Death Note

[Kraco]

Damn those are arbitrary rules, most of them. They sound like the author first wrote the story for the manga and then came up with rules that would conform to the story. They are always convenient and rarely inconvenient.

I surely hope there would appear a rule that would be inconvenient. Right now the single source of tension in the series is the guessing game between Light and N and M. This is essentially why I hope the new shinigami shown at the end of the ep will come and shuffle the cards some. As great and filled with nice surprises as this has been, it still flows a bit too smoothly and doesn't pick too many totally unexpected and out of ordinary paths, considering this is a series populated with mythical shinigamis and all.

[Raven]

There are three.

The Mafia have Lights(Aka, the origional)
Misa's is buried in a park
Light has the one Rem dropped when she died.

I don't think you're right about that...

a) Misa's note and the one Rem dropped - aren't they the same note?
b) Light's can't be in the hand's of the enemy, otherwise it would have transferred ownership and Ryuk would be following someone new, correct me if I'm wrong.

So what you're saying is, Rem gave Misa a note originally, and still had one of her own? I thought the idea is that the Death God gives their note to a human, and Ryuk just happened to have two.

[Lucifus]

Seriously, can someone positivly confirm how many notes their are? Its pissing me off! >.>

Light currently has one. The Police had to have had one. And Light took the one that dropped when Rem died.

So....The Police got their hands on the one they caught from that Higuchi guy. Which was....originally lights? And Light needed a Death Note, he used Higuchis one to get his memories back. So the one he picked up from Rem was originally Misas?

I'm pretty sure the one buried in the park was dug up by Misa..or something...

I think they're only two notebooks. So someone please clarify.

[gr3atfull]

Isnt there like 3 death notes?

First one belongs to Ryuk --> The one that Light has
Second to Jealous that Rem took --> It's buried
Third was Rem's own one --> Mello has it

Wrong or right?

[darkshadow]

i watch animanda's so i dont know how far the anime is but so far ep 27:
ryuk's 3rd (rem's 2nd, misa's) -->> Buried
ryuk's 2nd (Light's old one) --->> Japanese police
Rem's --->> Light

[UChessmaster]

Ok, i`ll try to explain this part

At first Ryuk had two, he gave one to Light and you can see his other one in a cross-like pocket on his right side, so 2 notes at the beginng of series.

Then when misa appears she has jealou`s note and Rem has her own, that makes 4 notes.

Then, Light buried Misa`s note and gave (sent) his note to higuchi, Ryuk and Rem still have their own notes in the meantime.

Then, the police gets Higuchi`s (Light`s) Death note, Misa`s note is still burried and when Rem dies, Light quickly picks it up, i`m suposing he is using that one now, Ryuk still has his note.

So, there are 4 notes posesers now

The police station (originally from Light)
Light`s (Originally from Rem)
Misa`s (Buried, originally from jealous)
Ryuk`s

EDIT: Also i`ve saw all eps again and noticed something

Light`s note has the words "Death Note" on the cover
Misa`s note has some giberish (Shinigami language?)
Rem`s note has nothing
Ryuk`s note we dont know if it has anything cause its on his pack

[masamuneehs]

i watch animanda's so i dont know how far the anime is but so far ep 27:
ryuk's 3rd (rem's 2nd, misa's) -->> Buried
ryuk's 2nd (Light's old one) --->> Japanese police
Rem's --->> Light

i believe this is exactly what it is.
It's slightly confused because of all the switching Light had them do, but there are three, because Ryuk, for some reason, has two instead of only one. I was wrong about Rem's being destroyed when she died.

[Lucifus]

Uchess's and gr3atfull explanations set me straight. Thanks for the info and confirmation guys. Got kinda confused from reading everyones posts and what I already thought.

[Psyke]

I went around walking through the manga stores, and look what I've got for myself.

Took these with my PDA so pardon the quality.







I got a replica of the Death Note used for the movie. It includes all the rules, and best of all it also features Light's writing and all the people he's killed (in the movie). Nice little touch.

I also got a book which showed Naomi and L's picture in the cover sheet, saying it's a prequel of sorts. But to my shock when I opened it up it was a novel, and sadly one which I can't read well. Well, at least it looks good. The little album you see has stills from the first movie, and it's pretty well done too. The box set came with a pen as well, which I can't say is very interesting, but I suppose it's for you to write in the note book.

And yeah I resisted the urge to get the Ryuk plush.

[Kraco]

Somehow I just can't picture this Happy Resident of Sunny Singapore having any enemies whose names to write in a Death Note...

Looks like high quality stuff, though.

[Psyke]

To be honest I've thought about what I would really do if I had an actual death note. I would use it, but would avoid the mistakes Light did. Haha.... I'm not as sadistic as I sound, but really, one would find it hard not to use such a "gift". And yes.... I want to be the God of the new world!!!

*just kidding*

[masamuneehs]

those are some pretty nifty notes there Psyke.

I like Near, even though he's not quite L. It was very interesting how he confronted Light, then makes the conversation friendly, then leaves them to fend for themselves. His first instinct was to help them in the crisis, but he suddenly seems to think of something and makes them go alone, hanging up immediately. Near doesn't trust Light, and he'll keep an eye on how he responds by monitoring the whole thing
.
Light's futility has been massive in these past few episodes. He didn't even partially cover for what happened. Mello won that this round, giving a black eye to both his adversaries. Also, Light is a shitty husband.

I love that scene in the hostage exchange corridor, and they did a great job with it, having the guy in the creepy mask come in and shoot at the glass.

and the Shinigami Justin appears.

[David75]

To be honest I've thought about what I would really do if I had an actual death note. I would use it, but would avoid the mistakes Light did. Haha.... I'm not as sadistic as I sound, but really, one would find it hard not to use such a "gift". And yes.... I want to be the God of the new world!!!

*just kidding*

Well, having a DN I guess I would be very cautious in who I choose... and would try not to have "I wana be a God" type of dreams.

But who knows, maybe the DN changes someone so much... that becoming a bastard is inevitable

[complich8]

The author of vgcats apparently watches the show . Just thought I'd share.

[Psyke]

Awesome pic. Come to think of it, Santa is the last person you'd want with the note. Imagine how many children are going to DIE.

[dragonrage]

L's death was anti climatic. I thought they could have done it better. Near is like little L and well now it is a three way battle to the death.

I am curious to see how things turn out..

p.s. I am glad that I waited and watch all 17 episodes at once. I gotta say that it left me wanting more.

[BioAlien]

L's death was anti climatic.

Well at least in the anime L actually died!
He didn't even died in the live action movie. He faked his dead that little bastard.

[Psyke]

Well at least in the anime L actually died!
He didn't even died in the live action movie. He faked his dead that little bastard.

He died in the movie. I'd skip the details so as to prevent spoilers for those who want to see the movie. It's different from the manga/anime, but he still died.

[Conders]

http://kuro-hanasubs.com/bt/dn29lq.torrent

Ep 29 by Kuro-Hana is out!

[Uberbaka]

I think I just came a little.

This stuff is why I love deathnote, the tension, the twists the intelligence and unexpected styles from the animators.