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A list of characters who have appeared in the ''DeathNote'' anime and manga. Due to length, it had to be split into subpages.

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A list of characters who have appeared in the ''DeathNote'' anime and manga. Due to length, it had to be split into subpages.

'''Warning!''' '''''Spoilers ahead!'''''

* Characters/DeathNoteMainCharacters
* Characters/DeathNoteSupportingCharacters
* Characters/DeathNoteShinigami
* Characters/DeathNoteSideCharacters
* Characters/DeathNoteNovelPilotAndMovies

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A list of characters who have appeared in the ''DeathNote'' anime and manga. Due to length, had to be split into subpages.

A list of characters who have appeared in the ''DeathNote'' anime and manga. '''Warning!''' '''''Spoilers ahead!'''''

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[[WMG:'''Light Yagami''']]
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The protagonist of the series.

Light is a genius student who has one major flaw...namely, [[AGodAmI one hell of a God complex]]. He has a hatred of the criminal element of the world, but for most of his life took a "whattaya gonna do" approach. Then, he found the Death Note, and his world was turned upside down. He began using it to kill criminals, believing that in doing so, he could scare the world into becoming more law-abiding.

He finds an equal and opponent in L; [[spoiler:he ultimately wins, killing L through Rem. This later attracts the attention of Mello and Near, the latter of whom properly corners him. In the end, he dies.]]

Known aliases: Kira, [[spoiler:[[YouKillItYouBoughtIt the second L]]]].
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Tropes associated with Light:
* [[ABoyAndHisX A Boy And His Shinigami]]
* AGodAmI: After picking up the Death Note, Light sets out to become the God of the New World.
* [[spoiler:AlasPoorVillain: In the anime; of course, YourMileageMayVary.]]
** [[spoiler:Certainly just after Matsuda shoots him. The way he calls out to Takada and Misa, asking what he should do now that he's lost and going to die, is pretty heartwrenching.]]
** [[spoiler: Also in the manga. He lays bloody on the ground, all allies having died or abandoned him, knowing that his death is coming. As his heart gives out, Light repeats over and over how he doesn't want to die, like a helpless child. [[YourMileageMayVary Pitiable for some.]]]]
* AllergicToRoutine - ...now if Light could have found some other intellectually engaging hobby WeCouldHaveAvoidedAllThis.
* AloofBigBrother: To Sayu.
* AlternateCharacterInterpretation: Is he a brilliant, sympathetic, correct anti-hero, or an arrogant, disgusting psychopath with delusions of grandeur? You decide.
** [[TakeAThirdOption Why not]] [[NinetiesAntiHero both?]]
** Some people also noticed after [[spoiler: Ryuk took away his knowledge of the Death Note, but he regained it later,]] he acted like he had [[GollumMadeMeDoIt multiple personality disorder]]. You can supposedly see it in his eyes: when his eyes are slanted he's Kira and when they're round again he's switched back to Light. Of course, near the end of the series, [[spoiler: Kira takes over, and his eyes don't turn round again until the very last episode.]]Re-watch the scene in the anime when [[spoiler: L dies.]] Light's eyes switch from pointed to wide while he's falling out of the chair, and [[spoiler: he suddenly goes insane, grabs L and starts screaming. After Rem dies however, his eyes are pointed again and he's perfectly calm and collected again.]] Also [[DoubleConsciousness he does tend to dissociate from his actions as Kira]], even when he doesn't ''need'' to, for instance, in the manga when he explains to Ryuk: "If I blow it, ''[[ThirdPersonPerson Kira]]'' may have to kill his own family."
*** That last is part of his development across the arc, though. At first, at least when he's not having [[WithGreatPowerComesGreatInsanity crazy moments]], he draws a clear distinction between himself as Light and his public perception as Kira. Towards the end, he believes his own publicity more and more, until his final declaration of "I, Kira, will have my perfect world!". Light doesn't dissociate from his actions; he accepts them. He approves of them; he glories in his own cleverness, and knows what he's doing and why even at his most sane. Look at all the times - especially early on - when he talks about how he's going to kill the bad guys and make a shiny new world, with the [[BrownEyes biggest puppydog eyes you ever saw]]! The [[KubrickStare squint]] isn't an illustration of an alternate personality; it's an illustration of ''ego''. It's him elevating himself above the world.
* AlternateCharacterReading – Light's name is very unusual ([[WhatDoYouMeanItWasntMadeOnDrugs as in what were his parents smoking]]) and this is {{Lampshaded}} [[WhoNamesTheirKidDude by several characters]]. It is read as Light but spelled with the kanji ''Tsuki'' or moon making it a MeaningfulName since the kanji has [[FourIsDeath four strokes]] and LightIsNotGood. Also a bilingual pun on "moon light" ([[FreudianExcuse which is enough to justify everything he does during the series.]] Honestly, if your child's name involves a pun, you had better instill a [[{{Dexter}} Code of Harry]] into the poor thing.... [[SdrawkcabName And let's not even get into the potential trauma caused by the last name...]])
* AmateurSleuth: [[{{Backstory}} Before picking up the Death Note...]]
* AmericansHateTingle: And Italians Hate Light Yagami.
* AntagonistInMourning: [[AndThereWasMuchRejoicing Despite the]] PsychoticSmirk after [[spoiler: having L killed]], there are several hints suggesting that he ''[[FoeYay really]]'' [[AwLookTheyReallyDoLoveEachOther misses]] [[TheRival him]] [[VictoryIsBoring afterwards.]]
* AntiHero - [[SlidingScaleOfAntiHeroes Type V]]. Until he dives over the edge and becomes a straight up VillainProtagonist.
* AppropriatedAppellation: "Kira," the {{Engrish}} pronunciation of "killer."
* {{Asexual}}: Quite possibly, but see [[{{AmbiguouslyGay}} Ambiguously]] StraightGay for another interpretation. Let's just say it's [[http://lynkemma.livejournal.com/169874.html a subject of speculation]].
* AwesomeMcCoolName
* AwesomenessByAnalysis
* {{Badass}}
* BadassBookworm
* BadassLongcoat - [[http://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/lightlongcoat_4883.jpg in some of the manga artwork]]... ''and so Light destroyed ''TheMatrix'' and created a New World...''
* BadDreams - (at least) during the first week of judgements in the manga, [[HighOctaneNightmareFuel also has a psychotic]] NightmareSequence in ''Relight 2'' (complete with "holy shit" ScareChord.)
* BaseBreaker
* BatmanGambit
* TheBeautifulPeople
* BigBrotherInstinct: [[KnightTemplarBigBrother Initially...]] ([[KnightTemplarBigBrother in fact in the manga this is part of his initial justification]] [[MotiveDecay for using the Death Note...]]) [[TheDarkSideWillMakeYouForget one of the many things forgotten by the Dark Side.]] Poor, poor Sayu.
* [[spoiler: BigSleep]]
* {{Bishonen}}: ''Very'' much so.
* [=~Bitch In Sheep's Clothing~=]: He acts polite, understanding, and caring towards the people around him, but in reality he's a ManipulativeBastard with [[AGodAmI a god complex]]. And boy when that facade drops, can he get ''nasty''.
* BradSwaile: English-dub voice actor.
* BrainyBrunette
* BrokenAce
* BrownEyes
* CallingCard - "L do you know..."
* [[CelibateHero Celibate Villain]] - Subverted and played straight? [[spoiler: Dates as many as four women at a time to deflect suspicion, and has romantic trysts with Takada after becoming the second L in order to manipulate her into doing his bidding. However, he doesn't really care about romance or sex, so played straight in that regard.]]
* CharacterAlignment: LawfulNeutral --> LawfulEvil --> NeutralEvil. He started off as lawful neutral before arguably crossing the MoralEventHorizon in episode 2 with the Lind L. Tailor incident. After that, he slowly became less lawful and more evil over the course of the story. (Though in the first five minutes of the series and when he [[spoiler: lost his memories]] you could make the case for him being LawfulGood at those times...)
* TheChessmaster
* ChickMagnet
* ClaspYourHandsIfYouDeceive
* ColorCodedForYourConvenience: Official color seems to be red. Also wears a lot of [[ObviouslyEvil black]] and [[LightIsNotGood white]].
* TheConscience: [[spoiler: Memoryless!]]Light is ironically this for L.
* ConsummateLiar
* [[spoiler: CoolAndUnusualPunishment[=/=]KarmicTransformation: The first ''Relight'' special hints that after he dies, he becomes a shinigami.]]
* CosmicPlaything
* [[spoiler: CradlingYourKill]]
* CramSchool
* CrazyPrepared
* CreepyAwesome
* CrucifiedHeroShot – The cover art of Volume 12 of the manga ([[SarcasmMode being subtle]]).
* CursedWithAwesome – [[PlayingWithATrope though]] ''[[PlayingWithATrope he]]'' [[PlayingWithATrope doesn't think of it as a curse...]]
* CurtainsMatchTheWindow
* DarkMessiah
* DarkerAndEdgier: When compared to Taro Kagami, the kira from the pilot chapter.
** ye gods, Light in the live-action movies! It makes his anime counterpart seem downright ''cuddly'' in comparison.
* {{Darwinist}}
* DeathGlare
* DeepCoverAgent - [[spoiler: [[HeelFaceMindScrew He acts]] [[MemoryGambit as his own]] ManchurianAgent.]]
* DeskJockey
* {{Determinator}}: "Childish and hates to lose."
* DevilInPlainSight
* DidYouJustScamCthulhu / DidYouJustPunchOutCthulhu: [[spoiler:Light manipulates Rem into killing L and Watari in order to save Misa. Because this deliberately lengthened Misa's life -- a big no-no for Gods of Death -- it ensures that Rem will die as well.]]
* DisproportionateRetribution - Light IS the trope.
* DissonantSerenity
* DoNotAdjustYourSet: He and Misa set several of these up throughout the course of the series, sometimes on national TV, sometimes on private laptops.
* [[DontTellMama Don't Tell Mama]]: "You ''told'' my father that I'm a suspect?!"
* DoomMagnet: Complete with LampshadeHanging
* DoubleConsciousness / SecretIdentityIdentity: "Don't panic. I have to act like Soichiro Yagami's son Light would act." Also made obvious with the fracturing image symbolism in the second opening credits.
* DracoInLeatherPants: God, some of the members of his fan base...Seriously people, he's the ''bad guy''. And an AxeCrazy lunatic to boot.
* DressedToKill
* DullEyesOfUnhappiness - Seen in episode 1 [[spoiler: before finding his "purpose." Also in episode 26 when [[AntagonistInMourning trying to adjust to a world without L in it.]]]]
* TheDutifulSon: [[spoiler: Subverted when he uses his father in an attempt to kill Mello]].
* [[spoiler: DyingAlone: Although in the anime, there is an appearance from what appears to be L's ghost. This may or may not be a DyingDream.]]
** [[spoiler:[[AvertedTrope Averted]] [[DiedInYourArmsTonight in the film]].]]
* EscapistCharacter - He's [[YourMileageMayVary handled well enough]] to be this, rather than a VillainSue.
* EstrogenBrigadeBait
* EtTuBrute – when [[spoiler: the taskforce begins to turn against him]] in Season 2, [[DullEyesOfUnhappiness it's clear]] ''he'' sees it as a betrayal. Also [[spoiler: the end of the series, "MATSUDA, I thought you understood!" The manga finishes it up with Mikami screaming "YOU'RE NOT GOD!!"]]
* EvenEvilHasLovedOnes – he genuinely cares about his family ([[TheDeterminator not that that would ever stop him]] [[TheUnfettered from going through with his plans...]])
** Well, in season 1 anyway. By season 2 when he [[spoiler: attempts to manipulate his dying father into killing Mello, while expressing no real regrets about his death, it's safe to say that this has passed]].
** No, that's largely AdaptationDecay. [[spoiler:The manga makes Light's discomfort with the use of his father very clear - he has to cast it as a mercy killing. And if you're going purely by anime canon, what about Sayu?]]
* EvenTheGuysWantHim: There's a RunningGag in Fandom that Light is a Stalker Magnet.
** Let's see, you've got like every background character in episode 1, Ryuk has to follow him around everywhere, Raye Penber The Stalker, L and his weird obsession and surveillance cameras, [[{{Yandere}} Misa]] [[NoGuyWantsToBeChased showing up on his door step, Takada apparently asked him out,]] Matsuda and Mikami the Fanboys, and Near with his creepy smiles and he keeps calling and hanging up...
* EvilCounterpart:To L.
* EvilGloating - He just can't resist it...
* EvilIsSexy
* EvilLaugh - [[GigglingVillain He's got some evil chuckles spread out throughout the series]] and [[spoiler: [[LaughingMad the one in]] the GrandFinale is [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q8VYy_TUpA0&feature=related LEGENDARY!]]]]
** Not to mention the one he comes out with after [[spoiler:L pwns him for the second time, at his university entrance ceremony]].
* ExpressiveHair
* FalseFriend
* FatalFlaw: {{Pride}}.
* FluffyTamer - "You shinigami are so cute!" ([[http://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/chickenzombies8_7202.jpg Parodied in this doujinshi.]])
* FoeYay: Most prominently with L.
* FountainOfMemes
* GadgetWatches: Light hides a piece of his Death Note inside his watch, meaning he can kill anyone at any time as long as he's not being watched carefully.
* GigglingVillain
* GlowingEyesOfDoom
* GoKartingWithBowser
* GoodEyesEvilEyes
* GutFeeling
* HairColors
* HannibalLecture: [[spoiler:Light delivers one after he's exposed as Kira. As noted below, Near responds by saying ShutUpHannibal.]] See also / MotiveRant, below.
* HarmfulToMinors - [[EvilIsNotAToy Death Note: Keep Out of Reach of]] [[strike: [[EvilIsNotAToy Children]]]] [[EvilIsNotAToy ANYONE!!!]]
* HatesBeingTouched
* HaveYouTriedNotBeingAMonster
* HeWhoFightsMonsters - It takes only one chapter for him to become a monster (i.e. killing Lind L Taylor).
* [[spoiler: HeelFaceBrainwashing]]
* HeroicSociopath: To his fans / supporters. Obviously an in-universe example, as his opposition regards Kira as ''merely'' a mass murderer.
* HeyItsThatVoice - He is not in any way, shape, or form [[KimbaTheWhiteLion the young king]] [[BlatantLies of a jungle]].
** You also have [[strike: wolf-Kira]] [[WolfsRain Kiba]] demanding to know "[[HilariousInHindsight What's wrong with killing!" and would like you to know that "your rules are ROTTEN!"]]
** As for the English dub, why is [[GundamWing Quatre]] [[TheMessiah Raebaba]] [[BradSwaile Winner]] killing people?
* HighSchoolSweethearts: Or rather, College Sweethearts. With Kiyomi. Or so he would have you believe -- see also {{Asexual}} and AmbiguouslyGay, above, and TheSociopath, below.
* HollywoodHacking
* HolyHalo – on the manga cover art. Also gets HolyBacklight in the first episode when he first declares he's going to become God of the New World.
* HowDoIShotWeb: Light being [[TheChessmaster Light]], he proceeds [[{{Understatement}} more intelligently than most]].
* HoYay: With L. See also FoeYay, above.
* [[{{ptitlebeohy6n8}} I'm Having Soul Pains]]- [[spoiler: [[{{ptitle2me3m8d0}} "Ryuuzaki, let me see it!"]]]]
* IDidWhatIHadToDo - see the spoiler in HannibalLecture
* IHaveComeTooFar
* IHaveManyNames: Light Yagami, Kira (the Saviour, the Messenger from Hell, etc.), Light Asahi, "Mr. A an office worker", [[spoiler: L (number two)]], God.
* IgnoreTheFanservice
* IgnoredEpiphany
* [[spoiler: ImplausibleDeniability]]
* IncriminatingIndifference
* IntelligenceEqualsIsolation
** Although, any "isolation" we see is purely self-imposed; Light is in fact so popular that he can summon several friends/ a girlfriend whenever and only because they are needed. It's clear to the audience that he thinks he's above most people, confirmed by WordOfGod.
* ItGetsEasier
* [=~It's All About Me~=]
* ItsProbablyNothing - Light's reaction during the Yotsuba arc when [[spoiler: thinking about how the ideals of the original Kira are disturbingly close to his own...]]
* [[spoiler: JekyllAndHyde]]
* JerkassDissonance
* JerkassWoobie: If you've given him a [[DracoInLeatherPants pair of leather pants]].
* JumpedAtTheCall: Once Light finds the Death Note, it doesn't take him long to use it to start changing the World.
* JustAKid - In the live action movie it is outright stated that his dad doesn't want him working on cases yet for this reason...
* [[spoiler: KarmicDeath]]
* KickTheMoralityPet - [[spoiler: Light and his family, also [[YourMilageMayVary arguably]] [[FoeYay with L.]]]]
* [[spoiler: [[TheKillerBecomesTheKilled The Kira Becomes the Killed]]]]
* KnightTemplar: Poster boy.
* KubrickStare
* LargeHam: "I will be the GOD of the NEW WORLD!!!"
** [[{{Flanderization}} The intro to]] ''Relight'' [[BeyondTheImpossible is even hammier.]]
* LauncherOfAThousandShips: Fandom takes the above confusion to mean AnythingThatMoves provided it is tactically advantageous ([[{{OTP}} or]] [[SingleTargetSexuality L-sexual]]).
* LeanAndMean
* LightIsNotGood: ''[[{{Rimshot}} *Ba-dum ching!*]]''
* LonelyAtTheTop
* MagnificentBastard: How half the fandom sees him. (The other half see him as a SmugSnake.)
* [[MagneticHero Magnetic Villain]] - his cult of personality is so strong that he gets three other people ([[MyFriendsAndZoidberg four if we count]] [[spoiler: [[MyFriendsAndZoidberg Higuchi]]]]) to commit mass murder on his behalf. He gains [[spoiler: Rem's]] loyalty as well despite the fact that she hates him ([[spoiler: [[BlackAndGrayMorality because his motives are]] [[PureIsNotGood more pure]] [[CompleteMonster than Higuchi's]]]]).
* ManipulativeBastard
* MamoruMiyano: His seiyuu.
* MemeticMolester: For evidence, see the deleted scene of [[spoiler:L's funeral]]. Not to mention his SlasherSmile as he says:
* MemeticMutation: [[CrowningMomentOfAwesome JUST]] [[SlasherSmile AS]] [[XanatosRoulette PLANNED]]!
** [[GratuitousJapanese "Plan" means "keikaku".]]
** Also, [[WhatdoYouMeanItsNotAwesome He'll take a potato chip AND EAT IT!]][[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ue0ajkuZpM8]]
** He also works as a [[spoiler: [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-smJ9bBEhj0 swimming instructor]] ]].
* [[spoiler:MemoryGambit]]
* MindGameShip
* MirrorScare – the [[SlasherSmile sinister]] [[TomatoInTheMirror Kira]] [[GlowingEyesOfDoom reflection]] at the end of ''Relight'' in the Taskforce HQ's HallOfMirrors.
* MoralMyopia
* MotiveRant: See also HannibalLecture, above.
* NameOfCool
* NamesToRunAwayFromReallyFast
* NecessarilyEvil – [[YourMilageMayVary He arguably]] starts out this way determined to sacrifice himself for the greater good. However, [[ThisIsYourBrainOnEvil less than a week later]] he's [[{{Squee}} squeeing]] over his [[AGodAmI promotion to godhood]] It doesn't keep him from occasionally toying with the concept of himself as [[ShutUpHannibal selfless and self-sacrificing,]] though.
* NeverHurtAnInnocent - initially...
* NightmareFetishist - Has referred to Shinigami as "cute" and finds all that Ryuk will tell him about Shinigami quite fascinating.
* NonActionGuy - Well, he only writes people's names in the Death Note, and has never done physical harm.
* NotCheatingUnlessYouGetCaught
* [[spoiler: NothingCanStopUsNow]]
* ObfuscatingStupidity - ''[[CrowningMomentOfAwesome What's that,]]'' ''[[spoiler: [[CrowningMomentOfAwesome Rem?]]]]'' ''[[CrowningMomentOfAwesome I don't understand... could you explain to me]]'' ''[[spoiler: [[CrowningMomentOfAwesome the rules of ownership]]]]'' ''[[CrowningMomentOfAwesome again?]]''
* OmniscientMoralityLicense: When he kills a criminal as Kira, he's NEVER wrong about his victim. Ever. Presumably, he's just that intelligent. (But it seems hard to believe he only got real ones...)
** His faith in the accuracy of Japanese and other justice systems, and the news reports on them, is touching.
** The confession and conviction rate of the Japanese justice system is terrifying in itself--well over 90%. And Light has grown up worshipping his father to such an extent that he plans to follow in his footsteps. It makes more sense of his certainty that anyone arrested must be guilty--as ever, he's not as smart as he thinks.
* OrdinaryHighSchoolStudent
* PaperThinDisguise: Light [[InTheHood wears a hoodie]] and beanie when manipulating Raye Penber which renders him unrecognizable to both Raye and the investigators that view the surveillance cameras.
** Though Raye never sees him until it's too late, and the chances are he doesn't recognise Light's voice because he's already under the effects of the Death Note.
* PayEvilUntoEvil
* PersonOfMassDestruction
* PlayingWithPuppets: [[HowDoIShotWeb When testing the extent to which he can control victims with the Death Note.]]
* PossessionSue - When FanFic writers get ahold of Light Yagami it's usually this along with a side order of VillainSue and MaryTzu...
* {{Pride}}: Boy howdy.
* PrinciplesZealot - [[spoiler: falls under this trope during the Yotsuba arc.]] The entire Kira-mission falls under this as well...
* PropheticNames
* ProperlyParanoid
* PsychopathicManchild
* PureIsNotGood
* [[spoiler: RasputinianDeath: In the final episode of the anime, Matsuda shoots Light five times, but Light survives long enough to escape the warehouse and stagger around the industrial park for a short time before Ryuk kills him by writing his name in his Death note.]]
** In the manga, however, [[spoiler: Light only manages to crawl a few feet before Ryuk finishes him off.]]
** In the film, [[spoiler:he collapses, and that's pretty much it]].
* RedEyesTakeWarning
* RedOniBlueOni: Light is red against L's blue. The anime makes this [[ColourCodedForYourConvenience very obvious]].
* RedPillBluePill
* RousseauWasRight – Light believes this. That if he just gets rid of all the bad people, no one will ever do anything evil again.[[spoiler:FridgeBrilliance in that this may have actually caused Light to believe Mikami wouldn't even think of killing Takada, despite being loyal. He would have forgot that his [[AGodAmI God complex]] seriously fueled why he picked Mikami and this moment of being GenreBlind led to his defeat.]]
** Also played straight when he [[spoiler: lost his memories of the Death Note and being Kira, which caused him to revert to the state he was before finding the Death Note (though we aren't given any insight into his thoughts at that point).]]
* RulesLawyer
* SamaritanSyndrome: [[EvilCounterpart this trope through a mirror darkly...]] ''[[SanitySlippage "Who else can do it?!]] [[OnlyOne That's just it, there's no one!"]]''
** ''"Why are you working so hard?"''
*** [[HannibalLecture He certainly seems to believes that it's his duty to eliminate evil.]]
* SavvyGuyEnergeticGirl – Light and Misa.
* SdrawkcabName - "[[MemeticMutation I'm a gay]]"
* SelfRestraint: Light is the king of this trope.
* [[SerialKillerKiller Serial Killer Kira]]
* ShadowDictator
* SharpDressedMan - On rare occasions, which tend to define him in the eyes of the fandom. [[strike:The school uniform doesn't count]].
* SittingOnTheRoof - Light does this a couple times, [[EvilOverlooker symbolically overlooking]] [[AGodAmI his "New World."]]
* SlasherSmile
* SmugSnake: How half of the fandom see him. (The other half sees him as a MagnificentBastard.)
* TheSociopath: Meets every requirement as of about episode 2.
* SpellMyNameWithAnS - Light or Raito? [[YourMileageMayVary YMMV.]]
* StartXToStopX
* TheStoic
* StrangeMindsThinkAlike: With L... and [[spoiler: Mikami.]]
* SuperOCD
* TakeOverTheWorld
* TalkingYourWayOut: With a high success rate.
* [[TallDarkAndSnarky Tall]] [[strike:Dark]] [[TallDarkAndSnarky Light And Snarky]]
* TeensAreMonsters
* TeenGenius
* [=~That's What I Would Do~=]
* TheseHandsHaveKilled - In the manga. "I-I've killed two people..."
* [[spoiler: ThirdActStupidity]]: [[spoiler: Once he starts buying into his own [[AGodAmI hype]].]]
* [[spoiler: TooCleverByHalf]]
* TookALevelInDumbass: [[spoiler:the way he gets busted]], which overlaps with WhatAnIdiot, and clearly demonstrates the dangers of [[AGodAmI believing your own hype]]. The film avoids this.
* TotalitarianUtilitarian
* TrademarkFavoriteFood: [[AllThereInTheManual barbequed]] [[MemeticMutation POTATO CHIPS!!!]]
* TragicDream / TragicHero: [[{{Unwinnable}} though it's understated he's pretty much doomed from the start:]] If he managed to create a perfect utopia... Ryuk would get bored...
** Incidentally, Ryuk comments at one point to the effect that once Light kills off all evil people, he'd be the only bad person left alive (Light promptly handwaves this as dumb).
* TruffautWasRight
* TVGenius: His [[TheChessmaster cleverness]] at times reaches beyond the plausible. (Not as extreme as L's, though.)
* [[spoiler: TwoAliasesOneCharacter]]
* {{Ubermensch}}
* {{Ukefication}} - poor, ''poor'' Light.
* TheUnchosenOne
* UnequalPairing - most {{Shipping}} falls under this thanks to the whole AGodAmI thing.
* TheUnfettered: [[AlternateCharacterInterpretation Debatable]].
* UnholyMatrimony - Light and Misa.
* VictoryIsBoring
* VigilanteMan
* VillainProtagonist
* VillainWithGoodPublicity
* VillainousBreakdown: Has a few, his [[spoiler:end being the most notable.]]
* VisionaryVillain
* VitriolicBestBuds - Light and Ryuk, arguably BOTH [[WideEyedIdealist types 1]] (i.e. laughing it off whenever Ryuk reminds him that he's a Death God and that [[spoiler: [[KillYouLast he's going to kill him one day...]]]]) [[JerkAss and 2]] (insulting each other in equal measure).
* VoiceWithAnInternetConnection: [[spoiler:As the second L.]]
* [[WakeUpGoToSchoolSaveTheWorld Wake Up Go To School]] [[strike: [[WakeUpGoToSchoolSaveTheWorld Save]]]] [[WakeUpGoToSchoolSaveTheWorld Take Over The World]]
* WeWantOurJerkBack - [[spoiler: during the Yotsuba arc, this is in-story with L ("I think I wanted you to be Kira") as well as audience reaction.]]
** YourMileageMayVary on that second one. Quite a few people found those episodes almost TearJerker worthy, as we see [[spoiler: Light as he [[NiceGuy should]] [[LawfulGood have]] [[TheHero been]]]].
* WellIntentionedExtremist
* [=~What Do You Mean, It's Not Awesome?~=]: The potato chip scene is an epic example of this.
* WhatIfGodWasOneOfUs
* WhenAllYouHaveIsAHammer
* [[WhosLaughingNow Who's Laughing Now?]] - [[AlternateCharacterInterpretation there]] ''[[AlternateCharacterInterpretation are]]'' [[AlternateCharacterInterpretation hints of this.]]
** You have to really want to see them, though. He considers killing the school bully because he's looking for ''anyone'' to test the death note on, and because he has a general dislike of injustice - note that it's not ''Light'' they're picking on, and that the crime of the biker he eventually selects isn't all that different in the manga. It's difficult to picture such a popular, confident golden boy as a victim of bullying - he's portrayed as an object of envy, not contempt. And it's not as if he can't stand up for himself.
* WideEyedIdealist: "Quite the positive thinker."
* WideEyesAndShrunkenIrises
* WithGreatPowerComesGreatInsanity: Some people believe Light to go insane after he gets possession of the Notebook.
** If you look at his response in episode 1, and ''especially'' at how he acts during his conversation with Ryuk in chapter 1 of the manga, it seems pretty clear that he does.
* [=~Wouldn't Hit A Girl~=]: Mostly played straight, though he has no problem with writing women's names down.
* XanatosRoulette: Almost everything that happens to him goes "exactly as planned".
* {{Yangire}}: [[YourMilageMayVary Arguably...]] NightmareFuel has never [[http://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/lightbedtimefanart.jpg been]] [[http://view.thespectrum.net/series/death-note-volume-01.html?ch=Volume+01&page=46 so]] [[http://www.macrochan.org/view.php?u=DWFPNREYPYS4DFJWR35L6US637WUVJST adorable.]]
* [[{{ptitlepd1ndcf91m7y}} You Can't Please Everyone]]
* YouHaveOutlivedYourUsefulness: What he does to [[spoiler:Raye Penber and Kiyomi Takada. Also what he would have done to Misa were it not for Rem]].
* YouJustToldMe - Happens to [[UnwittingPawn Raye Penber]] and [[spoiler: (in the manga) [[UnwittingPawn the President of the United States.]]]]
* YouWillBeSpared - [[spoiler: Provided someone is useful to him and/or doesn't get in his way. i.e Misa and Mikami. Also the Taskforce for most of season 2.]]
* YourMileageMayVary: See AlternateCharacterInterpretation above.

