

I read the manga and am currently watching the anime.

Ryuk once commented that users of the Death Note can neither go to heaven nor
hell. (Though one source claimed that this was only a fake rule that Ryuk
wrote/spoke.)

This suggests Light becomes a Shinigami. If so, why does Light not continue
the work he began on Earth? Does L (who also touched the Death Note) become a
Shinigami as well, somehow preventing Light from doing his deeds?


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In Death Note, what happens to Light Yagami after he dies?


Those are mere speculations. There were only two things that Ryuk said about
the usage of the Death Note by humans:

  1. All of them die while being unhappy, in despair.
  2. Their soul doesn't go to either hell or heaven.

This was said in both, the manga and the anime and none of the other Shinigami
said about the matter.


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> Ryuk once commented that users of the Death Note can neither go to heaven
> nor hell. (Though one source claimed that this was only a fake rule that
> Ryuk wrote/spoke.)

No, the claim/source is incorrect. Anyone who uses/writes in the Death Note
can neither go to heaven nor hell. This can be seen as Purgatory or 無
MU/Nothingness

> This suggests Light becomes a Shinigami.

Wrong. :) The rules of the Death Note have been explicitly stated in both the
anime and manga as stated by Braiam which was...

> The human who uses the notebook can neither go to Heaven nor Hell and die an
> unfilling and unhappy life.

Finally touching the Death Note does not make you a Shinigami, although
touching it allows you to see the Shinigami.


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Shinigamis are not in heaven nor hell.

They are all bored and unhappy and do not lead fulfilling lives. Cased closed.
Light is the unnamed Shinigami. Remember Light's tie or the bag he carried
with him in the beginning? Think of all the Shinigamis that were introduced.
Even though Ryuk said all Shinigamis love apples, he was the only one we saw
eating any. The unnamed Shinigami in the 5 minute clip continuation threw him
an apple as Light did when living, and he did not stay for the rest of Ryuk's
story as if he already knew how it ended.


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Light Yagami ultimately died as Ryuk himself took his life by writing his name
in his Death Note just before Light suffered from a bullet wound. Ryuk had
promised Light that if such a situation ever happened, he would set Light free
by writing his name in his Death Note.

`Update:` You can read about it in the first episode of Death Note where Ryuk
talks about killing Light using his death note at 14:50 into the episode.

And regarding what happens to Light after he dies is probably the Shinigami
realm where his life span becomes equal to the number of lives he has taken
using the death note. You can read about it here <http://bit.ly/1xFOBns>


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I have done a ton of research and my conclusion is, how are shinigami created
in the first place, then I thought something, maybe shinigamis are human who
died in possession of the death note but with no shinigami to take it from
them (they also don't remember being human). But light as we all know is one
of the smartest beings alive so maybe he might've become a shinigami but found
a loop hole to be able to remember a bit of his previous life. Maybe he goes
back down there to find out about everything or to continue his previous goal.


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I believe I remember in the end of the manga, Ryuk said that Light would go to
MU(Nothingness). This was immediately after Light died.

I took that to mean that he simply ceased to exist.


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