Alright folks! What would you do if you received a Death Note?
Would you kill criminals like Light Yagami did?
Or would you perhaps only kill your enemies?
Tell me all about how you would use your Death Note!

Reminds me of this doujinshi cross-over of Death Note and Hidamari Sketch.

Yuno, the main character of Hidamari Sketch, found a death note the same way Yagami did. She fainted when she saw Ryuk, which is probably what I would do as well. Anyways, she gave the death note back to Ryuk and got her friends as well as herself draw a portrait of him. She didn't want the death note because she's a normal girl, and normal people don't want the responsibility of causing deaths, regardless if they're a bad person or not.

So that's basically my answer; I would give Ryuk back the death note. But I probably wouldn't draw a portrait of him; he might write my name down because of my horrible art skills. XD

I would probably do as Light did, but in moderation.

If there was a mass murderer sentenced to life or death, then I would end their life for them, to save the wait. However, that being said, I would allow for a time to see if said person is actually innocent. If evidence was compiled against them, and somehow things were mistaken.

There are the people who shouldn't be given second chances though. Child Abusers, be it sexual, physical or mental, shouldn't be able to get away with crimes.

But, hey who am I to judge others? Innocent until proven guilty? Right

I would use it to get my way! If someone threatens me I would pull out my note book and pen until they back off in fear *Evil Laugh*! Also if there were any major crimes like terrorism with WMD weapons involved I would play my part because I fancy myself as a bit of a Light Yagami! Having one of these could tempt me into causing some trouble!!

Honestly when I saw the title of this thread I thought it literally meant What would you do if you received a death note. The topic Manga and Anime reassured me!!  

This is like the question of death penalty. I'm not sure, if I would use it for killing the worst criminals. But if I would, when is "worst"? I don't believe in God, but I think no human should think he or she has the right to decide this question. It depends on the point of view and the ethics of a person, when death is "right" or not.
For some people, it feels right to kill the person, he or she was cheated with. These people are called murderers. Objectively, that's not better than murdering any other person.

You can see it in the story of Death Note: His sense of justice gets worse and worse until he decides to kill every criminal of the world and to even kill those who try to stop him, like L. I think this isn't too different to the consequences a death note would cause in the real world.

I would probably try to get rid of it, without letting anyone know of its existence. Don't remember exactly if there were rules for its elimination, but if there were none, I'd burn it. However if that's not possible, I'd bury it in a place noone would look. But, if the shinigami doesn't mind and/or it's not against the rules, I'd give it back to him instead, like Mistress wrote. lol

Probably both. I would kill criminals, but in different ways each criminal, and in moderation to not cause attention to it. I would also kill my enemies, and people I really don't like, or people who I think don't deserve to live. Eventually, I would go mad, kill all the leaders of the world, and become RULER OF ANYTHING THAT LIVES (and even stuff that doesn't live) and kill anyone who dares defy me.
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And that is why I should never be given any type of power, ever.
But in all honesty, I might use it for a while, than give it back to the shinigami.

I realized that I didn't tell you guys what I would do.
If I found a Death Note I would probably not use it very much. But I would keep it for sure! I love Ryuk and I would love to have him as a companion for the rest of my life. 
I think that I only would use the Death Note for ''good'' purposes, for example to kill really evil people, people who really deserves to die, like crazy dictators. But otherwise I would just keep it safe in my room ^^

Personally I would go crazy with it. I would destroy whoever I wanted to who has done harm to others without a good reason. So the world would definitely shift its balance and due to the shift in balance different events would occur and slowly destroy the world in order to keep the balance. When that would occur I would go on only a little longer until I gave back the Death Note after writing my name in the book and having myself die in my sleep that night.

I would probably kill every dictatorships leaders. No matter how many times they get a new one I'll keep giving the all heart attacks and horrible accidents and maybe some other gross things I shouldn't mention that would happen to their bodies

For some reason, I believe that I might actually debate whether or not I would want to keep it or return it, then let it sit in my room without use for a few years. By the time I got back to it, I would probably freak out because I forgot it was there and someone could easily have taken it (cause I don't think things through the way Light did in the beginning). All in all, not much to say other than I probably would be too paranoid to use it.

I probably wouldn't use it at all because I can only see myself killing people in self defense. I might keep it for just that scenario though.

Knowing me I would look at it for a full minute. "Okay I found a strange notebook what is this thing and who does it belong to?" After reading I would look up to find Ryuk probably staring at me about to say some sarcastic remark and then pass out. Afterwards when I would finally come to my sense I would look at the Notebook chuck it out the window and give Ryuk an apple if we had any. Now I say this because knowing me I would probably end up letting all that power go to my head and then get caught with the Death Note so its just better to get rid of it before I do something stupid!

I would keep it as evidence and then I would try to find out who left it and either destroy them personally or have them convicted for threatening me. I would kill criminals and my enemies and that is pretty much how I would use my death note.


This is a unique but cool thread by the way, I think a lot of people would do both similar and completely different things with each of their death notes. I would only use it to kill really evil people when necessary. Otherwise I would just save it I guess.

If I ever receive a death note, I may not use it a lot. I can use it only if it is truly needed, but I rather not kill people (no matter how much I hate them).

0ddie : I would probably keep it and wait until I found a good time to use it.

There'd be a lot of bankers and politicians dead.

Ryuk would probably love our current place as we have an apple tree.

I would burn it and create a exact copy so I could use it to induce fear if the situation every calls, it would also minimise the chances of me succumbing to the temptation of using it.

Well I would #1 Notify the police . #2 Pray  #3 Ready myself for attack .  But panicing  is not going to help me at all Best thing to always remember is to stay calm folks