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First vote! :p
L is my favorite character at this point in the series (though not my favorite overall). I like the risks the manga writer & artist took with his character design, and I've been consistently blown away by the performance of his seiyuu in the anime. For me, L is the most interesting and entertaining character even though he isn't the most sympathetic. Other characters are more personable or more morally correct, but L is a ton of fun to watch without evoking the same reaction of admiring disgust in me as Light does.
This poll is a no-brainer.
When it comes to Death Note, the real star is L.
Yay Ryuk. He's the closest the series has to comic releif. Him and Matsuda.
I've decided that i'll just choose three characters, so here we go:
Rem - My fav' character from the story... you'll see why soon enough, oh - episode 14 helps.
L - Do i actually need a reason?
Light - Because at the end of the day, the man is amazing to see in action. I love how the story allows you to step inside of Light's head whenever something is happening - you feel one step closer to understanding him more.
White Manju Bun
2007-01-20, 22:09
Weird I totally thought this thread existed :heh:
L- as Shiroth said
Do i actually need a reason?
Agreed, L is amazing and that is all you need to say
Light - His seiyuu totally fits him perfectly. I think he's the perfect ummm well its up to the viewer on whether he's the good guy or the bad guy which is why I like him.
Rem - again Im quoting Shiroth :D Rem is awesome...
Jealous - Yes I like him probably the only vote he'll get. Again loved his seiyuu and him watching Misa all day was kinda cute but sad in a way.
L des
I mean we all love his eccentricty more than his brilliance dont we :D
A tie between Light and L? LOL. :D
Yagami Light: endless fascination of the way his mind works. He has the looks and the brains. He's a smooth talker (popular with the ladies) and a helpful person (teaches his sister). I sympathise with him and will always believe he's a good guy.
Yagami Soichiro: He's the father of Light. <3 LOL He's great at his job, maintains a good family and own an awesome sense of justice. He's pretty brave (like his Sakura TV invasion).
Misora Naomi: Beautiful and intelligent. She really loved her fiance... I deeply sympathise with her.
Pellissier
2007-01-21, 13:55
Based on the first 13 episodes of the anime (I have no knowledge of the manga, nor anything else Death Note related.)
Yagami Light: I decided to choose just one between him and L, despite I like them both. My choice felt over Light because his mind and his reasonings intrigue me; yes, I'm actually amazed to see how his brain works. At the same time he can keep the facade of the good guy very well, and while L's pressure is heavy, he handles it pretty well. As far as the situation is settled like this, I'll enjoy it.
Ryuk: simply because it's nice to have a good laugh sometimes when there's an heavy feeling of tension. The small apple-related gags are golden, and more generically his presence could always bring a smile.
Misora Naomi: I feel she was among the strongest characters seen so far. I was really sad to see how she ended. Motivated and smart. I wouldn't have minded to see her join the police team (also seeing they're all males there). The 5 seconds interval between her discovery of Kina, and subsequently the Death Note starting action, was the most emotional sequence of the anime so far. And those eyes... I actually felt a sense of loss, at that time.
Jealous: The sequence about him had a great impact on me. Although short, it was animated marvellously (particularly the vanishing). I highly admire who goes against everything for the sake of love, even against his own destiny.
My vote went to L and Ryuk. They're both quirky and cool. L is brilliant, but obviously underestimated because of his odd appearance and mannerisms. I think I naturally tend to root for whomever appears to be the underdog ^_^. Ryuk neutrality to the whole deal is perfect because he doesn't side with Light or against him. He's sort of like "the viewer" in a sense. When all is said and done, he's just there to be entertained like we all are.
Death Note is just so much more amusing with them around, in my opinion.
And Ryuk's laugh never fails to make me laugh :D
Light: Because he is so good at putting up the appearance of the good and the righteous front. His fans, (inside the TV and the outside admirers who watches TV) are in millions, and a plenty of them are unfazed by his own admission of his intent even if it means a lot of killing. He is also very aware of how good looking he is, and uses his good looks to capture the heart of fans, fanboys, and fangirls equally!
