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''Fanfic/TheFaceless'' by Disguise of Carnivorism

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''Fanfic/TheFaceless'' ''Fanfic/TheFacelessDisguiseOfCarnivorism'' by Disguise of Carnivorism
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* ''Synopsis'': "A single choice can set your whole life off-course forever. For fifteen year old Sayu Yagami, that choice was picking up the notebook she found outside her English class one day. Too afraid to let the Shinigami that owns the Death Note kill her, she decides to use her newfound power to do some good, in hopes of keeping Ryuk entertained and herself alive. But Sayu soon finds she can't handle her new position alone, and decides to confide in the person she trusts the most: her older brother, Light. Unfortunately, she may have put her faith in the wrong person." An AU where Sayu picked up the Death Note instead of Light.

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* ''Synopsis'': "A single choice can set your whole life off-course off course forever. For fifteen year old fifteen-year-old Sayu Yagami, that choice was picking up the notebook she found outside her English class one day. Too afraid to let the Shinigami that owns the Death Note kill her, she decides to use her newfound power to do some good, in hopes of keeping Ryuk entertained and herself alive. But Sayu soon finds she can't handle her new position alone, alone and decides to confide in the person she trusts the most: her older brother, Light. Unfortunately, she may have put her faith in the wrong person." An AU where Sayu picked up the Death Note instead of Light.






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''FanFic/ToBreakAPath'' by [=NightOfAThousandDreams=]

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''FanFic/ToBreakAPath'' ''[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/7358665/1/To-Break-a-Path To Break a Path]]'' by [=NightOfAThousandDreams=]



''"Secrets and Lies - The_Cackling_Cat - Multifandom [Archive of Our Own]" https://www.archiveofourown.org/works/23111899'' by ''Secrets & Lies (Fanfic) - TV Tropes" https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Fanfic/SecretsAndLies''
• Recommended by zzzzzzz
• ''Status'': Ongoing
• ''Synopsis'': In another world, Light Yagami doesn’t become Kira. But the presence of a death note in the human realm still exists. Meanwhile, Light’s life becomes increasingly difficult as events both horrible and strange keep happening to him. As time goes on discoveries are made, secrets come to light, and lies are stripped away.
• ''Comments'': This fic is well-written and has some interesting twists to it.

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''"Secrets and Lies - The_Cackling_Cat - Multifandom [Archive of Our Own]" https://www.archiveofourown.org/works/23111899''

''Fanfic/SecretsAndLies''
by ''Secrets & Lies (Fanfic) - TV Tropes" https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Fanfic/SecretsAndLies''
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* ''Status'': Ongoing
* ''Synopsis'': In another world, Light Yagami doesn’t become Kira. But the presence of a death note in the human realm still exists. Meanwhile, Light’s life becomes increasingly difficult as events both horrible and strange keep happening to him. As time goes on discoveries are made, secrets come to light, and lies are stripped away.
* ''Comments'': This fic is well-written and has some interesting twists to it.
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* ''Tags'': AlternateUniverseFic, FoeYay, {{Yakuza}}, DeathSeeker, ProfessionalKiller, FreudianExcuse, child abuse and molestation.

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* ''Tags'': AlternateUniverseFic, FoeYay, FoeYayShipping, {{Yakuza}}, DeathSeeker, ProfessionalKiller, FreudianExcuse, child abuse and molestation.

