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i just realized this is matsuda teaching soichiro how to use a computer…………… cute as hell. old man who is terrible with technology i bet his password is ''password'' and thats how light got access to interpol data

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incredibly elaborate bit me and @iclimbtreestofeelalive came up with while i was playing pokemon Y iii couldn't pick if i should put this on the art blog but whateverr hello if you scrolled down this far sorry for the long post okay i love you

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I can see right through your rotten soul, Light-kun.

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Stretching for a new day~.

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I saw some who said it should be reversed so I wanted to add:

- L is more apathetic than concerned

- Light is flexing false confidence convincing himself he can get out of this but is actually on the verge of a mental breakdown

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Happy Light Death Day!!! 🥰🥳💕❤️✨🎂

Commission for lovely @nachtyr-haus-comics ~! 💕

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really love dynamics that are like 'it honestly doesn't matter if you view them as romantic or platonic, the point is that they love each other. the type of love is inconsequential, all that matters is that it's there'. gotta be one of my favorite genders.

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NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO

Matsuda from death note

Touta Matsuda from Death Note is being blended!!

You cannot save him.

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Hey death note fans, im doing a fun little expirement thing. Reblog this post and put in the tags your favorite death note character, your sexuality, if youre an introvert or extrovert, if youre passive or assertive, and chose one: emo, goth, or scene

bonus: if your favorite character is Light, also tag whether or not you agree with Kira's ideals

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remember, kids: a gun loaded with blanks is still a loaded gun

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Oh nothing just thinking about the angst potential of a Matsulight soulmate AU where the last words your soulmate says to you are emblazoned on your skin, and the fact that Matsuda would be branded with "I know you understand, so shoot them!", labelling him as a killer from birth, while Light's would read a damning "I'll kill you!" leading him to fear anyone that could even remotely cause his death, both of them completely resigned to their soulmate hating them and abandoning the thought before they've ever even met

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I love him so so much

Pathetic wet catsuda maybe? (He spilled his milk :( )

Ohno ! :'(

poor catsuda... (my boyfriend named this drawing "don't cry over spilled milk catsuda")

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How do you think a female matsuda would trun out? Would she be as idiotic or naive?

Usually, genderbends don't really interest me at all. But in a series like Death Note, which engages with gender in a lot of interesting and undoubtedly unintentional ways, the question of "how would this character be different as a different gender?" suddenly becomes a very intriguing one. So much of death note, both characterization and plot, relies on how different characters mesh with very traditional notions of gender roles. While this isn't something acknowledged much in fandom, many of Death Note's characters are operating under a pretty sexist paradigm that would both affect a genderbent character and inform how they saw themselves.

So. Fematsuda. I have a few thoughts. I'm kind of coming at this from the perspective of what canon would look like if Matsuda were a woman, using some similar gender paradigms to the source material but with a more feminist bent from my own leanings — I guess, a version of Death Note where the in-text sexism is still present to the same extent but is acknowledged as an explicit feature of the characters and world rather than an extension of the creators' own unconscious bigotry.

...I know this was a pretty short question, but I ended up REALLY overanalyzing gender in death note. Lol.

Canon Matsuda has insecurity about his value/role in the team, and seems to generally do a lot of menial/secretarial work for the task force, and is also shown getting them coffee. He really wants to prove himself useful. Assuming that Matsuda is the only genderbent character, I can totally see her doing the same thing but to a heightened extent, and being pigeonholed into that role even more due to her gender. This might also make her more hesitant to act recklessly and against orders, because that would be much less socially acceptable for a woman than for a man.

So as far as plot goes, that would definitely affect the whole matsuda-sneaking-into-yotsuba thing. Speaking of which, would female matsuda still be Misa's manager? As far as I know, it's not nearly as common for a woman to be a talent manager in that era. Not unheard of, of course, but it might stick out, which is the last thing you'd want for an undercover role like that, so L would likely assign Mogi to that role from the beginning. Since I can't see Mogi sneaking into Yotsuba like Matsuda did, this would likely delay the discovery of Higuchi a LOT. However, when it comes to undercover work, Matsuda being a woman might actually serve as an advantage, as women are underestimated by pretty much every Death Note character. L would certainly know this. So maybe Matsuda would be undercover as talent alongside Misa. If that were the case, and she still snuck into Yotsuba, she could totally play the "oopsie! im such a silly woman i just got lost haha" card and those guys would totally believe it.

In this version of Death Note, Matsuda's unrequited romantic feelings for Light would absolutely be explicitly acknowledged rather than subtext, and it would definitely be something that Light knew and Plotted about. As I've discussed in previous posts, this would make the warehouse scene even more satisfying, as Matsuda shooting Light would offer a more explicit payoff to Light's continual tactic of manipulating women

Speaking of manipulating women. @quicktimeeventfull talks a bit in this post about how the Task Force treats Light's manipulation of Takada like a TV drama in a way that is certainly gendered, and argues that they would not have been nearly so gleeful about it if Light and Takada's genders were swapped. I think that also applies here, though in a different way. In canon, Matsuda is the most cavalier one about Light's manipulation of Takada and sidelining of Misa. But as a woman, I think Matsuda would have a very different attitude, because it's certainly a very gendered situation. While I think Matsuda would still tolerate Light's actions and understand why they were necessary, she wouldn't be nearly as gleeful about it, and would probably have more sympathy for Takada.

