[ SECRET POST #3860 ]

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⌈ Secret Post #3860 ⌋

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We have to make changes to account for the socio-political differences in Japan and the US, though. While AIRT is silly to suggest that the themes of Death Note are just impossible to transfer to an American setting, they're not entirely off in their suggestion that a smart, accomplished youth from a civil servant family background might not quite represent the model image you want for the character in the US. Where I disagree with them is this: America absolutely does have a culture that venerates individual success. However, class differences are more keenly felt here, so to make the character work, I say we double-down.

For example, Light's family did not need to be particularly well-off in the original. But in today's America, a certain level of wealth is definitely needed to provide the kind of privilege cushion that would have engendered a "I can personally fix the world" mindset in a teenager. His father is probably not a chief of police anymore since that profession is still perceived as distinctly blue collar in the US -- and considering the level of crimes the story will be dealing with, would a chief of police have the necessary clearance to be part of the investigation? If you want to keep him in law enforcement, I say make him a US Attorney. In order for Light to be admired by his peers, he has to be surrounded by peers who value similar things. Private school is a must.