[[WMG:'''L''']]
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The greatest detective in the DeathNote world [[spoiler: (the three greatest detectives, actually)]], he's called in to work on the Kira (as Light is known) case. While he nearly corners Light several times, his opponent manages to best him. He is the opposing {{Deuteragonist}} of the series [[spoiler: until he dies at the hands of Rem, but he had created a deadman switch, which resulted in Near taking over the Kira case.]] His real name, revealed in an encyclopedia of the series (How To Read 13), [[spoiler: is L Lawliet]].
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Tropes associated with L:
* AllergicToRoutine
* [[spoiler: AlliterativeName: His full name is L Lawliet.]]
* AlternateCharacterInterpretation
* AlternateContinuity: [[spoiler: In the movies, L outlives Light]]
* AmbiguouslyAutistic
* AntiHero: [[SlidingScaleOfAntiHeroes Type IV]]
* AwesomeMcCoolName
* AwesomenessByAnalysis
* BadassBookworm
* BecomingTheMask - Popular interpretation on the "Light-kun is my first ever friend" lie.
* BigGood
* [[spoiler: BigSleep]]
* BlackEyes
* BloodKnight: More interested in interesting cases than in "right" or "wrong."
* BunnyEarsLawyer: Give L a bowl of candy, and he'll work for two nights straight. Three, if he has to.
* ButNotTooForeign: WordOfGod says he's "...a quarter Japanese, a quarter English, a quarter Russian and... maybe a quarter French or Italian...". So he's a gaijin, but he had to come up with a reason he speaks Japanese fluently.
* {{Capoeira}}
* CaptainErsatz: Of SherlockHolmes somewhat, according to Obata.
* CharacterAlignment: ChaoticNeutral[=/=]LawfulNeutral . He's a freelance detective only interested in the most challenging cases, and willing to use ''any'' means to solve them. He does however believe that evil should be punished.
* TheChessmaster
* ColorCodedForYourConvenience: Official color seems to be blue.
* CovertPervert: There are some scenes that imply the fact that L is actually a [[AllMenArePerverts downright pervert]]. This is [[LampshadeHanging lampshaded]] by Misa, too.
** "[[DeathNoteAbridged L never misses an opportunity to install cameras]] [[http://www.macrochan.org/view.php?u=W6Q4M6KBA23HKZRTCZQDARBPZOUA456X in a bathroom.]]"
* CrazyPrepared
* CreepyMonotone
* CurtainsMatchTheWindow
* DanceBattler
* DarkAndTroubledPast
* DarkIsNotEvil
* DeadpanSnarker
* DeliberateInjuryGambit
* {{Determinator}}: "I am also childish and hate to lose."
* {{Deuteragonist}} He is the second viewpoint character after Light, who is the protagonist.
* [[spoiler: DiedInYourArmsTonight]]
* [[spoiler: DiscOneFinalBoss: Assuming you view Light as the protagonist instead of the L and the [=NPA=] team]]
* DoesNotLikeShoes and FootFocus: L goes barefoot except when outdoors. Plus, that infamous anime filler scene between him and Light.
* DoNotAdjustYourSet: He sets up the initial one, identifying himself as Kira's sworn enemy.
* DracoInLeatherPants: While he's not ''evil'', people like to overlook his KnightTemplar actions.
* EroticEating
* EstrogenBrigadeBait: Unintentionally so.
* TheExoticDetective
* ExpectingSomeoneTaller
* ExtremityExtremist: On the rare occasions he fights physically, he only uses kicks.
* FlashbackNightmare - the opening of episode 25.
* FreakyIsCool: According to many fangirls.
* FoeYay
* GeniusSweetTooth: Very may well be the MostTriumphantExample.
* GreatDetective
* GuileHero
* GutFeeling
* HatesBeingTouched
* HeroAntagonist
* [=~Hey, It's That Voice!~=]: In the English dub, L is played by Alessandro Juliani, known to ''BattlestarGalactica'' fans as Felix Gaeta.
* {{Hikikomori}}
* HoYay: With Light.
* HurricaneKick
* IHaveManyNames: Besides L, he's also known as Ryuuzaki, Eraldo Coil, Deneuve, and Hideki Ryuga. In [[spoiler:''Another Note'', Mello]] wonders which of these names [[spoiler:finally killed him]].
* TheInsomniac
* IntelligenceEqualsIsolation
* JerkassFacade – FridgeLogic, among the police L is known as the arrogant prick who will only take on cases he's personally interested in. However "L" is only one of his many detective identities.
* KappeiYamaguchi: Seiyuu.
* KnightTemplar: Approves of torture and such to solve the Kira case.
** YMMV may vary based on whether this trope actually applies. L correctly guessed that [[spoiler:Misa]] was a mass-murderer and was trying to extract information from [[spoiler:her]] so that more people wouldn't be killed.
* LauncherOfAThousandShips
* LimitedWardrobe
* LonersAreFreaks
* LooksLikeCesare
* MagnificentBastard: His moral ambiguity leaves him somewhere between this, and a straight up GuileHero. He actually fits the requirements even better than [[VillainProtagonist Light]].
* ManipulativeBastard
* MessyHair
* MindGameShip
* MoralDissonance: Being a KnightTemplar, he ''will'' do this when he's on a case.
* MustHaveCaffeine
* MysteriousPast
* NameOfCool
* NoHeroToHisValet: Type 2.
* NoSenseOfPersonalSpace
* NoSocialSkills: He has very poor social skills.
* NotSoDifferent: Frequently {{Lampshaded}}.
* OlderThanTheyLook: He's twenty five at the start yet doesn't look much older then the 17 year old Light. If not he looks younger.
* OneLetterName: In fact, [[spoiler: it's his ''real'' name.]]
* OralFixationFixation: The amount of time the guy spend with his fingers/various food substances in his mouth is amazing. Also, he can tie cherry stalks into knots ''[[FetishFuel with his tongue]]''.
* PaleSkinnedBrunette: A male example.
* ParentalAbandonment
* [[spoiler: PosthumousNarration: The opening of Relight 2 has L summarize the events of the Kira case, even events that occurred after he died]]
* PrimalStance
* PrivateDetective
* ProperlyParanoid
* PunchClockHero
* TheRainman
* [[spoiler:RealNameAsAnAlias]]
* RedOniBlueOni: L is blue against Light's red.
* TheRival: Light's.
* [[spoiler: SacrificialLion: For many people, it wasn't so surprising that L died so much that he died at the half-way point instead of at the end.]]
* ShowerOfAngst
* SignificantBirthDate – [[spoiler: Halloween]]
* TheSpock
* TheSpook
* TheStoic
* StrangeMindsThinkAlike: Light and L will often be shown to be thinking the EXACT same thing.
* StrawberryShorthand
* SuperOCD
* SweetTooth
* TallDarkAndHandsome: Well, [[UglyCute kinda handsome]].
* TeenGenius: Several years past his teens by the time of the series, though you have to assume he started that way.
* [[spoiler: ThanatosGambit]]
* [=~That's What I Would Do~=]
* [[spoiler: TooCleverByHalf]]
* [[spoiler:TooCoolToLive]]
* TVGenius: He often seems to deduce things almost out of thin air. As a general rule, he's never wrong about anything.
* [[spoiler: TwoAliasesOneCharacter]]
* TykeBomb
* UglyCute: So much that the 'ugly' part is barely noticeable.
* {{Ukefication}}
* TheUnfettered: [[AlternateCharacterInterpretation Debated]].
* UnpopularPopularCharacter
* VoiceWithAnInternetConnection
* WartsAndAll
* WildHair
* WorthyOpponent
* XanatosGambit: The DoNotAdjustYourSet one above being only his first in the series.
* XanatosSpeedChess: He's a master of it, as shown when he [[spoiler:saves Matsuda from being discovered by having him [[FakingTheDead fake his own death]]]].

