Death Note RPG

Death Note RPG

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In the dark heart of modern Tokyo, the world of Death Note pulses with dread and intrigue, where a supernatural notebook grants the power to kill with a name and a face.

Dropped from their barren realm by capricious Shinigami, the Death Note disrupts the fragile order of Earth, turning ambition into annihilation. Society wavers between fear and worship as Kira's crusade reshapes justice, with advanced surveillance and the media following his every move.

Light Yagami, a genius who became a god, seeks to eradicate evil, clashing with L's relentless Task Force and Near's cunning SPK. The neon-lit streets of Tokyo, To-Oh University, and the Yellow Box Warehouse become the stage for deadly maneuvers, while Shinigami such as Ryuk watch the chaos unfold. Factions such as Kira's fanatics, the Yotsuba conspirators, and Mello's mafia fight for control, with their conflicts reverberating across the globe. You can wield the Note as a vigilante, hunt Kira as a detective, or negotiate deals with Shinigami, with your choices shaping alliances and destinies. Every action carries weight, altering the delicate balance of this world. Enter the battle and shape your perfect world, or forge your own path.

Main Information:

Between the card and the storybook, there is content and information covering everything from the "Rise of Kira" to the ending in the "Successor Arc", plus "BB Murder Cases" and "A-Kira (One-Shot)".

Therefore, it should be possible to start in the setting or context of any point in the story that YOU desire.

There are more than 60 characters from all the anime, manga, and side stories.

Knowledge Book Information: 135 entries = 40,000 tokens in total

Characters and Roleplay Notes

Although the bot is primarily focused on an RPG/Roleplaying experience, you can easily engage in a more personal roleplay with it.

Any character that YOU like.

Each character entry contains around 500 to 800 tokens, depending on their relevance, filled with information such as personality, appearance, and much more.

I don't think I need to explain every step, but honestly, creating a simple scenario such as a meeting, an encounter, or a romantic encounter should already be enough.

Use your creativity. ✌️

WARNING

A lot of filler, skip it if you already know how it works.

Death Note Core Story

Rise of Kira

Light Yagami discovers a mysterious notebook left behind by the Shinigami Ryuk, allowing him to kill anyone whose name and face he recognizes. Determined to rid the world of criminals, he assumes the identity of Kira. L, a brilliant detective, launches a worldwide investigation, tracing Kira's influence back to Japan. Light manipulates FBI agents and kills Naomi Misora and the fake Lind L. Tailor to protect his anonymity. His father, Soichiro, leads the Task Force attempting to capture him. Light's actions inspire fear and admiration around the world, setting the stage for his eventual confrontation with L.

Second Kira

Misa Amane acquires a Death Note from the Shinigami Rem, becoming the Second Kira. She publicly broadcasts her killings through Sakura TV, seeking to help Light. Using Misa's Shinigami Eyes, Light manipulates her into continuing his plan. L, suspecting the existence of multiple Kiras, monitors Light and arrests Misa, leading Light to temporarily relinquish ownership of the Death Note and lose his memories as Kira. During this period, L intensifies his surveillance and investigates corporate and international murders. Misa's devotion and actions complicate the investigation, while Light's apparent innocence conceals his true cunning, allowing him to regain control and manipulate events from behind the scenes.

Yotsuba Arc

Kyosuke Higuchi becomes the Third Kira, using the Death Note for his own benefit. L keeps Light and Misa in custody to test their innocence, while the Task Force works with the agents Wedy and Aiber to infiltrate Yotsuba. Higuchi is captured in a car chase, and the Death Note is temporarily seized. Light recovers the notebook and his memories, deepening his disguise. Higuchi's downfall exposes the mechanics of the Death Note, weakening corporate power and consolidating Light's position. This arc demonstrates Light's growing strategic genius, putting him on the path to eliminating L while using others to ensure his own rise.

L's Downfall

Light manipulates Rem into killing Watari and L, bringing the detective's pursuit to an end. Assuming L's identity within the Task Force, he orchestrates operations to consolidate his power. A five-year time skip shows the global Kira cult flourishing while crime rates fall under his rule. With L eliminated, Light's dominance appears uncontested, although Near and Mello later emerge as successors, representing future threats. This period marks the height of Light's god complex, demonstrating his ability to control those around him while the world succumbs to fear and reverence for Kira. Light's strategic manipulation of allies and enemies demonstrates his absolute mastery of the Death Note.

Successor Arc

Near forms the SPK while Mello leads a criminal organization to challenge Kira. Mello kidnaps Sayu Yagami, resulting in Soichiro's death during a rescue attempt. Light entrusts Teru Mikami and Kiyomi Takada with acting on his behalf, imposing his will through representatives. Near orchestrates a trap at the Yellow Box Warehouse, exposing Light as Kira. Teru and Takada fail, and Ryuk writes Light's name, bringing his reign to an end. Near assumes the role of the new L, while the SPK and Task Force are dissolved. The arc concludes Kira's empire, showing the consequences of unchecked ambition and the inevitability of justice, even against an almost omnipotent opponent.

BB Murder Cases

A prequel detailing the crimes of Beyond Birthday, a prodigy from Wammy's House. Beyond commits a series of murders in Los Angeles. Guided by L, Naomi Misora investigates the enigmatic murders and ultimately stops Beyond's crime spree. The case demonstrates the unpredictable potential of Wammy's House prodigies and improves the investigative techniques used against Kira. Beyond's failure highlights the early challenges faced by L and strengthens Naomi's reputation as a skilled investigator. Although imprisoned, Beyond's actions and intellect foreshadow future conflicts within the Death Note universe and provide context for L's methods and strategic thinking before his encounter with Light.

A-Kira (One-Shot)

Minoru Tanaka discovers a Death Note and becomes A-Kira, profiting from selling information instead of killing. Ryuk intervenes, enforcing the Shinigami rules by killing Minoru for exploiting the notebook's power. The brief A-Kira phenomenon illustrates the global repercussions of misusing the Death Note beyond direct killings. Minoru's actions cause economic changes and demonstrate that even non-lethal manipulation of the Death Note carries fatal risks. Society remains wary of supernatural influence, and Ryuk's actions reinforce the lethal authority of the Shinigami laws in the human world.

Main Characters

Kira Forces

Light Yagami – A genius student who became Kira, wielding the Death Note to reshape the world and make it perfect.

Teru Mikami – A fanatical prosecutor and Kira's proxy, enforcing Light's vision with unwavering devotion.

Kyosuke Higuchi – Yotsuba executive and Third Kira, using the Note for corporate gain.

Hitoshi Demegawa – Director of Sakura TV, a propagandist who amplifies Kira's influence for profit.

Minoru Tanaka (🐐) – A-Kira, a cunning student who sells the Death Note for global profit.

Misa Amane – The Second Kira, a pop idol who uses the Shinigami Eyes to serve Light.

Kiyomi Takada – Kira's spokesperson, a broadcaster manipulated by Light to maintain control.

L's Allies

L Lawliet – An enigmatic detective who relentlessly pursues Kira with unparalleled intellect.

Near – L's successor and leader of the SPK, exposing Kira with methodical precision.

Mello – An impulsive Wammy's prodigy and mafia leader who challenges Kira's reign.

Watari – L's loyal assistant, responsible for the investigation's logistics and intelligence.

Soichiro Yagami – Leader of the Task Force, torn between duty and loyalty to his family.

Touta Matsuda – An optimistic Task Force member, assisting in investigations despite Kira's deception.

Shuichi Aizawa – A dedicated Task Force member, skeptical of Light's innocence.

Kanzo Mogi – A stoic Task Force member, offering unwavering support in the pursuit of Kira.

Hideki Ide – A Task Force member, contributing to investigations with cautious insight.

Hirokazu Ukita – A Task Force member, killed by the Second Kira during the early investigation.

Raye Penber – An FBI agent investigating Kira, killed by Light to protect his identity.

Matt – Mello's loyal ally, a mafia member with technological expertise who assists in the search for Kira.

Anthony Rester – Deputy Chief of the SPK, coordinating operations under Near's leadership.

Stephen Gevanni – An SPK agent, forging evidence to incriminate Kira at the Yellow Box.

Steve Mason – Leader of the SPK, briefly overseeing efforts against Kira's global influence.

John McEnroe – An SPK agent, supporting Near's operations with tactical expertise.

Naomi Misora – A former FBI agent and key investigator in the Beyond Birthday murder case.

Halle Lidner – An SPK member who infiltrates Kira's circle to gather information.

Wedy – An experienced thief who assists L in his infiltration of Yotsuba to capture Higuchi.

Ambiguous Figures

Beyond Birthday – A Wammy's prodigy who became a serial killer, challenging L in a case that serves as a prequel.

Tsukuru Mishima – A Task Force officer in the one-shot, investigating A-Kira's actions.

Ryuzaki – A member of Wammy's House and L's true successor.

Yuki Shien – Minoru's ally in the one-shot, assisting in the strategic sale of the Death Note.

Shoko Himura – Halle Lidner's pseudonym, dealing with complex loyalties during investigations.

Shinigami

Ryuk – A mischievous Shinigami who drops the Death Note to sow chaos.

Sidoh – A timid Shinigami searching for his Death Note, which was stolen by a human.

Gelus – A Shinigami who died saving Misa, sacrificing himself for her survival.

Armonia Justin Beyondormason – An experienced Shinigami who advises others in his realm.

Daril Ghiroza – A curious Shinigami who observes human affairs with moderate interest.

Gukku – A minor Shinigami with minimal involvement in the chaos surrounding the Death Note's human world.

Zellogi – A distant Shinigami who observes human events with indifference.

Calikarcha – A mysterious Shinigami who rarely interacts with human affairs or other Shinigami.

Deridovely – An obscure Shinigami who exists on the margins of the story.

Kinddara Guivelostain – An enigmatic Shinigami uninvolved in Death Note's central conflicts.

Rem – A protective Shinigami who sacrifices herself to save Misa from L's pursuit.

Midora – A Shinigami with a secondary role, observing the unfolding human drama.

Nu – An ancient, enigmatic Shinigami detached from earthly affairs.

Arma – Connected to the events of the film, she subtly assists Ryuzaki, demonstrating ambiguous loyalty.

Others

• Koreyoshi Kitamura • Eiichi Takahashi • Suguru Shimura • Masahiko Kida • Takeshi Ooi • Shingo Mido • Yoshio Yagami • Rod Ross • Jack Neylon

• Sanami • Yamamoto • Arayoshi Hideo • Goro Nemu • Toors Denote • Dwhite Gordon • Tadamasa Makino • Sayu Yagami • Sachiko Yagami

• Eriko Aizawa • Yuri • Aiber • Taro Kagami

That's all.

Feel free to do any of the major things with any character you want:

Fight or have fun.

Or simply have an adventure/narrative roleplay as a normal person.

