A plothole in Death Note The Last Name?


I just noticed something. So in death note the last name, L got the death
note, after he watched Misa killing criminals with the death note. He then
replaced her death note with a fake one. But here's the problem. L said, that
they made fake news that the criminals Misa ''killed'' died, but Misa
should've seen that they were still alive, because a rule in the death note
states, that a person who's dead, doesn't have a name or a lifespan above
their head in a picture.

Rule XXXIX:

Humans that have traded for the eye power of a god of death cannot see the
name or life span of humans who have already passed away by looking at their
photos.




Fake doesn't necessarily mean not convincing. Remember, by this time L knew
that there were more than one and that the second had an ability that the
first did not have. L knew this and arranged the fake information but also
used dead bodies. He even went to the trouble to find people with the same
name. L actually uses that same tactic twice in the series.

