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  • @azusa0421
    @azusa0421 2 роки тому +3386

    L started it, Mello paved a way for it, Near pieced the evidences together and ended it... An indirect teamwork took down Kira

    • @nooralif2784
      @nooralif2784 2 роки тому +126

      🗿1 man vs the whole world

    • @nooralif2784
      @nooralif2784 2 роки тому +21

      Kira already won

    • @dxsyan694
      @dxsyan694 2 роки тому +167

      @@nooralif2784 1 Man with 2Death Note two killing machines(who can do anything for him),2gods support, Millions of supporters

    • @nooralif2784
      @nooralif2784 2 роки тому

      @@dxsyan694 🗿 your Inferior self wouldn't be able to utilize all these things to your favor, not like how Light was able to.
      So Speak less, Mistake of a Child.
      I believe You are one of those
      "I am nothing without the Suit" people.

    • @murasakino101
      @murasakino101 2 роки тому +113

      @@dxsyan694 Versus 3 intelligent people who only had the police and other organizations to depend on. I agree. Id say they beat light fair and square. Only time he "won" was killing L but he wouldn't have done it without Rem/Misa

  • @cyberpsychosis5367
    @cyberpsychosis5367 3 роки тому +2661

    Melo literally solved the case but they (M and N) don't have a concrete evidence. So he sacrificed himself as the evidence and sealed the fate of Light as Kira, for Near to finish the job! Great explanation!

    • @janusgreenway5137
      @janusgreenway5137 3 роки тому +129

      So basically they came to the same conclusion as L?

    • @pikunps2574
      @pikunps2574 3 роки тому +33

      @@janusgreenway5137 Yes

    • @pandacommanda9163
      @pandacommanda9163 2 роки тому +182

      @@janusgreenway5137 except they were able to gain the evidence necessary of conviction

    • @brandonfields5928
      @brandonfields5928 2 роки тому +55

      Obviously, characters were written to do what they did. That said, Mikami could have prevented any problems. At the point Light ordered him to create a fake book as well as sending Takada 5 pages from the real one. While he was still 100% sure in possession of the real, he could have simply removed 1 additional page and hidden it in his wallet or someplace always on him basically. Then regardless of how things play out, bring that torn page to the Yellow Box warehouse yes?

    • @mysteriousguy666
      @mysteriousguy666 2 роки тому +11

      Nope light is real winner it was mikami fault otherwise that kid couldn't win

  • @gwen_st107
    @gwen_st107 2 роки тому +1224

    Near: we can't kill them. That's not how we do things.
    Mello: hold my grenade

    • @haddy106
      @haddy106 Рік тому +28

      @@3ambach928 it would be more efficient but it would be a disgrace to the title of detective, which was Nears reasoning was L was his mentor and he owed it to him to win the way L would want him to win

    • @alexvaughan1013
      @alexvaughan1013 Рік тому +2

      Tell that to Near after he controlled Mikami with the DN.

    • @fwkira864
      @fwkira864 11 місяців тому +3

      @@alexvaughan1013 ?

    • @tovick1643
      @tovick1643 10 місяців тому +3

      @@fwkira864thats a fan theory, matsuda points this out in the manga, assuming maybe near controlled mikami to go to the storehouse, taking the notebook, not questioning if it was the fake one or real one, not testing it before arriving there.

    • @fwkira864
      @fwkira864 10 місяців тому

      @@tovick1643 Yeah i saw it on tiktok near cold for that ngl in a good way tho

  • @Reality-Distortion
    @Reality-Distortion 3 роки тому +1347

    I like how in the scene where he decides to do it he puts away his chocolate. It's a deliberate similarity between traits of him and L to eat sweets all the time and here he finally decides, for the first time in his life, that there is something more important than to be the number 1. He puts away his toxic and destructive ambition that was after all installed in him by the Wammy house.

    • @AkerfeldtTveitan-yi4xm
      @AkerfeldtTveitan-yi4xm 7 місяців тому +1

      I love this kind of symbolism

    • @user-pi3hd2bt3f
      @user-pi3hd2bt3f 6 місяців тому +9

      Interesting perspective. I always just assumed it was because he thought since he is going to die anyway.
      In the OVA, when L is talking about monsters who "eat although they never experienced hunger" you see Mello eating. So i assumed Mello never ate the chocolate because he was hungry, but because it helped him think( like L with his wierd sitting position) but by the end he doesn't need it anymore. The plan is already in place, he knows what he has to do and he is about to die no matter what.

    • @EMlNENCJA
      @EMlNENCJA 5 місяців тому

      Furthermore it is the allusion to Plato’s _Chariot:_
      Mello is the appetitive part of the soul (black horse), Near is the spirited (white horse) & I guess that could make L into charioteer (reason).
      Dunno what Matt would be the allegory for…
      Edit:
      L as the charioteer gets even more solid when considering how his design is incorporating black & white, which reflects his relation to both appetitive & spirited parts of the soul ;)
      *Read Plato to understand Death Note!*
      - very based 💜

  • @mikadotakimura
    @mikadotakimura Рік тому +199

    Bro, everytime Mello and light faced off, Light always lost.

    • @andreademarchi7495
      @andreademarchi7495 3 місяці тому +33

      Probably becouse he's intelligent like Near/L but at the same time he has that malevolence,he do bad things for his goals,he's playing the game like Kira but for a good cause. Light always confronted and handled good guys,Mello is not one of them

    • @ajwadmajed3551
      @ajwadmajed3551 3 місяці тому +15

      Exactly! I love how light was so depressed when he lost the death note the first time mello missiled the notebook away lol

    • @pheas
      @pheas Місяць тому

      ts aint a fair comparison gang

  • @magiko7176
    @magiko7176 9 місяців тому +19

    Mello is the one who takes action and provides the key information. Near is the one who figures it out.

