30 Death Note Memes for Bored Gods in the Shinigami Realm

Ely Bulnes • Writer and Editor

Jun 24, 2024 3:00 PM EDT

Feeling bored is a natural part of the human experience. As of late, it's getting harder and harder to face true boredom, considering we all have a tiny, handheld dopamine machine in our pocket at all times. Furthermore, now as adults, we have many tasks keeping us busy throughout the day. There are not as many situations in adult life that conjure boredom in the same way as being a child in the summer: all friends on vacation, no cable TV at grandma's house, and 2-hour YouTube deep dives on niche topics were not yet a thing. Even still, while it may look different and not feel as intense, we still experience ennui. Even animals, both domesticated and wild, have been noted to display bored-like tendencies when they're under-stimulated. And as it turns out, even gods of death get bored.

Looking back at all the crazy, dramatic, tense, brutal, and exhilarating events of Death Note, it can be easy to forget that it all happened simply due to boredom. This is what drove our favorite, loveable death god to trick the Shinigami King into giving him a second Death Note, which he threw into the human world at random solely for entertainment purposes. Well, we all know how that worked out, so this one's for all the shinigami out there that can't be bothered to write another name and are tired of gambling away their luck in the unearthly realms.