SHINIGAMI REALM
What? Two death's heads again?
I win. Don't hold it against me.
Hey, Ryuk. Do you wanna join us?
Join us for once.
No, I'm okay.
I didn't do anything but he still got upset.
-Really? Then what? -What's the matter, Yagami?
Please translate the sentence.
Follow the teachings of God.
Then the blessings of the sea will become bountiful…
And there will be no storms.
Today, at approximately 11:00 a.m. in Kanagawa Prefecture in Yokohama,
the body of a man approximately 30-years-old
was found in an apartment, covered in blood.
Kanagawa Police have opened a homicide investigation.
In other news…
Today, shortly after noon,
Naoki Kofuji, 35, was arrested in connection with the murder
of a 25-year-old female he was living with
in the Shibuya district of Tokyo.
Day in, day out. The same thing over and over again.
Jeez. It's so ridiculous.
This world… is rotten.
REBIRTH
No way! You went to see that?
It was such a waste of time. I should've asked for a refund!
Well, you did watch it…
Death Note. Directly translated: a notebook of death.
"How to use it.
The human whose name is written in this note…
shall die"?
So stupid…
This is so sick.
It's no different from a chain letter.
"The human whose name is written in this note shall die"? Come on.
Seriously, something's the matter with me.
"This note will not take effect unless the writer has the person's face
in their mind when writing his or her name.
Therefore, people sharing the same name will not be affected.
If the cause of death is written,
within 40 human seconds of writing the person's name,
it will happen. If the cause of death is not specified,
the person will simply die of a heart attack.
After writing the cause of death, details of the death should be written
in the next six minutes and 40 seconds."
So you can let people die peacefully or make them suffer.
A prank this intricate isn't that bad, I guess.
Write in their name and they die, huh?
This is so stupid!
Wait a minute.
If someone actually dies, does that make me a murderer?
No way. That's impossible.
The assailant who killed six people yesterday
at a busy shopping district in Shinjuku has now taken eight people hostage,
including children and teachers, in this daycare center.
The police have now identified the suspect
as 42-year-old Kurou Otoharada, unemployed.
The police will now begin negotiations with the suspect.
KUROU OTOHARADA
A heart attack in 40 seconds, right?
Well, that is not clear at the moment.
You can't help but be worried for the hostages right now.
Absolutely.
SHINJUKU PHANTOM KILLER
-This has been a report from the scene. -Thank you very much.
What do you think, Mr. Hashimoto?
Well, I'm hoping for a quick resolution to this.
Oh well, nothing happened. What did I expect?
Just a minute. Something's happening.
The hostages are coming out! They all seem to be all right!
And now it looks like the SWAT team is entering!
Has the suspect been arrested?
Yes!
We just received word that the suspect has died inside the daycare center!
The suspect is dead!
Dead?
KUROU OTOHARADA
The police are strongly denying that they shot the suspect!
Could he have felt cornered and committed suicide?
According to one of the hostages, "the suspect suddenly collapsed."
A heart attack.
No way.
This is a coincidence. It's got to be coincidence!
Light!
It's almost 6:30. Don't you have your prep course tonight?
Yeah, I'm getting ready now.
Death Note…
But if this really works…
it's worth testing it out one more time.
So, I guess it will have to be another criminal.
UNIVERSITY ENTRANCE EXAMS
But it can't be someone too famous.
If he dies, it's possible news of it will be covered up.
I need an immediate result.
Hey, Ryo baby!
What is it, Sudou?
Lend me some money. 20 dollars will do.
What? Again?
-Sudou. Shall I kill him? -What? You refuse?
No, I'd better avoid people around me.
No. Why should I worry?
No one would care if one or two people like him died.
Now we can go to the arcade after school.
Maki, wanna party with some guys tomorrow?
-Absolutely! -Hey, me too!
Damn it, Mom! She's not here to pick me up!
Damn it. It's sickening, every single one of them.
I'd be doing society a favor by killing them.
Hey, girl!
Wanna come and play with us?
Hey, Taku! You've got a beauty there!
I'm Takuo Shibuimaru. Shibutaku, for short.
Come on and join me, pretty girl.
-I don't think so. -She doesn't think so!
She's so cute!
Come on, grab her. Get those clothes off!
You sure?
Stop!
Please!
Stop!
TAKUO SHIBUIMARU ACCIDENTAL DEATH
Now let's see what happens.
-Hey, wait! -Taku! Watch out!
This… this proves it!
The Death Note is real!
Taku! Idiot!
He just jumped out in front of me!
Now then, I'd better get going.
It's been five days since...
All right. I'd better get going.
Huh? You going out, Ryuk?
This place is barren everywhere you go.
I dropped my Death Note.
You really messed up big time!
Hey, weren't you carrying around a second one behind the old man's back?
