i think it has more to do with the student than it dose with the anime itself,i cant see y all the blame has to go to the anime,i mean its just anime,the only thing u can blame it for is the idea of such a book,not for the student actually haveing one.and this is why we have such a bad rep where i come from,cuz stupid kids dont know how to hide their notes

See, this is why you don't keep a DeathNote. It's called mental capacity. Use it.

@Indi:

Eh, I was kind of using Death Note to make a generalized statement though. Like all the wakos who think Harry Potter is the work of the devil and will turn kids evil. :P

Instead of responding to all the people going... zomg how dare they blame Death Note... I'll just point you all to this:

Dork Dance

There isn't some call to ban the anime or manga, other than China and if you take the time to read, you see that they're concerned over troubled kids who aren't getting the care they need.

~Crystia

@TimeChaser:

And also adults need to stop thinking they can get rid of the problem by attacking Death Note as the source of it. This sort of thing will still go on regardless. Too many people think they can clean up the world by simply labeling something as "evil" and attacking it.

I went and took a look at all of the articles and related links. Other than China, no one is blaming Death Note. On the contrary, they're talking about the need for more counselors to deal with troubled youths instead of going... omg ban Death Note. Just saying.

~Crystia

ZOMG time to go undercover again <_< >_> *hides her death note*

scary stuff, I'm an australian eighth-grader, and I know a few people who have made death note's for fun. but nothing like this

How could someone do that? That's terrible!(I bet they watch death note!)

WTF!!!?? Thats freaky!

@iHaruka:

Sydney. (Click the link)

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*knocks on wood*

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Yeah, and that's totally true. Most(that's right, I said "most")middle school aged otaku have control over themselves when it comes to things like that.

(You'd think I would know, since I just left middle school and I still have friends in middle school...And really, if you can say it in a sentence and make it sound like it's a word, then it's a word. :P)

I dunno. I'm just pretty sure (almost positive) that most kids who make some kind of 'Death List' don't watch anime or know what Death Note is. Then again, there's plenty of kids that do know what it is....

I want to know if the creator ever wondered about something like this happening when he was creating Death Note..

@TimeChaser:

Agreed.
This problem has been going on for a while now.
People just need something to pin their problems on. :/

Okay, so I went back and read the article a little more carefully, and it turns out the kid from VA was a senior. But all of the other incidents were involving middle school aged kids...Still proves my point. ;D

@Estheryuki:

The little kid was about seven (if I remember right) and him and his friends were "playing" Naruto. He decided to like, do the little "sand coffin" thing, or whatever it's called.

-hasn't seen Naruto in about two years and doesn't remember anything-

Foolish child, in the anime graveyard Light is rolling over on his potato chip lined grave!

I am not laughing at this, I find it pretty sad that people are laughing at this. What if the kid had murdered his classmates and teachers? Although it may seem impossible for a kid to get a bomb, it is not impossible. If people checked the Australian article, they will see that the kid who planned all of these 'future murders' and bombing, was labeled as mentally ill/depressed, for that article talked about mentally ill and severely depressed kids wanting to do dangerous things to themselves and to people around them. I feel sorry for the poor kid since kids like these need attention and a lot of help to cope with their problems :(

Just because people may write names of people they don't like or hate and want them to die, does not make it all right. I find it a little disturbing and hurtful if I would find my name in a "hate" piece of paper even if it was a joke. People should always seek for help if they really need it or pay attention to those who need it. Ignorance is the root of all evil.

lol there was a incedent like this on youtube

Oh my, pretty familiar...and this is way scary.

