

In the last episode of _Death Note_ , the series, we see Misa Amane standing
near the edge of a building. She incurred a lot of grief due to Light Yagami's
death; after all, she was one of the most devoted to him. She went through
continuous torture and suffered for light.

Did Misa commit suicide?


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What happened to Misa Amane in the last episode?


Yes, it's strongly implied that she committed suicide. (in the Anime)

There's actually two things going on:

  * Yes, she was grieving for Yagami's death.
  * She also had her remaining lifespan cut in half twice from two eye trades. Once with Rem and once with Ryuk.

Having halved her life twice, it's hardly a coincidence that she would die so
quickly. The fact that there's a concept of "remaining lifespan" already
implies some sort of predetermination in the series.


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This write-up over at
[WikiAnswers](http://wiki.answers.com/Q/Does_misa_amane_kill_herself) is
pretty good.

> According to 13: How to Read, Misa loses her memories related to using the
> Death Note and retains her love for Light. Since it is in the nature of a
> Death Note user to "suffer misfortune", Misa falls into despair after
> someone "like Matsuda" "probably let it slip" that Light died. When she
> regains her memories by Rem telling her Rem states that if Light tries to
> harm Misa in anyway she will kill him. Misa responds "I don't exactly want
> to be loved by a Shinigami, and if Light died I couldn't live on without
> him. There's no way Light would kill Misa-Misa. And why would you go so far
> for me." Most likely foreshadowing events to come because Light does die.
> Despite fan rumors, the cloaked woman who appears at the end of the manga is
> not Misa, but an unnamed follower of Kira. Misa's fate is not shown in the
> manga at all; she was last seen staying at the Teito Hotel. Ohba stated that
> this was simply because he did not have a situation to fit her in.

It may be that the scene from the anime is in the future, because light dies
on April 28, 2010, and Misa died on February 14, 2011 (Valentines Day)
according to Chapter 110 "How To Read" profiles of the characters.

There's no clear evidence for the suicide on the roof, but there's really
little reason someone would be standing on the edge of a roof, on the other
side of the safety railing.


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Since Rem killed herself to extend Misa's life, all of Rem's remaining life
would have been added to hers, just like when the first Shinigami saved her.
If that is the case, then her getting her life span halved twice would have
been wouldn't be such a big deal. Her life span was extended again AFTER she
halved it twice.


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We know that if a shinigami saves a human then that human gets the rest of the
life span, then Misa gets that halved with the eye deal from Rem. Rem then
saves Misa and Misa gets Rem's remaining life span, and then it is halved by
Ryuk. So still she has a pretty long life span. And just as my observation the
girl at the end is Misa for the fact that if you look back earlier on in the
series Misa wears that same outfit in one of the episodes, but like I said
that is just my observation.


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When you kill a shinigami you don't get the rest of their lives because in
reality Shinigami can't really die. They're pretty much immortal until they
sacrifice their lives for a human. When Rem killed "L" and "Watari" Rem just
saved Misa from dying from them. Rem didn't give it's remaining life to Misa.
Rem just allowed Misa to live a little longer. This is shown when the story is
first given to Misa when she asks Rem "How do you kill a Shinigami?"


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