Thank you! I meant REM not Ryuk mid way through the video, sorry about that. Also LIght might team up with 212 as well after she begs to be his partner.

Light: “Where am I” L: “My suspicions of you being Kira went up by 32.59%”

"I'll take the honey comb candy and LICK IT"

The whole idea of L licking the candy not only to save himself and the old man but because he’s desperate for sugar is just hilarious

If Misa were in the game with her Shinigami Eyes, she could simply see who's about to die and stick close to those who are destined to live longer.

L would wake up after the sedation, look around the giant room with all the contestants and be like “I’ve worked out what the 6 games are”

The most messed up part about these two is they probably would discover loopholes in the game that could potentially save most the other players, but for the sake of keeping their identities a secret, they would keep it to themselves.

I can imagine L in the honeycomb game licking and dramatically eating the dalgona cookie the same way light dramatically ate those chips

I think the problem with Squid Game is, no matter how smart you are, alot of it just comes down to sheer luck. It doesn't matter how many potats chips Light crunches, if he doesn't get a good tug of war team he's done.

I’m glad we’re all on the consensus that L and Light wouldn’t have too much of an issue with squid games without even watching the video lol. Still down to hear seths take on it though

Light was willing to kill his sister and dad so I’m pretty sure he wouldn’t be hesitant in Killing nice people.

This would make an extremely entertaining fanfic.

bruh i would pay so much money to see someone animate this professionally

Aizen would just tell you that this was all part of his plan. He’s the old guy

im pretty sure its “can squid game survive L and Light?” edit: you’re welcome for the likes ;)

One criticism, Light would never admit to L that he's Kira, even if they were in a last man standing situation. The reason is that solving the Kira case matters more to L than his life (demonstrated by Near and Mello being his contingency plan). Conversely for Light, ensuring L loses was shown to be more important than anything aside from his own life. This is evidenced by Light's willingness to immediately sacrifice his morals to attempt killing L and his unwillingness to sacrifice a portion of his life for the Shinigami Eyes. Light would absolutely never choose to put himself in a last man standing situation with L only to announce that he's Kira, this would be like a double loss for him both risking his life unnecessarily and also giving L a fleeting victory for no gain.

<a href="#" class="seekto" data-time="856">14:16</a> special mention to Hideki Ryuga, the pop star who could have been killed at any moment thanks to L, despite never agreeing to risk his life like the police, nor being a criminal.

"could detective conan from case closed solve the kira case" would be an amazing vid bro. your death note content is amazing.

Answer: They'd never end up in the squid game, L and Light would probably game the banking system to become rich enough to join the managers of the games.

I’m only halfway through this thing but I just like to imagine that Ryuk is just in the background having the time of his undead life and watching all this go down. Of course voiced by Willem Dafoe!

No worries about the Korean. I'm pretty confident L at least would already speak it, he's probably able to speak a shit ton of languages. And Light would be able to learn it quickly of he hadn't already been learning it. He pretty much did nothing but study. I wouldn't be surprised if he was learning languages

Fun fact: in the manga, Near is visibly distressed at the deaths of the SPK members.

L isn't actually evil he's apathetic, has a clinical point of view and enjoys a challenge but Near does seem to have more of a conscious.

I love how we all just agree that light and L would destroy the games and they could find a way to end the games once and for all without even having to personally enter

L is more of a puzzle solving genius so he will definitely figure out games before light on the other hand Light is a social genius and strategic genius so his odds for surviving games are more than L

Prediction: Light has higher odds of surviving due to better manipulation tactics, L survives until later rounds but dies

Seth wasn't joking when he said late 2021 Seth would release bangers...

This is nice, L deserves a win. Light had to use straight-up magic to win from L. Damn I love Death Note

I hiiiighly doubt Light would sacrifice himself in any situation, I'm surprised how you painted him as a much better person than I would 😅 Good video though! I enjoyed it a lot.

Well seeing how smart they are I would think that they could easily complete squid game easily

L be overpowered, if anyone tried killing him during the night scene man would be one shotting people while dancing around with his capoeria

Gotta say, it would be kind of funny if Light just had the death note with him while playing squid game

I feel like Ls sense of justice and morality might hinder him in the games. Early light might also be hindered by this, but Light later in the series has a very messed up sense of justice, so probably wouldnt hinder him much.

