Death Note - Q & A

[C.A.]

I found Shikimori's question interesting, so I'll add on:

Spoiler:

Let's say I have a Death Note and I'm conducting this cruel experiment lol

I have a volunteer for this and his name is John. He is sitting on a chair in the middle of a totally enclosed room, like an asylum cell. The only way to get out is through a door which I have the keys. The door is currently open and he can walk out of it anytime.

I'm going to write in the Death Note:

1 minute from now, John will walk out of the room, cross the street and die from a car crash.

So I wait for him to start walking. But at the point he stands up from the chair, about to walk towards the door, I lock the door shut. This means its impossible for him to fufil the death.

What will happen?

1. He will live as its impossible for him to get out to fufil his death.
2. He will die from heart attack as he was written to do something that has suddenly become impossible.
3. Or he will he attempt to knock the door down to satisfy this urge to get out and cross the road to his death.
4. And if he fails to knock down the door, he will die from a heart attack.

I'm thinking he will die of a heart attack, yea?

[Shikimori Kazuki]

i guess my question might be mis-leading. But is just as C.A. said.

Spoiler:

What if I know Naomi is going to die and I lock both her arms and legs so she cannot commit suicide? Of course she can always bit her tougue to kill herself but that doesnt satisfy the condition: Do not disturb others while commiting the suicide.

But Judging from C.A.'s post, I assume Naomi will die from Heartattack, maybe?

[NoSanninWa]

If someone is unable to fulfill the conditions of their death, then they have a heart attack, just as if no conditions or cause of death was written. That was proven by Light when he experimented on prisoners.

[Zalith]

Klashikari: Great minds think alike, no? xD;

Adding on to Sannin's answer:

Yes, although "1 minute from now, John will walk out of the room, cross the street and die from a car crash." alone isn't an "impossible condition," if someone interferes on purpose by like..locking the door, then the victim will simply die of a heart attack. Though I'm not that sure, since he hasn't experimented enough for me to say that.

Remember the episode where he was experimenting with what he can do with the prisoners's actions? And he wanted one of them to die in front of the Eiffel Tower within an hour? Well, I guess it could be possible if he was placed on a spaceship or something. But that might be included as something that people wouldn't do if they never had a thought about it. So if the police officers never had a thought of placing the prisoner on a spaceship to send him to France, then it's impossible. This relates to how Light wanted one of the prisoners to write "L suspects the police officers." And that prisoner just died of a heart attack, since he never thought about that.

[myopius]

Originally Posted by C.A.

I found Shikimori's question interesting, so I'll add on:

Spoiler:

What will happen?

1. He will live as its impossible for him to get out to fufil his death.
2. He will die from heart attack as he was written to do something that has suddenly become impossible.
3. Or he will he attempt to knock the door down to satisfy this urge to get out and cross the road to his death.
4. And if he fails to knock down the door, he will die from a heart attack.

I'm thinking he will die of a heart attack, yea?

Spoiler for Since you put your question in spoilers:

Sometimes, whether a death is impossible isn't easy for the note to ascertain. It's possible that people around him could be indirectly manipulated by the death note to obtain his death. Or, it's possible that he would attempt to knock down the door like you said.
(Edit: I remembered my example incorrectly.)

To elaborate on Zalith's answer on the previous page,

Spoiler for Episode 8, apparently:

you can specify time and basic cause of death within the first 40 seconds and details of that within the first 6 min 40 seconds, but after those time periods pass, you can't change them.

[Bondless]

This is a stupid question my friend asked me.. and I don't know it.. -.-

Does L have eyebrows? I don't recall seeing him having any...

[Zalith]

@myopius:

Spoiler for something about your post:

He tested with 6 prisoners. 3 worked, 3 failed. The ones that worked were=the pentagon sign, the note to L, and the walking to the bathroom. The ones that failed were the France one, the one where he wanted the prisoner to draw a picture of L's face, and where he wanted the prisoner to write "L suspects the police." Those experiments were 2 separate ones XD

@Bondless: Hmm..I never payed attention to that detail. He may have eyebrows in the manga though. Or maybe his hair just covers them XD

[Noppapana]

uhm i have read some rumors that Death note is cancelled
is it true ?