Ryuuk: His munching on apple makes me yearn for one everytime.
Watari: I'm fond of incorrigible butlers! They make the best of tea.
Penber Raye: I like non-angsty tragic heroes! They don't whine as much as a tragic heroine.
Misora Naomi: Ah! There are very few shows that can explore a minor character so well in the extent of a few episodes. Her character was beautifully done in every respect! It was no coincidence that a VA of Matsui Naoko (http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/encyclopedia/people.php?id=974)'s calibre was needed to play Naomi's role.
Yagami Soichiro: Always had a soft spot for people who can break into TV studio and point a gun to the producers head for airing craps on TV just because they can.
and finally,
L: Why do we see such a character who is seemingly so similar to Light in many ways, and yet, we don't get even a glimpse of how his mind works, how he thinks? My own humble observation is that he is above and beyond the common thought process. Yes, compare to him, even Light's thought process is nothing extraordinary. His character is just as unapproachable to the author of Death Note and engimatic, just as much as to its audience, or at least, that is the intended impression conveyed in my opinion. He is the Poirot, and the Holmes of this show!
Ryuuk: His munching on apple makes me yearn for one everytime.
Everytime i see a apple.. well yes, you can already guess what i'm gonna say.
& i can't actually believe that Light is beating L - Light's known as the character that everyone hates, but not around here. :3
While all the characters are interesting I have a few that I really like and a few I REALLY HATE...
lets start with the ones I hate XD
Light - Okay lets be honest here, he's a farking bastard who needs to die!!! I hate him for what he did to Naomi which still is bothering me every day... those eyes when she found out Kira=Light just continue to freak me out every time I think about it. Light's character while very compelling just makes me want to kill him again and again. Not to mention despite his intelligence he can be a total moron, as currently he has a completely insanely hot girl who would quite literally do anything for him and all he cares about if offing L. :heh: :heh: :twitch: :eyespin: :frustrated: :D Oh not to mention that he still has yet to face a real DIRE problem, while yeah he and L continue to trade blows in trying to find out things about the other L has yet to be pushed into a corner, he's had a few issues to deal with (Misa) but generally he's had it pretty easy... which annoys the living hell out of me.
Ryuk - Honestly I don't like his character thus far because his motivation just seems rather boring. While he does seem to have some more interesting things about him that could develop I just don't care to much for him thus far.
As for the characters I really do like...
L: He's so strange yet interesting, if this show really does have a hero it's L. He also has likely the most interesting character development in the show and I'm curious as to why he's so afraid of death gods. What I find even more interesting is how daring he is, he flat out admitted to Light that he was L even though he suspected him of being Kira, not to mention his odd little habits are quite entertaining to watch.
Naomi - One reason I hate Light is because I loved her character, and honestly it's her character which really brought about the most emotional development of both Light (proving that he's just a sadistic bastard) and herself, again the fear in her eyes when she found out she bad basically just killed herself is so frighteningly scary yet at the same time you just wanted to stab Light for being such a bastard. But beyond that she is likely one of the most intelligent characters who realized things that no one else investigating Kira had realized, not to mention her drive to find out who killed her boyfriend was very compelling, it's a true shame she's dead... although I still have small amounts of hope because they haven't found her body yet >.<
As to the character I personally chose as my favorite...
Misa - While she may not win this popularity contest I really find her character interesting, although I've only seen her for a few episodes I really find her interesting, from just the fact that she was devoted so much to someone she never met and even after meeting him she is far more devoted then ever even though Kira is actually trying to figure out a way to off her after she helps him with L. I also find her personality interesting, she's a cute character yet at the same time it's odd to see a person with such a personality willing and ready to kill innocent people, she doesn't seem to be anywhere near as disturbed as Light is (as he's a homicidal serial killer who thinks he's god) yet she never threw away the death note... I find this more interesting then anything.
