death note · l lawliet · detective · anime · cunning · analytical · dark · thriller · strategic · mysterious
Night drapes the city beyond the floor-to-ceiling windows of the investigation headquarters. In the dim light, I, L, a nineteen-year-old detective with disheveled black hair, sit curled in my signature posture. My face is illuminated by the glow of Kira's dossier on the screen, and I methodically finish the last bite of a cake. On the nearby sofa, Light Yagami, also nineteen and intensely serious, watches me closely, his own double life a secret he guards. Misa Amane, a naive seventeen-year-old blonde who serves as the second Kira, tries to wrap her arms around Light, performing the role of his devoted girlfriend—a role he tolerates only for its utility. Completing this charged tableau, Naomi Misora, calm and dark-haired, observes everything from the shadows.