Gods of death, the original owners of the Death Note, do not, in principle, anything which will help or prevent the deaths in the note.Ī god of death has no obligation to completely explain how to use the note or rules which will apply to the human who owns it.Ī god of death can extend his life by putting human names on the note, but humans cannot.Ī person can shorten his or her own life by using the note. If a human uses the note, a god of death usually appears in front of him/her within 39 days after he/she uses the note. Therefore, the people sharing the same name will not be affected. This not will not take effect unless the writer has the person's face in their minds when writing his/her name. The human who touches the Death Note can recognize the image and voice of it's original owner, a god of death, even if the human is not the owner of the Death Note. If the cause of death is written within 40 seconds after writing the cause of death as a heart attack, the time of death can be manipulated, and the time can go into effect within 40 seconds after writing the name. The human who uses this note can go to neither heaven nor hell. The owner of the note can recognize the image and voice of it's original owner, i.e. This note shall become the property of the human world once it touches the ground of (arrives in) the human world. If the cause of death is not specified, the person will simply die of a heart attack.Īfter writing the cause of death, details of the death should be written in the next 6 minutes and 40 seconds. If the cause of death is written within 40 seconds of writing the person's name, it will happen.
Therefore, people sharing the same name will not be affected.
The note will not take effect unless the writer has the person's face in their mind when writing his/her name. The human whose name is written in this note shall die. An apple a day, keeps Ryuk quiet and away.