

Is Ryuk required to write Misa's name in their Death Note at the end of her
life?

Death Note Rule LXIV states:

> gods of death are obliged to confirm the death of the first owner and write
> down that humans name in his/her Death Note

**Misa was the first human owner of the Death Note that was brought into the
human world by Rem.** Misa then gave up this Death Note, and then picked it up
again later, and this time the Shinigami owner was Ryuk (Light made him and
Rem switch notebooks). Obviously the responsibility of killing Misa would
normally be Rem's, since she was the first to "drop" that DN in the human
world. **But then Ryuk also "dropped" it after he got ownership of it, and
Misa "picked it up" and became the owner for the second time. Rem is dead, so
she can't kill Misa. Does this mean that the responsibility transfers to
Ryuk?**

I know that the anime makes it look like Misa was about to commit suicide. And
it looks like it's her idea, too--I seriously doubt Ryuk would have made her
go through all that trouble (wearing the "handmaiden of death" outfit and
fancy makeup, traveling to the place where Light died,etc). But we don't
actually see her die. Would Ryuk be the one to kill her, now that her life is
about to end due to her own intentions?

Does anyone know of anything in the manga, creator commentary, etc., that
might clear this up?

_(Rule is from the wiki
here<http://deathnote.wikia.com/wiki/Rules_of_the_Death_Note>)_


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Is Ryuk required to write (this user)'s name in their Death Note at the end of his/her life?


That rule is an expansion on the rules which state cases when Gods of Death
are allowed to return to their own world (more specifically it's the second
part of "How to Use: LXIV")

Point one of those rules start with:

> The following situations are the cases where a god of death that has brought
> the Death Note into the human world is allowed to return to the world of
> gods of death

While it is true that at one point Ryuk had ownership over Misa's Death Note
he wasn't the one who brought it to the human world, so in Misa's case those
rules don't apply to him.


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He does not have to unless he wants to return to his world or for his own joy.
Once the human owner is dead, he can reclaim the notebook, but it's not really
a responsibility as he could let her live her full life. If she dies of old
age or gives it up, he is free to go home, or if he simply lost track of who
owned it, with Light gone and Ryuk being the owner of both death notes, Misa
is now the human owner of at least one notebook.

It has been too long for me to confirm who wound up as the owner of Light's.
It would have been the next person to touch it after he died.


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