[[WMG:'''Misa Amane''']]
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The second Kira, an internationally famous model and pop star who started out as Light's StalkerWithACrush since, as Kira, he killed the burglar that murdered her parents when she was a little girl, thus making her feel in debt to him. Has one hell of a messed up lifespan due to multiple shinigami sacrificing their lives for her and her multiple exchanges for the Shinigami Eyes. She and her shinigami, Rem, helped Light [[spoiler:finally outmaneuver and kill L]], but not before dragging him through a series of events, both good and bad, started by her carelessness.

[[spoiler:In the manga, Misa is stated to have committed suicide a year after Light dies. In the anime, it is implied that she does the same: the last scene of her in the series has her on the other side of the railing at the edge of a building. In the movies, her ultimate fate is left ambiguous; due to the Death Notes being destroyed, she has lost her memory of being the second Kira, as well as Light being Kira. She remembers Light himself, and that she loves him, but knows that there is something missing that she cannot recall]].
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Tropes associated with Misa:
* AdaptationDyeJob: Her eyes are apparently naturally brown in the manga but blue in the anime.
** Not to mention she's blonde in both manga and anime but a brunette in the movies.
** Her eyes switch between brown and blue in the anime depending on whether she's on the job as an IdolSinger. It's probably color contacts.
* AffablyEvil: She'll kill you without hesitation if you get in her way ''or'' cause trouble for Light, but other than ''that'', she's a genuinely sweet girl.
* [[spoiler: AlasPoorScrappy]]
* AmericansHateTingle: She's way more accepted in Japan, Europe and South America than in North America.
* AyaHirano: Her seiyuu.
* AxCrazy: When her BerserkButton is pushed.
* TheBaldrick
* BaseBreaker
* BerserkButton: If anyone screws around with Light behind her back...even Light isn't safe from her wrath if this happens.
* BlondesAreEvil
* BlueEyes or EyesOfGold
* BottleFairy
* BoundAndGagged
* CharacterAlignment: ChaoticNeutral --> ChaoticEvil depending on if she has [[spoiler: the memories]] or not.
* ClingyJealousGirl
* {{Cloudcuckoolander}}
* ColorCodedForYourConvenience: Her official color seems to be light blue.
* CreepyAwesome
* CreepyCoolCrosses: She wears them in the manga and live action film series, though the anime eliminated them. They can be seen in her early turnaround designs though and the first opening, which suggests the change came later in production.
* CrouchingMoronHiddenBadass: She really is a lot smarter than she usually acts.
* CurtainsMatchTheWindow
* TheCutie
* TheDarkChick
* DarkMistress
* DeadlyUpgrade: [[spoiler:Twice, for that matter.]]
* DieForOurShip: L x Light fans ''detest'' her.
* DracoInLeatherPants
* TheDragon: [[spoiler:until Light has her Death Note given to Mikami]]
* [[spoiler: DrivenToSuicide: What finally happens to her.]]
* DumbBlonde: Then again, near to L or Light pretty much ''anyone'' would look dumb by proxy.
** Mind you, this doesn't stop her from outmaneuvering both Light and Higuchi with only a little help from Rem. If she'd wanted Light dead instead of being able to serve him, this would have been a much shorter series.
* ElegantGothicLolita. She dresses like this when she becomes more famous - [[spoiler: and in the anime, when she's about to jump off to her death after Light dies.]]
* EvenTheGirlsWantHer: In story. Rem is in love with her, and Light's sister Sayu pretty much drools over her says when they meet. Too bad she's [[SingleTargetSexuality Light-sexual,]] huh.
* EvilCounterpart: To Light at first, {{Lampshaded}} when Light and L are building a profile of the Second Kira.
-->'''Light:''' ...this Kira isn't idealistic.
-->'''L:''' Yes. I ''really'' don't like the way he operates. It's not like Kira.
* EvilDiva
* EvilEye: Just... look at her when Light tells her that he'll be dating other girls to keep up his image.
* EvilIsSexy
* {{Expy}}: Shares quite a few similarities with [[{{BatmanTheAnimatedSeries}} Harley Quinn]].
* FemmeFatale: In the Yotsuba arc.
* FetishFuelStationAttendant
* FirstNameBasis
* GeniusDitz: Had enough smarts to channelize her child-like charm into her ''very'' succesful model and IdolSinger career. Also, she figures out how to expose Higuchi as the Yotsuba Kira to the police without revealing Rem's presence. She's actually quite clever, she's just more energetic and not as smart as the downright superhuman Light and L.
* GenkiGirl
* GirlishPigtails
* HairColors
* HairOfGold: Subverted. Her character fits the BlondesAreEvil archetype, but it can be argued that her blonde hair is supposed to give her the ''appearance'' of innocence.
* HarmfulToMinors - her parents were murdered right in front of her.
* [[strike: [[HeroSecretService Hero]]]] [[HeroSecretService Protagonist Secret Service]] -
-->'''Misa:''' ''(swooning)'' I would gladly die if it were for you, Light!
-->'''Light:''' ''([[SweatDrop sweat-dropping]])'' We just met.
* HorribleJudgeOfCharacter: Even during those times when she claims she understands that Light doesn't give a damn about her, she still swoons for him.
* TheIdiotFromOsaka
* JackTheRipoff
* JerkassWoobie: If we take out the AxCrazy side, she's actually quite sympathetic.
* [[spoiler:KarmaHoudini: In the live action movies.]]
* {{Kawaiiko}}
* LadyMacbeth
* LargeHam: She even overacts ''[[{{LampshadeHanging}} in-universe]]''!
* LeanAndMean
* LoonyFan: Towards Light.
* LoveMartyr
* MadLove
* MeaningfulName: from ''[[AllThereInTheManual How To Read]]'', it says her name comes from ''Kuromisa'' meaning "Black Mass."
* {{Moe}}
* MsFanservice: That wardrobe of hers. [[EscapistCharacter Many viewers wish they were Light]], if only for the sake of Misa Misa.
* {{Namedar}} - Misa has the eyes.
* TheNicknamer
* NightmareFetishist - "What a beautiful way to kill!"
* NoPlaceForMeThere - asked in the ending of "Misa no Uta"
* NoSenseOfPersonalSpace
* ObliviouslyEvil
* ObfuscatingStupidity - sometimes. she's at least smarter than she acts most of the time.
* [[{{OlderThanTheyLook}} Older Than She Looks]] - [[{{LampshadeHanging}} Lampshaded]] when a character (in the ''second arc'', no less) believes her to be a teenage girl between 14 and 20 years old. She happens to be in her twenties at that particular point.
* OddFriendship: Most obviously with L, though the extent to which theirs is a "friendship" is negotiable. However, by she second arc, she's actually won over Mogi, a man her polar opposite, and the two seem quite close.
* ParentalAbandonment: Her FreudianExcuse, as explained above.
* PerkyFemaleMinion
* PerkyGoth: Her attire.
* PersonOfMassDestruction
* PingPongNaivete
* PluckyComicRelief: albeit not to the same extent as Ryuk.
* PoisonousFriend
* PsychoForHire: Basically how Light uses her throughout the series. Even better, since she loves him, she's a PsychoForHire who works for free.
* PsychoSupporter
* PsychopathicManchild: Acts like a sweet and perky child, despite her madness.
* RapunzelHair: Depicted with this sometimes, such as on the Volume 4 manga cover, although most of the time her hair is medium-length.
* RedEyesTakeWarning
* TheRenfield
* RescuedFromTheScrappyHeap - [[YourMilageMayVary YMMV]] during the Yotsuba arc [[spoiler: when she successfully outmaneuvers and controls Higuchi.]]
* SavvyGuyEnergeticGirl – Light and Misa.
* SecretKeeper
* [[SerialKillerKiller Serial Killer Kira]]
* SpannerInTheWorks: For both Light ''and'' L.
* [[spoiler:SparedByTheAdaptation]]: The Live Action Films
** This actually becomes an important plot point in the noveltization of the spinoff film, ''L: Change The World''
* StalkerWithACrush: Towards Light again.
* StalkingIsFunnyIfItIsFemaleAfterMale
* SympatheticMurderer: Misa evokes quite a lot of sympathy from Kira's pursuers, considering all she has done.
* ThirdPersonPerson: Mercifully, this was omitted for the most part in the English translation of the manga, and completely eliminated in the English dub of the anime.
* TheCutie
* TheScrappy: How DARE a GeniusDitz GenkiGirl get involved in a battle between TVGenius {{Bishonen}}! HATE! ''HATE!!''
** Is also because fans find her annoying, which she is but YourMileageMayVary on whether or not that's something to hold against her.
** [[BaseBreaker Half the fandom doesn't find her annoying though, as pointed out above. ]]
* UncannyValley: Her Volume 4 manga cover artwork.
* UnequalPairing
* TheUnfettered
* UnholyMatrimony - Light and Misa.
* UnkemptBeauty - After she was released from captivity, she spent her next scene in pj's, without makeup and with her hair down ([[http://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/17DNNormalMisa_1688.jpg more or less like this]]). More than one viewer thought she looked quite nice like that.
* UsedToBeASweetKid: Had her parents not been killed when she was a little girl, she would've possibly grown into the same IdolSinger... without the AxCrazy {{Yandere}}ness.
* VillainSong: "Misa no Uta", sung while she's ''killing people'', nonetheless.
* WigDressAccent: Used to avoid attracting attention while tracking down Light and later Higuchi.
* WomanInBlack
* {{Yandere}} ''and'' {{Yangire}}

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[[folder:'''Main characters - second half''']]

[[WMG:'''Mello''']]
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[[spoiler: One of L's two successors]], a handsome and dangerous young man whose real name is [[spoiler:Mihael Keehl]]. [[spoiler:Briefly after the timeskip, he kidnaps Light's little sister, Sayu, in hopes of forcing the Task Force (which Light's father is on) to hand over the Death Note. Though he succeeds, the task force leads a raid on his hideout and takes the note back from him. However, he indirectly kills Light's father.]]

[[spoiler: As the raid concluded, he set off a bomb in the warehouse where he and his gang were, giving hum a huge scar across his face (not that it deters his fangirls). He and Matt (the third most-likely successor to L) kidnap Kiyomi Takada, which leads to Mikami's screw-up and Light's downfall. Both of them die in the process]].

Besides being in the manga and anime, Mello also appears in the spin-off prequel novel, ''Another Note'', where he acts as the narrator.

In stark contrast to Near and L (the latter of which he worships), Mello is extremely dynamic, a ruthless mob boss, but just as brilliant as Near. Also, [[SweetTooth he likes chocolate]].

