Shadowing Practice: Could Patrick Jane Prove Light Yagami Is Kira? - Learn English Speaking with Video
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Patrick Jane has exposed killers with almost no evidence, but Light Yagami is unlike anyone he's ever faced.
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He can kill from anywhere, erase anyone who gets too close, and hide behind the image of a perfect student.
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So in this video, I'm breaking down exactly how Jane would investigate Light, the traps he'd use to expose him,
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and whether he could actually prove that Light is Kira before becoming his next victim.
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Before we put Patrick Jane anywhere near the Kira investigation, we have to understand exactly what he brings to a case.
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Jane is far from a conventional detective.
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Fingerprints, lab reports, and police procedure can help him, but his real advantage has always been people.
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He enters a room, watches how everyone speaks, where they look, which questions make them uncomfortable,
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and often forms a suspicion long before the rest of the CBI even knows what it is searching for.
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Years of pretending to be a psychic taught Jane how easily people can be influenced
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while sharpening his ability to peel back whatever personality someone presents to him.
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A suspect can appear calm, charming, devastated, or completely innocent, and Jane will still search for the tiny break in their performance.
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His charisma helps him get close, his confidence allows him to take risks no ordinary officer would take, and once he believes he has found the killer, he will lie, stage evidence,
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provoke them, and construct an entire false situation to force them into exposing themselves.
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His obsession with Red John also leaves him with very little fear of what an investigation might cost him.
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Jane once explained his strategy by saying, Red John is one step behind me, but he thinks he's one step ahead.
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He trusts his ability to control a killer's next move, although Kira presents a problem Jane has rarely faced.
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Jane completely rejects psychics and supernatural explanations, largely because he spent years faking those exact abilities himself.
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The more impossible Kira's murders appear, the harder Jane would search for the human trick behind them, and to be honest, there may be no human trick to find.
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Light Yagami enters this battle with far less life experience, but enough intelligence to challenge the world's greatest detective almost immediately.
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He begins as a high school student, yet he can process several possible outcomes at once, predicting how investigators will respond,
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and prepares backup plans before anyone realizes his first plan has begun.
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The Death Note allows him to kill from anywhere, control the timing and circumstances of a victim's death, and remain completely separated from the crime itself.
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Light can maintain an innocent performance under extreme pressure, manipulate people who trust him, and eventually place himself inside the investigation hunting Kira.
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Whenever L corners him, Light searches for a way to restructure the entire situation until the suspicion moves elsewhere.
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His most impressive plan was him surrendering ownership of the notebook, losing every memory of being Kira,
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genuinely assisting the investigation and regaining those memories at the exact moment required.
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His reaction when every piece falls into place says everything.
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I've won exactly as planned.
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Light can remain composed while under surveillance and use the people around him as pieces in a much larger plan.
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His pride, however, constantly pulls him towards unnecessary danger.
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He doesn't only want to survive an investigation, he wants the investigators to know they have been defeated.
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That need to prove that he's better gives Jane something he can attack.
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So when criminals begin suddenly dying and a confidential consultant is brought in to study Kidda's behavior, Patrick Jane would begin the investigation without showing his face,
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revealing his real name, or realizing that the killer he's preparing to manipulate can murder him without ever entering the same room.
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For this scenario, Elle never exists.
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Patrick Jane is brought in as a confidential consultant leading the Kira investigation, operating under the alias J.
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His real name and face are kept out of every police report, and only a small group inside Interpol knows who he actually is.
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That protection is necessary because without it, Light could find Patrick Jane online, write his name in the death note, and end the investigation before it even begins.
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Jane would work remotely at first, studying the victims, the timing of their deaths, and the way Kira chooses who deserves to die.
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He would immediately recognize that the killings are meant to be noticed.
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Whoever Kira is, he doesn't want criminals quietly disappearing.
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He wants the entire world watching as heart attacks after heart attack create the image of divine punishment.
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To Jane, that level of performance points towards someone young, emotional, and highly intelligent, completely convinced of their own moral superiority.
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Jane's first major move would probably resemble the Lind L.
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Taylor broadcast, although he would arrive at it through a very different method.
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L created the broadcast to narrow Kira's location and proved that he could destroy anyone remotely.
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Jane, however, would treat the entire thing like one of his staged confessions.
