Shadowing Practice: Death Note ENG Dub Episode 01 - Learn English Speaking with Video
Creating lesson...
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The I'll
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be back to the end of the day
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I'll be back to the end of the day
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The world
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is so beautiful.
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The Oh,
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I'm sorry.
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I'm sorry.
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I'm sorry.
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I'm sorry.
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What?
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A pair of sleeping skulls?
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I went again.
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No hard feelings, right?
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Hey there, Ryuk.
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Would've killed you to join us.
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You should come play with us for a change.
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No, I'll pass.
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Listen for the voice of God, then follow it.
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And know that in time you will find your salvation.
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I know, I'm not even wrong.
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He just totally snaps.
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Yagami, are you still with us?
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Can you please translate the following sentence into English?
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Wow!
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This is amazing.
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Follow the teachings of God and receive his blessings.
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And so it shall be that the seas will again become bountiful, and the raging storms will subside.
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Today, at approximately 11 a.m., a 32-year-old man was found stabbed to death in his apartment in the city of Yokohama Kanagawa Prefecture.
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Kanagawa police are treating this case as homicide.
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In other words, today's suspected murderer, Naoki Kofuchi, was arrested in the district of Shibuya, Tokyo.
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He is being held in custody facing murder charges for the brutal slaying of his common-law partner, who was only 25 at the time of her death.
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Day in and day out.
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The same news on permanent repeat.
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This is all so ridiculous.
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This world is...rotting.
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Another noticeable consequence is the extinction of many species on the planet.
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No way!
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You paid the sound of it!
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Species are now becoming extinct at a faster rate than has ever occurred in our recorded history.
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We already saw it.
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Death Note is written in this notebook shall die.
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That's pretty lame.
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Not to mention twisted.
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It's really not that different from one of those chain letters you get.
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The human whose name is written in this notebook shall die?
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Come on.
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There must be something wrong with me to even consider it.
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This note will not take effect unless the writer has the person's face in their mind when writing his or her name.
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Therefore, people sharing the same name will not be affected.
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If the cause of death is written within 40 seconds of writing the person's name, it will will happen.
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If the cause of death is not specified, the person will simply die of a heart attack.
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After writing the cause of death, details of the death should be written in the next six minutes and forty seconds.
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Hmm.
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So depending on the person you have in mind, you can either kill them easily or painfully, huh?
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This is pretty detailed for a prank.
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I'll give them that.
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So I write a name and that person dies.
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Like anyone would believe that.
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Wait, on the off chance someone really dies, would that make me a murderer?
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Yeah, right, it's completely impossible.
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The same assailant who attacked six people at a busy shopping district in Shinjuku yesterday has struck again, taking eight people hostage at this daycare center.
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His captives include both children and teachers.
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The police have now identified the suspect as 42 year old Kuro Otoharada, currently unemployed.
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We expect negotiations to begin immediately.
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A heart attack in 40 seconds?
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We'll see.
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At the present time, that's all the police are telling us.
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You can't help but feel concerned for the safety of those hostages.
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You're absolutely right.
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We'll continue to monitor the situation from here.
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Thank you for that report.
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What do you make of this, Mr. Hashimoto?
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Well, one can only hope for a quick resolution to this situation.
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Looks like the notebook doesn't work.
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Oh well, I didn't expect it to anyway.
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Wait, we're seeing something here.
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Looks like movement at the front entrance.
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The hostages are coming out, and they all look to be unharmed.
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The special forces are taking action.
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They're moving in.
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We don't know if the suspect's been arrested.
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Huh?
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Yes?
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Okay, we now have confirmation.
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The suspect has been found dead inside.
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I repeat, the suspect is now dead.
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Dead?
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The Special Forces are denying allegations that they shot the suspect.
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So it's quite possible he was feeling cornered and decided to commit suicide?
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Well, according to statements from the hostages, the suspect just suddenly collapsed.
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A heart attack?
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No way.
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It's coincidence.
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This has to be a coincidence.
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Night!
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It's already 6.30, you know.
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Don't you have cram school tonight?
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Yeah, I'll be ready in just a sec.
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Death Note.
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It's unlikely, but if by chance this thing is for real, I have to test it one more time.
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In which case, it should probably be another criminal.
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But if he's too well known, that'll be a problem.
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If he dies, there's a good possibility the news of his death will be covered up.
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I need to see results right away.
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Hey, Rio buddy.
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What is it, Pseudo?
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Didn't you want to lend me $20?
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Huh?
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Again?
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But I can't do that.
