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"Kira is kittenish, and he hates losing. You guessed it, I'm also childish and hate losing."

— L ("One")

L (エル, Eru) is a earth-renowned detective who takes on the claiming 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 Low-cal is Kira.

Appearance

L's full appearance

L is a very slim, pale, alpine young man with messy neck-length black hair and black eyes. One of his nearly noticeable features is the shadow beneath each of his optics, a event of him beingness an insomniac. Fifty is always shown to be wearing a pair of blue jeans and a long-sleeved white shirt. He near never wears shoes or socks, preferring to go barefoot, even while in public. This was shown when he visited Lite Yagami's school and was seen barefoot while sitting on a bench, not bothering to wear his shoes until he got up to walk. 50 also tends to hunch over when walking.

Character

The "L" that L uses to correspond himself

L is quite secretive, and merely communicates with the world through his assistant, Watari. He never shows his face to the globe in person, instead representing himself with a majuscule alphabetic character L drawn in "One-time English MT" or "Cloister Black" typeface. It is more probable to be "Cloister Black" as Watari's "Due west" is dissimilar in "Old English MT."

After meeting the Japanese Job Force, he requests that the task force refer to him as "Ryuzaki" as an boosted safety mensurate. The Chore Force never learns his true name, and it is revealed in neither the manga nor anime.

L is very intelligent, though his disheveled and languid appearance masks his smashing powers of deduction and many question his abilities upon viewing him. L tends to second-estimate everything he is presented with, and is extremely meticulous and belittling. He is good at deceiving his opponents, and is willing to take desperate measures to solve a example. Some of his tactics are quite bold, such as having decease row inmate Lind L. Tailor pose as himself on alive Idiot box in order to describe out Kira, while others seem bizarre to those involved, such equally handcuffing himself to suspected-Kira, Light Yagami. He is also shown to have a dry out sense of sense of humor, and he isn't above making sarcastic remarks to people. Although he tends to be polite, to some (such as Task Forcefulness member Shuichi Aizawa), L tin 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 brand him carelessly over-confident, L sometimes gets what he wants through aberrant or possibly criminal channels. Whenever L gives percentages to indicate how much he suspects a person of committing a crime, such equally "five percent," he may in fact be over ninety percent convinced of their culpability. Although L tells Light that he is amongst the least likely suspects with ane of the lowest percentages of probability, in reality L is "pretty certain" that Light is Kira. As serial writer Tsugumi Ohba said laughing, making lite of 50's tactics: "The truth is, he's a liar."

50'southward preferred posture

He also has several quirks, such as preferring to crouch rather than sit down, eating only sweet foods (like desserts, candies and fruits) and holding items past using only a pollex 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 like 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 means playing with, his staple food items. L is nigh 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 condition as the world's greatest detective, he, similar Lite, has a very sensitive pride, being afraid to be wrong in his deductions and theories, evident through his drastic measures (torturing Misa and circumscribed Light during an unnecessarily lengthy amount of time), and lethargic behavior during the beginning of the Yotsuba arc.

Although he is oftentimes seen sitting and inactive, L retains a loftier athletic power. L stayed in England for 5 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, Fifty suggests that even though he eats only sweetness foods, he remains underweight considering the brain uses the near calories of any organ in the body.

L kicks Light

When asked near L'south ethnicity, creator of the series Tsugumi Ohba responded, "I think of him every bit 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 unabridged Death Note series because "the plot requires it." He added that he personally views L as "slightly evil."

History

At the historic period of eight,^[four] L was constitute by Watari and taken to the orphanage known as Wammy's House, a home for gifted children. Sometime after, Watari realized that 50 had incredible intelligence and afterwards assisted him in his cases.^[five] 50 became a detective at a immature, unknown age and eventually gained a reputation as the greatest detective in the earth whose stance is highly valued.

