sure I do know we are all cuckoo in our own unique ways (Life sure would be boring otherwise *Laughs*). I am sure many people here know when and how to have fun but also to manage stressful events in the right ways... Things countless ones don't seem to apply or even be aware of.
(ID #13626) Posted on 2007/12/10 19:55
minimonk (Registered on 2007/12/13 05:27)
Sean Muserallo Chokes on his own vomit 7 minutes after giving a lame report on the 'Death Note' school suspension in Richmond on NBC channel 12
(ID #14496) Posted on 2007/12/13 20:30
NEET (no, student...)
...too much watching depressing anime does this to you... Honestly...
(ID #13388) Posted on 2007/12/09 23:59
Troubleshooter, Universal Exports
Well, Since we invaded Okinawa -who don't consider themselves Japanese- one could say we didn't. Operations Olympic and Coronet never did take place. I'm sure you knew I was being facetious. Then again with the current mind set of some Americans... Mind anyone else I by no means mean to belittle the lost of life during the Invasion of Okinawa.
(ID #13395) Posted on 2007/12/10 00:14
Troubleshooter, Universal Exports
Rats, clicking on the wrong comment links again...
(ID #13396) Posted on 2007/12/10 00:17
More like, depressed people watching supernatural animes. If I was depressed and watching Naruto, I would surely try to Rasengan someone. . Under continuing circumstances, situations are repeated everyday but the outcome varies. Where this depressed kid watched Death Note and attempted to recreate it by writing names down and was suspended another depressed kid could have just thought it was cool but impossible and just passed it off. . Blah, the world is corrupting itself.
(ID #13405) Posted on 2007/12/10 00:36
Guess they were lost already. They probably only took the negative parts of Death Note to comfort their negative visions of life and took it way too seriously. Fragile minds, I tell you.
(ID #13516) Posted on 2007/12/10 08:18
This is exactlly the type of things that loves the detractors of manga and anime. A stupid think like that can be a trouble. At last it wasn`t a REAL Death Note...
(ID #13393) Posted on 2007/12/10 00:05
宅男 Otaku/ 工程师 Engineer
of course that wasn't a real one. the real one is with me. ('~')
(ID #13400) Posted on 2007/12/10 00:28
Troubleshooter, Universal Exports
Note to self: be really nice to gordon. ^o^
(ID #13404) Posted on 2007/12/10 00:35
LMAO!! That's so funny...Maybe I should start one too?!?! Hm...who would I put down first?!?! *-* ha ha hah! Beware world! Here I come!!... Pfft! Yeah right. That's funny though. I guess I CAN see why they're making such a fuss about it in the US, probably due to all the shootings, but he's still a kid. Let him have his imagination! He'll understand that only people like Gordon and me can have the REAL Death Notes. Ne Gordon?
(ID #13435) Posted on 2007/12/10 02:21
宅男 Otaku/ 工程师 Engineer
lol Maya you have one too? ryuk says i can keep it as long as i give him apples everyday. ^^; anyway i think the school over-reacted. instead of expelling them, the principal should get the teachers to sit down with the parents and discuss what made their children dislike the the classmates to want to "kill" them. and other personal problems as well.
(ID #13455) Posted on 2007/12/10 03:53
Odd, I just caught the middle of an episode, have never watched Death Note before, and then Ryuk(sp?) started going off about apples, and writing in a book. Interesting. Then as Im starting to get an idea of what is going on.. Danny posts this. Danny, do you have ESP(n)?
(ID #13462) Posted on 2007/12/10 04:30
This is hilarious! The author of Death Note must be proud of her work right about now. Another funny fact is that they are taking this in a serious matter. I'm gonna show my friend who's a big Death Note fan this video, he's gonna have a good time with it.
(ID #13394) Posted on 2007/12/10 00:05
Lol.. nice choice for the reporter of the story... he said "die" harder then any other word... they must be getting horrible ratings:
(ID #13403) Posted on 2007/12/10 00:34
McMaster Engineering Student Fall 08
LMFAO THATS FREAKING AWESOME! APPLES RULE
(ID #13412) Posted on 2007/12/10 00:57
an apple a day keeps the shinigamis away
(ID #13506) Posted on 2007/12/10 08:06
You can tell that the reporters know absolutely nothing about the real 'Death Note' at all.
