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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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How would you write Light Yagami's name in the Death Note?

I don't know Japanese script, but Light would be spelled "Tsuki" which means "moon". So which of "Tsuki" or "Raito" can kill him? Would "Light" in English work? It seems the death note is a stickler for spelling, as shown here: What did Light write…
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Can someone own multiple death notes?

I know from this question that a death note could only belong to one person at a time, but I was wondering if the opposite was true--that one person could own multiple death notes. Could, say, that person go around killing the owners of death notes…
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What happens if you write in the death note, gets shot to death?

Do the Death Note rules permit the user to state "death by gunfire" as a cause of death?
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Why was Ryuk tied to Light's Death Note?

In How to Use: XIII, in the second point it says The god of Death always remains with the owner of the Death Note. indicating that a Shinigami will remain with the owner of their Death Note, Light learns this and gathers a group of friends to try…
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How did Shinigami come into existence?

How is it that Shinigami come into being? If there was no way for them to come into existence(in the human world), would they just slowly die away when any of them kill for love? Also, can Shinigami die of old age?
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Where could I buy the notebook that looks like the real Death Note?

Well... I just saw the notebook in my fellow schoolmate and he just brought it to school yesterday. And I'm really curious where he got that and how much did it cost.
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How did Light knew that L will cause Misa's death?

In Light's plan on killing L, he plans on killing Misa by shortening her lifespan and then force Rem to save Misa by killing the L. Misa could have died by other causes not just by being captured by L, so how can he be sure that L will cause Misa's…
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Why did L trust the handcuff so much?

Episode 20 L: If I die, as long as I have this (handcuffs), you'll share the same fate as me Okay, excuse my language, but what is up with that? It's just a handcuff, you'll be able to chainsaw it or something! If L thought that far and actually…
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Why did L not prevent the report of Kira's tests in the police database if he already concluded he must have had access to such information?

For some reason, the genius L only said not to report that information to the media. But in the previous episode he had already concluded that Kira had to have access to police information. Episode 3: L concludes that Kira can control the time of…
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Why didn’t Rem die when she killed the criminal to save misa when she was in higuchi’s car?

Shinigamis die when they kill a person to save an another person but what I don’t get is don’t shinigamis already do that on like daily basis?? They always kill people to get their remaining life span so if any person is saved in the process…
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What would Light Turner's "Conditional" Entry in the Death Note actually do with the canon rules

in the Netflix Americanized Live Action Death Note Movie. we have this exchange near the end where Light Turner is confronting Mia What? What did you do? You put my name in it, didn't you? It was if you took the book. I thought I could…
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Before Mikami committed suicide, was he still having faith in Kira?

At the end of Death Note, after Light is revealed as being Kira, Mikami goes on a little rant after their plan failed thanks to Near having switched the real Death Note. After that, however, Light denies knowing anything about Mikami. After Light is…
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What happened to the other Death Notes?

At the start of Death Note Ryuk says that there were other Death Notes falling to the human world in the past and Light Was the first to write so many names Was the first to think of a way to hide the Death Note But what happened with these other…
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Why not consider possibility of 3rd Kira when Misa and Light in prison?

When L captures Misa and Light puts himself in prison and gives up the death note, L and the task force suspect that both of them have 'Kira powers'. Murders stop, which makes them believe Misa and Light were the only ones with Kira powers. When…
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What does the ending of Death Note (manga) mean?

The last few pages of the end of the final book in the Death Note series shows a huge amount of people in hoods walking in a line across the mountains and one offering a candle to Kira their "saviour". At first when I saw this I was quite confused…
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