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Tropes associated with Mello:
* AlternateCharacterInterpretation: Is he an overly-emotional ChaoticGood guy with an inferiority complex who's tired of being AlwaysSecondBest, or is he an evil selfish AxCrazy ManipulativeBastard? Or both. Yeah...both.
* AlwaysSecondBest
* AmbiguouslyGay: [[AlternateCharacterInterpretation Open for]] [[YourMileageMayVary debate.]]
* AntiHero: [[SlidingScaleOfAntiHeroes Type V.]]
* AwesomenessByAnalysis
* AxeCrazy
* BadassBiker
* BadassBookworm
* {{Bishonen}}
* [[BlondGuysAreEvil Blond Guys Are]] {{Anti Hero}}es.
* BlueEyes or BlackEyes
* BobHaircut
* CharacterAlignment: NeutralEvil. Mello is solely dedicated to being the one to stop Kira and is more than willing to become a mob boss, kidnap innocent girls, and in the manga, even threaten the President into sabotaging Near so said rival can't catch Kira.
** An AlternateCharacterInterpretation could be him as ChaoticGood. Or ChaoticNeutral.
* TheChessmaster: Especially in his first couple of episodes.
* TheCombatPragmatist: Which arguably accounts for his effectiveness. Light seems to have trouble dealing with someone who refuses to play by the rules.
* CreepyCoolCrosses: In the manga.
* DamnItFeelsGoodToBeAGangster
* DarkIsNotEvil
* DemotedToExtra - in the ''Relight'' movies.
* {{Determinator}}
* {{Deuteragonist}} After L's death, Mello and Near become the opposing deuteragonists to Light.
* DracoInLeatherPants: Aside from ''literally'' wearing tight-fitting leather, Mello has many fangirls, despite (or maybe ''because'' of) being responsible for [[spoiler:killing Light's father Soichirou indirectly, mentally scarring his younger sister Sayu to the point of sending her into catathonia, threatening the president of the US with nuclear war in the manga, and generally being a pain in the ass to the Task Force, ''and'' Near.]]
* [=~Everything's Better With Chocolate~=]
* EvilCounterpart: To Near
** [[WordOfGod ...are we sure]] [[TheScrappy it's not the]] [[BeatThemAtTheirOwnGame other way]] [[SubvertedInnocence around?]]
* EvilIsCool
* EvilIsSexy
* GeniusSweetTooth
* GoodScarsEvilScars
* FoeYay: Fangirls have the tendency to pair him with Near, compiling lists of "proof". Many DieForOurShip instances result from the debate over pairing him with Matt or Near, with one group of fans insisting the opposing character is a threat to their preferred pairing. And let's not even mention his supposed "het option", Halle Lidner.
* HairTriggerTemper
** Debatable. The only thing that ever seemed to really set him off (aside from [[spoiler: the news of L's death]]) was Near's saying that he used him. This trope is much more prevalent in depictions of Mello in fanfiction than how he normally acts in canon.
* [[spoiler:HeelFaceTurn]]
* HellBentForLeather
* HeroicSociopath
* HoYay: Other fangirls however, have a tendency to pair him up with Matt, despite the latter being in the manga for less than twenty panels. Must be the hair and the clothes...
* IneffectualSympatheticVillain: He actually isn't one, but the fandom's tendency to treat him like one contributes to his status as a DracoInLeatherPants.
* IgnoreTheFanservice
* IntelligenceEqualsIsolation
* LargeHam
* LaserGuidedTykebomb
* LauncherOfAThousandShips
* LeanAndMean
* LoadBearingBoss
* LongHairedPrettyboy
* MadEye
* TheMafia: Mello leads one, having brought in the head of a mob boss at fifteen.
* {{The McCoy}}: Specifically, Mello is {{The McCoy}} to Near's [[TheSpock Spock]].
* MoralityPet: [[spoiler: Matt. He's the only person who's death Mello expresses a moment's regret over]].
* [[spoiler: MyDeathIsJustTheBeginning]]
* NotSoDifferent - his methods more closely resemble Kira's than L's.
* NotSoHarmless
* NozomuSasaki
* ParentalAbandonment
* [[spoiler: PersonOfMassDestruction - when he briefly gets control of one of the notebooks.]]
* PrettyFlyForAWhiteGuy: [[http://www.youtube.com/user/teamDN#p/a/C9A245329B4E856B/0/_H-SvLB04Ic Mocked]] in ''DeathNoteAbridged'' "Quit talking like that! You're from an orphanage in England for Christ's sake!"
* [[spoiler:RedemptionEqualsDeath: He does something useful, and gets killed for his efforts.]]
* {{Revenge}} - "I don't underestimate revenge as a motive." There's the implication that getting revenge for L is another of his motives (along with being Number 1.)
* TheRival: Mello is Near's rival, and a bit more unhinged.
* RedOniBlueOni: Him and Near. Mello is overly-emotional impulsive and AxCrazy while Near is a cold intellectual and seemingly emotionless. The only thing they have in common is that they are both geniuses.
* SalieriSyndrome
* [[spoiler: ScarsAreForever]]
* SecondPlaceIsForLosers
* SlouchOfVillainy
* TeenGenius
* TeensAreMonsters: Fortunately, not as monstrous as Light.
** [[YourMileageMayVary Well...]]
* TeethClenchedTeamwork: He hates to acknowledge that practically speaking, he and Near are on the same side.
* [[spoiler:TooCoolToLive]]
* TrademarkFavoriteFood: Chocolate bars.
* [[spoiler: TwoFaced]]
* {{Ukefication}}
* TheUnfettered: Will do whatever it takes to beat Near and capture Kira.
* UnknownRival: Near actually isn't that interested in beating him, and expresses no problems with working with him. Light's lucky Mello isn't quite as open-minded.
* UnreliableNarrator - Mello tells the story of ''Another Note.''
* ViewerGenderConfusion: Moreso in the manga than the anime, but due to Takeshi Obata drawing him rather 'feminine' in various panels, his habit of wearing tight-fitting leather, and his haircut, there were more than a few readers who mistook him for being a girl initially, up until his gender was actually stated by one of the mob characters. In the anime, he was slightly redesigned to look less effeminate and given an overly-masculine voice, but that still didn't stop the confusion.
* {{Wangst}} - "IT'S TIME I START LIVING MY OWN LIFE!" ''* door slam!* ''
** [[{{ptitleskikbgy4psco}} THAT'S IT, I'M LEAVING TO TAKE OVER THE MAFIA.]]
* WellDoneSonGuy - there are hints of this in the way he sympathizes with Beyond when telling ''Another Note''

[[WMG:'''Near''']]
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[[spoiler: L's true successor, named Nate River, and the one who truly takes down Kira in the end. Runs the SPK, a force from the USA specially designed to unmask Kira. Like L, he also suspects Light to be Kira (and suspects Mikami and Takada to have something to do with him as well), yet despite having every right to do so, refuses to incarcerate Light and Mikami and use the lack of deaths following as evidence.]]

The closest thing that the one-shot comic three years later has to a main character, [[spoiler:he drives C-Kira to suicide with words alone]].

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Tropes associated with Near:
* AdultChild
* AlternateContinuity: [[spoiler: Let's just say that Near is really really different in ''L: Change The World'']]
** Well, he's already got the [[ExpositionFairy annyoing]] [[TheScrappy part down]], all he has to do [[spoiler: is dye his hair and become a JerkAss]] and we're good to go...
* AmbiguouslyAutistic
* AntiHero: [[SlidingScaleOfAntiHeroes Type III, IV or V]]
* AwesomenessByAnalysis
* BaseBreaker: Despite all the comments about his being TheScrappy, Near does have his fans, especially among the anti Light crowd.
* BatDeduction – In the anime Near's eyes turn white and he magically has the clues he needs. The manga avoids this.
* [[spoiler: BeatThemAtTheirOwnGame]]
* BlackEyes
* BunnyEarsLawyer: Near loves playing with toys just as much as L loves sweets.
* CathyWeseluck
* CharacterAlignment: TrueNeutral. Near goes after Kira because that's what he does, not for any ethical or moral imperatives, although he does personally express disgust toward him and his followers. As with L, there are rules he will not break, and lines he will not cross, [[spoiler: though it's ambiguous whether he used the Death Note to defeat Kira.]]
* TheChessmaster: Perhaps the most archetypal example, right down to the unemotionality, and the hatred of adjusting plans.
* TheCombatPragmatist: Though he rejects offhand the idea of "[[WhyDontYouJustShootHim just shooting him]]" as dishonorable, he is still [[WordOfGod a cheating little bastard:]] [[spoiler:It is still argued on whether or not he used the notebook to control [[SpannerInTheWorks Mikami]] in the final confrontation.]]
* CreepyMonotone
* CrossDressingVoices: Near is voiced by women in both the Japanese and English versions of the anime.
* {{Deuteragonist}}: After L's death, Mello and Near become the opposing deuteragonists to Light.
* GutFeeling
* HeroicAlbino: Although you'd have to use the term "heroic" ''[[CrapsackWorld very, very]]'' [[BlackAndGreyMorality loosely]].
* InsufferableGenius: In addition to many fans hating him, there aren't many people in the story itself who can stand Near.
* IntelligenceEqualsIsolation
* JerkAss: Arguably, although he does have his fans.
* LaserGuidedTykebomb: So Light, you thought you'd gotten rid of L, huh? Say hi to his successors.
* LauncherOfAThousandShips
* ManInWhite
* ManipulativeBastard
* MeaningfulName: [[spoiler:His real name, Nate River, is supposed to symbolize how his talents flow from L like a river flows from Canada to Alaska.]]
* MessyHair: Well, messy or maybe just curly; it's a little hard to tell.
* MindRape - just ''look'' at chapters 103 and 104 of the manga.
* NorikoHidaka
* NoSocialSkills: Even more so than L, to the point where he is apparently unable to make his own travel arrangements. How To Read, the series encyclopedia, points out that this a significant weakness, as he can only make full use of his brilliant mind when surrounded by support because his basic social and living skills are so bad.
* OlderThanTheyLook: Many assume he's ten or so by his appearance, behavior, and voice; he's 17 or 18. He looks about 15 three years after that.
* PajamaCladHero: He spent his entire appearance clothed in PJs, although in the anime this appears to have been changed to a PJ top and jeans.
* ParentalAbandonment
* PunchClockHero
* TheReasonYouSuckSpeech: Gives an ''epic'' one to [[spoiler: Light at the end]]. Might just count as his CrowningMomentOfAwesome.
* ReplacementScrappy: [[spoiler: He just ain't L,]] and [[FanDumb some fans]] can't quite accept that.
** In defense of his anti-fans, it sure didn't help that his first lines consisted of him dispassionately calling L a loser.
*** I thought he was referring to Mello.
**** Though he could have called him a loser in the sense he lost the game.
**** ''[[TheGame Sonova...]]''
** What's funny is that if you turn the sound off while you watch, he's not nearly as similar to L. L's body language is eccentric. Near's screams "please don't hit me."
* ShutUpHannibal: He rejects Kira's ideals entirely, [[spoiler:especially after confronting an implicated Light.]] "No. You're just a murderer."
* TheSpock
* SuperOCD
* [[spoiler:SuspiciouslySimilarSubstitute]]
* TeenGenius
* [[spoiler: VictoryGloating: [[JerkAss especially in the manga.]]]]
* VoiceWithAnInternetConnection
* WhereDoesHeGetAllThoseWonderfulToys: Quite literally.
* WhiteHairedPrettyBoy: One of the '''very''' few non-evil anime examples.

[[/folder]]

[[folder:'''Supporting characters - L's side''']]

[[WMG:'''Touta Matsuda''']]
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The youngest and most inexperienced member of the Japanese Task Force, Matsuda was Soichiro Yagami's protege before the series started and is the only member of the force to both consistently believe in Light's innocence and even show some sympathy towards Kira's cause. Unlike his teammates, Matsuda prefers not to do things 'by the book', instead taking risks -which is often heavily criticised by his colleagues.

Along with Mogi, Matsuda is [[spoiler:the only member of the Japanese Task Force to see the Kira case through from start to finish, with no breaks: Light joined late; Ukita, Soichiro, L, Watari, Wedy and Aiber die; and Ide and Aizawa both quit briefly]].

[[spoiler:Besides Near and a few of the other task force members, Matsuda is one of the few characters that survives the events of the anime/manga. The manga epilogue shows that he continues to work as a member of the police, but he still does not wish to believe that Light was Kira, and suspects that Near was involved in Mikami's death.]]
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Tropes associated with Matsuda:
* [[spoiler: ActionSurvivor]]
* AscendedExtra
* AudienceSurrogate: Matsuda is the character most unsure about Kira's morality.
* AuthorAvatar
* BerserkButton: [[spoiler:(To Light) "What about your dad, what the hell did he die for?!"]]
* BerserkerTears
* BewareTheHonestOnes
* BewareTheNiceOnes: ''He's'' the one that stops [[spoiler:Light from writing Near's name by shooting his hand, followed by shooting the ''rest'' of him, and would have killed Light had the others not intervened. And to think he was the only one that sympathized with Kira.]]
** The film version made him much more restrained... by taking away his reason for going berserk.
* BlackShirt: Interestingly, ''Light'' sees Matsuda this way. When Matsuda [[spoiler:shoots him to keep him from killing Near]], Light is flabbergasted. Out of everyone, he expected Matsuda to side with him.
* BreakTheCutie: He might be kinda dumb, but is more or less a nice person who tries his best even if it doesn't work. Then, the poor guy has his idealism, mentors, ''and'' self-esteem slowly demolished throughout the series...
* BrownEyes
* ButtMonkey
* CaptainObvious
* CharacterAlignment: LawfulStupid.
** NeutralGood: If he's not.
*** WordOfGod is "Only Soichiro is good." But it's arguable that him shooting Kira is a good act.
**** The original wording is ''Souichirou dake seigi''--"only Soichiro is justice". It's the same word as Light and L's warcry of "I am justice!"/"I'm righteous!". Plenty of room for Matsuda to get his good on--though he might want to work on his vengeful streak; it's not ''being Kira'' that gets Light shot...
* ChekhovsGun: [[spoiler:The ending isn't the only time Matsuda pulls a gun--he's a pretty good shot. Of the task force members, he's the most likely to do so.]]
* CloudCuckooLander
* ColorCodedForYourConvenience: Official color seems to be yellow.
* CowardlyLion
* CrouchingMoronHiddenBadass: But you gotta wait a long time for him to become un-hidden.
* ADayInTheLimeLight
* DistressBall
* TheDitz
* EnsembleDarkhorse
* ExactEavesdropping - during the Yotsuba arc.
* FakingTheDead: In order to continue the investigation against [[spoiler:the Yotsuba Kira]].
* FearlessFool
* GreekChorus
* HorribleJudgeOfCharacter
* HoYay: With practically every male cast member.
* IAmSpartacus - [[spoiler: in the manga Mello demands to know the identity of the second L so that he can kill him if the trade for the notebook goes south, threatening to kill Sayu if they don't comply. Matsuda saves Light and his dad from [[SadisticChoice that dilemma]] by hijacking the keyboard.]]
* IdiotHero: While not the protagonist, Matsuda certainly fits this.
* ImprobableAimingSkills: He's shown more than once over the course of the series to be something of a crack shot
* JustTryingToHelp: The poor guy...
* LauncherOfAThousandShips
* LeeroyJenkins: During the Yotsuba arc, L warns the others, [[WhoWouldBeStupidEnough "Be sure not to act impulsively out of panic or haste."]] [[GilliganCut Matsuda didn't get the memo.]]
* LetsGetDangerous: [[spoiler:When he shoots Light up.]]
* LoonyFan: Towards L and Light.
* TheMatchmaker
* MyGodWhatHaveIDone - [[spoiler: Done in understatement at the end of ''Relight 2'' after finding Light's body.]]
* {{Nepotism}}: The manga explains that this is why Matsuda has a job despite being more or less incompetent.
* NiceGuy
* NotSoDifferent: Among the most honest characters, in that he admits that he "can think like Kira, too."
* PluckyComicRelief
* {{Revenge}}: When Near offers to write Mello's name in the notebook, Matsuda's the only who says to go for it, since Mello [[spoiler:indirectly killed Soichiro]].
* TheSlacker: "All you ever do is watch TV."
* SuicidalGotcha
* UnstoppableRage
* TheWatson
* TheWesley – (YourMilageMayVary, [[AllThereInTheManual but apparently]] [[spoiler: [[WhatCouldHaveBeen the plot was rewritten to spare Matsuda.]]]])
* [[WhosLaughingNow Who's Laughing Now?]]
* YouGetMeCoffee: Poor guy.

[[WMG:'''Soichiro Yagami''']]
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Light's father and police chief initially in charge the Kira investigation team operating under L. When L begins to suspect Light of being Kira, Soichiro is unwilling to believe his son would be capable of such a thing. He was originally envisioned as an "honest police officer with a strong sense of justice" so that the reader "would have to feel sorry for everything he has to go through", and according to WordOfGod, he is the only truly "pure" character. Over the course of the series, he changes visibly by losing weight and aging poorly--particularly during his and Light's confinement.

[[spoiler: After L's death, he is sent to retrieve the Death Note stolen by Mello by obtaining Shinigami Eyes and infiltrate Mello's hideout. He retrieves the note and learns Mello's real name, but is unable to kill him, and is instead fatally wounded. Because Light has given up his Death Note, making his lifespan visible above his head, Soichiro dies believing that Light is not Kira.]]

