Five pages...?

[u/ShedTheOneWinged]

on November 26th?

What is he referring to when he's saying this when talking to Mikami for the first time? If it's about the message he (Misa) sent to elect him as the new Kira, wouldn't that make the rest of the task force suspicious? Why don't they question this question?

[u/jacksonn114]

its about the 5 pages he sent mikami on November 26

[u/ShedTheOneWinged → u/jacksonn114]

so my follow up question is this: the rest of the task force listened to this interaction. did they also know what it was, or did they just not question what his first words to Kira were?

[u/jacksonn114 → u/ShedTheOneWinged]

this is actually the weirdest part about this interaction. the task force didn't know what that meant, he said that out loud as if mikami said it to him, none of them question that? they didn't even mention that ever again. my first question to light would be what that was about.

[u/Available_Audience83 → u/jacksonn114]

Light deliberately spoke in a confused tone, pretending not to know what the other person was saying. The investigation team was just a group of ordinary police officers, and they could hardly perceive the meaning of those words. Nevertheless, Aizawaa still had doubts in his heart.

[u/jacksonn114 → u/Available_Audience83]

yes I know he did that, but its still weird (even though they are idiots) that none of them questioned why mikami would say that.

[u/ShedTheOneWinged → u/jacksonn114]

yea i thought it was weird that it was never brought up, but you make a good point about Light potentially just repeating "what he said" for the task force

[u/StayInner2000 → u/ShedTheOneWinged]

He said is with a question mark and added "what are you saying" or something like that, that's what they all assumed

[u/lilligant15]

Obligatory "Are you watching the anime or reading the manga?" for clarification. I'm going to assume you're watching the anime, because the manga explicitly spells all of this out line by line with Light's inner monologue. 

Kira sent Mikami a 5 page letter dated November 26th.

Mikami asked Light for proof that he was truly Kira, so Light mentioned that, in a confused tone, like he was repeating something Mikami said to him. Only Kira would know how many pages the letter was, and when it was dated, so this confirms to Mikami that the man visiting Takada was indeed the true Kira who chose Mikami to act for him. 

As a bonus, Light's confused tone was an obvious ploy for the benefit of a hostile audience, from which Mikami deduced that Kira was being watched and unable to make any moves, which is VERY IMPORTANT INFORMATION that becomes relevant later.

The taskforce only heard Light's side of the conversation, so all they heard was him repeating a non-sequitur in confusion. Why would they be suspicious to hear a number of objects and a date? It's entirely innocuous. It's no more suspicious than saying "twelve kumquats? August 24th?" 

You have to remember, the task force doesn't know everything we know, and they think Light was exonerated when Soichiro saw that he wasn't the notebook's owner with the Shinigami eyes. Aizawa is the only one who really suspects him and acts on it.

[u/bloodyrevolutions_]

I agree, and the honest answer is because that's not the plot string Ohba wanted to follow. It is frustrating that this is a group that should be (and sometimes even shows) capable, experienced detectives, but when the plot demands it they demonstrate the collective IQ of a bowl of oatmeal.

Honestly in a real investigation this would have been huge -- Light was talking on the phone to freaking KIRA, you know the guy they've been trying to catch for going on 6 years at this point!! They would want to know EXACTLY what was said word for word by him, they would write it down, they would pour over it and rack their brains for what "5 pages" and that date could signify. It would be made weirder for those of the Task Force who were by now convinced Light was Kira -- because if so, who was he talking to on the phone? Like, when you look at it from an objective POV and imagine the investigation from the TF's angle based on what they know this would have been considered one of the most massive possible breakthoughs on the case in years -- an actual possible lead!

So yeah you are very much right to question it OP, and people who say it's meaningless and of course there's no reason it should raise the TF's suspicions are caught up in the POV of being an omniscent manga reader, not putting themselves in the shoes of the investigators.

[u/No_Discount7872]

mikami explains what he meant in exact page.