[Shikimori Kazuki]

Originally Posted by Noppapana

uhm i have read some rumors that Death note is cancelled
is it true ?

I have heard nothing of the sort, personally.

1) If is indeed true, you probably would see threads all around about Death Note being cancelled

2) If it is a rumor, nothing about it is being confirm unless it is stated on official websites.

3) Why is it cancelled? for what purpose? because is too burtal or tragic?

Besides.....where have you read that Death Note is cancelled? Can you provide us with info/links that we can check it out if is even reliable?

[jen_88]

What happens if a human does what Jealous did ie used the death note to prevent someones death? Will he die?

[Noppapana]

Originally Posted by jen_88

What happens if a human does what Jealous did ie used the death note to prevent someones death? Will he die?

humans =/= death gods
in that case he just killed a person

[Whitemoon648]

A question about the Live action movie of death note.

Q: Is it licensed by any company?.


Q2: Does the live action movie end the whole story?. Or it is just an alternate story to Manga and anime.


Please if the answers of my questions have spoilers on them please make sure to put it in spoiler tag .

Thanks in advance.

[NoSanninWa]

A1. Nope, the live action movie is not licensed.

A2. It is just an alternate story.

[Guido]

What is the deal with Misa's eyes? (I do not mean her Shinigami eyes)

Throughout episode 14 her eyes seemed to change from blue to brown and back again to blue.

It also happened the same in episode 13.

[Dagger]

It's a stupid animation mistake, I think. I believe that her eyes are brown (or very dark brown) in all of the official manga art... she also looks much better that way IMO.

[monir]

Question: What is the average lifespan of a Deathgod?

I'm curious after it is revealed, the new girl with Shinigami power (I need to work on these names ) got her extension in life as Jealous expires to give his own to her. That development leads to a couple of other questions, but I'll hold them for now to see if they are answered in the upcoming episodes.

[the.Merines]

AFAIK, Deathgods can live as long as they want. When a deathgod kills a human using their Death Note, the cut-off lifespan of that human (meaning the time the human would have lived until dying a natural death) is transferred to the Deathgod's lifespan. I could be mistaken...

[Guido]

Originally Posted by the.Merines

AFAIK, Deathgods can live as long as they want. When a deathgod kills a human using their Death Note, the cut-off lifespan of that human (meaning the time the human would have lived until dying a natural death) is transferred to the Deathgod's lifespan. I could be mistaken...

It's already explained that Death Note holders (humans) cannot extend their lifespans by killing other humans.

My question is if a human is killed by a Death Note holder, his or her remaining life span goes to the Shinigami, who is the original owner of the Death Note it lent to the human using it?

For example, would Ryuk's lifespan has been extended immensely due to Light's godly purge of ridding the world of criminals using his (Ryuk's) Death Note?

Or those remaining life spans go to waste into oblivion?

[the.Merines]

I don't believe Ryuk gains the lifespans of those killed by Light/Kira. As you stated, the shinigami is the original owner, but when Ryuk's Deathnote is left in the human world and picked up by Light, Light gains possession of the Deathnote. At that point it is Light's Deathnote; it was simply associated with Ryuk before Light's involvement. Ryuk doesn't write any of Kira's victims' names in the Deathnote, so he gains no lifespan from them.

Also, the someone posted earlier about Misa's eyes changing color, to which someone replied that it was a "stupid animation mistake." This isn't true- it is done on purpose. Misa is a popular model/actress who assumes many looks. More than likely she wears contact lenses that change her eye color, which explains her magical color-changing eyes.

[Rei_Battlecake]

Ryuk definitely doesn't get the lifespans of the people Kira's killing simply because it's not his Death Note anymore, so he has to stay at Lights side because it once was his Death Note, but he doesn't get the lifespans because it's not his DN anymore...