Talk:List of Death Note characters

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Contents 1 Asperger's? 2 Real Name 3 Articles 4 Light and L have mental disorders? 5 Raito 6 Height and Weight according to other countries? 7 Nevermind about the weight 8 Mello 9 Pictures from the second anime OP 10 L trivia

[edit] Asperger's?

Is it really necessary to mention L and Asperger's? The section claims it's a popular theory, but I'd never heard it before, and it only cites that one page as a source. Demota 03:24, 17 November 2006 (UTC)

The fact is, he does act alot like one with that syndrome, so I think it should stay. MoChan 01:49, 24 November 2006 (UTC)

It's not stated by the creators or anything that he has any syndromes, so it seems like a lot of theory or opinion, which is not acceptable content for Wikipedia. Nique1287 01:57, 24 November 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Real Name

Apparently, L's real name is something like "Elle Lawright". Pretty lame if I do say so myself. 169.237.214.145 18:39, 10 October 2006 (UTC)

I put down L. Lawliet, But yours sounds better. Any link to a good translation? - Malomeat 11:02, 14 October 2006 (UTC)

L. Lawliet is the official name, according to How To Read 13. That is, the Special Edition thereof that includes things like, relevantly, the L True Name Card. It's got an illustration of L, with "L Lawliet" written across it. Any other romanizations are false, just like the many people that still call Light 'Raito'. It's like Homer Jay Simpson all over again, isn't it? ;) Nique1287 19:52, 17 October 2006 (UTC)

Elle is also a girls name. It is french for "she" or "her" depending on use. Given the Rem wrote L's name in her Death Note, are we forced to assume that L's first name was simple "L?" Also, Ihve a question regarding names. If the Shingami eyes reveal the name of a person, not a pseudonym, then would on person A, would it show Bill or James? (This is a assuming Person A was born as "Bill" nd later had his name altered to "James," for example.) L_Lawleit 1:54, 23 March 2007 (UTC)

Yes, L's real first name is just the letter L, because that's what the creators made it. Just because it was written in a Death Note doesn't mean it couldn't be a letter. There have been stranger names than single letters before. As for your question, we don't know, the situation hasn't come up and the creators haven't said anything like that. Presumably, your birth name would be the name that would show and that you'd have to write in a Death Note, but if it was changed legally, then it might be the new name instead. There's really no accurate answer. Nique talk 14:54, 23 March 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Articles

Shouldn't L, Light, and Misa Amane among others have their own articles? MoChan 18:04, 24 November 2006 (UTC)

I don't know. I mean, if you got enough sources to go into character analysis of Light or L, you MIGHT be able to put together a fair-sized article, but most of them would just be stubs. There's not much worth saying that can't be said on this page, really. Death Note isn't precisely a short series, but a lot of the series is more action-based or consisting of exposition, and there's not all that much character development in comparison. The only characters that really change at all are Light, in his rather quick journey from innocent high school student to crazed Kira, and Misa, who goes from innocent girl to naive Kira and back again many times. Even L doesn't change significantly, he's the same person the first time you meet him as he is the *cough* last, except that he makes a couple of "friends" along the way. The only way you'd really get long articles on any of them would be either to have too much original research or opinion, or to put too much of what belongs on the Plot page on the character pages. Just my thoughts, though. Nique1287 18:55, 24 November 2006 (UTC)

Agreed. If we did make articles for each character, we would be making all those AfD obsessed people happy =D SuperDT 07:25, 26 November 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Light and L have mental disorders?

