Best Epic LawLight Fanfics
LawLight fanfics over 100,000 words. All curated from AO3 and ranked by kudos.
Top 7 Epic LawLight Fanfics
Ranked by AO3 kudos. These are reader-favorite long-form LawLight fics — save them for offline reading.
Back Again
by Brenna1918
What is Light to do when he wakes up after his life as a Shinigami is over, only to find himself with both his memories and his life back to the way it was before...with the Death Note in his school bag?
Is This The Way It Ends Now?
by Seastar98
L dangled the note in front of him. It had appeared out of nowhere, as had the accompanying CD. It claimed to contain information crucial to their investigation.Was this a trick? Another evolution of Kira's power? Perhaps a different supernatural force trying to help them against Kira?He didn't know
Time Speaks
by aSmallMoon333
In his first life, L died in the arms of his greatest enemy.In his brief second one, he died alone.And in his third, too-long life, L died anticipating finally getting even with the man who'd won their game one too many times.And Light Yagami? If he'd known this is what picking up the Death Note wou
Death Note Redemption
by doughnut_mind_if_I_do
When Light dies, he's reverted back to his seventeen year old self before he came upon the Death Note. Armed with his memories and shame of his past actions, Light vows to never become Kira. However, just because Light refused to become Kira, doesn't mean no one else would take up the mantle.Now Lig
Death Note
by orphan_account
Light picks up the Death Note but refuses to use it. He leaves it where he found it only for it to be taken by another. This sparks a chain of events that make Light the unwitting prime suspect in the Kira killings and make him the obsession of the Real Kira. Light has to prove his innocence all whi
Shining Light
by TwilightMaster15
Bored beyond comprehension, Ryuk decides after seeing what humans do with the Death Note, to experiment with what would happen if a human lived their whole life with access and knowledge of the Death Note. This leads him to find four-month-old Light Yagami, whom he decides to use as his test subject
Primitive Liars
by Nilahxapiel
Light is a being of intellect, not of instinct; however, he may be starting to understand that the two are not mutually exclusive. While he struggles to define himself in an unjust world, a new Kira holds society - along with a couple other valuable things - hostage. (Omegaverse AU. L/Light, Matt/Me
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Why Read Epic LawLight Fics?
Epic-length LawLight fanfics — over 100,000 words — are the format of choice for readers who want full novelistic immersion. These are the works people talk about for years, the ones with their own subreddits and tag clusters on AO3.
Many of the most beloved LawLight fics in the fandom land in this range, because the slow build of trust, conflict, and resolution that defines the pairing needs room to breathe. Set aside a weekend (or several) and dig in.
About This List
This list of 7epic LawLight fanfics spans 1,532,048 total words. Kudos range from 5,463 on the newest entries to 18,444 on the most established. 71% are marked complete — check the status flag before committing to a longfic. The most common rating is Teen And Up Audiences (3 of 7 fics).
Recurring tags across this list: Time Travel · Alternate Universe - Canon Divergence.
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