Death Note The Main Characters Ranked From Worst To Best By Character Arc
Death Note: The Main Characters, Ranked From Worst To Best By Character Arc
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Death Note is one of the greatest anime series ever made, but how do the characters compare in terms of their story arc quality?
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It goes without saying that Death Note is widely considered to be one of the most popular anime series of all time. Madhouse has consistently been at the forefront of bringing true life to the anime medium with their larger-than-life animation that always manages to make even the most mundane things look all the more amazing, due to the sheer amount of detail put into their art.
Of course, it’s hard to deny the fact that one of the biggest draws of Death Note is also its cast of well-realized characters, all of whom add their own flavor to the mix to make for some truly engrossing viewing indeed. These character arcs play a huge role in their development over the course of the series… although there are admittedly some arcs that are better than others.
Updated July 3rd, 2021, by Kristy Ambrose: The original manga appeared in 2003, and almost two decades later there’s a whole Death Note franchise that fans can enjoy. The anime series from 2006 gets the most attention and the main character, Light, is often the face of Death Note. He’s always on every list that features the most compelling and evil characters in all of anime history. The Death Note characters and their arcs are what make the show fun to watch, both for the first time and for the rewatch value.
12 Mello
While the first half of Death Note is a brilliant watch, the same can’t be said for the second half, which has a noticeable dip in quality. The leading reason is the main characters of Death Note aren’t as interesting in the latter half.
The two characters who end up replacing L after his unfortunate demise are a great example of this, with Mello being an absolute lowlight of the series. The fact that he ends up succumbing to his demons and goes down a criminal path in order to hunt down and arrest Kira is painful to watch and makes for an extremely boring character arc.
11 Near
While Near might also be a rather uninspired Death Note character, with his entire personality being completely ripped from his predecessor, there’s no denying the fact that he’s still leagues ahead of Mello. There are some places where the audience sees some positive development, as subtle as it is.
The fact that Near has absolutely nothing unique associated with his persona certainly takes the quality of his character down a notch. And the exaggerated quirks he has of twirling his hair and peering suspiciously at everything is just annoying.
10 Naomi Misora
It’s a testament to the brilliant writing in this show that a character who only appeared for one episode ended up being one of the best and most interesting Death Note characters in the entire series.
After the death of her husband, Naomi Misora tries her hardest to contact the head of the Kira Investigation Team, only to encounter the killer himself in the form of Light Yagami. The ensuing game of cat and mouse is easily one of the highlights of the series and goes to show just how interesting Death Note really can be, and most of this is made possible due to the quick thinking of Naomi, right up until the very end when she slips up and reveals her real name to Kira.
9 Kiyomi Takada
Takada is a character that appears early in the series but is deliberately kept in the background to hide her nature from everyone, even the viewer. She was involved with Light during his university years and later, as a TV news anchor, openly supported Kira and was one of the few other people that also knew his real identity. She was deliberately created to play well against Light and has a similar character arc, but hers is cut short as Kira’s plans start to unravel.
When Takada appears more often in the later episodes of the series there are a lot of flashbacks and memories that suggest she was working in the background for decades to help Kira. It’s a unique Death Note character arc because fans don’t understand the scope of it until the very end.
8 Teru Mikami
The idea of having another Kira is something that was executed with deft finesse in Death Note. Teru Mikami is a great example to illustrate the benefits of this particular angle in the story. He might not be one of the best Death Note characters but he is one of the most interesting.
The warped sense of justice that Mikami had developed as a result of a traumatic childhood made him the perfect candidate to be another Kira, with his iconic repetition of the word “delete” being one of the more memorable aspects of the character that fans still look back on fondly to this day.
7 Soichiro Yagami
It’s funny how the lead investigator of the Kira Investigation Team didn’t even realize that the perpetrator he was looking for was none other than his own son. It was Soichiro’s own optimism that would betray him, which makes his tragic arc one of the best among the Death Note main characters.
Regardless of what most people might feel about this course of events, there’s no denying the fact that Soichiro was still a bright and intelligent man whose death was certainly quite hard-hitting. The fact that he died believing that his son wasn’t Kira was the only respite he had.
6 Misa Amane
Initially coming off as nothing more than an obsessive fan of Kira who had absolutely no other motivations in life, it’s incredible how Misa Amane managed to break past this barrier and establish herself as a brilliant character in her own right.
The relationship she shares with Rem and Light over the course of the series is one of the driving forces that defines her character, turning her into a compelling person whose scenes always featured a trademark strangeness that could’ve only been achieved with her unique persona.
5 Ryuk
Of course, it would be impossible to talk about the best characters of Death Note without mentioning the brilliance of Ryuk — a Shinigami that ended up being one of the most compelling characters of the show.
While his whole trademark of finding humans intriguing stays stagnant throughout the entire series, it’s still interesting enough to make him one of the best Death Note characters even though his arc might not be all that significant.
4 Rem
The idea of a God of Death developing feelings for a human to the point where they could be manipulated into doing their bidding is a testament to just how amazing Rem is as a Death Note character. Anything she ever says is short, honest, and often sharp to the point.
Initially coming off as nothing more than another stoic Shinigami with a personality that clashes with Ryuk, Rem’s feelings for Misa end up being the catalyst for her own demise. She ends up sacrificing her own life to kill L and save Misa.
3 Touta Matsuda
A member of the Kira Investigation Team, Matsuda starts out as little more than comic relief as a main Death Note character. He’s depicted as the clumsy, inept one of the group but he’s also a decent shot and has a talent for undercover work. At one point, he actually expresses some sympathy with Kira only to be severely reprimanded for it by his mentor Soichiro.
For the most part, he’s cheerful and is a self-confessed weakling. Put all of this together and Kira doesn’t take him seriously enough to end his life. It’s also possible that Light spared Matsuda on behalf of his father, Soichiro since Matsuda was always close to him.
2 L
The world’s greatest detective is also one of the best characters in anime history, and one need only look at L’s quirky mannerisms and eccentric personality to understand why this is the case. His whole being, including his background as an orphan and his anti-social personality, is created as a foil to that of the handsome and popular Light.
However, L is more than just his analytic side. He ends up forming a genuine bond with Light and even considers him to be his one true friend, which is what makes his final moments all the more tragic.
1 Light Yagami
The protagonist of the series also ends up being its most compelling Death Note character by a mile, with the transformation of the honor student Light Yagami into the serial killer with a god-complex who goes by the moniker of Kira being a highly interesting one indeed.
However, it’s the manner in which Light manipulates everyone and everything around him that makes him all the more interesting to watch. While his web of lies is ultimately unraveled by the end, the journey is still highly compelling in every sense of the word.
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