The manga was licensed by Tokyopop, and released in the United States as Future Diary 10 of its 12 volumes were released before the US branch of the company went under. The second is an Alternate Timeline spin-off, Mirai Nikki: Paradox, in which Aru Akise replaces Yuki as the main character. The first is Mirai Nikki: Mosaics, focusing on the ninth diary holder Minene Uryu and expounding on several of the minor characters.
If it is damaged beyond working order by whatever or whomever, the diary's owner will cease to exist.
Most importantly, a diary is its holder's future. In particular, if a diary owner's current path leads to their death (usually at the hands of another diary owner), the diary's entry will contain the words "DEAD END" to warn the owner is at risk and therefore must change the future if they can. In short, the futures shown by the diaries are not set in stone. These changes can also influence other diaries should their owner be involved. Should a diary owner do something differently or influence events so that the results turn out differently from a diary prediction, the diary changes accordingly. The diaries can take any shape or form, but the most common by far are cellphones. Each owner is assigned a number from 1 to 12, and until their identity is discovered by the other owners, is only referred to by that number, Yukiteru, for example, being called the 'First.'. Each diary does so in a different fashion, based on how the owner used it before they were selected. The common traits of all twelve diaries are as follows:
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