[[spoiler: However, in the movie he is alive and present when Light is revealed as Kira - even holding him in his arms as he dies - but keeps his identity secret from his family.]]
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Tropes associated with Soichiro Yagami:

* BadassMustache: In the manga and anime; in the live action films, he's clean-shaven.
* BadassNormal
** [[spoiler: BadassAbnormal: Though he doesn't get to do much with it, he takes the Death Note and the [[{{Namedar}} Shinigami Eyes]] shortly before his death.]]
* BenevolentBoss
* CarFu: ''[[CarMeetsHouse ramming a]] '''[[CarMeetsHouse TRUCK]]''' [[CarMeetsHouse into a building.]]''
* CharacterAlignment: LawfulGood: The only cast member who truly fights for justice.
* CommissionerGordon
* CoolOldGuy
* DaChief
* DaddyDidntRaiseNoCriminal: Soichiro's reaction to the suggestion that Light may be Kira.
* DeadlyUpgrade: [[spoiler: Yes, ''that'' one.]]
* EarnYourHappyEnding: It's certainly no coincidence that the most noble character arguably gets the happiest ending. [[spoiler:Though in-story, Ryuk says he got to die happy because he refused to use the Death Note.]]
* FanNickname - [[HeyItsThatGuy Iron Chief.]]
* AFatherToHisMen
* TheFettered
* HappilyMarried: To Sachiko. Not the lovey-dovey kind, but the strength of their marriage is [[CrowningMomentOfHeartwarming extremely moving.]]
* [[spoiler:HeroicSacrifice]]: While he didn't know [[spoiler: that he was going to die when he did, he knew that his days were numbered by making the eye trade. Also, he believed that he was going to die within thirteen days if he actually did manage to write Mello's full name (he failed to do it, but he was prepared to do it).]]
* [=~Hey, It's That Guy!~=]: Played by Takeshi Kaga of ''IronChef'' fame in the movie.
* IronWoobie: He's the most decent man in the series, but he has to suffer due to his son and L's actions.
** Mostly his son's, though.
* LeeroyJenkins: When [[spoiler: Mello kidnaps Sayu.]] "Plan? There's no time for that!"
* TheMcCoy: In contrast to L's [[TheSpock Spock]] and [[spoiler: Memoryless!Light]]'s [[TakeAThirdOption Kirk]] during the Yotsuba arc.
* [[spoiler: MentorOccupationalHazard]]
* MoralDissonance - threatening an unarmed civilian at gun-point... [[LamarckWasRight Ah, THAT'S where Light gets it from!]]
* MrExposition
* NaoyaUchida
* TheObiWan: To Matsuda's IdiotHero, FromACertainPointOfView.
* ObliviousGuiltSlinging
* OnlySaneMan
* OverprotectiveDad
* PapaWolf
* PrinciplesZealot
* RonTheDeathEater - regularly in L x Light [[FanFiction Fan Fics]].
* ScaryShinyGlasses
* [[spoiler:SparedByTheAdaptation]]
** The Live-Action Movies
** The 2nd Relight Special. Instead of [[spoiler:dying, he's just...absent]]
*** [[spoiler: "Whenever things get tough I just remember my father." I thought that it was implied that he was dead but they never say what happened.]]
* TechnicalPacifist - "has never actually taken a life before" despite having risen all the way to the top of Japan's police force (TruthInTelevision as the NPA are the [[DeskJockey Desk Jockeys]] of Japan's police force.)
* [[spoiler:TooCoolToLive]]

[[WMG:''' Watari''']]
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L's guardian / butler / servant that contacts the police organizations of the world on his behalf. Real name is [[spoiler: Quillsh Wammy]].
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Tropes associated with Watari:
* BadassLongcoat
* BadassGrandpa
* BattleButler
* ConspicuousTrenchcoat
* CoolOldGuy
* DarkAndTroubledPast: Owns / runs a {{Tykebomb}} producing institution.
* FriendlySniper
* GadgeteerGenius
* TheHandler
* [[spoiler: HeroicSacrifice]]
* ImprobableAimingSkills
* KiyoshiKobayashi
* MysteriousPast: Something about a world war and being a famous inventor?
* NiceHat
* ParentalSubstitute: For L.
* UnflappableGuardian

[[WMG:''' Shuichi Aizawa''']]
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Another member of the Japanese taskforce [[spoiler: and eventually head of the NPA.]] He quits for a while when he wants to put his family first, but he eventually comes back. He's basically the smartest of the non-geniuses (Light, L, Near, etc.) and after [[spoiler: L's death, he takes up the charge as the member of the Task Force most suspicious of Light.]]

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Tropes associated with Aizawa:
* [[spoiler: ActionSurvivor]]
* AscendedExtra
* AudienceSurrogate: By virtue of not being a super genius yet also being smart enough to realize Light's Kira, Aizawa's the character that comes closest to being in the audience's position.
* BadassLongcoat - begins wearing one in the second half.
* BigDamnHeroes: [[spoiler: Aizawa and Ide get the police organized in order to assist with the arrest of Higuchi.]]
* [[{{ptitle6ti4g8uc}} Changed My Mind, Kid]]
* ColorCodedForYourConvenience: Official color seems to be green.
* EnsembleDarkhorse
* FailedASpotCheck: ''JUST'' misses seeing Light and Naomi Misora together...
* FanNickname - [=AfroCop=]
* FunnyAfro
* GreekChorus
* HairTriggerTemper - and rather highly strung.
* IHaveAFamily
* ImportantHaircut
* InspectorLestrade
* MyGodWhatHaveIDone - [[spoiler: Done in understatement at the end of ''Relight 2'' after finding Light's body.]]
* UnwittingPawn: [[spoiler: To both L and Light's plans.]]
* {{Wangst}}: "I hate Ryuuzaki and his way of doing things!"
** Averted, looking at how far Ryuuzaki is willing to go sometimes, Aizawa has plenty of reason to be furious.
* YouAreGrounded: [[CrowningMomentOfAwesome He sends Misa to her room, much to the relief of everyone (both in the show and in the audience.)]]

[[WMG:'''Kanzo Mogi''']]
A member of the Kira Taskforce.
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Tropes associated with Mogi:
* [[spoiler: ActionSurvivor]]
* TheBigGuy
* ComedicSociopathy - enjoys himself a little too much when screwing with Yotsuba Kira.
* [[spoiler: DroppedABridgeOnHim]] - in the live-action movies.
* FakingTheDead - in the manga [[spoiler: when holding Mogi as a hostage Near tells the Kira Taskforce that Mogi died of a heart attack in order to give a Taskforce member an incentive to come forward... it works.]]
* HugeGuyTinyGirl - whenever he's babysitting Misa Misa.
* LargeHam - as Mocchi the Manager
* MissedMomentOfAwesome - the author was planning to use him as TheBigGuy for something awesome and epic but could never figure out what... they couldn't figure out what to use him for in the anime either...
* OddFriendship - with Aiber and Misa.
* TheQuietOne
* TheStoic

[[WMG:'''Hideki Ide''']]
Another member of the Kira Taskforce. He leaves early on and later returns for season 2.
* [[spoiler: ActionSurvivor]]
* IneffectualLoner
* TheSixthRanger
* UnluckyEverydude

[[WMG:'''Hirokazu Ukita''']]
Another member of the Kira Taskforce.
* LeeroyJenkins
* PluckyComicRelief - in the manga.
* [[spoiler: RedShirt]]
* [[spoiler: WeHardlyKnewYe]]

[[WMG:'''Wedy''']]
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A thief L hires to assist in infiltrating Yotsuba. Her real name is [[spoiler:Mary Kenwood]].

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Tropes associated with Wedy:
* ActionGirl
* AntiHero: Type III
* BadassBiker
* CharacterAlignment: ChaoticGood
* ClassyCatBurglar
* CoolShades
* HellBentForLeather
* HighlyVisibleNinja: Bright PINK!!!
* LoveableRogue
* SpellMyNameWithAnS: In the anime, when we see Wedy's real name written down [[spoiler:by Light when he's killing her with the Death Note]], her first name is spelled "Merrie" and not Mary.
* SpyCatsuit
* [[spoiler: StuffedIntoTheFridge]]

[[WMG:'''Aiber''']]
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A ConMan L hires to assist in infiltrating Yotsuba. His real name is [[spoiler:Thierry Morrello]].

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Tropes associated with Aiber:
* AlternateContinuity: [[spoiler:Although Light kills Aiber with the Death Note in both the manga and the anime, the cause of death is different in each continuity: liver cancer in the manga, a heart attack in the anime.]]
* AntiHero: Type III
* BlondGuysAreEvil: But no is really evil.
* BoxedCrook: According to the manga, Aiber works for L because he has enough on him to send him away for life.
* CharacterAlignment: ChaoticGood
* ClaspYourHandsIfYouDeceive
* ConMan
* ConsummateLiar
* [=~Doesn't Like Guns~=]
* LoveableRogue
* OddFriendship - with Mogi.
* PermaStubble
* PetTheDog: [[spoiler: For maximum empathy, Aiber is shown with [[IHaveAFamily his family]] when he is killed.]]
* [[spoiler: StuffedIntoTheFridge]]

[[/folder]]

[[folder:'''Supporting characters - Kira's side''']]

[[WMG:'''Teru Mikami''']]
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[[spoiler:The fourth Kira, hand-chosen by Light himself. Holds a view of morality even more black-and-white than a zebra and penguin musical in the 1920s. Has even more of a flair for the dramatic than Light, if that's even believable, and worships Light as the true God. Used by Light to maintain the image of Kira whilst being the leader of the Task Force, since he can't really do both at the same time.]]

[[spoiler:Eventually, he causes Light's downfall by killing Takada too early and providing evidence for Near and the SPK. When Light is finally cornered in the Yellowbox Warehouse, in the manga, Mikami denounces Light as God when he denies that he even knows Mikami. After Light dies, he is imprisoned, goes insane after ten days, and dies in prison. In the anime, he instead commits suicide on the spot... with his pen.]].

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Tropes associated with Mikami:
* AmoralAttorney: Somewhat subverted; He works as a prosecutor during the day, but there are no hints that he acts like one of these, aside from HangingJudge quirks.
* AscendedFanboy: Or more specifically, ascended Kira worshipper.
* AxeCrazy
** Some added scenes in ''Relight 2'' makes this even worse.
* BadassBookworm
* BadassLongcoat
* TheBaldrick
* BeatItByCompulsion / {{Idiosyncrazy}}
* BrownEyes
* BullyHunter: according to BackStory.
* CallingYourAttacks
* CatchPhrase: [[MadnessMantra "Delete. Delete. Delete."]] And to a lesser extent: "GOD!!!"
* CharacterAlignment: LawfulEvil. Solely devoted to Kira, and to bringing justice to any and all criminals.
* ClassRepresentative: in BackStory.
* ColorCodedForYourConvenience: Official color seems to be purple. Wardrobe tends towards black, white, and blood red.
* CoolShades
* CrazyAwesome
* DeadlyUpgrade: "Shinigami...I thank you for these eyes."
* DracoInLeatherPants: He's ''completely'' [[AxeCrazy insane]]. And yet he still has his fangirls.
* TheDragon: "The Hand of Kira."
* EvenBadMenLoveTheirMamas: A notable subversion - as he sees his mother as someone who tolerates the bullies of the world rather than opposing them, he is ecstatic when she dies, taking it as a sign that God is looking out for him.
* EvilIsCool
* EvilIsSexy
* FourEyesZeroSoul
* FourIsDeath: [[spoiler: He is the fourth Kira.]]
* [[spoiler:{{Gorn}}: His bloody suicide in the anime.]]
* HarmfulToMinors - He was around the same age as Light (when Light first got the Death Note) when after years of abuse he began to think the world would be better off without certain people in it... and then all the people he secretly wanted dead died... [[StrangeMindsThinkAlike explaining why they are messed up in the same way...]]
* HelloAttorney
* [[strike: [[HeroSecretService Hero]]]] [[HeroSecretService Protagonist Secret Service]]
* HoYay - with Kira/Light.
* IJustWantToBeSpecial - When people kept coincidentally dying around him [[FalseCause he came to believe he possessed the power to delete evil]], even BEFORE gaining those powers via the Death Note.
* IdenticalStranger: Mikami bears an uncanny resemblence to L. [[KneelBeforeZod Makes you wonder what]] [[spoiler:Light]] [[ReplacementLoveInterest was thinking...]]
** [[CompletelyMissingThePoint He'd found a follower with two brain cells to bang together who'd do what he was told and do it well?]] (Never saw much resemblance between the two, personally.)
* IntelligenceEqualsIsolation
* IWishedYouWereDead
* JackTheRipoff
* JerkassWoobie
* KidsAreCruel: BackStory again.
* KingpinInHisGym
* KirbyMorrow: Voice actor.
* KnightTemplar
* LargeHam
* LongHairedPrettyboy
* MasayaMatsukaze: Seiyuu.
* {{Namedar}} - Mikami makes the eye deal.
* PaleSkinnedBrunette
* ParentalAbandonment
* PersonOfMassDestruction
* PoisonousFriend
* PrinciplesZealot
* PureIsNotGood
* RedEyesTakeWarning
* TheRenfield
* RightHandCat
* SamaritanSyndrome - this + [[WhosLaughingNow Who's Laughing Now?]] = his StartOfDarkness...
* ScheduleFanatic
* SecretKeeper
* [[SerialKillerKiller Serial Killer Kira]]
* SlasherSmile
* SpectacledSadist: Well... in canon he's more FourEyesZeroSoul, since he never enters into a romantic relationship with anyone. Probably. In fandom he's a more real example, and then there's his [[KirbyMorrow VA]], which has inspired a meme of him as [[InuYasha a potential rapist]].
* [[spoiler: SpannerInTheWorks: Leads to Light's downfall by thinking TOO much like him. However, it's implied Near might have ensured this outcome by controlling him with the Death Note.]]
* [[{{DistaffCounterpart}} Spear Counterpart]]: Can be considered one of Misa.
* TheStoic
* StraightEdgeEvil
* StrangeMindsThinkAlike: One of the main reasons [[spoiler: Light picked him to be the next Kira.]] Perhaps the two are ''too'' similar: [[spoiler: in the end, it costs them everything.]]
* SuperOCD
* TotalitarianUtilitarian
* UnequalPairing
* UsedToBeASweetKid
* VigilanteMan
* VillainousBreakdown: So, so much.
* WhatAnIdiot: In the manga, Mikami gets noticed by the SPK when he is asking Kira for orders... ON NATIONAL TELEVISION!!! ([[WithCatlikeTread Oh he]] ''[[WithCatlikeTread tries]]'' [[WithCatlikeTread to be subtle...]] [[EpicFail but even]] [[TheDitz MATSUDA]] [[TooDumbToFool notices!!!]])
** Surely that's something compared to, oh I don't know, maybe [[spoiler:''entering the one entrance/exit warehouse while having orders to do nothing unnecessary'']]. Okay, that can be justified, but not [[spoiler:consistently keeping a hidden slip of Death Note paper on his person despite already being self-sufficient enough without his ''God who can't move'']] so that the justification for it couldn't happen to begin with.
* [=~What Do You Mean, It's Not Awesome?~=]: Just look at how he kills Kira's "supporters" and Demegawa, especially in the anime.
** [[LimitBreak Sakujo!]] [[SuckingInLines SAKUJO!!]] '''[[FinishingMove SAKUJO!!!]]'''
* [[WhosLaughingNow Who's Laughing Now?]]
* WickedCultured
* WildHair

[[WMG:'''Kiyomi Takada''']]
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A popular and pretty young woman whom Mikami chose to be Kira's spokesperson. She was the girl whom Light briefly dated once to hide his connections with Misa; the authors later "forgot" about her... and once they recalled her, they brought her back.

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Tropes associated with Takada:
* [[spoiler:AlasPoorVillain: Her death was really, ''really'' ugly. And even if you didn't like her, you can't help feeling a bit sorry.]]
* AlternateContinuity - in the live action movies she fulfills the same role as the Yotsuba group does in the manga / anime.
* AmbitionIsEvil - While she is genuinely attracted to Light, she becomes '''''much''''' more interested in being close to him after learning that he's Kira.
* BitchInSheepsClothing: Definitely. She sleeps with a man and invites his fiancee out to brag about it, while being presented to the world as the epitome of grace and class. Even her nickname is "Refined Takada".
* BlatantLies: Her repeated referral to Misa as her "good friend", even after this exchange:
--> '''Misa''': Are you going to get Kira to kill me?
--> '''Takada''': Of course not!
* [[spoiler:BodyguardBetrayal: directed by Halle into being kidnapped by Mello.]]
* BreakTheHaughty
* CharacterAlignment: LawfulEvil
* ChekhovsGunman
* [[HighSchoolSweethearts College Sweethearts]]: With Light.
* TheDarkChick
* DeadlyUpgrade - [[spoiler: she makes the eye deal in the live action movie.]]
* DitzyGenius - She gets very good grades in school but is [[TooDumbToLive lacking in the common sense department.]]
* [[spoiler: DropDeadGorgeous]]
* EvilEye - [[spoiler: She makes the eye deal in the live action movie.]]
* EvilIsSexy
* HelloNurse: Quite popular with the opposite sex.
* [[strike: [[HeroSecretService Hero]]]] [[HeroSecretService Protagonist Secret Service]]
* HorribleJudgeOfCharacter
* HotScoop
* ItsAllAboutMe - loves to be the center of attention.
* [[spoiler: JackTheRipoff]]
* JerkassWoobie - [[spoiler: she just wanted to be Kira's goddess. Instead she burns to death.]] [[{{Understatement}} That kinda sucks.]]
** In the live-action movie Takada is stuck in [[WhosLaughingNow a really abusive work-environment.]] Too bad AmbitionIsEvil and she CantGetAwayWithNuthin.
* LadyMacbeth
* LovesMyAlterEgo - (Light/Kira again.)
* MaayaSakamoto
* ModestyBedsheet: Wears one right after [[spoiler: killing Mello, who had stripped her naked.]]
* MurderTheHypotenuse: Really dislikes Misa and tells Light at least once to kill her.
* [[spoiler: {{Namedar}} - She makes the eye deal in the live action movie.]]
* NoPlaceForMeThere - in the live action movies "There' so much filth in the world... and I am the worst of all."
* TheOjou: She's nicknamed "Refined Takada".
* PaleSkinnedBrunette
* [[spoiler: PersonOfMassDestruction]]
* PoisonousFriend
* PrinciplesZealot
* TheScrappy: Probably the most disliked of the Kira supporters.
** In-universe. Near in particular loathes her, if his comments are anything to go by.
* SecretKeeper
* [[spoiler:[[SerialKillerKiller Serial Killer Kira]]]]
* [[spoiler: StuffedIntoTheFridge]]
* TotalitarianUtilitarian
* TrahisonDesClercs
* UnequalPairing
* [=~Victoria's Secret Compartment~=]: Keeps a page of the Death Note in her bra.
* [[WhosLaughingNow Who's Laughing Now?]] - in the live action movie.
* WickedCultured
* {{Yandere}}
* [[spoiler: YouHaveOutlivedYourUsefulness: Shortly after she kills Mello, Light tells her that before he lets her die.]]


