Midora



Midora (ミードラ, Mīdora) is a salamander-like Shinigami that is only featured in the one-shot special of the manga. In the story, Midora bribes the Shinigami King with 13 apples taken from the human realm in exchange for a spare Death Note to drop on Earth. He (or she) is very short, perhaps 3 (three) feet compared to Ryuk, who is over 7 (seven) feet tall. In the Japanese version, the name is spelled Meadra.

This particular Shinigami is not as serious as Rem, but not as ditzy as Sidoh when it comes to current or past affairs in either realm. This is demonstrated by his laissez-faire attitude about giving the spare Death Note to some fool of a man whose identity is never revealed: C-Kira, or Cheap Kira, as he is named by Near. The fate of C-Kira is known, as Midora returns to the Shinigami Realm, stating that Cheap Kira "let out a squeal" and then committed suicide. Ryuk tells Midora something that Light once said: a human must have strong spiritual strength and conviction to use the Death Note properly. Interestingly, Midora gives the spare Death Note to Ryuk, who (obviously) has a history of dropping killer notebooks on Earth. This could possibly mean one of four possible things for Ryuk in new iterations of the manga or anime:


 * He might take this new Death Note to the human realm
 * He may give it to another Shinigami to take it there
 * He could also keep it for himself and do nothing with it (which is allowed in the Shinigami Realm)
 * He could (however unlikely) follow the rules and simply give it back to the Shinigami King

Midora develops an addiction to Bananas, which is similar to Ryuk's love for apples. This is known due to the last panel showing C-Kira, in which Midora is eating a banana while surrounded by banana peels.

On a side note, Midora was also the name of a character in the Conan series of novels.

-Mogturmen 16:51, 24 September 2008 (UTC)