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I realize that they (Near and the police) probably hid it somewhere, but after
Light dies, would yet another Kira appear? Or would Ryuk take it back? I'm
assuming the latter, but when Light dies, Near has the book. Light merely has
his scrap paper in his watch. If Near still has it, would it just disappear?
Or would Near become the owner?


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What happened to the Death Note?


Every Shinigami has their own Death Note. There were 4 Death Notes in the
human world. 2 of Ryuuk's, 1 of Rem and 1 of Rem's friend who died after
saving Misa.

One of Ryuuk's was given to Light at the start of the story. One from Rem's
friend is in Misa's possession. The other two are in their respective
Shinigami's possession.

Later, Rem saved Misa's life by writing Watari and L's name but burned the
book so that it won't be used by Light, making the number of Death Note in
human world down to 3.

Edit: as mentioned by Arcane in the comment, the book was not burned down **in
the manga** chapter 58. I made mistake here because in the movie it was burned
down. Thus there are 4 books by this moment. Will edit the rest of my answer
after I finished re-reading the manga.

By the end of the story, Mikami possessed a fake Death Note made by Near and
co. Near possessed the Death Note that used to be Misa's. L's team (by now
Light is L) owns one that used to be Light's. Ryuuk possessed his own.

Near then burned the two Death Notes after Ryuuk killed Light. Thus no Death
Note are in human's possession. This was told in chapter 107 of the manga.


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If you want to know further details concerning how many death notes there were
and what exactly became of which ones, you could always just find Vol. 13 and
it has a section titled "Change of Ownership" which details each books
movements throughout the series on pages 144-147. Including that Rem's
notebook was in fact picked up by Light when she died, but was later
transferred to Ryuk who gave it to Soichiro during Sayu's kidnapping, before
being returned to Light's possession and winding up in the safe until they
meet Near with Aizawa carrying it though it is still owned by Light and
attached to Ryuk. That book is then burned after Light dies along with Gelus'
s book which Near had in his possession during the confrontation. This is to
insure that there is no chance for another human to obtain them and start
killing with them again. In the anime, Mikami kills himself which does
transfer his ownership to Near before he burns it. In the manga, however,
Mikami does not die until ten days later in his imprisonment which would mean
it had still been Mikami's to own when Near had them both burned. Likewise,
Light's notebook was transferred to Aizawa who was carrying the book when Ryuk
wrote his name down, only for him to let Near burn it with Mikami's notebook.


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