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Don't you think that it's really unrealistic how death note had absolutely no female criminals except for wedy?

Well, there's a few ways to look at it!

Death Note doesn't really put a lot of emphasis on criminals. Sure, Light kills a ton of them, and we have a few scenes showing their deaths, but in terms of who they are outside of their crimes, Wedy and Aiber are the only two that count as actual characters. Another thing to consider is how they're presented. Misa is technically a criminal. She's a mass murderer along with Light. The difference between her and Wedy is that Wedy is identified as a criminal by Light from her very first appearance, while Misa isn't. And, given Light is our protagonist and our main lens of the story, if he doesn't see them as a criminal, they aren't a criminal in the grand scope of the storyline.

That being said...kind of?

I wasn't able to find a lot of information on crime rates determined by gender for Japan in 2003 or 2006, but from what I did find for other countries it's pretty much a broad conclusion that men are more likely to commit crimes than women. This is probably enhanced in Japan, but alas, I am but a westerner with a poor grip on Japan's legal system.

Taking a real life stance on it and taking into context that Death Note doesn't feature many criminals, I guess it's pretty realistic?

Taking a fictional stance on it however? Yes, it is. Especially with the drastic male-to-female character ratio that comes in Death Note's fun misogynistic package, along with far too many "women in refrigerators" and the overall mistreatment of them over the course of the series.

So Wedy gets to be the honorary strong female character and criminal! ...Who shows up even less than Aiber and is only there for plot relevance and then immediately dies after she's no longer useful. I guess, "strong" as in... "not manipulated directly by Light for his own personal gain".

Overall, Wedy being the only female character considered a criminal by our star of the show (Light) is realistic by the standards of real life, but unrealistic from a story perspective, even if the story doesn't really focus on criminals. She's a victim to Death Note's vicious sexism, just like the majority of everyone else. Doesn't stop her from being unbelievably cool though.

This is such an interesting topic so I mulled over it for a little while, sorry the response is a bit long or if anything is worded weirdly ^^ Thank you for the ask, anon! <3

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