Finis (chapter)

Finis is Chapter 108 from Volume 12 and is the "last" chapter of the Death Note manga.

Plot
The battle is over, Kira is defeated and Near who used to be N has assumed the throne once held by L.

Conception
Obata selected the apple to use as the object for the cover page of "Finis," as the apple was used as an important symbol in Death Note and Obata believed that featuring the apple was "the only way to go."The final set of chapter covers feature close-ups of objects, and so the cover page of "Finis" focused on the apple, with the last rule of Death Note being “Once dead, they can never come back to life.”

Trivia



 * The events from chapter 108 are not featured in the final episode of the anime.
 * As mentioned above, the events of this chapter are omitted from the finale. The anime's final episode ends with Light slowly closing his eyes (with an apparition of L's Spirit standing over him - a scene not present in the original manga), and Misa looking out over the horizon, apparently preparing to commit suicide - making the ending feel much more final.
 * Second appearance of Yamamoto, who appeared in the first volume as a friend of Light, and subsequently appears in the one-shot manga.
 * Ohba and Obata have stated that the cloaked woman who appears at the end is not Misa, but a "random follower" of Kira.
 * There are many references to the first chapter in chapter 108, including a 7 years older Ryuu, still unable to get a lift from whoever; three high school girls talking about blowing off studies to go get "wasted", compared to the three girls in chapter 1 who wished to go to a college party; and a gang of bikers riding past. Although there is the obvious absence of Takuo Shibuimaru in Chapter 108, it seems that this is in fact the same gang still riding the streets, possibly in their leader's memory.
 * Ide mentions that Matsuda "was fond" of Light, which seems to suggest that Matsuda held one-sided feelings for Light, even when it seemed that he was Kira. It now seems that he has aimed those feelings towards Yamamoto, possibly due to his previous relationship with Light.