YagaMane

"Yeah, but… to me, Light is more important than the world."

- Misa Amane, chapter 30

YagaMane is the het ship between Light Yagami and Misa Amane from the Death Note fandom.

Anime/Manga
When Light, disguised as Kira, killed the man who murdered Misa's parents, she instantly developed a fanatical obsession with him. After finding out the real identity of Kira, her obsession turned to infatuation, so she decided to seek him out herself. Upon meeting him, Light realized that because she had a Death Note of her own she would be of use to him. He agreed to let her be his girlfriend, but he did not like her back, he was only manipulating her to help achieve his goal. Throughout the series, as a part of Light's agreement to be her boyfriend, the pair go on many dates and even share a kiss.

The only actual love in this ship is on Misa's side. When they first meet, Light says that he needs to make sure to be seen with other girls. Misa's response is "Huh? What do you mean You’re seriously gonna date other girls?... I don't want you to!... If I see you with another girl, I'll kill her." At the end of the series, after Light is killed, it is implied that Misa committed suicide. This was due to her love for him, as he was the most important part of her life.

Whether or not this ship is canon has been disputed due to the fact that Light never liked Misa back. He only used her so he could progress in his plan to become the "god of the new world." Light often feels annoyed by Misa's actions, and he was shown yelling at her or insulting her many times throughout the series. He also called her severe emotional abuse, as he forced into the role of the second Kira. Due to the fact that Light did not love Misa in any way, and was only pretending to be her boyfriend to manipulate her, the ship is usually considered to be only semi-canon.

Film
Ten years have passed since Light died. Misa continued her work as an actress while her activities were secretly supervised by police officers. She regained her memories after cyber-terrorist Yuki Shien gave her a Death Note. Initially refusing to cooperate with him due to Light’s death, she made another eye trade from Ryuk and helped Yuki escape with the six Death Notes he collected by killing two of the Task Force investigators. Although she failed to kill Ryuzaki (whose name was written on a Death Note prior similar to L), she committed suicide by writing her own name, scribbled “Misa Amane dies in Light Yagami’s hands.”

Fanon
Yagamane is one of the most popular ships within the fandom, coming second after Lawlight, the slash ship between L Lawliet and Light. Despite its popularity, it is seen as one of the most controversial ships in the series, due to how it's reputation of being toxic, as both members abused the other. Misa was so obsessed with Light that her advances towards him are often considered to be sexual harassment, and even commited suicide when she got the news that Light died. Light's actions were emotionally abusive, as he used her obsession to his advantage and manipulated her into becoming a murderer.

Due to these factors, many fans consider the ship to be toxic. Still, there are fans that speculate that both of them reunited in the aferlife, since both of them where Kira and they couldn't go to heaven nor to hell. Right now there's almost 500 works of Misa and Light in the AO3.

Fandom
FAN FICTION

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