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Pseudo.
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Maybe I should try killing him.
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No, I should definitely avoid killing people I know.
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Then again, does it even really matter?
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I mean, would anyone really care if a guy like him was to disappear one day?
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Sweet!
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Looks like we'll be hanging at the arcade after school.
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Yeah, we're having a speed dating party tomorrow.
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You want to come?
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Yeah, of course!
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Oh, there's no way I'm missing that.
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Dammit, why is my mom so useless?
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She's never here to pick me up on time!
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Once you actually start looking around, it makes you wonder if you'd be doing society a favor by getting rid of all these people.
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Hey, baby!
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Where you going?
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Come have a little fun with us!
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That's our Taku for ya.
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This guy could spot Hottie a mile away.
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What's up, little lady?
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The name's Takuo Shibuimaru.
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What do you say?
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Come hang out with us, pretty lady!
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Please, I don't want any trouble.
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You hear that?
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She doesn't want trouble!
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Isn't that cute?
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Let's go, boys!
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Step her down right here!
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Are you sure?
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No!
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Stop!
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Please!
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Help me!
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No, no, no!
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Now, what will happen?
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No!
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No!
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Hey, wait up!
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Takuo, look out!
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No!
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No!
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No!
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No! That settles it.
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The Death Note.
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It's for real.
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Oh man!
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Talk low!
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Stupid kid!
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He just came out of nowhere!
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Now then, I better get going.
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It's been five days.
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Now then, I better get going.
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You headed somewhere, Ryuk?
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Hate to tell you, but our whole world looks like this.
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That's true, but I've dropped my death note.
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Ha ha ha ha ha ha ha!
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You really messed things up, didn't ya?
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Hold on a sec, didn't you already trick the old man to get a second book?
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Don't tell me you dropped both of them.
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You must have SOME idea where you dropped the thing.
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Yeah.. the human world.
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What?
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What a nice surprise.
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I wasn't expecting you home so early.
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Yeah.
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Hi, Mom.
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It's because...
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Huh?
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Oh.
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The results of the nationwide exams.
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I've been waiting all day.
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Here.
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Goodness!
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Number one again!
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These are the highest scores you've had.
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Yeah, I guess.
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I'm going to study in my room, so please don't interrupt me, okay?
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As you wish.
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Oh, Light.
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Do you want anything at all, dear?
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You can ask for whatever you like.
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No, I'm fine, Mom.
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Thanks, though.
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I've already got what I want.
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You've taken quite a liking to it.
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No reason to act surprised.
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I am the Shinigami Ryuk.
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That used to be my notebook.
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Judging by your laughter, you've already figured out that what you have is no ordinary notebook.
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Shinigami...
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Gami, a god of death, huh?
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Well, I'm not surprised.
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In fact, Ryuk, I've been waiting for you.
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Oh?
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I've already figured out that this Death Note I found is real.
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It didn't take me long.
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And now that I've witnessed the proof of its power, I only feel more confident in what I'm gonna do.
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That's interesting.
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I certainly wasn't expecting this.
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Several Death Notes have made their way into the human world in the past, but you're the first to have written this many names.
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Look at how many people you've killed in only five days.
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Most are reluctant to write this much.
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I've already prepared myself, Ryuk.
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I used the notebook even though I knew it belonged to a Shinigami.
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And now that Shinigami has come.
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So what'll happen to me?
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You're here to take my soul, right?
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Huh?
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What do you mean?
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Is that some fantasy you humans came up with?
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I'm not gonna do anything to you.
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The notebook becomes part of the human realm from the very moment it touches the Earth.
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In other words, the notebook is now yours.
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This is mine?
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If you don't want it, just give it to someone else.
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But if you give it away, I'd have no choice but to erase your memories of the notebook
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So then you're saying I can use the death note all I want and I won't be punished.
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Let's just say this
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You will feel the fear and pain known only to humans who've used the notebook
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And when it's your time to die it will fall on me to write your name in my death note Be warned,
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any human who's used a Death Note can neither go to heaven nor hell for eternity.
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That's all.
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Now you have something to look forward to after you die.
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Light?
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It'll be alright.
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Answer it.
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What is it?
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I thought you'd like some apples.
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The neighbors brought them over for us.
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Why on earth is it so dark in your room?
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You ruin your eyesight.
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What's going on?
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Mom can't see him?
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That notebook you found originally belonged to me.
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And since you're now using it, you are the only one who's able to see me.
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And of course, my voice can only be heard by you.
