He is also an excellent actor, becoming an excited and cheery manager for Misa on demand and seemingly contradictory to his usual demeanor. Osoreda forces the driver to stop the bus and then runs into the street, where an automobile hits Osoreda's head, killing him; the authorities mistakenly believe that Osoreda's vision of Ryuk was a drug-induced hallucination.[38]. Jack has been shown to harbor a strong dislike for Mello. open/close all folders. Death Note: With Mamoru Miyano, Brad Swaile, Vincent Tong, Ry Nait. Matsuda initially befriends Light and believes that he is not Kira, but at the end of the series, during the final showdown between Light and the SPK, Matsuda, enraged and grief-stricken over Light's apathy in regard to his father's death and to stop Light killing Near, fatally wounds Light by shooting him repeatedly. After discovering the Death Note and knowing its true powers of killing people after writing a person's name and face in the mind, he decides to use it to rid the world of criminals to make the world a better place. Before the team is formed, he is the only person who has seen L, and the only one capable of contacting L directly. After stating that he created a device that would make the plane crash into the sea and the virus would become harmless, which effectively made it useless for Kujo to initiate the plan, L convince her that humanity is still good at nature and would learn from their mistakes before injecting her with the antidote, choosing not to leave her to succumb to the infection with intent to let her pay for what she did by the law. A battle of wits puts these two against each other, as they try to get the upper hand. Despite doing so, Light still express some remorse and sadness for using the Death Note to kill Shiori. or maybe even someone in-between? Maki then contacted Kujo to meet her alone at the harbour where she planned to murder Kujo to avenge her father's death. In reality, he himself led her to each conclusion she made. At a later point, he helps Near create the SPK. Death Note (stylized in all caps) is a Japanese manga series written by Tsugumi Ohba and illustrated by Takeshi Obata.It was serialized in Shueisha's shnen manga magazine Weekly Shnen Jump from December 2003 to May 2006, with its chapters collected in 12 tankbon volumes. Let me know any other things you want in your one-shot. The main antagonist of the film L: Change the World, Dr. Kimiko Kujo ( , Kujo Kimiko) was a scientist who led a bioterrorist group that strives to use a virus to wipe out most of the mankind to create a new world, believing that the world was corrupt due to humanity's countless acts of undoing. It was from when the DN cast was doing autographs for Streamily, my friends helped me decide what to tell him to write on it and bought it for me lmao. He is described as paranoid and always keep a close eye on others. Soon after, Kujo and her associates reached L's headquarters, having traced Maki's whereabouts and there, Maki faces them alone in a corridor. Halle is a former CIA agent who leaks information to Mello in order to increase the chances of Kira being caught. Light manages to track him down and use him "as a pawn"[22] to kill the other eleven members of his team (he unknowingly used a page of Light's notebook to kill them). The Special Provision for Kira, usually abbreviated "SPK", is a group of anti-Kira formed by members of Central Intelligence Agency and Federal Bureau of Investigation members headed by Near. He, like Wedy, is referenced to, but does not appear in, Death Note: Another Note. [16][17], After L's death, Light kills him using the Death Note. But by then, Maki sneaked off, intending to murder Kujo but was captured instead before L, having discovered her disappearance, could arrive on time to save her. Her story begins and ends tragically. Jack Neylon (, Jakku Neiron), real name Kal Snydar (, Karu Sunaid), is a member of Mello's gang. Presumably, Kujo was sentenced to imprisonment or at most, sentenced to death for her crimes. Ohba chose names for his characters in a way that, as he described, "seemed real but could not exist in the real world", due to the fact that most of the characters were criminals or victims. Sanami () is a character exclusive to the Death Note film series. He has twenty-three days to bring a terrorist group to justice, or they will use a deadly new virus to change the worldby killing off most of humanity. [22] In her attempts to contact the Kira investigation team, she comes across Light Yagami. He appears to be fond of Misa, as she nicknames him 'Motchi'. Midora uses this to bribe the Shinigami King into giving her a second Death Note, which she gives to a human in an attempt to replicate Ryuk's experience with Light. In the manga and anime, after Takimura's death, Mello's gang kidnaps her in exchange for the Death Note possessed by the investigation team. After being exposed as the new Kira, Ryuzaki pardons Mishima and appoints him as his successor before his death. After being injected with the antidote, Maki saw an unconscious Kujo and once again attempting to murder Kujo, but stopped after L persuaded her from doing so. Light uses the notebook he finds in order to cleanse the world of humans he has deemed unfit for society. Midora (, Mdora) is a large, salamander-like Shinigami with stubby limbs. He has four tentacle-like arms, each with only three fingers on the hands, which hang from his body. Misa reveals her admiration of Kira and uses her status as the second Kira to get him to propose to her and admit to being Kira on tape. She is Light's girlfriend, classmate at To-Oh University (, T Daigaku),[39] and childhood friend. Ohba felt that Aizawa is the best person to