Plot

L notices the rapid charge per unit of criminals dying of eye 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 example by having undocumented death row inmate Lind L. Tailor introduce himself on goggle box as "50" 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 casual succession of heart attacks amidst criminals but the designs of an ingenious murderer who volition kill whatever and all who try to cease him. It also reveals Kira'south location, since the circulate was televised only in the Kanto region. Not long after this, considering of the time of twenty-four hour period during which the criminals die coincide with out-of-school hours, he deduces that Kira may well be a student. Non 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 shut to each of the members of the police.

Shortly after the FBI'south investigation begins, Kira begins testing his abilities using criminals and leaves behind meaningless clues, successfully distracting Fifty from the agents. Not too long after this, all 12 FBI agents dice at Kira's mitt. 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 law badges as well as belt buckles which allow them to contact 50 in case of an emergency.

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 exterior the train. Furthermore, the trunk 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 likewise as Kitamura'due south house. However, L places 64 in the room of Calorie-free Yagami, Soichiro'due south son, whom L observes the closest. After seeing Light's alibi (which was that he writes a name in a bullheaded spot whilst studying), L senses something is very off about Light, deeming him "too perfect."

In club to take his investigation to its next phase, L decides to enroll at To-Oh University (東応大学, Tōō Daigaku)—the same higher that Light attends—using the well-known name of a pop 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 Calorie-free's hidden identity by against him and perhaps provoking or tricking him to admit that he is indeed Kira. L is well enlightened that this is something of a gamble, and knows full well that his act of straight confrontation could prove fatal, but as he's convinced he understands Light's thought procedure, he feels confident that the adversary will not yet risk revealing his secret identity past killing him.

When 50 introduces himself as Ryuga, Lite becomes alert and somewhat alarmed but recognizes that information technology would be pointless to endeavour to impale him—the proper noun is conspicuously simulated. 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 exist L's proxy, and his name actually was Ryuga, he might die, but L would live and know his identity, without always having had to reveal himself to Lite, and then that Fifty volition accept gained all the advantage. Likewise, while writing the proper noun "Hideki Ryuga" into the Death Note, the face of the pop singer bearing that name might enter Light'due south thoughts involuntarily, and that would crusade the expiry of pop singer Ryuga, which would likewise lead L to the obvious determination that Light is Kira. Equally such, L's expectations about the outcome of his daring opening gambit prove true, and Light finds himself in a stalemate situation, unable to deed for the time existence, equally any attempt to rid himself of his hunters would result in confirmed suspicions, his subsequent and unavoidable unmasking, and, ultimately, his undoing.

L'south loss confronting Lite in lawn tennis.

Fifty plans on getting closer to Light past asking him to join the investigation; this manner, if Light is Kira, he would be more prone to slipping up, while Light non being Kira would notwithstanding benefit the investigation. L begins by playing a tennis game with Light, in order to have grounds to get closer to Light and begin request him almost the investigation; during the game, L concludes that Light will attempt to encounter with the Job Force members in guild to confirm L's identity. After losing the tennis friction match, in order to foreclose Calorie-free from coming together with the Task Force members, 50 announces his suspicions, challenge his suspicions are only i percent loftier. Fifty 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 skid upwardly, and so L doesn't bother trying to examination him anymore.

L and so asks Light to join the investigation, but Low-cal takes reward of this by claiming that he'll refuse to join the investigation unless the Task Force members confirm L'south identity. Considering 50 wants Low-cal to join the investigation and he has another countermeasure to continue him condom anyway, L allows Lite to have the Task Force members confirm his identity. All of a sudden, L and Light receive news of Soichiro having complanate of a heart assault due to stress, and at the hospital, L has Soichiro confirm his identity, while also asking for Low-cal's thoughts on Kira's identity.

