8 Big Changes The Death Note Remake Made

One of the few similarities between the original and the remake is that the Death Note has a lot of rules, but they differ between the two.

The most important rule of the Death Note is that if a cause of death is not written within a specific time limit, then the victim will die of a heart attack. Light uses this as his signature, so people will pick up on the possibility of a god passing judgement.

The remake completely abandons this, and opts for convenient rules to suit the changed plot. The problem with removing the heart attack rule is that it introduces a number of plot holes. For example, how did people pick up on the possibility of a serial killer if everyone dies in a different way?

In the manga, Light uses the fact that the Death Note can kill in other ways to eliminate obstacles whilst evading the Task Force.