Death Note Facts

Controversy in China
posted on 2005-02-06 01:15 EST

Popular Manga Banned in Some Schools

Imitating events in the manga series Death Note, Chinese school students in the city of Shenyang have take to writing death notes. The students buy special stationary and follow instructions such as "Write the cause of death and the person's name backwards and the person will die in 40 seconds."

A middle school student told the Shenyang Night Report, "Many of my friends have Death Note. When they are tired of studying, they have fun by writing down the names of teachers they don't like."

Some Shenyang schools have banned the manga and related stationary, the newspaper called Death Note, "Poison, creating wicked hearts." Others however, including one major Chinese newspaper, feel that the ban is an over-reaction and is inappropriate. Some have suggested that overreactions such as these are what stifle creativity in China.


Kenichi Matsuyama an actor that play on three Death Note Live Action Series as L is dubbing for Jealous voice on 12th episode of death Note that titled "Love".













Shido Nakamura Ryuk's seiyuu on DN live action and anime is a famous Kabuki actor on Japan, he ever play on Be With you , Letters From iwo jima and Fearless (with Jet Li)