Comments on: Death Note 31

By: onichimaru

onichimaru — Fri, 31 Aug 2007 08:14:18 +0000

where can i find episode 31 with english subbed?can someone please give me a link or something?

By: Shirukii

Shirukii — Tue, 22 May 2007 16:01:44 +0000

@ Son Gohan: Thanks a lot, that looks about right. So I guess there aren’t any set rules about who the shinigami have to follow around. I might use this flowchart in later posts, I’ll credit you if I do so, thanks again!

By: Son Gohan

Son Gohan — Tue, 22 May 2007 09:49:18 +0000

Shirukii, I tryed reconstructing all the Death Notes’ movements.
DNS = Shidou’s DN (the one in English)
DNJ = Jealous’s DN
DNR = Rem’s DN

DNS: Ryuk -> Light -> Rem -> Higuchi -> Police -> Mello -> Shidou
DNR: Rem -> Light -> Souichiro -> Light
DNJ: Rem -> Misa -> Ryuk -> (buried) -> Misa -> Mikami

Ryuk should follow Mikami according to the rules. He shouldn’t have been around the Investigation HQ all the time. But we don’t know how much the shinigami can wander around. It seems that it is up to the shinigami wether to abide to the rules or not.

By: Shirukii

Shirukii — Sun, 20 May 2007 05:52:29 +0000

@ Alias: Nah, he needs to be in contact with the main part of the death note to retain his memories. He had a piece of the death note in his watch throughout the whole Yotsuba arc, remember he used it at the end to kill Higuchi.

mellovsnear’s point is valid. Light getting the note back at that point does make the most sense. As for which notebooks remain in the human world, there have been too many switches and ambiguity as to which notebook went to who to say for sure. Unless anyone knows otherwise.

By: Alias

Alias — Sun, 20 May 2007 05:24:52 +0000

I thought the reason why Light still has his memories is the shred of the death note that he has in his watch?

By: mellovsnear

mellovsnear — Sat, 19 May 2007 13:45:56 +0000

Knolly, u said “3. At some point that we didn’t get to see, Light touched Rem’s notebook after his dad died (before anyone else got to), and gave the notebook back to Misa.” Well when Light’s dad was dying Light was holding the Deathnote and a pen saying “kill him before you die” and that’s why Light became the owner of that deathnote after his father died.

By: Knolly

Knolly — Sat, 19 May 2007 06:03:48 +0000

Oh, and I just reread what you said, and Shidoh went after and got back his old Death Note, which is the one that Ryuk gave to Light.

Notice that Light’s/Shidoh’s Death Note is the only one that actually has “DEATH NOTE” written on the cover, and it’s also the only one with rules. The shinigami switch that Light performed is probably what’s confusing you.

So the only two Death Note’s in the human world:
Rem’s: Presumably owned by Light, but being held by the investigation team.
Jealous’s: Owned by Mikami.

By: Knolly

Knolly — Sat, 19 May 2007 06:01:14 +0000

I believe (could be wrong) that the chain of ownership went like this:

1. Light gives up Rem’s Notebook and gives it to Ryuk, making Ryuk be the Shinigami possessing it.
2. Ryuk wanders off to the investigation HQ and gives the notebook to Light’s dad, making him the owner.
3. At some point that we didn’t get to see, Light touched Rem’s notebook after his dad died (before anyone else got to), and gave the notebook back to Misa.

So the investigation team still has the Notebook, but Light has become the “owner” of it. Meanwhile, Mikami has Misa’s old notebook, which Ryuk is also possessing, but Mikami is the owner of it.

Confusing? Yes. But then again, isn’t this whole anime?

By: Shirukii

Shirukii — Fri, 18 May 2007 00:01:03 +0000

@ Knolly: I considered that option as well, but I’m pretty sure that’s not the case. Remember that when someone gives up a death note, they lose their memories. When Light gave the notebook back to Ryuk, he borrowed Misa’s to make sure he didn’t lose his memories.

So the only way he can be as he is now, not physically holding a death note but still keeping his memory, is if he returned Misa’s death note (Ryuk’s extra) and took ownership of his old one (Rem’s).

By: Knolly

Knolly — Thu, 17 May 2007 21:30:00 +0000

Hey, I haven’t seen this ep, but I was scanning through, and about what you said about the inconsistency with the Death Notes…

Remember when Light gave up the ownership of Rem’s old note? He gave it to Ryuk, thus making Ryuk the Death God that would follow around the owner of the note, whereas before Light gave it to Ryuk, the notebook had no Death God.

So technically right now, Ryuk is possessing both Death Notes, so he can kind of wander in between.