Days before an election that could finally end nine years in power for Prime Minister Prayuth Chan-ocha, a prankster tricked him into signing his name into a notebook that, by anime rules, could mean a heart attack for the 69-year-old retired general.
In a cheeky maneuver that has gone viral on TikTok, Sutthisak Panalee presented a notebook from the geek-renowned Death Note world for Candidate Prayuth to sign at a rally in Pattani city for his Thai United Nation Party.
Prayuth happily obliged.
The clip, which as of early Tuesday afternoon had been watched more than 10 million times, opens with Sutthisak grinning wickedly as Prayuth signs an open notebook. After he signs the notebook, its cover is revealed to be a replica of the titular book from anime series Death Note,
with the words “Death Note” clearly visible in English on the cover.
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For those not already fans of Tsugumi Ohba, Death Note was a popular anime in which high school student Light Yagami discovers a notebook that has the power to kill anyone whose name is written in it and launches a secret crusade to rid the world of criminals.
The clip received a very enthusiastic response on TikTok from those just appreciate the lulz to some hailing the prankster as a hero for cursing the man who abrogated the constitution by seizing power in 2014.
