#and YET in a-kira they introduce rule 67 which proves that not only can new provisions be drafted in at any time
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genuinely so sorry to slide into your dm's like this, not sure that this is proper tumblr etiquette, etc., but i just got so excited when i read in your sayu-gets-the-death-note ask that you've been trying to talk yourself out of doing an entire statutory interpretation of the manga death note rules because i've been trying to talk myself out doing an entire metaphysical interpretation of the manga death note rules, so... if you, like me, simply cannot talk yourself out of a stupid idea once it sinks its claws in your brain and would at some point like to share notes about I THINK one of the sexiest and most broken parts of this series, i'd be delighted.
oh my god dont apologise im just excited a single person on earth besides me is interested in a pseudo-legal (very pseudo) perspective on the death note rules. high fives you. for the most part im just incredibly impressed that they manage to retain so much internal consistency especially since so many of them have the vibe of, like, random amendments which were included just for funsies. it's incredible they don't overtly contradict each other. ive been obsessed with them since i first saw them and have already spent way too much time reading over them but yeah i'd honestly love to dig into them more. HTR13 does organise them into something closer to Parts or Divisions which makes the structure a little more coherent. it drives me nuts that sometimes a numbered rule will have sub-provisions that have absolutely nothing to do with each other. drafting that gives me a stress migraine
#asks#death note#dont get me fucking started on rule 67. the moment i read that story i just threw my hands up#look the fact that the magic system is run based on this set of strict rules which ARE#CANONICALLY#written in A BOOK which can be READ. by shinigami. like this is a LEGAL SYSTEM this is a piece of LEGISLATION#and YET in a-kira they introduce rule 67 which proves that not only can new provisions be drafted in at any time#but they can be applied RETROACTIVELY?#you cant fucking DO that! that completely delegitimises your entire rule system. like what the fuck#also who's fucking enforcing this? is it the shinigami king? is the power of the rules vested in the shinigami king? is he the source of th#power or its arbiter? who's taking care of the drafting? what's in that fucking book#anyway#ANYWAY#NONE OF THIS MATTERS TO ANYONE EXCEPT ME
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