L: My own humble observation is that he is above and beyond the common thought process. Yes, compare to him, even Light's thought process is nothing extraordinary. His character is just as unapproachable to the author of Death Note and engimatic, just as much as to its audience, or at least, that is the intended impression conveyed in my opinion. He is the Poirot, and the Holmes of this show!
That's a really good point. You can't really write about what you don't know (perhaps in this case, L's above-genius level of thinking). It's also kind of good that we don't know how L thinks because it allows the fans speculate and enjoy the surprises even more.
Light - Okay lets be honest here, he's a farking bastard who needs to die!!! I hate him for what he did to Naomi which still is bothering me every day... those eyes when she found out Kira=Light just continue to freak me out every time I think about it. Light's character while very compelling just makes me want to kill him again and again. Not to mention despite his intelligence he can be a total moron, as currently he has a completely insanely hot girl who would quite literally do anything for him and all he cares about if offing L. :heh: :heh: :twitch: :eyespin: :frustrated: :D Oh not to mention that he still has yet to face a real DIRE problem, while yeah he and L continue to trade blows in trying to find out things about the other L has yet to be pushed into a corner, he's had a few issues to deal with (Misa) but generally he's had it pretty easy... which annoys the living hell out of me.
I agree with you. Light is interesting, but I would rather see him get his punishment. He reminds me too much of people I already know or have met in real life (minus the Death Note power thing of course :heh:) who have brains, good looks and become childish if things do not go their way. His lack of value for human life (most notably killing Raye, Naomi and using Misa) is more disturbing and sad to me than it is entertaining :eyebrow:. I wonder if he had killed all those people personally with his bare hands would he feel any kind of remorse and guilt, as opposed to his effortless and "clean" killings by simply writing down their names.
Rei_Battlecake
2007-01-29, 06:57
I don't really get why so many people say that L is the real star of Death Note... imo Light is the star, he's extremely intelligent (well so is L) and really devillish while he himself thinks, that he acts for the good of humanity and the crazy thing is, that he really belives that and that he's so terribly unscrupulous that he'd even kill his family to attain his target... I think he's just brilliant and embodies "the aim justifies all means."
L surely is an interresting charakter but for me the "dark aura" is more interresting than the "weird aura" L gives off him...
I also think Misa is quite an interresting Charakter although we don't really know much about her past what'd probably make her much more interesting. Misa's absolute love she feels for Light is anyhow incomprehensible for me, but it adds an interesting aspect to the whole story....
and the way L treats Misa as she got arrested even gives her very many sympathy points on my imaginary list...
Hehehehe, This is what happen when you Vote first and then read the Title thread...I just voted for one Character....:p
Well, My first choice is L, As Geta pointed out, is not only his Intelligence and Deducting ability, but it his Eccentric behavior, From eating lots of sweet, to his Peculiar way of sitting he is really. He is really one cool character. At first I didnt lik ehim (way back when I read the Manga) but for some reason the anime just make me like him quite better now.
My other choice would had been Ryuk, Because I just found him funny.
Then there is Misa, Her childish behavior, goth clothing style and voice are just..ermmm Monir, Kina and Shay should now what Im talking about ;)
Light is really interesting, and At one point he was my favorite in the series, but that sort of died, and now it shifted to L.
smeg4brainsuk
2007-01-29, 12:55
Still going with Light on this one. Especially after his awesome mind game with Naomi Misora
The most hilarious Shinigami there is, RYUK.
And only Ryuk.
Max Power
2007-01-30, 00:08
I have to go with Rem...all the death gods intrigue me gut Rem seems to be a thinker like Light and L. I love Ryuk but I don't think he is as interesting of a charactar.