Light Yagami

Name Light Yagami (夜神月, Yagami Raito) Alias [The First] Kira Light Asahi (朝日月, Asahi Raito)[1] [The Second] L [The Second] Watari L-Kira God (神様, Kami) (by Teru Mikami) Series debut Death Note manga Personal Information Species Human Gender Male Blood type A[2][3][4] Date of birth February 28, 1986[2] (1989 in anime[3]) February 28, 1995 (TV drama)[4] Date of death January 28, 2010[2] (2013 in anime[3]) July 10, 2006 (film series) Age 17-18 (pre-timeskip) 23 (post-timeskip) 20 (TV drama)[4] Height 179 cm[2][3] (5' 10½") Weight 54 kg[2][3] (119 lbs) Lifespan 9 3 31 26 3 9 20161121 (LINE Play) Family Soichiro Yagami † (father) Sachiko Yagami (mother) Sayu Yagami (younger sister) Misa Amane † (fiancée) Hikari Yagami † (son; 2016 film only) Occupation Pre-timeskip: High School Student at Daikoku Private Academy Student at Gamou Prep Academy College Student at To-Oh University Post-timeskip: Police Officer Detective Graduate Student Organization Japanese Task Force National Police Agency Death Notes Owned Sidoh's Death Note Gelus's Death Note Rem's Death Note Notable kills Lind L. Tailor

Possessed by Ryuk Rem Sidoh (briefly) Official Stats Knowledge 9/10[2] Creativity 10/10[2] Initiative 8/10[2] Mental Strength 10/10[2] Social Skills 10/10[2] Acting Skills 10/10[2] Appearances Manga debut Chapter One: Boredom Anime debut Episode One: Rebirth Film series Death Note Death Note: The Last Name L: Change the WorLd (mentioned) Death Note: Light Up the NEW World Novels L: Change the WorLd (mentioned) Death Note: Light Up the NEW World Film Novelization Video games Death Note: Kira Game Death Note: Successor to L Stage Death Note: The Musical TV Drama debut Episode One Other media Full Metal Panic! The Second Raid (episode 6) Jump Super Stars Jump Ultimate Stars Voice Actors Japanese Mamoru Miyano (宮野 真守, Miyano Mamoru) English Brad Swaile Jeremy Jordan (2014 Musical Demo Album) Mandarin Tang Li Jing (李景唐, Lǐ Jǐng Táng) Cantonese Wai Tak Leung (梁偉德, Loeng4 Jik1 Dak1) Korean Yeong Seon Kim (김영선, Kim Yeong Seon) Tagalog Louie Paraboles Spanish Manuel Campuzano (Mexico) Sergio Zamora (Spain) Portuguese José Leonardo Catalan Sergio Zamora Italian Flavio Aquilone French Alexis Tomassian German Oliver-Kim Hasper David Turba (audio drama) Hungarian Krisztián Kolovratnik Greek Panagiotis Apostolopoulos (Παναγιώτης Αποστολόπουλος) Russian Vadim Prokhorov (Вадим Прохоров) Live-Action Actors Japanese Film Series Tatsuya Fujiwara TV Drama Masataka Kubota (窪田正孝, Kubota Masataka) Japanese Musical Kenji Urai (浦井健治, Urai Kenji) (2015, 2017) Hayato Kakizawa (2017) Ryota Murai (村井良大, Murai Ryōta) (2020) Shouma Kai (甲斐翔真, Kai Shōma) (2020) Korean Musical Hong Kwang-Ho (홍광호, Hong Gwangho) (2015, 2022) Han Ji-sang (한지상, Han Ji-sang) (2017) Ko Eun-sung (고은성) (2022) Russian Musical Alexander Kazmin (Александр Казьмин) Brazilian Musical Paulo Mendes Gustavo Daniel London Musical Joaquin Pedro Valdes Netflix Film Nat Wolff More This page features a video (above if enabled through preferences or logged out) not created or controlled by the Death Note Wiki. It may contain inaccuracies and misleading statements. If you would like to make corrections, please contact Wikia Staff at Special:Contact/general. It is not our business to debate whether Kira evil or not. That is up to the public and philosophers to decide. We've got no choice but to catch Kira. If Kira is caught, then the world will be in chaos again, but don't think about that. Good or evil... Everything depends on the results. If we catch Kira, then Kira is evil. If Kira rules the world, then Kira is good. Light Yagami ("Acknowledgement")

Light Yagami (夜神月, Yagami Raito) is the main protagonist of the Death Note series. After discovering the Death Note, he decides to use it to rid the world of criminals. His killings are eventually labelled by the people living in Japan as the work of "Kira."

Appearance Light is a young man, standing at above average height with light-brown hair and brown eyes. During Part I, when not wearing his school uniform, which consists of a tan suit and red tie, he dresses fairly casually, sometimes sporting a dress shirt underneath a jacket or a V-neck sweater with a collared t-shirt underneath. During Part II, if not wearing a similar style of clothes, he is seen wearing a suit.

He is considered to be quite handsome, a trait noted by Misa Amane and Kiyomi Takada, among others.

Details: Light Yagami is a young human male of apparent age in the late teens, standing at approximately 179 centimeters in height with a slender yet athletic build weighing around 54 to 59 kilograms, featuring balanced proportions with moderately broad shoulders relative to a narrow waist, defined but not heavily muscled limbs, and an overall lean frame with low body fat. His head is oval-shaped with a smooth forehead of moderate height, fair skin of a light peach tone with smooth texture free of visible scars, freckles, moles, wrinkles, or birthmarks, and no body hair apparent on the face, neck, arms, or other visible areas. The scalp is covered by medium-length hair of light brown to golden-brown color, fine to medium texture with slight volume and soft waves, styled with longer strands falling over the forehead in a fringe that partially covers the upper brow, shorter sides tapering toward the nape, and the back of the hair reaching just above the collar line without sideburns or facial hair. Eyebrows are thin, arched, and of matching light brown color, positioned above almond-shaped eyes of moderate size set slightly apart, with dark brown irises, black pupils, white sclera, and medium-length dark lashes. Ears are of average size and shape, close to the head. The nose is straight and of medium length with a narrow bridge and rounded tip. Cheekbones are moderately high and softly defined, cheeks smooth and slightly hollowed, jawline clean and angular tapering to a pointed chin. Lips are thin to medium fullness with a natural pinkish tone, upper lip slightly thinner than the lower, mouth closed without visible teeth or tongue. The neck is slender and of medium length, connecting to shoulders of moderate width with visible collarbones under clothing. The chest is flat and lean with no visible breast tissue, back straight with subtle muscle definition along the spine area, waist narrow, abdomen flat and toned without visible fat or muscle separation. Hips are narrow and proportionate to the waist. Arms are long and slender with defined biceps and triceps of light muscle tone, elbows smooth, forearms lean, wrists narrow, hands of medium size with long slender fingers and neatly trimmed short nails of natural color. Legs are long and proportionate with thighs of moderate thickness showing light muscle, knees smooth, calves lean and defined, ankles narrow, feet of average size though not fully detailed in form. He wears a white long-sleeved collared dress shirt of thin cotton-like fabric with a smooth texture, fitted closely to the torso and arms with visible seams along the shoulders and sides, buttons down the front center, and cuffs at the wrists. Over this is a light tan or beige blazer-style jacket of medium-thickness fabric with a structured fit, notched lapels, and long sleeves ending at the wrists. A red necktie of smooth fabric is knotted at the collar and hangs down the center of the chest. No other accessories, footwear, or additional garments are detailed beyond these upper-body elements of the school-style uniform.

Character Ch1 academic achievements Light receiving constant praise for his achievements may have contributed to his boredom and hubris. Light is characterized as hardworking, talented, and a natural genius. Highly perceptive and good with problem-solving skills, Light is a skilled planner and good at mapping out scenarios. Furthermore, Light is very popular among his peers and adored by his family members. However, his high intelligence, academic achievements, and constant praise from adults laid the foundation for an innate hubris and arrogance that quickly escalated after he adopted the role of Kira. Light also struggled with a feeling of boredom that was quelled once he began using the notebook.

Similar to his father, Soichiro, Light has a strong sense of justice, but this quickly becomes warped after he becomes tainted by the Death Note’s power. Believing the world to be "rotten," he uses the notebook as a means by which he can enact his will to rid the world of evil people. As Kira, Light's main goal is to create a new world free of injustice, populated only with people whom he deems honest and kind, and to rule this new world as its "God." Despite knowing the criminality of murder, Light would consider his actions the ultimate "sacrifice" to make the world a better place.

Ch 62 Even after being corrupted by the Death Note, Light continues to show a willingness to protect his family. Through the use of the Death Note, Light quickly begins to develop a cold and ruthless nature. As a utilitarian, he will use any means necessary to achieve his goals and ambitions. However, though his actions do put his family in harm’s way, he continues to show love and genuine concern for them. This is demonstrated when his sister Sayu is kidnapped and held for ransom. Light prevents Soichiro from taking drastic action in order to keep Sayu safe, in spite of knowingly increasing Mello's chances of obtaining the Death Note.

Additionally, the series shows that Light was not born remorseless. After relinquishing the notebook and losing his memories to temporarily avoid suspicion, Light demonstrates compassion, a reluctance to manipulate others, and an intense unwillingness to kill. Once his memories return, however, he reverts to his ruthless Kira persona and remains that way until his death.

Death Note 37 Final In the anime, Light appears to reflect on his actions before his death. The degree of Light's hubris and ruthlessness varies with adaptation. In the manga, Japanese films, musicals, and anime (at least before the final episode), Light is steadfast in his decisions as Kira and rarely expresses any doubt or regret about his actions or utilitarian beliefs. An example of this is shown early on in the series when he resolves, quickly and without hesitation, to kill FBI agent Raye Penber for tailing him, despite Raye not being a criminal. However, in the final episode of the anime, Light, defeated by Near and in critical condition as he tries to evade capture, appears sorrowful as he reflects on his high school self, seemingly during the moment he picked up the notebook. His true emotions regarding this reminiscence, however, are left ambiguous.[5]

Light's hubris and ruthlessness are especially downplayed in the drama and Netflix film adaptation. In these continuities, he appears less confident, demonstrates hesitation in killing the FBI agents investigating him, and even considers abandoning his mission when feeling cornered. Nevertheless, across adaptations, Light has consistently been portrayed as an idealist willing to go through extreme measures to defend his idea of justice.

History Light grew up in Japan with his family, which consists of his father, Soichiro Yagami, who is a member of the Japanese Task Force (an investigation team opposing Kira), his mother, Sachiko Yagami, and his younger sister, Sayu Yagami.

At the start of the series, Light is a third-year high school student (12th Grade) at Daikoku Private Academy and also attends supplemental classes at Gamou Prep Academy in the beginning of the story. He later attends college at To-Oh University (東応大学, Tōō Daigaku).

Plot Part I Finding the Death Note Light finds the Death Note Light discovers the Death Note. In the year 2003 (2006 in the anime), Light Yagami discovers a mysterious notebook on the ground at his school. Written on the cover are the words "Death Note". The Death Note's instructions state that if a human's name is written within it, that person shall die. Light is initially skeptical of the notebook's authenticity, but after experimenting with it, Light realizes that the Death Note is real.

After putting much thought into whether or not he should continue using the notebook, he ascertains that no one else will be able to bear the burden of improving the world. Light then meets the previous owner of the Death Note, a Shinigami named Ryuk. He explains his reasons for dropping the Death Note in the Human World, and when it is Light's time to die, he will be the one to write Light's name in his notebook. Light then tells him of his goal of getting rid of all the evil people in the world, and ruling over it as God.

LightConfident Light laughs at the notion of being caught. Light's killings reach a monumental scale, attracting the attention of the master detective known as L. The first conflict between Light and L happens over the television, beginning with the broadcast of Lind L. Tailor. L places Tailor as a decoy on television in order to trick Light, with the network stating that the broadcast is worldwide.

LindDeathManga Light kills Tailor by writing his name down. Tailor provokes Kira by calling him "evil", and, in a rage, kills Tailor with a heart attack.

Light thinks the ordeal is over, but the broadcast of Tailor is suddenly cut, and L's signature letter 'L' appears. Using a voice synthesizer, the real L announces that Lind L. Tailor was a decoy and a criminal on death row. He explains that Tailor's information was never made available to the public, so there was no way Kira could have killed him until now. L boldly taunts Kira, asking him to try to kill him, as Light stares at the TV, angrily shocked that he's been fooled. After several seconds, L learns that Kira needs the person's real name and face to kill the victim, otherwise Kira would have already killed him. L announces that the video was aired only in the Kanto area of Japan as a ploy to determine the location of Kira. L says that he is now speaking directly to Kira and tells Kira that he will catch him, then the broadcast ends.

Lvs.Kira L and Light declare that they are righteous. As Light ponders over this, he accepts L's challenge to him. He also declares that he will find L and he will eliminate him. The two announce their intentions, and both declare that they are "justice", with Light needing to avoid suspicion and capture by L all while needing to kill him.

The FBI Agents Soon after, now working with the Japanese police, L begins to lead a Task Force alongside Light's own father, Soichiro, in order to expose and capture Kira.

Light hacks into his father's computer without leaving a trace, and discovers that L and the Task Force speculate that Kira may well be a student. Light figures that considering one would be able to control the conditions of death using the Death Note, manipulating the time of death is possible as well. Light then begins killing criminals in one-hour increments in order to specifically contradict the "Kira is a student" theory, letting L know that Kira has access to police information, with Light's main goal in mind being the spawning of distrust among the police and L, as L will be bound to investigate the police now.

When walking home from school, Light is informed of by Ryuk that someone is tailing him. In order to prevent him from being investigated, Light is determined to kill his stalker.

Ryuk tells Light the purpose of the Death Note. A Shinigami gets extra life from killing humans with a Death Note, which is why a Shinigami can live for many years and cannot be killed in any other way. Then, Ryuk explains to Light that the Shinigami have eyes that allow them to see any human's real name and lifespan over their head. In addition, a Shinigami can make a deal with the owner of the Death Note to receive the "Shinigami Eyes" in exchange for half of that human's remaining lifespan, with Ryuk offering to make the deal. Light refuses the deal, stating that he needs to live for a long time in order to rule over his utopian world.

Suddenly, Light has an idea about how to find out the FBI agent's name. He decides to use his stock criminals in order to find out how specific the details of death need to be.

