

The answer by Imprfectluck at [this
question](https://anime.stackexchange.com/q/21659/6166) made me wonder what
would happen to people whose name was written down in the details of another
persons death. For example: _John Doe dies after his date with Jane Doe_. The
foremost basic rule of the Death Note states that `The human whose name is
written in this note shall die`. **So will Jane Doe die?**

We additionally have rule LIV that states that if you write the cause and
details of death on a different page, you need to be thinking of the original
victim and would not be able to think both of John and Jane at the same time.
This would indicate that you have to choose what will happen. Either you think
of John and the details happen, either you think of Jane and she dies. Does a
similar rule exist when writing on the same page? Or is writing someone's name
in the details of another's death just an exception to that first rule?

> In order to make the Death Note take effect, the victim's name must be
> written on the same page, but the cause of death and situation around the
> death can be described in other pages of Death Note. **This will work as
> long as the person that writes in the Death Note keeps the specific victims
> name in mind when writing the cause and situation of death.**


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Will a person die when their name is written in the situation of death?


That is correct. Jane Doe will die of a heart attack 40 seconds later (unless
the cause/time of death is also described for the second victim).

The death note will not cause the deaths of other humans whose names are
**not** written. But once written, all bets are off.


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OK here is the discussion that gave me that idea.

> **Can you have someone you are controlling with a Death Note order a murder?
> For instance, could Light have written down the name of a mob boss, then
> write, "orders the demolition of the hotel where L is currently staying,
> then dies three hours later."**
>
> No, for two reasons. The first is that the Death Note can only kill one
> person per name. If it brings harm to anyone else, the person will just die
> of a heart attack. Also, aliases don't work, period. The Death Note doesn't
> know who L or Kira or Wedy or Aiber or Near or Mello or anyone else with an
> alias are. Real names only. However, you could write something like "Report
> Siht. Demolishes a hotel, then subsequently dies." and then write "L
> Lawliet. Crushed by falling debris as his hotel is demolished." As long as
> two names are written, they are able to interact. Isn't it only that the
> person cannot directly harm people? Of course, regardless of that, "orders
> the demolition of the hotel where L is currently staying" is impossible
> because the mob boss could impossibly know that L is staying in a hotel or
> which hotel that is.

Although the above discussion tries to prove that you would need the name of
person to be killed to actually kill them. So as long as Jane Doe's name is in
the notebook , it will kill them. Either in one sentence or two sentence. If
you do not think of the person , the death note's command would not work
either as it protects from killing someone by mistake.So either the **command
will work** or **Jane doe will die** are the only possible outcomes.


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It seems this was actually confirmed by L in chapter 45. The Yotsuba company
had made tests of their own, and deduced rules from this. One of the things
they deduced was that

> If other names are specified, the action becomes void and they all have
> heart attacks.

Therefore a person written in the situation of death would completely void the
action and kill all written names with a heart attack. Obviously the most
fundamental rules need to be fulfilled (eg: Think of that person's face,
nicknames would not work, ...), but it seems that the complete action would
actually be voided if more names were written down in the situation of death.

![enter image description here](https://i.stack.imgur.com/hseDp.png)


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In Death Note: How to Use It I, the second rule is this:

> This note will not take effect unless the writer has the person's face in
> their mind when writing his/her name. Therefore, people sharing the same
> name will not be affected.

The important part of the rule to look at is the first part. This means that
since you were meaning to kill John Doe, and this death won't cause the death
of Jane Doe, then you were probably only thinking of John Doe's face, and
thus, Jane Doe won't die.


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