Something you mafia players might wanna watch...

...And so, I'm meant to be doing course work for uni but i was taking a break whilst eating. bored whilst eating, i'd thought i'd have a look around on what i can watch and I came across the anime Death Note...


... And OMG, this is on another level, nothing i've seen before. This isn't your typical japanese anime/cartoon with "cute" characters with big boobs coupled with comedy, but this is serious stuff (with normal proportioned people and the art is excellent). I won't ruin the story, but its goes something like this:

A Genius one day picks up a "Death Note" which gives him power to kill people. He decides to use it on criminals to make a perfect world. However due to the sudden death of lots of criminals, police enlist a mysterious person called "L" to help them. They both vow to bring the other to justice. The story then goes on with a mafia game feel - the two geniuses play a lot of reverse psychology and testing each other, out-witting each other and there's so much more WIFOM than sasaki can put forward.

I wont go any further, but I seriously recommend this. I usually don't post stuff like this but Death Note has definitely grabbed my attention as a mafia player - i've just done a 10 episode marathon :laugh4:

have a look around and give it a try up to ep 3, there's places where you can watch this online or even download.....

Yeah, I think it would make a great setting for a mafia game.
You can watch them [Better safe than sorry - GH].

Curses khaan, our top-secret project has been foiled.

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Originally Posted by Greyblades

Yeah, I think it would make a great setting for a mafia game.
You can watch them [Better safe than sorry - GH].

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thanks for the links, i didnt know if we were allowed to post that or not

but yea, i would make an excellent mafia game - i'm just watching it now and everytime they play mafia between the two, it gettings me thinking exactly the same things lol

and GH - if you REALLY do host something like this, i'd join right away :grin: unless of course your top secret plan's to kill us all :/

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Originally Posted by taka

and GH - if you REALLY do host something like this, i'd join right away :grin: unless of course your top secret plan's to kill us all :/

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We've been tossing the idea around for a while, but can't get the mechanics to work. No matter how you make it, be it a mafia game or something else, it gets kind of hard to balance things when everybody has a suspicion of who the villain is from the start and he can kill you all almost instantly. :laugh4: Now that it's academic crunch time (speaking of which, why am I on the forums right now), we haven't been thinking about it much.

-edit- As for the links, I'm going to err on the side of caution for this one and remove them. For you Americans, Cartoon Network airs it, or at least it did during the summer. Not sure about anywhere else.

Been a big big fan of "L" for few years now :2thumbsup:
I agree this is a wonderful Anime, one of the best I've seen so far.

Another suggestion is "Liar Game" though its havn't turned into an anime yet.

liar game with erika toda? phawwwww, she's soooooooooooo fitting with the EGL/punk/gothloli style

i've been hooked onto this anime today...... running onto 15 eps lol

Will you people stop sending me PM's asking for download sites.

sorry for people pm'ing you greyblades :sweatdrop:

[Let's just drop the issue of where you can get the episodes online - GH]

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Will you people stop sending me PM's asking for download sites.

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Ask taka instead :laugh4:

Just been watching it from the link Greyblades gave. :oops: However, "L" is definitely Sasaki Kojiro.

Then who is "Light"?:evil:

Edit:I would go for Reenk or GH......Kommdus is more like "L"....:bounce:

Nah, YLC is closer to "Light" than Reenk. I never ever seen Sasaki and YLC in a duel-off either.

I'd be happy with misa misa :kiss:

or Ryuk.


Mmmapples.

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Nah, YLC is closer to "Light" than Reenk. I never ever seen Sasaki and YLC in a duel-off either.

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I recall a duel between "Holmes" and Reenk in Mafia 4-5?(I think?)

That reminds me of "Death note" more then any other mafia game on the org., so far.....I mean Reenk was claiming "Detective" in the face of the unsupassed "Holmes" and almost got away with it....~:shock:

Seamus was caught at the end though....:laugh4:

No no no, when Sigurd is on his game he's easily L. Hands-down.

Not sure who Light would be. -edit- Not Reenk though, I don't think. Nothing against him, but Light isn't as... free-spirited... as Reenk.

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No no no, when Sigurd is on his game he's easily L. Hands-down.

Not sure who Light would be. -edit- Not Reenk though, I don't think. Nothing against him, but Light isn't as... free-spirited... as Reenk.

