History Characters / DeathNote2017

* RaceLift: In the original, L is of MixedAncestry, being mostly European and partly Japanese. Here, he's African-American.

* TrademarkFavoriteFood: Candy and sweets, just like his manga counterpart

[[center: [-[[Characters/DeathNote Main Character Index]] | [[Characters/DeathNoteMainCharacters Main Characters]] | [[Characters/DeathNoteLightYagami Light Yagami]] | [[Characters/DeathNoteLLawliet L Lawliet]] | [[Characters/DeathNoteNear Near]] | [[Characters/DeathNoteTaskForce Task Force]] | [[Characters/DeathNoteShinigami Shinigami]] | [[Characters/DeathNoteSideCharacters Side Characters]] | [[Characters/DeathNoteNovelPilotAndMovies Novel, Pilot, and Movies]] | '''Death Note 2017''']]-]

* AdaptationalSexuality: In the original he is completely disinterested in women and only dates Misa in order to manipulate her. (In fact half of the Death Note fandom believes that Light is gay).Here however he sincerely falls in love with Mia and is implied to have been interested in her even before he got the Death Note.

* AdaptationalSexuality: In the original he is completely disinterested in women and only dates Misa in order to manipulate her. (In fact anyone who has read or watched any other version of Death Note tends to believe Light’s gay.) Here however he sincerely falls in love with Mia and is implied to have been interested in her even before he got the Death Note.

* AdaptationalSexuality: In the original he is completely disinterested in women and only dates Misa in order to manipulate her. In here he sincerely falls in love with Mia and is implied to have been interested in her even before he got the Death Note.

* DoNotTauntCthulhu: When Light threatens to put Ryuk's name in the book, Ryuk tells him to go ahead and try but warns Light that the most anyone able to get was two, implying Ryuk kills anyone who dare to use his own book against him.

->'''Light:''' Look at those people.\\

* AdaptationalAttractiveness: L is traditionally depicted as lean, disheveled, and an attempt at ugliness by his creators. This L is better built, has smooth features, and has better hygiene.

* AdaptationalWimp: Compared to the calm and composed source material L, this L is emotionally and mentally weaker. This L often lets his emotions get the better of him, and tends to quickly crack when put under pressure, even to the point of going on a [[spoiler: RoaringRampageOfRevenge]], something that the source material L would never do. Additionally, L from the source material is a skilled martial artist that specializes in UsefulNotes/{{Capoeira}} (something that he only get to show off during his brief physical fights with Light), while this L is noticeably physically weaker. L in the film was easily subdued [[spoiler: by James Turner when he confronts Light about Watari's disappearance]], and was knocked out by a [[spoiler: random Kira supporter during the climax of the film]] with little effort on the attacker's part. He even loses his [[spoiler: position as Light's main antagonist to Mia]].

* {{Adorkable}}: He invites Mia up to his room, presses her up against a wall and then...asks if he can kiss her.

* AdaptationalDyeJob: Originally a brunette, he's now blonde.

* AssholeVictim: [[spoiler: Killed by Light because he's a child molester.]]
* CharacterDeath: [[spoiler: Killed by Light.]]
* DrivenToSuicide: [[spoiler: Thanks to the Death Note.]]
* {{Expy}}: [[spoiler: Of Higuchi, being a Kira-proxy with a less-than-admirable character.]]

* DeathByAdaptation: In the source material, Light considers killing Sudou due to being TheBully at his school and needing a test subject to confirm the Death Note's power. Ultimately, Light decide against it since that testing the notebook out on Sudou wouldn't be worth it, in addition to the fact that Light personally knew Sudou and therefore Sudou's death could be traced back to him. In this film, Light goes through with the killing. It helps that in this version that Light was a victim of TheBully instead of being a quiet observer of the bullying like in the source material.

* DarkIsNotEvil: While the amorality (or not) of his actions has yet to be revealed, he wears all black in this version, in contrast to the original being a ManInWhite.

->'''Portrayed by:''' Margaret Qualley

* AdaptationalWimp: Compared to the calm and composed source material L, this L is emotionally and mentally weaker. This L often lets his emotions get the better of him, and tends to quickly crack when put under pressure, even to the point of going on a [[spoiler: RoaringRampageOfRevenge]], something that the source material L would never do. Additionally, L from the source material is a skilled martial artist that specializes in capoeira (something that he only get to show off during his brief physical fights with Light), while this L is noticeably physically weaker. L in the film was easily subdued [[spoiler: by James Turner when he confronts Light about Watari's disappearance]], and was knocked out by a [[spoiler: random Kira supporter during the climax of the film]] with little effort on the attacker's part. He even loses his [[spoiler: position as Light's main antagonist to Mia]].

->'''Portrayed by:''' Nat Wolff

->'''Portrayed by:''' Keith Stanfield

->'''Portrayed by:''' Shea Whigham

->'''Portrayed by:''' Chris Britton

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* AssholeVictim: She's a homicidal freak who used Light so she could play god, and almost everything that went wrong in the film was her fault. [[spoiler: Ultimately, she dies when she's outplayed by Light after her plan to blackmail him into crowning her the Note's Keeper backfires.]] Considering all this, [[LaserGuidedKarma it's hard to feel sorry for her.]]

