Brian Drummond credited as playing...
Ryuk
- Ryuk: Light, I'm gonna let you in on a little secret. What makes a shinigami and a human who has a death note different? Well, there are two things. And why do shinigami have to write the names of humans in their death notes? You got any ideas?
- Light Yagami: Of course not. Why would I know that? You know, you sure are talkative today.
- Ryuk: It's because we are able to take human lifespans for ourselves.
- Light Yagami: Huh? Wait. Whadda ya mean by that?
- Ryuk: Let's say you have a human who is due to live until the age of sixty, and a god of death wrote that this person would die at forty. Sixty minus forty equals twenty. Now those twenty years taken from someone in the human world are added to that god of death's life; so, it means that as long as we don't slack off - even if someone was to shoot us in the head or stab us in the heart with a knife - a god of death can not die. On the other hand, no matter how many names YOU write in your death note, your lifespan will not increase. That is the first difference between gods of death and humans who possess a death note.
- Ryuk: The second difference between us will probably be of even greater interest to you, though this has less to do with lengthening life and more to do with cutting it short.
- Light Yagami: Whadda mean "cutting it short?"
- Ryuk: Shinigami can tell what a person's name is by just looking at their face. We know instantly. And do you have any idea why? Because, through a shinigami's eyes, a human's name can be seen above their head. Not only that, we see their lifespan as well.
- Light Yagami: Their name and lifespan?
- Ryuk: That's right. I'm able to see your name and lifespan right now. If I converted that to human time, I could tell you how many years you got left - but there's no way I'd ever tell you that.
- Light Yagami: If the cause of death is written within forty seconds of writing the person's name, it will happen. If the cause of death is not specified, the person will simply die of a heart attack. After writing the cause of death, details of the death should be written in the next six minutes and forty seconds. That sound right to you, Ryuk?
- Ryuk: So what's your point?
- Light Yagami: In other words, if I write "heart attack is the cause of death," then I should be able to write down all the details, including time of death afterword, shouldn't I? Looks like I'll be able to provide you with more entertainment, now.