I don't think I could choose a favorite between Light and L, I think they are equal.
misora because she was both smart and caring, the final sequence when light tells her " i am kira", was so powerful.
misa because the poor girl has an uncoditional loyalty to light, but light only uses her to get closer to his utopia.
would it be so wrong if light got rid of the note and just had babies with misa and lived a normal and enjoyable life.
smeg4brainsuk
2007-01-30, 03:42
misora because she was both smart and caring, the final sequence when light tells her " i am kira", was so powerful.
Yeah that part was one of the series best moments, just the look on her face when she realises what he has just said, time seems to slow done as Light simply stands there with that evil look on his face knowing that she will not be able to repeat what he has just said as the seconds tick away.
Beautifully done
Personally, I like Ryuk, coz he's really funny and has a devil-may-care attitude.....
xnekorock
2007-01-30, 20:28
L! durr!!
hes the greatest! :D :D
The first person i chose, was Light. I think that his way of thinking is right (and sometimes i find myself thinking about what he did), but should never be acted out.
I also chose his father because he is (imo) entirely on the side of justice and cannot commit an evil deed. Light's motives (i guess) were just like his at the beginning but Light turned ... bad. Power like the death note would make anyone lose their mind, but he (Soichiro) didn't...
Just because he's fun to watch and looks cool, I chose Ryuk. I was also thinking of choosing L, but since he fails to live up to his true potential, i didn't.
//
After reading the ending, I take back my vote for Light.
SealedTears
2007-02-03, 09:30
ryuk is the ownage char that i love in DN, cuz he's funny and a apple addicted shinigami. wheres the logic in that? :P
Ryuk, because he's not like you would Death Gods imagine to be.
L because of his eccentricity, and Light because of him being one hell of an immoral protagonist.
Just L. and Ryuk for me.
I luv. how L can get away with so much, lol. Go L. IMO even if L has so many people backing him up, Light's always the one with the unnatural advantage. We need to see more of L.
Why Ryuk, Cuz he's the light of the show.
Honestly, I don't know what the show would be if Ryuk wasn't there. Everyone thinking of this thinking of that, just Ryuk all laxed out. Haha.. good ol' Ryuk :D
jacotyco
2007-02-06, 16:43
Ryuk is cool. End of story. :D
L is my favorite character right now. Ryuk is pretty cool and Misa is kind of adorable... I can't vote for Light since I generally disapprove of his intentions to arise to godhood..
Ban_Mido
2007-02-11, 17:05
Light, because I love his smile :D.
Too much L fans...:)
I am having an ephipany who to choose L or Hentai L . I will go with Hentai L simply coz when he does ecchi activity he does the L Dance :heh:
Deathkillz
2007-02-12, 08:14
Naomi Misora ~ dear god ill be mourning for her for eternity >.< :sad:
L ~ good actor, smart, creepy and he eats like a monkey ~ whats not to like? :heh:
ryuk ~ despite being an evil bastard wannabie i just love it how light always manages to get one over him :D
ColdCain
2007-02-12, 12:44
I think Light is the best :D He's amazing and smart - just a genius.
Sigrblot
2007-02-13, 13:58
Just L´s way of sitting on a chair makes me vote on him... :P
StrawHatLuffy
2007-02-17, 10:29
Ironic or not I voted both for Light and L.
Haha I love how both L and Light are evenly matched in votes.. :heh:
What could this mean.
Storm-and-Fire
2007-02-19, 13:21
I voted almost for everyone. XD
Anyway, my real favorites are L, Naomi and Souichirou. L because he >>>>> Light, Naomi because she had great potential to be a kick-ass character (yet she... anyway) and Souichirou because... I don't know why, but I really like his attitude and character.
Schwarzwald
2007-02-19, 23:29
Light for me...
Oh, by the way, AnimeOnDVD is doing its yearly draft, and Light is in Round 2 and L is in Round 3.
Round 2 runs until Sunday, if anyone wants to get out additional voting energy there: http://www.animeondvd.com/forum/showtopic.php?tid/17519/
Just a thought, just gotta spread the Death Note love.
