Ryuk Was Once A Human #shorts #deathnote

A running theory in the Death Note community is that Light Yagami became a shinigami after his time as Kira. So it made me wonder... Are all shinigami including Ryuk former Death Note Users who used to be human?

[Creepy_Patience]

I imagine Ryuk as a human still loving apples, and that's the reason he adores them when he revisits

[justdraw]

Ryuk was definitely Snow white in his human life.

[asmadarif]

Me writing random stuff on the book thinking it’s a normal one

[pranishsangraula]

That makes a lot of sense. Because shinigami don't reproduce and considering all the shinigami out there with unknown origin, this could be a logical conclusion. Beside, the walking pattern of that unnamed shinigami was like that of Light in his final movement. Lastly, a person using a death note doesn't go to heaven or hell for eternity. But they might end up somewhere after they die?

[torazely]

That does lead to the question as to where the first Shinigami, presumably the Shinigami King, came from.

[yohan.]

I bet "Human Ryuk" used it just for fun or to see what happens after death 💀

[afggvgplayz]

It’s true when ryuk told light that he’s like a shinigami he’s foreshadowing that he’s probably gonna turn into one

[dakotastwits]

What I like about this is that it appears that when a shinigami intentionally save a human, it completes the cycle. It's the complete inverse of the originating circumstance of a human finding and using the death note to kill.

[adityajadhav]

Me writing my name on the notebook thinking it's a regular notebook 💀

[McDonaldsShenhe]

Okay but I think we can all agree that, Ryuk slays

[bubster]

I like to think that after light died he became a shinigami just cuz he’s my favorite character and it made me mad when he died but it makes sense that he would turn into shinigami so not only would I prefer that happened I genuinely think that he turns into a shinigami

[darkin]

Me who found a notebook on the ground:
Writes a bunch of graffiti style sharp S on all sides of pages.

[ammonridley]

Bro light would be a menace as a shinigami

[dextergray]

Light becoming a shinigami at the end and giving a new death note to a new person would’ve been a way better ending than what happened with N

[TheGreyParadigm]

*Spoiler alert* For those who watched the directly connected series "Death Parade" we see Light in a room waiting because he cannot be judged as Arbiters are Judged & cannot Judge another Judge. They refer to the elevators decisions as Heaven or Hell respectively for individual judgements they make which in a Death Note expressly says that anyone who uses one can never go to Heaven or Hell. The reason the Shimigami use the Notes because they add life span to themselves because that is the only way they won't fall apart like those who wait too long during their judgement whilst in fake bodies. They essentially become a part of the process for the Arbiters to bring people for judgement whilst keeping themselves alive. They end up no longer looking human because of their actions & most likely feelings as they kill over centuries. It also explains why they die if they save a life because ies punishment for not fulfilling their reason for being in the system without being judged, they judge themselves based on their own doings & would they give their life up to save someone else or would they press the button again & again to take lives. That is the dilemma Decim & Chiyuki had, if you were in their place, could you take someone's life to save another.

[TrueDenamos]

Light's soul went to be judged in Death Parade.

[persondavis]

Its be awesome if light as a shinigami touched ryuks notebook and got his memories back

[zentazym]

You don’t go to heaven or hell in the death note universe because they don’t exist in the death note universe. Ryuk was basically messing with Light when he said this and Light figures it out pretty quickly. There isn’t really a penalty for the using the death note. This was left out of, or mistranslated, in the anime

[Gooberwares]

It makes sense what's a king without a kingdom

[LuizGuilherme-xdtl]

In The manga, Ryuk says That everybody does not go to heaven or hell, regardless of using The Death Note