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== Shinigami, Mu, and Death Notes ==
== Kiras and Death Note users throughout history is the reason that the [[Full Name Ultimatum]] exists. ==
== The Deathnote is a petition form to the Shinigami King, who is supreme God ==
All the rules of the Deathnote are the king's made up rules. It all seems like rules SOMEONE made up to make the whole Deathnote 'game' interesting. A game with no rules is not interesting. A game where Deathnotes have official 'owners' is.
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== The real reason behind the ending of Death Note is ....... THE YAOI NOTE. ==
At the end Mikami possessed a death note and a yaoi note. However he mixed the two up, writing the members of the SPK and the Task Force's names down in the Yaoi note and writing his and Light's name in the Death Note. The Death Note in Mikami's saftey deposit box was also a fake to trick Near, he carried the real Death Note and Yaoi Note around with him all the time.
* You made me think. What if really, the Death Note IS the Yaoi Note?! Think about it. Ryuk was carrying the real Death Note all the time, and while Light was writing all those names in his book, Ryuk could just look over his shoulder and write those names into the real Death Note, making it seem like Light was doing all those killings. However, in reality, the book that Ryuk gave Light is the Yaoi Note, which has the powers to make Light a magnetic to all yaoi pairings! You had Matsuda, whose admiration for Light is veeerrrry dubious; Mikami who worships Kira in more ways than we suspect; and who can forget L? [https://web.archive.org/web/20100402174149/http://www.onemanga.com/Death_Note/38/credits/ This] says it all. Also, this power extends to us viewers, so that we have no choice but to find yaoi in '''''EVERY''''' context, and search for subtext that is not even there to prove that Light and L are cannon dammit! Yes, the Yaoi Note should be feared.
** '''[[Big OMG|Dude!!]]'''
== All the recent celebrity deaths result from someone using the death note. ==
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** Oral Roberts is dead too, as of 12/14/09!
*** Kira only kills criminals, and this matches up.
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Ted Kennedy: politician, and there's that Chappaquiddick incident.
Heath Ledger: did too good an impression of being evil in ''[[The Dark Knight]]''.
Billy Mays: Damn, he's loud.
DJ AM: you saw how he died, right?
Patrick Swayze: Corrupting millions of teenage girls with his [[Dirty Dancing]]? }}
* [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y-ozcO1Z3Sc This]... [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lJTi06anElo&feature=related More evidence!] [http://www.fanfiction.net/s/5205180/1/Kira_and_the_King_of_Pop "Shame on you, Raito-kun"]
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* And now Brittany Murphy's husband has ''also'' died of a heart attack from "natural causes". At age 39. Clearly he got too close to uncovering the truth.
* [[wikipedia:Gary coleman#Death|Kira strikes again.]] Probably cause of his assault record.
* The Golden Girls, except for Betty White, have all passed away now. https://web.archive.org/web/20100606171315/http://www.popeater.com/2010/06/03/rue-mcclanahan-dead/?icid=main
* Kira is a high school student in Massachusetts. Here's my proof: http://intimateviolencedeathnews.blogspot.com/2010/06/fitchburg-ma-fitchburg-teacher-dies.html
* Randy and Evi Quaid, currently facing trial over vandalism charges, [https://web.archive.org/web/20140414073700/http://www.popeater.com/2010/10/28/randy-and-evi-quaid/ recently fled to Canada] to escape a "celebrity death list" conspiracy that's already claimed Heath Ledger and David Carradine, and they fear may be after them now. Celebrity Kira's reputation continues to spread...
* And I don't belive no one mentioned it, Leslie Neilson died a month or so ago. DAMN YOU CELEBRITY KIRA! SPARE THE COMEDIANS! TAKE STEPHENIE MEYER INSTEAD!
** Wait, Bin Laden is dead? GOD BLESS YOU CELEBRITY KIR- Oh wait? Shot in a military operation, that's either a good cover or not related to Celebrity Kira.
*** *Death Note reads* "Osama bin Laden Headshot"
*** Isn't it a bit strange that the pictures of bin Laden's death haven't been released? Maybe the truth is they found him dead when they got there, and they can't let the truth get out about the ''real'' cause of death...
* Kira strikes again to [http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/07/23/amy-winehouse-dead-singer_n_907753.html Amy Winehouse.]
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== A person's natural lifespan is the upper limit to when that person will die (barring suicidal shinigami). ==
In ''[[Another Note]]'', Mello says that Beyond Birthday had an easier time with the physical aspect of killing his victims than most murderers because they were fated to die then anyway. This implies that most murderers kill people whose natural lifespan indicates that they should still be alive. Furthermore, this also explains how Misa was able to commit suicide even though she no longer owned a Death Note and had the lifespan of two Shinigami.
* This must be true for the series to make sense. Otherwise, what happens if someone accepts the Shinigami eye deal in order to kill someone who was about to kill them?
** The Death Note can screw with life spans all it wants. Obviously, if you make the eye deal, you're planning on getting the Death Note. The closest things to this situation in the story were the Naomi Misora incident and Higuchi trying to kill Matsuda; in both cases, they had enough time before their death sentences to act.
* Jossed. Misa's lifespan was mentioned to be almost up on the day she was to be killed; it was extended when Jealous killed the man that was going to kill Misa.
* You can also interpret the line this way. Most murders are killing without realizing they are participating in a kind of fate in the Death Note universe. Beyond Birthday is free of this. He was like Vriska in [[Homestuck]] in that he was killing people that were going to die soon anyways and wanted to be the one who did it. Or more simply, replace the victims with horses. Average murders see a horse and have no idea if it is ill or going to live for years. They could be robbing years of life. Birthday knows the horse is lame and that the vet is on the way already to put it out of its misery. Why feel so bad over a few minutes or hours?
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The rules of the Death Note establish that it can alter the lifespan of a person whose name is written in the note and that such changes aren't shown by the shinigami eyes. So if someone dies before their visible lifespan reaches 0, or doesn't die when it reaches 0, it may safely be assumed that someone used a Death Note to affect that person's lifespan. This, combined with shinigami lacking visible lifespans, makes it impossible to test the accuracy of the numbers. It is thus safe to assume they have no meaning.
* Well, any meaning they had is lost ''now'', 'cause [[Word of God|Tsugumi Ohba forgot]].
* The big hole in your theory is that it's impossible to make someone live longer with the Death Note.
** This isn't strictly true; Gelus extended Misa's life beyond its destined end (and sacrificed himself in the process) by using his death note to kill her murderer, the agent of her death. Rem also protected Misa by the same means: using the notebook to eliminate the human who threatened her.
*** Rem specifically states that when Gelus saved Misa's life, his lifespan was added to her own. This means that even though her lifespan had come to its natural end, Gelus' unnatural actions caused her to gain a new lifespan, which was equal to his own (which he didn't need anymore).
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* The number is not necessarily some sort of countdown. Even the creator said it was based on a "complex mathematical formula" which he "forgot." There is no reason for the number to get LOWER as a person approaches their death. There is no reason to assume it ever changes at ALL. Maybe it's a date as represented by the Shinigami calendar. It could be something like DAY / 12 x MONTH x YEAR + HOUR / MINUTE x 44.
* Maybe it's an obscure branch of Death God math? Since people can't see the Death Gods without the Note, maybe the Death Gods are higher-dimensional beings? (Let's say fourth.) That would explain the general bizarreness of their appearances and outlooks; people's minds can only comprehend the first three dimensions. There's a whole new Ryuk out there! Since the Death Gods would be able to grasp fourth-dimensional mathematics, they could have invented something even more powerful than calculus to figure out when people are gonna drop?
* The number represents how long the person would live naturally if left alone by the Shinigami.
** Which still means the numbers are meaningless. Light killed off many murderers, many would have killed again. They couldn't, their future victims lived, thus changing the future.
*** Not necessarily. It's possible, probable even that when you die is when you die. If you were supposed to be murdered and can't you'll die of a heart attack.
*** I thought this was why the "can't kill for love" or whatever rule existed. The numbers are accurate barring interference from a Death Note. Any individual death may change other numbers. So a Shinigami is going to alter the numbers like crazy as they feed. There are just specific rules against abusing their life span changing powers intentionally.
== Writing a dead person's name in a Death Note makes him or her [[Deader Than Dead]] ==
The rules of the Death Note state that a shinigami who brings a Death Note to the human world is obligated to confirm the death of the first human owner and to write that human's name in his or her Death Note. Since it's possible for the owner to die a natural death before his or her name is written in the Death Note, we must conclude that there is a reason for writing his or her name other then killing him or her - such as ensuring he or she stays dead.
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** [[How Unscientific]]. You don't just throw away several years of data on an assumption that a trillions-to-one chance happened. [[Clarke's Third Law|The Death Note clearly just operates using undiscovered, but still scientifically testable, mechanisms.]] Attribute it to Sufficiently Advanced Aliens if you want.
* Alternately, the Death Note has no inherent power, but Light is psychic. He's not ''causing'' all of those deaths, merely ''predicting'' them.
* ...Or Light and the other Kiras [[Psychoactive Powers|had THE POWER all along]] and the notebook is merely a [[Magic Feather]].
* The multiverse theory states that there is are infinite number of universes with infinite number of rules. In that case, there would be two 'identical' universes, one where the Deathnote causes the deaths, and the other where the exact same events happen, but by random chance.
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** Possibly, there are two nothingnesses: Purgatory for normal humans, and the Shinigami Realm for Death Note owners.
*** I don't think you understand the concept of "nothingness".
** Maybe you only become a Shinigami if you have used the Deathnote and have the right kind of personality for it. If Light did indeed become a Shinigami, then it would be due to his past experience with it and the fact he has no qualms with using it. Raye Penbar, on the other hand, wouldn't become a Shinigami because he didn't know what he was doing. He doesn't seem like the kind of person who would willfully use the Deathnote.
** Maybe only humans that use Death Notes to try to become God become Shinigami? Shinigami die by falling in love with a human, right? So if they were only humans that had used a Death Note, perhaps by accident, like Raye Penber or Light in the pilot, this wouldn't make sense.
** Or maybe when a deathnote-user dies and becomes a shinigami, they forget about everything 'except' the deathnote, sort of the opposite of when they discard a deathnote.
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== Death Note owners immediately cease to be human. ==
It's possible that owning a Death Note transforms you into a Shinigami inhabiting a human body. This would explain Light's Shinigami-like appearances later in the series. When you die, you leave the body as a Shinigami living off the additional lifespan you garnered from lives taken by the Death Note.
* Death Note users become "proto-Shinigami"; this explains Light's flashing red eyes and his ability to run a marathon after being {{spoiler|shot five times.}}
** Shinigami eyes cannot see the lifespans of Death Note owners because they "become hunters instead of prey."
** Also there's this when discussing the eye deal:
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* Both the manga's "several years later" one-shot and anime's "director's cut" special show the shinigami and their world a while after the events of the series. Light does not appear, and the shinigami openly discuss him in the past tense. There might be mention of something like this is an [[Word of God|interview with the author,]] too, and it was rejected there as well.
** Unless you assume that IS Light talking to Ryuk and feeling nostalgic. It's a common framing device.
*** The way Ryuk said "Light" in the end strongly suggests that Ryuk was talking to a Shinigami Light the whole time. This also explains why that shinigami cared about Ryuk's adventure -- he could be Light with a fractured memory wanting to know the truth.
