He is the enemy of Light and all things greater than four thousand calories (and also chiropractors). He will work day and night to solve any problem you may have. He is justice incarnate! He is the greatest detective in the world. He is L!

This cake is L approved.

L is the hero of Death Note, well technically Near is the hero, but I’ll get to that later. Unlike Light, L uses his intelligence to solve crimes and catch criminals instead of just killing them. He always thinks one step ahead and thoroughly analyzes a problem or situation. Because of this, he has been deemed as the world’s greatest detective. All the crime fighters in the world look up to him. He is extremely successful in solving

crimes, but because of this, he can never associate with anyone who is not a part of his current case nor can ever completely reveal himself and goes by several aliases. And he never lets anyone know what he’s really thinking. I like to think of him as an example of what Light could have been.

This is my investigating pose, please continue.

L is my favorite character on Death Note (with Ryuk and Light tied for second place), but I did not like him at first. When he first appeared, I thought he was a slob, always slouching, wearing plain, loose-fitted cloth  ing, never wearing shoes, and obviously sleep deprived. Yeah, I wasn’t the least bit impressed, but as the series progressed, I started liking L more and Light less. I grew to like all his weird, little quirks such as stacking things for no particular reason and eating as much cake as humanly possible.

But he has one weakness that all detectives seem to have: obsession. He is obsessed with solving the case and being right. He often does things that might seem a little unethical like putting cameras in every crevice of a person’s house and locking three people up without any solid evidence on two of them. His obsession almost rivals Light’s obsession of being a god, but at least his obsession wasn’t nearly as crazy.

How could you possibly resist this face?

Still, I was really sad when L died. Though, I feel that his death wasn’t as sad as Light’s because at least L dies knowing he was right all along. Besides, L always thinks one step ahead and made plans beforehand to name a successor- or rather successors: Near and Mello. His successors don’t get along well, I guess L didn’t account for that, but Near catches Kira/Light in the end (after Mello dies).

L, you might have been a little weird, but that made you all the more loveable. Let’s all raise a glass to L.

GuardianTree12 out.