  • @JackieNoBones
    @JackieNoBones 2 роки тому +623

    If you view the Kira investigation of a puzzle with the pieces hidden, then it'd be fair to say that Mello is a master at finding the pieces but incompetent at assembling them, while Near is a master at putting them together but is unwilling to/incompentent in find them. L would be proficient in both. If Near and Mello worked separately, they'd lose to L every time, but together, they could do just as well or even better than L. They needed each other to ever be truly great.

    • @geehp2692
      @geehp2692 Рік тому +33

      This is the most concise way of putting it, i believe. Very good analysis.

    • @RTU130
      @RTU130 Рік тому

      ye

    • @Tokiwartoothnotabumblebee
      @Tokiwartoothnotabumblebee Рік тому +12

      Its been a while since I have read the series, but if I remember rightly, Near mentions that together, he and Mello would have surpassed L.

    • @Gwilherm
      @Gwilherm Рік тому +16

      Well, N is kinda book smart and M is more street smart

    • @DiyoAkabane
      @DiyoAkabane 9 місяців тому +1

      YES THIS IS SO TRUE

  • @-Radical.Ed-
    @-Radical.Ed- 11 місяців тому +63

    He is so underrated. I wish they exploited his character more. But then I remember even the creators said they wrote themselves into a corner by creating someone that was so effective due not only being smart but also goal oriented, hard worker and with mad social skills. They said they had him committing mistakes because otherwise he would have solved the case too easily. Mello was street smart also, which Light who was an arrogant academic was not. So, it was obvious that he would pull tricks on him that would corner him, besides, it would have been perfect if he was the one to catch him due to being the exact person Light despised and taking a criminal to catch another one, philosophically it would have opened another interpretation of the series. At the same time Mello showed the nastiest traits about Light when he got him ticked. To Light it was more important killing him than losing his father. He became his most despicable version whenever Mello cornered him, which at least is quite interesting.
    To me, he was the best of all of them. I don't know IQ wise, but definitely had traits others could not withstand.

  • @GilverZ
    @GilverZ 2 роки тому +640

    Mello is such a good character. Too bad the anime adaptation cut out almost half of his scenes and monologues. Hell, when you look at it the anime condensed the WHOLE 2nd arc into 11 rushed episodes, when it was supposed to be as long as the L part, as it lasts for 48 chapters in the manga.

    • @cleverman383
      @cleverman383 Рік тому +52

      I hope someday we can get the 2nd arc fully adapted into anime form, like we got for FMA: Brotherhood

    • @MalzraAirwynn
      @MalzraAirwynn Рік тому +38

      Yeah, Mello really got the short end of the stick with how condensed the second half of the anime was.

    • @ZAKINGOFDESPAIR
      @ZAKINGOFDESPAIR Рік тому +22

      Fuck, gotta the read the manga

    • @dr.vijayalakshmi6489
      @dr.vijayalakshmi6489 Рік тому +22

      ​@@ZAKINGOFDESPAIRu should. In manga mello blackmails the American president with the death note

    • @Ruggi21
      @Ruggi21 Рік тому +6

      Nah the second arc is just light getting more and more desperate

  • @Itswolfiex
    @Itswolfiex 3 роки тому +392

    such an underrated character! I wish he had more screentime

    • @jacobisgone9530
      @jacobisgone9530 2 роки тому +27

      They cut like over half of his scenes in the anime. He's more present in the manga.

    • @ryuk5673
      @ryuk5673 2 роки тому

      everyone loves melo, how is he underrated lol?

    • @xilentjay4298
      @xilentjay4298 Рік тому +1

      @@ryuk5673 no

  • @N0URii
    @N0URii 3 роки тому +139

    dude literally build his carrer from 0 so he became top position wealthy mafia

  • @DHeart006
    @DHeart006 2 роки тому +180

    I hear sometimes that Mikami messed everything up and that came out of no where but there were signs in the story where Mikami acted a bit independent but with Kira's beliefs like when he killed the worshippers on TV, like light wanted to do but couldn't. Mello talking with Halle might have known this and took advantage of it since all it took was one slip up for Light to lose. His kidnapping of Takada was unexpected to light but both light and Mikami had the same idea but were uncoordinated thus sealing their fates. Mello was the big player here and the wild card.

    • @RatsAreCubes
      @RatsAreCubes Рік тому +4

      mikami was a funny character

    • @663
      @663 Рік тому +3

      yeah but what i find that there is a flaw in the script because they both wrote at the same time plus the death was suicide caused by fire, what are the chances that they write the same thing at the same time, sounds too far-fetched

    • @varadoxx7034
      @varadoxx7034 Рік тому +6

      @@663 na, he wrote the time of her death one minute later, they both wrote takadas name at different times but for example light wrote for her to die at 2:23pm but mikami wrote 2:24pm

    • @663
      @663 Рік тому

      yeah but doesn't make a difference still

    • @happilyevernever4289
      @happilyevernever4289 Рік тому +5

      ​​@@663 light and mikami got the call consecutively and knew they had lil time b4 the police discovered her. So their timing being close to one another is not too far-fetched.

  • @skailerderkonigderdiebe5499
    @skailerderkonigderdiebe5499 4 роки тому +85

    Happy birthday to the best dresser who died like a dog. 13 Dec 1989

  • @dhanrajshetty5468
    @dhanrajshetty5468 3 роки тому +432

    According to the deathnote author, mello was the one to defeat light and near, but then the author changed the story at the last moment.

    • @skailerderkonigderdiebe5499
      @skailerderkonigderdiebe5499 3 роки тому +136

      He changed it because
      "Mello knew too much about the Death Note"

    • @MR_3001
      @MR_3001 2 роки тому +55

      I'd honestly love to see mello defeat Light

    • @junigirlfriend
      @junigirlfriend 2 роки тому +50

      @@MR_3001 or even *both* near and mello!! It could be so cool to see both of them winning

    • @regina8710
      @regina8710 2 роки тому +2

      Not really. They messed up their designs and that’s all. The story stays the same

    • @thephoenix4093
      @thephoenix4093 2 роки тому +33

      fun fact: originally near was called mello because of his emotionless attitude, which means this comment says near beat light and mello, same as here.

