Why didn't Rem just beat the shit out of him till he died?
It has been shown that the Shinigami can interact with real world objects. There's no way he can hurt her, and it seems the only way to kill a Shinigami is if they write the name in the book trying to protect a human. Seems foolproof to me. Just beat up Light to the point where he is extremely injured, along with Masuda and his dad, and make it seem like the Shinigami went batshit insane.
>>161680342
Near didn't ruin Death Note.
Mello didn't ruin Death Note.
Misa didn't ruin Death Note.
Higuchi didn't ruin Death Note.
Rem ruined Death Note. Literally the shittiest character ever made. She makes Sasuke Uchiha seem great.
Because it had to be like Kira killed L.
>>161680342
Killing humans through not-notebook means is the most habeeb thing a Shinigami could do and is punished by years of everlasting torment and eventually death. So, not very smart.
>>161681545
Where does it state that in the rules?
>>161680342
L was dumb enough to trust a shinigami when he suspected there was a fake rule.
Did Rem ever tell him about the eyes? If she did he should have realized that it was through the eyes that Misa made contact with Light. All he had to do was make Mr.Yagami get the eyes and look at Misa and Light. Then bring Misa to the studio withouth Light or Rem knowing and hold her hostage. But, only if he knew about the eyes.
>>161682111
He didn't knew and its not on the rules. Even Mello didn't knew, remember?
>>161680342
The only ones smart enough to out-keikaku Light were L and Near with a Mello assist.
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>>161682283
I bet someone told Ohba and Obata and they added this shit in the Death Note 13: How to Read as a way to cover up this plothole.
The reason Shinigamis died when they kill to intentionally lengthen the life of someone else is that they failed their purpose as a death god.
The whole thing was retarded but this really didn't matter.