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He would place a convinced criminal in front of a camera, provide him with a fake identity, and tell him to publicly tear apart everything Kira believes about himself.
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The man wouldn't simply announce that he plans to capture Kira.
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Jane would write the speech personally, making sure every line targets the killer's pride.
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The decoy might say that Kira isn't a god, that he is a frightened child hiding behind a stolen power, and that every murder only proves how desperate he is to feel important.
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Jane has repeatedly placed guilty people in danger to expose another killer, especially when he believes he can control the outcome.
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Using a condemned criminal as bait would barely slow him down.
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The broadcast would only appear in the Kanto region, while the public is led to believe it's airing throughout Japan.
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Light sees the challenge, writes the decoy's name down, and watches him collapse on live television.
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Jane now knows that Kira was watching from Kanto, that a face and name may be involved, and that the killer can be pushed into acting irrationally when his authority is question.
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More importantly, Jane knows exactly what kind of person he's hunting.
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Kira has no practical reason to kill the decoy.
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He did it because someone insulted him.
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Jane would continue feeding different pieces of information through separate police channels, watching which criminals die and when.
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Once the pattern begins changing around confidential police announcements, he would realize Kira either works within law enforcement or has access to someone who does.
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That eventually brings him to the families of officers assigned to the case, including the Yagami household.
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However, this is where Jane begins separating himself from Elle.
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Elle relies heavily on probabilities, surveillance, and patterns.
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Jane would still approve cameras inside the Yagami home, but he would care less about sitting behind a monitor for weeks and more about meeting the people himself.
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He needs to watch them react when Kira is discussed.
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He needs to walk through their house, casually touch their belongings, ask questions that sound harmless, and see which person begins managing the conversation.
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Light at first would appear almost perfect.
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He's polite, helpful, intelligent, and openly supportive of the investigation.
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He offers theories without pushing too hard, and presents himself as a son concerned for his father's safety.
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Most investigators would leave impressed.
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Jane, on the other hand, would leave kind of interested.
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Light's performance is too controlled.
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Every expression fits what an innocent person is supposed to look like.
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His concern arrives at the correct moment.
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His curiosity never becomes invasive, and he seems strangely comfortable discussing a killer capable of murdering anyone from a distance.
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Jane has spent years exposing people who can cry on command, manufacture grief, and build entire personalities around appearing harmless.
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He wouldn't immediately know how Light is killing anyone, but he would sense that the version of Light sitting in front of him is being carefully presented.
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Jane might casually tell the father that his son is hiding something, then dismiss it with a smile before anyone can question him further.
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Light hears the comment and begins wondering whether Jane genuinely suspects him or is simply provoking the room.
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That uncertainty would bother Light far more than L openly assigning him a percentage of suspicion.
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With L, Light understands that every accusation is part of a logical calculation.
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However, Jane could accuse him of being Kira over breakfast, start discussing the weather seconds later, and never reveal whether he was joking.
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Eventually, Jane would approach Light at school under the name James Reed, introducing himself only as Jay.
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He would sit beside him without warning and say something simple such as, You're Kira, aren't you?
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Light of course would laugh, deny it, and ask why the lead investigator would reveal his face to his main suspect.
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Jane would explain that the face is real, but everything else Light has been told about him could be false.
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Then he would leave without answering another question.
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The meeting is partly intimidation and partly bait.
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Jane wants Light searching for James Reed.
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Every school record, passport entry, and police file attached to that identity would be manufactured.
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Jane could even arrange for several different men named James Reed to appear in separate databases, each with a different photograph.
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If one of them suddenly dies, Jane learns that Light attempted to use the name.
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Light, however, would recognize the possibility of a trap.
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He may write nothing at all, leaving Jane with no reaction to study.
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From that point forward, their rivalry becomes much more personal.
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Jane would keep inserting himself into Light's life, sometimes appearing friendly and sometimes openly hostile.
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He might invite Light to help examine evidence, praising his intelligence and allowing him to feel useful.
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Unlike L, Jane would build something resembling a genuine friendship.
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He would joke with Light, ask about school, discuss justice, and give him carefully chosen pieces of confidential information.
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Light would know the relationship is artificial, but Jane's charisma would make it difficult to tell which moments are part of the investigation and which moments are sincere.