My favorite part of these videos are the hyper realistic stories that he concocts in order to set up the actual question of the video. Seth would be a great writer

If L was not allowed sugar in the final meal, Light could tire him out mentally throughout the night and finally when the battle begins, he could fight for a while before dropping the news that he was The killer, and then get him out of the squid game ring while he is distracted for a split second... Would only work if the shooters aren't disrupted by L's team but I can see Light winning.

I don't really see Light going forward with the final game against L, while there's probably some Justice reasons like not wanting to kill people under the ruleset he deems as evil but I also don't think Light would go into something like this unless he was near absolutely certain he could win. L on the other hand I could see being the one to make an excuse to play the game as a means of testing Light and see how he acts when being pushed and if he'll reveal himself. Or perhaps intentionally lose and see Lights reaction before then disarming the one of the guards before taking them hostage, buying as much time as need be for the task force to get there, either that or be playing the game with Light the whole time until the task force arrived if they weren't to arrive sooner which they honestly probably could.

Seth vs Police officers

Squid Games is something Light can EASILY win. Light is by far going to be smartest and most cunning in the room. He also has the physical build to compete with other men in physicality. Lets not forget Light's greatest of all skill. Social and psychological manipulation. Squid games is a perfect arena for Light. L will make it far, but his inability to be sociable like Light will be a hindrance. Light can easily mass and lead an entire army of other players, and kill them off later when he believes their usefulness is up.

I’m not even gonna lie these are EXTREMELY entertaining. Just two thought provoking scenarios you could involve death note in. 1. If Miles Edgeworth was in Death note could he solve the Kira case 2. if Light or L were in Daganronpa how would they fair?

That realistic sense of genius they have is what makes it so awesome

I wldnt be surprised if L & Kira already knew Korean. L seems like the type to learn the language of any where that had a case that he even slightly pondered

Did we just start powerscaling Light and L near the end LMAO

So basically it comes down to Matsuda being as smart and skillful as the policeman in the TV series. I'd say that in that case, Light stays memory-less until the end, and agrees with L to stop the game there. They apprehend the VIPs and stop the operation of the death games, find the notebook and the plot proceeds as normal. Even giddy with arrogance and the possibility of finally getting rid of L, Light would know that L has prepared multiple failsafes the second L suggests stopping the game. He wouldn't actually dirty his hands by killing someone he's competed against for so long with his own hands, he probably thinks it animalistic and not an actual win. He values intelligence more than physical strength. Memory-less Light might even suggest forfeiting the game for L's sake if L doesn't suggest voting.

How creative, the effort and ingenuity that went into this is something else - quality presentation and theorizing! Hope we see many more like it, there are some awesome suggestions in the comments (like Ace Attorney, Detective Conan, etc) and my personal favorite would be to see how L and Light would take on a crossover with Naoki's 'Monster'

Going into this, L and Light are massively OP in terms of intelligence when compared to the characters of the squid game. Sort of feel like this is just a smart view generator of a video, and I respect the grind. Interested in what Seth will have to to say about it tho.

And there it is. The reason for me to finally finish the series I'll be back in a couple of hours

Seeing how smart l and light is im pretty sure that they would be the last two person competing against each other

I think unique ideas like this is what would make your channel thrive even more

I love how you set up this hypothetical in a believable way! I'd really enjoy watching an alternate timeline where this happens ^_^

As much as I love L, Light is better at concocting and successfully pulling off a scheme under stressful situations. He’d be far better at manipulating and sacrificing people for his own personal gain. And I know L is good at tennis, but as far as I know Light trumps L’s physical strength as it is mentioned he is also a prodigy in sports.

I always imagined that L would go and actually play the game whilst Light took the place of the Korean cop. Eventually finding everyone except Il nams name and writing everyone in the death note, maybe including L.

man what a great video I love all the scenarios that took place good times

can the minors survive 10 minutes in seths bed is a cool idea

Maaaate you gotta now do a "What if Light and L were in Alice in Borderland" !!! Great stuff!

Perfect timing. I’m actually rewatching Death Note with my sister right now. This is my 6th time and her 2nd time. I think I have a problem.

what a fun video. thanks for putting it together!