*** This troper has seen Ryuk's final lines in ''Relight'' translated a couple of different interesting ways:
"No Light, you weren’t God back then. You were something else... [[Dead All Along|You were just already... {dead / gone}...]]"
* The biggest proof against this is Raye Penber. He used the Death Note, too; if humans who use Death Notes become Shinigami, then you'd think he would have just killed Light, especially since Light went after {{spoiler|Naomi Misora}}.
** He only used a page of the Death Note. Just like with the memories, one must possess the entire note for it to count. As it stands, Raye only wrote the names in.
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However, due to the 6 Death Note rule, they aren't functional -- ''yet''.
== [[
* And now they`re encouraging everyone to disseminate their names and faces in public...
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== It is possible to kill Shinigami by mundane means ==
The rules of the Death Note say that shinigami cannot be killed via a stab to the heart with a knife or a gun shot to the head. Note that it doesn't say what would happen if you say shot the in the heart, stabbed themin the head, or nuked them, or well you get the idea. However, due to their ability to become incorporeal, hitting them would be quite difficult.
* They can't be killed by human means, but seems like natural causes like starvation and stuff do affect them; it might not kill them, but causes plenty of pain and suffering.
== Shinigami are asexual. ==
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== The Death Notes have a kind of influence on their user to ensure they are used as much as possible. ==
Think about it. Light, mid-[[Memory Gambit]], was much less evil-seeming than he was even in his first couple of days in possession of a Death Note. Nobody corrupts that fast naturally, it just doesn't work. Not to that degree. And then there's Misa, who's much more crafty and overall intelligent when in possession of a note and trying to get to Light than at any other point, even ''immediately'' after she surrenders it to Light - as [[The Ditz]], she wouldn't have used it at all, therefore the note made her smarter to encourage use. The notes are meant to be used, and will be. No matter what. (And before you accuse me of crafting Light some [[Draco in Leather Pants|leather pants]], the only pants I'm interested in are L's. [[Stupid Sexy Flanders|Er]]... [[That Came Out Wrong]]...
** Using a death note = [[This Is Your Brain on Evil|using crystal meth]]?
** ''[[The Lord of the Rings|MY PRECIOUSSSSS!!1111]]''
== Only people who have shinigami eyes when they die become shinigami. ==
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Let's see you got Ryuk and Light- [[Manipulative Bastard|manipulative]] [[Consummate Liar|liars]] who don't tolerate boredom well (and bonus points: having the exact same inner monologue at the start of the series! Both believe in "This world is Rotten"), Rem and Misa both have their [[Love Martyr|tragic love]], and [[Butt Monkey|Sidoh the wimpy Shinigami ends up with Snyder the wimpy mafioso.]]
== Alternatively, the bond with the Shinigami has a subtle influence on the owner's personality. ==
Light is much [[Evil Gloating|more]] [[Criminal Mind Games|playful]] when he is attached to Ryuk and more prone to [[Ho Yay|slashy]] moments when attached to Rem. And in Season 2 after being attached to Ryuk for a few years Misa is even more hyperactive than before and is often complaining about how bored she is.
== There really is a Shinigami Wing Deal. ==
But the trade is for something [[Squick|so horrible]] that no sane user would ever consider it.
* I'm in
** [http://www.fanfiction.net/s/6640897/1/The_Shinigami_Wing_Deal This guess now comes in fanfic form.] (NSFW, [[Boys Love|Yaoi]], [[Crack Fic|Crack]] [[Interspecies Romance|and making]] [[H.P. Lovecraft]] [[Interspecies Romance|cry]].)
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MU is just a misspelling of Mew. When you die you go to the world where Mew lives.
== The Death Note really was just a prank. ==
But when Kurou Otaharada coincidentally died when he tested it out Light was driven insane because he believed he killed someone. The rest of the series is his hallucination with the exception of L who he knows as another inmate ([[Vitriolic Best Buds|friend / rival]] / [[Ho Yay|more-than-a-friend]]) at [[Bedlam House|The Home for the Mentally Disturbed]] [[Cuckoo Nest|and who Light has incorporated into his delusional narrative.]]
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== L had supernatural powers ==
L possessed some mind-reading powers and could also predict future, he just needed to focus on something and if this something is human he read his mind (but couldn't see with his eyes), or if it is event or idea he saw near future in third person perspective. However he was smart enough to maintain cover so the problem was not to find who committed crimes, but how to tell others without being suspicious. He could tell that Light is Kira from the very beginning, but had to start investigation to draw no uncontrollable or unwanted attention to himself. However he couldn't read shinigami's minds and probably knew that, this explains his freakout when he learned that shinigamis are real. And yes, he heard all Light's internal monologues but needed irresistible evidence or Light's personal public confession to arrest him, and also it was hard for him to accept Death Note as Light's weapon. While Light was losing to L all the time L missed exact moment Light set events leading to his death in motion but all he could do by that time is to call someone from Wammy's house as his substitute.
In the Wammy's House kids with such abilities were gathered, or normal orphans were infused with such powers and than their development observed. Stronger skills lead to subjects matured much slower.
Near also had such powers, but probably not fully awakened or just a bit weaker than L's, however he was much less subtle with their demonstration because he was less experienced in using them, much less known in the world and had full support of his team, while L was all the time under suspicion by members of Taskforce, despite being stronger. Mello, on the other hand, was much weaker than L, but probably was smarter than Near himself and so was with him almost on par.
This also evens balance of power, making Light's struggle look much more impressive. Sorry for my English
== L was born with the Shinigami eyes. ==
Yes, just like Beyond Birthday. They could be brothers or something. That's why L knew Light was Kira from the very beginning—because he saw no numbers above his head. However he couldn't arrest him just based on that. How would he explain it to the police (and Light's father)? So he had to find the physical evidence in order to substantiate his "hunch."
* But if the lack of evidence is solely based on the supernatural aspect of this, then shouldn't he just reveal this to the police when Death Note and shinigamis become involved in the investigation?
** They learned about Death Notes and Shinigami but they didn't know how the Shinigami eyes worked, and L was probably ashamed of them, considering what happened to B. He was afraid that if he told anyone about them that they would think he was crazy, or worse a Kira. Remember how paranoid L is and how manipulative Light is and how the investigators ''want'' to take Light's side because he's the Chief's son. If L revealed his powers Light might twist it so L became a suspect in his own investigation.
== L is slightly obese ==
There's no way that someone can eat that many sweets and get away with it. L isn't too fat, but he has a layer of fat that he doesn't want anyone to know about. That's why he avoids tight clothing and spends his time hunched over.
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== Light is stuck in a time loop. ==
In the last episode {{spoiler|he sees his past self. Though more likely than not symbolic for the sake of WMG let's say that when Ryuk said Light couldn't go to heaven or hell that meant that he was stuck in an eternal [[Groundhog Day Loop]] of those past six years.}}
== Light is [[Dr. Horrible's Sing-Along Blog|Doctor Horrible]]. ==
"The world is a mess and I just need to ''rule it!''"
* ...and L is Captain Hammer, Misa is Penny, and Ryuk is Bad Horse...
== L is really [[Code Geass|Lelouch Lamperouge]]. ==
Filling in the blanks of L's [[Dark and Troubled Past|Dark and Troubled]] [[Mysterious Past]].
When Lelouch was very young he runs afoul of someone with a teleporting Geass and he lands in an [[Alternate Universe]] where the [[Evil Empire|Britannian Empire]] never existed. He's found by inventor Quillsh Wammy who creates the necessary [[Applied Phlebotinum]] to get him home but Lelouch never forgets about that kindly old man or that other world where the people are free.
Flash forward about ten years later after Lelouch goes through with the Zero Requiem plan.
Through someone else's Geass power or some other [[Applied Phlebotinum]] he's {{spoiler|brought back to life, though he doesn't want to be.}} Fearing that this will undo what he sought to achieve he escapes into that alternate world he discovered when he was young and reunites with Quillsh Wammy, where he takes on a new identity as the Great Detective L. But he's still [[Break the Cutie|very depressed]] and {{spoiler|[[Death Seeker|wants to die]].}} So, he never goes out, his hair grows long and he wears the [[Limited Wardrobe|clothes of a commoner]]. [[The Atoner|He spends all his time solving cases]] and since he has [[Bad Dreams|horrific nightmares]] from the war he tries to [[The Insomniac|avoid sleeping]], and begins [[Sweet Tooth|eating massive amounts of sweets as a nervous habit.]] He takes on the Kira case partly out of a desire to stop him before he can create an [[Evil Empire]] just like Britannia but also out a subconscious hope that Kira {{spoiler|[[Death Seeker|will grant his wish.]]}}
This is why L [[Incredibly Lame Pun|zeroes]] in on Light immediately, he recognizes [[Not So Different|a kindred soul]], a Machiavellian bastard just like him or [[Royally Screwed-Up|his family]].
** [[Ho Yay|Or maybe because Light reminds him of Suzaku and Rolo.]]
== 'L' was born Elle, a woman ==
What is the most perfect way to find your identity? Change your gender! Seriously.
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== [[Samus Is a Girl|L]] ''[[Samus Is a Girl|is]]'' [[Samus Is a Girl|a girl.]] ==
See above Guess. She could just have a deeper voice... maybe (as per another Guess) from being a former smoker or something... That's why she wears baggy clothes-to hide her true gender.
** [[Rule 63]]: [https://web.archive.org/web/20120120234827/http://2yarik-aka-gingi.deviantart.com/art/I-N-S-O-M-N-I-A-153214580
== The entire series was a hypothetical exercise for L. ==
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== Death Note is just a [[Strategy RPG]] video game that Light is playing and the different ending of the manga, movie, and anime are the result of his [[Save Scumming]]. ==
Light developed the game himself and the personalities of the enemies are based off [[Vitriolic Best Buds|his good friends L, Mello, and Near to annoy them.]] Light tries playing his game and the first time... {{spoiler|Fail. Tries again... [[Epic Fail]]. Third time... "I can totally make it this, time I have a Phoenix down!" *Tries to outrun the cops as health bar reaches zero* "Aw shit!"}} And L is there {{spoiler|at the end of the anime}} to tell him he needs to stop fooling around—[[Heartwarming Orphan|they have orphans]] [[Tastes Like Diabetes|to bake cookies for]] and besides, it's Matt's turn to use the Xbox-he wants to play ''[[Grand Theft Auto]]'' and {{spoiler|is under no illusions that the cops won't shoot this time.}}
== L is a robot!! ==
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*** A lookalike with the exact same skills and knowledge as the robot?
** Hey, even if L is a robot, he's still a person. And not even robots last forever. (The warranty runs out sometime.) So he does have a lifespan, and it can be detected. And he does have a name. Hey, L is a more fitting name for a robot than for a human, isn't it?
