"Ryuk… no… we’re partners!"
"Partners?" Ryuk chuckles darkly. "No, Light. I’m a Shinigami. I reap lives. Yours is just forty seconds overdue. It was fun to watch, though. Humans really are more interesting than gods." death note manga book
The final panel of the manga shows a silent, empty classroom. A notebook lies on a desk. The wind blows the pages open. "Ryuk… no… we’re partners
Ryuk scratches his chin. "Light Yagami," he says, his voice a gravelly whisper. "You’ve lost. And you know the rule. The human who uses the Death Note can neither go to Heaven nor Hell. When you die, you simply… cease to exist. Nothingness. It’s the most absolute death of all." I reap lives
"Of course they died," Near says. "We let them die. We chose criminals we knew you would target and simply… allowed it to happen. To make you believe. To make you believe, Light Yagami."