(ID #13413) Posted on 2007/12/10 01:13
They generally know nothing. They are like fish getting attracted by some bait and not going further. I'd even say they are predators waiting for some bloody prey.
(ID #13505) Posted on 2007/12/10 08:06
ひきこもり/Hikikomori. Suits my current state more than a 大学生/University Student. ^^
This is so making me want to laugh!! Somebody really should tell them about the manga or anime.
(ID #13430) Posted on 2007/12/10 02:08
lol, Death Note online version ... so many version out there.
(ID #13433) Posted on 2007/12/10 02:16
yazuki (Registered on 2007/10/21 11:30)
this might become the third case after in belgium and china... links for reference of past 2 cases similar to that one: http://www.reuters.com/article/lifestyleMolt/idUSPEK30969020070515 http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2007-05/26/content_880773.htm http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2007-10-01/notes-left-near-bodies-in-belgium-linked-to-death-note http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2005-02-06/death-note-stirs-controversy-in-china copy and paste if you didn't able to click the links above.
(ID #13436) Posted on 2007/12/10 02:27
yazuki (Registered on 2007/10/21 11:30)
and btw, the online version of death note is still exist until now. http://www.deathnoteonline.com/ now you wonder that CIA investigates this site and detected all entries and IPs who posted. ya know, lots of names that they hated were might terrifying the readers who felt the opposite...
(ID #13438) Posted on 2007/12/10 02:34
lol, i always want a death note to kill several criminals :p
(ID #13440) Posted on 2007/12/10 02:41
Freelance Artist
Don't go blaming this entirely on the Death Note manga or anime. Back in around 1999 when I was still in high school here in the USA, there was an incident exactly like this one. It was two girls who created a "Death List," much in the style of Death Note. Both girls were suspended. While I didn't care of either of the two involved, I have to admit it wasn't something deserving that kind of punishment. Sometimes kids just do stuff like that. It's a form of release. Better to write it on paper in fantasy form than to actually brandish a firearm.
(ID #13442) Posted on 2007/12/10 02:48
using a death note with people who you don't like is immature and dangerous (psychologically) even for criminals it's debatable
(ID #13445) Posted on 2007/12/10 02:56
ひきこもり/Hikikomori. Suits my current state more than a 大学生/University Student. ^^
But Kira could have used that death note for personal gains rather than using it for perfecting the world. ^^
(ID #13446) Posted on 2007/12/10 03:02
U might think i'm sick/weird/whatever...... but i do agree with Kira's thought:) killing those maggots is the best option 2 pure the World:)
(ID #13490) Posted on 2007/12/10 07:36
Didn't you guys know that this is the test that is testing who will be the next Kira?! XD and Obviously none of the people who wrote on deathnoteonline.com and/or those who got on news for being found out of being Kira were ment to be the one and only Kira. If you're going to have a Death Note, keep it away from other people's sight/touch. *-*
(ID #13451) Posted on 2007/12/10 03:24
You're sure it's to find a candidate and not a public Death Note given by a "thoughtful" soul? lol.
(ID #13508) Posted on 2007/12/10 08:08
This same thing happened to my school. Kid I knew wrote a death note. Got house arrest for a year and 10 suspension. But never saw him again heard he went to a different school. was also little have the VT thing.
(ID #13453) Posted on 2007/12/10 03:35
I'm kinda scared now, I ordered one of these a week ago...And I'll probably end up doing the same thing...
(ID #13454) Posted on 2007/12/10 03:39
Just do actually kill anyone. I dont know too many people that wouldnt feel horrible if someone actually died after writing it..
(ID #13463) Posted on 2007/12/10 04:32
Sad, the thing doesn't work. I've added some details to it so it would seem real, but it won't kill him...
(ID #165900) Posted on 2008/04/03 14:10
VF-25 Pilot. Universariate Scholar.
DRAGUN: err.. do or was it don't???
(ID #13544) Posted on 2007/12/10 10:50
I actually own a Death Note. Never written a name in it though, It's just too nice! But yeah, getting suspended for crap like this is just stupid, especially when the school's officials have no idea what Death Note is.
(ID #13464) Posted on 2007/12/10 04:36
Secondary Student~
owned.