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That closeness gives Jane access to reactions Elle might miss.
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He could tell when Light is curious rather than confused, when he's pretending to consider an idea he already understands, and when an insult directed at Kira quietly becomes personal.
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Jane may even begin saying things such as, you know, Kira isn't even clever.
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He found a good trick and mistook it for intelligence.
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Light would remain composed, but Jane only needs one tightening of the jaw or one answer delivered slightly too quickly.
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Those tiny breaks would gradually convince him that Light and Kira are connected.
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Misa Amane would make Jane even more suspicious.
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Elle uncovered physical evidence linking her to the second Kira and detained her after she appeared around Light.
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Jane would probably reach her through conversation before resorting to the same level of confinement.
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Misa wants attention, affection, and reassurance, making her far more vulnerable to Jane's style of manipulation than Light is.
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Jane could flatter her, pretend to sympathize with her devotion to Light, and slowly make her believe Light sees her as disposable.
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He might tell her, he doesn't love you, he loves what you'll do for him.
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And although Jane has said the same thing to many of Red John's accomplices, I have a feeling it would leave a bit of doubt in Misa's mind.
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Now, of course, Misa would defend Light immediately, but her reaction could expose how frightened she is of disappointing him.
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Jane would sense that she's protecting more than a boyfriend.
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He may not get a full confession, especially while her memories remain intact, but he could push her into contradicting Light's timeline or revealing knowledge the public shouldn't possess.
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Misa would become the weakest point in Light's operation, and Light would quickly realize Jane can reach her emotionally in a way Elle never attempted.
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That pressure would force Light into the most elaborate defense, surrendering ownership of the Death Note and losing every memory of being Kira.
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Light voluntarily enters confinement, the killing stop, and then resume after he gives up ownership and the notebook passes to Higuchi.
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The change in Light's personality would hit Jane immediately.
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The controlled performance disappears.
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Light becomes genuinely confused, desperate to prove his innocence, and committed to helping catch Kira.
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This is where Jane's greatest strength becomes a weakness.
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He trusts his ability to read people because the emotional signals he sees are usually real.
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Memorieless Light is not acting innocent.
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He truly believes he's never killed anyone.
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Jane could spend hours challenging him, inventing evidence, and mentioning victims.
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Yet Light's reaction would remain authentic.
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However, Jane would still refuse to completely release him.
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Instead of using metal handcuffs constantly, he would likely insist that Light remained beside him throughout the investigation, sleeping in the same secured building and attending every interview.
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Jane might jokingly call him his new assistant, while making it impossible for Light to disappear without ever being noticed.
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This arrangement would create an even closer relationship than the one Light had with Elle.
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Memoryless Light might genuinely respect Jane, and Jane could briefly question whether he misread him from the start.
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Together, they would eventually trace the renewed killings to Yotsuba.
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Light's deductive ability becomes useful while Jane handles the executives themselves.
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Rather than relying entirely on surveillance meetings, Jane could stage internal conflicts among the Yatsuba members, making each believe someone else plans to expose Kira.
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Higuchi is impulsive and desperate compared to Light, making him exactly the type of killer Jane normally destroys.
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Jane could use Misa as bait, arrange a false televised threat to Higuchi's identity, and force him to attempt another killing while the task force follows him.
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Once Higuchi is captured and the notebook is recovered, the entire investigation changes.
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Task Force members touch it, see Rem, and finally learn that Shinigami and Supernatural notebooks are real.
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Of course, Jane would have to accept the evidence in front of him, but reaching that point would have taken him far longer than it took El.
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Until he physically sees Rem, he would waste valuable time searching for poison, medical devices, accomplices, or some hidden communication system.
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His skepticism would not prevent him from ever believing.
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It would prevent him from looking in the correct place soon enough.
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Then of course Light touches the notebook during Higuchi's arrest, and instantly regains every single memory.
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Jane is standing close enough to watch the shift, however it only lasts a moment.
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Light's eyes sharpen, his breathing changes, and the confused young man Jane has spent weeks beside beside suddenly appears completely certain again.
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Now nobody else notices, but Jane obviously does.
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From then on, Jane no longer doubts that Light is Kira.
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He can't explain every ownership rule or prove what changed when Light touched the notebook, but he knows the person beside him has returned to the performance he saw at the beginning.
