Death Note: The Complete Rules

This is relevant only if you've watched the "Death Note" anime series. The series centers around a notebook which can be used (by the owner) to declare judgment and kill who he or she thinks is undesirable. However, the Death Note comes with a thick user guide which should ring some warning bells.

The most basic rule is "The human whose name is written in this note shall die. This note will not take effect unless the writer has the subject's face in mind when writing his/her name. This is to prevent people who share the same name from being affected." But there's a lot more complexity to this.

The rules are organized into the following sub-categories:

• Entering Names
• Entering the Causes and Conditions of Death
• Alterations
• Limitations
• Other Things to Consider
• The Beginning of Ownership
• Multiple Notebooks
• The Shinigami Eyes
• The Shinigami Rules
• Using the Death Note
• Shinigami Life
• Fake Rules

As you can see, it's hard to use the Death Note! As they say, "The Devil is in the details", or in this case, "The Shinigami is in the details". I wouldn't want that kind of responsibility. Let the battle between "good" and "evil" rage of its own accord :-)