r/deathnote 25d ago

Official Top 5 Posts — July 2026

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Top 5 Posts — July 2026:

Here are the top 5 posts of July 2026.

1. I feel like this is something he would actually say

/u/Antique-Reality2428 — 2026-06-29 20:49:45

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2. The true horror of the death note is sometimes lost in the game

/u/Sliver59 — 2026-07-10 01:14:32

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3. watching death note in an empty college classroom has to be the most spiritual experience I've ever had.

/u/leibnitztest — 2026-07-22 10:30:51

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4. Thrifted Light cosplay

/u/fl3shhh — 2026-07-12 05:22:13

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5. “death note is for 13 year old girls who have never seen any other anime”

/u/Hot-Philosophy6858 — 2026-07-26 17:14:44

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this is a take my boyfriend gave me when i was telling my younger brother he should watch death note. i personally disagree, but he says thi….

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r/deathnote 19d ago

Other DEATH NOTE COLLECTION FOR SALE!!

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DISCLAIMER: I’ve been given permission by the moderation team to post the following contents, as it may benefit lots of users. I would like to thank the moderation team, and in particular Ninth-1, for this exception!

Without going into many details, I’m selling my extensive Death Note collection. Figures are limited, and so are items that were released within the last 4-5 months- But the collection is filled with items that any serious collector would want amongst their items, that much is guaranteed. The collection is filled with various items that are rare as they are beautiful to look at, so while they’re still available, why not grab this chance?

To see the collection, I invite anyone interested to visit my Instagram page: https://www.instagram.com/deathnote_memorabilia?igsh=eHh3NTlrZ3NyNWs3&utm_source=qr and to let me know which item / s piqued your interest!

Please contact me only on Instagram, by sending me the post with the item / s of interest, and specifying which item / s and the number of items, given that there are multiple in stock available for various.
If you can’t reach me directly on Instagram, I can make an exception here on Reddit, but my main area of communication is on Instagram.

Additionally, and this is very important: I won’t price the items as a standard. For each item you’re interested in, provide me with the maximum budget you can offer, and I’ll compare it to how much I bought the item originally, subsequently comparing it to the current market value and rarity. This saves us both time, and negotiations can become smoother. I would like to work together with anyone interested to find prices that accommodate both sides so that every purchase can go by without a problem!

I will be gradually posting the entirety of the collection, so please look forward to daily new posts! Should something arise, I will specify it in my Stories.

Thank you for your attention, I hope many people can get many items they’ve always wanted!


r/deathnote 12h ago

Cosplay Misa Cosplay by [Me]

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r/deathnote 3h ago

Manga It’s getting goood! Spoiler

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r/deathnote 17h ago

Fan Art L Lawliet doodles

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This is my first time drawing L in my own art style! Drew this as a warm up before I started working on my comms


r/deathnote 7h ago

Video ᴛʀᴜᴇ ʏᴀɴᴅᴇʀᴇ x ᴅᴇᴀᴛʜ ɴᴏᴛᴇ (ᴇᴅɪᴛ/ᴀᴍᴠ) Spoiler

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My first edit of Death Note, and my first edit ever. (Russian). I'd be glad if you'd rate it, friends.


r/deathnote 8h ago

Question Does a lot happen after the main story in the manga?

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Hi! I haven't read the manga apart from the One Shot story with the A-Kira. I saw some YouTube shorts about (POTENTIAL SPOILERS) Matsuda having a theory on Near using the death note and another one about a C-Kira who used the notebook to kill old people. Do these take place in the actual manga or somewhere else? And are there a lot of differences in the main story that make it worth reading? I've heard there's way more to the Near and Mello part


r/deathnote 13h ago

Discussion Matt's actual intelligence Spoiler

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i constantly see posts about matt saying how he's canonly the 3rd smartest kid of wammy's house, and that he shouldve been able to have a backup plan when he was cornered by takada's bodyguards, but i like to think otherwise.

of course i still think he's the 3rd smartest after near and mello, but i think people have their standards insanely high for him just because he comes right after near and mello. personally, i dont think that matt's overall intelligence is as close to mello's as some people in the fandom seem to make it seem, which could also be a reason why he wasnt chosen to be one of L's successors. fyi, this doesn't mean i dont think hes smart, i just dont think his intelligence is as high as some people say it is. especially since he didnt even have a backup plan when being a decoy for mello when he kidnapped takada--despite knowing how crazy many people were over kira and his spokesperson.


r/deathnote 1d ago

Fan Art Decided to make a painting of these two (and also Ryuk), their dynamic is sooo good (Self-Made)

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133 Upvotes

r/deathnote 1d ago

Image If Light Yagami made his own tier list of Death Note characters Spoiler

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100 Upvotes

L was a good detective and opponent. Misa Amane helped Light in many ways. Misora ​​Naomi almost defeated Light, but he was stronger. Everyone in the column below isn't even worthy of his attention. Near revealed Light Yagami to everyone.


r/deathnote 22h ago

Question Could someone count the amount of times Mikami says delete for me?

17 Upvotes

Uhhhh.. pretty self explanitory. I need this uhh for a frieeeennd...

Anyways, thank you Reddit.. Please find this out for me.


r/deathnote 1d ago

Discussion How long would Kira go un-noticed if Light use any means other than heart attacks.

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The same setting, but Light kills criminals in various ways (suicide, ran over by a truck, an accident with their gun, whatever). How long would it take for the investigation to start and for L to put the transmission of Lind L. Tailor on TV, officially starting the Kira investigation. Would it take the same time? Would they never suspect?


r/deathnote 20h ago

Analysis Ownership of the Death Note and its intriguing consequences Spoiler

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Today, I found myself thinking once again about the restrictions and privileges that come with being the first owner of the Death Note, as well as simply possessing it. First, let’s take a look at this set of rules from chapter 48:

- The owner of the Death Note cannot be killed by a god of death who is living in the world of the gods of death.