Later on a while, Kira sends tapes to Sakura TV, which arrogance 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 circulate. Later 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 detect 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 Job Forcefulness. Judging from the fact that Kira tin 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 start. Considering Light'southward deductive abilities would be useful, L asks Lite to join the Task Forcefulness. Because Light knows of L's identity, L has Watari pose every bit some other L through a computer screen in gild 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 take the 2nd Kira, who wishes to have L seen on TV, respond to them. In one of the responses, the 2d Kira mentions "Shinigami," and since their being isn't implausible to L considering previous events, L is shocked and unsettled past the idea of him potentially needing to change his worldview. Later on the second Kira sends a diary, Light goes to Aoyama on May 22nd under the guise of investigating, only for him to observe nothing. On May 23rd, the 2d Kira releases a tape announcing that she has found Kira, which has 50 suspect Light further considering this is probably referring to when Light went to Aoyama the previous day, and so L has Mogi secretly tail Light.

Judging from the fact that the 2d Kira now does not seek Kira's attention, 50 thinks that the 2d Kira and Kira have joined forces. Later this, Low-cal suddenly gains a gaggle of girlfriends, all of whom Fifty investigates. L manages to observe that Misa Amane was ahold of these tapes cheers to the hairs and fibers on them. Thus, Misa Amane is the 2nd Kira. Her manager is so charged for drugs, and Fifty meets Light over again at the university. There, he meets Misa before she is detained. Considering of this, Lite is in deep trouble and he asks to be detained, and so Fifty does so. During Light's confinement, no criminals are killed, which confirms to L that Light is Kira. During Light's seventh solar day of confinement, Light begins interim uncharacteristically as he lost his memories of beingness Kira. After fifteen days, criminals brainstorm dropping expressionless once more, and once 50 days have passed, the Task Forcefulness pressures L into releasing Lite and Misa. Yet, before letting them costless, 50 has Soichiro act as if he would shoot Low-cal, every bit he believes that Misa would kill Soichiro in this situation. However, since she doesn't, Fifty agrees to let them free.

50 sulking.

Still convinced Lite and Misa are Kira and the second Kira, respectively, 50 handcuffs his hands to Light's. L asks Low-cal to manipulate Misa into spilling information regarding the case, but Light refuses as it is against his moral lawmaking. While Light, Fifty, and Misa are in Misa's room, 50 sulks over the fact that he has come to the conclusion that Light and Misa take 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 50'due south unwillingness to continue due to all that L has put Light through because of the example, Light punches L, and in response, L kicks Light before Matsuda intervenes and stops the fight.

After a few months of non working on the instance, 50 is shown Light's research; Light deduces Kira is now inside the Yotsuba visitor and that Kira can impale 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 back up his family unit after being fed up with L, who lied to Aizawa about him having to make a selection, as L had already ensured that anyone who would quit the NPA to work with the Task Forcefulness would exist financially secure.

50 and the team watching over the Yotsuba members.

L hires Aiber and Wedy to help them with the investigation now that the Chore 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 Roll, whom Yotsuba hired in club to find Fifty, to find out more information most the company, with Aiber communicating with them as Eraldo.

When Misa finds evidence equally to who the 3rd Kira is, L is a petty underwhelmed, but comes up with a programme to end Higuchi regardless. Fifty uses Matsuda every bit bait during a Sakura Telly talk show to lure Higuchi onto the scene, merely for the Task Force members to ambush him. Higuchi makes an escape, simply with the help of Ide and his return, the Chore Force catches upwards to him. L finally discovers the Decease Note, how Kira kills, and discovers the Shinigami, Rem. Calorie-free and Misa regain their memories as Kira, and L discovers a rule, i where if someone doesn't write within the notebook inside thirteen 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 Lite and Misa are in the clear, Fifty releases Misa and removes the handcuffs from his and Light'due south hands.

Fifty stands out in the pelting, hearing the "bells," and massages Light's feet after doing and so. (This has happened only in the anime and is absent from the manga. Many fans interpret this as L having noesis of his premature death.)

A few killings after Misa's release, the killings from Kira start up again, resulting in Fifty quarreling with the Task Force as he plans on using the notebook to test the legitimacy of the 13-day rule. Notwithstanding, but then, Watari has died, as he noticed all the data apropos the Kira example has been deleted. In one case L figures out Rem must accept killed Watari, Rem writes Fifty's name in the notebook, killing him. Equally 50 has a heart attack, Light catches 50 and holds him by the arms, allowing L to see Calorie-free'due south smug smirk to show that he was indeed Kira the whole time.