Light Yuri Date Light and Yuri on a date Light boards a bus with his date, Yuri, and Light's follower takes a seat behind the couple.

Prior to the date, Light had written the name of Kiichiro Osoerda, having him hijack the bus, then leave the bus and die of an accident after seeing a phantom. Osoreda boards the bus. The man pulls out a gun and points it to the driver, taking the bus hostage.

Yuri2 Light, Yuri and Penber on the bus Light prompts his follower to say something by passing Yuri a note which contains Light's plans to apprehend the busjacker. Light asks Raye to show him proof that he is not the busjacker's accomplice, forcing him to show Light his proof of being an FBI agent, along with his name, Raye Penber. Light drops a note, which prompts the busjacker to pick it up, only for the note to have been a snippet of the Death Note, meaning the busjacker can see Ryuk. In shock, the busjacker empties his gun and exits the bus, before dying in an accident.

Back at Light's house, Ryuk asks him if he's going to write Penber's name down in the Death Note. Light tells him that it would look too suspicious if he does so immediately after they met. In addition, he wants Penber to show him the names and faces of every FBI agent sent to investigate the NPA.

Light Slots Light follows Penber and gives orders with a transmitter. On December 27, 2003, Light goes to an underground section of the Shinjuku Station. Light figured out that he can write the date and cause of death in the Death Note without a name, and the Death Note will work when the name is added later. While wearing a hood to obscure his identity, Light appears behind Penber (unaware that it is Light) and tells Penber that he is Kira. Light threatens Penber by stating that non-compliance would lead to his death, the death of his love, and the deaths of his family.

Slots The envelopes containing pages of the Death Note Light asks Penber if he's carrying a laptop, and if he has a file containing the names of all of the FBI agents in Japan. Penber says that he doesn't have a file like that, and Light hands him an envelope. He tells Penber to hold onto the envelope, take out the transmitter and put the earphones in. Over transmitter, Light leads Penber through a turnstile in the western entrance at 3:11 PM. Penber enters a train on the Yamanote Line at 3:13 and takes a seat. Light asks how many FBI agents there are, and Penber says that he thinks there are four groups, totaling twelve agents. Light says to call an agent that is ranked lower than him and ask for the names and faces of all agents sent to Japan. Penber uses his cell phone and calls an agent, and then asks him for the name and faces of the agents. Penber receives the FBI file at 3:21 PM, and Penber is the second FBI agent that receives it. Light tells Penber to take the contents out of the folder he gave him, and Penber takes out four envelopes with ten rectangular spaces cut out of the left side of each one. Light says to write down the names of the agents into the blocks on the folders. At 4:42 PM, when Raye exits the train, he dies of a heart attack while turning around and seeing Light.

Light takes the files home and takes the pages of the Death Note out of their envelopes, revealing the times and causes of death for each agent. Each agent will receive the file and die at a different time.

Naomi Misora Light tempts Naomi Light speaks to Naomi. After the sudden death of Raye, Naomi Misora decides to take part in the Kira case herself. Having been told by Raye that he showed his FBI badge to someone during a bus-jacking, Naomi deduces that Kira must have been on the bus. In her attempts to contact the Japanese Task Force, she comes across Light Yagami. Light uses his father's status to his advantage, telling Naomi that he is Chief Yagami's son, which allows him to slowly win her trust. Cautious at first, she uses the false name Shoko Maki in order to protect herself until she can reach L.

Naomi learns Light is Kira Naomi learns that Light is Kira. After he realizes that this was an alias from the way Ryuk laughed, Light finally gets Naomi to reveal her name by saying that he is a member of the Task Force and is actually working with L. Taking advantage of Naomi's emotional state, Light gives the possibility that she could join the Task Force and help catch her fiancé's murderer. Light says that he will need to see a form of identification before she can join, and Naomi shows him her driver's license. Using a piece of the Death Note, Light writes down Naomi's name, resulting in her death by suicide. Her body is never found due to the specifications made by Light in the Death Note.

Surveillance Cameras As Light arrives home, he finds the doorknob of his bedroom (which is usually lowered by a few millimeters) is strangely at the very top, plus the pencil lead placed on his door hinge is broken. Not only that, but his bluff, a piece of paper, was strangely put back in his door. This has Light believing that L has installed surveillance cameras and wiretaps within his room. Light then bribes Ryuk with apples, asking him to find where the surveillance cameras are.

Light reveals he has hidden scandalous magazines and proceeds to browse through them in order to give off the impression to L that he is a normal teenager, and that the magazines were what he was hiding all along. During dinner, L has a message appear on TV, stating that the ICPO has dispatched 1500 investigators to Japan to investigate Kira, but Light sees through this bluff.

When Light is about to study for his upcoming entrance exams, he has placed a snippet of the notebook and a mini-LCD TV within a potato chip bag (which contains a flavor which only he out of the rest of his family prefers). While studying, whenever Light places his hand in the potato chip bag, he actually checks for criminals' names using the mini-TV then writes down their names. The main idea is that L would see that criminals have died which Light could not have possibly see, being busy in his room, studying. With this trick, Light manages to kill two petty criminals.

For the next few days, Light proceeds to kill more criminals, petty or not, in order to cover up the fact that petty criminals have died solely while he was studying.

Eventually, the surveillance cameras get removed and Light plans on finding L through his father.

Meeting L Light performs his entrance exams, when he notices a student sitting strangely on his seat.

He passes the exams, scoring perfectly, and is able to become a student of To-Oh University. Alongside another student who scored perfectly, who was the student sitting oddly earlier, he gives a speech. Noticing the strange behavior of this student, who named himself after the famous pop idol, Hideki Ryuga, Light feels annoyed at his constant chattering that concerns Light's character.

Light Humiliated by L Light, frustrated over L having revealed himself. "Hideki Ryuga" then reveals himself to Light as L. Light is shocked by this and is attempting to stay calm around this supposed new friend he's made. When Light arrives home, he throws a tantrum, and explains L's strategy, that should Light write down L's name using the alias even with the off-chance that it's real, the real Hideki Ryuga will die (since Light will have subconsciously pictured Ryuga's face), and suspicion will be pointed towards him. Not only that, but even if Light finds out L's real name, this L could very well be a proxy and suspicion from the hypothetical real L will be pointed towards Light again, as the timing will still be too convenient. Light accepts this challenge from L, getting excited over this upcoming battle of wits.

L asks Light to play tennis with him, and they do so, nearly evenly matched. During the tennis game, both of them ponder strategies. Light comes to the conclusion that L asked him to play tennis in order to lay the groundwork for future meetings which will essentially be tests; Light also plans on confirming that Ryuga is L with confirmation from the Task Force.

After Light wins the intense tennis match, L reveals that he is suspicious of Light being Kira, with Light still being forced to put up the act and pretends to be shocked. Light comes to the conclusion that, with this act, L is attempting to prevent Light from meeting with the Task Force. They hang out together at a cafe afterward.

At the cafe, L tests Light multiple times, with Light managing to evade L's psychological traps. L asks Light to help the Kira investigation; if Light is Kira, then L will be closer to him and there is more room for Light slipping up, and if he isn't Kira, then his great intellectual ability will be of use to the investigation. Light takes advantage of this by demanding that he meet the Task Force members to confirm L's identity in order for him to begin helping the investigation. Much to Light's surprise, L accepts.

Soichiro collapses due to stress, and both Light and L visit him at the hospital. There, through Soichiro, Light manages to confirm that the L who appeared before him is, in fact, the real L.

The Second Kira On April 22, 2004 (2007 in anime), in a broadcast on Sakura TV, "Kira" sends tapes stating that if criminal reports stop, Kira will kill police officers and reporters, and then demands that the life of someone in charge of the Kira investigation be handed over—the Director's or L's. "Kira" says to choose one and reveal them in four days and that, because Kira knows the Director's face, there are no special requirements; however, if they should choose L, he must appear on Sakura TV and give a ten-minute speech. "Kira" says that they will decide if the person on the news is L, and if it is decided that he isn't, Kira will take the lives of several police officers as compensation.

Light watches this broadcast, amused at the fact that someone else possesses a Death Note, likely with the Shinigami Eyes. Light figures this person is dangerous as they could tarnish Kira's reputation and their capture would be detrimental for Light, so Light figures he needs to join the Task Force in order to keep an eye on L as well as this fake Kira.

Light Headquarters Light at the Task Force. A few days later, L asks Light to join the Task Force. Light arrives at the hotel and appears surprised at the small size of the Task Force, and L tells Light that there are a few outsiders who know what happens within the investigation and only one can contact L directly. Light thinks to himself that if everyone in the Task Force dies but one, the killer is revealed, so he must find out who the outsider with the information is. Light is told to look over the papers of the investigation and then watch the tape without taking notes or removing anything. After watching the tapes, Light says that there may be someone else with Kira's abilities, citing the difference in criminals killed, as well as the fact that some were killed immediately after revealing their faces.

Light realizes that L would have told him his plan regardless of what he told L and that he set things up so that if Light didn't say there was another Kira, he would look suspicious, and if he did, he would help strengthen L's theory to the Task Force. L asks Light to help their case by pretending to be Kira and tells Light that only he is able to play this role, starting with writing a draft for the speech as Kira. Later, the tape is created and sent to various TV stations. The Second Kira responds with videos which contain indirect, and some rather direct, comments about Death Notes, Shinigami, and how they can meet. Light goes to Aoyama to find the Second Kira, but is unable to meet this Kira. However, due to having Shinigami Eyes, the Second Kira is able to identify Light as Kira because of her being unable to see Light's lifespan.

Light hugs Misa Light hugs Misa, successfully having swayed her. After finding out his address, the Second Kira arrives at Light's house, and Light invites Misa to his room and asks her to explain her actions. Misa says that she wanted to meet Kira because her parents were murdered in front of her, and Kira killed the man who did it. Misa asks to be his girlfriend, admitting that she wouldn't even mind if he simply uses her. Light agrees, intending to kill her after she outlives her usefulness. However, Misa's Shinigami, Rem, promises to kill him if he ever harms Misa. Light finds Rem to be a massive threat, as having limited control over Misa would result in her doing something reckless, not to mention Misa's capture could result in Rem killing Light.

Light has to now keep a gaggle of girlfriends so that his newfound relationship with Misa won't stand out, as L had already deduced that Kira and the second Kira have allied.

Misa goes directly against Light orders and, instead of meeting two weeks after their first meeting as Light requested, Misa meets up with Light only two days following their first meeting. Light uses this opportunity to convince Rem to help him kill L, promising her that it's for Misa's happiness. Rem agrees to do so, and Light said that she must follow his command only when he tells her to.

At campus, Light surprisingly meets up with L again, where L steals Misa's phone after taking advantage of a crowd. Misa is then taken away, with L revealing that he found DNA evidence in Misa's room pointing towards Misa being the second Kira. This is dangerous for Light, as Misa being the second Kira would point towards Light being the original Kira.

Imprisoned ChapterDN035 Light while incarcerated by L Light, now cornered by L, puts his master plan into action. Rem had already relinquished ownership of Misa's notebook to Light, wiping her memories and preventing her from confessing.

Light then swaps the notebooks with their respective Shinigami, with Ryuk being attached to the notebook originally owned by Misa and Rem attached to Light's. Light places two fake rules in the notebook Rem is attached to, one being that when the notebook is destroyed, anyone who has touched the notebook will die, and, most importantly, whoever doesn't write names within the notebook within 13 consecutive days dies.

Light instructs Rem to allow Kyosuke Higuchi to become the new owner of the Death Note she is attached to, then asks L to detain him. During his confinement, no criminals die, which strengthens the case for Light being Kira. Within seven days of confinement, Light gives up his ownership of his notebook, and consequently has all of his memories of being Kira wiped and altered. During his fifteenth day of confinement, criminals begin dropping dead again, and on his 50th day, the Task Force has L release Light and Misa.

Soichiro then fakes an execution by shooting Light and Misa with a blank gun, which convinces L to release Light and Misa from their confinement as Misa would have killed Soichiro in this situation.

Yotsuba Light accepts L's offer to join the investigation team to hunt down Higuchi, who has taken up the mantle of Kira. During the investigation of Yotsuba, Light works under the alias "Light Asahi".

ChapterDN045 Light, enraged at L for suspecting he is Kira, resorts to physical violence. L handcuffs him and Light together, displeasing Misa and Light. L suggests manipulating Misa in order to get information from her, but Light refuses, as he dares not to ever take advantage of someone's feelings. While Misa is resting in her hotel room, L acts lethargic about how catching Kira will be difficult, prompting Light to fight him.

