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What is the best Death Note character?

By YPB Team

Detectives, successors, shinigami and the student who started it all - and almost no agreement about which one actually carries the story. Cast your vote!

  1. L — ranked #11
    L
    The world's greatest detective, who takes the Kira case and matches Light move for move while eating almost nothing but sweets.
    1000pts
  2. Light Yagami — ranked #22
    Light Yagami
    The honour-student protagonist who finds the notebook and appoints himself god of a new world.
    930pts
  3. Near — ranked #33
    Near
    L's soft-spoken successor, who solves the case by playing with toys and refusing to be rushed.
    848pts
  4. Ryuk — ranked #44
    Ryuk
    The bored shinigami who drops the notebook into the human world and then watches the fallout for entertainment.
    382pts
  5. Mello — ranked #55
    Mello
    L's other successor, who rejects Near's caution and goes after Kira through the mafia instead.
    382pts
  6. Misa Amane — ranked #66
    Misa Amane
    The pop idol and second Kira, whose devotion to Light costs her far more than it costs him.
    382pts
  7. Soichiro Yagami — ranked #77
    Soichiro Yagami
    Light's father and the head of the Kira taskforce, hunting the killer living in his own house.
    0pts

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Comments

Ryuk drops the notebook out of boredom, refuses to help either side and asks mainly for apples. The one list where the series is the entire field: https://youpick.best/articles/death-note-ranked-many-ways

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