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In both the Death Note manga and anime, it is stated multiple times by Ryuk
that once you use the Death Note, a human can go to neither Heaven nor Hell.

However, it is hinted in an additional movie that encompasses part of the
anime that Light was reincarnated as a Shinigami.

Is it then possible to say, that any humans that use the Death Note do not go
to Heaven nor Hell because they go to the Shinigami Realm?


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Do people who use the Death Note become Shinigami themselves?


No.

Humans who die don't go to Heaven or Hell (because neither exists).

They go to [Mu](http://deathnote.wikia.com/wiki/Mu) (Which means, nothing).

> **Death Note, Volume 12** , page _188_ , has these two rules in regards to
> "Mu": "All humans will, without exception, eventually die." Also, "After
> they die, the place they go is MU (Nothingness)."

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Basically, there's nothing after death. Shinigami are a different species.


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