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Jane may even quietly say something like, there you are, without explaining what he means.
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Light now understands that the notebook plan cleared him legally, but failed psychologically.
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Jane has no courtroom evidence, yet he sees through him.
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That makes Jane dangerous, especially after he begins questioning why the notebook contains a rule claiming its user must write a name every 13 days.
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Jane would likely view that rule as strangely convenient.
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It perfectly clears both Light and Misa after their confinement.
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And Jane has spent his entire career recognizing evidence designed to look discovered.
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Jane would start testing the rule indirectly, perhaps withholding the notebook, falsifying dates in the official records,
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or claiming that investigators found a previous owner who survived longer than 13 days.
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Light wouldn't know whether Jane is bluffing, and for the first time, Light can't rely entirely on the investigation's files,
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because Jane frequently conducts operations without informing his own team.
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The problem is that Jane still can't prove Light wrote the fake rules, he can't connect him to the hidden notebook fragments, and he can't see the full relationship between Light, Misa, and Rem.
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Light would begin replacing Misa in increasing danger, knowing Rem will kill anyone threatening her.
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But instead of simply recreating Elle's death, Light would use Jane's own confidence against him.
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Jane eventually arranges one final private confrontation.
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He tells Light that Misa is being transferred somewhere neither of them can reach
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and that the notebook will be tested in a way that exposes the 13 day rule.
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He also claims that a sealed file naming Light as Kira will be released if Jane dies unexpectedly.
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Light smiles because he knows Jane has finally reached the truth without obtaining proof.
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Jane tells him that killing criminals was never really about justice.
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Kira began with murderers, but soon killed investigators, federal agents, and anyone else who threatened his identity.
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Minor offenders would eventually be treated the same as killers because Light alone decides where the line sits.
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Jane understands revenge better than almost anyone, yet he would instantly recognize the difference between hunting the man who murdered his family
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and appointing himself judge over the entire world.
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Light, of course, would defend the result.
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Crime has fallen, wars have slowed, and people now fear harming others.
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In his mind, a safer world proves that his methods work.
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Jane, on the other hand, would respond that Light doesn't want a safer world, he wants one that he can fully control.
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That accusation would hit closer than anything the task force could prove.
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Light could deny it, but Jane would already see the answer.
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By the end of their conversation, both men know who has solved whom.
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Jane has identified Kira with complete certainty, and Light has identified the one investigator who will never stop pursuing him.
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Jane's sealed file threat may prevent Light from writing his name directly, but it can't protect him from Rem.
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By continuing the investigation and preparing to expose Misa, Jane places her future in danger.
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And as we know, Light carefully engineers the situation, so Rem believed Jane must die to save her.
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She can't see through every layer of Jane's deception, but unlike Light, she already knows his true name.
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Jane suffers a sudden heart attack before the final test can even begin.
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He dies knowing Light as Kiro, but without leaving evidence strong enough to convict him.
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Light survives because Jane solved the man while failing to master the supernatural system protecting him.
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Jane performs better than Elle at reading Light and manipulating Misa, yet worse at accepting that the impossible explanation may be the correct one.
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Light wins the case, although Jane leaves him with something far more uncomfortable than suspicion.
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Someone looked directly through the image of Kira, understood the ego underneath it, and refused to call it a form of justice.
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Vocabulary and speaking notes for this lesson
This B2 speaking lesson is built on the video “Could Patrick Jane Prove Light Yagami Is Kira?”. The speaker keeps coming back to these words: Jane, Kira, investigation. This video has 198 sentences and 3232 words to shadow. The speech runs for 16:59. The speaker talks fast, about 190 words per minute, so expect linked and reduced sounds. Only 77% of the words are among the 3,000 most common in English, so the vocabulary is demanding.
