I’m glad Ohba removed the death eraser after the pilot chapter of Death Note. It makes no sense whatsoever. It can be used until the body is cremated. And it says specifically “cremated” so it can heal every degree of decomposition? But what’s with the cellular damage? The brain gets already damaged after a few minutes without oxygen. After 10 min without oxygen, the damage is so severe that you are basically braindead. Is the tissue damage completely repaired after using the death eraser or only partially to a point where the person can live again? Do you get dumber after being revived? Are memories and abilities restored, which were lost because of the brain tissue damage? Or do you have to learn everything all over again? Can you use the death eraser to revive a corpse that’s like 50 % rotten? Or a skeleton?
In the pilot chapter, several boys died of heart attacks and were revived one/two days later. An autopsy was most likely necessary to determine the cause of death, especially since heart attacks aren’t a natural cause of death for children. And five kids dying of it within a short period of time makes it even more suspicious. So the corpses were cut open, and the organs were removed. Do they grow back together after the death eraser is used, or do new organs grow instead (unlimited organ supply!)? How does it work?
Also, what’s up with the parents of these kids? “Yeah, my son died a few days ago and was cut open, but now he’s alive again. Nothing weird about this, and temporary death isn’t serious enough to miss school the next day.” Wtf, what’s wrong with those people?
The pilot chapter makes me appreciate the Death Note rules even more. It’s good that Ohba put so much thought into them and made restrictions for most situations. But it’s a shame that he changed them in the 2020 one-shot for plot convenience.