(Note: This page is under construction, but the author will return to finish it. In the meantime, other users may help with spelling, punctuation, and grammar.) The World's in Pain is an alternate universe sequel-fic series set 18 months after the death of Raito Yagami, and 6 months after the death of Misa Amane. The story is centered on a second generation of Kiras, that are eager to follow the first Kira's legacy and achieve his dream of crafting the New World. The alternate-universe aspect only applies to the official Rules of the Death Note; the events that occurred before the series adhere to the canon of the manga. This Second Generation formed the Kira Society and vowed to train the third generation before their eventual deaths or retirements.