He is portrayed by Kenichi Matsuyama in the live-action film series, by Kento Yamazaki in the TV drama, and by Lakeith Stanfield in the American film . Tsugumi Ohba, the writer of the series, created L as a young adult, since he believed the story would not hold much interest if L were significantly older than his opponent, Light.
The majority of the series' initial focus is on L and Light's complex, cerebral and intricate psychological mind-game of cat and mouse, as both use their wits and intellect in an attempt to outdo the other and expose them.
Publications from manga and anime have commended L's character. Tom S. Pepirium of IGN describes L as "the coolest, most well developed character in anime today". Pepirium said that the "excellent translation" is responsible for L being a "success" in the English-language dub of Death Note.
When Light finally gets the best of L after their long mental struggle, L falls from his chair and Light holds him, looking down on his formidable but defeated foe with a giant smirk on his face. In the anime adaptation, when L falls from his chair, he dies in silence, just looking up blankly at Light.
Winchester, EnglandL's nationality is British and he was raised in Winchester, England in the Wammy's House orphanage. It is implied that the Kira case is the first case where L has had to use incarceration.
Death NoteLight Yagami (Japanese: 夜神 月 ライト , Hepburn: Yagami Raito) is the main protagonist of the manga series Death Note, created by Tsugumi Ohba and Takeshi Obata.
L (Death Note)SeriesDeath NoteAge24-25BirthdayOctober 31, 1979SexMale6 more rows
When asked about L's ethnicity, creator of the series Tsugumi Ohba responded, "I think of him as a quarter Japanese, a quarter English, a quarter Russian, a quarter French or Italian, like that." Ohba said that L is the most intelligent character in the entire Death Note series because "the plot requires it." He added ...
L LawlietL (Death Note)L LawlietFull nameL Lawliet (manga and anime)AliasRyuzaki (竜崎, Ryūzaki) Hideki Ryuga (流河 旱樹, Ryūga Hideki) Lind L. Tailor Eraldo Coil Deneuve L-Prime (in L: Change the World) Yoshio Anderson (in the TV drama)RelativesWatari (handler)8 more rows
According to both the Death Note Character list on Wikipedia and the L character page on the Death Note Wikia, his full name is L Lawliet. He does have several aliases that sound more like real names but L seems to be his actual name. From the L Wikipedia page: Tsugumi Ohba, the writer of the series [...]
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Death Note Character Height, Ages and Birthday ChartCharacterHeightAgeLight Yagami5'10.5″ (179 cm)17L5'10.5″ (179 cm)24Ryuk7'6.5″ (230 cm)N/a1Misa Amane4'11.8″ (152 cm)1912 more rows•May 3, 2022
2 days agoA top Death Note theory suggests that L sits in his famous hunched-over way to move at a moment's notice. By staying on his feet even while sitting, he can be ready to fight or flee immediately if necessary.
L isn't emo. However, many people have theories/written essays about him having Asperger's/autism.
Even though L is almost superhuman in intelligence, try to achieve a broader topic of knowledge. The more you know, the smarter you'll seem. Being in school is one way to seem smart, as well as get smart. At least know what each precise word you say means.
L Lawliet is smarter than Light Yagami, in fact, he's the smartest character in Death Note. L's IQ may be lower than Light's but his deduction skills, planning and eye for detail far surpass Kira's.
Lakeith Stanfield portrays L in the live-action American film adaptation. In this adaptation, he is shown as an enigmatic, skillful and highly esteemed international consulting detective. He is calm and calculating, yet socially inept and eccentric.
In the musical adaptation, L is portrayed by Teppei Koike in the Japanese version and Kim Junsu in the Korean version. In the demo recording, he was portrayed by Jarrod Spector.
In the anime adaptation, he is voiced by Kappei Yamaguchi in Japanese, and by Alessandro Juliani in English. He is portrayed by Kenichi Matsuyama in the live-action film series, by Kento Yamazaki in the TV drama, and by Lakeith Stanfield in the American film.
L Lawliet ( Japanese: エル・ローライト, Hepburn: Eru Rōraito), known mononymously as L, is a fictional character in the manga series Death Note, created by Tsugumi Ohba and Takeshi Obata. He is an enigmatic, mysterious and highly-esteemed international consulting detective, whose true identity and background is kept a secret, ...
Kenichi Matsuyama portrayed L in the Japanese film series based on the manga. L is portrayed by Kenichi Matsuyama in the live-action films that adapt the Death Note manga, with his portrayal and characterization of the character receiving wide praise for being earnestly faithful to his original manga counterpart.
Later, while L tells Light that Light had written L's name in a false Death Note and that L will tell others that Light is Kira, Mikami kills L. Then Near takes L's place and follows the videos left by L. L's funeral is shown at the end of the series.
After deducing Light's girlfriend Mia Sutton's connection with the serial-murders, L finds a hidden page of the Death Note within her home and contemplates writing Light's name in it. Elsewhere, Light is visited by Ryuk, the Death Note's original owner, who comments on how interesting he finds humans.
L’s Age is Far Too Vague. He is referred to constantly as a ‘man’ and talks about how he behaved when he was Light’s age, and yet his behavior and appearance is almost identical to that of Light, a 17-year-old.
In fact, even when he attends the university entrance exams to spy on Light in episode 9, he wears the same baggy, wrinkled clothes and, inexplicably, no shoes or socks. It makes no sense that he’s a (presumably) smelly hermit who only ever wears baggy sweaters and no shoes or socks.