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''[[http://www.fanfiction.net/s/7841455/1/The_Aftertaste_of_Death The Aftertaste Of Death]]'' by [[http://www.fanfiction.net/u/2502760/oursolemnhour49 oursolemnhour49]]
* Recommended by whiteladydragon 00

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''[[http://www.''[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/7841455/1/The_Aftertaste_of_Death The Aftertaste Of Death]]'' net/s/4705891/1/Apples-Equals-Cyanide-Equals-Light Apples Equals Cyanide Equals Light]]'' by [[http://www.[[https://www.fanfiction.net/u/2502760/oursolemnhour49 oursolemnhour49]]
net/u/745409/Silver-Pard Silver Pard]] ([[Fanfic/ApplesEqualsCyanideEqualsLight TVTropes Page]])
* Recommended by whiteladydragon 00coffemocha, feral



* ''Synopis'': "Taking the world from a god is an act of sacrilege requiring will, courage, and an intelligence to match the god in question. Having two of those three traits is a problem for the would-be desecrator, but it won't stop her trying." Basically, what if Light won the showdown at the Yellow Box Warehouse, having killed Near, the entire task force and SPK, and the only Wammy’s child left to stop him was...Linda?
* ''Tags'': AlternateUniverseFic
[=[[reviews:TheAftertasteOfDeath]]=]

''[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/4705891/1/Apples-Equals-Cyanide-Equals-Light Apples Equals Cyanide Equals Light]]'' by [[https://www.fanfiction.net/u/745409/Silver-Pard Silver Pard]] ([[Fanfic/ApplesEqualsCyanideEqualsLight TVTropes Page]])
* Recommended by coffemocha, feral
* ''Status'': Complete
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* ''Synopsis'': Rather than leaving there unscathed, Light completely loses his grip over his sanity in solitary confinement and finds himself losing his mind. [[RealityEnsues This is what totally should have happened after Light was confined for fifty days.]] (Shades of ''Literature/TheYellowWallpaper''.)

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* ''Synopsis'': Rather than leaving there unscathed, Light completely loses his grip over his sanity in solitary confinement and finds himself losing his mind. [[RealityEnsues This is what totally should have happened after Light was confined for fifty days.]] days. (Shades of ''Literature/TheYellowWallpaper''.)
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''"Secrets and Lies - The_Cackling_Cat - Multifandom [Archive of Our Own]" https://www.archiveofourown.org/works/23111899'' by ''Secrets & Lies (Fanfic) - TV Tropes" https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Fanfic/SecretsAndLies''
• Recommended by zzzzzzz
• ''Status'': Ongoing
• ''Synopsis'': In another world, Light Yagami doesn’t become Kira. But the presence of a death note in the human realm still exists. Meanwhile, Light’s life becomes increasingly difficult as events both horrible and strange keep happening to him. As time goes on discoveries are made, secrets come to light, and lies are stripped away.
• ''Comments'': This fic is well-written and has some interesting twists to it.
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* ''Tags'': AlternateUniverseFic, FoeYay, {{Yakuza}}, DeathSeeker, ProfessionalKiller, FreudianExcuse, OnlinePersonas, child abuse and molestation.

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* ''Tags'': AlternateUniverseFic, FoeYay, {{Yakuza}}, DeathSeeker, ProfessionalKiller, FreudianExcuse, OnlinePersonas, child abuse and molestation.
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* ''Status'': Ongoing, updated November 2018

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* ''Status'': Ongoing, Dormant, updated November 2018
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''[[https://archiveofourown.org/works/17734931/chapters/41842241 Silent Partner, Unfinished Business]]'' by Huitzil
* Recommended by yma
* ''Status'': Complete
* ''Synopsis'': "They told Naomi Misora she was dead for three minutes when paramedics revived her. She sure didn't feel alive. She couldn't even remember coming back to Japan, much less Kira taking her fiance, much less Kira sending her to suicide, maiming her and robbing her brain of speech. She had almost given up hope of recovery until a mysterious figure gave the promise of revenge: the chance to kill those who wronged her, if only she can find them. Aphasic and adrift, Naomi's going to join the Kira investigation to win her life back. She's going to help Misa Amane discover who she is, and discover a connection with her. She's going to make Light Yagami have to think on his feet, and present him with a new opportunity. She's going to solve some serious problems for L, and then make some serious problems for L. And she's going to make a hell of a lot of things get a lot more complicated."
* ''Comments'': Technically, for want of 2 nails: Naomi Misora survived, and got a trump card of her own. Excellently written, with intelligent characters making smart decisions and right amounts of suspense and humor.
[=[[reviews:SilentPartnerUnfinishedBusiness]]=]
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* ''Status'': Ongoing

