

Let's say I had a Death Note. If I wrote someone's name in the book and then
wrote details of the death, can an individual stop the cause of death and the
actual death entirely or will the death still take action, but in a different
way?


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Can someone stop the cause of death after someone writes the details in the Death Note?


Its not possible to stop the person dying from the written cause. The Death
Note has no provision for avoiding death until and unless the writer doesn't
have the person's face in their mind when writing his/her name.

Reference: <http://deathnote.wikia.com/wiki/Rules_of_the_Death_Note>


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> In the occasion where the cause of death is possible but the situation is
> not, only the cause of death will take effect for that victim. If both the
> cause and the situation are impossible, that victim will die of heart
> attack. (Rules of the DeathNote. How to Use: LV)

So, hypothetically speaking, if an individual's name was written in the
DeathNote and they were able to bring about events that would render the
situation of their death impossible, they will still be susceptible to the
cause of death.

_However_ , there are no rules that specify what would happen to the victim of
they were able to prevent the cause of death (be that if the cause was "shot
through the heart" and the victim locked themself in solitary confinement for
example). Though, knowing how the DeathNote rules go normally, the victim
would probably just die of a heart attack.

The [wikia](http://deathnote.wikia.com/wiki/Rules_of_the_Death_Note) contains
a full list of all the rules regarding the use of a DeathNote.


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The Rules of the Death Note are pretty clear:

> [How to Use:
> XI](http://deathnote.wikia.com/wiki/Rules_of_the_Death_Note#How_to_Use:_XI)
>
> […]
>
> As you see above, the time and conditions of death can be changed, but once
> the victim’s name has been written, the individual’s death can never be
> avoided.

This is, of course, as long as you thought of the victim’s face while writing
the name. In case you now assume that you can just alter the details of death
to something impossible, well sorry:

> [How to Use:
> LV](http://deathnote.wikia.com/wiki/Rules_of_the_Death_Note#How_to_Use:_LV)
>
> […]
>
> In the occasion where the cause of death is possible but the situation is
> not, only the cause of death will take effect for that victim. **If both the
> cause and the situation are impossible, that victim will die of heart
> attack.** [emphasis mine].

So again, all you get is a heart attack. The victim will die.

Tl;dr: Think before you write.


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[Rule
XV](http://deathnote.wikia.com/wiki/Rules_of_the_Death_Note#How_to_Use:_XV)
states that

> When the same name is written on more than two Death Notes, the note which
> was first filled in will take effect, regardless of the time of death.
>
> If writing the same name on more than two Death Notes is completed within
> 0.06 seconds, it is regarded as simultaneous; **the Death Note will not take
> effect and the individual written will not die**.

So, if an individual is _very, very_ fast he can save another from being
killed by the Death Note (if you have two other Death Notes); this can happen
as a _very_ unlikely coincidence. But this rule states that "writing the same
**name** (...) is completed within 0.06 seconds", so to save another life you
need to write the name in the other two (or more) Death Notes soon after the
name was written, and so _before_ the causes of death.

So it's a task for _The Flash_... or maybe for [Cyborg
009](http://cyborg009.wikia.com/wiki/Accelerator) since this is the Anime &
Manga Stack Exchange.


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