**** [[Actor Allusion|He's a]] [[Battlestar Galactica
** He was a very convincing robot built by the {{spoiler|REAL L}} who definitely has the intelligence to design a robot in his own likeness that can fool even the Shinigami eyes. I bet even now, {{spoiler|the real L}} is sitting back at home in his comfy little apartment somewhere, eating all the cake, surfing on the net and reading over everything we're reading. In fact, he's secretly signed on as a troper, just so he can monitor what we say and then edit our responses to make sure that if we ever do get too close to the truth, he can remove it immediately. In fact, he's already changing things as we type. He's invited a secret code called "troper speak" where everything is explained in ridiculous lines that otherwise make no sense in the context its used in, like Lampshading. Only those of us tropers smart enough bother to decipher this code continue to try expose the truth of Robot L and his master.
*** [[Lampshade Hanging|All of the above is ridiculous. I, I mean L, would never do any of that. The idea of that is absurd!]]
**** So.... [[Actually a Doombot]]? (OMG [[Doctor Doom|L is Doctor Doom!]])
== L's biological parents were fans of [[The Slayers]] ==
They named him after their favorite character, L-sama.
== Light is [[
First of all, Misa was throwing herself all over him from the second they met, and he didn't seem to care. Later, she began wearing the skimpiest things imaginable when they're alone; again, he doesn't care. He's never shown any interest in women beyond their usefulness to his plans (Misa and Takada for their willingness to follow him completely, the girl he took to Spaceland, etc.). He even said something to the effect that all the girls in his school want him, but he only sees it as a way to help in his plans. All this is understandable after he obtains the Death Note; all he wants then is world domination. But one would think that, being so popular, he would have had a girlfriend before he found it.
And then there's all the things implied between him and L...
* [[Does This Remind You of Anything?|Then there's his selection of Teru Mikami, who's fanatically devoted to him]] [[Doppelganger Replacement Love Interest|AND bears more than a passing resemblance to L.]]
* "Yagami" backwards is "I'm a gay." Make of that what you will.
** "Yagami" is his 'surname', so that wouldn't be relevant unless his whole family is gay.
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* Look at an above statement about the Yaoi Note. I believe ''that'' helps explain for this section too.
* No mention of Light's apathetic staring at porn to appear normal to the cameras, L, and the police? He specifically buys said porn for this purpose, highly implying that he did not have it to begin with... He even tells Ryuk all this with a bored, almost "kill me now" face... What 17/18-year-old teenager doesn't have some form of porn? Even Light should have attampted experimentation...
* [[I Knew It!|Looks like this one is canon.]] In ''[[All There in the Manual|How To Read 13]]'' [[Word of God|the author states that]] "Light is incapable of loving any woman." Though whether that's because he's gay, asexual, or too much of a [[The Sociopath|sociopath]] to care [[Alternate Character Interpretation|is left up to the reader's interpretation.]] However in that same paragraph it also states that Light is not totally lacking in empathy like a [[The Sociopath|sociopath]] [[Even Evil Has Loved Ones|because he genuinely cares about his family]] and humanity as a whole. So that leaves us with options 1 or 2...
== Light is not [[Asexual]] or [[Ho Yay|gay]], but would only be interested in a specific kind of woman. ==
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== The real reason L challenges Light is because of fandom rivalry. ==
Because Light is a [[Bishonen]] [[All Girls Want Bad Boys|bad boy]] who has a personality beyond being "mysterious" and that just won't do! Being "mysterious" is L's whole shtick- ''[[Mysterious Past|so very mysterious]]'', and [[Dark and Troubled Past|dark, and brooding]] and [[Rule of Three|mysterious.]] Yeah, that's L's real plan-to attract scores of fangirls with his [[Troubled but Cute|troubled brooding]] and the [[Erotic Eating|way he eats sweets.]]
== Light is genuinely working for Justice, and L and co. are servants of evil. ==
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* ''You'' are Light, aren't you.
** That's impossible. Completely ridiculous. I'll need a full name and some photo ID, please...
*** Feel free to ignore the fact that the entire Christian doctrine is based on forgiveness, of course. And the whole "love your neighbor as yourself" commandment, or the whole "Jesus dining with sinners," shtick, or the "forgive us our trespasses ''as we forgive those who trespass against us''."
**** Then what explains the "[[God Is Evil|Eternal punishment]]" schtick in the bible?
* Also, Lucifer literally means "bringer of Light". Make of that what you want.
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== Yagami Light really is named Raito. ==
The letter "L" is hard to say in Japanese, for some reason. Light ''is'' Japanese. So, for once, maybe that crude Japanese approximation of his name is his actual name? Okay, that's way out there, but it's been theorized before.
* Except that it's clear Soichiro speaks English, if not fluently, then at least very well. It's just that his and Light's Japanese voice actors weren't as good as the characters are supposed to be.
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* This is was made obvious when Light temporarily ''desnapped'' and became a morally upright young man. For a while.
* Mja, surely a normal person's actions would be more among the lines of this:
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2) Destroy the note book
<s> 3) ?????</s
<s> 4) PROFIT!</s
3) Live on the rest of their life in extreme guilt. }}
** Even before Light was Kira, he was never normal. And if he destroyed that notebook, he would find an identical one a few days later. Death Notes regenerate. A couple of regenerated death notes later, he would definitely snap. We just saw the last cycle.
*** [[Clingy MacGuffin|That makes for an amusing image]]- [[There Is No Kill Like Overkill|After several creative attempts at destroying it]] and some severe [[Sanity Slippage]] later... "Gah! [[Staying Alive|Back again!!!]] * [[Evil Laugh|snaps, insane Kira laugh* ]] [[Cursed with Awesome|...Oh well might as well use it to become God."]]
**** What? No, they don't. The destruction of Death Notes occurs in the series itself.
** Light's actions come pretty close to "normal" or at least what a "normal" protagonist would do in said situation:
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2) Consider destroying the notebook.
3) [[Ignored Epiphany|Rationalize actions]], [[Kick the Son of a Bitch|"I was doing the world a service, killing them"]] [[Alternate Character Interpretation|decides that if he's damned anyway for using the Notebook (remember he was prepared for some kind of punishment when Ryuk appears), he might as well]] [[Taking You with Me|take out as many bad guys as possible.]] <br />
4) When no punishment is forthcoming... [[I Have Come Too Far|he's come too far]] to stop now, comes to [[Believing Their Own Lies|believe own bullshit]]... '''[[A God Am I|I'M GOD!!!]]''' (Also have to keep the Shinigami entertained) }}
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== Light was controlling Penber's actions via Death Note on the train ==
So Raye Penber's kills count as kills for Light.
** This is even mentioned in the show / manga that he had written what would happen in the Note beforehand:
"'''Raye Penber Heart attack'''
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== L has Asperger's Syndrome. ==
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* Although with Misa it doesn't count. Essentially everyone other than Light and Rem bothers Misa. Suppose you can add Light's family as exceptions too, but considering they're Light's family, she's just trying to get on their good sides to impress Light and hope for their consent to get with Light. Besides, she really saw L as a love rival, because Light was giving him nearly all his attention, and Misa wanted that attention on her.
* This troper has Asperger's, and totally agrees with this theory.
* Consider also how he shows a few ''other'' traits of it; first, there's a couple of scenes where he exhibits a few symptoms of pica (remember how he peeled a banana with his teeth?), or the way he just seems to be totally detached from others. When I say detached, look at how others react to him, and he really doesn't seem to mind that everyone considers him weird, if he even notices at all. Plus, there are moments when I act like a female version of L myself.
== Everything that happened in the series was imagined by Light ==
The Death Note was made as a prank by a random student. When Light wrote the name of the first guy in, he was gunned down by police rather than having a heart attack. Light, disillusioned by the crime in the world, desperately wished to believe he could make a difference; the stress of being number one in everything rendered him unstable. As for the second guy, Light killed him himself using his sports skills and then ran off to avoid retribution; his mind made up a false memory of using the Note. The criminals that he wrote in the following week did not die, but he believed they did. He finally began to hallucinate Ryuk after a week of believing himself to be a murderer.
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== [[Poison Oak Epileptic Trees|The entire series is]] [[All Just a Dream|young justice-driven Light-kun’s coma nightmare.]] ==
{{spoiler|The end of the series is actually the beginning.}} He's betrayed by people he thought were his friends and trusted- they tell him something fun is going down at this old abandoned warehouse. But it wasn't {{spoiler|Near}} (a figment of his imagination) that arranged things, but it was Sudou the [[Jerk Jock]] and his cronies [[No-Holds-Barred Beatdown|come to give the poor nerdy high school student a beatdown]] and worse. He is rendered comatose, and in his dreams to counteract those feeling of powerlessness he dreams up a scenario where he’s given total control thanks to Shinigami powers and is a dark avenger of justice...
** L is his conscience another facet of his own personality that recognizes that he has gone off track somewhere...
** In his breakdown at the end of the series he begins to realize that this isn't real and not what really happened...
== In the Movieverse, L was in love with F. ==
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He looks more and more like he has issues the later on with his eyes. Look at when he's first introduced compaired to the chain incident. The issue is that he has more bags under his eyes later, and his eyes are shown wider and wider.
Now that I'm paying more attention, let me revise some.
He also seems to not sweat (tennis mach, anyone?), he was only shown breathing heavily. This follows, considering actual wolves and dogs can only sweat on their paws. ''Considering he was in his usual outfit, while Light was in a t-shirt and shorts and he was sweating all over the place.''
* This would also explain why L doesn't freak out when he sees Rem. He is already a supposed fictional being, so the presence of a Shinigami doesn't come as much of a shock to him.
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* So we've got [[Castlevania|Simon Yagami]], Misa Renard, Aeonear, and now... Corn-L?
* If L isn't entirely human, that opens a lot of questions about how the Death Note works on him. Maybe he can recover from death (although that would be more like a zombie).
** A [[Ninja Pirate Zombie Robot|zombie werewolf?]]
** Maybe he's an abomination [[Hybrid Monster|a werewolf-vampire crossbreed.]] L is pale and doesn't like going outside. Maybe he's slightly adverse to sunlight.
*** Or maybe [[Twilight (novel)|he sparkles.]]
== L is a vampire. ==
See above. He's thin, pale, [[Our Vampires Are Different|dislikes going outside]] preferring to be the [[Voice with an Internet Connection]] and is never seen eating "real food." It also explains why he's insanely wealthy-being immortal he could have saved up for centuries.
== Light is a werewolf. ==
* [[Werewolf Theme Naming]]: "Moon Night-God" anyone?
* Whenever Light gets really angry he's suddenly sporting [[Expressive Hair]] and ''fangs'' (see when L pwns him right after the Entrance Ceremony, the last two episodes, and that deleted funeral scene... where he barks like dog at {{spoiler|L's grave}}.) But [[The Chessmaster|Light being Light]] he has mastered his powers and [[Our Werewolves Are Different]]. (Also it is necessary since [[Weird Moon|when he goes out walking at night the moon is always full.]]) That's why he's so good at hiding his true nature, he has learned to blend in with the sheep- he is able to keep a [[Tranquil Fury|calm]] [[Stepford Smiler|facade]] most of the time though he does have some serious rage issues-see his [[Villainous Breakdown|Villainous Breakdowns]]. (''"Dammit, he got me! Rawr!"'')
* It also explains his cavalier attitude to any punishment he may receive for using the notebook-he's already mastered one Curse [[Tempting Fate|he should be able to handle a simple notebook, right?]]
** That's why Light has a perfect body and has amazing athletic prowess when it is implied he spends all his time studying and snacking on potato chips.