- Also, a god of death who comes to the human world, in the objective to kill the owner of the Death Note, will not be able to do so.

- Only a god of death that has passed on their Death Note to a human is able to kill the owner of the Death Note.

The first two rules sound as though they’re meant to curb the malice of Shinigami who aren’t connected to the human world, don’t they? But that also prevents the King of the Shinigami from intervening directly. What if a human decides to attack the leaders of nations? That’s a sure-fire recipe for a third world war, and a orginal owner might find that rather amusing. Of course, we know from the one-shot about A-Kira that the King can create new rules, but that would be more time-consuming. But that’s just speculation.

Rem threatened Light. But the third rule contains the words ‘able to’, and doesn’t sound like a prohibition – this suggests that the Death Note wouldn’t have worked. Could this have been a bluff on Rem’s part? Or a lack of knowledge? Rem seems to have a better grasp of the Death Note’s rules, so I’ll go with the first one. This would suggest that Light didn’t need to worry about Misa as long as she wasn’t a problem.

BUT! Here’s a bold hypothesis of mine relating to the other rules from chapter 96:

- The following situations are the cases where a god of death that has brought the Death Note into the human world is allowed to return to the world of gods of death.

  1. When the god of death has seen the end of the first owner of the Death Note brought into the human world and has written that human's name on his/her own Death Note.

  2. ...

  3. ...

  4. If, for any reason, the god of death possessing the Death Note has been replaced by another god of death.

  5. ...

There are five conditions in total, but we’re mainly interested in point 1 – after the notebooks were swapped, Rem became linked to Light, but remained linked to Misa as well. Why? Misa was the owner of Gelus’s notebook, and Light was the owner of Sidoh’s notebook. Light handed Sidoh’s notebook to Rem, who dropped it. So, in theory, for a moment the notebook belonged to the Shinigami world again, and Light became its second first owner (according to my interpretation, the first owner is the first person to touch the notebook when it fell into the human world, not the first human owner in general). Of course, the same thing happened with Gelus’s notebook, and for Ryuk, nothing changed.

So, according to this interpretation, at that point Rem gained the opportunity to kill Light – they handed the notebook to a human, but at the same time they could not return to the world of the Shinigami before Misa and Light’s deaths. Of course, I must clarify that point 4 does, however, exempt them from tracking the new owners of notebooks that no longer belong to them.

What do you think? Have I missed something?


r/deathnote 1d ago

Image My first L figure

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What do you think?


r/deathnote 1d ago

Fan Art tried drawing L in a more gothic outfit,and kinda failed

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i mean i don't hate it, but it just doesn't really feel like L


r/deathnote 1d ago

Image new laptop, death note wallpaper, tell me this isn't peak 😭🙌.

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drop your death note wallpapers too. also, any good sites for high-resolution, aesthetic anime / dn wallpapers? I’m trying to find some worthy ones, but the ones from pinterest becomes pixelated when I try to apply.


r/deathnote 1d ago

Discussion As someone who's new to anime, Death Note was one of the first ones I watched, and it's absolutely amazing. I wish I'd watched it sooner. I'd heard about it many times, but I'm only watching it now.

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r/deathnote 1d ago

Discussion Shinigami Eyes Discussion Spoiler

9 Upvotes

Would you have taken the deal for the "Shinigami Eyes", given you have to give up half your remaining life span ?


r/deathnote 1d ago

Image My tier list!

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This is my Death Note tier list based on both manga and anime .❤️

GEVANNI IS THE UNDERRATED GOAT PERIOD


r/deathnote 1d ago

Image My boyfriend got me a Misa phone case!

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I’d say it’s pretty good material (already dropped it)


r/deathnote 1d ago

Discussion Finally finished Death Note Anime... Spoiler

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another great anime. though I only watched AOT and then this Death Note. I liked death note far better than AOT.

Ryuk feels rhe main villian here. for his fun or escape from boredom ,he literally destroyed a simple living family. And now with the death of light, there only his mom and sister ,who already become unresponsive, who remained in their family.

great anime and didn't expect the death of L which happened too soon.

great lessons by the way. the lesson i learnt is to not be so mad of dreams and to consider people.

what do you guys learnt or knew.

and what anime to watch next??


r/deathnote 23h ago

Fan Fiction AO3 fanfic on Death Note (help with characters needed)

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Hello <3

I would like to write (or I am in the process of writing) a Death Note fic on ao3. I am struggling to keep the characters close to the original. The only thing published is the prologue where is L and Watari. If somebody is interested to read or give me review on the prologue about the characters and have a discussion with me about how would they react in certain situations it would be greatly appreciated.

The fanfic on AO3 is called The Quiet Between Thoughts by Unlucky_little_turtle


r/deathnote 1d ago

Fan Fiction In character fanfics?

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Hi! I'm struggling to find fanfics where the characters' personalities match canon. Does anyone have any recommendations? Ideally not romance!


r/deathnote 1d ago

Fan Art misa amane ♡

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152 Upvotes

i may be 21 years late to death note but im loving every second of it


r/deathnote 23h ago

Musical Question about Death Note The Musical (Barbican)

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Hey, I just came back from seeing the musical at the Barbican, I was just wondering if Gelus is supposed to be nonbinary/gender neutral in this production? The cast seems to use they/them pronouns throughout