Okay, so, I don't know a lot about Japanese culture. Most of what I know is absorbed through osmosis through anime and internet discussion — certainly not a great way to gain a full and complete understanding of a different culture, though my family has hosted some Japanese exchange students and my dad used to work there. But one thing that I have seen referenced many times is a stigma against women older than like 25 not being married. Canon Matsuda is the prototypical bachelor, and this isn't really given much weight. He's single, but no one really gives him shit about it except when Light introduces him to his friends like "this is my cousin who gets no bitches." That would certainly change with a genderbent Matsuda. She'd probably get some shit about being single, and maybe have more of a focus on seeking a relationship. I could see the possiblity of a really interesting character subplot here, with Matsuda needing a partner to avoid social stigma yet not having the time or energy to prioritize romance thanks to the Kira investigation.

...I should probably answer your actual question. I actually think that Fematsuda would be less naive than canon Matsuda. A major part of why Matsuda is generally regarded as stupid by both the characters and the fandom is that he's not afraid to act silly and admit that he doesn't understand something. This would be even less acceptable for a woman. It's the nature of misogyny that being taken seriously in a male-dominated field requires women to not admit weakness or lack of knowledge/mastery. We see in chapter 108 that Matsuda's happy-go-lucky persona largely becomes a mask that he wears around people, and he's far more serious one-on-one with Ide, not smiling once. So he's clearly very good at wearing a persona. I think fematsuda would have the opposite mask — she would act a lot more serious and knowledgeable than she actually was. Ironically, by trying to look smarter to be taken seriously, fematsuda wouldn't have canon Matsuda's willingness to ask questions and admit a lack of knowledge, likely resulting in her actually taking longer to understand things. Being a woman in a male-dominated field would likely make her a lot less naive as well

I've been thinking about how this would mesh with Matsuda's mentor/mentee relationship with Soichiro. I gotta say, one of my favorite platonic relationship dynamics is "young woman with potential going into a male dominated field and her male mentor who's willing to go against the conventions of that field to advocate for her," so I'm choosing to believe that's what we'd get. I'm making Soichiro a feminist while shoving the canon evidence to the contrary into the closet. It works, okay? Soichiro is meant to be the moral core of the series so if we're reinterpreting death note through a gendered yet feminist lens it makes SENSE to make him based. Okay? Anyway. Not only is the NPA a predominantly male institution both IRL and in Death Note, but Matsuda's specific role within it and his skills align with very stereotypically male facets of police work — that is, firearms and raids. So if a female matsuda had that same skillset, it would be even more of an unconventional thing within the NPA. Which would make sense for why Soichiro would choose to take her under his wing. I'm reminded of my dad, who works in a very male dominated field, and because of that takes women in his field more seriously than men because he knows that, in order to reach the same level as their male counterparts, must have put in a lot more effort. I can see Soichiro thinking of Matsuda the same way in this AU.

I think it would be funny if this Matsuda still had a crush on Misa. Supreme Bag Fumbler Lesbianbait Misa Amane

Another plot thing that would have different implications: Matsuda having Soichiro tell Mello that he's the second L. Light as L has an altered voice, but still reads as male. But the same was true for the second Kira, who turned out to be Misa. There's certainly some room to explore the implications there alongside gendered assumptions made throughout the series by the characters, such as everyone taking for granted that Kira is a man. I think this lie would still work. Maybe Mello would be even more likely to believe it, since hiding the second L's real gender is a pretty good misdirection tactic.

10. ...If Matsuda was obviously a woman when she went on TV for the broadcast to bait Higuchi out, what if Higuchi assumed that she was Misa? After all, he knows that Misa knows he's acting as Kira at that point, and he knows her face and name. And Misa wouldn't be responding to her phone. So Higuchi might try to kill Misa, but Rem would obviously kill him first, leading to both Rem and Higuchi's death. The Task Force would see that on the cameras and know where to pick up the notebook. Would that still result in Light touching the notebook? Who knows. It would certainly lead to L knowing far less about the notebook and shinigami, since Rem would be dead and they'd have no link between the notebook and someone dying. There would no longer be anything obviously supernatural about it, just a list of names in the notebook that lined up with Kira's victims. Since Higuchi died of a heart attack, they might conclude that he wasn't Kira, or at least not the only one. It would require further investigation, which would doubtless lead to Light getting his hands on the notebook, and canon would proceed with the task force knowing less about the notebook and shinigami. But with Rem dead, how would Light kill L? Probably with Misa's shinigami eyes. Things would certainly go far differently.

Okay, okay, I'm done. Holy shit did I overthink this lol

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catsuda doodles! matsuda turned into a cat and gave me those parasites that cats allegedly have that make you love them more than anything <3

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sorry for going absolutely fucking feral when you mentioned death note do you still think i'm cool

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two guys trapped ina time loop but one is pretending not to be and gaslighting the other guy soooo hard

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