  • @gamergabe769
    @gamergabe769 4 роки тому +440

    i wish mello met light :(

    • @izurukensanimetalks
      @izurukensanimetalks  4 роки тому +178

      It would have been interesting encounter!

    • @gyrosrelite6465
      @gyrosrelite6465 3 роки тому +46

      that would’ve been sooo cool

    • @Skywalker96214
      @Skywalker96214 3 роки тому +182

      Mello might've just shoot Light the moment he sees him lol

    • @derrickjames5403
      @derrickjames5403 3 роки тому +18

      @@Skywalker96214 LOL fr

    • @richie487822
      @richie487822 3 роки тому +69

      It wouldn't work for the store because Mello would've shot first and asked questions later😂😂

  • @jbart4183
    @jbart4183 2 роки тому +94

    Near is my favorite character. But Mello is special - as you've excellently explained in this vid. And mello's theme is my favorite them in death note.

  • @ancient7716
    @ancient7716 2 роки тому +202

    Thing is, Mello also has a great deductive ability. Maybe even matching L or Near's. But he actively put himself in danger and that caused his demise. He could have ordered the last kidnapping to someone who works for him so that Kira wouldn't see Mello's face and name. But still prove that his man gets killed by Kira.

    • @happilyevernever4289
      @happilyevernever4289 Рік тому +23

      Actually close to them. But not even. What he has is the initiative to take risks that can give effective results. But he makes rash decisions often too, to compensate for feeling inferior to Near in IQ.

    • @ezioauditore5616
      @ezioauditore5616 Рік тому +3

      @@RatsAreCubes and also didn't had time, because the warehouse reunion was close

    • @penelles8400
      @penelles8400 6 місяців тому +3

      Man I really liked the chaos Mello provided with his brash methods. He seemed like the type of character to just kill Kira on site. It makes me so upset the fact Mello showed Takada his face. That was really stupid and I hate that the author wrote that. Why would he show his face to a huge Kira supporter much less someone he kidnapped.

  • @bestskateboreder
    @bestskateboreder 3 роки тому +381

    Mellos IQ is 190+ he is very sharp and deadly laser focus on the littel ditales thats why he was so good and so close to close the kira case , i really love melo or should i say michael keil

    • @bestskateboreder
      @bestskateboreder 3 роки тому +7

      @@YashPal-gv2ul no , u have -185IQ

    • @sksukurmd8677
      @sksukurmd8677 3 роки тому +7

      Mihel kehel

    • @bestskateboreder
      @bestskateboreder 3 роки тому +3

      @@YashPal-gv2ul go find your IQ in the soures

    • @omar1yt495
      @omar1yt495 3 роки тому +7

      @@sksukurmd8677 Michael Keehl

    • @kleinofficial9615
      @kleinofficial9615 2 роки тому +18

      @@bestskateboreder bro ur exaggerating, people with 190+ IQ tend to solve calculus at the age of 3, even einstein wouldn't have an IQ that big and clearly einstein's intelligence is far better than mello's (u can search einstein's intelligence feats on the internet), mello's IQ is at least 150

  • @itzarzix9151
    @itzarzix9151 3 роки тому +106

    Perfect video , that was a crazy good explanation should have millions of views :D

  • @peeper2070
    @peeper2070 2 роки тому +27

    The diagram at 7:10 made me understand the last 7 episodes for the first time since I watched Death Note 5 years ago. Thank you so much.

  • @here2thrive
    @here2thrive Рік тому +8

    I watched death note so fast and never felt like I understood mello’s contributions so thanks for making a video about it!

  • @arnotown6874
    @arnotown6874 Рік тому +19

    I love that Light vs L was like a chess match, while Light vs Near and Mello was like solving a puzzle.

  • @tallgeek1131
    @tallgeek1131 3 роки тому +42

    Finally the Mello appreciation I've been looking for

  • @Mystique0202
    @Mystique0202 2 роки тому +353

    Yea Mello got L's offensive side... like doing things on his own not waiting for orders n shit, going against law, working with criminals n underworld for the sake of case, eating sweets n L's inner conflicts (shows directly on mello's personality), even being physically stronger in terms of strength n muscle power (like L).
    My perceptions, it's very obvious to relate near with L cuz they r quite similar but mellow is not understood by all.
    They both got L's major traits... N+M=L
    lol

    • @brandonflores2995
      @brandonflores2995 2 роки тому +39

      People underestimate Mello so much. They're two halves of the same whole. Mello does have L's offensive side. People forget how L decided to attack Light head on and meet him in person by introducing himself as L because he was stuck. Also, the scene where he took Misa's phone. and placed them under solitary confinement without proof just to try to get them to crack. Even the competitiveness is the same such as the declaration of the battle in episode 2, the tennis match and brawl

    • @anshumansingh7726
      @anshumansingh7726 Рік тому +1

      No near is more of a defencive player using best defence as a good offence strategy
      Mello is offensive

    • @donaldtrumplover2254
      @donaldtrumplover2254 Рік тому +9

      Dang I never realized that it was in abc order for solving the case LMN

    • @happilyevernever4289
      @happilyevernever4289 Рік тому

      Yeah I like that about Mello.

    • @happilyevernever4289
      @happilyevernever4289 Рік тому

      ​@@donaldtrumplover2254lol

  • @letmesleepinpeace7052
    @letmesleepinpeace7052 Рік тому +25

    After rewatching Death Note, post L death was actually quite good. People really missed the plot of the show because they were still upset L died.

