CoffinSide

CoffinSide is a Death Note Fan Fiction that is a direct Continuation of the series by fellow Troper Ruin Takada.

If you haven’t read Death Note yet, there are Spoilers below.

Set a few days after the death of Light Yagami at the Yellow Box warehouse, Coffin Side follows the effects that Light’s death has on the Yagami’s left behind, particularly the oft-forgotten Sayu. However, with barely a murmur, that is all changed in a Lazarean-style wake-up call that leaves the funeral attendees in disbelief.

Tropes used in CoffinSide include:

• A Boy and His X A Boy And His Shinigami
• Adult Fear
• And I Must Scream
• Applied Phlebotinum: The Death Eraser, especially since you literally use it by rubbing.
• Artifact of Doom: The Death Eraser and the Death Note (the latter takes a back seat).
• Attending Your Own Funeral
• Back from the Dead
• Bearer of Bad News: Matsuda and Aizawa
• Biblical Motifs: This was based on the story of Saint Lazarus.
• Body Horror: The description of the resurrection.
• Buried Alive: Technically this, but closer to Murder by Cremation.
• Cessation of Existence: The true meaning behind 'MU', as hinted in the fic.
• Coming of Age: Sayu
• Death Is Cheap: the Death Eraser.
• Determined Widow: Misa, of course.
• Divine Intervention: Ryuk's part in the whole affair.
• Emotionless Girl: Sayu's part until the end.
• Fate Worse Than Death: There's a reason one should try to bring our loved ones back before the funeral.
• First Law of Resurrection: If the author wants it, that's what will happen, and that's why there's a fic of it.
• Four Is Death: Yamaguchi-Sensei, the piano teacher, demonstrates this. "Threes are better than fours, and five even more so!"
• Friendless Background: Light, as noticed by Sayu.
• Fun with Acronyms: 'E.C.U' means 'Eternal Care Unit', and you can probably tell where this is going.
• Gratuitous Foreign Language: Mourning Wear is 'Mofuku', 'Kyokaidou' is a Church, and a 'Rood' here means a wooden cross perfect for warning off demons.
• Growing Up Sucks: For Sayu, yes it does.
• He's Back: Oh yes he is!
• Her Heart Will Go On
• Inner Monologue
• Lonely Funeral: Everyone did love Light, but then he pushed them away, hence a pretty bad turn out.
• Murder by Cremation: Naarrowly Avoided by Light, somewhat. Grandpa Yagami? Not so much.
• Never Speak Ill of the Dead: Notice how no one's told the Yagami women his true identity.
• Oh Crap
• Primal Fear
• Publisher Chosen Title: This was originally to be called 'Coffin-Side', until ff.net took out the hyphen and took away the space. It's been like that ever since.
• Red Eyes, Take Warning
• Round Robin: This fic is written as a competition piece where anyone can enter and write a continuation of it. The deadline is still open, if anyone is interested.
• Rules of Anime: #38: Law of Hydrostatic Emmission.
• Sealed Evil in a Can: Quite obvious and quite literally.
• Shown Their Work: This fic was the result of much research over Christian and Japanese Buddhist funerals, and there is a glossary at the end to prove it.
• Sidekick Promotion
• Small Name, Big Ego: Yamaguchi, the piano teacher.
• Song Fic
• Soundtrack Dissonance: A hopeful song played through a somewhat hopeless situation.
• Stay in the Kitchen: Light's opinion of Misa, as he compares her to tin foil - it is only good for two things: Preparing food, and chewing up and spitting out for a good high.
• Suspiciously Apropos Music
• Throw the Dog a Bone: Light is killed, painfully brought back to life, about to be Murdered By Cremation, and then he is free from all that? Yes indeedy. (Could be Yank the Dog's Chain - you decide!)
• Treachery Cover-Up
• Troubled Production: This fic was due for April, for obvious reasons. However, there was extensive edits to be done, reportedly on busrides over potholed roads only, hence the delay.
• Unable to Cry
• Unexplained Recovery: And boy, did he!
• "What Now?" Ending: What will happen next? Well, that’s for the competition entrant to decide! Also, that ending is a bit of a cliff-hanger.