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I see ATPG as L for some reason... I have absolutely no idea why...

Loving the series, up to ep. 6 right now.

I can think of a friend of mine who would easily love to be Light/Kira... although now that I think about it that's kind of creepy.

I say 'khaan is the "Light" of the Gameroom, because he keeps changing his identity and he's so :daisy: good at being mafia. :laugh4:

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Loving the series, up to ep. 6 right now.

I can think of a friend of mine who would easily love to be Light/Kira... although now that I think about it that's kind of creepy.

I say 'khaan is the "Light" of the Gameroom, because he keeps changing his identity and he's so :daisy: good at being mafia. :laugh4:

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Who would be light, seabass?

Haha that was my first thought.

Yeah, I guess GH could be Light....I recall that one time he nailed me good in "Inishmore mafia":sweatdrop:(Framed me, by saying I connected him in PM first:shame:) Even letting one of his men take the lynch....while he guessed who the detective was:laugh4:

But you had Sasaki:stare:

When he is Pro-town, he is pretty kick-:daisy: when he tried his best in that one game to block the Mafia....but failed, because it just couldn't 100% block some of the Mafia/SK:juggle2: and he even warned town that was the case....:book:

But you should have blocked me....I was a recruit of yours...:stare:

Only other person who it could be....is :hide:

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Khaan

Edit:Everybody finds you suspicious, Beskar:laugh4:

Sasaki always suspects me, so I am perfect match!!11

sorry about the link suggestions GH :sweatdrop: i tried to make it as discrete as possible

I just finished ep 20 on my mini marathon and the first part is definitely very very exciting. the middle part im on atm is a bit less exciting but i hear the last part is awesome?

a good recommendation eh? :grin:

It starts out crazy good, gets pretty good, then ends up just crazy, and good.

It's an interesting series, I prefer the manga a few times though, but that's just me :bounce:

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Originally Posted by spL1tp3r50naL1ty

It starts out crazy good, gets pretty good, then ends up just crazy, and good.

It's an interesting series, I prefer the manga a few times though, but that's just me :bounce:

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Manga had a few more interesting developments.. Anime was... pretty.
They were both good :yes:

I'm happy with Mogi san or something for me. I see White_eyes as Light:yes:

White Eyes is more like Misa.
Sigurd is like Light's father.

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Originally Posted by Beskar

White Eyes is more like Misa.

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More like.....Teru Mikami.....

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who saw "Light" as a god and was his scapegoat but then killed himself in the end...:juggle2:

Reenk and ATPG have used me like that....~:mecry:

Beskar is more like Misa...:bounce:

"Oh ATPG, please save me!!!!!!" not forgetting that from Mafia Mongolia

Edit:Kyosuke Higuchi (火口 卿介, Higuchi Kyōsuke?) Blame WIKI....:brood:

Edit:Oh wait....your right....leave things up to Beefy....:grin2:

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Wasn't Higuchi the one in Yotsuba?
Your probabbly thinking of Mikami

Yes, an excellent show, though it can be a bit silly at times.

Its probably been about 8 months or so that GH and I have batted the idea around, but it never got more than conceptual. Partly because of the difficulty GH explained, and also out of trying to be faithful to the show. It would take a combination of great attention to detail by to detail by the host as well as great performances by the respective pro-town and "pro-Light" forces.

Overall, I'm a bit unsure right now about how good a mafia game could be made of it while still doing proper tribute to the show. :shrug:

Heres my attempt of designing the game

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Large game

Game starts right after Light and Misa meets

Players can post a letter on public

Characters
Pro Kira
Yagami Light- Kira. Starts with a death note. Know Misa. Be the last one alive but Misa can live
Misa- Starts with a death note. Knows Light. Be the last one alive with Light. If he does, she dies as well

Pro L
L- Detective. Cannot die as long as Watari lives. Knows Watari
Watari- Mason. Knows L

Japanese Investigation Group- L supporter
Yagami Souichirou- Mason
Matsuda Touta- Neutral
Mogi Kanzo
Aizawa Syuichi

If they are found by L, they get 1 investigation per night as long as they have more then 2 men alive

L supporter
Aim is to burn the Death note and lynch Kira

Kira supporter
Aim is to become the Serial Killer and lynch L

If Death note dies, L supporters gets a victory
If not, Kira supporter wins a minor victory

Deathnote Ability
- Can kill (x number of death note)
- Can give it to others
- If one gets lynched, Death note will go to random person who has voted for that player
- If one gets killed, Death note will go to the killer
-Can be destroyed/ burned

What do you guys think?

