EXPLAINED FACTS
The picture on the front cover has absolutely nothing to do with Death Note, but it could resemble the Death God King, Cero, since he isn't seen very much in the original Death Note.
The first four paragraphs of the first chapter are a brief recap of the original Death Note.
The Altar of Dehumanizing was built billion of years ago by humans. It was used by them to evolve at a higher level, in a god that defies death. A death god. But something went wrong. The land on which the altar was built was ripped off the face of the Earth and the humans were forced to leave the territory they once populated. It is now known as the death god realm and remains populated by the ones that succeeded in evolving but forgot about their origins.
The 'snake holding a cross in his mouth' from the altar is inspired from the symbol found in 'Fullmetal Alchemist'.
"Well, everyone has heard of him since Ryuk returned . . ." When Ryuk returned to the death god realm, after having to kill Light, he was visited by the pilot death god, as seen in 'Death Note: Director's Cut', who heard the story from him and told it to others which did the same, until almost every death god in the realm knew about Ryuks' story.
Nate Rivers' age was 12 when the Kira events happened.
The two pieces of paper found by Near on the floor belong to Lights' and Ryuks' Death Notes. They dropped the besides Near, so he could touch them and then see Light and Ryuk.
A presence of a death god is possible to affect the state of different electronic utilities. For example Nears' computer and phone.
The explosion of Nate Rivers' room was a death that Light wrote in his own notebook before visiting him.
At the end of the original series, Misa has lost her memories about the Death Note. But, she found one accidently and hid it in her house. He tried to continue Lights' work, but couldn't go on without him.
The date on which Misa dies, 22nd February, is in the same year in which Light dies.
In the old times, when the death god King was agitated, it meant that their realm could be in danger, so every death god would go at the throne and be briefed. This time, they only went to the King as a custom.
Although the idea of a baby born from a human girl and a death god would be interesting, it is not entirely true. As a King, death gods have the power to take human form.
The idea of Light being the descendant of a death god was inspired from 'Bleach'.
If the rightful owner of the death god realms' throne doesn't reclaim it in a certain period of time, the throne will accept the first death god that touches it. But, if the owner appears during his reign, he can always reclaim his place by touching the throne.
In order to travel between the death god realm and the human world, all death gods have the power to open a tunnel that links them together.
When returning through the tunnel, the King mumbled an incantation that sealed the entrance of the tunnel.
After using the inmate in the prison, Light killed him by making him commit suicide.
Although he didn't kill his father directly, Light did get him killed by handing him the power of the Death Note and the death god eyes.
The number of supporters that Matsuda gathered, 37, is the total number of episodes of the original series.
The gamblers Mikami encounters are the gamblers seen in the first episode in the original anime series.
The pilot death god that appears in the story is the same one as the one that appears in 'Death Note: Directors' Cut".
The 38th TV Light ordered for, was for Matsuda.
Before returning to the human world, Light received two Death Notes. Ryuk had two of them as well. Plus the one that they found in Misas' apartment, they had a total of five Death Notes.
Enchanted places are areas that were sealed by the King and only he could have access to them.
While being acknowledged by the throne, a death god has almost infinite power. Otherwise, he is just a normal death god.
The next volume will be named 'The War'.
All Death Note characters and Death Note original story belong to their original author, TsugumiOhba, and their artist, Takeshi Obata. None of the content provided within these pages are/will be part of TsugumiOhba or Takeshi Obata's original work besides character names and the first four paragraphs of the first chapter which are a short review of the original story, as told in the second point.