  • @stevendog40
    @stevendog40 2 роки тому +80

    I liked the second half where Mello and Near work together (somewhat) to take down Light. It was a nice tone change compared to the 1v1 in the first half with L.

    • @brandonflores2995
      @brandonflores2995 2 роки тому +12

      It was essentially a "draw" between Light and L. Light just had the Supernatural on his side. L being "split" into two was the only way

  • @peterbsn2430
    @peterbsn2430 3 роки тому +210

    Very good analysis. And Mello was really unlucky in this adventure, once again Near had hudge favoritism on him by Mello and L doing all the work and him almost just profiting of it. After Near was good but definitly he shows us that luck is also very important.

    • @murasakino101
      @murasakino101 2 роки тому +12

      Honestly, everyone had luck. L wouldn't have been able to make a lot of deductions without it and light wouldn't have succeeded in half of his plans if he didn't have good luck too allng with the notebook and shinigami

    • @cavewoah
      @cavewoah 2 роки тому +5

      @@murasakino101 light is lucky his dad didn’t call his phone when he was with raye penbers fiance

    • @LifeEnemy
      @LifeEnemy Рік тому +1

      ​@@cavewoahHe turned it off at some point, didn't he? Or maybe I'm misremembering, but I want to say there was a scene where he thought of it 🤔

    • @cavewoah
      @cavewoah Рік тому

      @@LifeEnemy nah he did but he is just lucky he didn’t call him sooner

  • @Bleeper168
    @Bleeper168 3 роки тому +96

    I have watched this show probably 7 times by now and I still love it. It gets a little hard to follow at times so thank you for clarifying. So great.

    • @ibuk9631
      @ibuk9631 3 роки тому +13

      i mean in ur 7th watch u should’ve already understood every little detail right

    • @timewalker2447
      @timewalker2447 2 роки тому +4

      @@ibuk9631 I have watched five times still didn't notice anything new 🤣😂

    • @harnoorthehero
      @harnoorthehero 2 роки тому +5

      @@timewalker2447 me 10 times still i didn't notice it 🤣🤣🤣

  • @thatblkguy1837
    @thatblkguy1837 Рік тому +5

    I really love how people just create random beautiful things and love how those thing create moments common ground connection

  • @martistheartist7494
    @martistheartist7494 2 роки тому +48

    This shows a few things:
    1. Mello was so underrated and was instrumental in taking down Light, making the sacrifice play just like L did in dying for this case. He was never afraid to pull out all the stops to bring down Light and even found a way to kidnap Light's sister while also figuring out how the Death Note works and realizing one of the rules was a fake.
    2. Light is very underrated and why I say that is many people call him sloppy, he had the death note as an advantage and he was being too cocky for his own good but while part of that is true, the same can be said for how much of a beast Light was, having eliminated L, the world's greatest detective who had a task force of people, a lot of recources and the experience to read many criminals, Mello, a character that put out all the stops to bring Kira to justice and finds out a ton about the Death Note and how it works, and nearly beat Near, the successor to L with more resources, turned the task force against Light, got him cornered and everything and still barely won due to Light's cocky attitude. I must say even though he had the Death Note at his disposal, Ryuk even states himself that he has never seen a human use it like Light did, coming up with very creative solutions for problems and outsmarting alot of people along the way.
    3.It sucks that L died so early, it wasn't the same when he died but I am still happy to see the conclusion, I didn't want Light to win and have his new world crap.

  • @PositivelyPresent1
    @PositivelyPresent1 2 роки тому +31

    I had read that the author intended Mello and Near to be the sons of L. Haha.. that’s why they all three have similar traits, and Mello and Near want to solve the Kira case with a personal vendetta and they are so competitive with each other because of sibling rivalry … but it was changed in the end. Hehe…!!

    • @yes1667
      @yes1667 Рік тому +13

      Funny part was the only reason it was changed was because the author himself said he couldn't see L having sex 💀

  • @Julian145x
    @Julian145x 11 місяців тому +7

    My boy Gevanny does not get enough credit

    • @ezio09
      @ezio09 6 місяців тому +1

      Lmao

    • @andreademarchi7495
      @andreademarchi7495 3 місяці тому +2

      One of the best if not the best agent of the whole show,dude was the cardinal point of Near's masterplan

    • @Aryannnnn609
      @Aryannnnn609 Місяць тому +1

      Bro pulled an all nighter to copy the book

  • @gregorygraves7788
    @gregorygraves7788 2 роки тому +19

    It's like poetic justice. In the end scenes Light gloated when he thought he beat Near by saying 'You could have won if you didn't try be noble, and not test the Death note.' I guess he showed him

    • @HashiramaBigWoodSenju
      @HashiramaBigWoodSenju 11 місяців тому

      He’s wasn’t wrong though, Near would have straight up died had Mello not interfered and had Mikami not slipped up, Near had no back up plan prior and would have led them all to death really.

  • @PartyNekromantDeniz
    @PartyNekromantDeniz 9 місяців тому +2

    I always liked Mello, I only felt like somethings lack. Now I got it, it was his time.

  • @blackhole77
    @blackhole77 Рік тому +3

    Mello is fucking savage as fuck and I'm 100% here for it. After my heart broke into a million pieces for L I had nothing left in me to mourn for Mello's fate, I literally felt like Mello did as I watched - I felt like "who fucking cares anymore about anything, this shit broke the world in half just expose everything at all costs just fucign DOIT"

  • @spaceman607
    @spaceman607 10 місяців тому +3

    Mello might be anime's most badass character. Despite his prowess he's actually the underdog in a match with Near and Kira. Still he charges in head first.
    Face burnt? No Biggie.

  • @zeaferjones1404
    @zeaferjones1404 Рік тому +27

    You could tell right away that Light was sort of jealous of Mello right off the bat. I mean Light was just a kid in his room compared to Mello who worked side by side with the mafia. Light started doing bolder and crazier things once Mello was in the picture. I think since Mello used the Death Note there was more of a rivalry there because Near and L were above using it.