be the NPA head because Aizawa held connections to the Japanese police and knows Near. Since Rem was the first Shinigami to touch the dead Gelus's notebook, she gained possession of that one. Near takes his findings to the President of the United States and reveals himself to be the true successor of L. Soon after, Near becomes . He was always in heavy makeup when with Naomi, so his true appearance is unknown. Light Yagami ( , Yagami Raito) is the main protagonist of the series. He is seen sitting in awkward positions and usually eating sweets.. An intelligent high school student goes on a secret crusade to eliminate criminals from the world after discovering a notebook capable of killing anyone whose name is written into it. After L's death, Near begins his investigation of the Kira case, gathering evidence over a period of four years. The Shinigami Gelus, who had fallen in love with Misa, intentionally killed someone who was going to murder Misa. While they were travelling on the train to locate Dr Nikaido's lab partner, a television broadcast by Kujo (as part of her strategy to capture Maki) announced to the public that Maki was a patient infected with a lethal virus who escaped the hospital and her photo of herself in her school attire was presented on-screen. In the chapter, Ryuk's actions have made apples a commodity among the Shinigami. He is seen completing blank puzzles, which emphasizes his problem-solving skills. He is described as a tough guy who doesn't sweat the details. The Shinigami King is regarded as a sort of father figure by lesser Shinigami, and is said to be almost immortal. Overall, the White ethnic group had a higher all-cause mortality rate than the Asian and Black groups. When Ryuzaki and Mishima are ambushed by police, Arma sacrifices herself to save their lives. When Ryuk first appears to Light, Kenny and his buddy are roughing up another student outside the classroom. 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Aaron Peltz. [7] Since childhood, Mikami has had a strong sense of justice, but his views have become warped due to years of bullying and trauma. A list of characters who have appeared in the Death Note franchise. Having Ryuk go out to send his instructions to Sakura TV, he creates a hashtag to auction off the Death Note, ultimately leading to world governments bidding on the Death Note, ultimately getting the United States to bid ten trillion dollars for it, while various law enforcement agencies are out to catch Minoru, whom Near names "A-Kira". Described by How to Read It as a "talented" agent,[22] Raye is assigned to investigate the Yagami family for any suspicious behavior; but he eventually stops suspecting Light after he appears to be one of the victims of a bus-jacking. [40] Light writes Shiori's name and the name of Naomi Misora in the Death Note, arranging the scenario to make it look like Naomi killed Shiori in a botched kidnapping scenario trying to expose Kira. Mikami mutters the word "delete" (, sakujo) repeatedly to himself while writing in the Death Note. He has been show to appear to be unable to handle the pressures of the meetings. He initially encourages the Yotsuba Kira. He is a serial murderer bent on surpassing L - not by being the world's greatest detective, but by being the world's greatest criminal. A truck slams into Shibuimaru's motorcycle, killing him. Hirokazu Ukita ( , Ukita Hirokazu) is a member of the Kira investigation team that is led by L. He is characterized as a brave young man who is also a chronic smoker. He initially leaves when he disagrees with L's methods. Sairas Is described as weak-willed and lacking as a leader. Mido appears to have a sense of appreciation for Yotsuba. After Tailor states that he is "L", he reads a declaration stating that Kira is evil. [21], One of the eyecatch rules given in the series states that extra Death Notes found by Shinigami are generally expected to be returned to the King, though Shinigami are not obliged to do this immediately. An unseen character in the main series, the Shinigami King governs the Shinigami and controls distribution of the Death Notes. Due to this, Ryuk appears solely to Osoreda, frightening the criminal. Shimura's ability to pay attention to small details allowed him to join the meetings; he noticed subtle changes in poker-faced Namikawa's face. The main character is Light Yagami, a high school student who discovers a supernatural notebook, the "Death Note", dropped on Earth by a death god named Ryuk. Quiz introduction. He is one of the strongest D eath Note characters, specifically among the Shinigami. Aiber speaks many languages and uses many false identities. At one point, he actually expresses some sympathy with Kira only to be severely . Gender: Male. Kiyomi Takada ( , Takada Kiyomi) first appears for a short period as Light Yagami's classmate and girlfriend; Light appeared with Takada in public to disguise the fact that he also conversed with Misa. [1] The story follows the character named Light Yagami, who chances upon a supernatural notebook . You look at the meager . When the attack fails, President Hoope commits suicide to prevent Mello from writing his name and making him launch a nuclear strike. Ryuk (, Ryku) is a bored Shinigami that drops a Death Note, a notebook that allows the one in its possession to kill anyone simply by knowing their name and face, into the human world in order to have fun. Osoreda had failed in an attempt to rob a bank, shooting a teller and two customers as he escaped. This ultimately results in Light's death when Ryuk, realizing Light's loss, writes Light's name in his Death Note.