[[/folder]]

[[folder:'''Shinigami''']]

[[WMG:'''Ryuk''']]
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Light's {{Shinigami}} sidekick, and the one who dropped Light's Death Note on Earth in the first place. Despite his terrifying appearance, he's mostly harmless (unless he gets bored), and has a fondness for apples. He tells Light about various rules of the Shinigami Realm, sometimes at extremely inconvenient times.

[[spoiler:In the end, he's the one who kills Light, due to Light being finally beaten by Near, meaning that things won't be ''fun'' anymore. Appears briefly in the one-shot, where he is indirectly responsible for creating C-Kira by revealing to all the other Shinigami that they can go into the human world under certain circumstances and eat apples]].
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Tropes associated with Ryuk:
* AffablyEvil or EvillyAffable: Is a bit of both, as he can be genuinely nice to Light and Misa, but fits the latter in his malicious way of curing boredom.
* AlienCatnip – apples
* AllergicToRoutine
* AudienceSurrogate: "So interesting!"
* BrianDrummond: Voice actor.
* TheBrute
* ByTheEyesOfTheBlind: Ryuk, like all other shinigami, can only be seen or heard by those who have touched his Death Note.
* CaptainObvious
* CharacterAlignment: TrueNeutral or NeutralEvil, {{YMMV}}. Ryuk is entertained by all the deaths he causes. He's a shinigami, so one could attribute it [[AlwaysChaoticEvil to his nature,]] [[MySpeciesDothProtestTooMuch but other shinigami have shown the capacity for love and self-sacrifice,]] [[StopBeingStereotypical and on the whole are pretty contemptuous of Ryuk.]]
* CreepyAwesome
* DoesThisRemindYouOfAnything: Ryuk is an apple junkie.
** Interestingly, the potential symbolism of apples is one Obha claims to have been unaware of.
* TheDragon: To a certain extent.
* EvenEvilHasStandards: Ryuk tells Light at least once that he's even more evil than a shinigami, and generally, when Light does something particularly nasty, laughs mockingly in the background.
* EvilIsCool
* EvilLaugh
* FunPersonified
* GlowingEyesOfDoom
* GoodWingsEvilWings
* {{Goth}}: Well, at least his ''clothes'' look like it. [[PerkyGoth Personality]], not so much.
* TheGrimReaper
* HowDoYouLikeThemApples: Juicy!
* [[{{Ptitlemd299wh0}} I Can't Believe It's Not Heroin]] - he's a "triple A" an Apple Addicted Asshole.
* IntangibleMan
* IntriguedByHumanity
* IronicEcho: Y'know that thing Ryuk warned Light about at the very beginning of this whole mess? Guess what!
* ItAmusedMe[=/=]ForTheEvulz: Ryuk drops his Death Note into the human world, setting off all the chaos that follows, just because he's bored.
* JerkassDissonance: Nearly everything bad that happens throughout the series is technically Ryuk's fault, but god damn if we don't love him anyway!
* JerkassGods
* JumpScare - frequently the one to make it happen.
* [[spoiler: KarmaHoudini]]
* {{Keet}}
* KidWithTheLeash: Inverted; Ryuk, and by extent, the rules of the Death Note, are often the only thing restraining Light from killing his opponents directly, not that that stops him from getting around the rules...
* KillYouLast:
--> "You know, you haven't been very nice to me. I might just write your name in my Death Note and kill you, just like that! ...I wouldn't laugh if I were you."
* LargeHam
--> "The symptoms are STAAAAAAARTING!"
* LightningReveal
* LooksLikeCesare ''and'' LooksLikeOrlok.
* MemeticMolester
* MercyKill: [[spoiler: One way to interpret the ending.]] YourMilageMayVary of course.
* MonsterClown
* MonsterRoommate
* MoreTeethThanTheOsmondFamily
* {{Namedar}} - Shinigami eyes see everyone's name.
* NoSenseOfPersonalSpace
* NoYay: [[MemeticMolester Oh for the]] [[BrainBleach love of Kira,]] [[BigNo NO!]]
* NotSoHarmless
* NotSoImaginaryFriend
* PerkyGoth
* PetMonstrosity
* PluckyComicRelief
* ShootingSuperman
* SidekickExMachina
* SlasherSmile
* SnarkyNonhumanSidekick
* SoProudOfYou: Tells Light this at his high school graduation.
* [[spoiler: TheStarscream]]
* TeamPet - {{Lampshaded}} by the other Shinigami "LOL, Ryuk is being kept by a human."
* TooDumbToLive: More [[InformedAbility Informed Stupidity]], the other shinigami consider him the stupidest of their kind, but he's shown quite a bit of cunning at manipulating and tricking Light.
* TooManyBelts
* TrademarkFavoriteFood: [[ICantBelieveItsNotHeroin Apples]].
* UglyCute
* VillainsOutShopping:
--> "Hey Light, want to play some video games?"
* VitriolicBestBuds - Light and Ryuk, arguably BOTH types 1 and 2.
--> '''Ryuk''' (sounding excited and happy): He’s not the least bit daunted by the fact that I’m a Shinigami! He doesn’t suck up to me, and he seems to have no problem giving me a hard time. (Grins, ''AWESOME!!'')
* TheWatson: Occasionally.
* YouBastard: FridgeLogic: he's the AudienceSurrogate.
* YouCanSeeMe
* [=~You Didn't Ask~=]: Ryuk amuses himself by explaining certain rules of the Death Note to Light at the worst moments. He even invokes this trope word-for-word in the movie.
* [[YouHaveOutlivedYourUsefulness You Have Outlived Your Entertainment Value]]

[[WMG:'''Rem''']]
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Misa's {{Shinigami}}, who is highly protective of her.

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Tropes associated with Rem:
* CharacterAlignment: NeutralGood; she has stronger ethics than most of the human characters. [[HorribleJudgeOfCharacter However, occasionally verges]] on StupidGood territory.
* CreepyAwesome
* CuteLittleFangs
* CuteMonsterGirl: Subverted, she has a few stereotypically feminine traits, but is overall grotesque and was initially mistaken for male.
* DarkChick
* DarkIsNotEvil
* TheDulcineaEffect
* EyesOfGold
* EyepatchOfPower
* FacialMarkings
* [[FriendlyNeighborhoodVampires Friendly Neighborhood Shinigami]]
* GentleGiant
* [[ShesAManInJapan He's A Woman In Japan]]
* HellishPupils
* [[spoiler: [[strike: [[HeroSecretService Hero]]]] [[HeroSecretService Protagonist Secret Service]]]]
* [[spoiler:HeroicSacrifice: After a fashion]]
* HorribleJudgeOfCharacter - [[{{Irony}} "Now that I think about it,]] [[PureIsNotGood Light may be as pure]] [[{{Yandere}} as you]], [[LoveMakesYouEvil Misa]]."
* IWantMyBelovedToBeHappy
* IfYouEverDoAnythingToHurtHer
* [[IntangibleMan Intangible Woman]]
* {{Kujira}}
* LesYay: She has a one-sided affection for Misa, although it MAY be purely platonic (Rem claims this is the case, but who knows...)
** Averted in the English dub of the movies where Rem is a male.
* LoveMartyr
* MamaBear: Towards Misa.
* MonsterRoommate
* MoreThanMindControl: [[DidYouJustScamCthulhu "You want Misa to be happy, right?"]]
* [[MyMasterRightOrWrong My Mistress Right Or Wrong]]
* MySpeciesDothProtestTooMuch
* {{Namedar}} - Shinigami eyes see everyone's name.
* NotSoImaginaryFriend
* [[{{Ptitleeym5vv2h}} Screw the Rules, I’m Doing What’s Right]]
* SidekickExMachina
* TertiarySexualCharacteristics
* TokenGoodTeammate – to team Kira.
* UglyCute
* UnwittingPawn: [[spoiler:Light manipulates her into saving Misa (thus ensuring her own death) by killing L and Watari).]]
* ViewerGenderConfusion
* WomanInWhite
* TheWoobie
* [[YouGottaHaveBlueHair You Gotta Have Purple]]-[[WhiteHairedPrettyGirl White Hair]]

[[WMG:'''Sidoh''']]
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A lazy, whiny shinigami and [[spoiler:the original owner of Light's first Death Note (before it was "liberated" by Ryuk). Causes trouble for Light's plans when he comes to retrieve his notebook.]]

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Tropes associated with Sidoh:
* ButtMonkey
* CapeWings
* CharacterAlignment - TrueNeutral [[spoiler: He just wants his notebook back.]]
* TheChewToy
* CombatTentacles
* DirtyCoward
* EvenEvilHasStandards: "What's with this [Mello] guy? He's human but he's scary..."
* HellishPupils
* IneffectualSympatheticVillain
* IntangibleMan
* MoreTeethThanTheOsmondFamily
* {{Namedar}} - Shinigami eyes see everyone's name.
* NotSoImaginaryFriend
* SamuelVincent
* ShootingSuperman
* TheSlacker: Like many Shinigami he was really slacking off writing down names so he needed to find his notebook soon or he was going to die.
* SpannerInTheWorks
* ThisIsGonnaSuck: In as many words, when realizing his notebook is missing in the human world.
* TrademarkFavoriteFood: Mello introduces him to chocolate bars.

[[WMG:'''Gelus''']]
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A shinigami, the original owner of Misa's notebook who sacrificed himself to save Misa.

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Tropes associated with Gelus:
* CharacterAlignment - ChaoticGood
* DarkIsNotEvil
* TheDulcineaEffect
* [[FriendlyNeighborhoodVampires Friendly Neighborhood Shinigami]]
* HeroicSacrifice
* LoveMartyr
* MeaningfulName: "Jealous!" Ahahahahaha...!
* {{Namedar}} - Shinigami eyes see everyone's name.
* [[{{Ptitleeym5vv2h}} Screw the Rules, I’m Doing What’s Right]]
* UglyCute
* [[spoiler:WeHardlyKnewYe]]
* TheWoobie

[[/folder]]

[[folder:'''Side characters''']]

[[WMG:'''Sayu Yagami''']]
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Light's little sister, who has the bad luck of being a normal kid in this fucked up environment. [[spoiler: After her horrible kidnapping by Mello, she ends up catatonic and in a wheelchair. WordOfGod says she's getting better at the end of the manga, though.]]

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Tropes associated with Sayu:
* [[AmbiguouslyGay Ambiguously Lesbian]]: To recap: she first says that she "doesn't want a boyfriend." Then she exclaims that Misa is "my type!" And she smiles when leafing through one of Light's [[PornStash magazines]]. The ambiguity here is that she does fangirl over Hideki Ryuga (the pop star), so she might be BiTheWay if the fangirling is sexual in nature.
* AnnoyingYoungerSibling: Nowhere as bad as other anime examples.
* BigBrotherWorship
* BoundAndGagged
* [[spoiler:BreakTheCutie (The second part of the series is so damn ''cruel'' to her.)]]
* BrownEyes
* CharacterAlignment - NeutralGood
* DistressedDamsel
* FanGirl: "HIDEKI RYUGA!!!"
* GenericCuteness: [[{{Moe}} Aww, she's so adorable....]]
* GeniusDitz - [[MemeticBadass look at the ease in which]] [[ManipulativeBastard she manipulates Light]] [[ObfuscatingStupidity into doing her homework for her...]] [[LamarckWasRight it must run in the family...]]
* TheIngenue: Sweet, caring, innocent, and not very smart. [[spoiler: Holy shit, it goes wrong.]]
* MoralityPet: She exists to give Light PetTheDog moments and to be kidnapped. Complete with LampshadeHanging:
--> '''Ryuk''' (to Light): I guess even ''you'' have a soft spot for your sister.
* RealWomenNeverWearDresses: According to FanDumb, how ''dare'' she not be an ActionGirl and free herself from [[spoiler: Mello]] singlehandedly, despite being just an OrdinaryHighSchoolStudent. Even if the series isn't good with its girls, the trope remains since, had Sayu been a male, boy!Sayu would be an absolute woobie worshipped by the FanDumb.
* SheIsAllGrownUp and TallDarkAndBishoujo: After the TimeSkip. You can't blame Matsuda for crushing on her.
* TheWoobie: Even if you dislike her, you can't help feeling sorry for her when [[spoiler: she's so horribly traumatized by her kidnapping that she's rendered ''catatonic''.]]

[[WMG:'''Naomi Misora''']]
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Raye Penber's fiancee and former F.B.I. agent who worked under L in the L.A.B.B. murder case.

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Tropes associated with Naomi:
* ActionGirl: Of the DanceBattler variety, since she's well-versed in Capoeira [[spoiler: and trains L in it.]]
* AloneWithThePsycho: Twice!
* AscendedExtra: Both in the prequel novel and in the live-action movies
* BadassBiker
* BettyAndVeronica – [[GenderFlip genderflipped]], Naomi has the choice of Raye (Betty) and Ryuuzaki (Veronica).
* {{Capoeira}}
* CharacterAlignment: NeutralGood
* ColorCodedForYourConvenience: official color seems to be blue.
* [[spoiler:DrivenToSuicide (well, "driven" might not be the right word)]]
* DullEyesOfUnhappiness
* EnsembleDarkhorse: So popular that many {{Fix Fic}}s have been written on her behalf.
* FairCop
* HellBentForLeather
* HorribleJudgeOfCharacter
* IKnowKungFu
* JustAKid: She's had... trouble with this. In the novel, it explains that [[spoiler:[[BackStory she had a traumatic experience]] [[ShootTheDog with having faced down a gang member that was no more than a child.]] Then there's Light the mass murdering high school student...]]
* MauveShirt
* NaokoMatsui
* OCStandIn
* OhCrap: [[spoiler: The sheer amount of terror on the poor girl's face after learning Light was Kira was just heartbreaking.]]
* PaleSkinnedBrunette
* ProperlyParanoid
* {{Revenge}} - she wants to catch Kira to avenge Raye's death.
* [[spoiler: SacrificialLion: Her purpose in the series turned out to be built up just so she could prove that AnyoneCanDie.]]
* [[spoiler: SnowMeansDeath]]
* TheStoic
* [[spoiler: StuffedIntoTheFridge]]
** [[spoiler: [[ItGotWorse It's worse]] in the live-action movie. Worse than commiting suicide on Christmas? Yes.]]
* TabithaStGermain
* TallDarkAndBishoujo
* [[spoiler:TooCoolToLive]]
* [[spoiler:TooDumbToLive]]: [[HaveYouToldAnyoneElse "So, have you told anyone else?"]]
** [[IdiotBall Yes, when there are killers]] on the loose ''always'' [[PlotInducedStupidity walk alone down dark alleyways]] and [[HorribleJudgeOfCharacter implicitly trust the creepy guy you just met.]]
*** Yeah what an idiot, [[YourMilageMayVary trusting someone confirmed by a 3rd party to be the son of the police chief and having helped solve cases in the past who makes the plausible lie that he is on L's team and asks a question that could be entirely legit as part of taking a witness statement.]]
* {{Tsundere}}
* [[spoiler: VasquezAlwaysDies]]
* [[spoiler:WeHardlyKnewYe: Dies too early in the manga to really establish her personality,]] but this was fixed in the prequel novel and the movies.
* WhatCouldHaveBeen: [[spoiler: She was originally given a much larger role, but the writer decided he had too many characters and plots to keep track of as it was and turned her into a SacrificialLion.]]
* WomanInBlack
* [[YouRemindMeOfX You Remind me of L]] - Naomi says this to Light ({{Lampshading}} that they're NotSoDifferent).

[[WMG:'''Raye Penber''']]
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The F.B.I. agent who was tailing Light.