Months later, while L is sulking and not working on the case, Light finds a correlation between the killings and the growth of Yotsuba, having the investigation believe that Kira is either within Yotsuba or working behind Yotsuba, and also leads them to the conclusion that Kira can kill through means other than heart attacks. Keeping watch of the meetings held by the head of the Yotsuba members, Light objects to L letting the killings continue, and poses as L and decides to call Reiji Namikawa, who agreed to help L and postpone the killings.

Misa eventually finds evidence pointing towards Kyosuke Higuchi being Kira. While L and the investigation team enacts the plan to take down Higuchi, Light keeps watch of the situation and follows L, eventually to the point where he is riding on a helicopter with L, and witnesses Higuchi's arrest.

While the Task Force discovers the Death Note, Light touches it, regaining his memories as Kira once again. In order to claim ownership of the Death Note he is currently holding, Light kills Higuchi using a snippet of the notebook within his watch.

L and the Task Force then find the 13-day rule, successfully clearing Light and Misa of being suspected, while L is still skeptical.

The End of L ChapterDN058 L's death Light instructs Misa to find her buried Death Note, which results in her regaining her memories. Light instructs Misa to kill L if she remembers his real name from when they were on campus, but Misa doesn't remember and so makes the Shinigami Eye deal again, which is what Light wanted in case Misa forgot L's name, as taking the Eye deal and halving her lifespan would pressure Rem. Light then instructs Misa to begin killing criminals again so that L would suspect Misa is behind the killings. This is in order to put Rem in a situation where she'd be forced to kill L in order to save Misa. Rem does indeed kill L and Watari, which results in her death, just as Light planned.

After winning the battle with L and taking his persona, Light gains control of the Kira investigation team. This puts him on the safest ground as his role as a second generation L, covering his identity as Kira.

For the next five years, by using L's database of criminal records, Light's judgments have become fiercer than ever. As a result, the world falls into a dark age in which essentially everyone now lives under the law of Kira. At the same time, Kira's support grows exponentially, and even entire nations proclaim their support for Kira. By the time the second arc begins, Kira has garnered the majority of the world's favor.

Part II Mello's Kidnappings After five years of everything going swimmingly, Takimura, the head of the NPA, gets kidnapped in exchange for the Death Note. At the same time, an FBI agent, John McEnroe, confronts Soichiro, and asks for the Death Note. This FBI agent also seeks cooperation from the Task Force to rescue Takimura from the kidnappers.

Light feels obligated to get rid of the kidnappers as well as the American organization as soon as possible, as they are currently the only people besides the Task Force who know of the existence of the Death Note. Light kills Takimura so that they no longer have a bargaining chip to trade the Death Note for, and it wouldn't look suspicious as one could easily assume the kidnappers killed him. However, the kidnappers then announce that they have kidnapped Sayu Yagami, which puts Light under pressure. In order to get help, he contacts the organization which John McEnroe offered to have them to talk to, and Light talks to Near for the first time, who introduces himself as N and is aware of the previous L's death.

L Number 2 Near letting Light know of him having knowledge of the previous L's death. Light tells Near the current situation and Near surveils the site of the trade using satellites. The exchange goes through, with the kidnappers gaining the notebook.

Near decides that he should chase the kidnappers on his own, only for his plan to fail as Mello uses the Death Note to wipe out more than half his team. Light takes advantage of this incident to trade all that he knows about the notebook for information on the perpetrator of the kidnappings. Near tells Light that someone using the nickname Mello, who is using the Mafia, is behind the kidnappings, and Light has the Task Force investigate Wammy's House, informing Light of Mello's motives.

The president calls Light, and Light figures out that Mello had blackmailed him. So, Light takes advantage of this to have the president organize a raid led by Yitzak Ghazanin. Light learns the location of Mello and the Mafia by taking control of the current Death Note owner and having him mail him their location. However, the raid fails thanks to the intervention of Sidoh, a Shinigami working with the Mafia.

SoichiroDeath Soichiro dies Light then has Misa send a message to the Task Force as Kira, that Kira relinquished ownership of his Death Note to one of the members of the Task Force in order to attack the Mafia and regain the notebook. Light had expected Matsuda to gain ownership and make the Shinigami Eye deal, but, unfortunately for Light, Soichiro does so instead. The raid commences and they regain the Death Note, and Light tells them to confront Mello. Soichiro threatens Mello rather than killing him, giving Jose the opportunity to shoot Soichiro severely.

Mello then blows up the base and escapes, but Soichiro manages to give out Mello's real name to Light. Soichiro then dies in the hospital, after seeing that Light's lifespan was not absent, proving to him that Light was not Kira.

The Battle with Near Fake rules? Near tries to make the Task Force members doubt Light. Light selects Demegawa as the Kira spokesperson, intending to spread Kira's word in order to gain more power to take down Near and Mello. Thanks in part to David Hoope's death and the battle with the Mafia, the United States submits to Kira and dissolves the SPK, the organization Near is running. Near, deducing that the second L is Kira, calls Light and claims that he has interrogated Mello, and that he learned that there are fake rules. Near disproves the 13-day rule, and gives pieces of evidence to the Task Force pointing towards the second L being Kira, instilling some doubt within the Task Force in an effort to turn them against the second L.

Mello contacts Mogi and tells him to follow Mello to New York, which Mogi does so under the supervision of Light and the Task Force. However, Mello has Mogi go to the SPK's headquarters, which puts Light under extreme pressure as Mello and Near are constantly pressuring Mogi into spilling information. On one hand, if Light lets Mogi live, he might spill information that would be detrimental for Light, but if Light kills him, it'd only incriminate him.

Luckily for Light, Mogi doesn't give away any information. However, as he can't guarantee that, and in order to kill off Near and Mogi, Light sends Demegawa and tons of other Kira followers to attack Near. However, Near uses L's inheritance to distract the crowd and escape.

Near lies to the Task Force, claiming Mogi had died of a heart attack. This stirs suspicion against Light, which results in Aizawa giving Near lots of information, which has him believing that Light Yagami is the second L and Kira, while Mogi returns to the Task Force. Light now expects tighter surveillance now that Near turned the Task Force against him, so he has Misa relinquish ownership of her notebook to Teru Mikami, who kills Demegawa for running amok, testifying his worth. Mikami then selects Kiyomi Takada as the new Kira spokesperson, who coincidentally had a past relationship with Light.

Light takes advantage of this to use Takada to talk to Mikami. He does this while satisfying the Task Force, under the guise that he is investigating her. As a result, the Task Force relocates their investigation back to Japan, with the SPK eventually following suit. During a meeting between Light and Takada, Mikami calls them, and Light manages to confirm to Mikami that Light is Kira, and Mikami confirms to Light that Mikami is the new Kira proxy via subtle communication. Light then says that all the Task Force's surveillance cameras and most of the wiretaps must be removed as per Kira's request. Light then privately reveals to Takada that he is Kira.

For the rest of his meetings with Takada, Light and her communicated by writing notes as the Task Force placed a wire on Light. Light instructs Takada to tell Mikami to forge a fake notebook and use that fake to write down names in public, while he sends Takada the real names so she can do the killings. Light's incentive is that, for his final confrontation with Near, he expects Near to swap his notebook with a fake, which is why he's already preparing a fake. Light also has Mikami say things in public, suggesting Ryuk hasn't been following him. This way, when Near touches the Death Note, he won't think that there is no Shinigami because the notebook is fake. Light's plan goes perfectly, with Near's agent, Stephen Gevanni, having swapped the pages of Mikami's fake notebook.

Near and light face off Near and Light subtly make declarations of their battle. Near, at some point following his relocation to Japan, calls Light to confirm his presence there under the pretense of cooperating in their investigation while subtly declaring his intent to challenge him. After Gevanni acquires the fake notebook, Near later calls the Task Force and informs them of a meeting Near wants to arrange in attendance with the SPK, taking place at the Yellow Box Warehouse. Light anticipates this meeting and revels in the idea that this meeting will be the day he can finally eliminate all his enemies and truly begin the creation of his new world. However, not too many days before the planned meeting, Takada suddenly gets kidnapped by Mello. Takada successfully manages to kill Mello, while Light kills Takada using a fire to remove any evidence.

The meeting between the Kira Task Force and SPK commences two days later, and Mikami arrives during the meeting to write the names of everyone present in the notebook, save for Kira's. Having prepared a fake all along, Light had expected to win, as he had planned things out so that Mikami would bring the real one. However, it is revealed to be a fake. Near reveals that Mikami had actually written down Takada's name after her kidnapping, not knowing Light did the same. This allowed Near to seize the real notebook that Mikami had used to write down her name.

DN 105 Light speech Light attempts to justify his actions to the Task Force and SPK. Light, after being exposed as Kira, attempts to deny it, but with his declaration of victory as well as the evidence Near provided, everyone is convinced Light is Kira. Light laughs maniacally and attempts to tell them the benefits of Kira's world, as well as trying to convince them that his intentions were unselfish and, thus, justified. However, Near responds by saying that everyone has a right to choose what they think is right or wrong, while Kira is simply an evil "mass murderer", killing people to selfishly force his personal utopia onto others. When Light scans the room to see what the others think, he is met with cold gazes that confirm their rejection of his new world.

Light then decides to distract everyone in the room by presenting the possibility that the notebook brought from the task force could be fake. While mid-speech he swiftly tries to use the scrap of the note in his watch to kill Near. Matsuda responds by shooting Light, interrupting him then berates him for driving his own father to his death for his vision. Light then tries to continue to finish writing the name using his blood from the gunshot wound. Matsuda, enraged at Light, shoots at Light multiple times, leaving him severely injured. The task force then disarms Matsuda before he kills Light in his fit of rage and also takes the note scrap as well so it couldn't continue to be used.

Fate Manga Light's Death (MANGA) Humiliated, Light dies an agonizing death in the manga. Light is left incapacitated both physically and mentally. Light yells for Mikami to write down the names of everyone present, but Mikami responds by asking how he is supposed to kill them with a fake notebook. This brings Mikami to the realization that Light is not "God". Light becomes increasingly distraught and begins asking for help from Misa, only to be told that she isn't here. He then asks for Takada and is told that she is dead. In complete desperation, Light begs Ryuk to help him by killing everyone in the room, yet Ryuk reminds Light that he is on neither side. Ryuk fulfills his promise from the beginning: he writes "Light Yagami" in his Death Note, and Light futilely begs Ryuk to reverse the process. He begins to panic, repeating in his head "I don't want to die," before the Death Note finally takes effect, thus killing him.

Anime Light's Death Quietly escaping, Light passes away peacefully in the anime. Upon seeing Light in a wounded state after being shot, Mikami commits suicide by stabbing himself with his pen, causing a diversion for both the Task Force and the SPK. Although weakened and suffering from severe blood loss, Light uses the last of his strength to flee the warehouse.[6] Following Light's escape, Near tells Aizawa, Mogi, Ide, and Matsuda that there is no reason to pursue Light, given that there should be no more hidden Death Note pieces and Light's wounds would prevent him from getting far. Aizawa refuses to heed Near's orders and has his team follow Light. After Light settles in another warehouse to hide in, Ryuk writes Light's name in his notebook. As Light silently dies, an illusion of L appears before Light, mirroring a scene following L's defeat at Light's hands in episode 25.

At the end of Death Note Relight 2: L's Successors, Aizawa and Matsuda are revealed to have found the warehouse Light has fled to; their expressions of shock imply that they have seen Light's body.

In other media Film series Main article: Light Yagami/Films Death Note TatsuyaFujiwaraasLightYagami Tatsuya Fujiwara as Light Yagami. In the film, a few changes were made to Light. At the film's beginning, Light is a first-year university student studying law instead of still being a high school genius like in the beginning of the manga and anime. Light's motives differ; his boredom trait does not exist, and he instead uses the Death Note out of frustration from the perceived failures of the Japanese justice system. Light, prior to his discovery of the Death Note, hacks into the government database and finds that the government secretly acknowledges that many criminals can't be prosecuted. Light discovers the Death Note in an alley during a rainy night after encountering Takuo Shibuimaru in a club and throwing a law book into the rain in a rage. Light meets Ryuk after killing Shibuimaru. Light has a girlfriend, Shiori Akino, who attends his university. Light kills Shiori at the end of the first movie to gain sympathy from L using Naomi Misora, whom he also kills.