** It's also why Light gets a {{spoiler|[[Rasputinian Death]], shooting a werewolf with regular bullets generally just pisses it off.}}
== L deliberately manipulated Aizawa into leaving the Kira task force. ==
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This would mean Aizawa, a competent investigator, would not be around Light for the months he was unable to remember that he was Kira. L deduced that if Light should kill him and take over the task force, that Aizawa would return to the task force (if he had not already), and thus the task force would include someone most inclined to consider the possibilty that Light was Kira, having not been around him during his temporary "innocence". This would provide L's successor with a clear insight to the workings of the task force, and a vital weapon to use against Light. L may even have left instructions for Near that Aizawa was the surest bet for defeating Kira.
Forget Light, L was the true [[Chessmaster|mastermind]], with an incredibly subtle [[Xanatos Gambit]] that transcended his own death and went [[Memetic Mutation|Exactly as Planned]].
== High school super-genius Light Yagami is really Kira! ==
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** It seems here that the above troper died of a heart attack.
* It's just as well, because I've got a different theory. Light is ''L''. I mean, think about it, "Light", "L", right? Except, and here's the crazy part, I think there's actually more than one L. See, the first L died when Ligh
** The above troper didn't die of a heart attack, but was actually abducted by [[
*** Working with Kira this entire time. It all makes sense now. If Kira could not see your face due to you always having it covered (handy if you're a female coming from a society that doesn't allow you to show ANY part of your body) Candie Jack can not only kidnap you if you say his name, but will kidnap anyone who attempts to say Kira's real name, because all Candie Jack needs is for you to say either name for him to kidnap you. It's [[Fridge Brilliance]]!
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== Light died exactly when he was supposed to according to his number, & went just as planned... by ''fate''. ==
Think about it - Misa was set to die on Year X, Day X, Hour X, Minute X, Second X. By a ''murderer.'' And this was the end of her life as predetermined by her number. This death wasn't because of a disease, accident, old age, or anything else - it was a death caused by another sentient being; therefore, the entire idea of "free will" in the Death Note world is a load of bunk, and everyone ''except'' the Shinigami are subject to a law of fate and predetermination! Ryuk even said that he knew when Light was going to die, and with some glee at that; combine this with the fact that he said he would be the one to right Light's name in the Death Note when things got boring for him. While this seems like just a threat on Ryuk's part, perhaps Ryuk forsaw Light's death entirely beforehand, and therefore knew that Light would die exactly when he did, and by Ryuk's hands - it wasn't a threat, it was a prophetic message which couldn't be avoided by a human. Taking this into account, then, everything Light did, L did, Near, Misa, and everyone else did was predetermined from the moment that Light picked up the Death Note. Perhaps Light's death number was different before taking the Death Note, but thanks to Ryuk's meddling (because, as was stated before, the Shinigami are outside the realm of fate - or those that do not interfere in human affairs, at least), and dropping of the Note, Light's number was changed to reflect the exact moment Ryuk wrote his name in the notebook.
== L is Shinichi Kudo ==
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== Light is adopted. ==
* [http://lillylolly164.deviantart.com/art/Death-Note-Motivational-1-148444420 ...He looks nothing like the rest of his family.]
** [[In the Blood|Actually,]] [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tHlC8yabqx8&feature=related that would explain a lot...] So {{spoiler|[[Star Wars|Darth Vader]]}} [[Luke, I Am Your Father|is Light's father]]?
*** Wait... Luke ''means'' Light in bastardized Latin. Luke Skywalker. Light Yagami (Night God). ''Holy crap!''
*** [[Long-Lost Relative|Light is adopted and he has a]] [[Dexter|brother or two...]]
*** It makes sense-he's the [[Odd Name Out]]. You've got Souichiro, Sachiko, Sayu... and Light.
** Also Souichiro does seem to favor Sayu at point (specifically the scene in the hospital where Souichiro can claim to L that he is only sure that SAYU not LIGHT wasn't Kira) and, not to mention, Light could do anything with how smart he is, perhaps he wants to be greater than his (adoptive) Dad because he wants to be seen as worthy.
*** This leads to his OCD, perfectionism and eventual god complex when he gets the Death Note.
== Light was adopted...from the Wammy's House. ==
* Discuss.
** And Light really was L's "[[Forgotten Friend, New Foe|first ever]] [[Rival Turned Evil|friend.]]"
== Light was adopted from Wammy's House and he has a brother... Matt. ==
Clothes and [[Fanon]] [[You Gotta Have Blue Hair|hair-dye]] aside [[Reused Character Design|they look very similar.]]
** [[Reused Character Design|Count on Cousin Gevanni as well.]]
== Light is A from Wammy's House. ==
Maybe A as in Asahi. He's a genius and he's about the right age. That means he [[Bungled Suicide|survived his suicide attempt]] but he had such severe mental trauma that he somehow got [[Easy Amnesia]] from it. So L or Wammy adopted him out to [[Nothing Exciting Ever Happens Here|a nice normal family far, far away on the other side of the planet]] in an attempt to [[Give Him a Normal Life]] without any stress... and ''[[Create Your Own Villain|holy shit]]'' [[Create Your Own Villain|did it go wrong...]]
* That's why Light is so creeped out upon meeting L! It's not just because [[Shaped Like Itself|L looks creepy]] but also because Light has [[Repressed Memories]] involving [[Memetic Molester|Beyond Birthday]]... (''the jam... GET IT OFF!!!'' Sorry, what were you saying?)
== If Light was adopted then "Light Yagami" isn't his real name. ==
== Light is a [[Bastard Bastard]]. ==
Soichiro isn't Light's biological father. It would explain why Light looks nothing like him [[Generation Xerox|in an anime]], [[Parental Favoritism|why Soichiro seems to favor Sayu]], and why Light and his father seem to have somewhat [["Well Done, Son" Guy|strained relationship]] even before Light comes under suspicion of being Kira.
== Following above guesses [[Freudian Excuse|Light would have become a killer anyway even if he hadn't picked up the notebook because he is host to]] a [[Dexter|Dark Passenger.]] ==
Light Yagami looks nothing like the rest of his family with his (red-)brown hair but he does kind of look like [[Dexter]]. They could be (half-)brothers. Dexter, {{spoiler|The Ice Truck Killer}} and Light could share the same [[In the Blood|vicious bastard of a biological father]]. The mother was a Japanese woman and, after Light was concieved, she returned to Japan and either dies after giving birh or abandons the child and, [[Plot Parallel|like Dexter, Light is adopted by a police officer]] but that's where the similarities end. Light is very much "an unchecked version" because unlike Dexter who had Harry and the Code, Light was raised [[Pure Is Not Good|so sheltered and made to adhere to such strict morals that he can't cope with the very idea of evil in the world]] [[Go Mad
* That would be an interesting family reunion: they'd be all affable in their charming personas (and they could trade fashion tips on those awesome shirts: Hawaiian vs. the male model catalogue) and then try to kill each other when they figure out their true colors. Light would probably run rings around Dexter as the [[Chessmaster]] but on the whole he is a [[Non-Action Big Bad]] and Dexter would more than likely win in any physical confrontation.
== L is also [[Dexter|a host to a Dark Passenger.]] ==
L is known to have a [[Dark and Troubled Past|Dark And Troubled]] [[Mysterious Past]] so maybe Wammy found L early enough that he could prevent him from becoming a [[Serial Killer]] and trained him to control his urges to become a ''detective'' instead, and [[Heroic Willpower|L's many weird quirks are manifestations of his suppressed violent urges]]. Maybe that's what Wammy's house does: Mello and Near also have some [[The Sociopath|sociopathic tendencies]] and B could be a less then successful outcome of that program. Like Dexter and Doakes [[Foe Yay|Light and L share an almost psychic connection]] [[Finishing Each Other's Sentences|often thinking the]] ''[[Finishing Each Other's Sentences|exact]]'' [[Finishing Each Other's Sentences|same thing]], like their Passengers are communicating with each other.
== [[Dexter]] is an AU counterpart of Light Yagami. ==
They're both [[Serial Killer Killer|serial killers who kill killers.]]
* Addendum: Their standards are ''very'' different. Light kills to create what he would consider the perfect world, and he thinks of himself as the incarnation of justice. Dexter's only reason is his urge, and he is far from being proud of it. Dexter EXPLICITLY limits his targets to those who have committed murder. Light's target are not only murderers, but also petty criminals and eventually everyone he considers a "burden to society". Light is pride and presumption incarnate; Dexter probably isn't.
** Also, Dexter generally rules out killing people who served their sentences. Light kills dozens of people already behind bars.
* Dexter most certainly isn't, when anyone tries to give him some kind of Not So Different speech or anything of the sort he simply agrees. He even tells Miguel "You're all just unchecked versions of myself. The only difference is I know I'm a monster." (Paraphrased)
* While Light and Dexter share many similarities (both are [[Serial Killer Killer|Serial Killer Killers]] that come from police families, have a [[Morality Pet]] sister, a traumatized [[The Beard|Beard]] girlfriend/wife, and are very good at hiding their gruesome hobbies Dexter is almost an anti-Light:
** Light thinks [[A God Am I|he's a God]], Dexter thinks [[I Am a Monster|he's a monster]].
** Light [[Well-Intentioned Extremist|becomes a monster because]] he was such a [[Wide-Eyed Idealist]] to begin with. Dexter is more cynical and finds youthful idealism dangerous.
** Dexter believes the world would probably be better off without him (not that he's in any hurry to make the world "better off"). Light thinks he's doing the world a favor and feels entitled to rule it.
** Dexter is a killer in the traditional sense-he gets intimate with his targets and carves them up. Light is a [[Non-Action Guy]] (and considering all that happens in the series, it wouldn't be surprising if he even had [[Doesn't Like Guns|a phobia of guns and violence]] like Dex has an [[Ironic Fear|ironic phobia]] of blood.) Light commits mass murderer using magical means—he kills from the comfort of his room by writing names in [[Artifact of Doom|a notebook]]. There is no sense of immediacy, no blood, no struggle. His targets are dehumanized and the act of taking so many lives would likely have all the psychological impact of a kid playing video games—look, I killed over 10,000 [[Pay Evil Unto Evil|evil]] [[Mooks]]—aren't I grand?
** Dexter sees killing as playtime, Light [[Bastardly Speech|claims it's a great burden / sacrifice on his part]] (though, like Dexter he [[Does This Remind You of Anything?|seems to get an almost sexual enjoyment out of killing]].)
** [[Gambit Roulette|Light likes to plan out his next move 20 steps ahead]] and while Dexter carefully plans out his kills he [[Idiot Ball|tends]] [[Indy Ploy|to do things]] [[Xanatos Speed Chess|more on the fly.]]
** Dexter is very witty in his [[Inner Monologue|Inner Monologues]], Light [[Evil Has a Bad Sense of Humor|doesn't have much of a sense of humor]].
== Light has a cousin named [[Bleach|Ichigo]] ==
Because how many auburn-haired Japanese families do you know? (Only like in every anime...)
== Some more of Light's relatives [[Digimon Adventure|train digital monsters.]] ==
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== Light is Ryuk's son ==
Ryuk impregnated Sachiko Yagami, and Light is half-Shinigami. Ryuk didn't drop the DN randomly, he wanted Light to follow in Dad's footsteps.
