History Recap / DeathNoteEp37NewWorld

* DyingAlone: Light escapes from the warehouse and dies in an abandoned building alone, though he does see 's spirit (or a mere hallucination of him) before he passes.

** At the end of the episode Misa is shown standing on the ledge of a tall building with the implication that she is about to [[DrivenToSuicidd commit suicide.]] [[UncertainDoom It's not shown whether or not she goes through with it though considering how many times she took the Shinigami Eyes she likely doesn't have long to live anyway.]]

** At the end of the episode Misa is shown standing on the ledge of a tall building with the implication that she is about to commit suicide. It's not shown whether or not she goes through with it though considering how many times she took the Shinigami Eyes she likely doesn't have long to live anyway.

* AfterlifeWelcome: Light sees L watching him as he dies on the staircase, though it may simply be a hallucination.

* BookEnds: Ryuk returns to Light at the end to fulfill the promise made [[DealWithTheDevil when the two first met]] -- by writing Light's name in the Death Note.

* DiesDifferentlyInAdaptation: A variation in which in both manga and anime, Ryuk writes Light's name in the Death Note. ''Un''like in the manga, however, instead of Light dying an UndignifiedDeath, begging and pleading for his life when he realizes Ryuk wrote his name in there, he runs off to a hiding spot and peacefully dies on some stairs while Ryuk merely muses about their time together while reminding him of his promise at the beginning of the series.

** It's strongly implied that Misa does this after Light dies.

* DyingAlone: Light escapes from the warehouse and dies in an abandoned building alone, though he does see L's spirit before he passes.

* BerserkButton: Light ''really'' shouldn't have insulted his own father while Matsuda was holding him at gunpoint.

** At the end of the episode Misa is shown standing on the ledge of a tall building with the implication that she is about to commit suicide. It's not shown whether or not she goes through with it though considering how many times she took the Shinigami Eyes she likely doesn't have long to life anyway.

** This especially goes for Mikami's death in the anime, where in the original manga, he died off-screen ten months later, having rejected Light as God (and was implied to be through Near using the Death Note, though this is never fully confirmed in the epilogue). The anime has him stab himself with the pen, leading to his legendary HighPressureBlood death.

->''""All humans will, without exception, eventually die."''

* DyingAlone: Light escapes from the warehouse and dies in an abandoned building alone.

* AintTooProudToBeg: As he’s writhing in agony from his injuries, Light makes one final plea for his allies to save him.

* AlwaysNeedWhatYouGaveUp: After having thrown away all his allies, convinced that he was smart enough to not need them, Light pathetically begs Misa and Takada to save him while he's writing on the ground in agony, the former having shortened her lifespan twice for his sake and the latter killing Mello.

* DidNotThinkThisThrough: Near explains how he was able to outsmart Light. However, the fact that Light prematurely declared victory at the end of last episode is what ultimately exposes him as Kira. Light should have kept his mouth shut until he was absolutely sure whether or not the Death Note claimed everyone.

* AlasPoorVillain: More like VillainProtagonist and more specifically for the anime version. After all that Light had worked for, he's suddenly in a position where he has no one to turn to and everyone on the taskforce knows who and what he is. He tries in vain to make them see his viewpoint, but no one is willing to listen to him. He makes one last desperate attempt to get rid of the remaining "obstacles" in his path, but he gets fired upon by the last person he expected to turn on him. After being shot all he can do is pitifully call out for his allies who are either not there or have been killed by him, still not realizing it’s his fault. After escaping the warehouse, he sees himself before he got the Death Note and only sobs harder, clearly feeling regret in the end. Once he lies dying on the stairs, he quietly accepts his fate. Many fans think that his defeat here is pretty sad and makes him sympathetic.

* BerserkerTears: Matsuda has this while shooting down Light.

* DyingAlone: Light's fate in the end.

* VillainousBreakdown: Light goes into this upon finally running out of plans and being cornered.

* AdaptedOut: Among other things, the major plot point in the manga that was taken out has Ryuk clarify what he told Light: Those who use the Death Note will be unable to enter Heaven or Hell when they die. Before he write the human's name, Ryuk clarifies that human Death Note users (and humanity itself) end up in '''MU''' (which means nothingness).

* AmbiguousSituation: Near may or may not have used the Death Note to kill Light and Mikami. Matsuda theorized in the manga that he did, but there's no confirmation.

* BookEnds[=/=]CallBack: Ryuk returns to Light at the end to fulfill the promise made [[DealWithTheDevil when the two first met]] -- by writing Light's name in the Death Note.

* HeroicSacrifice: This turns out to be what Melo's actions were for. Knowing full well he'd die as a result, he counted on the fact that Takada is the only direct line of communication between Kira and Mikami; by disrupting her, it was highly likely that the two of them would make some kind of critical error that Near could take advantage of.
* HighPressureBlood: Mikami's stabbing his chest with a pen results in a geyser of blood, complete with a loud gushing sound. Blood also spurts dramatically when Light is shot.

While Near explains how he foiled Light's plan (which involved a fake Death Note, Mello's kidnapping of Takada and the study of Mikami's daily habits), an increasingly-frantic Light tries to figure out some way out of his jam. Light remembers the hidden piece of Death Note paper in his watch, but upon trying to use it, an enraged Matsuda shoots him several times. Mikami jams a pen into his heart to commit suicide after seeing Light shot and losing faith in "God". While the Kira Task Force tries to keep Mikami alive, Light escapes -- but with his injuries, he doesn't make it far. After Light collapses on a staircase in a nearby abandoned warehouse. Ryuk returns to make good on a promise from the beginning of the series.

** Also, the manga has Light begging not to die before his time was up. Here, he runs off and later dies in a hiding spot when Ryuk writes his name on the Death Note.

** Mikami stabs himself in the chest with a pen, which distracted the police long enough for Light to run out the door. This never happened in the manga and Mikami ended up rejecting Light when he realized that he was never God.
** It's strongly implied that Misa does this after Light dies.

-->'''Matusda:''' You killed your father in cold blood, and now that he's dead you called him a fool?!

** Also, the manga has Light begging not to die before his time was up. Here, he runs off an dies in a hiding spot when Ryuk writes his name on the Death Note.

* AlasPoorVillain: More like VillainProtagonist. After all that Light had worked for, he's suddenly in a position where he has no one to turn to and everyone on the taskforce knows who and what he is. He tries in vain to make them see his viewpoint, but no one is willing to listen to him. He makes one last desperate attempt to get rid of the remaining "obstacles" in his path, but he gets fired upon by the last person he expected to turn on him. Some fans think that his defeat here is pretty sad and makes him sympathetic.

* DidNotThinkThisThrough: Near explained how he was able to outsmart Light. However, the fact Light prematurely declared victory at the end of last episode sealed the deal and exposed him as Kira. Light should have kept his mouth shut until he was absolutely sure whether or not the Death Note claimed everyone.