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In other words, the Death Note is the bond between Light, the human, and Ryuk, the Shinigami.
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Yum.
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I just have one more question I want to ask you.
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Why was I chosen for this?
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Hey, are you even listening?
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Apples in the human world are worth the trip.
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What's the best way to describe these?
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Juicy?
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Just answer my question.
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I didn't choose you.
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Don't you see this is all just an accident?
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You actually thought you were chosen because you're so smart or something.
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Don't be so vain.
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It just happened to fall around here and you just happened to pick it up.
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And that's all there is to it.
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That's why I wrote the instructions in English, the most popular language in the human world.
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Then why did you drop it in the first place?
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You even wrote down specific instructions.
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So don't try to tell me this was an accident.
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You're asking me why?
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I did it because I was bored.
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You were bored?
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The truth is, Shinigami haven't got much to do these days.
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Most of the time we're either taking naps or gambling.
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If you take the time to write names in your death note, the others just laugh at you for working so hard.
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Even if you wrote the name of another Shinigami, it'd be pointless because they wouldn't die.
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And since we live in the Shinigami realm, it brings us no amusement to kill those in the human world either.
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So I figured I'd have more fun if I came down here myself.
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Anyway, I'm surprised at how many names you've written.
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But I want to know why you only wrote the cause of death for that guy who was hit by the truck.
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If you don't write down the cause of death, the victim dies of a heart attack.
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And that's probably the best thing about the death note, Ryuk.
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Huh?
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You see, I've already exhausted the list of the world's major criminals.
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And eventually I'm gonna get rid of them all.
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What's the point of doing that?
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It's only a matter of time before people figure out that these criminals are being eliminated by someone.
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I want the world to know of my existence.
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That there's someone out there passing righteous judgment on the wicked.
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Why even bother?
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What are you trying to achieve by passing judgment on them?
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I mean, why do you care? Because...
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I've been bored too.
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I wasn't ready to believe it at first, but it's obvious now.
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There's something about the Death Note itself that makes humans want to try it out at least once.
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I killed them both.
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I really- I killed two men.
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Those were human lives.
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It won't be overlooked.
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Besides, who am I to pass judgment on others?
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No, no wait, maybe I'm wrong.
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This is exactly what I've been thinking about lately.
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This world is rotting and those who are making it rot deserve to die.
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Someone has to do it, so why not me?
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Even if it means sacrificing my own mind and soul, it's worth it because the world can't go on like this.
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I wonder, what if someone else had picked up this notebook?
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Is there anyone out there other than me who'd be willing to eliminate the vermin from the world?
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If I don't do it, then who will?
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That's just it.
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There's no one.
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But I can do it.
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In fact, I'm the only one who can.
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I'll do it.
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Using the Death Note, I'll change the world.
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Kill us!
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Get loose!
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Let's go!
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Up to you!
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Up to you!
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At first I wrote the names of the worst criminals I could think of, like I was cleaning up the world one name at a time, so that eventually no one will ever do anything evil again.
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And while the truly guilty ones who deserve to be punished for their crimes die of heart attacks,
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the people who are less guilty but who still make trouble for others will slowly be erased through disease and accidental death.
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Then, and only then, the world will start moving in the right direction.
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It'll be a new world, free of injustice and populated by people who I've judged to be honest, kind, and hardworking.
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But if you did that, it would make you the only bad person left.
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I have no idea what you're talking about.
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I'm a hard-working honor student who's considered to be one of Japan's best and brightest. And I...
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I will become the god of this new world!
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It's just as I thought.
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Humans are so interesting.
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I'm not sure what you're doing.
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Real-e-gale no beza mani-ka Kisei no kasei no aši o tora na teo Aifrelu soto o osebe kirene
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Tujok mo tobeu koko ga alu kare I'm not even sure how much you are,
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but I'm not even sure how much you are, but I'm not even sure how much you are.
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I'll show the world what happens when you try to cross me.
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The entire world is watching now.
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Vocabulary and speaking notes for this lesson
This B2 speaking lesson is built on the video “Death Note ENG Dub Episode 01”. The speaker keeps coming back to these words: note, notebook, die. This video has 335 sentences and 2516 words to shadow. The speech runs for 22:43. The speaker talks at a steady 111 words per minute, a comfortable pace for shadowing. 85% of the words are among the 3,000 most common in English; the rest is worth studying before you start. 69 of its 335 sentences are questions, so it is good practice for question intonation and short answers.