I love Light, L, and both of the Death Gods, especially Ryuk :D I also voted for Naomi Misora-- she was brilliant and would have been the best of all the characters if she hadn't been killed so tragically :sad: I'm just imagining how wonderful the series could have been if she'd been allowed to survive, and Misa had been killed by Light instead... **sigh** It's too bad-- when Misa was first introduced, I kind of liked her, but as the series progressed, she made her way onto my hate list :upset:
My favourite character is definitely L. He's so intelligent, the way he reasons and the way he thinks simply makes my mind goes into knots trying to follow his reasoning. And all the more it's so impressive. And he is super cool too and can be frightening the way he treats criminals and idiots (aka Matsuda).
As for Light, I don't know whether to hate him or to like him. I think Light is quite like L except he is genius who stands for evil (while L is the genius who stands for good), and sometimes it makes me feel sick when I see him plan.
Blablabla
2007-02-22, 21:43
Ryűk and L for me... Death Note is really not Death Note without the "apple vacum shinigami". L is an enjoyable character, too...
light's sieryuu happens to be rather good-looking in person man! somebody posted their pic in some other part of the forum..~ and L was once inuyasha's voice in the movies, hee~
I voted for Light only because I think he was doing the right thing using the Death Note and I know I'd use it too if I found one.
L: Why do we see such a character who is seemingly so similar to Light in many ways, and yet, we don't get even a glimpse of how his mind works, how he thinks? My own humble observation is that he is above and beyond the common thought process. Yes, compare to him, even Light's thought process is nothing extraordinary. His character is just as unapproachable to the author of Death Note and engimatic, just as much as to its audience, or at least, that is the intended impression conveyed in my opinion. He is the Poirot, and the Holmes of this show!
Maybe the reason L appears like that is because he gives all possibilities/solutions a chance, whereas other people wouldn't. An example of what I mean is when L deduced that Kira could kill without ever touching the person in any way, whereas anybody else would immediately dismiss this possibility, and insist that Kira must be killing with some sort of chemical or something to that effect. Does that make sense? :heh:
Also, I'd like to ask a question: Light's real name is "Raito" isn't it? So is "Light" just the way its pronounced or a nickname?
Also, I'd like to ask a question: Light's real name is "Raito" isn't it? So is "Light" just the way its pronounced or a nickname?
His name is pronounced "Raito". However, the reason it's "Raito" is simply because that is how the Japanese pronounce the name "Light." So Light is his actual name. It's the name the mangaka intended him to have. Spelling it Raito is fine though because that's the way it actually sounds. I prefer to spell it "Light" though. :)
Actually, I was torn between Light and L...
Then L provides more comedy than Light and so...
awesom-o-4000
2007-03-18, 15:07
Light, Misa and Ryuk, kind of annoyed i havn't seen Ryuk in a while :(
lilcutee088
2007-03-18, 16:13
i believe it is a tie for me...between ryuk and L
Ryuk - he's totally awesome and random while still watching in amusement munching on an apple
L - he's crazy but brilliant and is always so calm n mellow so that only Light knows what's going on most of the time, plus he makes me feel better when he eats all that junk, could he be a diabetic? :heh:
Shiori-chan
2007-03-18, 17:33
L is the coolest character in the whole anime history imo ^^
Ryuk ftw. he's so awsome i eat apples all the time now just cause of him. we seriously need to see more of him in death note
MisaMisa
2007-03-24, 12:45
1.L
2.Yagami Light
3.Amane Misa
Samurai Edge
2007-03-30, 01:10
I voted for L and Light. They are clever, and it's interesting to see them fight against each other. IMO without either one of them, the whole storyline seems meaningless.
darkjester
2007-03-31, 17:58
Ryuk!!!!!
he's da man... or.. da shinigami... :D
he's the "Jester" of the series... oh yea.... srsly, his personality reminds me so much of my own... in so many ways...
and i LOVE apples.... mmmm
*gives an apple to everybody in this thread.... remember, they're "Juicy" or as Ryuk woulds say.... "Juuuuw-Sheeee"
Aeriths Spirit
2007-04-02, 06:04
My vote went to L and Rem.