OMFrogginG. I'm in 8th grade too, and yes, I have told my friends whose names I would put in the Death Note if I had one, but I'd never actally KILL the people! Oh my Gaara, what's WRONG with him...but it IS a lil' bit funny. Does that make me a bad person? TT^TT

In a sick way, I found this kinda funny...mainly cos it's the sort of thing that my friends would probebly do...I highly doubt that this kid was serious...people have different ways of dealing with aggression...maybe that was the cause...(also, I've found myself a little over-excited cos they used my artwork ^^ tehe)

well, this is what i think, in my country 8 - graders (known as form 1, which are 5 years away from leaving school)are around 12 or 13 years old, these young teens often take animes and shows too seriously, this (to a certain extent) stupidity combined with a wide imagination, stress of school, being bullied or even stress at home can make them do totally abrupt things. in my opinion the death note it's self was not to blame, but instead they should have had a good long talk with the child instead of simply taking the high road and banning the death notes.

I doubt that the kid was that serious about all this. I also make plans to bomb my school and slaughter my teachers, but so do most students out there. Why they took an eight grader that seriously is beyond me...

Oh btw, I also have a (hand-made) Death Note full of writing. Am I going to get in trouble too? *puppy dog eyes*

O_O OMG!!! Where were the parents when the kid was watching this?! And I'm pretty sure that they are supposed to check kids ages if they try to buy that anime. So who bought it for the child?! Geez! Obviously the child didn't understand what the story truly meant. This is why we have ratings!!! I just hope they caught it before anyone got hurt!

OMG! I'm from Ausralia and my friend has a death note and practically our whole class is in it! (But I'm in year nine)

"An Australian eighth-grader..."

Wasn't the kid from Virginia that did some Death-Note thing a while back in middle school as well? Same with that other kid?

I personally think it's obvious that this Australian kid based at least a LITTLE of this off of Death Note...Personally.

Did anybody else ever hear about that one little boy who was trying to imitate Gaara from Naruto and was buried-and then killed-from suffocating in a sand box? I watched something about it on Youtube, it was from the news.

If you really think about it, this Death Note stuff isn't the only anime that makes kids do stupid things. D:

This is why we keep getting punished as otakus! Because children are watching things that are not meant for kids! God parents, need to pay more attention! It's not being over protective, it's remembering that people older than children watch and enjoy these things. Personally, WTF was the kid doing watching Death Note to begin with? *palms forehead* I need to breathe, because it is this kind of thing that gets other people to suffer. I mean seriously, Death Note is already banned in several countries already. Do we need to see the series be punished more? I don't think it is fair to the creators at all. Parents need to tighten the leash on their kids or not complain about it later. And kids, seriously, if it says "not suitable for children" or "content may not be appropriate for younger viewers" then DO NOT WATCH!

The creator of "Death Note" will sure be mad to hear this news, and it looks like some idiots have forgotten the true moral of this horror manga: those who commit terror (incl. murder) pay a high price, so it's better to avoid doing so.

HA HA HA, mate!

*shot and mangled*

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I KNOW! I have had a lot of parents complain to me that cartoon are so "unsensitive" to childrens needs. I don't knwo how many times I'vce said "Thats because they are not for kids!"

o.....k, the world's surely getting weirder...

(note to self : don't write the plan for world annihilation in plain notebooks)

DeathNote manga/ anime ended and still now being active, probably numerous number of students still doing it hiddenly by this time

O, brother! A get decides to blow up his school, and no one thinks of questioning his PARENTS!? I mean, why does it have to be animes fault? As if CSI, NCIS, Law and Order, and just about every other prime time show doesn't start with somebody dead, then go into detail about how they died! sigh. It must be easier just to blame the cartoons. If it looks cute, and makes killers look like phsyco idiots it MUST be diabolical. *walks around room continueing rant*,

@wutaiflea:

Ironic, no? :P

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Indeed. And also adults need to stop thinking they can get rid of the problem by attacking Death Note as the source of it. This sort of thing will still go on regardless. Too many people think they can clean up the world by simply labeling something as "evil" and attacking it.

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Still though, it's a preexisting problem. Death Note has just become a convenient scape goat.

Sadly, kids have done this sort of thing long before Death Note ever came out. Did it actually say "Death Note" on the book? It's sad when the wrong thing gets blamed for a problem that's been around much longer.