8 The Origin Of L's Nickname. When L introduces himself to the Japanese police, he urges them to call him Ryuzaki to further hide his identity. Throughout the series he is referred to as both "L" and "Ryuzaki.".
While the anime episode names mostly come from the chapter names, since there are 108 chapters and only 37 episodes obviously many chapter titles are left out of the anime. However, every title has significance and the 13th book has a list of all 108 chapters and what they symbolize! Many chapters of the first half of the story represent L. For example, chapter 26 is called "Reversal," this refers to L falling out of his chair when he thinks about the existence of Shinigami actually being real. Similarly, the title of chapter 11 is "One" which the creator says symbolizes L and the police force becoming one entity.
During the Yotsuba arc in the series Wedy is tasked with infiltrating the Yotsuba Corporation building and installing cameras to monitor them. However, in the manga, L gives Wedy another secret order. During chapter 45, L reveals that after the Yotsuba meetings, they have all the documents thrown into a shredder. When Wedy went to uninstall the cameras in the meeting room, L ordered her to "...take all the papers out and recreate the original documents." One can only imagine how long this must have taken but, thanks to L's orders and Wedy's hard work, the team was able to find a document titled "Rules of Killing." This information helps them use Misa to infiltrate the Yotsuba later on.
As Light punches him in the face he turns and kicks Light back in the face. L is showing off his mastery in Capoeria, a Afro-Brazilian martial art style that was disguised as a dance and utilizes a lot of leg movement. While this became somewhat common knowledge to dedicated fans after awhile, what is lesser known is where L learned this martial art. In the 13th book it is revealed that the headstrong FBI agent Naomi Misora is actually the one who taught L this martial art after they finished the BB Murder Case together!
In the anime adaptation, when L falls from his chair, he dies in silence, just looking up blankly at Light. However during the manga's death scene, right before he dies he looks at Light, saying to himself "Light Yagami... I knew it... I wasn't wrong...".
In chapter 40 of the manga, when L is introducing them to the task force, he says "I also know of other criminals who could help us, if needed... This is a tactic I couldn't really use while we were connected to the police, but with the way things are now..." Here L shows that he has more tricks up his sleeve and apparently a decent list of competent underworld contacts ready for use.
Throughout the first half of Death Note, Light is trying to discover L's real name while L is trying to prove that Light is Kira. Even after L finally dies in the series, his name is not revealed. That was until the 13th book came out and with it came a special golden bookmark with a picture of L that read "L Lawliet.".
Author Tsugumi Ohba wanted to create a suspense series because the genre had few suspense series available to the public. After publication of the pilot chapter, the series was not expected to receive approval as a serialized comic. Learning that Death Note had in fact received approval and that Takeshi Obata would create the artwork, Ohba said, he "couldn't even believe it". Due to positive reactions, Death Note became a serialized manga series.
The series ran in Shueisha 's Weekly Shōnen Jump from December 1, 2003 to May 15, 2006. The series' 108 chapters were collected into twelve tankōbon volumes by Shueisha, released from April 2, 2004 to July 4, 2006. A one-shot chapter, titled "C-Kira Story" (Cキラ編, C-Kira-hen), was published in Weekly Shōnen Jump on February 9, 2008. Set two years after the manga's epilogue, it sees the introduction of a new Kira and the reactions of the main characters in response to the copycat's appearance. Several Death Note yonkoma (four-panel comics) appeared in Akamaru Jump. The yonkoma were written to be humorous. The Akamaru Jump issues that printed the comics include 2004 Spring, 2004 Summer, 2005 Winter, and 2005 Spring. In addition Weekly Shōnen Jump Gag Special 2005 included some Death Note yonkoma in a Jump Heroes Super 4-Panel Competition. Shueisha re-released the series in seven bunkoban volumes from March 18 to August 19, 2014. On October 4, 2016, all 12 original manga volumes and the February 2008 one-shot were released in a single All-in-One Edition, consisting of 2,400 pages in a single book.
Due to positive reactions, Death Note became a serialized manga series. "Thumbnails" incorporating dialogue, panel layout and basic drawings were created, reviewed by an editor and sent to Takeshi Obata, the illustrator, with the script finalized and the panel layout "mostly done".
L Lawliet (Japanese: エル・ローライト, Hepburn: Eru Rōraito), known mononymously as L, is a fictional character in the manga series Death Note, created by Tsugumi Ohba and Takeshi Obata. He is an enigmatic, mysterious, and highly-esteemed international consulting detective whose true identity and background is kept a secret. He communicates with law enforcement agencie…
Tsugumi Ohba, the writer of the series, created L as a young adult, since he believed the story would not hold much interest if L were significantly older than his opponent, Light. For L's name, he wanted to use a single letter with a lot of significance; he considered "I" and "J", but eventually he chose "L" after careful consideration. Ohba left most of L's character design to Takeshi Obata, artist of the series. Obata asked Ohba if L could be "unattractive". Afterwards Ohba included idea…
L, who also uses the aliases Hideki Ryuga (流河 旱樹, Ryūga Hideki), Ryuzaki (竜崎, Ryūzaki), Eraldo Coil (エラルド=コイル, Erarudo Koiru), and Deneuve (ドヌーヴ, Donūvu), the latter two for which he has developed reputations as the second- and third-best detectives in the world, is a very discreet and secretive individual and only communicates with the authorities through his assistant/re…
Publications from manga and anime have commended L's character. Tom S. Pepirium of IGN describes L as "the coolest, most well developed character in anime today". Pepirium said that the "excellent translation" is responsible for L being a "success" in the English-language dub of Death Note. Anime News Network's Theron Martin found that the mental duels between L and Light ar…
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