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An unnamed Shinigami debuted in the Director's Cut special of Death Note, Death Note Re-Light: Visions of a God. Like Ryuk, he too was bored with the Shinigami realm. This Shinigami wears a coat and goggles over its skeletal body, has red hair, and bears a bone guitar on his back. He takes an interest in Ryuk's visit to the human realm, and bribes Ryuk with an apple, apparently knowing Ryuk likes apples already, in exchange for information to undertake passage into the human world. Ryuk accepts, but instead recaps the story of Light Yagami's correlation with a Death Note. After meeting Ryuk, he ventures off with his sights set on the human world. However Ryuk reminds him if he ever drop his "death note" then he will receive the experience he once had with Light.

Many fans suspect that the Unnamed Shinigami is in fact Light Yagami himself this is largely dues to sixteen different pieces of evidence.


 * The coat he wears looks very similar to the one Light was wearing when he died.


 * He walks up stairs to meet Ryuk, which could be seen as a subtle reference to Light's death.


 * The way he tosses the apple to Ryuk, as Light did when alive.


 * A red tie (which looks like Light's) is wrapped around the Shinigami's head.


 * The Shinigami walks into a bright flash of light at the top of the stairs.


 * The fact that he inexplicably knows Ryuk's love for apples without asking the other Shinigami.


 * The fact that Ryuk says "Light" after the Unnamed Shinigami leaves.


 * The red eyes that in the anime shows Light's 'Kira' personality or Light Shinigami Eyes


 * He carries a scythe, similar to how Light does in some pieces of artwork.


 * The limp displayed while walking up the stairs is similar to the way Light limped out of the warehouse.


 * The Shinigami's mouth is shaped like Light's "Kira" smile.


 * The Unnamed Shinigami does not stay to hear the end of Ryuk's story, yet he is very interested about the human world... If he is the reincarnation of Light, he knows how the story ends and does not want or need to hear about it.


 * After looking at his own Death Note, Ryuk speaks to Light as if he was there; "You were not God. You were just...gone already?" This could mean Ryuk was addressing the unnamed Shinigami as Light or that he was simply reminiscing.


 * Light is standing in the Shinigami Realm during the end of the second Intro (possibly relating to the Death Note alternative ending)


 * The Shinigami sports a messenger bag almost identical to the one Light often carried with him in Season One


 * Its hair color is the same as Light's and also if you were to imagine the Unnamed Shinigami's hair lying flat it would be exactly the same hair style as Light's.

The 'Light' theory is further supported by Ryuk's statement in his first conversation with Light:

"Do not assume that a human who has used a Death Note can go to Heaven or Hell."

This particular rule does not apply to being sent to Purgatory, also known as the Shinigami Realm. This would explain what happens after death to humans that have used a Death Note, as Purgatory (Mu) is neither good or evil. In this realm, 'living' means having an empty existence of nothingness amidst the grey, grunge and greed of the Shinigami Realm.

Also, this does not suggest that all Shinigami were once Humans. Instead, the intent could be that some Shinigami were once Death Note users.

However, it is never directly stated in Death Note whether or not the Unnamed Shinigami is the reincarnation of Light Yagami. In fact, the end rules of the notebook (volume 12) clearly state: "After death [of a human], the place they go is Mu (nothingness)." and "Once dead, they can never come back to life." These rules may only apply to the resurrection of a dead body (as in the eraser from the Pilot chapter).

Nevertheless, some have theorized that the 'nothingness' described in the final rule could be the Shinigami Realm for humans that have used Death Notes, and never coming back to life could mean being reincarnated as a Shinigami. Although Light may be the exception to these rules, further information has yet to be revealed by either Ohba or Obata