A person can shorten his or her onw life by using the note.ġ6. 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.ġ5. You have about 19 days (according to the human calendar) in order to fill in a name.ġ4. Be sure to insert the name in front of the written cause of death. You may also write the cause and/or details of death prior to filling in the name of the individual. The cause of death must still be in realm of possibility for the victim.ġ3.

If the time 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.ġ2. The person in possession of the Death Note is possessed by a god of death, its original owner, until they die.ġ1. The human who touches the Death Note can recognize the image and voice of its original owner, a god of death, even if the human is not the owner of the note.ġ0. The owner of the note can recognize the image and voice of its original owner, i.e. The human who uses this note can neither go to Heaven nor Hell.Ĩ. This note shall become the property of the human world, once it touches the ground of (arrives in) the human world.ħ.

After writing the cause of death, details of the death should be written in the next 6 minutes and 40 seconds.Ħ. If the cause of death is not specified, the person will simply die of a heart attack.ĥ. If the cause of death is written within 40 seconds of writing the person's name, it will happen.Ĥ. Therefore, people sharing the same name will not be affected.ģ. This 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.Ģ.

The death note rules