Light Yagami became a Shinigami in the Death Note Anime after his Death

Con at 1:02 in the video source you posted, Mu (Nothingness) is indeed mentioned, but it was only a title screen clip (like many more title screen clips shown throughout the anime episodes). They are nothing more than quotes from the Manga, probably included to make things more interesting. I do not think a single clip like that is convincing enough to alter the possible Anime reality. But for the moment let's say that it is (we'll play it your way for now)... Now one thing I bet Con didn't think about is that the Shinigami realm, is also a kind of MU (Nothingness)... The quote at 1:02 of Con's first video reference said "All humans will, without exception, eventually die. After they die, the place the go to is MU (Nothingness)". This particular rule can very well apply to being sent to the Shinigami Realm. In this realm, 'living' means having an empty existence of what appears to be NOTHINGNESS amidst the grey, grunge and greed of the Shinigami Realm. That is something I recalled from the Death Note Manga stated here: http://read.mangashare.com... But of course my argument is about the Anime and not the Manga. I'll use your second video as a reference source for that: http://www.youtube.com...#! At 5:20 - 5:45 of the video Ryuk says to Light: "The shinigami realm is slowly rotting, really meaningless and empty lives, and the only reason we still take human lives is because we're afraid to die ourselves. In fact the truth of the matter is that we no longer even know why we exist. In fact, I doubt there is any reason for out existence at all. What I'm saying is that compared to that your becoming a much more impressive Shinigami." That is very good evidence to suggest that the Shinigami realm is another kind of MU (nothingness). And can be a Purgatory for Death note users. - The Shinigami Realm itself could indeed be a Purgatory. I'll explain what a Purgatory is using the Purgatory off Wikipedia as a reference: http://en.wikipedia.org... Purgatory refers to the realm where souls go when they have lived a life that is, morally, neither right nor wrong. When most people die, they are judged and go to Heaven or Hell. However, in the case of those who do not choose a clear path of right or wrong, they are sent to Purgatory. In this world, souls exist in a morally grey area which is less divine than Heaven, but more righteous than heathens which are sent to Hell. Now I will compare the logic I just explained with the Death Note reality... The world that Shinigami reside in exists above the human world. For example, Ryuk has to travel underground in order to reach the entrance to the realm of humans underneath. Also, when Ryuk is first seen after leaving the Shinigami Realm, he is flying downward from a higher altitude than the skyscrapers. So the Shinigami Realm could very be a Purgatory for the Human world. This can explain what happens after death to humans that have used a Death Note, as this particular Purgatory (Mu) is neither good nor evil. Here is a reference to what the Shinigami Realm is like: http://deathnote.wikia.com... And also In Death Note, Purgatory can also be acknowledged as being analogous with the Shinigami Realm because of that fact that both are grey realms where beings exist in a cold world, filled with grunge and grime, absent of any light. Now as I kept saying I believe the Death Note Anime makers adapted the Death Note Manga to satisfy their own satisfactions. The Purgatory information I just explained above goes in the Anime maker's advantage. They can indeed take advantage of that logic and I think they did. Regardless of how the Manga went that they chose to dishonour maybe. ... Also in case you didn't notice there is also a hint of Light becoming a Shinigami in that video. When talking about the eye trade at 5:00 - 5:17 it goes: Light: "Anyway If I keep bargaining for eyes and wings and whatever else, next thing you know I'm gonna end up becoming a real Shinigami. Though who knows that could be pretty interesting." Ryuk: "I wouldn't worry. Even without the eyes and the wings. You're already a WORTHY Shinigami." This implies that it is possible that the MU rule no longer had a lot to do with Light and he then somehow had been brought into a covenant with the Shinigami realm are no longer classed as fully Human. Also nobody knows how Shinigami are created; it could be possible they were all once Human Death Note users like Light. I think so. ... Now about Con's final paragraph, Con said: "That unidentified Shinigami in the video said: "I want to go to the human world. I'm tired of this sluggish world. I heard the human world was interesting." If Light was a Shinigami, then that Shinigami wouldn't have asked to go to the human world. Light would have tried to change the Shinigami realm as a Shinigami. If you skip to 6:28 of the second video, you can hear Light say that the Shinigami realm should be changed for the better since the it was rotting." It was a good paragraph but I think Con has misunderstood my argument. My argument is that the Shinigami seen in the footage I provided from ‘Death Note Relight 1: Visions of a God' is clearly meant to be the REINCARNATION of Light Yagami. I'll use Wikipedia as a reference source for Reincarnation: http://en.wikipedia.org... Reincarnation is believed to occur when the soul or spirit, after the death of the body, comes back to Earth (or in this case a purgatory) in a newborn body. This phenomenon is also known as transmigration of the soul. Now I'm sure most people know that a Reincarnated being does not likely have memory of its former life. If the Shinigami seen in Death Note Relight 1 is the re-born Light Yagami then it has no memories of its former life either. Or then again maybe it does has it's memories and wants to go to the Human world to take revenge and kill L's successor Near for catching him when he was human. If I was Light Yagami I would do that. As far as I know Near was considered to be an annoying character and Kira fans watching the Anime would have loved to see him die. Maybe the Anime makers wanted them to think that was the reason the Light Yagami Shinigami was going to the human world to kill some boredom by taking revenge or something. ... Now from what I said so far my argument still stands. The Death Note Anime makers have adapted the Death Manga towards their own satisfactions. The Shinigami that meets Ryuk in the film Death Note Relight 1 is meant to be the Reincarnation of Light Yagami. P.S. I just want to say that the video source reference I provided in the first round... is not actually a deleted scene. It is actually the opening and ending the Japanese Death Note Relight 1 Directors cut. It appears that the uploaded of the YouTube video has just simply called it a Deleted scene because it was new footage that was released at the time. Unfortunately it was the only online footage of the Ryuk and Light Shinigami meeting that I could find at the time.