I was thinking about a "True name" system of some sort...:juggle2:

Not sure how it would work.....(Misa) would be the only one with the Death eyes though....:idea2:

Doing the eye deal taking half the life span doesn't get reflected on the game. So I'm not sure how we can use real names.

Just use player names with character settings, that should work I think.

It would really make the "Light/Death note" team work a little harder....:juggle2:

I recall pevergreen said it was dangerous to use your real name in the "Rift war"....could work similar to that....:shrug:

Make it so you can investigate people at different levels, Misa would have the strongest investigation for example.

Lynching would be a problem though seeing as this is modern japan not a "Ye olde english villiage" killing people by vote just wont swing.

Spoilers:

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It could work how they imprisoned light, they just throw them away in a jail cell.

Basically they could jail them, if you don't want spoilers.

:inquisitive:

Am I the only one who's heard of hulu?

http://www.hulu.com/death-note

:rolleyes:

Great, another thing to watch. :sweatdrop:

CR

<3 hulu, it's how I watch Glee, and Family guy :D

and it's legal :P

I also found a site the other day that has scans of mangas, which is interesting, not sure if it's too legal or not...

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Am I the only one who's heard of hulu?

http://www.hulu.com/death-note

:rolleyes:

Great, another thing to watch. :sweatdrop:

CR

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Mate, its not available outside of the USA.

Well-well, I certainly hadn't expected a topic on this.

My opinion on Death Note changed quite a bit as I was watching it. It began wonderfully - Light's laugher, L's logic, the suspicion and competition between the two. I'm currently being urged by several people to read the manga, as well as some of the novels, but I don't think I have time just yet.

I do have a few problems with the show, though, mostly the ending:

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First of all, L dying was awful. The whole show was based on Light vs L, replacing him with N and M just didn't keep me as interested. Neither did N's simplistic way of solving problems (let's not mention M...) bring much - Light was obviously far more intelligent, and was defeated purely due to lack of resources.

None the less, I for a long time felt Death Note was the second best anime I watched (Full Metal Alchemist being somewhat better, imho). Now, those two have moved down one rank, making room for Code Geass - which may, too, be of interest, if it's the combat between two highly intelligent characters that you want.

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Originally Posted by Greyblades

Mate, its not available outside of the USA.

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Ah, in that case you had better not use a US proxy or something to fool the site into thinking you live in America, because that would be wrong. :yes:

CR

Very wrong.:yes:

Yeah, I stopped watching when N came on the scene, so I am not sure how it ends. Does Light end up victorious?

[Plot spoiler below - GH]

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Also, it was a big shame about L.

Ending spoiler for Beskar. This is literally the last scene:

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Nope. He has someone with shinigami eyes look at N and write the name down, but the notebook turns out to be a fake. Then Light goes nuts and Ryuk kills him. Misa, as far as I could understand, commits suicide.

I really should rewatch the show, though.

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It was supposed to end with Ls death. But being a manga on Shonen Jump where the rule of it is "Friendship, Hard work and Victory" they didn't allow the writer to end it with baddies winning. So he was forced to add N and M who was both inferior to L. While I was hoping for Light dying at the end, I didn't want it to end with that guy (Jovanni?)s uber hacking skill, copying the entire book on one night.

I liked the ending sequence though.. Very emotional.

You knew it had to end that way though.....:shame:

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But he lost mostly because he was proud really...:shrug:
When you try and play "god", you become too proud and slip-up..:2thumbsup:

Reminder to people with are Mafia.....never think to give your opponent some space....it well come back to bite you...:wall:(Godfather 3 and us skipping a couple of kills)

White Eyes:D:

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Not really. He lost because his servant screwed up in a silly manner. Light's plan was perfect, which makes the ending even more unappealing to me - on the same level as Light being hit by a truck.

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As to the writer not being allowed to end the story however he wanted to - that's why I tend to hate publishers. We need more books that end in unexpected ways. Metro 2033, The Rats in the Walls, The Black Cat...