However, receiving it shortens the life span of the human user somewhat. But the owner cannot have a prolonged life span. The Death Note User cannot extend his/her own Life Span, Shinigami Eyes.ĭeath Note has the ability to kill humans. After writing the cause of death, the writer would have 6 minutes and 40 seconds to write the specifics of the death to be caused. As stated in the above death note rules, the cause of death must be logical. If the cause of death of a person is not specified, the person will die of a heart attack and if the cause of death is written within 40 seconds of writing his/her name, the death will occur. Cause of the Death Names on the Death Notes If the owner misspelled the name of the person to be killed intentionally in the fourth time, the owner of the Death Note die. This rule can also be considered as one of the worst death note rules. This spell check is one of those death note rules that have the greatest risk of causing trouble to Light Yagami as the Death Note will no longer be able to kill the person. Often, the person whose name has been incorrectly written or misspelled more than four times will not be affected by the Death Note. As it prevents the death of persons of the same name. The memory of the person’s face in the imagination of the writer is important. Image of the Person and Spelling of his/her Name- The Two Important Death Note Rules Light and Death NoteĪ person whose name is written in the death note dies after the owner of the death note has a vision of that person in his/her head. This was one of those Death Note rules that Light tested in order to take advantage of it. Death should then be physically and circumstantially possible otherwise, the person will not die. The cause of death must not be extravagant or humanly impossible. For example, if a person is in Japan, he/she cannot be killed in Paris in one hour. The Death Must be Logical Reading the Rules / Reading the RulesĪll deaths caused by a death note are supposed to make reasonable sense. One of the basic Death Note Rules was that “the human whose name is written in the Death Note shall die.” Since everything in the universe has certain rules to be followed, the Death Note also has certain rules for its human owners. Death Note is an extraordinary magical notebook used by the god of death, Shinigami, to extend their life span. Death Note Rules are what makes the usage of Death Note easy.