Mood

Mood

L: Misa. Evil I can tolerate, but the stupidity...Good god, just knowing we're in the same genus makes me embarrassed to call myself homo!

It's hard for Near fans out here cuz he has more screen time in the manga but his anime voice actor is so good 😭

So soft you have to lean in to hear

But so smooth from confidence

It's kinda funny that Near, who was not interested in playing games with Light-Kira, acknowledges A-Kira as "extremely smart" because he's not interested in playing games with anyone and just wants the cash.

It's like a game of who could care less, and I think Near still wins 🤣

If Ohba is trying to draw parallels between L in the manga and Near in the present day, then I think it's interesting that Near's main motive for tracking down A-Kira is that he thinks they must be very smart and finds the prospect intriguing. Seemingly L's thinking went along these lines when he was tracking down the original Kira as well.

Mello is the Jason Todd of Death Note, pass it on

Tim, whispered in a super creepy voice: Am I insane…probably…*gasp* yay

Jason, on the phone: Hello, is this arkham asylum? I have a patient for you

Near has been fundamentally misunderstood by the Death Note fandom for a very long time

Those who claim that Near is a robotic version of L forgot the fact that in "How to Read" it is said that his distaste towards Kira is even stronger than L, and that he detaches from the outside world because he's very sensitive

Sure, he doesn't physically and verbally express his feelings much, he doesn't socialize at all, but he's shown to be attuned to others' feelings and can read them quite well

Here Aizawa tells the story of how L was pressured to release Light from detainment. Even though names have been omitted, Near immediately picks up that there must be a close interpersonal relationship between the accused and Yagami Soichiro based on the line "I will kill Kira and then I will die too."

Also during the first meeting with Aizawa, he senses that Aizawa has reservation because Near and Mello are indirectly working together. And immediately he tells the story of how: "all of us in Wammy's House look up to L. When we know that he's been killed, we wanted to do whatever it takes to find the culprit. Mello too. It's not so difficult to understand is it?"

Even though Mello murdered much of the SPK, Near is still arguing on Mello's behalf (of course it might be a persuasion tactic too). But in either case, Near understands others' emotions and approaches them directly.

Of course when poked he also expresses his emotions without restraint, albeit it takes quite a bit to get him angry

Not to mention the C-Kira arc is dedicated entirely to Near overcoming his feelings of inadequacy and self-actualizing his own version of L

In conclusion, this baby deserves love and a daily squish of the cheeks

Squish