The Death Notebook is found.
The film adaptation of Death Note has a slightly altered storyline from the original source material. The manga Death Note follows Light Yagami (played in the film by Tatsuya Fujiwara), an extremely intelligent eighteen year old in his senior year at High School. One day, on his way home from school, he finds a black notebook with the English words “Death Note” on the cover. Morbid curiosity drives him to pick it up, and bring it back to his house. Upon further research, Light finds that there are instructions written in the English language inside of the book that detail how to use it. “The human whose name is written in this note shall die”. Light quickly finds himself laughing out loud at how ridiculous this appears, but out of boredom, opts to write the name of a criminal within the lines. Further inspection of the rules leads Light to discover that if no ‘reason for death’ is written within forty seconds, the person will simply die of a heart attack. Forty seconds pass, and the criminal on the television dies of a heart attack. Light is quickly driven into a state of shock.
Still unconvinced however, Light tests the notebook once more, only to have what appears to be his greatest fears come true: the notebook is real. Unlike most students, rather than be frightened of this power, Light chooses to embrace it. Within only a few days, Light manages to write hundreds of criminals’ names into the notebook, in an attempt to cleanse the world of evil and all crime. One night, whilst in his room, Light is confronted by a beastly creature named Ryuk (voiced by Shido Nakamura). Ryuk confesses that he dropped the notebook, and that he is in fact a Shinigami (Death God, something like a soul reaper). He comes from the Shinigami world, where there are more like him. Their sole job is to write the names of humans in their notebooks, extending their lives by doing so. However, if a Shinigami accidentally drops their Death Note into the human world, the human who picks it up becomes the owner. Ryuk explains that the only thing a Shinigami can do at that point, is follow the human around until they give it up, or die. Light proceeds to proclaim his intentions: to become the God of a new world; a world without violence, crime or evil. Ryuk grins, and notes to himself that “Humans truly are interesting”. Light becomes known online as the God ‘Kira’.
The film adaptation of Death Note has a slightly altered storyline from the original source material. The manga Death Note follows Light Yagami (played in the film by Tatsuya Fujiwara), an extremely intelligent eighteen year old in his senior year at High School. One day, on his way home from school, he finds a black notebook with the English words “Death Note” on the cover. Morbid curiosity drives him to pick it up, and bring it back to his house. Upon further research, Light finds that there are instructions written in the English language inside of the book that detail how to use it. “The human whose name is written in this note shall die”. Light quickly finds himself laughing out loud at how ridiculous this appears, but out of boredom, opts to write the name of a criminal within the lines. Further inspection of the rules leads Light to discover that if no ‘reason for death’ is written within forty seconds, the person will simply die of a heart attack. Forty seconds pass, and the criminal on the television dies of a heart attack. Light is quickly driven into a state of shock.
Still unconvinced however, Light tests the notebook once more, only to have what appears to be his greatest fears come true: the notebook is real. Unlike most students, rather than be frightened of this power, Light chooses to embrace it. Within only a few days, Light manages to write hundreds of criminals’ names into the notebook, in an attempt to cleanse the world of evil and all crime. One night, whilst in his room, Light is confronted by a beastly creature named Ryuk (voiced by Shido Nakamura). Ryuk confesses that he dropped the notebook, and that he is in fact a Shinigami (Death God, something like a soul reaper). He comes from the Shinigami world, where there are more like him. Their sole job is to write the names of humans in their notebooks, extending their lives by doing so. However, if a Shinigami accidentally drops their Death Note into the human world, the human who picks it up becomes the owner. Ryuk explains that the only thing a Shinigami can do at that point, is follow the human around until they give it up, or die. Light proceeds to proclaim his intentions: to become the God of a new world; a world without violence, crime or evil. Ryuk grins, and notes to himself that “Humans truly are interesting”. Light becomes known online as the God ‘Kira’.
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