Key vocabulary in this video
The 15 most advanced words in the video, with pronunciation and meaning:
| Word | Pronunciation | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| notebook noun | /ˈnoʊtˌbʊk/ | A book (physical or digital) in which notes or memoranda are written. |
| hostage noun | /ˈhɑs.tɪd͡ʒ/ | A person given as a pledge or security for the performance of the conditions of a treaty or similar agreement, such as to ensure the status of a vassal. |
| bore verb | /boɹ/ | To inspire boredom in somebody. |
| erase verb | /ɪˈɹeɪs/ | To remove (markings or information). |
| rot verb | /ɹɑt/ | To suffer decomposition due to biological action, especially by fungi or bacteria. |
| murderer noun | /ˈmɝdɚɚ/ | A person who commits murder. |
| punish verb | /ˈpʌnɪʃ/ | To cause (a child, student, or someone else being looked after, or a suspect or criminal) to suffer for crime or misconduct, to administer disciplinary action… |
| coincidence noun | /kəʊˈɪnsɪdəns/ | The property of being coincident, occurring at the same time or place. |
| instruction noun | /ɪnˈstɹʌkʃən/ | The act of instructing, teaching, or providing with information or knowledge. |
| eliminate verb | /ɪˈlɪm.ɪ.neɪt/ | To completely remove, get rid of, put an end to. |
| assailant noun | /əˈseɪlənt/ | Someone who attacks or assails another violently, or criminally. |
| bountiful adjective | /ˈbaʊntɪfəl/ | Having a quantity or amount that is generous or plentiful; ample. |
| daycare noun | /ˈdeɪkeə(ɹ)/ | Daytime supervision, usually of children or pets. |
| eyesight noun | /ˈaɪˌsaɪt/ | Vision or the faculty of sight. |
| hardworking adjective | /ˈhɑːɹdˌwɜːɹ.kɪŋ/ | Of a person, taking their work seriously and doing it well and rapidly. |
Phrasal verbs you will hear
| Word | Pronunciation | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| figure out verb | To come to understand; to discover or find a solution; to deduce. | |
| write down verb | To produce or set (something) down in writing; to record something. | |
| clean up verb | To make an area or a thing clean; to pick up a mess; to tidy. | |
| come down verb | To descend, fall down, collapse. | |
| come out verb | /ˌkʌm ˈaʊt/ | To be discovered; to be revealed. |
| come up with verb | To manage to produce, deliver, or present (something) by inventing, creating, thinking of, or obtaining it. | |
| cover up verb | To conceal or disguise. | |
| fall around verb | To fall over continually, especially through drunkenness, clumsiness, or incompetence. |
Sentences worth repeating
Short, complete lines from the video that you can reuse in everyday conversation:
- Yagami, are you still with us?
- Don't you have cram school tonight?
- You really messed things up, didn't ya?
- Don't you see this is all just an accident?
- If I don't do it, then who will?
Grammar in this video
The structures the speaker uses most, with the exact words from the video:
| Structure | In the video |
|---|---|
| Conditional sentences if + clause, will/would + verb — a condition and its result | if he's too well known, that'll be · if you give it away, I'd have · If I don't do it, then who will |
| Present perfect continuous have/has been + -ing — an action that started earlier and is still going on | I've been waiting · I've been thinking |
| Present perfect have/has + past participle — a past action that still matters now | Would've killed · has ever occurred · has struck |
| Passive voice be + past participle — the focus is on what happens, not who does it | was found · was arrested · being held |
Pronunciation to watch
The speaker uses 106 contractions and reduced forms, such as I'm, don't, I've. Say them the short way, as you hear them.
- The “sh” and “zh” sounds: punish /ˈpʌnɪʃ/, instruction /ɪnˈstɹʌkʃən/, allegation /ˌæl.ɪˈɡeɪ.ʃən/, extinction /ɪkˈstɪŋkʃən/, negotiation /nɪˌɡəʊ.ʃiˈeɪ.ʃən/
- Long words — get the stress right: coincidence /kəʊˈɪnsɪdəns/, eliminate /ɪˈlɪm.ɪ.neɪt/, allegation /ˌæl.ɪˈɡeɪ.ʃən/, negotiation /nɪˌɡəʊ.ʃiˈeɪ.ʃən/, eternity /əˈtɜɹnəti/
How to practise with this video
- Listen to the whole video once without speaking and note the words you do not know.
- Shadow it sentence by sentence at normal speed, repeating each one until your rhythm matches the speaker.
- Record yourself and compare with the original, paying attention to words like notebook, hostage, bore.
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.