Key vocabulary in this video
The 15 most advanced words in the video, with pronunciation and meaning:
| Word | Pronunciation | Meaning |
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| notebook noun | /ˈnoʊtˌbʊk/ | A book (physical or digital) in which notes or memoranda are written. |
| investigator noun | /ɪnˈvɛs.tɪˌɡeɪ̯.təː/ | One who investigates. |
| expose verb | /ɪkˈspoʊz/ | To reveal; to uncover; to make visible; to bring to light. |
| beside | /bɪˈsaɪd/ | Next to; at the side of. |
| confidential adjective | /ˌkɔn.fɪˈdɛn.ʃəl/ | Kept, or meant to be kept, secret within a certain circle of persons; not intended to be known publicly. |
| suspicion noun | /səˈspɪʃ.ən/ | The act of suspecting something or someone, especially of something wrong. |
| genuinely adverb | /ˈd͡ʒɛn.ju.ɪn.li/ | In a genuine manner; truthfully, truly. |
| confinement noun | /kənˈfaɪnmənt/ | The act of confining or the state of being confined. |
| bait noun | /beɪt/ | Any substance, especially food, used in catching fish, or other animals, by alluring them to a hook, snare, trap, or net. |
| supernatural adjective | /ˌsu.pəɹˈnæ.tʃə.ɹəl/ | Above nature; beyond or added to nature, often so considered because it is given by a deity or some force beyond that with which humans are born. |
| openly adverb | /ˈoʊpənli/ | In an open manner; visibly. |
| quietly adverb | /ˈkwaɪ.ɪt.li/ | Producing little or no noise. |
| surveillance noun | /sɚˈveɪ.ləns/ | Close observation of an individual or group; person or persons under suspicion. |
| accomplice noun | /əˈkɑm.pləs/ | An associate in the commission of a crime; a participator in an offense, whether a principal or an accessory. |
| charisma noun | /kəˈɹɪzmə/ | A gift or power of leadership or authority. |
Phrasal verbs you will hear
| Word | Pronunciation | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| see through verb | To perceive visually through something transparent. | |
| break down verb | To stop functioning. | |
| give up verb | To surrender (someone or something); to inform on (someone). | |
| hide behind verb | To use someone or something as a shield in order to avoid taking responsibility for something; to avoid attention by using someone or something as a shield. | |
| keep out of verb | To stay away from (a place or condition). | |
| tear apart verb | /ˈtɛɚ əˈpɑɹt/ | To destroy. |
| walk through verb | To explain (something) to (someone), step by step. |
Grammar in this video
The structures the speaker uses most, with the exact words from the video:
| Structure | In the video |
|---|---|
| Present perfect have/has + past participle — a past action that still matters now | has exposed · has always been · has found |
| Passive voice be + past participle — the focus is on what happens, not who does it | can be influenced · have been defeated · is brought |
| Relative clauses who / which + clause — extra information about a person or thing | anyone who gets · people who trust · someone who does |
Pronunciation to watch
The speaker uses 24 contractions and reduced forms, such as can't, doesn't, wouldn't. Say them the short way, as you hear them.
- The “sh” and “zh” sounds: confidential /ˌkɔn.fɪˈdɛn.ʃəl/, suspicion /səˈspɪʃ.ən/, accusation /ˌæk.jʊˈzeɪ.ʃ(ə)n/, casually /ˈkæʒuəli/, suspicious /səˈspɪʃ.əs/
- Long words — get the stress right: investigator /ɪnˈvɛs.tɪˌɡeɪ̯.təː/, confidential /ˌkɔn.fɪˈdɛn.ʃəl/, genuinely /ˈd͡ʒɛn.ju.ɪn.li/, supernatural /ˌsu.pəɹˈnæ.tʃə.ɹəl/, accusation /ˌæk.jʊˈzeɪ.ʃ(ə)n/
How to practise with this video
- Listen to the whole video once without speaking and note the words you do not know.
- Start at 0.75× speed, shadow it sentence by sentence, then go back to normal speed once it feels easy.
- Record yourself and compare with the original, paying attention to words like notebook, investigator, expose.
What is the Shadowing Technique?
Shadowing is a science-backed language learning technique originally developed for professional interpreter training and popularized by polyglot Dr. Alexander Arguelles. The method is simple but powerful: you listen to native English audio and immediately repeat it out loud — like a shadow following the speaker with just a 1–2 second delay. Unlike passive listening or grammar drills, shadowing forces your brain and mouth muscles to simultaneously process and reproduce real speech patterns. Research shows it significantly improves pronunciation accuracy, intonation, rhythm, connected speech, listening comprehension, and speaking fluency — making it one of the most effective methods for IELTS Speaking preparation and real-world English communication.