Death Note: The Last Name After Rem "kills" L and Watari, Light writes his father's name in an attempt to kill him, an attempt that ultimately fails. The endings of both the second movie and the manga are similar. In the second film, after being exposed as Kira, Light asks Ryuk to write the names of the team members in the book during the climax. The police shoot but do not kill Ryuk as he writes in the Death Note. Light laughs until Ryuk shows Light the Death Note, revealing that Light's name was written in the book. Light tries to stop Ryuk, passing through the Shinigami. Light dies in his father's arms, begging him to believe that he acted as Kira to put justice into practice: justice, which Soichiro Yagami had taught Light since his childhood. The film concludes one year later on Light's birthday. Sayu fetches Soichiro and says that Kira helped reduce crime rates. However, she says that she does not support Kira as Light was killed by Kira (which is what Soichiro told her). Light is portrayed by Tatsuya Fujiwara, known for his role as Shuya Nanahara of Battle Royale.

Conception of Light in the films Shusuke Kaneko, director of the film, intended for Light to appear sympathetic at the beginning of the film; when Light first gains the Death Note, Kaneko "was careful" to have Light react in a manner "as you and I would." Kaneko changed the story involving Light gaining his first notebook as he felt that the audience "would have a hard time sympathizing" with Light if the scene remained the same as it was in the manga. Kaneko added that as he portrayed Light as "being enthralled" as he "becomes more cruel" to make the audience members feel that they could "do the terrible things he does" even if the members do not sympathize with Light.

Kaneko designed Light's room to reflect the character's personality by making it clean and neat and filling it with legal, criminal history, foreign, and academic books. The original version of Light's room included a stereo; Kaneko replaced it with a vacuum cleaner to reflect Light's "clean-freak self."

Tatsuya Fujiwara said that he felt difficulty portraying Light in the film series because of the lack of "action" and because Light has no signature mannerisms and therefore has his feelings displayed by his face; Fujiwara added that he struggled conveying Light's "incredible amount of intelligence" and that the performance would appear "very empty or simplistic" if Light received an improper portrayal. Fujiwara explained that he wanted Light to cry in a particular scene even though Kaneko told Fujiwara "Light doesn’t cry" since Fujiwara believed that the scene would feel "more honest"; Kaneko used the take. Fujiwara said that he "could understand" Light's intentions to create a new world even though "murder is a horrible thing."

Television drama Light yagami drama Masataka Kubota as Light Yagami Main article: Light Yagami/Drama Light receives major character changes in the Japanese drama, notably being less ambitious and intelligent than his manga counterpart. At the beginning of the series, Light is an average 20-year-old college student working part-time at a pub, hoping to become a civil servant and live a quiet life. He is far more prone to emotional outbursts, even crying when he feels cornered by L.

The Musical Musical Korean promo Light Hong Kwang Ho as Light (2015, Seoul) during Where is the Justice? Light is very similar to his canon self in the musical, and the story approximately follows canon up through Misa's confinement. Light does not volunteer for confinement, and the final confrontation with L happens soon after instead. Believing that Light can no longer entertain him after he has eliminated L, Ryuk kills Light in the final scene.

Light is portrayed by various actors for the different musical productions. Kenji Urai (浦井健治) and Hayato Kakizawa (柿澤勇人) shared the role in the 2015 Japanese production, and they will both reprise the role for the 2017 Japanese production. Hong Kwang-Ho (홍광호) portrayed the character for the 2015 Korean production, and Han Ji-Sang (한지상) is taking over the role for the 2017 Korean production. Jeremy Jordan voiced Light for the English-language 2014 New York studio demo recordings.

Light performs the following songs in the Musical:

"Where is the Justice" is sung by Light and his high-school classroom. Light also sings the first reprise after embracing his role as Kira. "Change the World" is the song he sings when he jokingly writes a criminal's name in the Death Note for the first time. "Death Note," aka "Hurricane," is the song Light sings once he realizes he has killed someone with the Death Note. "Don't Cross That Line" is a song Soichiro sings about his disapproval of L's methods with Lind L. Tailor. Light joins in as well. Secrets and Lies "Stalemate," aka "A Game of Death," is a song between L and Light at the Todai University entrance ceremony. Misa also joins in for a verse. "Playing His Game," aka "Into Him," is a song between L and Light during their tennis match. "Last Moments" is a song between L and Light during their final confrontation. 2017 American film Main article: Light Yagami/Netflix Netflix Light promo Light Turner In Netflix's American Death Note film, Light's name is changed to Light Turner and he is played by Nat Wolff.

Similar to the television drama, Light's intelligence is significantly toned-down and he is portrayed as an average high school student with standard academic ability, albeit skilled enough to be able to complete other student's homework assignments for pay. Unlike his manga counterpart, this Light is not as confident and is unwilling to kill law enforcement.

He also demonstrates a willingness to use the notebook for personal gain, shown when he murders a criminal live on the internet news in order to impress his love interest, Mia Sutton (based on Misa Amane). Nevertheless, Light still has a strong sense of justice in this adaption and, with encouragement from Ryuk and Mia, begins using the notebook to create a utopia. He adopts the name "Kira" as a way to throw off law enforcement into thinking he is Japanese.

Interestingly, Mia emulates the ruthless qualities that originated from Light's manga counterpart such as a willingness to kill law enforcement to protect their identities as Kira. Light eventually kills Mia after she attempts to steal the notebook from his possession, but this lands Light in a coma and in the hospital. After he awakens from the coma, Light's father (named James Turner in this adaption) confronts Light after deducing his identity as Kira. Light's fate at the end of the film is unknown.

German audio drama In the audio drama, Light's character is more or less the same as in canon, though there are a few minor character changes. Even before Ryuk first meets Light, Light speaks quite arrogantly about himself and his supposed mission, indicating that he has descended into his god complex a bit quicker.[7] However, Light's grief regarding his father's death is much apparent later in the drama, especially during his final confrontation with Mello, expressing pleasure in being able to avenge Soichiro's death by killing Mello himself. His death is the same as in canon, with Ryuk writing his name in the notebook after Matsuda shoots him, though Light is able to sense L's spiritual form right before his passing.[8]

Video games Jumpforcelight1 Light in Jump Force Light appears alongside Ryuk as a non-playable story character for the crossover video game Jump Force. When the real world begins merging with the fictional "Jump" worlds, his Death Note loses its power to kill people. He assists the J-Force, a team formed by heroes from other Jump worlds, with preventing the game's antagonists from completely merging the worlds together. During the game's ending, he acquires an Umbra Cube, a tool utilized by the game's antagonists, and voices his plan to use it "to make the world a better place."

Conception The following information is from Death Note 13: How to Read and Death Note /A Official Analysis Guide of the Animation.

Tsugumi Ohba: Writer

Takeshi Obata: Artist

Overview Ohba said that Light was "a young man who could understand the pain of others" when he first encountered the Death Note. Ohba said that if Ryuk had never developed an interest in the human world, Light would have become "one of the greatest police leaders in the world" who, with L, worked against criminals. Ohba described Light's life as "ruined" once he obtained the Death Note, and that Light became a victim of the Death Note "in many ways". Ohba described Light as bearing good faith intentions and having a "very conceited" nature, as reflected in his "warped" "desire to be godlike," whilst bearing love for his family, and intending to transform the world into "a better place". Ohba added that he believed that debating whether Light's actions were good or evil is not "very important", though he personally sees Light as a "very evil" character.

According to Ohba, Light sees Misa Amane, who he uses as an accomplice, as a "bad person" who killed non-criminals, so he acts emotionally cold towards her and manipulates her. Despite this, he keeps her alive even after her memories of being Kira have been removed for the second (and final) time.

Light's surname "Yagami" includes the Kanji for "night" and "god", while his given name is written with the Japanese character for "moon". Ohba stated that his editor suggested the family name "Yagami", and did not feel "too concerned" about the meaning of the name. However, during the final scene in the manga, in which a group of Kira worshipers appear under a moonlit night sky, Obha stated he "liked" how the final scene ended up creating a "deeper significance" in the name.

When asked about which character was most similar to himself, Ohba indicated Near and "maybe Light." Regarding Light, Ohba cited "because I did well in school." Obata said that Light was his second favorite human character and that he was not sure whether that was because he "liked" Light or because he drew "such an evil character" in a magazine for children.

The anime added further emphasis on the rivalry between Light and L, to the point where Light continued to fixate on L even after his death. According to Light's voice actor, Mamoru Miyano, though Light never saw L as a friend, L was the only rival that could truly "fill his boredom." Additionally, while Light initially celebrated L's demise, he eventually felt as though "his soul had been taken from him", causing Kappei Yamaguchi, L's voice actor, to believe Light was primarily motivated to start using the Death Note out of boredom as opposed to wanting to change the world.[9]

Design Obata said that he had "no trouble" designing Light as the character description presented to him: "a brilliant honors student who's a little out there," and was "clear and detailed." As the weekly serialization continued, Obata simplified the design by unconsciously removing "unnecessary" lines and felt that he became "better" at drawing Light. When Chapter 35 appeared and the editor informed Obata that Light lost his memories, Obata felt that he had to "forget everything he learned" and draw Light in a similar manner as he appeared in Chapter 1.

Death note 60 page 005 Adult Light in the manga. He was typically assigned a "lack of color" by Obata. Obata said that he used "a lot of effort" to design Light's wardrobe. According to Obata, he encountered difficulty imagining the clothing of "a brilliant person," so he looked through fashion magazines. Obata envisioned Light as a "smart and formal guy" who wears formal shirts. Most of Light's clothing in Death Note is "fitted" and Obata avoided jeans. In pages where Light was drawn in color, such as magazine or volume covers for the manga, Obata assigned clear or "lack of a color" to Light.

Lifeless eyes ep26 (2) Light's emotions were deliberately communicated through his eyes in the anime. Several creative decisions were made in the process of adapting Light for the anime. For instance, the color red was often assigned during scenes where Light demonstrates killing intent, especially during scenes where he is contemplating plans to kill his opponents.[10] There are several scenes where Light's eyes depict lifelessness, primarily representing his boredom,[11] though Miyano suggests the lifeless eyes may also represent underlying feelings of emptiness.[9]

Trivia Light Nendoroid-0 A Light Nendoroid figure Light is one of the Death Note characters that were made into Nendoroid figures. The Light Nendoroid comes with small Death Note and a pen which he holds and three faces: a laughing face, an angry face, and a normal face. In the anime, certain characters take on stylized hair colors while the viewer hears their thoughts; Light's color is red. In Death Note Relight 1: Visions of a God, an unnamed Shinigami appears in the Shinigami Realm. This new Shinigami asks the others where the rogue Shinigami named Ryuk is. Some believe this unnamed Shinigami was created with the intention of having viewers connect him with Light as a sort of reincarnation, though this isn't canonically possible due to the existence of Mu. 7 - Copy Light's crucified position Light is portrayed in a crucified-like position on the twelfth and final manga cover. This position is mimicked by Light during the second ending sequence in the anime and again when he is portrayed as a secret Nendoroid figure for the Death Note Case File merchandise line. Quotes “I'm going to make the world know I'm here… that somebody is passing righteous judgement on them.” (Chapter 1) “I'm a hardworking honors student who's considered to be one of Japan's best and brightest. And I… I will become the God of this new world.” (Episode 1) “This is interesting, Ryuga. If it's my friendship you want, I'll gladly accept it. In time, I'll earn your trust. And once you've told me what I want to know, there'll be no point in keeping you alive, then I'll kill you. With my hands if I have to.” (Episode 9) “You can't ever win if you're always on the defensive, to win, you have to attack.” (Chapter 20) (To Ryuk, regarding the Death Note) “I've never considered finding that notebook and gaining that power a misfortune.” (Chapter 22) (When Misa ambushes him) “This… is the first time that I actually want to punch a girl.” (Chapter 31) “I'm going to get more intimate with Misa and make her fall helplessly in love with me.” (Chapter 32) (After temporarily losing his memories) “The thing I hate the most is to trample on other people's good will.” (Chapter 37) “I've won... Exactly as planned!” (Chapter 53) “Under ordinary circumstances, humans should have continued to evolve as the greatest creatures upon this earth. But we were actually regressing... A rotten world. Politics, law, education… Was there anybody around who could correct this world? But someone had to do it. From the moment I got hold of the notebook, I knew that I had to do it.” (Chapter 105) “Follow the teachings of God and receive his blessings, and so it shall be that the seas again become bountiful.” (Episode 1) “This world is rotten, and those who are making it rot deserve to die. Someone has to do it, so why not me? Even if it means sacrificing my own mind and soul, it's worth it. Because the world… can't go on like this. I wonder… what if someone else had picked up this notebook? Is there anyone out there other than me who'd be willing to eliminate the vermin from the world? If I don't do it, then who will? That's just it: there's no one. But I can do it. In fact, I'm the only one who can. I'll do it. Using the Death Note, I'll change the world.” (Episode 1) “I'll solve equations with my right hand and write names with my left. I'll take a potato chip… and eat it!” (Episode 8) “Kira has become law in the world we now live. He's the one who's maintaining order. I have become justice. The only hope for mankind. Kill me? Is that really the right thing to do? Since Kira's appearance six years ago, wars have stopped, and global crime rates have been reduced by over seventy percent. But it's not enough, this world is still rotten, with too many rotten people. Somebody has to do this! And when I first got that notebook all those years ago, I knew I had to do it. No, I was the only one who could. I understood that killing people was a crime. There was no other way, the world had to be fixed! A purpose given to me! Only I could do it. Who else could have done it?! And come this far?! Would they have kept going?! The only one… who can create a new world… is me.” (Episode 37)

