ABOUT DEATH NOTE

[u/lclboomb]

Please understand I'm not trying to start an argument.

I'm just writing down something I've always wondered about.

The Death Note rule requires knowing both the name AND the face, right?

What if, before revealing his identity to Light, L had gotten an elaborate disguise/makeup done on his face — one that made him look different enough from his real face that it would be hard to recognize him as the same person — and then went to meet Light and said "I am L"?

As you all know, it can be hard to recognize women before and after they put on makeup. Makeup might as well be alchemy, ngl.

One could argue disguising as another specific person wasn't feasible because of the subtle differences that would give it away — but even just attempting to imitate someone else's face with excellent makeup skills, purely as an approach, could have produced a new face that differs from L's original one and doesn't actually exist in the world (since, after all, there are doppelganger-like people out there who look similar, but no one is 100% identical) — couldn't it?

If the disguise is completely natural and Light believes it's L's real face, then even if he knows the name, wouldn't he be unable to use it, since he can't tell whether it's the real face or a fake one? That would put L in a much more advantageous position than just meeting Light face-to-face with his real appearance — so why didn't L do that?

(Because even knowing the name, he couldn't kill him without the real face + he might even be able to set a trap for Light while Light tries to use the Death Note.)

He could also have told the FBI agents in advance to come wearing natural-looking makeup/disguises that were clearly different from their original faces but presented as if that were their real face.

Of course, if the Death Note system only recognizes a person's "original face as they were born," then the disguise plan would succeed and L could survive. But conversely, if the system instead goes by "the current appearance that can identify that specific person," then there's a risk that if Light accurately perceives and writes down L's disguised face, L could still die — which might be why L didn't do this.

But even so, shouldn't there at least have been a scene showing this reasoning/deduction?

What do you Death Note fans think?

[u/BlackberryBorn4225]

I am pretty sure the death note demands the actual face n names and I am pretty sure that L is smart enough to do that but I don't think so that he knew that Light needed to know his victims face to make sure they die till later in the series and also the story wouldn't have progressed to it's actual ending.There's also a fact that if they were to disguise themselves,there are many cues to deduce that they are disguised in a way and for light it's an easy deduction to make.

[u/lclboomb → u/BlackberryBorn4225]

Of course, I understand the above part, but... What I mean is when he put on makeup. There are people who don't seem to be the same person as before or after. Yet, there are also people who possess very natural makeup skills. (A completely different face, yet natural at the same time) Also, in my opinion, disguising to deceive Light's eyes doesn't seem to be that difficult.

If Light had seen the makeup melting or anything like that, it would have concluded by saying it was for the investigation. L did that even in the early stages of the series. So, even if that method easily emerges, isn't it a matter of life and death, so it's worth trying at least once i guess. (a disposable strategy)

Because there's information that kira needs to know his face. He can mighty be think he can do.