I am taking out that stuff saying Light has antisocial personality disorder and a god complex, and L has asperger's. Light's "diagnosis" is highly unverified and possibly original research, and L's source for his Asperger's actually says he probably doesn't have it(The guy/woman who made the page is in no way qualified to properly diagnose someone for AS anyways; he/she just has AS, nothing more, nothing less!). SuperDT 07:25, 26 November 2006 (UTC)

Actually, L stated the possibilty of Kira having reached a "divine level" at the time he added surveillence to the Yagami house. (And someone else, I forget the name.) It is possible to conclude that eventually, Light would develope some form of a God Complex, especially later in the Manga when the Kira worshipers begin to call themselves worshipers. Earlier it is shown to when his only complaint with being called a "divine saviour" on a web site, is that the name "Kira" is obviously derived from "Killer." However, his distaste for the shrine to Kira on Sakura's Kira's Kingdom shows he is not drunk with power. This evidence may conclude, as I before mentioned, a mild case, at best, of a God Complex. L_Lawleit 01:43 AM, 23 March 2007(UTC)

That's fine, but your conclusion is still Original Research. Using evidence to come up with a conclusion, even if the evidence was sourced, is still Original Research, unless that conclusion comes from a reliable source. In this case, until the creators of Death Note say "L has Asperger's, and Light has a God Complex," it should not be included in this article. SuperDT 21:28, 25 March 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Raito

How come ライト is transcribed as Light? Is that specific meaning mentioned somewhere in the manga or film adaption that I missed? It could just as well be Right, Wright, Write or even Lyte etc. --Himasaram 14:49, 7 December 2006 (UTC)

Viz translated it as "Light" because it is "Light"; no buts about it.--(十八|talk) 15:31, 7 December 2006 (UTC)

The creator intended it to be based on the word "Light", hence it is "Light" not your other suggestions. I think it was explained by Light himself when he meets Misa in the manga, how his name means 'light' but is written with equivalent Japanese characters. I could be mistaken on that, but it WAS the creator's intention that it be Light. Nique1287 18:04, 7 December 2006 (UTC)

As a note, the equivalent Han character is that for moon. --Himasaram 09:12, 8 December 2006 (UTC)

Also note that the character introduction pages that begin each volume spell all of the characters names in English (even the original Japanese version), and in it he is named "Light Yagami." Chibi Gohan 02:43, 1 January 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Height and Weight according to other countries?

Are most of the editors anglosaxon/American? L might seem underweight considering his height and weight from an American point of view but that may not match up with other countries. I am roughly the same weight and height as L but I'm actually taller and heavier than most of my classmates in Europe. An American might consider L short and skinny but from a European point of view he is of average height and normal weight.83.193.117.236 12:19, 2 March 2007 (UTC)

5'10" and 110 lbs (179 cm and 50 kg) is not healthy. It's very underweight for the height. The article stating that he's underweight is going by guidelines which are not based on the American average, but physical healthiness of height/weight combinations. Your height and weight being more than most of your classmates may be true, and it may be average for the height where you live, however that doesn't make it healthy, hence the article stating that L is underweight. Nique talk 14:07, 2 March 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Nevermind about the weight

My bad. I only found out now how old L was supposed to be. I assumed he was a teen from how he looked.82.125.53.47 21:04, 7 March 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Mello

Do you guys want me to add a higher quality version of Mello's picture from the second opening as well? It has the MADHOUSE company name on it though. :( RyuuTaichou 21:45, 19 March 2007 (UTC)

As long as you have permission from MADHOUSE to use the picture, then yeah go for it. SuperDT 21:30, 25 March 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Pictures from the second anime OP

Can we switch back to manga pictures of Mello, Near, and Mikami until they're actually shown clearly in the anime? The anime OP sequence's images of them aren't very clear, nor very representative of their appearance in the manga, at the very least, nor likely their final appearances in the anime. You can only see half of Near's head, and only half of Mello's face from the shadow, as well. Does anyone else agree/are there any objections? Nique talk 02:55, 30 March 2007 (UTC)

I agree! The only reason I uploaded the two was because they were really low quality kinda like Raito's and L's on the Death Note page. They just don't match with the other images. RyuuTaichou 03:10, 30 March 2007 (UTC)

[edit] L trivia

His true birth name is L Lawliet. His date of birth is Halloween of 1989, making him notably OLDER than he appeared to have been. Shouldnt that be YOUNGER ? - Nytemyre 19:30, 7 April 2007 (UTC)

It's supposed to be 1979. --Pentasyllabic 19:35, 7 April 2007 (UTC)