    • @happilyevernever4289
      @happilyevernever4289 Рік тому +1

      Yeah, definitely. After dealing with Mello, I noticed how his traps for the two changed. Especially when Light cornered Near that one time in the first SPK base.

  • @sebigrell
    @sebigrell 7 місяців тому +3

    Mello woke up and chose violence

  • @Mrlbt
    @Mrlbt 4 роки тому +62

    Importance of teamwork 🤔

  • @yoavbenclaudia3073
    @yoavbenclaudia3073 2 роки тому +23

    You forgot to acknowledge that Mello shares how emotional L can be, whereas Near shares how indifferent he can be. They are just L but at the extremes one way or the other way. Both would do anything to get the job done, as L would, but Mello possessed L’s willpower to the extreme to the point that he would surround himself with criminals whereas L used some criminals but still sided with law enforcement (just as Near sides completely with the FBI and CIA).
    They also lack L’s Achille’s heel with being addicted to the investigation. For L, it was a game of cat and mouse that he wanted to drag out. Many times he could have ended the investigation easily, sparing lives. The one that annoys me most is when he doesn’t arrest Light after informing him that Misa was arrested, only to arrest him after Light ASKED to be imprisoned. He said it himself that he expected the murders to continue, suggesting he wanted Light to disprove himself as Kira despite being Kira, likely to prolong the the game. Mello was arrogant and prideful. Childish, some would say. L was very much childish, admittedly so, and it became his own undoing. Had it not been for the new rules that kept popping up regarding the Death Note and those who possess it-which were clearly a way of the writer escaping the corner he kept writing himself into-L would have won quick and easy. Even without the conveniences, if he weren’t so addicted to the chase, he would have won sooner.
    Neither Mello nor Near cared for the game. It was a challenge and nothing more. The pleasure came from solving it, not from playing it. They would find the quickest way to beat you at chess, whereas L would toy with you in hopes that you put up a challenge for an intense, and drawn out game.
    I’m not sure if either could have succeeded alone without the other. It’s possible Near could have managed, but Mello helped him to not only be an equal to L, but surpass L.

  • @Scriabin_fan
    @Scriabin_fan 4 місяці тому +2

    Near is a representation of L’s calm, cold and calculating side. Near never fails to calmly analyze a situation and come up with the best plans.
    Mello represents L’s confrontational and bold side. Mello never fails to seize the initiative and take unpredictable and bold actions to win.

  • @KaoticReach1999
    @KaoticReach1999 Рік тому +5

    Shows alot it took two Geniuses raised to be just as much to even come CLOSE to the brilliance of L by himself
    No wonder Near in the latest Canon seems to have no caring for the same moral fortitude for "justice" as L
    L was a different beast

  • @oomp9123
    @oomp9123 2 роки тому +7

    Lights own ego let to his demise so sad to see... if he only thought before he acted

  • @White_Fox_5.0
    @White_Fox_5.0 Рік тому +6

    I feel like nobody understands what mello truly represents in the story. The other 3 main characters are obsessed with doing things in the name of justice while Mello is the only one who doesnt try to justify his actions as morally correct or "justice" they are simply his actions towards what he wants and if you stand in the way you die. I personally always had more respect for that for some reason. That was the most raw and most human to me. Everyone is corrupt to a degree so who's really in the right? People like mello will always stand in the face of any dictatorship, a part of human nature that does not conform to anyone else's rules, a part of human nature that stands directly in the way of any potential uprising of control by a single entity.

  • @ishwar5936
    @ishwar5936 4 роки тому +17

    Omg I just found out about your channel, pls keep up these in depth videos of Death Note

  • @DenisK21
    @DenisK21 2 роки тому +19

    Near and Mello won by being very different from each other in how they think.
    Light lost because his chosen X-Kira Mikami thought too much LIKE him.

    • @ShadowsWorld666
      @ShadowsWorld666 Рік тому

      Actually it's pretty stupid that he would go against someone he revered as God wishes he told him what to do and he literally did the opposite Light should have won he was smartest in the end his only flaw was being too cocky and not plan for his fake kira to go off the rails

    • @DenisK21
      @DenisK21 Рік тому +4

      @@ShadowsWorld666 The real issue is that Light, ever needing to be the one with the advantage, never told Mikami that one could use torn pages of the notebook to kill. This lack of knowledge is what led Mikami to think that it was up to him to take care of Takada, as he was the one with access to the actual notebook at the time. In Mikami's mind, this was *the* time to go off the rails just a bit, *the* time that "God" would require such action from him. The whole thing could've been averted if Light had just clued him in on the whole "I can kill with the paper in my watch" thing.

    • @ShadowsWorld666
      @ShadowsWorld666 Рік тому

      @@DenisK21 nah your not wrong but I still felt like it's outta left field to defy someone you hold in such regard but you right he thought too much like light

  • @psycheedellic
    @psycheedellic Рік тому +15

    Light already lost from the day he killed Lindt L. Taylor

    • @iancheruiyot4332
      @iancheruiyot4332 11 місяців тому

      haha nice

    • @HashiramaBigWoodSenju
      @HashiramaBigWoodSenju 11 місяців тому

      Not really. You can say that about anything. His actual loss comes down to convenience.

    • @ram_kr7
      @ram_kr7 6 місяців тому

      😂😂😂

  • @Fdragon1337
    @Fdragon1337 Рік тому +31

    Honestly Lights biggest downfall was letting someone other than him and Misa use a death note. Homie really flubbed it by not using his note before the final confrontation to ensure that he didnt end up getting a fake before a pivotal turning point.

