First Impressions: Who Has the Upper hand?

[Shay]

Oh well, I guess Light won after all.

[Kikio]

Obviously L. Why? Because Light made to many mistakes in the beginning that he didn't know about. For example, killing Ray Penbar was one mistake.

[Kira1987]

Well Light does over L but yeah.

[pirostyle]

did anyone else notice how much L changed between volume one and two ??

when he was first introduced in volume one, he looked like he might be an adult almost, that and he didnt do any of those weird habits of his

but in volume 2 when the task force met him, he really changed a lot, started his habits right then

might not be that important but its something
I thought L had the advantage from the start, but the strange habits kinda made him look a like he could care less

[x happy ending]

Light seems to have the advantage at the begining.

although L has numerous people under him, millions of dollars, and that huge brain of his, Light is just some high school kid no one would usually suspect, and since its not a direct murder, L has nothing to track him down with. He's to hard to catch with no trace.

thats the impression I got at first.

but by the end you realize... L can still solve a crime, without anything to work off of O_O

[x happy ending]

Originally Posted by Shay

Oh well, I guess Light won after all.

not really.. they all ended up dying in the end xD

L and Light both lost; Near won in the end, i guess.

[Aquaman OS]

L won. He might not have made it to the end but his justice (still present being represented by Near) won over Light's view of justice. So L lives on in Near, while Light has nobody to continue for him.

[Echoes]

Originally Posted by Aquaman OS

L won. He might not have made it to the end but his justice (still present being represented by Near) won over Light's view of justice. So L lives on in Near, while Light has nobody to continue for him.

That's not entirely accurate, his actions spawned a cult following after his demise.

[Samurai Panda]

Through first impression only, L of course.

Spoiler for L:

His sneaky little "fake L" trap at the begining, along with the quotes "I am L and I WILL hunt you down" and "I will send you to an excection" made him seem epic and gave us the idea he was holding all the cards.

[Touka]

Light obviously has the upper hand.

Both Light and L's downfall was trusting and using other people.

[blewin]

I just started watching DN. Though I know the ending already (but haven't seen the entire series), it looks at first that both Light and L are equally strong in their skills.

[Jaya,]

I'd say Raito and L were pretty equal. I mean, Raito did have his victories and I'd say that L, also had his equal share.

[pilipok]

light got the upper hand
L got no evidence or wats or ever
no idea hw he kills
nothings
not even the slightest idea tt a note book can kill
if light jus keep his notebook and stay low
i doubt L can do anything on him

[Lord Uiruu]

L Wins!
kinda....

[kk2extreme]

Originally Posted by pilipok

light got the upper hand
L got no evidence or wats or ever
no idea hw he kills
nothings
not even the slightest idea tt a note book can kill
if light jus keep his notebook and stay low
i doubt L can do anything on him

too bad misa ruin everything, and light has to cover for her, thus laying ground for his demise at the end.

[Sniper Wolf]

Ugh if you ask me it was pretty obvious that Light had the upper hand...Light gettting help from Misa,Rem L had to figure out everything since he wasn't getting any help from rem.....thats how Light won By using Rem...quiet sad......

[LightYagami]

Well, besides Light being able to kill without being seen/detected, he had the help of Ryuk during the incident with the planted cameras. Ryuk was able to tell him which way the cameras were facing, which enabled him to use the chip bag to hide the portable TV. If he hadn't of known what direction the cameras were facing in, he would have been forced to carry out the killings from another location, and that would have only made L suspect him more. If he tried to deactivate the cameras himself, that would have seriously put him under suspection. And if he just stopped writing names altogether, he would have been caught.

Rem also helped Light by giving the Death Note to Higuchi so that the killings would continue while he was in confinement.

These advantages gave Light the upperhand over L.

[Light_Yamagi_Kira]

Wow, like we don't all know who you are. Please try harder, thanks.

[KimmyChan]

I believe that Light (Kira) had always had the upper hand in this series to an extent

[Arina-desu]

I felt L had teh upper hand because he's a tiny bit more intelligent than Kira