Q 01/05

Which pseudonymous author wrote the Death Note manga?

A) Naoki Urasawa

B) Tsugumi Ohba

C) Hiroshi Sakurazaka

D) Hajime Isayama

Answer · why

B) Tsugumi Ohba

Tsugumi Ohba is a pen name whose owner has never been revealed; a long-running fan theory, never confirmed, says it hides the gag-manga artist Hiroshi...

Q 02/05

In which magazine was Death Note serialised from December 2003 to May 2006?

A) Weekly Shōnen Jump

B) Weekly Shōnen Magazine

C) Weekly Young Jump

D) Monthly Shōnen Gangan

Answer · why

A) Weekly Shōnen Jump

Weekly Shōnen Jump is the home of fight manga such as Naruto and Bleach; Death Note's writer doubted they could pull one off there, so pitched a suspe...

Q 03/05

How many chapters does the Death Note manga have?

A) 108

B) 120

C) 132

D) 144

Answer · why

A) 108

108 chapters ran in the magazine, plus a one-shot epilogue in 2008; 108 is also the number of earthly desires in Buddhism, which fans have taken as de...

Q 04/05

The name 'Kira', given to Light Yagami's hidden persona, is the Japanese rendering of which English word?

A) Karma

B) Cleaner

C) Killer

D) Keeper

Answer · why

C) Killer

Killer, said the Japanese way, becomes Kira; the public coins the name once criminals around the world start dying of heart attacks.

Q 05/05

Which humans can see and hear the shinigami Ryuk?

A) People who have touched the notebook

B) People who say his name aloud

C) People about to die

D) The person whose name was last written

Answer · why

A) People who have touched the notebook

People who have touched the notebook are the only humans who can see Ryuk; the live-action films drew him in CGI, their director said, to make that se...