Death Note: Ryuk’s reasoning analysis.

This document will try to uncover the underrated and overlooked character’s (Ryuk) feat in reasoning. Credits to Arthur. Death Note Manga Chapter 1 Ryuk Deduction feat: In chapter one of death note, Ryuk dropped off a death note in the human world. He did so with the intention of trying to find entertainment. He made the following deduction. P1: The death note is able to kill anyone whose name is written in it. (This is a rule declared in the series.) P2: Whoever possesses the death note can kill without detection or physical confrontation. (implied from the death note’s mechanics, victims die without a visible cause.) P3: The power of the death note user is very strong since the user can murder someone with no one defending themselves or suffering any repercussions. (This is due to P1 and P2; nobody can counteract a secret assassin.) P4: Unilateral power disrupts social equilibrium by removing deterrents that normally regulate human behavior (legal consequences, physical retaliation and etc). (When traditional systems of power are bypassed, stability is threatened.) P5: A disruption of social equilibrium leads to imbalance and conflict as those without power attempt to either stop or control the new source of power. (Historical precedent: every major shift in power structures has resulted in conflict wars, revolutions, social collapses.) C: The death note will create problems and conflicts among the people in society. Hence, it will be something entertaining that …