  • @neoxus30
    @neoxus30 2 роки тому +6

    Kira's a puzzle)
    Mello's got the pieces, and Near put them together)

  • @Gotothelui
    @Gotothelui 3 роки тому +96

    I personally before that Mello could've beaten Light

    • @reorders9868
      @reorders9868 3 роки тому +27

      yes you before that mello could have beaten light

    • @himacri9334
      @himacri9334 3 роки тому +17

      @@reorders9868 he, personally, before that mello could’ve beaten light

    • @reorders9868
      @reorders9868 3 роки тому +7

      @@himacri9334 same profile picture check LMFAO

    • @dik56
      @dik56 3 роки тому +8

      Mello could have definitely beaten light, just like light he's not afraid of getting his hands dirty in order to achieve his goal

    • @luciferkincaid8412
      @luciferkincaid8412 2 роки тому +1

      Yeah, you personally before that mello could've beaten light

  • @vivianac
    @vivianac Місяць тому

    Loved this analysis! Thanks for giving Mello his flowers, he's one of my fav characters and the anime did him so dirty 🥲

  • @morbidhime
    @morbidhime Рік тому

    S tier character and analysis. Fantastic video!

  • @argenisjrg
    @argenisjrg Рік тому +3

    Amazing video! I always struggled to know how Mello contributed to taking Kira down. I knew that kidnapping Takada was clutch, but that seemed kind of lucky instead of being calculated. Also, I didn't remember that Mello found out that much information. He deserves more credit.

  • @paulv7744
    @paulv7744 9 місяців тому +2

    Evil Armin back at it again. lol

  • @KierraLovesHipsters
    @KierraLovesHipsters 9 місяців тому +1

    Mello was such an underrated character. Loved him! Wish he got more screen time.

  • @yungblade7
    @yungblade7 3 роки тому +18

    Mello solved the case for me.

  • @Izanna3
    @Izanna3 2 роки тому +3

    Really concise way to explain Mello's sacrifice!

  • @alexvaughan1013
    @alexvaughan1013 3 роки тому +6

    About Mello's missile stunt. The guy must have money to burn and/or be compensating for something!

  • @odysseusstallings5535
    @odysseusstallings5535 Рік тому +17

    I always felt like Mello was another version of Light because of he tries to prove that he's better than Near just as Light wanted to prove he was better than L. He's just as smart if not somewhat smarter than Light considering how he captured Sayu and if Soichiro hadn't been stupid as to say Mello's actual name out loud I believe Near and Mello would have beaten Light much much sooner than when it actually happened.

    • @zeaferjones1404
      @zeaferjones1404 Рік тому +4

      I thought the same thing. Also, like there is a lot of what if theories about how would L do if he had the death note and Light was the investigator? However, the great thing about Mello is there was no "what ifs" Mello got a hold of a death note and was using just like Light. If only Mello figured out who Kira was sooner he would have used the Death Note on Light and that would have been some irony.

    • @odysseusstallings5535
      @odysseusstallings5535 Рік тому +3

      @@zeaferjones1404 He definitely would no doubt

    • @happilyevernever4289
      @happilyevernever4289 Рік тому

      Light afterall is kinda similar to L too so I can get why you would think that.

    • @odysseusstallings5535
      @odysseusstallings5535 Рік тому

      @@happilyevernever4289 That's true after all neither L nor Light liked to lose

  • @cheeher3212
    @cheeher3212 Рік тому +2

    I like Mello because he wasn't afraid to get his hands dirty.

  • @nyesExpress
    @nyesExpress 2 роки тому +3

    M

    • @andreademarchi7495
      @andreademarchi7495 3 місяці тому

      L=Kira at this point,or very very close to him aniway

  • @GetOverH3re
    @GetOverH3re Рік тому +27

    I'll never forget how Near finds out Mikami is Kira's second hand.
    He just pauses for a momment and... Thinks!
    He thinks of all 7 billion people in the world and concludes it must be Mikami.
    The writing just get's so shit after L's death

    • @hsblw_6
      @hsblw_6 Рік тому +5

      Dude it's a show about cleverness... If you can't deduct yourself that he searched through Takada's circle to seek some Kira worshiper that she might know, and landed on Mikami, then you shouldn't watch a show such as DN. It's obviously not just "he thinks and now he knows", it's just kinda rushed yes, but if you think for 3secs you understand what they're implying.

    • @GetOverH3re
      @GetOverH3re Рік тому +5

      @@hsblw_6 I figured Light was Kira since the first episode so yeah, maybe you're the one who shouldnt watch shows for high IQ people

    • @sachanadeau5444
      @sachanadeau5444 Рік тому +17

      The manga actually shows Nears reasoning for that scene. The anime doesn’t do the second half of Death Note justice

    • @lordpeterturbo5216
      @lordpeterturbo5216 9 місяців тому +1

      Read the manga. The anime cuts out his deduction and reasoning for some reason.

    • @jbulletc
      @jbulletc 8 місяців тому +1

      Honestly, that's far beside the point because even Light wanted Near to believe Mikami was working for Kira. That was part of the whole plan to make Near track the wrong death note. So of course Near would eventually come to that conclusion. Chill out.

  • @Gabriel-qq5zn
    @Gabriel-qq5zn 2 місяці тому +1

    Mello, and even L didn’t die because they weren’t smart enough, they died because they weren’t willing to fully let go of their emotions like Near or Light. Mello kept Kira on his toes, and basically harassed him til he made that fatal slip-up so that Near could focus on being the human computer that he was, and deliver the final checkmate.

  • @2011vortex
    @2011vortex Рік тому +1

    Love this logical explanation and illustrations.

  • @justalowlife
    @justalowlife Рік тому

    I like the abrupt end to a video like this
    I have never seen anyone end a video like that right after explaining everything

  • @Reytriplede
    @Reytriplede Рік тому +1

    Fav character and you cemented it

  • @nunyabusiness3516
    @nunyabusiness3516 Рік тому +2

    They were all stupid on at LEAST 2 occasions L said to the task force "If I die, Light Yagami is Kira" I don't see why any of this was necessary.

