Five death note rules. How death note works. This notebook is quite special because whosoever finds this book literally has the power over life and death.
We later find out the death god ryuk dropped this notebook into the human world on purpose to cure his own boredom. A boy named light turner finds a book dropped to earth by a shinigami a japanese death demon somewhat akin to the grim reaper named ryuk voiced in the film by willem dafoe the book says death note on the cover and has names written in it over centuries. The concept of death note the manga and at least start of the film is simple.
High school student and prodigy light yagami stumbles upon the death note and since he deplores. One day ryuk bored by the shinigami lifestyle and interested in seeing how a human would use a death note drops one into the human realm. A shinigami as a god of death can kill any person provided they see their victim s face and write their victim s name in a notebook called a death note.
This note will not take effect unless the writer has the person. The human whose name is written in this note shall die. The rules as revealed in both the anime and the manga are as follows.
This is going to be quite long. The original shinigami owners of death notes don t in principle do anything to help or prevent the deaths brought about by the notes. If a human uses a death note its shinigami owner must appear in front of the human within 39 days after he or she uses the note.
Important the human owner of a death note is possessed by its original shinigami owner until he or she dies. The human whose name is written in this note shall die.
Death note rules i.
Death note rules in japanese. Rules of the death note. The rules of the death note are the official rules that govern how the death notes work. Ryuk writes five of the rules down into his second death note before dropping it into the human world so that whichever human picks it up will know the basics of how to use it. Additional rules are revealed throughout the series.
For a full list of the original rules see rules of. In the anime light tried the limits of the death note by writing the names of one imprisoned criminal in japan with the cause of death being a jump off the eiffel tower. Desu nōto is a japanese manga series written by tsugumi ohba and illustrated by takeshi obata. The story follows light yagami a.
The following is a list of all the original rules that are provided in between the manga chapters. Some rules were later modified when recompiled in how to read. Note about the numbering. The japanese edition reuses numbers xlii 42 and xliii 43 between volumes 7 and 8.
Viz cut two rules in volume 7 and renumbered the rules they kept beginning with rule xxxix 39. The rules between the. The following quotes are from death note manga volume 1.
The following quotes are from death note manga volume 1. The rules between the. Viz cut two rules in volume 7 and renumbered the rules they kept beginning with rule xxxix 39.
The japanese edition reuses numbers xlii 42 and xliii 43 between volumes 7 and 8. Note about the numbering. Some rules were later modified when recompiled in how to read.
The following is a list of all the original rules that are provided in between the manga chapters. The story follows light yagami a. Desu nōto is a japanese manga series written by tsugumi ohba and illustrated by takeshi obata.
In the anime light tried the limits of the death note by writing the names of one imprisoned criminal in japan with the cause of death being a jump off the eiffel tower. For a full list of the original rules see rules of. Additional rules are revealed throughout the series.
Ryuk writes five of the rules down into his second death note before dropping it into the human world so that whichever human picks it up will know the basics of how to use it. The rules of the death note are the official rules that govern how the death notes work. Rules of the death note.
