Q 01/05

Who wrote Death Note?

A) Takeshi Obata

B) Tsugumi Ohba

C) Hiroshi Sakurazaka

D) Nisio Isin

Answer · why

B) Tsugumi Ohba

Ohba is a pen name and the writer's identity has never been confirmed. Takeshi Obata, of Hikaru no Go, drew it.

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

It ran alongside Naruto, Bleach and One Piece in Shueisha's flagship title, an unusually dark series for the magazine.

Q 03/05

How many chapters does the Death Note manga have?

A) 108

B) 120

C) 132

D) 144

Answer · why

A) 108

They were collected in twelve volumes. 108 is also the number of earthly desires in Buddhism, which fans have taken as deliberate.

Q 04/05

The public nickname 'Kira' for the mystery murderer is the Japanese rendering of which English word?

A) Karma

B) Cleaner

C) Killer

D) Keeper

Answer · why

C) Killer

The media coin it after criminals start dying of heart attacks worldwide. Light comes to accept it as his title as the god of a new world.

Q 05/05

The shinigami Ryuk is invisible to everyone except whom?

A) People who have touched the notebook

B) Other shinigami only

C) People about to die

D) The person whose name was last written

Answer · why

A) People who have touched the notebook

He dropped the notebook into the human world out of boredom. Light's father and the task force can only see him once they handle the Death Note themse...