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Apr 22, 2021 10:11 AM
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Who is most intelligent character in death note
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Apr 22, 2021 10:14 AM
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L is probably the smartest but I like Light the most




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Apr 22, 2021 11:42 AM
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They are both one step ahead of each other, this makes them equally good, but we have to take in count the fact that L knew that light was Kira from the start. And light used the help of ryuk and missa and the death note it self, on the other hand L only used his knowledge and some help of the police.
Forget near lmao that dude came out of nowhere istg
Apr 22, 2021 11:45 AM
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In my opinion It would probably be L, although light is also intelligent,
Apr 22, 2021 11:47 AM
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Probably L, Near keeps getting slept on tho.
Apr 22, 2021 12:06 PM
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BurnMyBread00 said:
Probably L, Near keeps getting slept on tho.


hated on, more like.
Apr 22, 2021 12:12 PM
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L is probably the smartest, him surviving against a magical notebook that kills people for as long as he did and discovering it is a pretty big achievement.

Though Mello is my favourite, I love his chaotic and unpredictable nature, too bad the anime really did him dirty.
Apr 22, 2021 12:18 PM
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The author is definitely the smartest of all.
Apr 22, 2021 12:26 PM
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cheems_cheems said:
The author is definitely the smartest of all.
there's no doubt about that, i hope we'll see another masterpiece like this from him in the near future.
Apr 22, 2021 12:40 PM
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Light is the smartest. He was using the notebook pretty well until L appeared. Light found new ways to use notebook even the god of death was amazed. The way he made memory loss plan just before L locked up Light with himself was super amazing. The way he predicted what's going to happen next was marvellous. Even at a point L taught Light is not kira after all and he released him. Btw L was just guessing Light is kira, he had no proof. Light almost won against Near too. Anyway L was the real reason behind Light's madness at the end.
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Apr 22, 2021 1:57 PM
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ManWild said:
L is probably the smartest but I like Light the most


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Apr 22, 2021 2:00 PM

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KeenanAntonetti said:
ManWild said:
L is probably the smartest but I like Light the most


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I should have read the question first before voting for light ^^
Apr 22, 2021 2:19 PM
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light >> all death note characters
Apr 22, 2021 2:42 PM
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I feel like Near and Light one purely based on luck.
Apr 22, 2021 3:23 PM
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L, Light has Death Note, and that’s why he can beat L, however L hasn’t any power, so he use only intelligence
Apr 22, 2021 4:07 PM
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L is probably smarter
Apr 22, 2021 6:40 PM
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Light because of the process of what he had done and how he did it I found to be Better than anything that L or Near did
Apr 22, 2021 7:04 PM
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Light, even the author said so
Apr 22, 2021 7:36 PM
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Of course it's Light, a man who killed people when even the police doubted him and killing a gami and other. Don't what to involve spoiler.
Light is the smartest character who went up against the world and fought toe to toe with the smartest detective of the world.
Apr 22, 2021 7:43 PM
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L is truly too smarter than light yagami (Kira) and Nate river (Near). It has higher IQ than ligh.
Apr 22, 2021 9:23 PM
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L. No contest. Light had the power of literal gods on his side and was getting outwitted by L. And near had data and knowledge before he went toe to toe with Kira and mellow on his side and the US.
Apr 23, 2021 1:49 AM
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personally i'd say near. the difference between near and the other 2 is that near doesn't reveal himself or any of his plans before being 100% sure that it's gonna work. that's why i think near is way smarter than the other two
Apr 23, 2021 1:58 AM
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L in my opinion. Even though I don't necessarily love death note's characters or the show in general, I have to admit that most of them are very well written.
Apr 23, 2021 8:02 AM
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L is my favorite character and the smartest
Apr 23, 2021 8:54 AM

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light yagami is objectively the correct answer. and whoever put near, what .
Apr 23, 2021 9:03 AM
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Near probably bcs Light is smarter than L and Near is smarter than Light
Apr 23, 2021 12:58 PM
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it's canon that L is.
Apr 23, 2021 1:03 PM

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Misa.

L was gross, Light was an ass, and Near was boring.
Apr 23, 2021 1:27 PM

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cheems_cheems said:
The author is definitely the smartest of all.

Yess!!

