Did Light turn into a shinigami in Death Note? Well that's what I'll be talking about in today's blog post! But, I would like to mention that there will be spoilers in this post. So, proceed with caution! Now then, on with the post! If you guys don't know, there is a popular Death Note theory centered around the unnamed shinigami that appears in the anime movie Death Note Relight 1: Visions Of A God. This theory says the unnamed shinigami is actually a reincarnation of Light. There is actually a lot of evidence supporting this too. The first piece of evidence is the shinigami's appearance, which is similar to Light's. This can be seen with the jacket that resembles the jacket Light used to wear, and the red tie the shinigami wears around his head that resembles the tie Light wore with his school uniform. The shinigami also has red eyes, which could be because Light is sometimes depicted with red eyes and hair while he is thinking in the anime. In the second intro sequence for the anime, Light is shown to be in the Shinigami Realm. This could point to Light becoming a shinigami after he dies as well. However, the Relight films don't take place in the same timeline as the show because a lot of things were changed in them. So even if Light did become a shinigami in the Relight films, he could have had a different fate in the original anime. The creator has never confirmed or denied this theory either, so it's hard to say if the unnamed shinigami really is Light Yagami or not. But, these are mostly just my thoughts on it. As a little bonus, I will be including a picture of the unnamed shinigami below so you guys can see what he looks like, as well as the page for this theory on the Death Note fanon wiki. Enjoy!

 

The wiki page for this theory: deathnotefanon.wikia.com/wiki/Light's_Reincarnation_Theory