History "L"
History..
L was found by Watari as a child and
was taken to the orphanage known as Wammy's House. Sometime after, Watari
realized that L had incredible knowledge and later assisted him in his cases.[1] L became a
detective at an unknown age and eventually gained a reputation as the greatest
detective in the world, whose opinion is highly valued.
Plot..
L begins the Kira case
by having undocumented death row inmate Lind L. Tailor introduce himself on
television as "L" and say that Kira is "evil". This
provokes Kira into killing the man on the spot which in turn proves to L that
the Kira killings are not a coincidental succession of heart attacks amongst
criminals but the designs of an ingenious serial killer who will murder any and
all who try to stop him and also tells him of Kira's location, since it is only
broadcast in Kanto. Not long after this, because of the time of day during
which the criminals die coincide with out-of-school hours, he deduces that Kira
may well be a student. He tells those assisting him with the Kira case early on
in the investigation that he suspects that Light Yagami is Kira, but can not
obtain any concrete evidence. In several situations, Light seems to be proven
innocent by the circumstances, but L remains skeptical. If Light were Kira, the
case would be solved, and L has trouble letting go of this simple and complete
solution. L can easily present his conclusions publicly at any time, and due to
his reputation as the best mind in the crime-fighting business, his thoughts
and words are always taken very seriously.
After his initial suspicions of Light, and in order to
take his investigation to its next stage, L decides to join To-Oh University (東応大学, Tōō Daigaku) - the very same that Light himself attends
- using the well-known name of a popular singer, Hideki Ryuuga. L
attends To-Oh because he feels confident in his reasoning and interrogational
skills and wishes to test his theory concerning Light's hidden identity by
somehow confronting him, and perhaps provoking or tricking him to admit that he
is indeed Kira. He intends to tell Light that he can "go on the offensive".
L is well aware that this is something of a gamble, and knows full well that
his act of direct confrontation could prove fatal, but as he's convinced he
understands Light's thought process, he feels confident that the adversary will
not yet risk revealing his secret identity by killing him.
When L introduces himself as Ryuuga, Light becomes alert
and somewhat alarmed, but does not attempt to kill him - the name is conspicuously
fake; however, Light has no way of knowing whether the person is the real L or
a proxy acting under orders. He also reasons that L would have already
introduced himself to Light's father earlier, and thus, were he to somehow kill
L, this murder would instantly unmask him, proving that he is indeed Kira. If
this person proved to be L's proxy, and his name really was Ryuuga, he might die, true, but L would live
and know his identity, without ever having had to reveal himself to Light, so
that L will have gained all the advantage. Also, while writing the name
"Hideki Ryuuga" into the Death Note, the face of the pop singer
bearing that name might enter Light's thoughts involuntarily, and that would
cause the death of pop singer Ryuuga, which would also lead L to the obvious
conclusion that Light is Kira. As such, L's expectations about the outcome of
his daring opening gambit prove true, and Light finds himself in a stalemate
situation, unable to act for the time being, as any attempt to rid himself of
his hunters would result in confirmed suspicions, his subsequent and
unavoidable unmasking, and, ultimately, his undoing. Light has no other choice
but bide his time.
When L is finally able to corner him, Light puts his
master plan in practice. He temporarily gives up his Death Note to his Shinigami, Ryuk,
erasing his memories about his time as Kira from his mind. Rem, Misa
Amane's Shinigami, under instruction by Light to give it to
someone who would use it selfishly, gives it to Kyosuke
Higuchi of the Yotsuba
Corporation. Now unaware of the fact that he was the original
Kira, Light accepts L's offer to join the Task Force to hunt down Higuchi, known as the third Kira,
although he is handcuffed to L throughout the entire case. Light proves very
useful in helping to track down Higuichi, realizing the new Kira is connected
to Yotsuba. When Higuchi is finally captured, Light touches his Death Note,
thereby regaining his memory of when he was the original Kira. He then proceeds
to killing Higuchi by using the Death Note paper he put in his watch before he
lost his memories.
After killing Higuchi, Light then tricks Rem into
killing L for his own personal gain, making her believe that she must kill him
for the sake of Misa's life. L's last sight before death is Light triumphantly
smiling over his defeated rival, and in his last moment L confirms to himself
that Light is the first Kira. In the anime, prior to L's death Light and L talk
to each other for one last time on the roof of the investigation building; some
viewers believed that L, somehow, knew that his death was drawing near.
Unbeknownst to him, however, L had
arranged things so that if he should die, others could take over, and
consequently when his true successors Near andMello start their own
respective investigations of the Kira case, Light is haunted by the memory of L
whenever he communicates with them. The cooperation of Near and Mello in the
Kira case eventually leads to Light's unmasking as Kira. Thus, L was able to
indirectly defeat Light through his successors.
Films..
As there is no time delay between the first and second
films, the second film begins soon before L supposedly dies. L retains many of
the same characteristics seen in the original series. At the end of the first
film, L eats potato chips in front of Light; Light had used a potato chip sack
to hide a mini LCD television from security cameras while L filmed his room.
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