This is great, strays far enough from the canon that it is clearly a hypothetical but still a joy to hear I would gladly read a fanfiction like this that goes into more detail

<a href="#" class="seekto" data-time="213">3:33</a> this wouldn't make sense, because in Squid Game, one of the VIPS says something along the lines of "the games in Korea are the best", which insinuates that the Squid Games are a world-wide phenomenon. That they don't happen in Korea every year, but Korea's just one of the localities, like the olympics. This would also make sense because, since the police & Korean government don't seem to be involved, 100s of people disappearing in a short period of time every year would almost certainly be investigated & draw in undue media attention. It just makes more sense that the games happen everywhere around the world, probably annually.

unironically one of the best videos youve done man

This is extremely creative man keep up the good work!

Its surprising how the whole world would watch K drama or K series. It is good to see how far they have gone with their media. Makes me feel like a proud parent.

Great consept didn't even think of this can't wait to see your opinion!

GREAT VIDEO!! I love your death note videos

Thank you so much I loved this!

Just a thought on the marble game, if I remember correctly, they said you had to take the marbles from your opponent, not specifically “your partner”, so even if L and Light did partner for this, I’m sure L would notice the phrasing and have him and Light go for another couple that also wants both people to survive, like the husband and wife. So instead they do a 2v2 game with the marbles where Light and L win so they both get 20 marbles each. Obviously this falls apart if they specially said “you have to take all marbles from your partner”

Other than the glass bridge, I don't see why they wouldn't be able to survive if they played their cards right. The glass bridge is just about luck unless if you can tell the difference in between the different types of glass and even if you do, the game master won't simply let you as we saw in the show.

This video made me realise how much of a better person light would be if he have never got the death note.

Such a creative comparison! 🔥🔥

L dies, Light wins the game but wait... Aizen holding out Suigetsu: This was all an illusion. Light: ... WTF!

I think L could pretty easily, Light on the other hand is pretty prone to random morality crises and anxiety attacks. Maybe with the Death Note and after being Kira for a bit Light would be a bit more capable, but base-form Light is too kiddy.

I love when you do death note videos, they are so entertaining

I like the idea that Misa comes along and sacrifices herself for Light in the Marbel Game

More like Could ANYONE Survive Light and L in the Squid Game?! L: GG “Too ea- RYUSAKI, that’s horrible!” XD

I feel like the 1st game could catch light off guard enough to move a bit or take a step back and kill him, L on the other hand is a stoic beast so I'm sure he'd probably win

I love this fanfic, thank you so much for sharing!

The Squid Game exists in several countries around the world. Probably in Japan too. L and Light wouldn't need to travel to Korea to solve this case.

it's always a good day when Seth drops a 30 minute video. Can't wait till you start busting out Bleach Videos next year when the TYBW arc drops.

I didnt know I wanted to see a video like this til I got the notification and Seth always makes theoretical scenarios like this really entertaining to listen to

Most likely yes, but the luck based segments might kill them off surprisingly. So you can't fully write them off as winners so easily. Given how other contestants might react to either of the two as well, you have to factor in the backstabbing as well. Now it's not likely both Light and L will partake at the Game at the same time, but I wouldn't be surprised if they do. Overall a very fun and intriguing video you made there Seth. Keep that shit coming, bruh!

This is one of the most interesting videos ive watched in a while. Although it would have been perfect if you simply changed the player count from 456 to 458 to account for the new players so they could have at least interacted.

This was actually really accurate to what I was thinking aswell before the video. Great deduction once again Seth.

I literally binge watched Squid Games just so I could watch this. Then I got so confused when I couldn't find it. Glad you reuploaded it!!

Light does get more comfortable with killing when he has the death not, but the whole good Light vs evil Light comparison goes a bit overboard in a few instances in this vid. The one that really crossed the line for me was the idea that "good Light" would let someone beat him in a life and death game just because he liked them or thought they were a good person. Light didn't become manipulative, selfish, or cold because of the death note; the death note just provided an opportunity for him to take a slide down a slippery slope.

This was so thorough and fire 🔥

L would basically be the old guy in the end with watari as the creator

Insane deduction seth, keep it up

I didn't know I needed this, but wow I did! LOL thanks for this creative thought exercise!

I mistakenly clicked on this and it was a new seth video, NICE

Next video: Can Eren’s Attack Titan survive the Squid Game?

Fantastic job, thank you

This was awesome 👏🏻

If only one of them participate at a time, they each respectively solo the verse, EASY. Light is manipulative and ruthless, while L is hyper competitive and would more than likely predict every single game on some god tier shit. If they participate in the same game, I would have to put money on Light actually winning it all. He has a more likable personality, and would probably find a means of dealing with L in the mid to late game, especially when he will be able to recruit more people. While Light will be devoting his efforts to actually, L will more than likely use a lot of his time attempting to figure out the people behind the game.

