A notebook from the land of the Gods of Death falls down to the human realm, bequeathing any human who picks it up with the terrible power to kill anybody whose name they write on its pages.
Would you be the one to bear the curse of the Shinigami and take the Death Note for yourself? Who would you strike down first? Will you target the unjust and the sinful to create a better world, or sow terror and ascend as a new god among men?
Do you even have what it takes to keep the Death Note in your possession, lying and bargaining and killing those who would threaten your great scheme?
Contrastingly, if the Death Note fell to other hands, would you be courageous enough to seek out and apprehend its owner at the risk of being a mistake away from imminent death?
Which Death Note character are you? Jot down your answers to this Death Note Kin Quiz and find out!
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Death Note comes up frequently whenever anime fans think of a psychological thriller – a series that revolves around the cerebral mind games played by conflicting geniuses, L and Light.
The central premise is that Light, a popular and academically exemplary student, comes across a mystical notebook that claims to kill anybody whose name is written on its pages. Motivated by his hidden boredom and discontent with the ills of society, Light begins to jot down the names of criminals in this Death Note, taking on the persona of Kira.
The slew of deaths he leaves in the following weeks attracts the attention of the world’s foremost analytical mind, the anonymous detective L. Matching Light in wit, logic and psychological warfare, L ends up befriending Light, and the two enter a highly convoluted game of deceit and manipulation to out each other.
Things only get more complicated with the addition of Ryuk – a Shinigami (God of Death) – who owns Kira’s Death Note, and Misa, an orphaned girl who also receives a Death Note and uses it to repay Kira for killing her parents’ murderers.
Part of why Kira was so successful as the owner of the accursed notebook was his clever use and manipulation of the Death Note.
The Death Note has plenty of rules written by the Shinigami to outline its powers, although they themselves are unaware of every rule.
The primary rules on how to use the Death Note indicate that writing a human’s name on a page while keeping their face in mind causes them to die within 40 seconds – either from a heart attack or whatever death the writer specifies.
Several other rules exist, with a couple being shown during each episode in the anime, covering topics such as the causes and conditions of death, ownership, the Shinigami eyes, and the Shinigami themselves.
The full list of the Death Note’s rules can be found in the book – Death Note 13: How to Read.
L is the poster child of anime characters with a sweet tooth. Most scenes find him munching on everything from cakes and pudding to strawberries.
The series’ writer, Tsugumi Ohba, was responsible for conceptualizing L’s love for sweets. It’s been stated that his diet is entirely made of sweet foods.
The reason behind L’s sweet tooth apparently stems from the fact that sugary foods contain a ton of calories, which he needs to keep his brain running at full capacity throughout the day. While it’s likely played for laughs, the series also implies that L’s brain uses so much energy that he remains underweight despite eating only sweets.
The love that the Shinigami Ryuk has for apples is often used for comedy, and plays a part in humanizing him.
After being fed an apple by Light, Ryuk develops a craving for the fruit and likens it to alcohol and cigarettes to a Shinigami – so much so that he experiences withdrawal symptoms if he doesn’t eat them.
Ohba reasons that he created Ryuk’s affinity for apples because the fruit’s red color contrasted nicely with the Shinigami’s black, and he wanted to depict the idea that Shinigami only ate apples.