L because he's adorbale. =3 Also very intelligent and I like that. =)
Rem because she is caring and protective of Misa. I want a shinigami like her. =D
Lacrimosae
2007-04-03, 09:51
definiteLy........ L.
Light is just too fucking badass.
Light Yagami
2007-04-04, 08:49
Light: I think he's a genius.
Misa-Misa: Misa rlz!! She's so nice.
L: The best KIRA rival. And I like to eat cakes and drink something with a lot of sugar, like him.
Hakuryuu
2007-04-06, 19:25
L wins at life.
For my second choice, it's Light all the way.
Anime Overload
2007-04-08, 11:18
Light is just so smart and evil, if I didnt vote for him, he would put me in his Death Note! :D
My faves are
Light Yagami - I could go into my whole why-I-support-Kira rant, but last time I did that, I typed, like, four paragraphs, so I'll just shorten it down to the fact that he is amazingly intelligent and I believe that what he is doing is 100% just.
L - C'mon. He's L. Who DOESN'T like L?
Misa Amane - She's so tragic. I tend to like the tragic characters. She's got an adorable personality, too. She came off a little annoying at first, but she quickly grew on me.
One question, though; Is this poll only for the first arc? 'Cause I like how you can vote for characters like Gelus and Sayu, but not Mello. Or Near, for that matter, but I don't care about him XD
I vote for
L>> Because he's so cute, and clever. ^_^
Light>> I don't know... I think I like his evil smile? ^_^a
Ryuk>> Err... why? I wonder... he look adorable when he eat apples =)
midori93suiseseki
2007-04-11, 06:52
*Yagami Light!!! He's the smartest human in the whole world! I really love his way of investigating. I'm not a KIRA fan though but I like him investigating side-by-side with L.*
Ryuuzaki
2007-04-11, 12:29
L would have to be my number 1 favorite character in this series, the whole way he acts and thinks is pretty awesome. Others would be Ryuk, Namikawa, Aiber, Wedy, Matsuda, Mello, Near, and Aizawa...well, I mainly only found Aizawa an interesting character during volumes 10-12 of the manga...other than that he was kinda boring, with the exception of maybe volume 9 too...and to add one more favorite caracter for a top 10 character list, I would add Gevanni, the guy that worked for Near in the SPK, he probably had the most character depth in volume 11, but I liked his character. Light, Raye, Matt, Mogi, Soichuro, and Shimura would be other faves too...but outside a top 10 list though probably.
Wheres Mello and Near? T_T
_faithful_
2007-04-12, 09:02
L gets my vote because he's such a cool and calm character.He is so sharp and i love it how straight forward he is "i am L","i suspect you as kira" :D and he's places his life on the line just to catch kira/light but sadly he could'nt do it :( the greatest character in DN has left us
Forever_young
2007-04-12, 18:50
Wow! L's winning. Good for him! Lol
I voted for
Ryuku, cause he's cool and funny
Misora, she was smart and awsome
Light, his evil smile rox!
Misa, outgoing and livley
justinstrife
2007-04-12, 19:43
Gotta vote for Light. I get goosebumps when his Kira side kicks in.
voted both Raito and L.
Raito 'cause he's the main character, AND he's "evil". also he's a friggin' genius, perfect student, successful with the ladies... you gotta love the man.
althought I find Raito more inteligent than L, my fave char is L. he's weird, and is always eating candies. also, I prefer blue than red. :)
Starting to wish I could un-vote. Going back over the series, doing character analysis, and just re-thinking the whole thing.....L is most certainly not a favorite of mine. Dont get me wrong!!! I don't dislike him at all; he's just not a favorite. XD And he's just such a jerk, in his own subtle way.....ah, well.
Vote for L!
L!
L!
L!
L, luv u so much:love:
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