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Tropes associated with Raye:
* AlternateContinuity - known as "Raye Iwamatsu" in the live action movie, though pretty much everything else about the character is the same.
* BadassLongcoat
* ButNotTooForeign
* [[spoiler: [[DeathByRacism Death By Sexism]]]] - (his StayInTheKitchen line to Naomi was an EstablishingCharacterMoment [[ValuesDissonance for Western fandom.]])
* DieForOurShip – when pairing off Naomi with other characters. The most {{egregious}} example would be fics that have the running theme of "It's such a good thing that [[spoiler: [[DracoInLeatherPants Light]] killed him]] because he's an [[RonTheDeathEater abusive ass.]]"
* IncrediblyObviousTail
* ItsProbablyNothing - [[GenreBlindness his reaction to Naomi's concerns about the busjacking.]]
* MauveShirt
* MemeticMolester - Light's STALKER!!!! This joke has been done to death.
* MichaelAdamtwaite
* MortonsFork - [[spoiler: Follow my instructions or I kill you and your girlfriend... Guess what happens anyway...]]
* StayInTheKitchen: To Naomi.
* TallDarkAndHandsome: Some fans find him ''genuinely'' cute!
* UnwittingPawn: [[spoiler: [[NightmareFuel Ha-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha,]] [[SouthPark made you kill your coworkers.]]]]
* ZombieInfectee - Rather than acting completely GenreBlind, Raye acts like this about [[spoiler: showing his name to a Kira suspect]] in the live-action movie.

[[WMG:'''Kyosuke Higuchi''']]
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The third Kira and the main antagonist of the Yotsuba arc. He's one of the eight-member Yotsuba board, as head of technological development, but isn't very competent compared to the others, and is obsessed with gaining social status in addition to wealth. Light had Rem send the Death Note to him as part of a XanatosGambit to clear himself and Misa of suspicion. [[spoiler:After his arrest, Light kills him to regain control of the notebook.]]

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Tropes associated with Higuchi:
* AmbitionIsEvil
* AndrewKavadas
* AxeCrazy
* CharacterAlignment: LawfulEvil. Wants a peaceful world because it's good for business.
* CompleteMonster: [[spoiler:the ''only'' Kira who isn't debatable about being this]]
** Because he's the only one using the Death Note for nothing but personal gain. [[WellIntentionedExtremist Well Intentioned Extremists]] are, by definition, never [[CompleteMonster Complete Monsters]].
* CorruptCorporateExecutive
* [[spoiler:CurbStompBattle: Really, he didn't stand a chance against L and Light's scheming.]]
* DirtyOldMan: Misa notes that he has a somewhat perverted interest in her.
* FailOSuckyName - his last name means "fire escape" in Japanese. ''No one'' has normal names in this show.
** Actually, 火口 means the caldera of a volcano - namely, he shoots his mouth off a lot.
* FromNobodyToNightmare: Apparently, he was rather an unimpressive and unpopular figure in the corporation until he met Rem.
* {{Greed}}
* IHaveYouNowMyPretty
* JackTheRipoff
* [[spoiler:[[TheKillerBecomesTheKilled The Kira Becomes the Killed]]]]
* [[spoiler: {{Namedar}} - When cornered, he makes the eye deal.]]
* PersonOfMassDestruction
* [[SerialKillerKiller Serial Killer Kira]]
* ASinisterClue
* SmugSnake: Enjoys insulting people despite his limited abilities.
* [[spoiler: StopOrIShootMyself]]
* [[spoiler: TooDumbToLive]]
* UnwittingPawn
* VillainousBreakdown: Loses composure more and more as he gets closer to being arrested.
* WhatAnIdiot: Where to even ''START?!''

[[WMG:'''Reiji Namikawa''']]
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A member of the Yotsuba Eight [[spoiler: that Light sways over to L's side.]]
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Tropes associated with Namikawa:
* {{Bishonen}}
* [[spoiler: BoardToDeath]]
* CharacterAlignment - TrueNeutral
* ColorCodedForYourConvenience - official color seems to be purple.
* CorruptCorporateExecutive
* EnsembleDarkhorse
* HazyFeelTurn
* [[spoiler: HeelFaceDoorSlam]]
* ManipulativeBastard
* [[spoiler: MookFaceTurn]]
* [[spoiler: ReverseMole]]
* TallDarkAndSnarky
* [[spoiler: YouHaveOutlivedYourUsefulness]]
* UnwittingPawn
* YouJustToldMe


[[WMG:'''Matt''']]
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Mello's henchman, and a fellow graduate of Wammy's House. [[spoiler:His real name is Mail Jeevas.]]

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Tropes associated with Matt:
* BadassBookworm
* CharacterAlignment: ChaoticNeutral.
* DeadpanSnarker: well his two lines in canon are pretty snarky and he's ''always'' portrayed this way in {{Fanon}}.
* EnsembleDarkhorse: OneSceneWonder, 20 manga panels, and a fan favorite.
* [[spoiler:FamousLastWords: [[{{ptitleg0672b4j}} "You won't shoot..."]] Also qualifies as TemptingFate.]]
* FieryRedhead or [[YouGottaHaveBlueHair You Gotta Have Green Hair]]
* GogglesDoNothing[=/=]MemeticOutfit
* HeterosexualLifePartners: With Mello.
* HollywoodHacking
* HoYay: With Mello again.
* ISurrenderSuckers: [[{{Understatement}} It did not go as planned...]]
* [[spoiler: KilledMidSentence]]
* MauveShirt
* OCStandIn
* ParentalAbandonment
* [=~The Pirates Who Don't Do Anything~=]
* RealMenWearPink
* [[spoiler: RedShirt]]
* SatelliteCharacter
* {{Sidekick}}
* SmokingIsCool
* SpearCarrier
* TeenGenius
* [[spoiler:TooCoolToLive]]
* VideoGameCulture: [[{{Flanderization}} Often known as the gamer guy in fanfic]], since one of his few appearances shows him playing a video game.
** It is mentioned on Matt's character page in 13 that he enjoys video games. That's probably where that came from.
* [[spoiler:WeHardlyKnewYe]]

[[WMG:'''Hitoshi Demegawa''']]
* AttentionWhore
* {{Expy}} – "[[SpiderMan I don't care what it takes, get me pictures of Spiderman! ...uh Kira.]]"
* FatBastard
* JerkAss
* KarmaHoudini – in the Live Action movies.
* TheScrappy: More than any of the other examples above!

[[WMG:'''Linda''']]
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[[caption-width:350:Fan art of Linda (by teh-h), because you'd need a microscope to see her one official appearance at the back of a manga panel.]]
An artist and another of the Wammy orphans. She draws the portraits of Near and Mello that are seen in both the manga and anime.
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Tropes associated with Linda:
* EnsembleDarkHorse
* GirlishPigtails
* OCStandIn
* OneSceneWonder: She appears ''very'' briefly in the manga, and not at all in the original anime series. However, she makes a very brief appearance and has one line in ''Relight 2: L's Successors''.
* PaleSkinnedBrunette
* TheSmurfettePrinciple

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[[folder:'''SPK members''']]

[[WMG:'''Halle Lidner''']]
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A former Secret Service agent who works for Near as part of the SPK, and is the only female member of this organization. She joined the SPK to avenge one of her relatives who had been killed by [[spoiler: Higuchi]] at the time when [[spoiler: he acted as Kira.]] [[spoiler: She leaks information to Mello about the investigation, as she reasoned that Kira would be caught faster under their combined efforts. Later, she was chosen to infiltrate the bodyguard unit that protects Kiyomi Takada.]] In the one-shot chapter set three years after [[spoiler: Light's death]], it is revealed that she and Rester continue to work with Near.
[[spoiler: Her real name is Halle Bullook.]]

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Tropes associated with Halle:
* AffirmativeActionGirl: She is introduced after the TimeSkip, making her the third action girl in the series and one of the few females in Death Note's predominantly male cast.
** ActionGirl: She still has the physical skills, and [[spoiler: poses as Takada's bodygaurd.]]
* CharacterAlignment: NeutralGood
* DieForOurShip: to some Mello/Near and Mello/Matt fans.
* [[spoiler: DoubleAgent: becomes something like this between Near and Mello.]]
* DumbBlonde: Subverted, she is actually one of the more competent women of the series.
* EyesOfGold
* GoThroughMe: Pulls one of these when Mello threatens to shoot Near. "If you shoot Near, we'll shoot you, if you both die here, what's the point? Only Kira would be happy with that."
* HetIsEw: Probably a contributing factor for the lack of fanwork for Mello/Halle (or at least in comparison to other pairings with Mello).
* HimeCut: Although she is not of Japanese origin.
* {{Revenge}} - she wants to catch Kira to avenge one of her relatives.
* ShowerScene: She gets her own [[spoiler: right before being forced to go back to the SPK headquarters, by Mello]].

[[WMG:''' Stephen Gevanni''']]
A member of the SPK.
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Tropes associated with Gevanni:
* ButtMonkey - of the SPK
* EnsembleDarkhorse
* FoeYay - with Mikami
* MinionShipping - often with Mikami again.
* SamuelVincent
* TallDarkAndHandsome

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[[folder:'''Novel & Pilot''']]

[[WMG:'''Beyond Birthday''']]

The villain in the {{prequel}} novel ''Death Note: Another Note: The Los Angeles BB Murder Case''.

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Tropes associated with Beyond:
* AlliterativeName
* AlwaysSecondBest
* AxeCrazy
* BadassBookworm
* BecauseDestinySaysSo: [[spoiler:kills people he sees are at the end of their lifespans.]]
** [[spoiler: A bit of {{Fridge Logic}} here. If you consider that only people with the Death Note are supposed to be able to change a person's destiny based on seeing their lifespan, those people would probably have died from Beyond himself, not from something else like he said to justify his actions. To be fair though, he couldn't have known that. Even more {{Fridge Logic}} when you think about the fact that if he hadn't had the Shinigami Eyes, he wouldn've have seen their lifespans, and wouldn't have decide to kill them, and their lifespans would have last longer. Their lifespans were shorter simply because he could see them.]]
* BloodierAndGorier
* CallingCard - the ''wara ningyo''.
* CanonForeigner
* CastOfSnowflakes: Played straight in the book. BB is only supposed to bear a vague resemblence to L.
** Averted in most fan-art, where he looks almost exactly like L.
* CharacterAlignment: LawfulEvil. Had a carefully planned scheme that's evil was for (what he believed to be) the greater good.
* TheChessmaster
* CloudCuckooLander
* ColdBloodedTorture
* CompleteMonster - [[RuleOfEmpathy He only kills a few people]] [[BlackAndGrayMorality yet still manages to come off as]] [[EvilerThanThou more evil than Light]] [[AMillionIsAStatistic because it's QUALITY evil.]]
* CreateYourOwnVillain
* CreepyAwesome
* CreepyMonotone
* CriminalMindGames
* CruelAndUnusualDeath: For his victims if the state of the corpses is anything to go by...
* DoesNotLikeShoes
* DracoInLeatherPants
* EnsembleDarkhorse - He often shows up in Light x L fanfics with plots, because he is a great for creating EnemyMine situations as he is one of the few canon characters that could pose a credible threat to both Light and L. In short, he's the KnightOfCerebus in the Fandom-wide L x Light RomanticComedy.
* EvilCounterpart: Just guess.
* EvilEye
* EvilIsPetty
* EvilLaugh - If Shinigami could breed you'd think he was related to Ryuk--he has his laugh.
* EvilSoundsDeep
* EyeScream
* TheFatalist - it comes with knowing when [[spoiler: everyone is going to die.]]
* {{Fingore}}
* FoeYay - mainly with L and Naomi Misora.
* [[spoiler: GoodScarsEvilScars]]
* {{Gorn}}
* HighOctaneNightmareFuel
* [[spoiler: InterruptedSuicide]]
* IrritationIsTheSincerestFormOfFlattery
* [[spoiler: TheKillerBecomesTheKilled - [[CrowningMomentOfAwesome hmmm... he seems to have died in prison of a sudden heart attack.]]]]
** [[spoiler: CurbStompBattle]] - as [[spoiler: Mello]] points out, "how humiliating for him"...
* LooksLikeCesare
* LoonyFan
* [[spoiler: ManOnFire]]
* ManipulativeBastard
* MasterOfDisguise - [[IrritationIsTheSincerestFormOfFlattery as part of his creepy obsession with L.]]
* MemeticMolester: Beyond often supplies the "hurt" part of [[HurtComfortFic Hurt Comfort FanFiction]].
* MindGameShip
* MoralEventHorizon: Killing a little girl.
* [[spoiler: {{Namedar}} - Beyond was born with the Shinigami eyes.]]
* NietzscheWannabe
* NightmareFetishist
* NoSenseOfPersonalSpace
* NoSocialSkills
* ObfuscatingStupidity
* OralFixationFixation
* {{Otaku}}: [[spoiler: leaves a clue in an ''AkazukinChaCha'' manga collection.]]
* PaleSkinnedBrunette
* ParentalAbandonment
* PrimalStance
* RedEyesTakeWarning
* TheRival
* {{Seme}}: Self-described as "an aggressive top".
* SerialKiller
* [[spoiler: SuspectExistenceFailure]] - [[spoiler: that was the plan, anyway...]]
* SweetTooth
* TeenGenius
* ThirteenIsUnlucky
* TrademarkFavoriteFood: Strawberry jam.
* TykeBomb
* UglyCute
* WellDoneSonGuy: [[spoiler: He just wants L to notice him!]]
* WildHair
* WouldntHurtAChild - rather horribly averted.

[[WMG:'''Taro Kagami''']]
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The 13-year-old protagonist of the Death Note Pilot chapter (which takes place in a different continuity than that of the main series). Technically, this makes him the first of the kiras.

Mikami's appearance, but not his personality, was based on Taro's.
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Tropes associated with Taro:
* ActionSurvivor
* AlternateCharacterInterpretation: [[spoiler: Taro's moral alignment is very much open to debate when you consider the pilot's ambiguous ending.]]
* AlternateContinuity
* [[spoiler: BackFromTheDead]]
** [[spoiler:But not with his mind entirely intact, some believe. Ryuk asking him what he thought of the Land of the Dead brings out a rather shaky and suspicious smile...]]
* BadDreams: His vicims haunt him in his dreams. Had he been the protagonist of the main series, it's doubtful that he could have gone as far as Light did.
* BeingEvilSucks
* CanonForeigner
* DeathIsCheap - [[AssPull the Death Eraser.]]
* [[spoiler: DefeatMeansFriendship: Taro and the main antagonist part on good terms, with the antagonist thanking Taro for stopping him and then apologizing for almost killing him.]]
* {{Diary}}: Not knowing what it was, he intially used the death note as a diary. Unlike Light, Taro can't read English (he knew what "note" meant, but not "death").
* [[spoiler: FaceDeathWithDignity: Kind of. He allows himself to be killed with the death note to prove that he's telling the truth to the police officers. He even jokes a little when giving instructions on what to write for cause of death. Of course, he's quickly revived with the Death Eraser]]
* FromNobodyToNightmare: Seemingly insignificant and unpopular kid who eventually has the entire student body scared out of their wits
* HalfwayPlotSwitch: [[spoiler: At first, Taro is something of a VillainProtagonist who is trying to avoid being found out. Then, once he revives everyone he kills, he spends the rest of the pilot acting as a KidDetective, trying to find the killer who has taken his place.]]
** When you compare it to the main series, it feels like a condensed version of everything Light went through from the beginning to [[spoiler:the end of the Yotsuba arc]].
* [[spoiler:HappyEnding: The ONLY kira who gets one of these, folks.]]
* HighOctaneNightmareFuel: Taro's nightmare.
* IWroteOurStory - cue EpilepticTrees...
* ItGotWorse: [[spoiler: Even after he revives his victims with the [[AssPull Death Eraser]].]]
* KidDetective
* KidHero
* KidsAreCruel: Taro is a favorite target for the school bullies.
* LighterAndSofter: When compared to Light. However, since he actually came first, you could say that Light is a DarkerAndEdgier replacement for him.
* MyGodWhatHaveIDone
* NotSoDifferent: [[spoiler: It turns out that the pilot's real villain is basically another kid who, like Taro, was constantly picked on and initially killed people by accident.]]
* PersonOfMassDestruction - potentially, though he isn't ''shown'' using the notebook this way...
* ProperlyParanoid
* ThirteenIsUnlucky: Our 13-year-old [[TheWoobie Woobie Protagonist]].
* VillainProtagonist: YourMileageMayVary. Although he didn't mean to kill anyone, he's clearly nervous when any cops arrive. Ryuk mentions the possibility that Taro is thinking about killing some of the detectives.
* WhereAreTheyNowEpilogue
* [[WhosLaughingNow Who's Laughing Now?]]
* TheWoobie: For the first half of the story the poor guy panics at the slightest sign of trouble (and who could blame him, given the circumstances?)

