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  <p>How to Use: XLII (from Volume 08):</p>
  
  <ol>
  <li>The use of the DEATH NOTE in the human world sometimes affects other human’s lives or shortens their original life-span, even though
  their names are not actually written in the DEATH NOTE itself. In
  these cases, no matter the cause, the god of death sees only the
  original life-span and not the shortened life-span.</li>
  </ol>
</blockquote>

<p>With this, I would say Soichiro had some time to live still, but the use of the death note made his death unnatural.</p>

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2014-04-08T11:01:18.223Z
2014-04-08T11:01:18.223Z
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<p>Since Light's father took the shinigami eyes, which reduce your lifespan by 1/2, and died the same day, does this mean he only had 2 days left to live?</p>

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2014-04-05T19:03:37.020Z
Love the question, just think there is no definite answer to it.
Dimitri mx
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How long did Light's father have to live?
# How long did Light's father have to live?
Posted by: username_0 on 2014-04-05
Since Light's father took the shinigami eyes, which reduce your lifespan by 1/2, and died the same day, does this mean he only had 2 days left to live?
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> **Comments:**
> **username_1**: Love the question, just think there is no definite answer to it.  
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## 1 answers
### Answer by username_2 on 2014-04-08. Score: 9 | Accepted answer
> How to Use: XLII (from Volume 08):
>
> 1. The use of the DEATH NOTE in the human world sometimes affects other human’s lives or shortens their original life-span, even though
>    their names are not actually written in the DEATH NOTE itself. In
>    these cases, no matter the cause, the god of death sees only the
>    original life-span and not the shortened life-span.

With this, I would say Soichiro had some time to live still, but the use of the death note made his death unnatural.
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