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Death Note is a manga written by Tsugumi Ohba and illustrated by Takeshi Obata, with various adaptations. The protagonist, Yagami Light, finds a notebook which can be used to kill anyone, and tries to use this to reform society as he sees fit.

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Death Note is a Japanese manga series, created by writer Tsugumi Ohba and manga artist Takeshi Obata, about a high school student who discovers a supernatural notebook, the "Death Note", dropped on Earth by a shinigami (a god of death). The Death Note grants its user the ability to kill anyone whose name and face they know, by writing the name in the notebook. It has had several adaptations (anime, anime movie, novel, live-action movie).

For more information on the franchise, see its Wikipedia page or the Death Note wiki.

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Why didn't Kira kill manipulate the mafia to kill Mello?

In the Mafia Arc, Kira was able to get hold of the names of the Mafia members under Mello's command, but the only thing he did was kill them. Couldn't he have manipulated them to help out in the assualt/kill Mello themselves? Seems like a plot hole…
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Was Light actually a friend to L?

I know L said Light was his first friend but did he mean it? Yes we know L is a liar and knew Light was Kira the whole time but what if, during the time Light lost his memories, L thought of Light as a genuine friend. It’s all very confusing to me…
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Why did Mido rule out Masahiko Kida as the Yotsuba Kira purely based on him providing the account for funds used to commision Eraldo Coil?

I rewatched the yotsuba arc and never really understood the logic. Kira would want L's name and face, so why would Masahiko Kida be proven to not be Kira if he set up the account of funds for Eraldo Coil with the purpose of finding out L's identity?
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Why didn’t Misa kill L the second time she got shinigami eyes?

Why didn’t Misa kill L second time she got shinigami eyes? If she wasn't going to use them to kill him, then why did she get them, knowing her lifespan was going to be shortened? Why did Rem agree to do it?
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What happened to the Japanese Task-Force building after L's death?

I know that the Japanese Task-Force members decided to leave the building a few days after L's death. But what happened to the building afterward? I couldn't find the answer to this question anywhere on the Internet.
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Why the first episode of Death Note has change the order of the first chapter

Who watched the anime and read the manga closely, can see a difference in the order of the events in the first episode of the anime to the first chapter in the manga. In the manga, once Light has found the Death Note, he takes it home and laughing…
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Can a Death Note Owner be killed with their own Death Note?

Can the owner of Death Note be killed if another random person knows their face and name, writes the owners name in the owner's own Death Note? with a sheet torn out from it?
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What happened to Ray Penber when he died since he has used Death Note?

I've just finished re-watching Death Note and the movie where we find out Light becomes a shinigami, and realised that Ray Penber also used the Death Note to write down names of his FBI colleagues in Episode 5 whilst on the train. So my question is,…
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Could one make a specific person shoot someone dead using the deathnote?

Rule X.2 saies "Whether the cause of the individual's death is either a suicide or accident, if the death leads to the death of more than the intended, the person will simply die of a heart attack. This is to ensure that other lives are not…
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Can you kill people using photos?

Not trying to kill L or any other potential enemy of Light using pictures using Misa's eye is a plothole? I kind of forgotten if the anime or in the manga (I haven't read the manga), has a scene where they wrote someone's name in the Death Note by…
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How does Near prove that Light is Kira by seeing Kiyomi's name in Teru's death note?

Both Teru Mikami and Light Yagami write Kiyomi's name in their death notes the only difference being the time of death they specify. But in what way does this help Near to prove that Light is Kira? This was a page from Teru Mikami's death note…
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Do the Wammy's House members speak to each other in English?

Related to this question: Questions about nationalities and languages in Death Note It seems the Death Note 2015 series tries to incorporate the English language when appropriate, but even though Watari, L and Near are supposedly Western, they speak…
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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…
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Was it really necessary to take such precautions to confine Misa

They rendered Misa completely immobile and blindfolded her and kept her like this for 40 days. Physically, she wasn't a threat to anyone and she couldn’t have possibly broken out of the cell. Even if she could kill with only a face, they could…
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Can a person kill another person even if that person does not possess the Death Note?

In "Death Note: How to use it VIII", it states that "Even if you do not actually possess the Death Note, the effect will be the same if you can recognize the person and his/her name to place in the blank." Is It possible to kill a person even if…
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