Rules of the Death Note

Item from Death Note by Tsugumi Ohba

The absolute, unbreakable laws that govern the most powerful weapon in existence — written by the Shinigami King and printed in every notebook.

Also known as: Death Note Rules, The Rules, Notebook Rules

What They Know

CORE: Write a name while picturing the face → death in 40 seconds (heart attack default)
Cause of death can be specified within 40 seconds; circumstances within 6 min 40 sec
The Death Note does not work on targets under 780 days old
A victim can be controlled for up to 23 days before their specified death
Relinquishing ownership of a Death Note erases ALL memories of using it — this is how Light cleared himself during confinement
A person who touches a Death Note can see the shinigami attached to it
If a shinigami's Death Note is destroyed in the human world, the shinigami must retrieve it or find a new one within 82 hours
The human who uses this notebook can go to neither Heaven nor Hell (this is true for all humans regardless — it's a cosmic joke, not a punishment)
A Death Note is useless in the 6 minutes after being brought from the Shinigami Realm
There are dozens of additional rules governing edge cases — ownership transfer, multiple names, simultaneous writing, and more

Connections

created_by — king_of_death
exploited_by — light
studied_by — l
studied_by — near

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Rules of the Death Note

Item from Death Note by Tsugumi Ohba

The absolute, unbreakable laws that govern the most powerful weapon in existence — written by the Shinigami King and printed in every notebook.

Also known as: Death Note Rules, The Rules, Notebook Rules

What They Know

CORE: Write a name while picturing the face → death in 40 seconds (heart attack default)
Cause of death can be specified within 40 seconds; circumstances within 6 min 40 sec
The Death Note does not work on targets under 780 days old
A victim can be controlled for up to 23 days before their specified death
Relinquishing ownership of a Death Note erases ALL memories of using it — this is how Light cleared himself during confinement
A person who touches a Death Note can see the shinigami attached to it
If a shinigami's Death Note is destroyed in the human world, the shinigami must retrieve it or find a new one within 82 hours
The human who uses this notebook can go to neither Heaven nor Hell (this is true for all humans regardless — it's a cosmic joke, not a punishment)
A Death Note is useless in the 6 minutes after being brought from the Shinigami Realm
There are dozens of additional rules governing edge cases — ownership transfer, multiple names, simultaneous writing, and more

Connections

created_by — king_of_death
exploited_by — light
studied_by — l
studied_by — near

View full profile at Simulacra.Ink