  • @TheUrobolos
    @TheUrobolos 25 днів тому

    Mello was daring enough to take the risky actions needed to find the key infos to solve the case, but at the cost of exposing himself to the point of getting killed. Near couldnt reach these infos by himself, but once Mello exposed them for him, he was the right guy in the right safe position to use these infos to solve the final puzzle and defeat Kira. Together they were truly unstoppable.

  • @BoyKagome
    @BoyKagome 2 роки тому +17

    I always wondered for the final battle, you wouldn't test the death note when you know fakes are in play?
    Then you could have Giovanni see that, and watch Near have to break his code of "winning without anyone dying", becoming like Mello to win as they ensure whatever name Mikimi wrote down - that person died, by their hands.
    L would be willing to do that.

    • @TheUrobolos
      @TheUrobolos Місяць тому

      The final manga chapter - never adapted by the anime - do heavily imply Near used the real Note to manipulate Mikami, probably writing something like "he goes to the box not doubting the autenticity of his note, and without bringing with him pieces or pages of the true note he may have". The fact the manga Mikami killed himself ten days later in prison is suspect too.

  • @second_second_
    @second_second_ Рік тому +2

    Mello is actually kinda cute. Thank you for doing him justice.

  • @burgergud2804
    @burgergud2804 Рік тому +1

    I was so surprised when he died I didn’t even considered it and was sad when he died

  • @StrongMuslim1420
    @StrongMuslim1420 4 роки тому +42

    So i actually love dissecting all of this on my own , but if someone does that i will gladly follow him ♥️ dissecting every smart strategy they used and stuff like that😂 so to find another nerd out there . Keep up the work man♥️

  • @crosto6463
    @crosto6463 7 місяців тому +2

    My friends hate Mello and say he did nothing, they really don't know anything 💔

  • @hannahmary6023
    @hannahmary6023 Рік тому +4

    mello the goat

  • @oculism5158
    @oculism5158 Рік тому +2

    And even then they just barely managed to win. Light could have easily thrown it all to the wind if he just had Mikami hold on to one last page for the final showdown, but he was so caught up in his feud with L that he refused to believe that anyone else would catch onto the fake notebook scheme. If L was still alive Light would have assumed "okay maybe he figured out the fake notebook thing" and kept a spare page for Mikami to use just in case.

  • @alencia7203
    @alencia7203 2 роки тому +27

    I really liked his character...should've had more screen time

  • @uroy8371
    @uroy8371 Рік тому +3

    I don't like how every clue after L died, was given to the detectives by pure luck. Like the shinigami thing.
    Should be better is the anime finishes with the victory of Light or L.

  • @ayanbossyt7536
    @ayanbossyt7536 3 роки тому +10

    Damn I miss him and L rip

  • @mudshrooze
    @mudshrooze 2 роки тому +5

    I didnt know other people like mello. Literally for more than a decade since I seen the show no one elsei know thats seen it liked mello. Meanwhile he is my favorite character

  • @jbulletc
    @jbulletc 8 місяців тому +1

    What I love is that the show makes Mello a necessary component to closing the case. Near had uncompromising principles that would prevent him from killing anyone. But Mello knew that Kira had to be put in a position where it was necessary to kill someone immediately in order to reveal the location of the real death note. Something that Near would never agree to. But Mello is willing to sacrifice morals to attain information that Near could use. Without Mello, Near would've died in that warehouse.

  • @GDSprodify
    @GDSprodify 5 місяців тому +1

    We only see Near as the real L successor because he looks like L, but Mello is exceptionally smart as doing Black Market business needs smarts and Mello found out the fake rule and that Kira was apart of the Task Force which Near never found out himself. Melo sacrificed himself for the cause which Near had too much pride to do

  • @parzivalpower3587
    @parzivalpower3587 Рік тому +4

    Why did melo show his face to takita, if he didn’t he would have lived

  • @miu869
    @miu869 Рік тому +2

    Mello is one cool ass character

  • @dustingleason3573
    @dustingleason3573 Рік тому +5

    I still don’t get how Mellow knew that kidnapping Takada would definitely lead to Near catching Kira. I understand how it led to it but I don’t know how near and Mellow could have known it would since they didn’t suspect a fake notebook until after Takada was kidnapped and killed by kira

    • @TheUrobolos
      @TheUrobolos Місяць тому

      It's left intentionally ambigous what was Mello's plan. Whatever it was to help Near or just pursue his own hunt for Kira, what matters is that his initiative solved the case and saved Near by giving him the full picture of the puzzle he was missing

  • @Official_NOM_
    @Official_NOM_ 4 місяці тому

    Melo almost cried when he wasn’t chosen to be L you can’t say he didn’t care

  • @dangychoice7800
    @dangychoice7800 3 роки тому +31

    What was Mello's idea in kidnapping Takada?
    How did he know his sacrifice would do something?

    • @josephoyek6574
      @josephoyek6574 3 роки тому +30

      Mello: Trust me bro.

    • @eixilek8407
      @eixilek8407 3 роки тому +41

      That woman that worked for near was sharing her info with mello, he saw that near’s plan could fail so he had to fix it

    • @nafisaahmed6737
      @nafisaahmed6737 3 роки тому +3

      @@eixilek8407 but he never knew about the fake death note. And I also don't think he knew that he was going to die.