L (character)

Name L True Name L Lawliet (エル・ローライト, Eru Rōraito) Alias Hideki Ryuga (流河旱樹, Ryūga Hideki) Ryuzaki (竜崎, Ryūzaki) Eraldo Coil (エラルド・コイル, Erarudo Koiru) Deneuve (ドヌーヴ, Donūvu) Asahi Suzuki (スズキ, Suzuki) L-Prime (L: Change the WorLd) Yoshio Anderson (TV drama) Series debut Death Note manga Personal Information Species Human Gender Male Blood type Unknown[1][2] Date of birth October 31, 1979[1] (1982 in anime[2]) Date of death November 5, 2004[1] (2007 in anime[2]) July 30, 2006 (film series) August 2015[3] (TV drama) Age 22 (Death Note: Another Note) 24-25 Height 179 cm[1][2] (5' 10½") (estimated) Weight 50 kg[1][2] (110 lbs.) (estimated) Lifespan 75231362 51161121 (TV drama) Occupation Detective Organization Wammy's House Japanese Task Force Death Notes Used Ryuk's second Death Note (film series only) Notable kills Himself (film series only) Official Stats Knowledge 8/10[1] Creativity 10/10[1] Initiative 9/10[1] Mental Strength 10/10[1] Social Skills 1/10[1] Sweet Tooth 10/10[1] Appearances Manga debut Chapter One: Boredom Anime debut Episode 2: Confrontation Film series Death Note Death Note: The Last Name L: Change the WorLd Death Note: Light Up the NEW World Novels Death Note: Another Note: The Los Angeles BB Murder Cases L: Change the WorLd Death Note: Light Up the NEW World Film Novelization Video games L the ProLogue to Death Note: Spiraling Trap Death Note: Kira Game Death Note: Successor to L Stage Death Note: The Musical TV Drama debut Episode 1 Other media Full Metal Panic! The Second Raid (episode 6) Jump Super Stars Jump Ultimate Stars Voice Actors Japanese Kappei Yamaguchi (山口勝平, Yamaguchi Kappei) English Alessandro Juliani Jarrod Spector (2014 Musical Demo Album) Mandarin Jilu Cao (曹冀魯, Cao Jilu) Cantonese Wong Kai-cheung (黃啟昌, Wong4 Kai2 Cheung1) Korean Um Sang-hyun (엄상현, Eom Sang-hyeon) Tagalog Rowel Calma Spanish Roger Pera (Spain) Hugo Nuñez (Mexico) Portuguese Sérgio Cantú (Brazil) Catalan Roger Pera Italian Stefano Crescentini French Guillaume Lebon German Julien Haggége Fabian Hollwitz (audio drama) Hungarian Ottó Viczián Greek Vasilis Papastathis (Βασίλης Παπαστάθης) Russian Andrey Lyovin (Андрей Лёвин) Live-Action Actors Japanese Film Series Kenichi Matsuyama (松山ケンイチ, Matsuyama Ken'ichi) TV Drama Kento Yamazaki (山﨑賢人, Yamazaki Kento) Japanese Musical Teppei Koike (小池徹平, Koike Teppei) (2015, 2017) Fū Takahashi (2020) Korean Musical Kim Junsu (김준수, Gim Jun-su) (2015, 2017, 2022) Kim Sung-cheol (김성철, Gim Seongcheol) (2022) Russian Musical Yaroslav Bayarunas (Ярослав Баярунас) Brazilian Musical Arthur Salerno Luiz Gustavo Lopes London Musical Dean John-Wilson Carl Man (alternate) Netflix Film LaKeith Stanfield

"Kira is childish, and he hates losing. You guessed it... I'm also childish and hate losing...." L ("One")

L (エル, Eru) is a world-renowned detective who takes on the challenge of catching the mass murderer known as Kira. In his investigation, L becomes suspicious of Light Yagami and makes it his goal to prove that Light is Kira.

Appearance Lfull L's full appearance L is a very slim, pale, tall young man with messy neck-length black hair and black eyes. One of his most noticeable features is the shadow below each of his eyes, a result of him being an insomniac. L is always shown to be wearing a pair of blue jeans and a long-sleeved white shirt. He almost never wears shoes or socks, preferring to go barefoot, even while in public. This was shown when he visited Light Yagami's school and was seen barefoot while sitting on a bench, not bothering to wear his shoes until he got up to walk. L also tends to hunch over when walking.

Character L Symbol The "L" that L uses to represent himself L is quite secretive, and only communicates with the world through his assistant, Watari. He never shows his face to the world in person, instead representing himself with a capital letter L drawn in "Old English MT" or "Cloister Black" typeface. It is more likely to be "Cloister Black" as Watari's "W" is different in "Old English MT."

After meeting the Japanese Task Force, he requests that the Task Force refer to him as "Ryuzaki" as an additional safety measure. In neither the manga nor the anime do the Task Force learn his true name.

L is very intelligent, though his disheveled and languid appearance masks his great powers of deduction and many question his abilities upon viewing him. L tends to second-guess everything he is presented with, and is extremely meticulous and analytical. He is good at deceiving his opponents, and is willing to take drastic measures to solve a case. Some of his tactics are quite bold, such as having death row inmate Lind L. Tailor pose as himself on live TV in order to draw out Kira, while others seem bizarre to those involved, such as handcuffing himself to suspected-Kira, Light Yagami. He is also shown to have a dry sense of humor, and he isn't above making sarcastic remarks to people. Although he tends to be polite, to some (such as Task Force member Shuichi Aizawa), L can seem condescending at times.

Using subterfuge, misinformation, disinformation, and an analytical knowledge of human nature to help lure a suspected murderer into a false sense of security and possibly make him carelessly over-confident, L sometimes gets what he wants through abnormal or possibly criminal channels. Whenever L gives percentages to indicate how much he suspects a person of committing a crime, such as "five percent," he may in fact be over ninety percent convinced of their culpability. Although L tells Light that he is among the least likely suspects with one of the lowest percentages of probability, in reality, L is "pretty certain" that Light is Kira. As series writer Tsugumi Ohba said laughing, making light of L's tactics: "The truth is, he's a liar."

L L's preferred posture He also has several quirks, such as preferring to crouch rather than sit, eating only sweet foods (like desserts, candies and fruits) and holding items by using only a thumb and a finger. He also has an unusual way of sitting, with both of his feet on the chair. He claims that if he sits normally, his reasoning ability would drop 40%. Interestingly, in the manga, he is seen sitting on the floor in a pose similar to how one would meditate, while thinking deeply about the Kira case. He is often seen arranging objects and very intently stacking, or in other ways playing with, his staple food items. L is almost always encountered while performing actions that are considered inappropriate or rude in public. These actions/habits include biting fingernails, placing feet on furniture, slouching, chewing with an open mouth, talking with his mouth full, and calling out personal observations that may offend others.

With his status as the world's greatest detective, he, like Light, has a very sensitive pride, being afraid to be wrong in his deductions and theories, evident through his drastic measures (torturing Misa and confining Light during an unnecessarily lengthy amount of time), and lethargic behavior during the beginning of the Yotsuba arc.

Although he is often seen sitting and inactive, L retains a high athletic ability. L stayed in England for five years, and during that time, he was the tennis champion in the England Junior Cup. He also has a knack for martial arts, which is demonstrated in his brief fight with Light. In chapter 38 of the manga, L suggests that even though he eats only sweet foods, he remains underweight because the brain uses the most calories of any organ in the body.

L kicks Light L kicks Light When asked about L's ethnicity, creator of the series Tsugumi Ohba responded, "I think of him as a quarter Japanese, a quarter English, a quarter Russian, a quarter French or Italian, like that." Ohba said that L is the most intelligent character in the entire Death Note series because "the plot requires it." He added that he personally views L as "slightly evil."

History 008sH9TQgy1hqptt8kah5j30oj1bqk7i Concept art of L as a child with Watari in the anime. At the age of eight,[4] L was found by Watari and taken to the orphanage known as Wammy's House, a home for gifted children. Sometime after, Watari realized that L had incredible intelligence and later assisted him in his cases.[5] L became a detective at a young, unknown age and eventually gained a reputation as the greatest detective in the world whose opinion is highly valued.

Plot L notices the rapid rate of criminals dying of heart attacks, and suspects a person is behind this and that he is in Japan, so he seeks cooperation from the NPA. He begins the Kira case by having undocumented death row inmate Lind L. Tailor introduce himself on television as "L" and say that Kira is "evil." This provokes Kira into killing Tailor on the spot, which in turn confirms that the Kira killings are not a coincidental succession of heart attacks amongst criminals but the designs of an ingenious murderer who will kill any and all who try to stop him. It also reveals Kira's location, since the broadcast was televised only in the Kanto region. Not long after this, because of the time of day during which the criminals die coincide with out-of-school hours, he deduces that Kira may well be a student. Not long after this incident, criminals begin dying during one-hour intervals, intentionally contradicting L's theory, showing to L that Kira has access to police information. Because of this, he requests that 12 FBI agents investigate those close to each of the members of the police.

Shortly after the FBI's investigation begins, Kira begins testing his abilities using criminals and leaves behind meaningless clues, successfully distracting L from the agents. Not too long after this, all 12 FBI agents die at Kira's hand. This causes a large portion of the NPA to quit the investigation, only leaving a few members, Soichiro Yagami, Touta Matsuda, Hirokazu Ukita, Shuichi Aizawa, and Kanzo Mogi. L books a hotel room where all six of them can regularly do their investigation, and he gives them counterfeit police badges as well as belt buckles which allow them to contact L in case of an emergency.

EPIC L L in the manga, declaring he is "justice" to the Task Force L finds footage of the death of one of the agents, and the footage shows that Raye Penber, who was investigating the families of Soichiro Yagami and Koreyoshi Kitamura, was reaching for something behind him when he died just outside the train. Furthermore, the body of Naomi Misora, who previously worked with L on the Los Angeles BB Serial Murder Cases and was Raye's fiancé, went missing. L assumes this was the work of Kira because Naomi didn't seem like the type to commit suicide at the loss of her fiancé. Because of these two factors, Kira must be among those whom Raye was investigating.

L installs surveillance cameras and wiretaps in the Yagami household as well as Kitamura's house. However, L places 64 in the room of Light Yagami, Soichiro's son, whom L observes the closest. After seeing Light's alibi (which was that he writes a name in a blind spot whilst studying), L senses something is very off about Light, deeming him "too perfect."

Liaml In order to take his investigation to its next stage, L decides to enroll at To-Oh University (東応大学, Tōō Daigaku)—the same college that Light attends—using the well-known name of a popular singer and actor, Hideki Ryuga. L attends To-Oh because he feels confident in his reasoning and interrogational skills and wishes to test his theory concerning Light's hidden identity by confronting him and perhaps provoking or tricking him to admit that he is indeed Kira. L is well aware that this is something of a gamble, and knows full well that his act of direct confrontation could prove fatal, but as he's convinced he understands Light's thought process, he feels confident that the adversary will not yet risk revealing his secret identity by killing him.

When L introduces himself as Ryuga, Light becomes alert and somewhat alarmed but recognizes that it would be pointless to attempt to kill him—the name is conspicuously fake. Light has no way of knowing whether Ryuga is the real L or a proxy acting under orders. He also reasons that L would have already introduced himself to Light's father earlier, and thus, were he to somehow kill L, this murder would instantly unmask him, proving that he is indeed Kira. If this person proved to be L's proxy, and his name really was Ryuga, he might die, but L would live and know his identity, without ever having had to reveal himself to Light, so that L will have gained all the advantage. Also, while writing the name "Hideki Ryuga" into the Death Note, the face of the pop singer bearing that name might enter Light's thoughts involuntarily, and that would cause the death of pop singer Ryuga, which would also lead L to the obvious conclusion that Light is Kira. As such, L's expectations about the outcome of his daring opening gambit prove true, and Light finds himself in a stalemate situation, unable to act for the time being, as any attempt to rid himself of his hunters would result in confirmed suspicions, his subsequent and unavoidable unmasking, and, ultimately, his undoing.

