The rules of Death Note.
These are the only rules of death note that are true - as written by Ryuk.
The rules were written inside of the book in English with the belief that English is the most popular language in the world.
1.The human whose name is written in this note shall die.
2. This note will not take effect unless the writer has the person's face in their mind when writing his/her name. Therefore, people sharing the same name will not be affected.
3. If the cause of death is written within 40 seconds of writing the person's name, it will happen. If the cause of death is not specified, the subject will simply die of a heart attack.
4. After writing the cause of death, the details of the death should be written in the next 6 minutes and 40 seconds.
5. When the same name is written on more than one Death Note, the Note which was first filled in will take effect.
6. A Shinigami must own at least one Death Note.
7. That Death Note may also be used and owned by a human, but only if the Death Note falls to earth and is found by a human.
8. A pact exists between the human owner and the Shinigami who gave the human the Death Note. The pact is such that at the end of the owner's life, the shinigami has to write down the owner's name in his own note.
9. Shinigami eyes have the ability to learn the subject's natural life span and name by simply looking at the subject's face. There are some limits to this ability: if the face is covered or partially covered, the life span and name will not be seen.
10. No human is born with this power, as it exclusively belongs to Shinigami. However, a deal to receive this power can be made between a human who has obtained a Death Note and the Shinigami who dropped it, at the cost of one half their remaining lifespan.
11. Nothing mortal or otherwise can harm a Shinigami unless they choose to let it harm them. However, if a Shinigami uses the Death Note to extend someone's life instead of taking life, they will die since they have failed their eternal mission of shortening human lives.
12. The shinigami have to keep using the Death Note to kill people in order to extend their own lives.
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