In the anime, Light does not talk to Ryuk, but manages to escape from the warehouse, due to Teru Mikami's suicide. Light disgracefully dies of a heart attack from Ryuk's Death Note while laying on the floor in front of the SPK police officers. During Light's pleading, Ryuk reminds Light about what he said earlier that he would be the one who kill him, and that humans who used the Death Note will neither go to Heaven, or Hell, before returning to the Shinigami Realm. It turns out that Ryuk was actually writing Light's name down. The police open fire on the death god, to no effect. Light then asks for Ryuk to write his enemies' names down. He was then shot five times by Touta Matsuda when he attempts to write Near's name down. The events of the show only gets to keep the death god entertained for 6 yearsĪt the end of the manga, Light was revealed as Kira after his plan to kill everyone present in the warehouse was foiled. Ryuk then comments about humans being interesting. Light ignores his comment, saying that he is plain serious about what he is doing. But Ryuk told Light that if he were to do that, the only bad person left will be Light, himself. Light then explains to Ryuk that he wishes to cleanse the world of evil criminals, and becomes the God of the new world. But when it is the time for Light to die, Ryuk will write his name down. If he does not need it anymore, he can pass it to anyone else. He then tells Light that since he was the one who found the notebook, it belongs to him. The simple reason he gives about why he dropped the Death Note into the human world is that because he is bored. The plot begins when Light Yagami found the Death Note in the midst of his school.ĥ days later, Ryuk had a conversation with Light. So he decides to obtain a second Death Note by tricking the Shinigami King, write the instructions in English and drop it into the human world. Ryuk was bored with the lack of activity as all the death gods are relaxing. The manga or anime begins with Ryuk and the other death gods in the Shinigami Realm.

Light from death note