<p>Episode 10 don't work if L gave the notes to public bc if light had said something like there are 3 notes only for L's question to why did you assume there are 3 notes light could say he has seen 3 notes on tv so light is innocent but by hiding the notes three is no way of knowing how notes are there unless you are the sender aka you are kira that's the explanation to episode 10 and  genius of L hiding notes from public I hope this clarify your question</p>

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Ch.Siva Ram Kishore
<p>Probably because a public statement is different than a closed one.
Preventing these informations from leaking into medias would avoid &quot;indirect bragging&quot; from Kira (by the intermediate of the police), and avoid depreciating the police's image as well.</p>
<p>Then, maybe L knew that Kira would see this note, and be provoked by L contradicting his image. Since ep2, we know that Light is really aware of his image as Kira.</p>

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Entirely agreeing with you @Wise, any public statement would have been a mistake, no argument about it.

Regarding your last sentence, if you refer to the coffee shop scam of ep.10, don't you think it would have worked either way? Where's the difference in showing him the notes directly or indirectly?
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Wise Man
<p>For some reason, the genius L only said not to report that information to the media. But in the previous episode he had already concluded that Kira had to have access to police information.</p>
<p><strong>Episode 3</strong>: L concludes that Kira can control the time of death and is flaunting it, concluding to himself that Kira must have access to police information (they were suspecting he was a student and he previously accessed this internally reported information).</p>
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<p>L: But something's not right. As soon as we began to suspect that Kira might be a student, the pacing of the killings changed. As if to contradict that theory. Coincidence? No. Too convenient. This can only mean that Kira has access to police information. It's obvious now. This is a direct challenge to me.</p>
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<p><strong>Episode 4</strong>: Hacking into the notes for the ongoing investigation, Light discovers that L suspects they were tests and doesn't want this information reported to the media.</p>
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<p>L: We can't release details of these men's deaths to the media [...] I have reason to believe that Kira was performing some kind of &quot;test&quot; using these criminals. And if that's the case, we'd only be giving him the results of this information if we put it public.</p>
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<p>I missed this on my previous rewatches. Small inconsistency, isn't it?</p>

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I think you should rewatch episode 10 of the death note for your answer.
Ch.Siva Ram Kishore
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@kishore I see what you mean, but if you think about it, the scam pulled by L at the coffee shop would have worked either way. I mean that Light would not have thought of the possibility of a fourth note, still.

Furthermore, I might add that L would have increased the chances of Light having an evident reaction to this new information.
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Aki Tanaka
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Why did L not prevent the report of Kira's tests in the police database if he already concluded he must have had access to such information?
# Why did L not prevent the report of Kira's tests in the police database if he already concluded he must have had access to such information?
Posted by: username_0 on 2020-07-01
For some reason, the genius L only said not to report that information to the media. But in the previous episode he had already concluded that Kira had to have access to police information.

**Episode 3**: L concludes that Kira can control the time of death and is flaunting it, concluding to himself that Kira must have access to police information (they were suspecting he was a student and he previously accessed this internally reported information).

> L: But something's not right. As soon as we began to suspect that Kira might be a student, the pacing of the killings changed. As if to contradict that theory. Coincidence? No. Too convenient. This can only mean that Kira has access to police information. It's obvious now. This is a direct challenge to me.

**Episode 4**: Hacking into the notes for the ongoing investigation, Light discovers that L suspects they were tests and doesn't want this information reported to the media.

> L: We can't release details of these men's deaths to the media [...] I have reason to believe that Kira was performing some kind of "test" using these criminals. And if that's the case, we'd only be giving him the results of this information if we put it public.

I missed this on my previous rewatches. Small inconsistency, isn't it?
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> **Comments:**
> **username_1**: I think you should rewatch episode 10 of the death note for your answer.  
> **username_0**: @kishore I see what you mean, but if you think about it, the scam pulled by L at the coffee shop would have worked either way. I mean that Light would not have thought of the possibility of a fourth note, still.

Furthermore, I might add that L would have increased the chances of Light having an evident reaction to this new information.  
> **username_2**: Cross-posted from SciFi.SE: https://scifi.stackexchange.com/q/233786/36437  
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## 2 answers
### Answer by username_1 on 2024-08-01. Score: 0
Episode 10 don't work if L gave the notes to public bc if light had said something like there are 3 notes only for L's question to why did you assume there are 3 notes light could say he has seen 3 notes on tv so light is innocent but by hiding the notes three is no way of knowing how notes are there unless you are the sender aka you are kira that's the explanation to episode 10 and genius of L hiding notes from public I hope this clarify your question
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### Answer by username_3 on 2020-07-01. Score: 0
Probably because a public statement is different than a closed one.
Preventing these informations from leaking into medias would avoid "indirect bragging" from Kira (by the intermediate of the police), and avoid depreciating the police's image as well.

Then, maybe L knew that Kira would see this note, and be provoked by L contradicting his image. Since ep2, we know that Light is really aware of his image as Kira.
> **Comments:**
> **username_0** (2020-07-03): Entirely agreeing with you @Wise, any public statement would have been a mistake, no argument about it.

Regarding your last sentence, if you refer to the coffee shop scam of ep.10, don't you think it would have worked either way? Where's the difference in showing him the notes directly or indirectly?  
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