(ID #13478) Posted on 2007/12/10 06:14
Part human, part student, 100% loser
I find this amusing... Now military leaders will order this books online and use it to kill their enemies... The author of Death Note and the person who drew the manga must be really, really proud of themselves... Apples FTW!!
(ID #13481) Posted on 2007/12/10 06:45
Pseudo-Graphic Designer
Light took great lengths to hide the Death Note using gasoline in his drawer so that if anyone found it the book will burn... They should've followed this example if they even bothered watching/reading the story. And this was when he was just in high school...
(ID #13482) Posted on 2007/12/10 06:45
College Student
That was really gay. People who doesn't understand or know Anime is $#!T! They are making a big deal out of something they don't even know. Those kind of people pisses me off.
(ID #13483) Posted on 2007/12/10 06:48
DEATH NOTE is ~~~Serious Business~~~ Lol.
(ID #13489) Posted on 2007/12/10 07:33
USA being a chicken? ahaha.. a stupid death note can bring horror for a big nation.. what a loser.. *nawt* :P no offense, i hate US (not all) especially BUSHwaker....
(ID #13504) Posted on 2007/12/10 08:06
I second that^^ Very Big Nation chiken out from a thing from Anime/Manga? lol,very funny indeed^^
(ID #13515) Posted on 2007/12/10 08:17
Well, US politics and a part of the population (the easily impressed ones?) get paranoid over anything lately, now that they know they are not invincible (Whoever was to begin with, anyway?). I apologize in advance to the US fellows here for my unusual generalization, but I feel you have quite a hard time dealing with constantly anxious guys like them. Quite sad to witness indeed.
(ID #13522) Posted on 2007/12/10 08:25
JR. College Student
I wonder if I can make the news writing a Happy note. I'll list everyone I want to be happy, forever. Muhahaha
(ID #13530) Posted on 2007/12/10 08:47
I don't think it's edgy enough for american media....there is no tragedy or violence. It'll never sell. I don't think most people really want to be happy anyhow...hard to get the sympathy and pity of the world if your blissfully happy all the time. I on the other hand would be willing to make a generous donation to your cause for a modest entry in your Happy Note ^_~
(ID #13589) Posted on 2007/12/10 14:56
I think the kids would've been suspended just for having a death list even if it wasn't anime related. I just don't think it would've been in the media. It hasn't been that long since the Virginia Tech shooting. Whenever we have a shooting the schools all go into high alert and are suspicious of every disgruntled student or teen....I personally am suspicious of teens that aren't disgruntled....it's just not natural >_>; In most cases the schools had plenty of warning signs and chose to ignore them until the inevitable happens. They're just covering their butts. Now if this leads to a holy war on anime and manga then you will see ME go on a killing rampage. I'm tired of everything I enjoy being banned or white washed to be safe because parents can't do their jobs right or keep their little monsters under control. /end rant >.
(ID #13587) Posted on 2007/12/10 14:48
You live in the States, of course everything is "white washed"?
(ID #13739) Posted on 2007/12/11 04:27
A perfect chance to blame both the media AND foreigners! You think these reporters are going to pass something like this up? They'd be hyping this to the hilt if the anime was called "Sneeze-Note" or "Charlie-Horse-Note".
(ID #13606) Posted on 2007/12/10 16:57
Well children's mind are sensitive things, Death Note was there to solve the problem, kind of but not really. Better than school/mall/religious-gathering/apartment/campus shooting I'd say. America is very angry these days. This is a side-effect of the shriking of the world cause by the information age. Any action preventing this unavoidable step in human-civilization is hindering its progress. The best thing to do is to teach children tolerance and openmindedness.
(ID #13618) Posted on 2007/12/10 18:26
Osama bin Muhammad bin 'Awad bin Laden put this on real death note,u save the world(in american way) and u got $50million dolar^^
(ID #14441) Posted on 2007/12/13 12:14
having the REAL DEATHNOTE is part cool. But if you dont and someone else has, THE WORLD IS AT STAKE!
(ID #194184) Posted on 2008/05/23 03:04
JSmitt999 in hmm i dont know... let me ask that guy w/ the funny mushtache over there (Registered on 2008/06/22 12:28)
magik pirate ninja
I don't fully understand everything that went on but if it is as I think it is this is very immature. i love DN and own a novelty one but thats all it is. its very stupid
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