[quote=Toaw]
Actually N is known as N, technically L named Light as his successor anyways (correct me if I'm wrong)...plus if we are trying to stay away from cannon the best we can then what does it matter? Who is to say N didn't die of an accident somehow, or something else happened? It's been 10 years...
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No... in the last chapter, after Light's death, he's known as L.

And we know N isn't dead because he did a trick where he set a certain date of death for himself so Kira couldn't kill him with the notebook.