There’s always one challenge where even the best can lose and that is … Tug Of War

this is a great what-if, nicely done!

Really well thought out :D

If L "WAS OUT OF CHARACTER", he would ruthlessly win. Otherwise, He would most likely devise a way for both him and LIGHT to Die and Arrange for an innocent to survive. Reasoning is simple. L is not concerned about dying, or the concept of death and is more than willing to justify his own death or the death of an adversary if it means saving innocents, either way he would "win the bout between he and light". Light however compulsively tries to survive, due to his god complex and becomes increasingly erratic and childish the more he is cornered, leaving room for L to resolve to remove him from the equation.

Before watching the video: I think the answer is obviously yes for both of them, assuming they're put in the exact same position to start off as Gi-Hun was. Obviously both of them are way too intelligent and manipulative and competent to end up in his financial situation, but we can put that aside for the purposes of the question. Both of them are expert manipulators, and have no hesitation or remorse in killing people, especially for their own survival. Also, both of them are so much more intelligent than the other characters that it's not even funny. Light and L both have way better sleight of hand skills and whatnot than anything displayed in the show. Both characters are also physically fit and can fight. Obviously some of the death games are a matter of luck (especially the glass tile game), but it can be mitigated with strategy. In the marble game, they could get their partner to agree to a game that is solely based on skill rather than probability or guesswork, so that one is fine. The first death game is easy for them, and they are both mentally tough enough and steely to avoid flinching once people are shot. Also, if tug-of-war was winnable for the protagonist's team, Light and L would both have won as well, ignoring any changes in team selection strategy they might have made. They might've both realized not to choose a partner they didn't want to kill (which in their case is no one lol), since it would be too straightforward. They would've been fine surviving being attacked at night. They would've both low-diffed the sugar honeycomb and marble games, obviously. The glass tile game is the only time I could possibly see either of them dying. But if they are both given Gi-Hun's plot armor and luck (for fairness), they would survive. Hell, Light's luck on his own in Death Note is arguably superior to Gi-Hun's luck. Strategy and psychological manipulation in that situation wouldn't be a problem for them either obviously. Neither of them would even fall asleep at night after the dinner before the final game. They would both probably do well in the physical combat in the final game of Squid. So yeah they probably both easily win. Actually speaking of anime characters in Squid game, I couldn't help but keep constantly thinking about how many shounen anime characters would effortlessly beat squid game. That's even barring their regen/durability/strength/speed advantages in terms of being able to straight-up tank or dodge or regen from gunshots and whatnot. Like JoJo characters would destroy this... stupidly broken stands aside, there are many creative ways to use many of the utility stands (like hermit purple's spirit photography). Naruto characters (even if you restrict ninjutsu and genjutsu since that's cheating) can use stuff like the Sharingan or Sage mode, which would make characters OP in Squid game, since they could see clearly in the dark and probably tell which glass is tempered, for example. DBZ characters aren't relevant here obviously. But in my opinion by far the most interesting crossover would be Yu-Gi-Oh lol. If you've read the original yugioh manga (especially the first 59 chapters) or watched "Season 0," it is fairly obvious that Atem would no-diff the whole thing (even without his luck manipulation abilities). His whole MO in the manga is playing mundane death games with people and winning creatively even when they are completely rigged. Hell, it's even in the name of the series (since Yu-Gi-Oh translates to "Game King" or "King of Games"). He's never lost a game, much less a death game obviously. Even if you get rid of Atem, and don't even allow use of the Millenium Puzzle (including turning it into a Yami no Game to prevent cheating, or using its luck manipulation to help), Yugi on his own has been stated to never have lost a game lol. Plus he surpasses Atem by the end of the series. So normal Yugi Muto would also win. Like Squid Game is eerily similar to Death-T from the yugioh manga, and most of Atem's Yami no Games are either harder or more intense than these death games. Similar in style too. I think if you restrict supernatural physical powers but keep them in character, Atem and Yugi actually do the best in Squid Game of any famous shounen anime characters.

Love these videos

what an amazing vid!!

Dude, impeccable timing. I was just thinking back about the "Batman vs Kira" video, and how I'd love to watch another one like that, right now. Edit: Also, really liked the effect for when the notes/manga panels popped up, it fits the video really well.