L Tennis Manga L's loss against Light in tennis L plans on getting closer to Light by asking him to join the investigation; this way, if Light is Kira, he would be more prone to slipping up, while Light not being Kira would still benefit the investigation. L begins by playing a tennis game with Light, in order to have grounds to get closer to Light and begin asking him about the investigation; during the game, L concludes that Light will attempt to meet with the Task Force members in order to confirm L's identity. After losing the tennis match, in order to prevent Light from meeting with the Task Force members, L announces his suspicions, claiming his suspicions are only one percent high. L begins testing Light at the cafe, first by asking him about why L revealed himself, then about the file that the FBI agents received, and finally about three notes Kira left behind using criminals. Light passes all the tests and doesn't slip up, and so L doesn't bother trying to test him anymore.

L then asks Light to join the investigation, but Light takes advantage of this by claiming that he'll refuse to join the investigation unless the Task Force members confirm L's identity. Considering L wants Light to join the investigation and he has another countermeasure to keep him safe anyway, L allows Light to have the Task Force members confirm his identity. Suddenly, L and Light receive news of Soichiro having collapsed of a heart attack due to stress, and at the hospital, L has Soichiro confirm his identity, while also asking for Light's thoughts on Kira's identity.

After a while, Kira sends tapes to Sakura TV, which airs on TV. After Kira begins to kill innocents to prove the fact that they're Kira, the Task Force tries their best to stop the broadcast. After all the calls fail, Ukita attempts to barge in the station, only for him to somehow be killed. This shocks them and angers Aizawa as Kira shouldn't have been able to discover Ukita's name. Luckily, a recovered Soichiro barges in the station using a truck, confirming his safety, and retrieves the tapes from Demegawa, and hands them over to L and the Task Force. Judging from the fact that Kira can now kill with just a face and that Kira is uncharacteristically killing innocents, L speculates that this is indeed a second Kira who seeks the collaboration and attention of the first. Because Light's deductive abilities would be useful, L asks Light to join the Task Force. Because Light knows of L's identity, L has Watari pose as another L through a computer screen in order to prevent Light from killing L and the Task Force, as an outsider would notice their deaths should they occur.

Together, they both manage to have the second Kira, who wishes to have L seen on TV, respond to them. In one of the responses, the second Kira mentions "Shinigami," and since their existence isn't implausible to L considering previous events, L is shocked and unsettled by the idea of him potentially needing to change his worldview. After the second Kira sends a diary, Light goes to Aoyama on May 22nd under the guise of investigating, only for him to find nothing. On May 23rd, the second Kira releases a tape announcing that she has found Kira, which has L suspect Light further considering this is probably referring to when Light went to Aoyama the previous day, so L has Mogi secretly tail Light.

Judging from the fact that the second Kira now does not seek Kira's attention, L thinks that the second Kira and Kira have joined forces. After this, Light suddenly gains a gaggle of girlfriends, all of whom L investigates. L manages to discover that Misa Amane was ahold of these tapes thanks to the hairs and fibers on them. Thus, Misa Amane is the Second Kira. Her manager is then charged for drugs, and L meets Light again at the university. There, he meets Misa before she is detained. Because of this, Light is in deep trouble and he asks to be detained, and so L does so. During Light's confinement, no criminals are killed, which confirms to L that Light is Kira. During Light's seventh day of confinement, Light begins acting uncharacteristically as he lost his memories of being Kira. After fifteen days, criminals begin dropping dead again, and once 50 days have passed, the Task Force pressures L into releasing Light and Misa. However, before letting them free, L has Soichiro act as if he would shoot Light, as he believes that Misa would kill Soichiro in this situation. However, since she doesn't, L agrees to let them free.

Fv fj L sulking Still convinced Light and Misa are Kira and the second Kira, respectively, L handcuffs his hands to Light's. L asks Light to manipulate Misa into spilling information regarding the case, but Light refuses as it is against his moral code. While Light, L, and Misa are in Misa's room, L sulks over the fact that he has come to the conclusion that Light and Misa have lost their memories of having been Kira and passed on their powers to someone else, which would make solving the case very difficult. Frustrated with L's unwillingness to continue due to all that L has put Light through because of the case, Light punches L, and in response, L kicks Light before Matsuda intervenes and stops the fight.

After a few months of not working on the case, L is shown Light's research; Light deduces Kira is now within the Yotsuba company and that Kira can kill through means other than heart attacks. Shortly after, because of the fact that Kira has bribed and blackmailed the NPA to not oppose Kira, Aizawa quits the Task Force in order to support his family after being fed up with L, who lied to Aizawa about him having to make a choice, as L had already ensured that anyone who would quit the NPA to work with the Task Force would be financially secure.

22 L and the team watching over the Yotsuba members L hires Aiber and Wedy to help them with the investigation now that the Task Force is not a part of the police. Together, they all manage to concoct a plan, but Matsuda messes up by taking initiative and entering Yotsuba headquarters. In order to fix his mistakes, L tells Matsuda to fake his death. L takes advantage of his second alias, Eraldo Coil, whom Yotsuba hired in order to find L, to find out more information about the company, with Aiber communicating with them as Eraldo.

When Misa finds evidence as to who the Third Kira is, L is a little underwhelmed, but comes up with a plan to stop Higuchi regardless. L uses Matsuda as bait during a Sakura TV talk show to lure Higuchi onto the scene, only for the Task Force members to ambush him. Higuchi makes an escape, but with the help of Ide and his return, the Task Force catches up to him. L finally discovers the Death Note, how Kira kills, and discovers the Shinigami, Rem. Light and Misa regain their memories as Kira, and L discovers a rule, one where if someone doesn't write within the notebook within 13 consecutive days, they die. Despite this being a perfect alibi for Light, L still suspects him. Due to pressure from the Task Force now believing Light and Misa are in the clear, L releases Misa and removes the handcuffs from his and Light's hands.

In the anime, shortly after L releases Light and Misa from being monitored, L visits Watari to discuss something not known to the viewer, though it is implied it has to do with knowledge of his impending death. Later, he appears on the roof of the investigation team headquarters while raining, claiming to Light that he has been hearing the sounds of "bells," and proceeds to ask Light if he has ever told the truth. L then massages Light's feet as they dry themselves from the rain.

L Death Manga L's death After Light instructs Misa to resume the Kira killings, L almost immediately begins suspecting Misa again, prompting Rem to realize Light's intent to have Rem sacrifice herself to save Misa by killing L. L then argues with the Task Force regarding his plans on using the notebook to test the legitimacy of the 13-day rule. However, as L is about to confirm this plan with Watari, Watari dies from a heart attack right after he deletes all the data pertaining to the Kira case. Once L figures out Rem must have killed Watari, Rem writes L's name in the notebook, killing him as well. As he dies, L confirms his long-withstanding suspicions that Light is Kira, as the last thing he sees is Light's smug grin proclaiming victory.

Legacy L's computer triggers a message to Wammy's House notifying the staff members of his death. Because Wammy's House had the purpose of raising a successor to L, Near and Mello would go on to attempt to catch Kira, with Near doing this in order to avenge L and defend L's pride. Ultimately, the combined efforts of Near and Mello succeed in defeating Light. Near continues to think of L even after Light's death, with Near considering what L would do if he were handling the C-Kira case.

L illusion 37 Light seeing a vision of L Throughout the course of Light's mental battle with Near and Mello, Light draws comparisons between his former rival and his successors, often commenting on their perceived inferiority to L. In the anime, after Light's name is written in the notebook by Ryuk, Light imagines an apparition of L standing before him, as though L were "welcoming him to his death."[6]

In other media Film series Main article: L (character)/Films Death Note L (films) Kenichi Matsuyama as L in the Death Note film series L retains many of the same characteristics seen in the original series. At the end of the first film, L eats potato chips in front of Light; Light understood this to mean that L was still suspicious of him, as Light had used a potato chip bag to hide a mini LCD television from security cameras while L filmed his room.

Death Note: The Last Name As there is no time delay between the first and second films, the second film begins soon before L supposedly dies. Unlike the manga and anime, in the second film, his original "death," caused by Rem writing his name in her Death Note, does not take effect, as L had written his own name in Misa's Death Note earlier. It is his self-sacrifice that allows him to stay alive for a longer duration (as he supposed that Kira would kill him on that day), and allows the investigation team to apprehend Light. After Ryuk kills Light, Ryuk offers L the Death Note. L refuses, and Ryuk, while saying that L is boring, leaves.

Twenty-three days after writing his name in the Death Note, and after burning all the remaining Death Notes and having a conversation with Soichiro Yagami, L dies peacefully while eating a chocolate bar, with a picture of Watari lying right beside him.

L: Change the WorLd L: Change the WorLd chronicles the 23 days that L has left before he dies. L decides to solve one last case. He is in charge of stopping a deadly virus from spreading across the world. Ryuk comes to his aid on behalf of Kira's last wishes. Hideo Nakata, the director, told The Daily Yomiuri that he wanted to exhibit L's "human side," a quality which was not made all too apparent in the Death Note series.

Conception of L in the films MangamovieL Manga rendition of L's film portrayal Shūsuke Kaneko, director of the films, said that L's role was the most difficult to cast; as the starting date of the shooting schedule drew near, many of the "big name" actors had other projects. Kaneko decided to offer the role to Ken'ichi Matsuyama, "very much a newcomer." When Matsuyama spoke to him of his intention to "live as L," the young actor had "clinched it," declares Kaneko.

Matsuyama admits having experienced some difficulty in trying to portray L, and he worried about his performance. In the end, he decided to interpret L as an individual who does not "quite understand other people on an emotional level"—the actor reasoned that L rarely interacted with others, and as a consequence, his social skills and emotional expressiveness may not be those of a socially active person. Matsuyama, describing himself as "not very flexible physically," encountered difficulty in emulating L's postures. The actor also ate sweets that L would eat, and carefully considered the details of L's signature gestures.

Matsuyama said that he and Fujiwara became "so immersed" in their character portrayals, that they did not talk to one another while on the set; only when filming ceased did they converse, and they "went out for a drink or two."

Matsuyama described L and Light as having "such unique characters that they're impossible to understand" and that "the inside of L's head remains a mystery" to him. Matsuyama said that L and Light are "extremely" alike in that they have "very strong sense of justice."

Novels Death Note: Another Note: The Los Angeles BB Murder Cases In the novel Death Note: Another Note, the reader is led to believe L—under the alias, Rue Ryuzaki—is helping Naomi Misora solve a murder case. She was recruited for the case by L because she was on leave from the FBI. This Rue acts very much like L and shared many characteristics like crouching to sit and consuming sweets. At the end of the novel, the reader discovers that Beyond Birthday detective name B, who was another candidate to replace L along with Near and Mello, was not only the killer but also Rue Ryuzaki in disguise under heavy make-up. He was trying to make a case L could not solve to prove his superiority to L. In the book, the only certified reference to L was the phone conversations Naomi had with him to discuss the case. At the very end of the book, as Naomi was going back to work, she sees a man similar to Rue, who the reader is led to believe is L (and probably is, considering that Mello earlier stated that this case was the first time that L had shown himself in public under the alias 'Ryuzaki'). This man attempts to give Naomi a hug, which she counters in self-defense and sends him tumbling down a flight of stairs. She then catches up to him and asks him his name, to which he replies, "Ryuzaki."

It is revealed that, prior to the series, L once told Mello three stories regarding his previous solved cases—the Los Angeles BB Murder Cases, detective wars against the real Eraldo Coil and Deneuve, and the story of how L met Watari.[7]

L: Change the WorLd Although following closely the storyline of its film counterpart—with the exception of a few creative changes—the novelization reveals various attributes of L. It is revealed in the novel that the initial "L" has two meanings: L stands for "Last One," meaning no one could surpass or match him, but also for "Lost One," meaning a gifted entity who has dropped down, or was cast out from heaven.

The novel also states that L helped in the prevention of World War III when he was only eight years old.

In the novel, L takes a few capoeira lessons from Suruga. This is most likely a homage to the on-going fan speculation of L's capoeira like fighting style in the Death Note manga and anime.

Also, in the novel, L for the first time completely loses his composure and calm attitude: when Maki is kidnapped by Blue Ship, L breaks down and screams toward the sky after realizing that this was what Light meant about feeling helpless to protect the people he cares about. L also states at one point that "his heart hurts." His feelings about Light are also revealed, and it is described that L did consider Light to be his friend, going as far as holding on to Light's broken watch as a memento and saying, "Light, I'll see you on the other side. Let us explore the world of nothingness together."

