

While it was only mentioned one time in the pilot of the manga, one
interesting detail about Death Note is that there was originally a way for the
user of the note to reverse any of the deaths they carried out. Just as
writing a name in the Death Note notebook would eventually kill a person, a
special eraser existed that could not only physically get rid of the name
written in the book, but even restore the life that was taken as well.


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Is it true that there's an eraser for the Death Note that can bring people back to life?


The Death Eraser appeared exclusively in the Death Note Pilot chapter, which
isn't canon.

If the pilot chapter was considered canon several things would contradict
themselves, like how the [Rules of the Death
Note](http://deathnote.wikia.com/wiki/Rules_of_the_Death_Note) contain that
there are infinite number of pages in the Death Note, while in the pilot
version it is stated that it has 60 pages with 38 lines per page.


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Based on the netflix version, where one of the rules states that the death
must be possible, ie no shark coming out of a toilet to bite the person,
bringing back to life is not allowed. So, if it can't happen under normal
circumstances, it can't happen via Death Note. It seems then that Death Note
drives probability but it can't reach infinite improbability.

Edit addition:  
Thus eraser is not possible as there is no probabilistic way to bring someone
back from the dead. Once someone is dead, they stay dead. Also Gorzius agrees
that it is the same in the manga/comic.


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Yes, it is true that there is a Deathnote Eraser.

This occurrence can be found in a Short story in **'Death Note 13: How to Read
Death Note'** book where Ryuk hands over an eraser to a new owner of the book,
who happens to be a kid.

_Whereas in the actual Deathnote plot the Eraser isn't mentioned._


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In the Netflix movie the rule is that you are aloud to burn one page and only
one page and when you do it before that person dies then they will not die but
Ryuk said you are not aloud to burn more then one page. which he could be
lying and doesn't want you to back out of all the people you want to kill, but
i fill like he isn't.


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