

Shinigamis die when they kill a person to save an another person but what I
don’t get is don’t shinigamis already do that on like daily basis?? They
always kill people to get their remaining life span so if any person is saved
in the process shinigamis don’t die. And also, Rem killed that one criminal
when she was following higuchi and misa was trying to make him think she has
the eyes. Wouldn’t that also count as saving misa and Rem should did for doing
that?


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Why didn’t Rem die when she killed the criminal to save misa when she was in higuchi’s car?


> Shinigamis die when they kill a person to save an another person but what I
> don’t get is don’t shinigamis already do that on like daily basis

the difference is intent, the intent being to extend someone's life.

> If the god of death decides to use the Death Note to kill the assassin of an
> individual he favors, the individual's life will be extended, but the god of
> death will die.

Source: [Rules of the Death Note/Manga Chapter Rules > Volume 4 > How to use
XVII (Point
1)](https://deathnote.fandom.com/wiki/Rules_of_the_Death_Note/Manga_Chapter_Rules#Volume_4)

> If a god of death intentionally does the above manipulation to effectively
> lengthen a human's life span, the god of death will die, but even if a human
> does the same, the human will not die.

Source: [Rules of the Death Note/Manga Chapter Rules > Volume 10 > How to use
LVIII (Point
2)](https://deathnote.fandom.com/wiki/Rules_of_the_Death_Note/Manga_Chapter_Rules#Volume_10)

when Shinigami kill normally they will always affect people's livespans
however if their intent is to extend a human's life then they are going
against their very purpose

> Shinigami can also save other humans they care about if that person is about
> to die; however, the purpose of a Shinigami is to end life, not to give it.
> Any Shinigami who goes against this will be killed

Source: [Shinigami > General information > Nature and abilities (2nd
paragraph)](https://deathnote.fandom.com/wiki/Shinigami#Nature_and_abilities)

in [Season 1 Episode 21
"Performance"](https://deathnote.fandom.com/wiki/Performance) Misa's life
wasn't in danger of being killed by either Kyosuke Higuchi or Ginzo Kanabochi.
the purpose of killing Kanabochi was to make true Misa's claim to Higuchi that
she was the second Kira


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