But L I think. I mean both L and Light were pretty equal, but L had it figured out pretty easily, he was just missing some points and just had to have some solid proof.
Light is really smart, but he had the advantage of having supernatural help, with the Death Note and Ryuk and then Rem.
When he lost his memory, his intelligence really shined but I still think L was smarter, he just lacked motivation since things didn’t go as he wanted them to.
Near is really smart too, but he really lacks decision making abilities, he only won at the end because he and Mello worked ‘together’.
Apr 23, 2021 2:27 PM

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Yagami only, for me
Apr 24, 2021 12:28 AM
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I voted for Light by mistake thinking this was " who's your favorite" question. I think that L is the smartest character, the author even confirmed that.
Apr 24, 2021 12:32 AM

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BurnMyBread00 said:
Probably L, Near keeps getting slept on tho.


hated on, more like.

Well yeah because he came out of nowhere.He had a headstart to capture Light because he already knew about the Death note while L didn't and L already suspected Light WITHOUT THE DEATH NOTE!

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Apr 24, 2021 5:17 AM
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As an edgy teen with nothing but hatred thoughts the world wanting nothing more than to watch it burn, I obviously thought Light was right on his way of doing stuff, even if it meant taking away innocent lifes in the process, but as I grew up I realizes more and more that my decision was mostly driven by raw emotions, but looking at it more objectively I can safely say that Light's means where way too violent and he was most definitely consumed by power, clouding his own judgment and making him the true indisputable selfish villain, now I'm more on L's side and agree with he's philosophies much more.
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I love light and Lawliet maybe a bit light buti hate N
Apr 24, 2021 10:09 AM
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For me it’s light, he was so confident in his plan he lost his memory for it.
Apr 24, 2021 1:53 PM
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ManWild said:
L is probably the smartest but I like Light the most


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Apr 25, 2021 11:57 AM
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Probably L, then Light, and then Near.
Apr 25, 2021 1:37 PM
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Scordolo said:
certifiedbinger said:


hated on, more like.

Well yeah because he came out of nowhere.He had a headstart to capture Light because he already knew about the Death note while L didn't and L already suspected Light WITHOUT THE DEATH NOTE!


stay mad L is dead Near isn't. L literally just had a bigger ego and that was part of his downfall
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Apr 25, 2021 1:38 PM
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L is smarter but who cares I prefer Light
Apr 25, 2021 1:42 PM

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Definitely L. He would have had him if it weren't for Rem.

Apr 25, 2021 9:51 PM

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Definitely L. He would have had him if it weren't for Rem.

Yeah he would've had him but you gotta admit that Light was still one step ahead of him.No matter how he did it.

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Apr 26, 2021 3:59 AM
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Near was pretty much omnipotent at the end, pretty much pulling the old “I knew you knew I knew you knew” on Light. But L was more intelligent than Light
Apr 27, 2021 2:53 PM

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Near is just shitty L, if Near wasn’t a copy of L or if Near didn’t exist at all, the ending would be way more satisfying.
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Jun 2, 2021 8:25 AM
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It's ryuk by far, can't u see it was all his plan to make his life intresting and all he did was drop his note and watched the game from sidelines. It was a perfect win for him
Jun 2, 2021 8:56 AM

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In my opinion, L, definitely.
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Dennisss said:
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I should have read the question first before voting for light ^^

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-StOrmShaDoW- said:
Definitely L. He would have had him if it weren't for Rem.

yeah but rem killed L because light plotted it that way, basically light was the one who killed L but i know L was slightly smarter than light
Jun 3, 2021 11:22 AM
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This order may be controversial but I'd say that, exclusively going off of information presented in the show, Light is the most intelligent of the three, then is Near, and that L is the least intelligent. I'll try to explain my reasoning for where I ranked each character, but be aware that my explanations will probably contain spoilers if you haven't finished the series yet.







But to answer your question of who is the smartest character in Death Note, I'd say that it's actually someone who you haven't accounted for in your choices...



Wow, most people probably responded with one or two sentences, and I responded with a bunch of paragraphs explaining my reasoning. Maybe I should become a detective? LOL.
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L, Light has Death Note, and that’s why he can beat L, however L hasn’t any power, so he use only intelligence

bruh L literally had the fbi and he was also rich af, the cameras and the other stuff
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Kuroni_Kuru said:
This order may be controversial but I'd say that, exclusively going off of information presented in the show, Light is the most intelligent of the three, then is Near, and that L is the least intelligent. I'll try to explain my reasoning for where I ranked each character, but be aware that my explanations will probably contain spoilers if you haven't finished the series yet.







But to answer your question of who is the smartest character in Death Note, I'd say that it's actually someone who you haven't accounted for in your choices...



Wow, most people probably responded with one or two sentences, and I responded with a bunch of paragraphs explaining my reasoning. Maybe I should become a detective? LOL.

how can a person be so wrong, no one knows
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