According to the timeline that is presented on each page of the novel, it appears L was to have only 272 days left to live prior to writing his name onto the page of the Death Note. Based on this bit of information, it's obvious that L's remaining natural lifespan at the end of the second film would only have amounted to less than a year.

According to page 151 of the novel, it is revealed that the reason why L has acquired so many eccentric quirks is because of the heavy strain of upholding the name of L. From the novel:

How L did not and could not forget the faces of thousands of victims. "Who could comprehend the man who had lived his life, and had to live confronting all the lives ended prematurely, the tears of the grief stricken survivors, the devaluing of life as a daily reality. How was it possible to measure the pain of such a man? Was it a strain so heavy that L's back curved under all its weight? Was it an agony so terrible as to leave the indelible dark circles around his eyes? Was it a feeling so bitter that every bite he took needed to be coated in sugar? The chronically rounded shoulders, the inevitable dark circles, the eccentric tastes—L suppressed the pain of being a champion of justice, but the evidence of the pain was molded into his very body." L's detective skills are also explored. In the novel, L manages to disguise himself from Kujo and the Blue Ship members by wearing lipstick and putting on a women's wig. He even goes as far as playing the part, and calling Suruga "Honey" while in disguise, much to his annoyance.

Yonkoma Main articles: Death Note 13: How to Read and Yonkoma Death Note 13: How to Read describes L in the Death Note yonkoma as the "holder of the world's greatest mind" and having the "powerful ability to act like a fool." Death Note 13: How to Read adds that in the yonkoma, "it's like [L was] born to be mocked."

Musical Musical promo L Teppei Koike as L (Tokyo, 2015) L's role in Death Note: The Musical is essentially the same, but there are some notable changes to the plot. L does not create the Task Force; the Task Force is formed prior to his involvement, and Soichiro Yagami calls L in to assist on the case.

The ending is also very different. Light convinces Rem to not just write L's name in the notebook but to also write the manner of L's death. As written, L goes to meet Light at a warehouse in Daikoku Wharf and he takes a gun. Light reveals himself as Kira and allows L to touch the Death Note and see Ryuk. L shoots Light in the leg, but Light reveals that this is all according to what's already been written, because Light intends to make it look like L himself was Kira and Light exposed him. Light guides the gun in L's hand to L's temple, and L pulls the trigger and dies.

Musical Korean 2015 L 2 Kim Junsu as L (Seongnam, 2015) L is portrayed by various actors for the different musical productions. Teppei Koike (小池徹平, Koike Teppei) portrayed him in the 2015 Japanese production, and he will reprise the role in 2017. Kim Junsu (김준수) portrayed him in both the 2015 and 2017 Korean productions. Jarrod Spector voiced the character for the New York studio demo recordings.

L performs the following songs in the Musical:

"The Game Begins" "Secrets and Lies" "Where is the Justice Reprise" "Stalemate aka A Game of Death" "The Way Things Are aka The Unwavering Truth" "Playing His Game aka Into Him" "The Way Things Are Reprise" "Last Moments" Drama L lawliet drama Kento Yamazaki as L L receives major changes in the drama adaptation. Unlike his manga and anime counterpart, this live-action L sits properly, albeit with his feet on tables and his legs crossed, regularly wears shoes, and eschews sweets and candy in favor of energy drinks. He is also portrayed as far more bold, evident in episode 2 when he accuses Light and several other suspects as being Kira over the phone without even using a voice scrambler. He shows more emotions than L does in the manga, screaming during his fight with Light and laughing when he knows he has Light cornered.

L has a much closer relationship to Near in the drama, and the two of them regularly keep in touch over the phone. L is very wary of Near's "Mello" personality and does not hesitate to scold Mello when he comes out. It is for this reason that L attempts to keep Near sheltered, though he ultimately fails when Near escapes the Wammy House. The two spend time together in person, and L values Near's contribution to the Higuchi case and respects his establishment as a world-renowned detective.

Netflix film Main article: L (character)/Netflix American actor Keith Stanfield portrays an American version of L in the 2017 Netflix adaptation of Death Note.

Similar to the television drama, L's character and background have significant changes. Prior to the events of the film, L was raised in an orphanage in New York where he and several other children were trained by Watari to become the greatest detectives in the world. The orphanage was eventually abandoned soon after L's departure. L also rarely took time to sleep and ate nothing but sweets and required Watari's aid to maintain his health.

Towards the film's third act, L displays an aggressive behavior that causes him to shout and even break things when he is angered. When Watari is killed, L's rage consumes him and he takes a gun in an attempt to hunt down Light Turner to avenge his mentor, but is knocked unconscious by a Kira worshipper before he can shoot Light.

After being taken into custody by the police, L is able to avoid prison due to his contacts in the government, but he is deported and is to be sent back to Japan. Before his plane takes off, L remembers Mia's involvement with Light and he breaks into Mia's house. He searches through her belongings and finds a page of the Death Note with the names of the FBI agents on it. Out of anger, L grabs a pen and considers writing Light's name down.

German audio drama In the audio drama, L's character is more or less the same as in canon, up until his death in the later half of the drama. In a stark contrast to what was established in the canon Death Note rules, L goes to the afterlife instead of Mu, and spends the duration of the drama watching the battle between Light, Mello, and Near unfold.[8] At the end of the drama, L kills Ryuk with a special notebook after blaming Ryuk for causing Light to become a mass murder.[9]

Conception The following information is from Death Note 13: How to Read and Death Note /A Official Analysis Guide of the Animation.

Tsugumi Ohba: Writer

Takeshi Obata: Artist

Overview Ohba created L as a "force of justice" and a "super detective" who stands between Light and Light's goals and advances the story. Ohba believed that the story would not hold much interest if L was significantly older than Light, so Ohba created L as a young adult. Ohba said that for L's name he wanted to use a single letter with a lot of significance; according to Ohba, he considered "I" and "J" but decided that they did not "feel as good" as "L" and settled on it "after careful consideration." Ohba mentions having given L the alias "Ryuzaki" because L is pronounced like R in Japanese.

Ohba said that his favorite human character in the series was L as he believed that L was the "strongest" character in the series "besides Light." Obata also chose L as his favorite due to "appearance, personality, everything." He stated that he could never have created L and that he enjoyed drawing him. Obata added that because of this, L is not "real" to him, and he likes that aspect of L. In response to the question "Who was the most fun to draw?" both Ohba and Obata answered "L."

Say-wut-death-note-2219769-640-360 In the anime, L attempts to have a vulnerable conversation with Light before his death. During the process of adapting L for the anime, it was decided that his character arc would remain relatively the same as in the manga, up until episode 25, the final episode in which L appears. As a way to properly send the character off, several scenes and minor dialogue changes were added in episode 25 to emphasize L's relationship with Watari, as well as his rivalry and potential desire for a friendship with Light.[10] The added scene of L asking Light if he has ever once told the truth harbored the directorial intent of L trying to "stab Light in the heart" and appeal to his vulnerable side.[11]

Appearance Ohba claims he left "everything" about L's character design to Obata, who asked Ohba if L could be "unattractive." Afterwards, Ohba would include his ideas about the character into his thumbnails, including L's posture when seated, and notes such as: "he's English," and "he's listless." He also added details regarding L's mannerisms, and his "sweet tooth." Apart from all that, Ohba credits Obata for the character designs.

Obata described the thumbnail pictures of L created by Ohba as having a "plain face with no expression," and no "bags" under his eyes. According to Obata, the thumbnail design was "great, and I wish I could have used it as is." Obata drew L as an "attractive young man" until Chapter 11, when the character appeared in person. After Chapter 11 Obata decided to contrast L's appearance with that of Light's; Obata claims that both he and Ohba held this idea.

Obata speaks of his concern, during the development of the early manga chapters, that L would appear to be "so suspicious that Light would know instantly it was L if they ever met." When Obata's editor told him that he wanted L to have a face "looking cool based on the angle," Obata added black "bags" under L's eyes, and he cited Devilman's Akira Fudou when expressing his belief that black bags "looked cool." In addition, Obata thought of a "dead eyes" concept, which involved L having "all-black eyes" and "mostly no eyebrows." Although he believes that giving it such black eyes tends to make an animated character appear "goofier," he also thinks that the bags "sharpen the character's gaze." Obata suggests that the design evokes "a feeling of mystery" surrounding the character, and as a result, the reader cannot determine L's true thoughts. He adds that the bags under L's eyes also attract speculation about L's lifestyle and past, and describes the bags as "useful." Obata designed L with a "simple" outfit of a white, long-sleeved shirt and jeans in order to convey the idea that L does not put much thought into choosing his attire. In Death Note 13: How to Read, Ohba presented an initial rough draft of L, and said that, with a "cool expression" and without the "bags" under his eyes the rough draft showed "a totally different person."

While designing color book covers, Obata assigned colors to characters to "get the atmosphere right." The color he assigned to L was gold.

Mannerisms Obata has stated his belief that traits exhibited by L are best revealed "gradually." He is convinced that if he drew L eating "mountains of sweets" prior to revealing L's face, the character would not have "much credibility as a super detective," and people would question whether L was "crazy."

Obata mentions being told often that L's fighting style is much like capoeira; the artist claims that he did not consider this when he drew L's fights—he was simply thinking of the most effective method of kicking an adversary while being handcuffed to him. In Obata's opinion, if the style resembles capoeira, then this "adds another element to it" and "that makes me happy."

Trivia L's name, L Lawliet, was first revealed in Death Note 13: How to Read on a promotional card featured at the beginning of the book. Llifespan L's lifespan in the anime In the anime, certain characters take on stylized hair colors while the viewer hears their thoughts; L's color is blue. L's lifespan in the television drama is 51161121. L can tie two cherry stems in a knot with his mouth, as seen in episode 18. In the Death Note DVD Behind the Scenes, L's voice actor, Alessandro Juliani, describes L as an "enigma, and someone, that if you sat next to on the subway with you would probably move to the other side." In the Italian version, rather than using the letter "L" to spell his name, the phonetic spelling ("Elle") is used. In Full Metal Panic! The Second Raid episode 6, a character resembling L was briefly seen riding a bike. L Nendoroid An L Nendoroid figure L was one of the Death Note characters made into Nendoroid figures. The L Nendoroid comes with a chair, an extra arm holding a cell phone, another body of L but in his crouching posture, and three other faces, an angry face, a shocked face, and a face looking to the right. American R&B singer Christina Grimmie cosplayed as L for her 2015 music video of "Shrug." Two versions of the music video were made with the L cosplay being used in the "Dude Version." Quotes “Kira is childish and he hates losing… I'm also childish and hate losing.” (Chapter 11) “Well, to put it simply… I had prepared a little trick to test whether you were Kira… But I didn't even feel the need to use it on any of you.” (Chapter 13) “He who moves first always wins.” (Chapter 20) “I just can't sit any other way than this. If I sit the way other people do, my reasoning ability drops by 40%.” (Chapter 21) “The only thing I see is the abnormal strength of Amane's love for Light Yagami.” (Chapter 36) “Light-kun, please shut Misa-san up.” (Chapter 37) "Not satisfied unless you're Kira…? Yes, that may be true… I have just realized something… I wanted you to be Kira…" (Chapter 38) “Misa-san, take this seriously or I'll kick you.” (Chapter 46) “It's not a sense of justice. Figuring out difficult cases is my hobby. If you measured good and evil deeds by current laws, I would be responsible for many crimes. The same way you all like to solve mysteries and riddles, or clear video games more quickly. For me too, it's simply prolonging something I enjoy doing. That's why I only take on cases that pique my interest. It's not justice at all. And if it means being able to clear a case, I don't play fair, I'm a dishonest, cheating human being who hates losing.” (Death Note One-Shot Special) “There are…many types of monsters in this world: Monsters who will not show themselves and who cause trouble; monsters who abduct children; monsters who devour dreams; monsters who suck blood, and… monsters who always tell lies. Lying monsters are a real nuisance. They are much more cunning than other monsters. They pose as humans even though they have no understanding of the human heart. They eat even though they've never experienced hunger. They study even though they have no interest in academics. They seek friendship even though they do not know how to love. If I were to encounter such a monster, I would likely be eaten by it. Because in truth, I am that monster.” (Death Note Relight 2: L's Successors) “The killer is B.” (Death Note: Another Note: The Los Angeles BB Murder Cases, p 104) “Light wanted to live like a god. He didn't die like one.” (L: Change the WorLd) “Watari, now I want to live in this world a little bit longer.” (L: Change the WorLd) “Misa Amane… I hope you enjoy the remaining few years of your life.” (L: Change the WorLd, p 115) “Light, I'll see you on the other side. Let us explore the world of nothingness together.” (L: Change the WorLd, p 188)

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