A Side Story Of THIS (fourth Panel)

A side story of THIS (fourth panel)

and the other story is HERE

Hydrangea in the rain

caught in the rain 🌧️

speedpaint here!! ☆

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

Noir won

Near was majorly screwed over by his name like I'm sorry Nate? Nate??? Nate is the name of the guy who spent his year in the high school football team on the bench and appears on the local paper for having his teeth punched out at a bar. Not the super-detective/existentialist.

Henceforth I propose 3 new names for Near

1. Noir (Japanese: ノワール)

Meaning: dark, black

Why I like it: it sounds fucking cool, also it has an ironic edge because his color palette is white

Full name: Noir River

2. Neile (Japanese: ニール)

Meaning: champion

Why I like it: well Near won in the end didn't he?

Full name: Neile River

3. Nikola (Japanese: ニコラ)

Meaning: victor of the people

Why I like it: Nikola Tesla

Full name: Nikola River

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

Y'all remember when Near says: "we could just kill Light and Mikami, seize the notebook and knowing that the killing will stop, convict them as criminals"? Cuz I do. He also follows up with "but we will not do that because that is not the victory L would be satisfied with"

But good to know we have options

Ryuzaki 3 was the truest successor, not bc his d.n.a. or anything like that but because he knew the importance of L death note having a jacket and a gun