* ItsPronouncedTropay: Light mispronounces his name after reading it in the Death Note, to which Ryuk quickly corrects him. Possibly a TakeThat to anime adaptations that mispronounce Japanese names.

* AdaptationalBadass: [[spoiler:Unlike most of his previous counterparts, he gets through the entire film without being killed by his enemies and [[AmbiguousSituation (seemingly)]] defeats Light.]] Other than that, this L come off as a lot weaker than previous incarnations of L (see AdaptationalWimp below)

* DrivesLikeCrazy: Drives like a Franchise/GrandTheftAuto protagonist, crashing through things and obeying basically no rules of the road.

* AdaptationalWimp: Compared to the calm and composed source material L, this L is emotionally and mentally weaker. It doesn't take much for Light to provoke him. This L often lets his emotions get the better of him, and tend to quickly crack when put under pressure, even to a point of going on a [[spoiler: RoaringRampageOfRevenge]], something that the source material L would never do. Additionally, L from the source material is a skilled martial artist that specializes in capoeira (something that he only get to show off during his brief physical fights with Light), while this L is noticeable much more physically weaker. L in the film was easily subdued [[spoiler: by James Turner when he confronts Light about Watari's disappearance]], and was knocked out by a [[spoiler: random Kira supporter during the climax of the film]] with little effort on the attacker's part. He even losses his [[spoiler: position as Light's main antagonist to Mia]].

* BigBadWannabe: [[spoiler: While L's pursuit of Kira is one of the main driving forces of the film, Mia ended up being the bigger threat to Light. Nearly ever clue that put L one step closer to tracking down Light can be traced back to [[TheLoad Mia's]] involvement with Light. Mia is even responsible for L's RoaringRampageOfRevenge near the climax when she stole the Death Note page with Watari's name on it, preventing Light from burning it and sparing Watari. However, it implied that L will retake his spot as Light's biggest threat after he finds Mia's page of the Death Note at the end of the film.]]

* RaceLift: In the original, L is of MixedAncestry being mostly European and partly Japanese. Here, he's African-American.

* AdaptationalBadass:[[spoiler:Unlike most of his previous counterparts, he gets through the entire film without being killed by his enemies and [[AmbiguousSituation (seemingly)]] defeats Light.]] Other than that, this L come off as a lot weaker than previous incarnations of L (see AdaptationalWimp below)

* NeverMyFault: [[spoiler:Screams a YouHaveGotToBeKiddingMe variation when she realizes Light betrayed her, even though she was the one that tried to kill him first.]]

* NeverMyFault: [[spoiler:Screams a YouHaveGotToBeKiddingMe variation when she realizes Light betrayed her, even though she was the one that try to kill him first.]]

* {{Sadist}}: She seems a little too interested in wanting to watch people die in horrifying ways. She is even shown watching a bloody scene from ''Film/{{Phantasm}}''.

* AdaptationalWimp: Compared to the calm and composed source material L, this L is emotionally and mentally weaker. It doesn't take much for Light to provoke him. This L often let's his emotions get the better of him, and tend to quickly crack when put under pressure, even to a point of going on a [[spoiler: RoaringRampageOfRevenge]], something that the source material L would never do. Additionally, L from the source material is a skilled martial artist that specializes in capoeira (something that he only get to show off during his brief physical fights with Light), while this L is noticeable much more physically weaker. L in the film was easily subdued [[spoiler: by James Turner when he confronts Light about Watari's disappearance]], and was knocked out by a [[spoiler: random Kira supporter during the climax of the film]] with little effort on the attacker's part. He even losses his [[spoiler: position as Light's main antagonist to Mia]].

* AxCrazy: Ryuk is even more batshit insane here than in the manga and anime, because unlike the other two adaptations, where the death note kills it's victims via heart attack, [[spoiler: he's the one killing them]] and the gorier, the better.
* AdaptationalVillainy: In the manga and anime, Ryuk is a more neutral figure that is usually seen as AmbiguouslyEvil in other Death Note adaptations (despite telling Light early on in the manga that he is ''only'' there for fun and not to assist him), as the audience is given time to [[BaitTheDog learn his quirks and personality]] before his TrueNeutral colors show. Here, Ryuk is outright ''sinister'' and FauxAffablyEvil to everyone but Light (to whom he serves as TheCorrupter, goading Light into using the Death Note for the first time and telling him he can specify the cause of death) [[spoiler: and written in the margins of the Death Note itself is a frightening warning from a previous user... '''"Don't trust Ryuk. He is not your pet. He is NOT your friend!"''']]

* AngryBlackMan: A lot more aggressive than L's traditional portrayal.
* BatmanGrabsAGun: [[spoiler:L does this when he learns Watari has been killed.]]