Fifty's decease in the anime.

Considering of Wammy's House attempting to raise a successor to Fifty, Near and Mello endeavour to catch Kira, with Nigh doing this in order to avenge Fifty and defend his pride. During some of his interactions with Nigh and Mello, Light remembers L. Ultimately, the combined efforts of Near and Mello succeed in defeating Light.

In other media

Motion-picture show serial

Expiry Notation

Kenichi Matsuyama as Fifty in the Decease Note film series

L retains many of the aforementioned characteristics seen in the original series. At the terminate of the kickoff moving-picture show, L eats murphy fries in front end of Calorie-free; Low-cal understood this to mean that L was still suspicious of him, every bit Light had used a potato chip bag to hide a mini LCD television set from security cameras while L filmed his room.

Death Note: The Final 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 Decease Annotation, does non take outcome, every bit L had written his own name in Misa'due south Death Notation earlier. It is his cocky-sacrifice that allows him to stay alive for a longer elapsing (as he supposed that Kira would kill him on that day), and allows the investigation team to auscultate Lite. After Ryuk kills Low-cal, Ryuk offers L the Expiry Note. L refuses, and Ryuk, while maxim that L is boring, leaves.

Twenty-iii days afterwards writing his name in the Death Note, and subsequently 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: Modify the WorLd chronicles the 23 days that L has left before he dies. L decides to solve ane last example. 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 manager, told The Daily Yomiuri that he wanted to exhibit 50'south "human side," a quality which was non made all too apparent in the Death Note series.

Conception of L in the films

Manga rendition of L'due south motion-picture show portrayal

Shūsuke Kaneko, director of the films, said that L's function was the well-nigh difficult to cast; as the starting appointment 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 "alive as L," the immature player 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 Fifty as an individual who does not "quite empathize other people on an emotional level"—the thespian reasoned that Fifty rarely interacted with others, and as a consequence, his social skills and emotional expressiveness may not exist those of a socially active person. Matsuyama, describing himself every bit "not very flexible physically," encountered difficulty in emulating 50's postures. The actor besides ate sweets that Fifty would swallow, and advisedly considered the details of 50'south signature gestures.

Matsuyama said that he and Fujiwara became "so immersed" in their graphic symbol portrayals, that they did not talk to one another while on the prepare; just 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 incommunicable to sympathize" and that "the inside of L's head remains a mystery" to him. Matsuyama said that L and Light are "extremely" akin in that they have "very stiff sense of justice."

Novels

Expiry Notation: Another Note: The Los Angeles BB Murder Cases

In the novel Decease Annotation: Some other Note, the reader is led to believe Fifty—under the allonym, 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 similar Fifty 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 forth with About and Mello, was non just the killer but also Rue Ryuzaki in disguise nether heavy make-up. He was trying to make a case L could not solve to bear witness his superiority to L. In the volume the just certified reference to L was the phone conversations Naomi had with him to discuss the case. At the very finish of the book, as Naomi was going back to work, she sees a human similar to Rue, who the reader is led to believe is 50 (and probably is, considering that Mello earlier stated that this case was the first fourth dimension that L had shown himself in public nether the allonym 'Ryuzaki'). This man attempts to requite Naomi a hug, which she counters in self-defense force and sends him tumbling down a flight of stairs. She then catches up to him and asks him his proper noun, 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 confronting the real Eraldo Curlicue and Deneuve, and the story of how L met Watari.^[vi]

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 I," meaning no one could surpass or match him, but also for "Lost I," meaning a gifted entity who has dropped downward, or was cast out from heaven.

The novel too states that L helped in the prevention of Earth War Iii when he was only viii years old.