[13]. [11] He retrieves the note and learns Mello's real name but is unable to kill him and is instead fatally wounded. Midora tells Ryuk about this, and he relates Light's claim that someone must have great spiritual strength and conviction to use the Death Note; Midora simply picked a "weakling". Maki was later brought onto a plane bound for the United States, where the terrorists intend to use the virus in her to cause infection on the plane and spread it in the US (in turn, the whole world). After Kira kills several agents, the FBI withdraws its assistance.[21]. Raye Penber (, Rei Penb) is an American investigator from the FBI, sent to Japan with eleven other agents to aid in tracking down Kira early in the story. Since Misa has the Shinigami Eyes, she kills Ukita as soon as he approaches the door. Due to his brash attitude and ineptitude, the other members eventually figured out that he is Kira. (Manga Chapter 65) Justin has so much value in the Shinigami realm that even the . He individually contacts the members of the committee. He capitulates to Kira and officially announces support for him. At the very end of the novel, the narrator, Mello, states that Beyond Birthday died of a mysterious heart attack several years later in prison. Here is my favourite possession in my Death Note collection so far, an autograph from his English Voice Actor Brad Swaile . [29], The Vice President of Rights and Planning, Masahiko Kida controls the finances of the committee and contacts "Eraldo Coil." Near (, Nia), real name is Nate River, is the young detective who succeeds L after his death. He assists in the formation of Near's SPK, and provides information and funding to Mello under threats of the Death Note. Watari (aka Quillsh Wammy) is one of the oldest human characters in Death Note at 70 years old. While they realize that one of them is Kira, they do not know which one. He becomes quite fond of Light throughout the series. Death Note is a Japanese suspense and detective manga series. Later, when he takes matters into his own hands and builds a chapel to greet Kira, asking for donations, which would give Kira a bad image, Mikami kills him for being greedy, and he is replaced by Takada. He is also a fatherly figure to L. On the surface, he is Quillish Wammy (, Kirushu Waim), a famous inventor and founder of Wammy's House, an orphanage for gifted children in Winchester, England. You can vote for as many of your favorite characters as you want on this poll, as go nuts and let us know who the best Death Note characters of all time are! Matsuda's character serves as a foil to the more cerebral and analytical characters in the series, and his emotional reactions to the events of the series provide a human element to the otherwise highly intellectual story. His name is also mentioned in L: Change the WorLd as the leader of an arms syndicate who deals with the mafia. In Death Note [ edit] Near is the younger of L's two possible successors raised in Wammy's House, Watari's orphanage for gifted children, in Winchester, England. Kiyomi Takada (Japanese: , Hepburn: Takada Kiyomi) is a fictional character in the manga series Death Note, created by Tsugumi Ohba and Takeshi Obata.Takada is introduced in the series as a classmate of Light Yagami, with whom she briefly dates in college.She later reappears in the post-timeskip story, in which Takada is recruited by Teru Mikami to become Kira's spokesperson to . 14 Death Parade. Ide trusts Light more than any of the other Task Force members, except for Light's father. Neither was Misora. He also has a talent for using his good looks to convince women to pass information to him. He is later controlled to commit suicide by Light Yagami. 404. [1] The story follows the character named Light Yagami, who chances upon a supernatural notebook which grants him the ability to cause the death of anyone he writes in it. The novel takes place in August 2002, a year before Light became Kira. In the anime adaptation, Near is voiced by Noriko Hidaka in Japanese and by Cathy Weseluck in the English version. Rem. Matt was also a former resident of Wammy's orphanage, being one of its most talented despite his laziness. Filled with hatred towards Kujo for causing her father's death, Maki injected herself with the virus and was about to kill Kujo (and herself was going to get shot too) when L rescued her, taking her and Near out of the headquarters and managed to flee from the terrorists with the help of FBI agent Hideaki Sugura. The story follows Light Yagami, a genius who discovers a mysterious notebook: the "Death Note", which belonged to the . Light, in a rage, kills Tailor with a heart attack. She is a member of the Task Force. Aiber uses his initial "A", just like L, when communicating through computers. Beppo (, Bepo) is a gold-colored shinigami whose notebook is found by serial killer Sakura Aoi. Watari is well trained in espionage and marksmanship. For Misa's sake, however, she still assists Light in his schemes, although she despises Kyosuke Higuchi, the human she gave the Death Note to and calls the Yotsuba Group "disgusting creatures" due to them using the Death note for personal gain. Ide later returns and plays a relatively minor role in the Kira investigative team. Madhouse. [14] When Misa has Sakura TV (TV) broadcast a message from her as Kira, Ukita rushes to the station to stop the broadcast without any prompting by the rest of the team. Using his Shinigami Eyes, he would intentionally kill people on their destined day of death. The resulting capture of the murderer helped launch Naomi's reputation within the FBI.[26]. Her enormous size gives her a dominating presence. He is kidnapped by Mello in order to be used as a hostage in exchange for the Death Note. 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