* [[Glowing Eyes of Doom|He has his father's eyes...]]
** [[Tangled Family Tree|...following this soap opera revelation, Beyond is his half-brother from Ryuk getting it on with L's mother.]] [http://batsu13angel.deviantart.com/art/BB-s-REAL-Daddy-120029600\]{{Dead link}}
== No, [[Bleach|Aizen]] is Light's biological father. ==
Just as planned. [https://web.archive.org/web/20151101062302/http://bret13.deviantart.com/art/Something-difference-179273057
** Aizen can even be seen in the first episode of the anime disguised as Light's English teacher.
== Light's physiology is subtly different to a normal human's. ==
Okay, tring to explain this. At one point, Light eats a scrap of deathnote to dispose of evidence. Deathnotes are made of a substance not found on earth. Normally, an organism's tolerance to a substance is roughly proportional to its occurence where the organism evolved. (Which is why we're rather dependent on some common substances such as water, and sickened by many rarer ones, like radium.)
* This observation and theory lends support to the "Death Note owners become Shinigami inhabiting human bodies" and / or "[[Half-Human Hybrid|Light is Ryuk's Son]]" theories.
* Maybe they skipped the part where Light had to be rushed to the hospital to get his stomach pumped. Because if it's not toxic [[I Ate What?|one could make use of the unlimited pages to survive when stranded in the wilderness]] or [[Reed Richards Is Useless|cure world hunger]] or something...
** Just because something isn't toxic doesn't mean it's food. People can eat regular paper with no ill effects, but they'll still waste away and die if they're not getting proper nutrients, even if their stomachs are full of delicious notebooks.
== Light was [[Dead All Along]]. ==
He was dead from the moment he picked up the notebook, he just never noticed (nor did anyone else.) That would explain his [[Lack of Empathy]] and apparent [[Asexual|lack of sex drive]]. As to why it affected Light in this way and not the other Kiras well, he had the [[Dull Eyes of Unhappiness|dull eyed]] look even before he picked it up. As stated in an above tin-foil hat theory maybe [[Half-Human Hybrid|Light is part-Shinigami.]]
== L isn't outsmarting his food... ==
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** It's been done.
*** If done well, I demand links.
*** [https://web.archive.org/web/20151019103520/http://zieberich.deviantart.com/art/DN-Explanaition-122899396
* Still, [[HTR 13]] has a comprehensive list of everything that we've ever seen enter L's stomach. His tendency is to have the sweet in front of him, take a bite or two of it, and promptly forget about it in favor of talking. If anyone's bulimic, it's Mello. He's got the personality for it.
* To an extent he may be able to "wish it away" through a superhuman level of control over his bodily functions via thoughts much like monks who can alter their body temperature through meditation.
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* [[And There Was Much Rejoicing|I love you]].
== Light is also a fan of Hideki Ryuuga the pop star. ==
He dresses like him and uses the same cheesy romantic quotes when trying to impress Takada.
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It'll explain all of the [[Gambit Pileup|Gambit Pileups]] that were made in the first half. Also, this will explain, why L wasn't really satisfied with his results. And why he still suspiced Raito, even if he couldn't be the murderer. And why he predicted every Raito's move (remember those "fights", that they had?)
Think about it.
* ...that would add a [[Screw Yourself|disturbing new element]] to the [[Slash Fic]].
* So is he just a [[Everyone Is Jesus in Purgatory|Raito in purgatory?]]
** This may or not be related but on top of the having the same thoughts / thought patterns, Lawliet would actually be pronounced Low-'''''Light''''' (or Ro-'''''Raito''''' when written in Japanese).
== L became a shinigami after he died ==
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== L has mysophobia ==
In other words, he's afraid of germs. Am I really the first one to think this? The way he holds things alone is a very big clue that leads to this: It's always with as little actual contact with the surface as possible. He keeps his feet on chairs because they tend to be cleaner than floors. He doesn't wear shoes because feet sweat a lot more like that, feeling very germy. His lack of social skills is a manifestation of his inability to get close to people for fear of what germs they carry.
** That doesn't make much sense. L doesn't wash himself very much, chews his nail, the idea of being chained doesn't gross him out.... [[Fridge Logic|Can someone be afraid of germs but not at all keen on hygiene?]]
*** Howard Hughes, anyone?
== L's unique way of holding things is to avoid leaving his fingerprints and other evidence lying around because that could lead to his enemies discovering his identity. ==
* Then why does he hold everything by ''the tips of his fingers''? It would be more likely for him to be ''deliberately'' leaving his fingerprints everywhere as a sign to [[This Does Not Exist (Darth Wiki)|prove he was actually there]].
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== L is a [[The Collector|collector]] of the world's greatest criminal masterminds. ==
That's why he only takes on cases he's personally interested in and it is straight out stated that he's shielding Aiber and Wedy from prosecution since they are useful to him. [[Sarcasm Mode|Hence why approaching Kira with the expectation that he would confess all if he gets to know him well enough and would want to work for him makes perfect sense. Why wouldn't he want the honor of becoming part of his collection?]]
* Two more Kiras and you'll have the whole set!
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{{spoiler|There's been a lot of talk about how Light suddenly got stupid for the end of the series, making horrible mistakes that one troper or another wouldn't have made in his shoes. But This Troper proposes that Light didn't just suddenly get bad at playing the game; he was never really that good to begin with.}}
** An important fact to remember- '''''Light is 17''''' at the start of the series (and [[Man Child|he doesn't mature all that much (or at all)]] in the next five years considering he [[A God Am I|already thinks he's perfect.]]) [[Hot-Blooded|Impulsiveness and poor decision making kind of goes with the territory...]] ([[Red Oni, Blue Oni|there's a reason he's red to L's blue]]) [[Schmuck Bait|remember that's what got him into this mess in the first place]] ([[Word of God]]: one has to be "foolish in order to use the death note"). [[Department of Redundancy Department|He's a brilliant (and flawed) 17 year old kid with a God Complex...]] it's impressive he managed as well as he did...
*** [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ChbGpjQDdGQ&NR=1 Says it all really.]
*** More food for thought- sometimes the most scatterbrained, disorganized, paranoid ''WRECKS'' of people make the best planners because they're over-compensating in order to just function... everything is neat and in its place, and [[Crazy Prepared|every eventuality and contingency is thought up, over-analyzed, scheduled, and accounted for...]]
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== L's real name is [[Once Upon a Time In Mexico|El]]. ==
[[Once Upon a Time In Mexico|El Mariachi]] {{spoiler|and he returns from the dead as a vengeful gun-toting ghost}} to kick ass.
* Oh my god, yes!
== Light reincarnated as the wolf Kiba from ''[[Wolf's Rain]]''. ==
[[Grand Unifying Guesses/The Actor Rule|The Actor Rule]], and he "can't go to Heaven or Hell..."
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== [[Stephen King|Light is an incarnation Randall Flagg.]] ==
[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I0-oQK8uoGM&feature=related The good man, the dark man, the man in black...] Also, that means he's {{spoiler|not dead.}} He has many names in many worlds...
== Light is [[
The virus is really a bluff, and what else is that the Book of Prophecy is a Death Note in disguised.
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Seriously! The dilated pupils, the sugar cubes...
== L sits that way because he has nerve damage from sitting and working too long. ==
There is an actual condition where it becomes painful to sit normally.
== Light [[Hero Worshipper|looked up to L as a kid.]] ==
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== Light and L were sleeping together. ==
No wait, hear me out! That chain isn't nearly long enough for them to have separate beds! Of course L being an [[The Insomniac|insomniac]] they [[Comically Missing the Point|wouldn't sleep together very well...]]
* [[That's What She Said]].
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He started considering it when Light began saying exactly what he was thinking, which is why even though he actually thought {{spoiler|Light was definitely Kira (the numbers he said were made up)}}, he would still use those percentages in his inner monologues.
== During the Yotsuba arc L and Light wore custom-designed velcro shirts [[Fridge Logic|that they could put on or take off without undoing the handcuffs.]] ==
Otherwise it defeats the pretense er... purpose of keeping Light chained 24/7.
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Come on. He got bored with everyday life; he'd get even more bored with nothingness/the Shinigami realm. Cue Xanatossing! He then fishes L out (possibly Near, Mello and Matt too) because he needs allies to take on the Shinigami, and they agree because ''anything'' would top [[The Nothing After Death]]. They then all band together to create a proper afterlife, with a new Heaven and a Hell and a Purgatory, and run their [[Xanatos Gambit|Xanatos Gambits]] against each other to determine who ends up where. Eventually, all the geniuses ''do'' in fact collaborate to create their perfect world, and balance it out. (They've got eternity to get it right, after all.)
This exists because it's not impossible per se and because I'm an [[Sliding Scale
** Seconded... [[Like a Badass Out of Hell|Like A Badass Out of Mu / The Shinigami Realm]]!
*** Heh, well, there's this [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ue8fM2FBL_A&feature=fvw alternate ending...] Light can see the [[Wide-Eyed Idealist|silver-lining]] in even a [[And I Must Scream]] situation.
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He struck a deal with Rem. Rem was already fed up with Light Yagami, and L suspected the whole "13 days" rule was a load of bull. So he discussed a plan with her wherein he could fake his and Watari's deaths to fool Kira. So, he decided to either A)have Rem write his name in the Death Note so that he'd have a non-fatal heart attack and die in 10-20 years, or B)take drugs allowing him to slow his heart rate almost to nothing, thereby appearing to be dead. He'd go into hiding, and let his successors catch Kira [[Trickster Mentor|as a test]].
== L's identity was kept hidden even pre-series because... ==
He's the last surviving orphan of a family coming from [[The Shadow Over Innsmouth|Innsmouth, Massachusetts.]] He has the look—the bulging eyes, white-grey skin, his hunched over walk and occasional [[Primal Stance]] which means he’s not completely human so {{spoiler|the Death Note didn't work on him. He's still alive, he's ''immortal'', he faked his death and is in fact [[Lovecraft Lite|chilin' at the bottom of the ocean...]]}}
== [[Harry Potter|L is a wizard and he spent some time in Azkaban.]] ==
While he was still attending school at [[Harry Potter|Hogwarts]] he was sent away for a crime he didn't commit. He managed to escape and [[Clear My Name|clear his name]] however the [[Obstructive Bureaucrat|corrupt bureaucrats]] stripped him of most of his magic and [[Laser-Guided Amnesia|memories]] afterwards. L is later found by Quillsh Wammy who takes him in and trains him to be the [[Great Detective]] L. Though L has gaps in his memory he does remember how a [[Miscarriage of Justice]] screwed him over and he hates injustice with a passion. He has enough magic left to [[Detect Evil]] and knows immediately that Light is Kira.
== Light Yagami has the powers of [[Haruhi Suzumiya]] ==
Like Haruhi, Light is unaware of his powers. Wishing for a way to cleanse the world of scum and villainy, he subconsciously created the Death Note, as well as Shinigamis.
