

We all know, that in _The Last Name_ , L survives, by writing his own name in
the death note. But why did Rem die then? I mean a shinigami dies when he
kills a person, in a way that saves the life of another person. But L didn't
die. So technically, Rem shouldn't have died, right?


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Why did Rem die in The Last Name?


Rem intended to kill L and Watari to save Misa, L did not expect Rem to also
kill Watari so he was only able to save his life from Rem.

So Rem did kill Watari to save Misa.


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In that movie, Rem died due to the rule where a shinigami will die if he
explicitly tries to extend someone's life by killing another using the death
note. This happened because Kira guided L towards Misa as the second Kira.
Once L has proven that she is, she will be executed. That's why Rem killed L.
And since Rem extended Misa's life by killing L, Rem died (Rule XVII:1).

L didn't die because before Rem did that, L had already written his own name
in the death note that they confiscated from the news announcer. By the rules
of Death Note, the first one written takes effect while the latter is ignored
(Rule XV:1). So since L had already written his own name, when Rem wrote L's
name, it did not take effect.

See [Death Note
Rules](http://deathnote.wikia.com/wiki/Rules_of_the_Death_Note).


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