In the novel, L takes a few capoeira lessons from Suruga. This is most probable 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 sophistication and calm mental attitude: when Maki is kidnapped by Blue Ship, L breaks down and screams toward the sky afterward realizing that this was what Light meant about feeling helpless to protect the people he cares nearly. L too states at one point that "his heart hurts." His feelings about Low-cal are also revealed, and it is described that L did consider Light to be his friend, going as far as holding on to Light'south broken sentinel as a memento and maxim, "Light, I'll come across you lot 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 merely 272 days left to live prior to writing his name onto the page of the Death Note. Based on this fleck of information it'south obvious that L'south remaining natural lifespan at the end of the second picture would only have amounted to less than a yr.

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

How Fifty 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 against all the lives ended prematurely, the tears of the grief stricken survivors, the devaluing of life every bit a daily reality. How was it possible to measure the hurting of such a man? Was it a strain and so heavy that L's back curved nether all its weight? Was it an desperation and then terrible as to leave the indelible dark circles around his eyes? Was information technology a feeling so biting that every bite he took needed to be coated in saccharide? The chronically rounded shoulders, the inevitable night circles, the eccentric tastes—L suppressed the pain of being a champion of justice, but the evidence of the hurting was molded into his very body."

L'south detective skills are also explored. In the novel 50 manages to disguise himself from Kujo and the Blue Transport 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

Primary manufactures: Expiry Note 13: How to Read and Yonkoma

Death Notation 13: How to Read describes L in the Death Note yonkoma as the "holder of the world's greatest heed" and having the "powerful ability to human activity like a fool." Expiry Note 13: How to Read adds that in the yonkoma, "it's like [Fifty was] born to be mocked."

Musical

Teppei Koike as L (Tokyo, 2015)

L's role in Expiry Note: The Musical is essentially the same, merely in that location are some notable changes to the plot. L does not create the Task Force; the Task Strength is formed prior to his involvement, and Soichiro Yagami calls L in to assist on the instance.

The catastrophe is besides very different. Light convinces Rem to not only write L's name in the notebook but to also write the manner of L's death. As written, Fifty goes to meet Light at a warehouse in Daikoku Wharf and he takes a gun. Light reveals himself as Kira and allows 50 to touch the Death Note and come across Ryuk. 50 shoots Low-cal in the leg, but Light reveals that this is all according to what's already been written, considering Light intends to make it look like L himself was Kira and Light exposed him. Light guides the gun in L'south hand to L's temple, and L pulls the trigger and dies.

Kim Junsu as L (Seongnam, 2015)

L is portrayed by diverse actors for the different musical productions. Teppei Koike (小池徹平, Koike Teppei) portrayed him in the 2015 Japanese product, and he volition reprise the office 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.

50 performs the following songs in the Musical:

• "The Game Begins"
• "Secrets and Lies"
• "Where is the Justice Reprise"
• "Stalemate aka A Game of Expiry"
• "The Way Things Are aka The Unwavering Truth"
• "Playing His Game aka Into Him"
• "The Fashion Things Are Reprise"
• "Terminal Moments"

Drama

Kento Yamazaki as 50

L receives major changes in the drama adaptation. Dissimilar his manga and anime analogue, this live-action L sits properly, admitting with his feet on tables and his legs crossed, regularly wears shoes, and eschews sweets and candy in favour of energy drinks. He is also portrayed equally far more than bold, axiomatic in episode 2 when he accuses Light and several other suspects as being Kira over the phone without even using a vox scrambler. He shows more emotions than Fifty 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 ii of them regularly continue in touch over the phone. L is very wary of Well-nigh's "Mello" personality and does not hesitate to scold Mello when he comes out. It is for this reason that L attempts to go on Near sheltered, though he ultimately fails when Nearly escapes the Wammy Firm. The two spend time together in person, and L values Near'southward contribution to the Higuchi case and respects his establishment every bit a globe-renowned detective.

Netflix picture

American histrion Keith Stanfield portrays an American version of L in the 2017 Netflix adaptation of Decease Note.

Similar to the boob tube drama, L'southward character and background have pregnant changes. Prior to the events of the moving picture, 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 somewhen abandoned soon afterwards L's divergence. L also rarely took fourth dimension to sleep and ate nothing only sweets and required Watari'due south aid to maintain his health.

