CoffinSide

Coffin-Side is a Death Note Fan Fiction that is a direct Continuation of the series by fellow Troper Ruin Takada.

If you haven’t read Death Note yet, there are Spoilers below.

Set a few days after the death of Light Yagami at the Yellow Box warehouse, Coffin Side follows the effects that Light’s death has on the Yagami’s left behind, particularly the oft-forgotten Sayu. However, with barely a murmur, that is all changed in a Lazarean-style wake-up call that leaves the funeral attendees in disbelief.

Coffin Side provides examples of:

 * A Boy and His X A Boy And His Shinigami
 * Adult Fear
 * And I Must Scream
 * Applied Phlebotinum: The Death Eraser, especially since you literally use it by rubbing.
 * Artifact of Doom: The Death Eraser and the Death Note (the latter takes a back seat).
 * Attending Your Own Funeral
 * Back from the Dead
 * Bearer of Bad News: Matsuda and Aizawa
 * Biblical Motifs: This was based on the story of Saint Lazarus.
 * Body Horror: The description of the resurrection.
 * Buried Alive: Technically this, but closer to Murder by Cremation.
 * Cessation of Existence: The true meaning behind 'MU', as hinted in the fic.
 * Coming of Age: Sayu
 * Death Is Cheap: the Death Eraser.
 * Determined Widow: Misa, of course.
 * Divine Intervention: Ryuk's part in the whole affair.
 * Emotionless Girl: Sayu's part until the end.
 * Fate Worse Than Death: There's a reason one should try to bring our loved ones back before the funeral.
 * First Law of Resurrection: If the author wants it, that's what will happen, and that's why there's a fic of it.
 * Four Is Death: Yamaguchi-Sensei, the piano teacher, demonstrates this. "Threes are better than fours, and five even more so!"
 * Friendless Background: Light, as noticed by Sayu.
 * Fun with Acronyms: 'E.C.U' means 'Eternal Care Unit', and you can probably tell where this is going.
 * Gratuitous Foreign Language: Mourning Wear is 'Mofuku', 'Kyokaidou' is a Church, and a 'Rood' here means a wooden cross perfect for warning off demons.
 * Growing Up Sucks: For Sayu, yes it does.
 * He's Back: Oh yes he is!
 * Her Heart Will Go On
 * Inner Monologue
 * Lonely Funeral: Everyone did love Light, but then he pushed them away, hence a pretty bad turn out.
 * Murder by Cremation: Naarrowly Avoided by Light, somewhat. Grandpa Yagami? Not so much.
 * Never Speak Ill of the Dead: Notice how no one's told the Yagami women his true identity.
 * Oh Crap
 * Primal Fear
 * Publisher Chosen Title: This was originally to be called 'Coffin-Side', until ff.net took out the hyphen and took away the space. It's been like that ever since.
 * Red Eyes, Take Warning
 * Round Robin: This fic is written as a competition piece where anyone can enter and write a continuation of it. The deadline is still open, if anyone is interested.
 * Rules of Anime: #38: Law of Hydrostatic Emmission.
 * Sealed Evil in a Can: Quite obvious and quite literally.
 * Shown Their Work: This fic was the result of much research over Christian and Japanese Buddhist funerals, and there is a glossary at the end to prove it.
 * Sidekick Promotion
 * Small Name, Big Ego: Yamaguchi, the piano teacher.
 * Song Fic
 * Soundtrack Dissonance: A hopeful song played through a somewhat hopeless situation.
 * Stay in the Kitchen: Light's opinion of Misa, as he compares her to tin foil - it is only good for two things: Preparing food, and chewing up and spitting out for a good high.
 * Suspiciously Apropos Music
 * Throw the Dog a Bone: Light is killed, painfully brought back to life, about to be Murdered By Cremation, and then he is free from all that? Yes indeedy. (Could be Yank the Dog's Chain - you decide!)
 * Treachery Cover-Up
 * Troubled Production: This fic was due for April, for obvious reasons. However, there was extensive edits to be done, reportedly on busrides over potholed roads only, hence the delay.
 * Unable to Cry
 * Unexplained Recovery: And boy, did he!
 * "What Now?" Ending: What will happen next? Well, that’s for the competition entrant to decide! Also, that ending is a bit of a cliff-hanger.