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* ''Status'': OngoingDormant; last updated January 2018
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* ''Status'': OngoingDead (last updated August 2016)
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* ''Status'': In progress

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* ''Status'': In progressDormant (last updated October 2017)
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* ''Status'': Dormant, updated June 2016

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* ''Status'': Dormant, Ongoing, updated June 2016November 2018
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* ''Comments'': Definitely worth reading, with moments of both [[CrowningMomentOfAwesome intensity]] and [[CrowningMomentOfFunny hilarity]]. Quite a few PlotTwists even with only twelve chapters, and some minor characters are greatly expanded upon.

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* ''Comments'': Definitely worth reading, with moments of both [[CrowningMomentOfAwesome [[SugarWiki/MomentOfAwesome intensity]] and [[CrowningMomentOfFunny [[SugarWiki/FunnyMoments hilarity]]. Quite a few PlotTwists even with only twelve chapters, and some minor characters are greatly expanded upon.
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* ''Synopsis'': Upon [[TrappedInAnotherWorld entering the world]] of Death Note Anna Jones considers her survival and the prices she is willing to pay.

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* ''Synopsis'': Upon [[TrappedInAnotherWorld entering the world]] of Death Note Anna Jones considers her survival and the prices she is willing to pay.
pay. Later becomes a PostModern, surreal look at self-insert fanfiction, including the author as a character.
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''[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/13009684/1/Death-Note-Blank-Pages Death Note: Blank Pages]]'' by The Stranger That Came From Nowhere
* Recommended by Worst Otaku Ever
* ''Status'': Ongoing
* ''Synopsis'': What if Light had been smarter in using the Death Note? Would he have succeeded? He knew that, by killing criminals, he would become a criminal himself. And he was fine with that. After all, you can't change the world without getting your hands dirty. [I do not own the artwork. Credits go to Deviant artist winterlastillusion]
* Comments: A very underrated ForWantOfANail fic, and one of the more recent ones. To use the author's own words, a "humanized" Light rejects the idea of becoming the god of a new world, accepts that he is a monster, but still intends to go through with his plans.
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* ''Status'': Ongoing, updated June 2016

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* ''Status'': Ongoing, Dormant, updated June 2016
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* Recommended by Analiza

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* Recommended by AnalizaEJ
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* ''Comments'': A suspenseful and simply awesome psychological thriller with canon [[BattleOfWits mind games and plotting]]. The cast is flawlessly in character, both the major and minor characters alike. OriginalFlavour to the max!

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* ''Comments'': A suspenseful and simply awesome psychological thriller with canon [[BattleOfWits mind games and plotting]]. The cast is flawlessly in character, both the major and minor characters alike. Especially Light and L keep all of their canon smarts and the skill of AwesomenessByAnalysis. OriginalFlavour to the max!
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* ''Comments'': A suspenseful and simply awesome psychological thriller with canon [[BattleOfWits mind games and plotting]]. The cast is flawlessly in character, both the major and minor characters alike. Especially Light and L keep all of their canon smarts and the skill of AwesomenessByAnalysis. OriginalFlavour to the max!

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* ''Comments'': A suspenseful and simply awesome psychological thriller with canon [[BattleOfWits mind games and plotting]]. The cast is flawlessly in character, both the major and minor characters alike. Especially Light and L keep all of their canon smarts and the skill of AwesomenessByAnalysis. OriginalFlavour to the max!
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* ''Comments'': Some delicious OriginalFlavor, with plotting, suspicions, mind games, and stellar characterization. Frequent, small updates.