Towards the flick'southward third human activity, L displays an aggressive behavior that causes him to shout and even suspension 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 tin can shoot Calorie-free.

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

Conception

The following data is from Death Note thirteen: How to Read.

Tsugumi Ohba: Author

Takeshi Obata: Artist

Overview

Ohba created L as a "forcefulness of justice" and a "super detective" who stands between Calorie-free and Light's goals and advances the story. Ohba believed that the story would not agree much involvement if L was significantly older than Low-cal, so Ohba created L as a young adult. Ohba said that for L's proper name he wanted to utilise a single letter with a lot of significance; according to Ohba, he considered "I" and "J" merely decided that they did not "feel as skilful" as "L" and settled on information technology "afterward careful consideration." Ohba mentions having given 50 the allonym "Ryuzaki" because L is pronounced similar R in Japanese.

Ohba said that his favorite human character in the series was L equally he believed that L was the "strongest" graphic symbol in the series "likewise Low-cal." Obata as well chose L as his favorite due to "appearance, personality, everything." He stated that he could never accept 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 Fifty. In response to the question "Who was the most fun to depict?" both Ohba and Obata answered "L."

Appearance

Ohba claims he left "everything" about L's character design to Obata, who asked Ohba if Fifty could be "unattractive." Afterwards, Ohba would include his ideas nigh the graphic symbol into his thumbnails, including 50's posture when seated, and notes such as: "he's English," and "he'south listless." He also added details regarding L's mannerisms, and his "sweet tooth." Apart from all that, Ohba credits Obata for the grapheme designs.

Obata described the thumbnail pictures of L created by Ohba as having a "plain face with no expression," and no "bags" nether his optics. Co-ordinate to Obata, the thumbnail design was "smashing, and I wish I could take used it as is." Obata drew L every bit an "attractive young man" until Chapter 11, when the character appeared in person. Subsequently Chapter eleven Obata decided to contrast 50's appearance with that of Low-cal's; Obata claims that both he and Ohba held this idea.

Obata speaks of his concern, during the evolution of the early manga chapters, that L would appear to be "so suspicious that Low-cal would know instantly it was L if they ever met." When Obata's editor told him that he wanted 50 to have a face "looking absurd 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 numberless "looked absurd." In addition, Obata thought of a "dead optics" concept, which involved L having "all-black eyes" and "mostly no eyebrows." Although he believes that giving it such black optics tends to make an blithe grapheme appear "goofier," he too thinks that the numberless "sharpen the character'south gaze." Obata suggests that the design evokes "a feeling of mystery" surrounding the character, and as a upshot, the reader cannot decide 50'southward true thoughts. He adds that the bags nether L's eyes also concenter speculation most Fifty'south lifestyle and past, and describes the numberless as "useful." Obata designed Fifty 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 Expiry Note thirteen: How to Read, Ohba presented an initial crude draft of 50, and said that, with a "absurd expression" and without the "bags" nether his eyes the crude draft showed "a totally dissimilar person."

While designing color volume covers, Obata assigned colors to characters to "become the temper right." The color he assigned to L was gilt.

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 accept "much credibility as a super detective," and people would question whether L was "crazy."

Obata mentions being told oftentimes that L'south 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 nearly effective method of kicking an adversary while being handcuffed to him. In Obata's stance, if the mode resembles capoeira, then this "adds another element to information technology" and "that makes me happy."

Trivia

• 50'due south name, L Lawliet, was first revealed in Expiry Note thirteen: How to Read on a promotional card featured at the offset of the book.

L's lifespan in the anime

• In the anime, certain characters take on stylized hair colors while the viewer hears their thoughts; 50's color is blue.
• Fifty's lifespan in the telly drama is 51161121.
• 50 tin necktie two cherry stems in a knot with his mouth, every bit seen in episode xviii.
• In the Death Note DVD Behind the Scenes, L's voice player, Alessandro Juliani, describes L as an "enigma, and someone, that if you sat side by side to on the subway with you would probably move to the other side."
• In the Italian version, rather than using the letter "50" to spell his name, the phonetic spelling ("Elle") is used.
• In Full Metallic Panic! The Second Raid episode 6, a character resembling 50 was briefly seen riding a cycle.