== L became [[Bleach|Ulquiorra]]. ==
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Most of her life, Miyako appears to be an [[Amateur Sleuth]] who wants to make the world a better place. However, the thing is she's distant to almost everyone except Maron. She secretly despises of what the world has become: rotten. Her world is already perfect, if it wasn't for the demons that Jeanne fought against keeps on ruining it. The most likely evidence of this is when {{spoiler|she is possessed by Fin into killing Jeanne in episode 43}}. Somehow, {{spoiler|despite of defeating her possession}}, there is still remnants of it to infect the Yagami bloodline. This is why Light has become the [[Villain Protagonist]] that he is. He has somehow manages to control the urges of {{spoiler|Miyako's possession}} until he found the Death Note, giving into to these urges.
== [[Backstory|L is an]] [[Fridge Horror|abuse victim.]] ==
[[Fanfic Fuel|Yeah, this idea has been done... A LOT]] but it would explain a lot of L's behaviors: [[The Aloner]], [[Extreme Doormat]] who [[Hates Being Touched]] and [[Friendless Background|considers no one to be a friend]]. It also explains why L thinks of himself as a monster-not only because he must deal with the [[Black and Grey Morality|moral greyness that comes with his profession]] but because he has [[Internalized Categorism|internalized the abuse.]] This also explains why he would want to bury his [[Dark and Troubled Past|Dark and Troubled]] [[Mysterious Past]] even before meeting Kira.
* Before meeting Watari [[Abusive Parents|L was abused by his parents or guardians]] who loathed the "[[Ugly Cute|ugly child]]" and [[All of the Other Reindeer|was terrified by how smart he was.]] Watari rescues him and takes him in at Wammy's House where L receives [[Training
* [[Break the Cutie|Then just as L is adjusting to his new life along comes]] [[Rape as Drama|"Mr. Aggressive Top"]] [[Stalker with a Crush|Beyond Birthday]] [[I Just Want to Be You|who must surpass L]] [[Mind Rape|in every way.]] You wonder why the guy has trust issues.
== [[Backstory|Before finding the notebook]] [[Death Seeker|Light was suicidally depressed.]] ==
[[Fanfic Fuel|Yeah, this one's been done too]] [http://www.fanfiction.net/s/3627406/1/The_Golden_Son_Light\], [http://www.fanfiction.net/s/4029915/1/Genius_is_a_Curse\] but it fits. [[Suicide (band)|Suicidal people sometimes resemble really bored people]] and [[Stepford Smiler|he might have felt alienated]] [[Intelligence Equals Isolation|being so scary smart he can't really relate to the people around him.]] Light sees the world around him as "rotten" and for all his genius he feels useless to fix it and doesn't really perk up until after he's [[Desperately Looking for a Purpose In Life|found what he thinks is his "purpose."]] It also explains why he's so drawn to the Death Note, [[Nightmare Fetishist|his fascination with Shinigami]], and then why he keeps risking more and more-it's out of a [[Death Seeker|subconscious deathwish]]. The only other time he seems truly happy is during the Yotsuba arc when he's {{spoiler|relinquished his memories}} because then he also has a purpose- {{spoiler|to catch Kira and [[Clear My Name|Clear His Name]]}} and since he {{spoiler|is always in L's company}} he isn't lonely and bored anymore.
== After the events of the series Light moved to [[Castlevania]]. ==
See here: [https://web.archive.org/web/20150615041916/http://omegazxa.deviantart.com/art/DeathNote-in-Castlevania-104093586
== Light was actually raised in {{spoiler|311 Kinderheim}} ==
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*** AND he's learned how to be a great detective without sacrificing his posture.
** These things are not supposed to make sense. It's actually the serious guesses that are missing the point.
* Alternatively, L is Runge's illegitimate child.
** Wouldn't Runge's unnamed grandson be about L's age by the time the events of Death Note come about?
*** No, L's 25. The grandson would be about 12. If anything, the grandson is Near.
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== Ryuk lied about Mu,Light and L got reincarnated(perhaps backwards) as Watson and Sherlock Homes respectively ==
* But wouldn't Light be Moriarty?
** Maybe B is Moriarty?
* Let me explain,people are always saying that if things had been different they could have been friends.So this time they are,their [[Tragic Bromance]] has a happy ending,fans of them as a platonic friends and [[Yaoi Fangirls]] alike go home happy.Everyone wins and Watari is Mycroft and Naomi is Irene Adler.
== L has diabetes. ==
Come on you can't eat that much sugar without consequence! That would also explain why L doesn't wear socks-because he doesn't want to restrict the blood flow to his feet.
== L is [[Batman]]. ==
Watari is Alfred, Mr. Yagami is Comissioner Gordon, The pink angel crepe van is the batmobile, Near is Robin, Mello is Azrael, Wedy is Catwoman, Aiber is the Penguin, Misa is Harley Quinn, Rem is Poison Ivy, Beyond is the Riddler, [[The Dark Knight|Ryuk is the Joker and Light/Kira is Ra's Al Ghul, Mikami is Harvey Dent/Two-Face]]?
== Mello and/or Matt ==
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L was probably trying to teach him "See, this is what happens if you take your rivalry too far." Though it seems to have backfired as it sounds like Mello found Beyond to be [[Unintentionally Sympathetic]].
== Mello is a FTM transsexual ==
It [[Psycho Supporter|makes sense, sort of]]. When Mello is introduced, his clothes and body are androgynous. Then he leaves, saying he will [[Start My Own|live "his own way," far from everyone he used to live with]]. Next time we see him, he dresses and talks masculine, but he still has feminine features. His figure leaves room for doubt (is he just well muscled, or are those bound breasts?). Then he gradually becomes more masculine just a few years too late to chalk it up to puberty (he can't be that late a bloomer). He also keeps his gun in the front of his pants, which is easier to do without a penis, and lacks a bulge in the area even though his pants are so tight that it's a wonder he can still sit. And [[
* A bar of chocolate says Matt is his ex-boyfriend.
* Certainly not "ex". Given that everyone is [[Everyone Is Gay|gay]] or [[Everyone Is Bi|bi]], certainly [[Het Is Ew|not straight]], it's much more likely that they hooked up, or at least didn't break up, when Mello transitioned.
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== The confusion over Mello's gender was either planned, or the creator wasn't sure what he wanted Mello to be. ==
In the manga, Mello isn't referred to by any gender pronoun for quite some time. Besides one of the gang members, who I'm convinced had a massive unrequited crush on Mello, Mello isn't shown attracted to anyone or in a romantic situation for a long time. Some might say he never is. Granted that simply puts him in the same class as many other characters, but if the creator wasn't sure if Mello was a boy or girl, it makes sense not to give him any sort of love interest. It also makes sense not to do so if the plan was to make people wonder. Since Rem seems to be the only character with openly homosexual feelings, seems to be because there are people have argued that her love for Misa is platonic, maybe the creator assumed everyone would consider Mello heterosexual, and therefore, his love interest would give away his gender.
* A similar argument could be made for Near.
** I'm sorry, but you lost me. Which of the arguments could be made for Near? If I recall correctly, he was established as a boy early on. So, am I wrong, or are you talking about a different argument?
*** Well first you have [[Cross-Dressing Voices]] - Near is voiced by a woman in both the original and the dub. Also with the way he's drawn he could be mistaken for a young girl.
** Jossed. In Book 13, Obata explicitly states that he intended to make Mello masculine, and Near androgynous, from their first scene. One of the few moments where Obata seems to have weirdly misinterpreted how people would see the characters. Also, the plan was to have reversed the character designs (where the short, "effeminate" one would be Mello, and the taller one with straight hair would be Near), and was changed at the last minute.
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== Maki of ''L: Change The World'' grows up to be Mello. ==
Think about it, it makes sense if {{spoiler|the Boy is Near}}. She is the emotional one that believes in [[Revenge Before Reason]], readily willing to sacrifice her own life and everyone else's for the sake of justice/revenge. She either gets a sex-change operation later (see above Guesses) or we accept that it's an [[Alternate Continuity]]
== [[Overlord, Jr.|Mello comes from a mob family.]] ==
That explains how a fourteen year old kid can join the mafia instead of getting his ass kicked. It also explains why he's in an orphanage- either L took Mello into [[Abusive Parents|protective custody]] or, being criminals, [[You Killed My Father|Kira killed them all.]] [[Trauma Conga Line|Or both.]]
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* It seems like he had no real friends at Wammy's; we see him studying, alone, playing with kids who don't like him, and looking at his test scores, alone. He was so frustrated, trying to beat Near, that he imagined "Matt". Matt was the third-smartest kid at Wammy's, so he could keep up with Mello intellectually, but he had no interest in actually becoming the next L, so Mello didn't have to compete with him. When it came time to kidnap Takada, Mello secretly shot off the smoke bomb himself and imagined Matt doing it. There were no other bodyguards beside Lidner there, but Mello imagined all of them killing Matt because he knew that ''he'' was going to die soon, so Matt couldn't live past him. Ohba even says in Vol. 13 that Matt's sole purpose in the manga was to give Mello someone to interact with--his whole purpose in ''existence'' is to keep Mello from being lonely!
== Matt is a male [[Elfen Lied|Diclonius]]. ==
It fits! He's an orphan and according to [[Fanon]] he has [[Rose-Haired Girl|pink hair]]. Also he is incredibly loyal to one human (Mello) who seems to be his only friend. So that's why he wears the goggles-it's to hide his horns. This also means {{spoiler|he survived getting shot up by Takada's bodyguards seeing as the Diclonius species seems to be [[Made of Iron]].}}
== Matt saved Mello {{spoiler|from the rubble after Mello blew up his own base.}} ==
Matt doesn't appear until after Mello is on his own again and someone must have gotten Mello medical attention.
== Mello wore a [[A Wizard Did It|magic gas mask.]] ==
Mello only wears a little gas mask for protection when he's in the middle of a massive explosion. Yet later he's only scarred on his face! [https://web.archive.org/web/20150907035527/http://witegots.deviantart.com/art/251-Death-Note-Matt-Speaks-71518083
this Magic Gas Mask dropped by a Scaragami prevents the wearer from coming down with a case of dead but it takes it's payment by eating away at the flesh of the user's face.
== Matt is actually the smartest of L's successors. ==
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== Matt took out some of the bodyguards {{spoiler|on his way out}} ==
After watching {{spoiler|Matsuda pump Light with bullets, and ''then'' seeing the latter be able to cover all that distance and [[Rasputinian Death|finally]] die of a heart attack}}, it's only logical to assume that {{spoiler|Matt wasn't killed right away}}. He may have had at least enough time to {{spoiler|pull out his gun when the guards were close enough before finally expiring}}. And even then, {{spoiler|he may have been wearing a bullet-proof vest, though this is unlikely}}. The footage was cut because it lacked significant plot relevance.
== Mello is [[Monster (manga)|Johan.]] ==
[[Grand Unifying Guesses|The Actor Rule.]] Also both are [[Blonde Guys Are Evil|blonde]] [[The Chessmaster|chessmasters]] indoctrinated at an orphanage for a nebulous purpose and kill people.
== [[Long-Lost Relative|Mello is Misa's long lost brother.]] ==
Why not? Both are thin, blonde, overdramatic, and have a preference for gothic clothing.
== Matt's (Mail Jeevas's) [[Code Name|code letter]] would be J. ==
Because Mello already has "M" and "J" isn't taken yet. (The Wammy's letters already taken are [[Another Note|A, B,]] [[L Change the World|F, K,]] L, M, and N.)
