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[![Death Note pilot
page!](https://i.stack.imgur.com/MRikV.png)](https://i.stack.imgur.com/MRikV.png)

On the bottom left paragraph, it reads:

> You will not die if you write your own name in here, but it's not
> recommended.

This page is taken from [the pilot chapter of Death
Note](http://deathnote.wikia.com/wiki/Death_Note_Manga_Pilot). Would the manga
pilot be considered canon? And thus, would I be able to kill myself with the
Death Note or not?


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Could I kill myself with a Death Note?


As mentioned by [Maroon](https://anime.stackexchange.com/users/2604/maroon),
OP's question would possibly contradict the answer at [Can a person shorten
their own life by using the Death
Note?](https://anime.stackexchange.com/questions/7412/can-a-person-shorten-
his-her-own-life-by-using-the-note)

So before answering OP's question, lets first see what we know about the
effect of writing your own name in the Death Note.

  1. [In the manga pilot](http://deathnote.wikia.com/wiki/Death_Note_Manga_Pilot), there is a rule that says:

> You will not die if you write your own name in the Death Note, but it is not
> recommended.

  2. [In the movie The Last Name](http://deathnote.wikia.com/wiki/Death_Note:_The_Last_Name), we see L die from writing his own name in the Death Note:

> Later it is revealed that L did not die and avoided death by writing his
> name in the notebook stating, "L Lawliet will die 23 days from this date".
>
> The film ends 23 days later, with L dying peacefully.

  3. [In the one shot special](http://deathnote.wikia.com/wiki/Death_Note_One-Shot_Special), we read that the C-killer dies from writing his own name:

> This resulted in C-Kira writing his own name in the Death Note.

Looking at the available evidence, it would indeed seem like a possible
contradiction (although Miura-kun was about to try and commit suicide in the
manga pilot and there is no evidence he wouldn't have died). Therefore, in
order to correctly reply to OP's question I checked what should be considered
[canon according to the Death Note
wiki](http://deathnote.wikia.com/wiki/Guide_to_Canon). Since the only three
sources considered as canon are [the twelve original manga
volumes](http://deathnote.wikia.com/wiki/List_of_Death_Note_Chapters), [Death
Note 13: How to
Read](http://deathnote.wikia.com/wiki/Death_Note_13:_How_to_Read), and the
[Death Note One-Shot-Special](http://deathnote.wikia.com/wiki/Death_Note_One-
Shot_Special), it would seem that **you can indeed commit suicide by using the
Death Note** as seen in the One-Shot-Special, when the C-killer couldn't
handle the pressure and committed suicide.


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From Death Note 13: How to Read, How to Use V:

> A person can shorten his/her own life by using the note.

So, you may indeed shorten your own life.


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