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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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Did L win against Light?

Did L win against Light? Let me elaborate: After L's death in episode 25, we assume that Light won. But in episode 26, L leaves a message in his computer (which Light deletes in the same episode). Also, at the end of the episode, we see that some…
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Could a blind person with a death note exchange half their life to see again?

One of the rules of the death note says that if someone makes the shinigami eyes deal they will have excellent vision regardless of their previous vision. The rule in question, (listed under the Death Note Wiki as "How to Use: XXI"): "Those with…
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Where does the word "Kira" come from, or what does it stand for?

Actually, the title is pretty clear. I was wondering and came up with some ideas like that it sounds like "killer" in Japanese. Or does it have a special meaning or anything?
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What happened to the second kira?

After Light and Misa were cleared, everyone seemed to just forget about that there's more than one kira. What was up with that? I seem to recall Light instructed Misa to make a response to the task force's kira video, then L deduced that the two…
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Can you manipulate someone's memories?

So. I now know that you can manipulate someone's thoughts. For example: Naomi Misora. But what I'm asking myself is, whether or not you can manipulate someone's memories. For example, Bob and John are best friends, right? So what if I write this:…
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Can Death Note misfire if a person changes their name and appearance to that of another person?

Suppose that there is Mr. A, who received a plastic surgery to have the same face as Mr. B and changed his name to Mr. B. He uses this name for years and everyone knows him as Mr. B now. I then get to know his current face and name and write that in…
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Why didn't Rem die after killing Kaneboshi?

In the Death Note anime, Rem kills Ginzo Kaneboshi in episode 21 to help Misa convince Higuchi that she is the second Kira. But why didn't Rem die after this? If she died after killing Watari/L, but why not after killing Kaneboshi?
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Why did Rem die in The Last Name?

We all know, that in The Last Name, L survives, by writing his own name in the death note. But why did Rem die then? I mean a shinigami dies when he kills a person, in a way that saves the life of another person. But L didn't die. So technically,…
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When was the 23 day rule in Death Note revealed?

In episode 34 Near asks Mogi how long you can manipulate a victim before their death. He replies 23 days because the Yotsuba incident proved this? When in the data from the Yotsuba incident was this proved?
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What name will Shinigami Eyes show above the head of a person who changed their name?

So let's say, Bob Schösel changes his name to Derkie Duckface. Would a person with shinigami eyes see Duckface's original name, or the name that is currently used?
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Can the scenario for someone's death be written so that there is a possibility of other people dying?

So you can't use the Death Note to kill someone else. If you write something like: "John Zerto burns himself to death after he killed his boss" John would simply die of a heart attack so he couldn't kill his boss. But if you would write: "John…
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Is there a reason why the actors sound exactly the same as their anime counterparts in the live action movies?

For the first time today I watched Death Note and Death Note the Last name (real life movies) and I noticed that the actors sound exactly the same as their anime counterparts. Why is this? E.g. Light Yagami in the real life movie sounded exactly the…
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How does one, if it is possible, destroy a death note?

I know that the death notes have certain, almost magical, attributes to them (unlimited pages, the fact that you can kill someone by envisioning their face and writing their name down, etc). Given that, I was wondering if these properties apply to…
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When did L switch the 2nd Death Note in "The Last Name"?

In "Death Note: The Last Name", L Reveals that the Death Note Misa had which Light used to try and kill his father was a fake, however after L's fake death Light touched the Death Note to see Ryuk again. I am wondering when L switched the Death…
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Was only Death Note Box Set 2 reprinted?

This is for the anime I see that Volume 2 has been going out of stock everywhere - but it seems like it got a reprint this year. Was only Volume 2 actually reprinted? Is there no Volume 1 reprint? I can't find any information about this on the…
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