== Near ==
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== In the anime, Near didn't write the 'Dear Mello' ==
In the manga, Mello shows surprise when he sees it. In the anime, however, he gives no reaction, which, given that this Mello, I find it hard to believe he wouldn't react to the person he despises writing something like that. Given that Near is never seen writing anything, his handwriting can't compared to that of the Dear Mello. My guess is that someone in the past or Mello himself wrote that for some reason and he was checking to make sure it was there.
For the record, I happen to strongly believe Near is in love with Mello, but the above WMG has nothing with any sort of shipping be it for or against N/M.
== Near is a savant. ==
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== [[Poison Oak Epileptic Trees|Near was]] {{spoiler|[[Poison Oak Epileptic Trees|controlling Light in the finale.]]}} ==
Taking Matsuda's Theory a step further, {{spoiler|Near didn't just control Mikami with the Notebook but Light as well to ensure a confession and make him look crazy...er. That's why he didn't bother chasing after him.}}
* Wow, that is as plasiable of a theory than Matsuda!
** It would explain the [[Third-Act Stupidity]]...
== Near was controlling Light with the Death Note ==
Matsuda was right about Near controlling Mikami. However, what he didn't realize was that Near was also controlling Light's actions.In the Death Note, he wrote something along the lines of: "Light Yagami, heart attack, announces that his victory seconds before it is revealed that the notebook used by his subordinate is a fake, goes insane and explains his motives, attempts to write his enemy's name on a scrap of the notebook but is shot at by a member of the Japanese police, dies at 1:15 on January 28"
This explains why Light, who never loses his cool, suddenly goes insane and admitts everything. It would be very important for Near to have a confession. Near's morals are questionable enough that he might control Light in order to win the case. He cares a lot for his own safety and he would want to ensure that he wasn't killed before Kira could be brought to justice. Near knows when Light is writing his name on a scrap of the notebook, despite that he isn't really even looking in that direction, and Light is good enough with that scrap in his watch that ''L'' didn't even notice when he was using it during the Yotsuba arc. Near would want to prove that Light is Kira, while proving to everyone that Kira is evil, and he might not see any other way to do it, as Light is devilishly clever and wouldn't make mistakes like that on his own. As for Ryuk writing Light's name, that was just because he had promised that he would do so. He saw that Light had only 40 seconds to live and wrote his name down. After all, it's kind of surprising that Ryuk wouldn't help Light and kill everyone. He seems to think Light is interesting and he no doubt knows that if Near wins he will destroy the notebooks and Ryuk will have to return to the Shinigami realm, which he hates. Unless Light's death was a foregone conclusion, it would make much more sense for him to help Light. He may not be on Light's side, but he is selfish and would want to stay on Earth, since he finds it interesting.
== Near becomes the next Kira. ==
He used the notebook on {{spoiler|Light and Mikami. He burned a fake. He kept the REAL notebook}} and he made a deal with Ryuk to stay out of sight until the time is right. {{spoiler|He waits until legions of followers are crying for Kira's return.}} He gets rid of everyone who remembers the first case and then when there is no one left to stop him...
== Near's final plan really was just a set up ==
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== Misa will live for hundreds of years, and possibly become a shinigami. ==
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If taken a certain way, it can be interpreted as the human gaining whatever life the shinigami had collected. If the shinigami had less life than that remaining to the human, the human dies of a heart attack at the original time of death, why the Note says "sometimes." Misa would, barring lethal accidents, slowly become more and more like a shinigami after the original duration of her lifespan. She has had two shinigami obliterate themselves to save her life (one indirectly), and is a prime candidate for becoming a new shinigami, or at least an undying.
* [[Jossed]] by way of How To Read 13: she dies the next Valentine's Day following the Yellow Box showdown. However, I did crunch the numbers, and Misa wound up increasing her overall lifespan by a considerable amount of time despite taking the Shinigami Eyes twice - possibly even because of it, on account of Rem.
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== Before becoming a Shinigami Ryuk's [[The Dark Knight|father was a drinker and a fiend...]] ==
[[Memetic Mutation|Why so serious?]]
== Ryuk didn't toss the notebook at random. He deliberately chucked it at a school. == Oh, he claims it was all just an accident, but he's a known liar. It's as Light explains in the manga when he and L are building a profile for Kira- [[Teens Are Monsters|a teenager would be the most likely to use the notebook the way Kira did]], anyone younger would be too scared to use it and anyone older would just use it on occasion to kill people they didn't like. Ryuk knew this. Ryuk isn't very bright but he is immortal. Who knows how many times he has done this before? He might even know exactly what type of human would make the most amusing toy—someone who has never known hardship so psychologically can't cope with having killed someone other than to SNAP in an amusing way... Ryuk might have even specifically targeted Light despite what he says: "you think I chose you because you’re so smart or something?" He knew Light was "so smart" before even meeting him.
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** A ''real'' coincidence would be if ''Ryuk'' was the Shinigami following Mikami around. Think about it. He was probably getting bored even then, and so he might've decided to see if he could convince some human kid that he had magic killing powers just to mess with him. Mikami ended up being way too boring, and so Ryuk would've left after a while, coming up with his 'Throw a Death Note into the Human World' plan afterwards as a much more interesting idea with less work on his part.
* A rule in the Death Note completely disproves this:
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When the god of death's Death Note is handed to a human.
Essentially, finding a human to pass on the Death Note should be done from the world of the gods of death, but if it is within 82 hours this may also be done in the human world.
When a god of death stalks an individual with an intention to kill them, as long as it is within 82 hours of haunting them, the god of death may stay in the human world. }}
** It's true that a Shinigami couldn't follow Mikami ''per se,'' but it could still watch him from the Shinigami world and kill the people he wanted to die.
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== Taro Kagome from the pilot chapter grows up to become Teru Mikami. ==
[[Hand Wave|After the incident in the pilot he changes his name when he's like put into witness protection or something. He forfeits ownership, loses his memories, and later regains them at some point because Ryuk thought it would be funny.]] [[I Wrote Our Story|He then goes on to write the story]] [[Breaking the Fourth Wall|of Death Note once the world has fallen under Kira's control]] [[Sarcastic Confession|for the sake of plausible deniability.]]
* Also, he still has the [[Death Is Cheap|Death Eraser]] and eventually brings L back to life on Light's request because [[Victory Is Boring]].
* Maybe all of those deaths he saw as a child was actually things he wrote in the death note and then he gave up his death note losing memories but the deaths were mentioned so Taro remembered. The end picture with Taro and Ryuk could have been when Light gave Teru the notebook but Ryuk gave it to Taro instead. Taro killed Mikami and replaced him with himself. He became methodical because Taro was afraid that any change in his behavior would make it apparent that he was an imposter.
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* You wouldn't happen to know a guy on deviantART named Derrot, would you?
* This can work... Light did say in the manga that he'd met Matsuda at dinner once before... Matsuda could have been the first one to get Ryuk's note. He convinced Ryuk to drop it outside Light's school. Knowing that Light was like-minded when it came to justice from meeting him and hearing about him from Soichiro, he predicted that Light would kill criminals with the Death Note. However, he realized that Light planned on killing him, so he arranged for Mello to abduct Takada, leading to Light's exposure and giving him an opportunity to eliminate Light without being arrested. He himself had a scrap of the note taped to himself at all times, and he managed to retrieve several pages from the notebook so that he could continue killing not long after the series ended, starting with Near and the SPK, whose names he knew thanks to Mikami.
* It makes sense. Matsuda had his own struggles with morality and [[Hive Mind|alikeness to Light]], so he decided that Light should carry his actions out with Matsuda not getting blamed. Matsuda was happy with how Light had recreated the world, and he wanted to go on to be the god of the new world and killed off Light to get his position as the leader.
== The series was actually a hallucination/desperate escapist dream by collegestudent!Matsuda. ==
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== [[Memetic Badass|Sayu Yagami]] was somehow behind everything. ==
For one, she is one of the few characters that who can manipulate Light and live to tell the tale.... ("I totally don't get this, could you do my homework... I mean show me how?" "But mom, I'm going out with friends today!")
* [[Knight Templar Big Brother|In fact in the manga Light tells Ryuk that he's trying to make the world a safer place...]] [[Love Makes You Evil|for Sayu.]]
== Soichiro Yagami is L's father. ==
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* Well he did drive a van through a TV station door (or...whatever that was in the movie). That sounds like something the Stig would do.
** And he looks good in a helmet!
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'''Matsuda:''' He got shot by Mello.
'''Ide:''' ''Because-''
'''Matsuda:''' Because we used ''nitrous.'' }}
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* Someone should've investigated what would have happened had his father lived twice as long as he did from the time he gained the Shinigami Eyes. Who knows which Xanatos Gambit could've been unraveled.
* Or someone should write a very good fanfic about it.
** There's [http://witegots.deviantart.com/art/226-Death-Note-Eyeless-69342198 this] parody comic.
* Not that we actually know that the Rules work that way.
** Or do we? I didn't go through all the ones from the manga.
* Soichiro wasn't necessarily going to be ''assassinated'', it could have just been an ironic second heart attack that could've killed him.
* Let's just agree that Soichiro was going to die that day no matter what, since if my math's correct he only lost a few hours of lifespan when he took the shinigami eyes.
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== The unnamed shinigami in the first Re-Light special is Soichiro Yagami. ==
Due to Soichio's unique circumstance of {{spoiler|owning and using the Death Note (by making the eye trade) without actually writing in it,}} he was granted an equally-unique afterlife: being reincarnated as a shinigami.
He completely remembers his life as a human. He is seeking out Ryuk to find out how the Death Notes get into the world. Being the decent guy he is, he plans on using this to find a way to prevent any shinigami (including himself) from '''ever''' entering the human world again. He doesn't want another Kira to emerge. {{spoiler|Ryuk honestly thought he was Light, and Soichiro (for the sake of his greater plan) didn't correct him}}.
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== Sayu becomes a Kira. ==
According to [[Word of God]] Light probably switched the notebook that was in police custody and considering his escalating hubris at the time he may have hidden it in his own house. Sayu is just recovering from her kidnapping and the deaths of her father and brother when she stumbles upon Light's hidden notebook. Sayu [[Hero Worshipper|hero worshipped]] her big brother and after she pieces together what happened she starts killing criminals because [[Woobie, Destroyer of Worlds|no one should have to go through what she went through at the hands of the mob]] and she wants to [[Avenging the Villain|avenge her brother]] and by acting as Kira she will flush out the ones who killed him and she probably succeeds too, seeing that no one suspects the [[Genius Ditz|ditzy-looking]] traumatized cute girl who is, according to the guidebook, actually a genius who is as smart as Near.
== Beyond Birthday ==
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== B is ''part'' shinigami. ==
I know, there's already a guess for B being a shinigami, but this one says he's only ''part'' shinigami. One-sixteenth shinigami, for example. There's a rule that shinigami can't have sex. Before that rule was in place, a male shinigami went to Earth, interacted with a female human, and eventually had sex with that human. That female gave birth to a human born with shinigami eyes. Hence, the rule banning sex was made. Now, it could be as close as B's father was really a shinigami, or this could be an inherited trait, such as every other generation from the initial half-shinigami inherited shinigami eyes.
