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According to the [wiki](http://deathnote.wikia.com/wiki/Shinigami), when a
Shinigami dies, their remaining lifespan is given to the human they saved.

> Shinigami who die are reduced to dust, and their remaining lifespan is given
> to the human they saved.

Since Rem killed _L_ and Watari, she gained their remaining lifespans.
Additionally she probably still had some lifespan left. On top of that Misa
was already given a lot of lifespan from Gelus (from which she lost 75%
again). So does this mean all of this lifespan is transferred to Misa Amane?!

Yet according to her [wiki page](http://deathnote.wikia.com/wiki/Misa_Amane),
she dies in 2011 at the age of 26, only seven years after Rem died.

Does this mean that humans are also capable of reducing their own lifespans?
Or would the author have made a mistake by letting Misa die as early as she
has? I know she lost 75% of her remaining lifespan through the two eye deals,
but you'd think that the cumulation of L, Watari and Rem's remaining lifespans
would be greater than just one year, wouldn't you?


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Is Misa Amane's early death a plothole in Death Note?


I don't think we're told how many years Gelus or Rem had. Ryuk said that
Shinigami were lazy and only write names now to extend their life, and doing
more than that would be seen as "working too hard".

If we think about it, Shinigami might be _sooo_ lazy that they might only
extend their own life when they have very little time left, then find some
young person to steal a few decades off from, that said it's possible that
Gelus and/or Rem only had a few years left.

Also keep in mind that Rem died preventing Misa's death which L and/or Watari
would have been the cause of, one could assume before Rem killed them Misa had
little time left given L apparently had hard evidence to convict Misa, L
probably could undeniably prove Misa was the second Kira in a week of so and
see her incarcerated (possibly solitary confinement), from there she may have
been executed or took her own life from being separated from Light, I wouldn't
be surprised if that was in the space of a year or 2.

This is on the basis that a Shinigami _does not gain any life_ when preventing
someone's death, so L's lifespan was never taken by Rem to then be passed onto
Misa. Watari, who I remember dying first, was old so he probably didn't have
much time left anyway.


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If you look when Misa sees L's lifespan, it is roughly 57 years by the
equation on switching from shinigami time to human days/years so she would
gain 57 years from L alone. Watari had about a year or two left.

When Rem sees Misa's life span after making the second eye deal it reads
56873. You divide that by 3556 and that's how many days she has left (just
over 15.)

So by the theory that L and Watari's lifespan do _not_ go to Rem, the author
would be correct on the timeline.


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It isn't a plothole. There's a rule in the Death Note that specifically covers
this.

[![Death Note Rule
XLII](https://i.stack.imgur.com/pQ3Ax.jpg)](https://i.stack.imgur.com/SsogP.jpg)

> The use of the Death Note in the human world sometimes affects other human's
> lives or shortens their original life-span, even though their names are not
> actually written in the Death Note itself. In these cases, no matter the
> cause, the god of death sees only the original life-span and not the
> shortened life-span.

_(Source: Volume 8 of the manga)_

**Short Answer:** It doesn't matter how much time Misa gained from the
shinigami, or how much she lost from halving her lifespan. Every time someone
relevant to your fate is killed by the Death Note, the future changes and your
lifespan is recalculated.

Misa was living for the sake of Light. Light was killed by the Death Note. It
would have been strange if her recalculated lifespan hadn't been dramatically
shorter than before.

The fact she died on Valentine's Day in the year following Light's death
strongly suggests she committed suicide because he was dead. This is also
shown at the end of the anime.

**Longer Answer:** The same way killing a murderer with the Death Note can
extend the lives of their future victims, killing someone with the Death Note
can shorten the lives of their loved ones.

We see both of these examples take place with Misa. Her life had ended with
the mugging, but she was indirectly allowed to keep living by the Death Note.
Later, she had a long life ahead of her, but the Death Note indirectly gave
her a premature death.

The best part of this rule is the last sentence: "In these cases, no matter
the cause, the god of death sees only the original lifespan and not the
shortened lifespan."

So basically, the lifespans that shinigami see aren't reliably accurate. They
can only see the person's original lifespan. If the Death Note indirectly
decreases someone's lifespan, that person's visible lifespan won't change.

This rule was most likely created by the author just to help ensure there
wouldn't be any plotholes.

**Note:** This only holds true for the Death Note indirectly _shortening_
people's lives. The user's original lifespan will still visibly decrease if
they trade half their lifespan for shinigami eyes (as shown when Rem is
reunited with Misa, as she is able to tell that Misa traded half her lifespan
again).

The user's lifespan will also visibly increase if the Death Note indirectly
lengthens someone's lifespan. Rule LIX states:

[![Death Note Rule
LIX](https://i.stack.imgur.com/5DoyM.jpg)](https://i.stack.imgur.com/NEDl3.jpg)

> A human death caused by the Death Note will indirectly lengthen some other
> human’s original length of life even without a specific intention to
> lengthen a particular person’s original life span in the human world.

_(Source: Volume 10 of the manga)_

The rule about shortened lifespans, rule XLII, is the only rule which states
that "in these cases" the shinigami can't see the correct lifespan. There is
never any mention of this regarding lengthened lifespans.


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Tbh I think it is kind of a plot hole because Rem actually specifies that from
Gelus saving Misa her lifespan was extended far beyond a normal human.


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I believe Near(N) used the Death note to kill MisaMisa. MisMisa had no
knowledge that Light had died, and she doesn't seem like a person that would
commit suicide. Near probable wanted to eliminate Misa for just in case, or as
a punishment for being the second Kira.


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Has no one considered the possibility that suicide is not a natural cause of
death and therefore remaining lifespan is not affected by it? For example, a
person that is supposed to die at 60 dies at 20 because of suicide, but at the
time of death, their lifespan still reads that they have 40 years left. Or is
there a rule in the Death Note pertaining to suicides?


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