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 This is something I won't elaborate on for a while, but the series has a quirky issue where it presents Light as highly intelligent while his actual actions suggest he really isn't.\\  Seriously, pay attention to what he does...it's honestly amazing that L didn't beat Light near the start of the series...as he actually //is// intelligent.\\  It's a little disturbing that I haven't noticed anyone else notice this about Light.
+==== The Bus Hijacking ====
+I checked this article and realized that the bus hijacking is actually another great example of Light's nature as a Mary Sue. It's also, ironically, what almost gets him got.\\
+What do I mean? Well...\\
+The rules of the Death Note mean that you cannot have a criminal do something they wouldn't be able to do.((:fn:>There is a whole other thing here where the Death Note allows anyone to commit suicide because apparently that's something every human has the capacity to do, but I'm not gonna focus on that too much...yet.)) Basically, you can only tell the criminal to do something ‘in character’: hence why a criminal who doesn't speak French can’t write a message in French, or why a criminal locked up can’t die in another location. In the event any part of that is impossible, it just defaults to a heart attack.((:fn:>That's if I'm remembering this correctly, so I'll ask someone else for confirmation later.))\\
+That would mean that this entire bus hijacking is not possible...and Light would just be sitting around, awkwardly, while on a date.\\
+The plan hinges on three things which, I think, in combination cannot be possible.\\
+First, Light specifies that the hijacker will walk over and pick up a note that he dropped. Light isn't currently in the bus and there's no guarantee that he //will// be there...so I suspect he wouldn't be ‘counted’ by the Death Note. Though I'll admit this is my weakest argument, because it's really ambiguous as to whether Light acting consciously (or not) should be factored in. I'm leaning very hard towards //no//, because Light could have gotten sick, tripped, gotten mugged on the way or just decided not to...or forgotten the plan. All of those would render the entire plan gone. Though I must also admit that I don't remember exactly whether //that// was specified in the Death Note, but it //is// definitely the case that the entire plan hinges on it.\\
+Second, Light specifies that the hijacker will see a ‘demon’ and then start to panic. This eventually leads the hijacker to stop the bus to get away. This is the part that is definitely impossible because, while he's an addict, you can’t just assume he's going to randomly hallucinate during a bus hijacking, Light. In fact, that's //not// what happens, because Light has to consciously intervene with the note above (the demon in question being Ryuk). I think this is the most blatant example of the series ignoring the rules of the Death Note for Light's benefit.\\
+Third, the death itself relies on a random vehicle appearing after the bus stops, to kill the hijacker. This one is the most ambiguous, I feel, because the deaths are reliant upon something being able to plausibly happen. So someone dying in a car accident is more likely to happen if they're currently driving versus them not having a driver's license. Considering that, as far as we see it, the road is completely empty besides the bus...I find it unlikely that he should have died by car. Actually, I change my mind, this is probably the weakest argument I have. Though if the likelihood of him dying by getting hit by a car is too low, it would still render the entire situation impossible, meaning he dies by a heart attack and Light has to //unfortunately// go on a date with a //hot girl//.
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