    • @renegade3169
      @renegade3169 3 роки тому +7

      here’s your answer, we don’t know
      first let’s get that he knew he was going to die out of the way, in short he didn’t
      he had a plan and that’s for sure, when he said “i think it’s time” or whatever then he was referring to that plan
      he then took her to a church where he was killed
      in short he lost, it was a mistake
      but near was able to use this and find out about the fake deathnote
      but there’s been things hinting that he knew he was going to die, but it wasn’t because he thought there was a fake notebook
      it was just a risky mission he set for himself, and that is because he knows that kira is in the investigation team and they know his real name due to light’s dad saying it out loud
      so after knowing that and capturing someone who has been meeting with light under surveillance with audio stuff which he knows because of the lady leaking info to mello, the very act of kidnapping her was risky
      and he ended up dying because of it
      but this is also a direct reference to L, near and mello are meant to be half’s of L
      near is calm and stacks things while thinking, and mello eats sweets and takes risks and initiative, which L also does when he shows his face, L said numerous times he’s putting his life on the line for some evidence and that’s exactly what mello did, and funny enough it got them both killed
      so all in all, he took a risk for a mission we didn’t have the time to see because he ended up dying before he was able to do anything

    • @dr.vijayalakshmi6489
      @dr.vijayalakshmi6489 3 роки тому +1

      @@nafisaahmed6737 he knew

  • @suzumutsu
    @suzumutsu Рік тому +21

    I find it so hard to believe that Near never considered the possibility of a fake notebook. They saw Mikami killing in public multiple times and each time he had to take a picture and send that and the criminal's name to Takada, who had to be available 24/7 or else the timing would be off. Only after sending the picture did he write their name down and I can't believe an amazing agent like Gevanni wouldn't notice him taking pictures of the people who all died soon after. And if he noticed, he'd report it to Near who'd figure out the notebook is fake in about 0.000001 seconds because at that point anyone could've figured that out immediately. Even if Gevanni somehow didn't notice Mikami taking pictures, Near is smart, he wouldn't be as careless to not consider this possibility. Especially with Mikami not being cautious at all and just killing out in the open, and talking to himself about the shinigami. There's no way Near wouldn't notice that something is off, even if he didn't know about the pictures. The one thing Mello helped with was revealing the location of the real notebook, but it just feel so out of character for Near to overlook something like this, that always bothered me about that part of the story.

  • @darkflame1254
    @darkflame1254 Рік тому +1

    Everything after L is fanfiction,they had to make everyone lose IQ points so Near would seem smart

  • @mtflieutenant7693
    @mtflieutenant7693 2 роки тому +4

    Thanks, Mihael.

  • @darktobi2869
    @darktobi2869 Рік тому +2

    Mello was always my favorite mad underrated

  • @Zafire063
    @Zafire063 Рік тому +6

    100% because Near is omniscient and knew everything Light was doing with little to no evidence. "I think there are two Kira's. The first Kira would probably contact someone inconspicuous to be the next Kira. A public speaker of some sort. It's probably that one. Lets go raid his locker." Like wtf? That kind of thing would never happen. That's conspiracy theory to the max. And this kind of thing happened consistently.

  • @Summonick2
    @Summonick2 6 місяців тому +1

    The whole thing was kind of odd since L knew it was light, as did near and mello, yet they never just decided to kill light. At a certain point, for public safety, light needed to be simply shot.

    • @bluemariomedia8351
      @bluemariomedia8351 2 місяці тому

      Simple...they are childish and hate to lose. L even admits this. To them it not just killing kira...they want to rub it in their face.

  • @darrenz5557
    @darrenz5557 3 роки тому +46

    I still think Near used the death note, no way Mikaki didn't end up storing some emegency pages after having to kill Takata. Near would've still lost if Mikamki used the pages from the first bank vist.

    • @thesologamer653
      @thesologamer653 3 роки тому +2

      same

    • @ImTitan16
      @ImTitan16 3 роки тому +2

      Near said he wouldn't use the death note because that wouldn't be right.

    • @darrenz5557
      @darrenz5557 3 роки тому +16

      @@ImTitan16 Mello said Near is strong because he cheats and lie.

    • @liltaco2985
      @liltaco2985 3 роки тому +9

      You cant control the actions of someone with the shimigami eyes. Mikami had the eyes

    • @anvitamohan7939
      @anvitamohan7939 3 роки тому +7

      @@ImTitan16 I mean it is a very strong possibility he did since in the manga it is is mentioned that Matsuda and Aizawa think that it was too convenient for Mikami to mess up the way he did and while discussing it they come up with the the theory that Near used the death note . Matsuda also said that he heavily dislikes Near and that he is not a fair person like L was

  • @liviekumori
    @liviekumori 2 роки тому +14

    I would love a story of how he got into the mafia so young

    • @Tionic929
      @Tionic929 2 роки тому

      maybe helping them using his brain? even if his hands get dirty

  • @lilttiger
    @lilttiger Рік тому +1

    i kinda wish that there was a second season of death note. season one would end on a cliffhanger with L dying at the end of the last episode. then season 2 would be focused on mello and near, that way their part of the anime wouldnt feel so rushed and unimportant compared to L

  • @NoWyre
    @NoWyre Рік тому +1

    looking back on it years later, mello should know light/kira knows his real name from soichiro yagami, but not his face, as light wasn't actually there in person during that confrontation. seeing as he's kidnapping the woman chosen to become kira's spokeperson, his death could have been avoided had he simply kept his face hidden. light had no way to kill mello without having seen his face, nor did anyone else he trusted with the death note.

  • @MrChickenspit
    @MrChickenspit 3 роки тому +2

    Really Good video. Really great explanation to new viewrs who finished the anime.

  • @adnwntr2778
    @adnwntr2778 3 роки тому +3

    Omg thanks so much for the explanation cuz i just watched the anime ends but quite confused so i searched at yt the ending explained n here it is yesss thanksss wooo 🥳

  • @shaipatrick552
    @shaipatrick552 3 роки тому +7

    As Anime continues to emphasize the significance of teamwork 💯

  • @divijsharma5610
    @divijsharma5610 3 місяці тому +1

    Mellow could Kidnap Light directly 😂