Talk:L (Death Note)

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[edit] Private Detective

Is L considered a private detective, police detective, or neither? He often works with Interpol, but only takes cases he's interested in, so what should he be categorized as? Ender85 23:56, 2 November 2007 (UTC)

Beyond Birthday [AKA 'B'] in Another Note said that it was a philosophy (maybe Wammy houses') to try not to be called 'Private. I', because that would be insulting ('Unprivate. I' was what he prefered). L is able to move the police systems of the world because of his influence, but doesn't consider himself a member of them. He also reasons that a case isn't worth his time unless there're ten deaths, or one million dollars at steak. Meaning all his cases are FBI related. I'd say that it's so ambiguous that it's better to list him simply as "Detective". P.Is have no influence on the regular police (it's their maneuverability that makes them so effective)WickedKnightAlbel (talk) 09:06, 28 May 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Suggestion

There's not much real world-info in this article at all. And I feel that it could be merged into List of Death Note characters. Unless of course someone was able to get info like the concept/creation of L, Reaction, etc. All with sources. So, opinions?HadesDragon 00:24, 5 November 2007 (UTC)

I think the two central characters of the series merit articles. JuJube 01:47, 5 November 2007 (UTC)
Fictional importance doesn't trump WP:FICT. The two articles are basically fictional character biographies, and that's not really allowed. We had to do the same thing for the Characters of Kingdom Hearts article; all of the main characters' articles were exactly like this one, and they had to be merged.HadesDragon 14:04, 5 November 2007 (UTC)
Since making articles about fictional characters is common, I asked Hades to bring it to the Village Pump or another body - and he agreed :) WhisperToMe 21:37, 5 November 2007 (UTC)

[edit] You Think...

I'm not sure if I'm right, but does anyone else think that L could sit in this manner because, thanks to Abe's long legs, Abraham Lincoln sat in the same way in school? I believe I read that Lincoln did in a short biography. The Matyr (converse with the Matyr) 08:16, 16 March 2008 (UTC)

  • I can (and often do, including now) sit that way. It just needs high flexibility or something. JuJube (talk) 08:45, 16 March 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Real name

And what about L's real name, revealed in Death Note 13: How to Read? Should that be mentioned, at all? Ryoji.kun (talk) 07:04, 27 March 2008 (UTC)

New posts at the bottom of the page. And, uh, his name is mentioned. It's the first thing on the page...did you bother looking?—Ｌｏｖｅはドコ？ (talk • contribs) 12:36, 27 March 2008 (UTC)
Beware of fans that want to 'protect' him.124.169.181.243 (talk) 17:31, 5 May 2008 (UTC)

[edit] L's logo

anyone know where i can copy L's(Ryuuzaki's) logo? —Preceding unsigned comment added by Hiro kurisaki (talk • contribs) 17:07, 9 May 2008 (UTC)

  • Do you mean copy as in copy the image as a file on to your computer? If so just right click - save as - And you can save it on to your hard drive. WhisperToMe (talk) 17:27, 9 May 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Rewrite?

It seems to me the article needs to be rewritten for clarity. The abundance of "s and names makes it hard to follow.--74.171.62.47 (talk) 21:11, 14 May 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Hideki Ryuga

I thought that L used the alias "Hideki Ryuga" when first meeting Light as a precaution, the same name of a person Light saw on TV recently, since you need the name and face of a person to kill them (doesn't work with fake names, but L doesnt know that), L could see this as boosting his chances of survival against Kira. Should this be mentioned? as the reason for choosing the name "Hideki Ryuga" seems a bit non-existant. --211.28.35.204 (talk) 11:01, 18 May 2008 (UTC)

  • The reason does exist - If Light tries to kill "Hideki Ryuga" he could inadvertently kill the pop star, and that would incriminate him. WhisperToMe (talk) 16:03, 18 May 2008 (UTC)


Actually thats incorrect. You need someone's face and name to kill them. If he wrote "Hideki Ryuga" in his death note while thinking of L's face, it'd have no effect. When he writes Naomi Misora's alias in the Death note, unknowlingly, while thinking of her face, it doesn't have any effect at all.

One of the rules:

  • This note will not take effect unless the writer has the person's face in their mind when writing his/her name. Therefore, people sharing the same name will not be affected.

Xuchilbara (talk) 22:21, 18 May 2008 (UTC)

  • No - that's correct, and I have a source - Light said that if he inadvertently thought of the pop star's face he could kill the pop star by accident. See Volume 3, Page 6. WhisperToMe (talk) 22:34, 18 May 2008 (UTC)

That's correct. Since "Hideki Ryuga" is a well known Japanese idol (at least, in the series), he says he might not be able to keep the real Ryuga's face out of his head as he's trying to kill L, thus killing the pop idol. He then thinks that L would grow even more suspicious of him.

Chibi Gohan (talk) 08:15, 22 May 2008 (UTC)