** So the part about it being impossible for humans and shinigami to have sexual relations is just propaganda
*** The rule exists for ''some'' reason.
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***** Maybe to stop them from trying? [[Digital Fortress|Think about it—all brands of bulletproof glassstop bullets, but if a company dares you to put a bullet through theirs, suddenly everybody’s trying.]]
****** This would also explain stories in the Old Testament of angels who came to Earth and took human wives.
****** [http://batsu13angel.deviantart.com/art/BB-s-REAL-Daddy-120029600\]{{Dead link}}
== [[Long Lost Sibling|L, Beyond Birthday, and Teru Mikami are related.]] ==
* They are similar in appearance, L and BB are orphans, and Mikami has an absent father...
== Beyond Birthday is a [[Reincarnation]] of [[Dragonlance|the dark wizard Raistlin Majere]]. ==
Both are genius Chessmasters with eyes that see how everything dies [[The Unfettered|that will do anything to further their goals.]]
== [[The Killer in Me|L and Beyond Birthday are the same person.]] ==
The Beyond personality came about because L became so emotionally repressed thanks to [[Training
What a twist!
He doesn't {{spoiler|have any burns}} afterwards because Wammy's estate is that wealthy and has access to leading edge and nonexistent technology and medical care.
== Beyond Birthday is [[Cloning Blues|L's clone.]] ==
B is the result of one of L's enemies, an [[Evilutionary Biologist]] cloning L [[Biological Mashup|spliced with a little bit of]] [[Half-Human Hybrid|Shinigami DNA]] (so that he has the Shinigami eyes and can see L's real name) to create for L an ultimate enemy. The [[Evilutionary Biologist]] then leaves the clone on Wammy's doorstep and watches the ensuing chaos.
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A morally grey organization that [[Tyke Bomb|trains / experiments on special children]] (i.e. superintelligence, Shinigami eyes, etc.) for an equally ambiguous purpose of becoming the next L and "fighting the forces of evil."
== Wammy's House is one of the [[Soon I Will Be Invincible|Peterson Schools]]. ==
A top secret program that rounds up genius kids who all, "[[Ancient Conspiracy|coincidentally]]," one day become [[Super-Hero School|superheroes or supervillains]]...
== Wammy's House is a training branch of [[A Series of Unfortunate Events|VFD]]. ==
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== [[V for Vendetta|V]] was trained at Wammy's House. ==
Let's see... British guy, a mad genius who fights against a dystopian state, who hides his identity and is only known by a letter... and ''Remember, remember the 5th of November''-that's the day of {{spoiler|[[Comically Missing the Point|L and Watari died]]}}!
== The Death Note Universe ==
== EVERYONE is {{spoiler|still alive.}} ==
They are hiding out as extras in ''[[Full Metal Panic!]]'' [http://nekogirl23.deviantart.com/art/L-is-still-alive-XD-164753139\]{{Dead link}}.
== The previous universe of Death Note was [[Neon Genesis Evangelion]]. ==
Think about it! L is Gendou, Near is Rei, Light is a twisted form of Shinji and Kaworu, Mello is Asuka... This works because L shows Gendou-like secrecy and Chessmasterness, while Near is a tykebomb which has been effectively trained by L since his childhood (albeit indirectly), and Near and Mello have their conflict...
== ''[[Death Note]]'' is a [[Stealth Parody]] of [[Shonen]] tropes ==
Think about it. Despite being a dark crime thriller with a megalomaniacal mass-murderer for a protagonist, when you get down to it it contains all the basic elements of a typical shonen series, albeit in forms twisted nearly beyond recognition: a young, justice-loving [[Chaste Hero]] [[Chosen One]] (a narcissistic [[Knight Templar]] with [[A God Am I|delusions of Godhood/being]] [[The Unchosen One|the Chosen One]]) who discovers magical powers (a notebook that can be used to instantly murder anybody) and gains a [[Spirit Buddy]] (an amoral embodiment of death), makes a [[Worthy Opponent]] rival (a detective trying to apprehend him for his crimes) and picks up a persistent [[Genki Girl]] love interest (a vapid pop idol who's fanatically obsessed with him and, despite barely knowing him, is instantly willing to kill for, die for and marry him). If the satire was intended on the part of Tsugumi Ohba, he/she sure hasn't let on.
* Or even a stealth parody of [[Comedic Sociopathy|happy fun]] kids' movies. Specifically, remember that one about the bullied kid approached by a [[Little Monsters|goofball monster wearing punk accessories]]? The one from a [[Monster Town|world of monsters]] that preys on humans. Now remember the pilot chapter. Take a good look at Howie Mandel's [http://img801.imageshack.us/i/ryuukuwamaurice.jpg/ eyes and mouth].
** [[Girlchan in Paradise|That explains everything!]] Also Misa seems to be a parody of typical shojou tropes, especially the [[Magical Girl]] genre: a young, beautiful, yet ditzy girl is granted magical powers (see above) by a (not so) cute [[Non-Human Sidekick]] (a gross, monster-like creature), [[Sailor Moon|is fighting evil by the moonlight]] (by murdering criminals and innocents), finding a [[Mysterious Protector]] ([[In Name Only]], who just uses and manipulates her, gives a shit about her as a person and actually wants to kill her in the beginning) and falling in love with him (as in: becoming completely devoted to him [[Love At First Sight|unrealistically fast]], dedicating her life to him and being completely obedient. ([[Sarcasm Mode|Like any good (soon-to-be) wife should do!]])) Bonus points, because she teams up with demons, instead of fighting them, like a typical [[Magical Girl Warrior]].
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== The second arc [[Fanon Discontinuity|never happened.]] ==
[[All Just a Dream|It was all Light's nightmare]] [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tHyWDxNRUMA or a simulation] he had during the Yotsuba arc and he became so unnerved by it he decided to give up the notebook and remain as [[They Fight Crime|L's partner.]] Yeah...
== [[Nineteen Eighty-Four]] is what would have happened if Light had won. ==
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== The death note is a Tardis. ==
It's bigger on the inside (it has an infinite amount of pages) and it can manipulate events in time and space but it's malfunctioning so that it always brings about the death of those that go inside it.
== Aiber is A from Wammy's House ==
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Near, who resembles Mytho is already a regeneration L and Aeon. L and Near have cut out parts of their heart in order to defeat Kira. Notice that neither are ever scared or lonely or loving or anything that might get in the way of their duties. In fact, all they might have is Curiosity. After that, Near reconstructs most of or all of his heart and becomes Aeon.
== L is a Time Lord and Naomi Misora was once L's Companion. ==
They had many adventures of horror and wonder together but she eventually returned to get married to Raye.
== Light is also a Time Lord ==
{{spoiler|Because a watch is an essential part of the memory restoration process.}} ...Ergo Light is the Master.
== Light is the 10th Doctor. The ''[[Large Ham|TIME LORD]] '''[[A God Am I|VICTORIOUS!]]''''' ==
For so long he lived in boredom and despair. There was so much that was rotten but there was nothing he could do. But then one day he realizeed the rules, time, ''this world''-they are ''his'' to manipulate! Being the only one of his kind (super genius) around didn't make him some freak, it made him VICTORIOUS!
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** So would that mean that Misa is Rose Tyler, [[Badass Longcoat|Mikami is Jack Harkness]], and L is the Master?
== Light is a Time Lord and Ryuk is his Companion. ==
Who says Companions always have to come from Earth?
== Light Yagami is a [[Time Lord]] and he regenerated into [[Code Geass|Lelouch Vi Britannia]]. ==
Who in turn regenerated into [[Dune|Paul Atreides]]...
== L is Light's regeneration [[Timey-Wimey Ball|gone back in time to stop himself.]] ==
However he doesn't remember everything from his past regeneration.
== Mello is a Time Lord. ==
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== Mikami is a Cyberman. ==
It's so OBVIOUS! ''DELETE! DELETE! DELETE!''
== L is The Master ==
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== Everything was just as planned... by Rem. ==
Realizing what Light was up to, Rem decided to cut a deal with L. Rem and L fake their own deaths, and L works in the shadows to take down Light. L is smart enough to realize that if he dies it would be impossible to ensure that Light gets taken down (it seems like it required a pretty big [[Idiot Ball]] to do him in). When Light finally is killed, L can show and explain to Misa about how touching a Death Note gives someone with a strong sense of justice the ability to eventually come back from the dead. That keeps Misa from committing suicide, since she'll want to see Light again, Rem manages to kill off Light without dying in the process, and L can work from the shadows to bring down Light.
Obviously, the plan wouldn't work if Light knew L was still alive, so L is forced to use extremely indirect methods (like sending a message to Wammy's house from his Mac), and possibly even posing as a Kira supporter named... Mikami. The data deletion Watari did was to cover up the preparations for L to fake his own death. L obviously hid some sort of temporary coma-inducing drug in his tea (you can see the teacup just before he "dies"), and had Rem dig him back up once it wore off.
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== Death Note is an experimental MMORPG ==
in anime style. The Shinigami are admins/developers, and their world is a developer isle of sorts. That you go to "Nothingness" when you die is a way of saying that your character is deleted/sakujo'd when it dies. {{spoiler|Mikami's blood fountain in the last episode is the result of a glitch.}} Feel free to add to this.
* Well, that explains the "see somebody's name written in midair above their head" thing.
** [http://www.fanfiction.net/s/4382737/1/ Did you write this, by any chance?]
== The actual [[
Rem's attachment to Misa was her way of honoring Gelus's memory.
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Somehow, Light switched the Death Note in the safe for a fake, but then Misa switched the real Death Note for a fake later. Therefore, when {{spoiler|Light died}}, Misa had a Death Note. However, she bounds it to Ryuk, so he could stay in the human world. When Misa commits sucide, she has the Death Note with her, and Near or one of his allies, retreives it and locks it up.
* And then it is stolen by a master thief.
* Aforementioned master thief known as John Mischief.
== Roger and Watari are boyfriends. ==
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== The Finale scene was mostly [[Bilingual Dialogue]]. ==
Near understands Japanese, and the NPA learned English in school and on the job. Enough said.
Oh, and the SPK didn't really know what they were saying.
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== The American Movie will have [[Viral Marketing]] ==
In the form of ordinary commercials getting interrupted by fake news reels about hostage situations, leading to the offender to collapse from the Death Note. There would also be websites titled "Who is Kira?," "Kira is a menace," "Kira is our savior," etc.
== Strictly speaking, the Death Note can be used without picturing the target's face. ==
Picturing any physical trait the target has that would allow him/her to be identified by the user will suffice. For example fingerprints or a unique birthmark. The rules simply state face because it's the easiest thing to find.
== The Death note can kill non-human sentient individuals.==
Provided that they have a face and a writable name. However, it can not do so reliably. For example writing the name of an Elf could do any of the following: 1) cause the Elf to suffer a fatal heart attack, 2) cause the Elf to suffer a non-fatal heart attack, 3) cause the Elf to become worried about his/her heart's health, 4) have no effect whatsoever on the Elf. The odds of success are for the most part proportional to how human-like the target is.
==If the target can't die from a heart attack...==
The Death Note will default to another cause of death listed in the rules. Ultimately, resorting to disease if everything else failed to kill him/her within 23 days. If that failed as well the Death Note simply wouldn't work.
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