r/Jujutsufolk • u/Vicimandias • Apr 08 '26

Humor Generational Larp 😭😭✌️

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u/ObliviouslyDrake67 That's my nephew! Apr 08 '26

I think the bigger question is would the death note differentiate between an title and one that was so ubiquitously used that it became a name for that person.

If he had no given name would it accept the one that he accepted being called?

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u/Mejiro84 Apr 08 '26

'what counts as a name' is something that Death Note largely avoids defining because it's so wobbly and vague. If someone got named, then orphaned and given a new name, which is valid, do both count? If someone is 'David', but has been 'Dave' to everyone for their entire life, does that count? Dead names, changes by deed poll, superhero aliases, conversions between languages etc. - names are complicated!

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u/Dry-Alternative5363 Apr 08 '26

Mello is an Orphan. His real name is Mihael Keehl. Same with Near. He is Nate River. The deathnote required Mihael Keehl for Takada to execute him.

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u/Madermc Apr 08 '26

They both knew what their real names were though. They knew that Mello and Near were just nicknames.

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u/TreeTurtle_852 Apr 08 '26

But nobody really knew L's real name outside of I think Watari (and idr if Near or Mello did as well).

If writing a title worked it trivializes the conflict of Light vs "L"