first ever friend

Lawlight Week Day 7 - "Free / AU"

An attempt at drawing the jdrama blue scene in the anime art style.

light don’t look autism from death note is behind you!

death note drama redraw :3

[original ⤵️]

i miss dn tv drama 🙁

i also wrote a whole detention center sequence on the way to work but this is the only part that matters

I don't have my copy with me right now to directly quote the passage, but on the Death Note vol. 13 tankoubon—which consists of extras and behind-the-scenes content—, the author says that all the names in the series (including the japanese ones) were chosen to not be similar to real names, to avoid creating awkwardness/fear/superstition due to someone's real name being in the fictional Death Note.

For the japanese names, this was achieved by using names that sound like normal japanese names, but are written with unusual kanji (such as the surname Ide being spelled 伊出 rather than 井手, or Takahashi spelled 鷹橋 rather than 高橋). Light's whole name, Yagami Light spelled 夜神月, is very unique and unusual, to avoid creating unwanted association between him and any real person.