An Fifty Nendoroid figure

• 50 was 1 of the Death Note characters fabricated into Nendoroid figures. The L Nendoroid comes with a chair, an extra arm holding a cell phone, some other trunk of L but in his crouching posture, and 3 other faces, an angry face, a shocked face, and a face looking to the correct.
• American R&B singer Christina Grimmie cosplayed as L for her 2015 music video of "Shrug." Two versions of the music video were fabricated with the 50 cosplay being used in the "Dude Version."

Quotes

• "Kira is childish and he hates losing… I'm also kittenish and hate losing." (Chapter eleven)
• "Well, to put information technology simply… I had prepared a niggling play tricks to test whether you lot were Kira… Only I didn't fifty-fifty feel the need to use information technology on whatever of you." (Affiliate xiii)
• "He who moves first always wins." (Affiliate 20)
• "I just can't sit any other way than this. If I sit down the way other people do, my reasoning power drops by twoscore%." (Affiliate 21)
• "The only thing I encounter is the abnormal strength of Amane's love for Light Yagami." (Chapter 36)
• "Lite-kun, please shut Misa-san upward." (Chapter 37)
• "Not satisfied unless you're Kira…? Yes, that may be truthful… I take just realized something… I wanted you to exist Kira…" (Affiliate 38)
• "Misa-san, take this seriously or I'll kick you." (Chapter 46)
• "It'south non 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 fashion yous all like to solve mysteries and riddles, or clear video games more rapidly. For me also, it'southward just prolonging something I relish doing. That's why I but take on cases that pique my interest. It's not justice at all. And if information technology means being able to clear a instance, I don't play fair, I'm a dishonest, adulterous man existence who hates losing." (Death Note 1-Shot Special)
• "There are…many types of monsters in this world: Monsters who will non show themselves and who cause trouble; monsters who abduct children; monsters who devour dreams; monsters who suck claret, and… monsters who always tell lies. Lying monsters are a real nuisance. They are much more than cunning than other monsters. They pose every bit humans fifty-fifty though they have no agreement of the human center. They eat even though they've never experienced hunger. They study fifty-fifty 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 probable be eaten past it. Because in truth, I am that monster." (Death Note Relight 2: L's Successors)
• "The killer is B." (Decease Note: Another Note: The Los Angeles BB Murder Cases, p 104)
• "Light wanted to alive like a god. He didn't dice like one." (Fifty: Change the WorLd)
• "Watari, now I want to live in this globe a lilliputian bit longer." (Fifty: Change the WorLd)
• "Misa Amane… I hope you enjoy the remaining few years of your life." (50: Change the WorLd, p 115)
• "Calorie-free, I'll see you on the other side. Let u.s.a. explore the world of nothingness together." (50: Change the World, p 188)

Themes

L'southward Theme

L'south Theme

50'due south Theme B

L's Theme B

L no Kabe

Fifty'due south Wall

50

L

Fifty no Kako

L'southward Past

L no Shisou

L's Credo

References

1. ↑ ^{ane.00 1.01 ane.02 i.03 1.04 1.05 1.06 1.07 1.08 1.09 1.10} From Death Notation 13: How to Read.
2. ↑ ^{two.0 ii.1 2.2 ii.3 2.4} From Death Annotation/A Animation Official Analysis Guide.
3. ↑ In the 2015 television drama, L dies a few days subsequently August 24, 2015. That appointment is marked in episode 8, about xx minutes and 55 seconds into the episode; L dies around two days later on.
4. ↑ Decease Note: Some other Note: The Los Angeles BB Murder Cases
5. ↑ Decease Annotation Manga: Special Chapter, Wammy'southward House
6. ↑ Death Annotation Novel: Another Note

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