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[[folder:'''Characters only in movies''']]

[[WMG:'''Shiori Akino''']]
Light's girlfriend in the live action movie.
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Tropes associated with Shiori:
* AlternateCharacterInterpretation -Is she a) [[TheIngenue genuinely clueless]] or b) she knows / suspects Light is Kira and [[SelectiveObliviousness is in denial]] or c) she knows / suspects Light is Kira and is [[CoolDownHug trying to talk him out of it.]]
* AlternateContinuity
* AlwaysSaveTheGirl - [[spoiler: Subverted, [[MoralEventHorizon HARD!!]]]]
* TheBGrade – she's annoyed that Light keeps [[BrilliantButLazy effortlessly outdoing her in school.]]
* CanonForeigner
* CharacterAlignment - LawfulGood
* CompositeCharacter - she's the smart girl on campus like Takada and also fulfiles the same role as [[strike: Yuri]] [[LightAndDarkTheAdventuresOfDarkYagami the Girl from the Bus]].
* DistressedDamsel
* {{Foil}} – to Light especially when he's in [[EvilGloating gloating]] Kira-mode.
* HelloAttorney – she's studying to become a prosecutor.
* HorribleJudgeOfCharacter
* [[spoiler: ILetGwenStacyDie]] – [[spoiler: with a really nasty [[TwistEnding twist...]] ]]
* IncorruptiblePurePureness – "One day Shiori is going to understand..." (that KIRA IS JUSTICE!!!) Sure, buddy. [[{{Ptitleole57f6w}} This is the same girl that gets ticked off at you for making bets on sporting events]] and [[WhatAnIdiot you think she's going to be cool with mass homicide?]]
* TheIngenue
* [[spoiler: KillTheCutie.]]
* [[spoiler: LastKiss]]
* LoveMartyr
* MoralityPet
* ObliviousGuiltSlinging
* OnlySaneMan
* PluckyGirl
* SatelliteCharacter
* SelectiveObliviousness – she seemingly refuses to see what (in the film) is [[ObviouslyEvil blindingly obvious]].
--> '''Light:''' '''IF''' I were Kira I'd probably do the exact same thing...
--> '''Shiori:''' No you wouldn't that's not like you at all!
* [[spoiler: StuffedInTheFridge]]
* TokenRomance
* [[WhatTheHellHero What The Hell Hero?]] – [[ClarkKenting even if she’s not aware of Light’s double-life]] she’s the one to call him on it.
** [[StarWars "Stop it, Anakin. THIS ISN'T YOUR JUSTICE!!!"]]
* TheWoobie: Poor, POOR Shiori.

[[WMG:'''K''']]
The BigBad of ''L: Change The World'' [[spoiler: also known as Dr. Kimiko Kujo]].
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Tropes associated with K:
* AnimalWrongsGroup
* {{Anvilicious}} - The entire reason for this character's existence is so that [[HypocriticalHumor L can scream]] [[BrokenAesop MURDER IS WRONG, NO MATTER THE JUSTIFICATION!]]
* BadIsGoodAndGoodIsBad – She and her henchmen [[InsultBackfire feel very complimented]] when one of their victims calls them "no better than Kira." (Again with the AuthorTract... "[[EvilLaugh Muahahaha]] we are ObviouslyEvil [[CompletelyMissingThePoint so we like Kira]] even though [[SerialKillerKiller as mass murderers, terrorists, and child-killers we would likely be the first to be judged by him.]]")
* BigBad
* BondVillainStupidity
* CanonForeigner
* CardCarryingVillain - She and her gang go around [[KickTheDog kicking orphans]] and [[EatsBabies threatening to kill babies]] [[ViewersAreMorons just to show the audience how]] '''''[[ObviouslyEvil EVIL]]''''' [[ObviouslyEvil they are.]]
* CharacterAlignment - LawfulEvil
* TheChessMaster - well she wants to be...
* CreateYourOwnVillain - [[spoiler: Another graduate of Wammy's goes batshit.]] [[DullSurprise What a surprise.]]
* EvilerThanThou - at least Light ''cares'' about the human race...
* FridgeHorror - L, YOU FOOL! YOU'VE DOOMED US ALL! [[spoiler: Ryuk being bored and having nothing better to do, has probably has been watching your last days alive and he no doubt has seen you [[SaveTheVillain save the crazy lady who wants to exterminate the human race]] and he's probably thinking something along the lines of ''that one will be damn entertaining if I can get my claws on another Death Note.'' [[NiceJobBreakingItHero Nice Job Breaking It L]], [[FamilyUnfriendlyAesop you should have killed her!]]]]
* HamAndCheese - sorry lady, only Light can pull off [[PowerLevel that level]] of LargeHam-ness.
* [[spoiler: KarmaHoudini]]
* KickTheDog
* KillAllHumans
* KnightTemplar - Little Miss ''CaptainPlanet'' wants to KillAllHumans to save the earth.
* MisanthropeSupreme - HumansAreBastards that are destroying the planet so the [[PerfectSolutionFallacy Perfect Solution]] [[SarcasmMode is to release]] ThePlague DepopulationBomb [[SarcasmMode killing them all!]]
* MorallyAmbiguousDoctorate
* {{Narm}}
* NietzscheWannabe
* PowerHair
* ReplacementScrappy - [[spoiler: For Light in the movie-verse.]]
* StepfordSmiler
* ThemeNaming
* TykeBomb
* UtopiaJustifiesTheMeans
* TheWarOnStraw - [[AuthorTract No, this is not the arguement of the Green movement... Nor is this why anyone supported Kira.]] The AuthorTract [[{{Narm}} is taken]] UpToEleven in the Novelization.
* WellIntentionedExtremist
* YouHaveOutlivedYourUsefulness

[[WMG: '''Daisuke Matoba''']]
TheDragon to K in ''L: Change the World''
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Tropes associated with Matoba:
* CanonForeigner
* CharacterAlignment - NeutralEvil
* TheDragon - to K.
* DragonInChief
* GoodScarsEvilScars - making [[JamesBond Bond villains]] everywhere proud.
* {{Greed}}
* JerkAss
* [[spoiler: KarmicDeath]]
* NotInThisForYourRevolution
* ObviouslyEvil
* OnlyInItForTheMoney
* RedRightHand - see above about the scar.
* TakeOverTheWorld

[[WMG:'''Hideaki Suruga''']]
The F.B.I. agent in ''L: Change The World''.
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Tropes associated with Suruga:
* TheAce - [[IncomingHam "Hideaki Suruga F.B.I.! Here to protect you!"]]
* ButNotTooForeign - {{Lampshaded}} when no one will believe he's an F.B.I. agent beacause he's Japanese.
* ButtMonkey – "Why do I always have to be the decoy!"
* CanonForeigner
* [[spoiler: HelpFaceTurn]]
* [[spoiler: TheMole]] – he's here because [[spoiler: [[MurderInc his superiors want the Death Note.]]]]
* PluckyComicRelief

[[WMG:'''Sanami''']]
A token female member of the Kira Taskforce added in the Live Action movies.
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Tropes associated with Sanami:
* AffirmativeActionGirl
* CanonForeigner
* TheChick
* WhatTheHellHero? - calls L out on the cruel and unusual treatment of the Kira suspects.

[[WMG:'''F''']]
Another graduate of Wammy’s house that shows up in ''L: Change The World''.
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Tropes associated with F:
* [[spoiler: AlmostDeadGuy]]
* CanonForeigner
* ChaseScene
* FailOSuckyName - Seriously!
* [[spoiler: HeroicSacrifice]]
* [[spoiler: [[{{Ptitleb1tr71kq}} I'm Dying, Please Take My MacGuffin]]]]
* PapaWolf
* [[spoiler: TakeCareOfTheKids]]
* WestCoastTeam – One of L and Watari's agents working a case in a remote jungle village when [[spoiler: the virus hits.]]

[[/folder]]

* RedRighthand - see above about the scar.

The villainess of ''L: Change The World'' [[spoiler: also known as Dr. Kimiko Kujo]].

* {{Ubermensch}} - once again she wants to be...

TheDragon to K in ''L: Change the WorLd''

[[WMG:'''Kimiko Kujo''']]
The villainess of ''L: Change The World'' [[spoiler: also known as K]].

Tropes associated with Kimiko:

* MisanthropeSupreme - HumansAreBastards that are destroying the planet so the [[PerfectSolutionFallacy Perfect Solution]] [[SarcasmMode is to release]] TheVirus DepopulationBomb [[SarcasmMode killing them all!]]

* OneSceneWonder: She appears ''very'' briefly in the manga, and not at all in the anime.
** She makes a very brief appearance and has one line in ''Relight 2: L's Successors''.

* [[spoiler:Bodyguard Betrayal: directed by Halle into being kidnapped by Mello.]]

[[WMG:'''Ryuk''']]
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Light's {{Shinigami}} sidekick, and the one who dropped Light's Death Note on Earth in the first place. Despite his terrifying appearance, he's mostly harmless (unless he gets bored), and has a fondness for apples. He tells Light about various rules of the Shinigami Realm, sometimes at extremely inconvenient times.

[[spoiler:In the end, he's the one who kills Light, due to Light being finally beaten by Near, meaning that things won't be ''fun'' anymore. Appears briefly in the one-shot, where he is indirectly responsible for creating C-Kira by revealing to all the other Shinigami that they can go into the human world under certain circumstances and eat apples]].

Tropes associated with Ryuk:
* AffablyEvil or EvillyAffable: Is a bit of both, as he can be genuinely nice to Light and Misa, but fits the latter in his malicious way of curing boredom.
* AlienCatnip – apples

* AudienceSurrogate: "So interesting!"
* BrianDrummond: Voice actor.
* TheBrute
* ByTheEyesOfTheBlind: Ryuk, like all other shinigami, can only be seen or heard by those who have touched his Death Note.
* CaptainObvious
* CharacterAlignment: TrueNeutral or NeutralEvil, {{YMMV}}. Ryuk is entertained by all the deaths he causes. He's a shinigami, so one could attribute it [[AlwaysChaoticEvil to his nature,]] [[MySpeciesDothProtestTooMuch but other shinigami have shown the capacity for love and self-sacrifice,]] [[StopBeingStereotypical and on the whole are pretty contemptuous of Ryuk.]]
* CreepyAwesome
* DoesThisRemindYouOfAnything: Ryuk is an apple junkie.
** Interestingly, the potential symbolism of apples is one Obha claims to have been unaware of.
* TheDragon: To a certain extent.
* EvenEvilHasStandards: Ryuk tells Light at least once that he's even more evil than a shinigami, and generally, when Light does something particularly nasty, laughs mockingly in the background.
* EvilIsCool
* EvilLaugh
* FunPersonified
* GlowingEyesOfDoom
* GoodWingsEvilWings
* {{Goth}}: Well, at least his ''clothes'' look like it. [[PerkyGoth Personality]], not so much.
* TheGrimReaper
* HowDoYouLikeThemApples: Juicy!
* [[{{Ptitlemd299wh0}} I Can't Believe It's Not Heroin]] - he's a "triple A" an Apple Addicted Asshole.
* IntangibleMan
* IntriguedByHumanity
* IronicEcho: Y'know that thing Ryuk warned Light about at the very beginning of this whole mess? Guess what!
* ItAmusedMe[=/=]ForTheEvulz: Ryuk drops his Death Note into the human world, setting off all the chaos that follows, just because he's bored.
* JerkassDissonance: Nearly everything bad that happens throughout the series is technically Ryuk's fault, but god damn if we don't love him anyway!
* JerkassGods
* JumpScare - frequently the one to make it happen.
* [[spoiler: KarmaHoudini]]
* {{Keet}}
* KidWithTheLeash: Inverted; Ryuk, and by extent, the rules of the Death Note, are often the only thing restraining Light from killing his opponents directly, not that that stops him from getting around the rules...
* KillYouLast:
--> "You know, you haven't been very nice to me. I might just write your name in my Death Note and kill you, just like that! ...I wouldn't laugh if I were you."
* LargeHam
--> "The symptoms are STAAAAAAARTING!"
* LightningReveal
* LooksLikeCesare ''and'' LooksLikeOrlok.
* MemeticMolester
* MercyKill: [[spoiler: One way to interpret the ending.]] YourMilageMayVary of course.
* MonsterClown
* MonsterRoommate
* MoreTeethThanTheOsmondFamily
* {{Namedar}} - Shinigami eyes see everyone's name.
* NoSenseOfPersonalSpace
* NoYay: [[MemeticMolester Oh for the]] [[BrainBleach love of Kira,]] [[BigNo NO!]]
* NotSoHarmless
* NotSoImaginaryFriend
* PerkyGoth
* PetMonstrosity
* PluckyComicRelief
* ShootingSuperman
* SidekickExMachina
* SlasherSmile
* SnarkyNonhumanSidekick
* SoProudOfYou: Tells Light this at his high school graduation.
* [[spoiler: TheStarscream]]
* TeamPet - {{Lampshaded}} by the other Shinigami "LOL, Ryuk is being kept by a human."
* TooDumbToLive: More [[InformedAbility Informed Stupidity]], the other shinigami consider him the stupidest of their kind, but he's shown quite a bit of cunning at manipulating and tricking Light.
* TooManyBelts
* TrademarkFavoriteFood: [[ICantBelieveItsNotHeroin Apples]].
* UglyCute
* VillainsOutShopping:
--> "Hey Light, want to play some video games?"
* VitriolicBestBuds - Light and Ryuk, arguably BOTH types 1 and 2.
--> '''Ryuk''' (sounding excited and happy): He’s not the least bit daunted by the fact that I’m a Shinigami! He doesn’t suck up to me, and he seems to have no problem giving me a hard time. (Grins, ''AWESOME!!'')
* TheWatson: Occasionally.
* YouBastard: FridgeLogic: he's the AudienceSurrogate.
* YouCanSeeMe
* [=~You Didn't Ask~=]: Ryuk amuses himself by explaining certain rules of the Death Note to Light at the worst moments. He even invokes this trope word-for-word in the movie.
* [[YouHaveOutlivedYourUsefulness You Have Outlived Your Entertainment Value]]

[[WMG:'''L''']]
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The greatest detective in the DeathNote world [[spoiler: (the three greatest detectives, actually)]], he's called in to work on the Kira (as Light is known) case. While he nearly corners Light several times, his opponent manages to best him. He is the opposing {{Deuteragonist}} of the series [[spoiler: until he dies at the hands of Rem, but he had created a deadman switch, which resulted in Near taking over the Kira case.]] His real name, revealed in an encyclopedia of the series (How To Read 13), [[spoiler: is L Lawliet]].
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Tropes associated with L:
* AllergicToRoutine

[[folder:'''Other shinigami''']]

[[WMG:'''Rem''']]
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Misa's {{Shinigami}}, who is highly protective of her.

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Tropes associated with Rem:
* CharacterAlignment: NeutralGood; she has stronger ethics than most of the human characters. [[HorribleJudgeOfCharacter However, occasionally verges]] on StupidGood territory.

* CuteLittleFangs
* CuteMonsterGirl: Subverted, she has a few stereotypically feminine traits, but is overall grotesque and was initially mistaken for male.
* DarkChick
* DarkIsNotEvil
* TheDulcineaEffect
* EyesOfGold
* EyepatchOfPower
* FacialMarkings
* [[FriendlyNeighborhoodVampires Friendly Neighborhood Shinigami]]
* GentleGiant
* [[ShesAManInJapan He's A Woman In Japan]]
* HellishPupils
* [[spoiler: [[strike: [[HeroSecretService Hero]]]] [[HeroSecretService Protagonist Secret Service]]]]
* [[spoiler:HeroicSacrifice: After a fashion]]
* HorribleJudgeOfCharacter - [[{{Irony}} "Now that I think about it,]] [[PureIsNotGood Light may be as pure]] [[{{Yandere}} as you]], [[LoveMakesYouEvil Misa]]."
* IWantMyBelovedToBeHappy
* IfYouEverDoAnythingToHurtHer
* [[IntangibleMan Intangible Woman]]
* {{Kujira}}
* LesYay: She has a one-sided affection for Misa, although it MAY be purely platonic (Rem claims this is the case, but who knows...)
** Averted in the English dub of the movies where Rem is a male.
* LoveMartyr
* MamaBear: Towards Misa.

* MoreThanMindControl: [[DidYouJustScamCthulhu "You want Misa to be happy, right?"]]
* [[MyMasterRightOrWrong My Mistress Right Or Wrong]]
* MySpeciesDothProtestTooMuch

* [[{{Ptitleeym5vv2h}} Screw the Rules, I’m Doing What’s Right]]

* TertiarySexualCharacteristics
* TokenGoodTeammate – to team Kira.

* RaisedByWolves: He has very poor social skills.

* RaisedByWolves: Even more so than L, to the point where he is apparently unable to make his own travel arrangements. How To Read, the series encyclopedia, points out that this a significant weakness, as he can only make full use of his brilliant mind when surrounded by support because his basic social and living skills are so bad.

* RaisedByWolves

* UglyCute: Takeshi Obata intended him to be ugly. He turned out to be Ugly ''Adorable''.

* UglyCute: Manga artist Takeshi Obata intended him to be ugly. Ask the fandom, you'll see that it's quite the opposite.