User blog comment:MisaRestInPeace/Why continue to suspect? Ending up miserable? My questions. Contains spoilers./@comment-5946451-20120811123302/@comment-5946451-20120819185547

They don't kill everyday. They kill very rarely. Like you said, they get the remainder of the human's lifespan. If a Shinigami kills one human, they could be set for thirty years. No need to kill the very next day. Ryuk even says they're lazy and few kill, since it's considered work.

Ryuk didn't coax Light to do anything. He put down the notebook. Light took it from there. He could've burned it, threw it away, but instead he decided to build a new world with it, no persuasion from Ryuk required. The book doesn't change people. It's what the book offers. Power. Power does not change aperson. But it can bring out the worst in them. It brought out the worst in Light.

Rem only gave Misa Gelus's notebook because, as she said, she felt like it was fitting, and that Gelus would've wanted Misa to have it. The first version ai was referint to was the manga, and the second the anime.

Forgive me if I came off rude at all. I had no intention. Misinterpreting mood on the Internet can be difficult, especially when one avoids use of emoticons. In which case, I shall attempt to portray my non-threatening demeanor with a: XD