Are you saying you lost both?
And do you know where you dropped it?
The Human World.
-What? -What?
Welcome home.
-You're early, Light. -Yeah.
I'm back, Mom.
The results of the national practice entrance exams?
Hurry!
Here.
Goodness! Number one, again! You really did your best, Light!
Well, yeah. I'll be studying, so don't interrupt me.
All right. Oh, Light, do you want anything?
-Anything at all? -Not really, Mom.
I already have what I want.
You seem to like it.
Why so shocked?
I'm Ryuk, the Shinigami who dropped that notebook.
From what I just saw, you already know its no ordinary notebook.
A Shinigami...
I'm not shocked, Ryuk.
In fact, I've been waiting for you, Ryuk.
Oh?
I didn't think Shinigami's Notebooks were real…
but after seeing its results, I can act with certainty.
I see. You've really surprised me.
I've heard of Death Notes getting to the Human World a few times before.
But you're the first one to use it to this extent in just five days.
Most people would be too scared to try it out.
I'm prepared, Ryuk.
I used the Death Note knowing it belonged to a Shinigami.
And now the Shinigami's here.
So, what'll happen to me? Are you going to take my soul?
Huh? What's that about?
Is that some fantasy of us you humans came up with?
I'm not going to do anything to you.
Once the Death Note lands in the Human World,
it belongs to the Human World.
In other words, it belongs to you.
It belongs to…me?
If you don't want it, give it to some other human.
But if you do, all memory of it will be erased from your mind.
So, there isn't a price for using the Death Note?
Only the fear and pain humans who have used the Death Note will experience.
And when you die…
I'll be the one to write your name on my Death Note.
Don't think for a moment that any human
who's used the Death Note can go to Heaven or Hell.
That's all.
You'll find out about it after you die.
Light?
Don't worry. Go ahead.
What?
I brought some apples. They're from our neighbor.
Why is it so dark in here?
-You'll ruin your eyesight! -What's going on?
Mom can't see him?
That notebook originally belonged to me.
And since you're the one using it, you're the only one who can see me.
And of course, only you can hear my voice.
The Death Note is a bond
between Light the human and Ryuk the Shinigami.
Tasty.
Let me ask you one more thing. Why did you choose me?
Hey, are you listening?
Apples in the Human World are awesome.
What would you call them? Juicy?
Answer my question.
I didn't choose you. I just dropped the notebook.
Did you think you were chosen because you're smart?
Don't flatter yourself.
It just happened to fall around here and you just happened to pick it up.
That's all.
That's why I wrote the explanation in English,
the most popular language in the Human World.
Then why did you drop it?
Don't tell me it was by mistake
after you went to the trouble of writing all those instructions.
Why did I drop it?
Because I was bored.
Bored?
Shinigami these days have so much time on their hands.
They're either taking a nap or gambling.
If others see you studiously scribbling names in the Death Note,
they'll say, "why are you working so hard?" and laugh at you.
Writing the names of other Shinigami doesn't work.
But since we live in the Shinigami Realm,
it's no fun at all to kill people who live in the Human World!
So, I figured it would be more fun to come down here myself.
But you sure wrote a lot of names.
But why did you only write down the cause of death
for that guy who was hit by the truck?
Without the cause of death written down, they all die of heart attacks.
That's the best thing about the Death Note, Ryuk.
I can write down the names of criminals
and slowly reduce the number of evil people.
What's the point?
Any fool can figure out someone's eliminating the bad guys.
I want the world to know of my existence!
And that there's someone who is passing judgment on them!
But what's the point in passing judgment? Why do it?
I was bored too.
Naturally, I didn't believe in it at first.
But the Death Note has a supernatural power
to tempt people to want to try it at least once.
I killed them!
Two men… I killed them!
Human lives shouldn't be taken so lightly.
Do I have the right to judge people like that?
No. I'm not wrong.
I've always thought the world is rotten and that rotten people should die!
Someone… someone must do it!
Even if it means sacrificing one's conscience and life!
Things can't stay like this!
If someone else had picked up the Death Note,
would they have been able to erase unwanted people from this world?
No way!
But I can do it!
In fact, I'm the only one who can do it!
And I will… with the Death Note!
I'll change the world!
At first, I kept writing the names of criminals,
like I was cleaning up the world, so that eventually, no one would do evil.
While those who truly deserve to be punished for their crimes
die of heart attacks, people who are immoral or harass others
will slowly be erased through illness or accidents.
Then the world would truly move in the right direction.
I would create a new world of earnest, kind humans.
Then you'd be the only one left… with a bad personality.
Huh? What are you saying? Ryuk…
I'm probably the best, most diligent, honorable student in Japan.
And I…
will become the god of the new world!
Humans…
are interesting, after all.
TO BE CONTINUED