Unnamed Shinigami

An Unnamed Shinigami that debuted in Death Note Relight 1: Visions of a God. Like Ryuk, he too was bored with the Shinigami Realm.

Appearance
This Shinigami is a skeletal-like figure, and is humanoid in appearance. The Shinigami limps as if his leg is injured. He has a wide mouth, turned upwards as if he's grinning, and has bright red eyes. His hair is spiked and he wears a red tie as a headband. He dons a coat, a pair of goggles, and carries a messenger bag. The Shinigami also carries a large skeletal object which he uses like a hammer. The object was used to threaten the Shinigami Deridovely, Gukku and Zellogi into revealing Ryuk's location.

Plot
Taking an interest in Ryuk's visit to the human realm, the Shinigami begins searching for Ryuk. He eventually finds him atop a mountain, and climbs to meet him. The Shinigami offers the latter a Shinigami Apple in exchange for information on how to undertake passage into the human world. Although not completely satisfied with the apple's taste, Ryuk agrees to tell the story of Light Yagami in regards to the Death Note.

However, before Ryuk can finish the legend, the Shinigami with his sights set on the Human World, begins his departure from the Shinigami Realm. As the Shinigami leaves, Ryuk remarks that although Light was "not actually a god back then" the Shinigami should try finding an "unbelievable guy" like he did in order to have an experience he will never forget.

Light Yagami relation?

 * Note:The following information is fanon. As such, its relevance towards actual canon is disputed.



Some members of the Death Note fan base have theorized the shinigami to be the reincarnation of Light Yagami. Although just as many fans have debated the contrary, there has still been no conclusive evidence to confirm either stance and the matter is likely open to mere interpretation.

There are supposedly several pieces of evidence for this assertion:
 * The Shinigami's appearance and physical design: He wears a coat that looks very similar to the one Light was wearing when he died. He also sports a red tie around his head that's similar to the tie of Light's high school uniform, and carries a messenger bag almost identical to the one Light often carried with him when he was in high school. The Shinigami's mouth is shaped like Light's "Kira" smile. He also has bright red eyes, identical to Light's red eyes at certain points in the anime (Light's being a result of artistic coloring used during particular moments of intensity). Light also stands in the Shinigami Realm during the end of the second intro sequence- a possible foreshadowing of his reincarnation.
 * Dialogue and Mannerisms: The Shinigami limps, similar to Light as he walks towards the warehouse, about to die, after being shot. He also inexplicably knows Ryuk's love for apples without asking the other Shinigami. Ryuk also has some vague dialogue that could be interpreted as referring to the Unnamed Shinigami as Light: 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. Ryuk also allegedly addresses the shinigami as Light when he asks "Wouldn't you agree, Light?" at the very end of the special.
 * Ryuk has said in the past that a human who uses the note can go to neither Heaven nor Hell, hinting that humans who use the death note will become shinigami through use of the note. However, the last rule of the Death Note states that all humans, when they die, go to Mu, disproving this point, This is the main argument against the reincarnation theory. However, the Shinigami world could be refered to as nothingness (mu), as Ryuk tells Light at the begining that the Shinigami world is dying.