History Characters / DeathNoteNear

* JerkassFacade: The book ''Death Note 13: How to Read'' has revealed that Near is distant from people because he is a very sensitive person.

* LightIsGood: Though not as morally questionable as Light himself, Near wears white pajamas, and his hair is white - white being the color of death in Japanese culture, though whether he knows this is debatable. It's not really delved into in the story, but [[AllThereInTheManual How to Read suggests]] [[JerkassFacade that he's cut himself off from the world because he's "overly sensitive."]]

* {{Expy}}: Of L. Just like him, he's a genius with odd mannerisms.

[[spoiler:After L's death]], he's main [[TheAntagonist antagonist]] of the series, [[HeroAntagonist but not the villain]].

* ArchEnemy: He sees [[BigBad Kira / Light Yagami]] as one. After all, he is largely motivated by revenge.

* CreepyMonotone: In the anime, certainly.

* AmbiguouslyEvil: With his KubrickStare, his robotic, stone-cold personality... it's hard to tell how good Near really is. However, much of his goal is to avenge his mentor L, and "How to Read" confirmed that he is a sensitive person.

* KarmaHoudini: Doubles with AwesomeMomentOfCrowning. He always gets away with some morally questionable tactics to catch Kira, such as kidnapping.

* ManInWhite: Wears white PJs and socks
* MeaningfulName: His real name, Nate River, is supposed to symbolize how his talents flow from L like a river flows from Canada to Alaska.

* NonActionGuy: Unlike L, it is completely unknown if he can really know some kind of martial discipline (eg, L knows Capoeira), and his abilities come solely from [[GuileHero his own deduction and intellect]].

* HeroicAlbino: While the morality of pretty much any character in Death Note is debatable, Near does work to defeat Light and end his killing spree.

* BatDeduction: In the anime, Near's eyes turn white and he has the clues he needs. The manga avoids this, but does show his photographic memory and ability to watch and listen to a room full of TV sets showing as many different news items and taking them all in at once.

* {{Bishonen}}: In the ''Death Note One-Shot Special'', he's a very atractive young man.

[[caption-width-right:300:[[labelnote:Click here to see Near three years later, during the events of the One-Shot Special.]][[quoteright:300:http://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/near_as_the_third_l.png]][[/labelnote]]]]

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* UnscrupulousHero: At first, he's almost as bad as Mello, but in the bonus chapter (post-epilogue), he's a little bit more reasonable.

[[caption-width-right:300:[[labelnote:Click here to see Near three years later, during the events of the Death Note One-Shot Special.]][[quoteright:300:http://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/near_as_the_third_l.png]][[/labelnote]]]]

* {{Ubermensch}}: As he put it, after Light responds to his withering [[TheReasonYouSuckSpeech complaint towards his personal character]]:
-->"Nobody can tell what is right and what is wrong, what is righteous and what is evil. Even if there is a God and I had His teachings in front of me, I would think it through and decide if it was right and wrong myself. I'm [[NotSoDifferent no different]] to you. I believe in what I think is right, and believe that to be righteous. You are no god. And I find the whole idea of you setting the path for all the people to follow is neither peaceful nor righteous. And anybody who claims to be a god and kills people from left to right is neither peaceful nor righteous."

* KnightOfCerebus: An [[AntiHero antiheroic]] example, along with Mello.

* TookALevelInKindness: In ''Film/LChangeTheWorld''.

* TheUnSmile: Sometimes he gives an extremely unnatural smile like looks like a living version of the "c:" emoticon, in a great contrast to L's WhenHeSmiles moments.
* UnscrupulousHero: At first, he's almost as bad as Mello, but in the bonus chapter (post-epilogue), he's a little bit more reasonable.

!!Near (ニア;''Nia'')

* {{Deuteragonist}}: [[spoiler:After L's death]], Mello and Near become the opposing deuteragonist to Light.

** Additionally, the AlternateContinuity film ''Film/LChangeTheWorld'' gives Near a very sympathetic {{Backstory}}- Near is an orphan from UsefulNotes/{{Thailand}} who watched his [[DoomedHometown hometown get destroyed.]]

* {{Expy}}: Of L. Just like him, he's a genius with odd quirks and mannerisms.

* HeroicAlbino: Well, for a certain definition of "heroic", anyway.

* LightIsGood: Though not as bad as Light himself, Near wears white pajamas, and his hair is white - white being the color of death in Japanese culture, though whether he knows this is debatable. It's not really delved into in the story, but [[AllThereInTheManual How to Read suggests]] [[JerkassFacade that he's cut himself off from the world because he's "overly sensitive."]]