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* ''Comments'': Some delicious OriginalFlavor, A suspenseful and simply awesome psychological thriller with plotting, suspicions, canon [[BattleOfWits mind games, games and stellar characterization. Frequent, small updates.plotting]]. The cast is flawlessly in character, both the major and minor characters alike. Especially Light and L keep all of their canon smarts and the skill of AwesomenessByAnalysis. OriginalFlavour to the max!

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[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/12431989/1/If-It-s-Not-Me-It-s-You If It's Not Me, It's You]] by [[https://www.fanfiction.net/u/4310194/Self-Inflicted-Insanity Self-Inflicted Insanity]]
* Recommended by: fanfictionlurker1
* ''Status'': In progress
* ''Synopsis'': "But this pride... I'll just have to... get rid of it!" In which Light's personality doesn't change when he loses his memories of the Death Note, and he deduces that the only possible solution to the Kira Case is that he's Kira and just doesn't remember it—or that Ryuzaki is Kira and framed him for it.
* ''Comments'': Some delicious OriginalFlavor, with plotting, suspicions, mind games, and stellar characterization. Frequent, small updates.
[=[[reviews:IfIt'sNotMe,It'sYou]]=]
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* ''Status'': Ongoing, updated May 2014

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''[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/12041991/1/Fade Fade]]'' ''[[http://archiveofourown.org/works/7698154?view_full_work=true]]'' by [[https://www.fanfiction.net/u/5360048/xLion-sRoarx xLion'sRoarx]]

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''[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/12041991/1/Fade Fade]]'' ''[[http://archiveofourown.org/works/7698154?view_full_work=true]]'' ''FanFic/{{Fade}}'' by [[https://www.fanfiction.net/u/5360048/xLion-sRoarx xLion'sRoarx]]
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** ''Seconded'': Very interesting twist on canon. This time [[spoiler: Light doesn't get his hands on the Death Note from the start, but he plans to find the person who does - and not just to put a stop to the killing.]] The plot is intriguing, and feels true to the spirit of the series. The author keeps the characters IC, doesn't bash them, and creates a unique AU scenario that is absolutely worth your time.

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** ''Seconded'': Seconded. Very interesting twist on canon. This time [[spoiler: Light doesn't get his hands on the Death Note from the start, but he plans to find the person who does - and not just to put a stop to the killing.]] The plot is intriguing, and feels true to the spirit of the series. The author keeps the characters IC, doesn't bash them, and creates a unique AU scenario that is absolutely worth your time.checking out for those who want to read a good Death Note GenFic.
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* ''Comments'': Probably the best Shinigami!Light ever written and an excellent RevengeFic. Immensely satisfying, deep, and chilling. Author understands the characters and writes them masterfully. Everyone – Ryuk, Light, Near, Matsuda – are kept wonderfully in character in this story where all is not well after [[spoiler: Light's death.]] Pretty much must-read for Light fans, but can be enjoyed by anyone. It might make you feel like this fic could be a great official continuation of the manga/anime. One of those rare stories that are perfect just the way they are, but still leave you hungry for more.

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* ''Comments'': Probably the best Shinigami!Light ever written and an excellent RevengeFic. Immensely satisfying, deep, and chilling. Author understands the characters very well and writes them masterfully. Everyone – Ryuk, Light, Near, Matsuda – are is kept wonderfully in character in this story where all is not well after [[spoiler: Light's death.]] Pretty much must-read for Light fans, but can be enjoyed by anyone. It might make you feel like this fic could be a great official continuation of the manga/anime. One of those rare stories that are perfect just the way they are, but still leave you hungry for more.
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* ''Comments'': Expect canon-esque[[BattleOfWits mind games]], [[SlashFic L/Light romance]], and a delicious, ironic, well paced story of L SlowlySlippingIntoEvil. NOT a FixFic.

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* ''Comments'': Expect canon-esque[[BattleOfWits canon-esque [[BattleOfWits mind games]], [[SlashFic L/Light romance]], and a delicious, ironic, well paced story of L SlowlySlippingIntoEvil. NOT a FixFic.

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