Kira, err, Kara David now has her hands on ‘Death Note’, and her followers could not help but poke fun and give suggestions on how to use it.
The award-winning journalist received a surprise gift from her fellow University of the Philippines faculty member.
”Kara’ po ang pangalan ko hindi ‘Kira.’ Thanks Ronin for this cool gift. Shinigami ‘yarn?’ Kara wrote on her Facebook caption with her holding the ‘Death Note’ notebook.
Her post has generated over 217, 000 reactions, 6,000 comments and 24,000 shares.
Her followers immediately flooded her post with comments – from witty barbs to an explanation of the famous Japanese manga-turned-anime show.
‘Lista n’yo na po please,’ one user commented.
‘Ma’am Kara, List every corrupt official alphabetically, chronologically, or by the size of their kickbacks. We might need extra pages, though,’ another one wrote.
Social media pages also shared the post with their own quips.
‘May nangyayari na,’ one social media page wrote about Kara’s post.
One user, who goes by the Facebook name Jayson Hipol, explained the lore of the popular early 2000s manga.
‘When a human picks up a Death Note, they automatically enter into an agreement with the Shinigami (death god) who owns it. This agreement gives the human the power to kill anyone simply by writing the person’s name in the notebook while picturing their face,’ the user explained.
He shared that there are strict rules to follow in using Death Note. These include the cause of death must be written within 40 seconds or the person will die of a heart attack; it cannot kill someone in an impossible or unrealistic way; and once someone uses the Death Note, their soul is neither allowed in Heaven nor Hell after death.
The social media user also talked about how the human in possession of the notebook can strike another deal that gives him the ability to see the names and lifespan written on it in exchange of his remaining days of living.
‘In short, the Death Note agreement grants immense power – but at the cost of the user’s soul and humanity,’ the user wrote.
‘Death Note’ is a serialized manga published by Weekly Shonen Jump from December 2003 to 2006.
It tells the story of genius high school student Light Yagami, who comes across and comes into possession of the Death Note, which he discovers grants anyone the ability to kill a person whose name is written on its pages. Light uses it under the alias Kira to eliminate people he deemed immoral in his desire for a crime-free society.
‘Death Note’ has been adapted into various media, including a 37-episode anime in 2006 and various video games. It also has live-action adaptations via a mini-series and four films released in 2006, 2008, 2015 and 2016.