ANIME CHARATER ( L- LAWLIET)

                                 (L- LAWLIET)

                 L LAWLIET, KNOWN MONONYMOUSLY AS L, IS A FICTIONAL CHARACTOR IN THE MANGA SERIES DEATH NOTE, CREATED BY TSUGUMI OHBA AND TAKESHI OBATA. HE IS AN ENIGMATIC, MYSTERIOUS AND HIGHLY-ESTEEMED INTRNATIONAL CONSULTING DETECTIVE, WHO COMMUNICATES WITH LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCIES ONLY THROUGH HIS EQUALLY INEXPLICABLE HANDLER/ASSISTANT,WATARI,WHO SERVES AS HIS OFFICIAL LIAISON WITH THE AUTHORITIES AND WHOSE TRUE IDENTITY AND BECGROUND IS KEPT SECRET. THOUGH HIS PAST IS SHROUDED IN MYSTERY,HE HAS GAINED AN ARGUABLE REPUTATION AS THE WORLD'S GREATEST DETECTIVE/CRIMINAL PROFILER.

          THROUGHOUT THE SERIES, HE OBSERVES AND SPIES ON THE ACTIVITIES OF THE SERIES' MAIN CHARATER, LIGHT YAGAMI (KIRA),A HIGH SCHOOL GENIUS. L ATTEMPTS TO EXPOSE LIGHT AS THE INFAMOUS SERIAL KILLER ''KIRA'', WHO IS RESPONSIBLE FOR MASSACRING HIGH-PROFILE CRIMINALS WORLDWIDE THROUGH APPARENTLY SUPERNATURAL MEANS. AS THE SERIES PROGRESES, THE PSYCHOLOGICAL MIND-GAME OF CAT AND MOUSE BETWEEN L AND LIGHT INTENSIFIES, AND EACH BECOME BENT ON UNCOVERING THE OTHER'S TRUE IDENTITY,THROUGH A SERIES OF INTRICATE PLOYS AND SCHEMES, BEFORE THEIR COVER IS BLOWN.THROUGHOUT THE SERIES, HE SERVES AS AN IDEOLOGICAL AND VISUAL FOIL TO THE SERIES PROTAGONIST:LIGHT YAGAMI.

      L - DEATH NOTE

     IN THE ANIME ADAPTATION, HE IS VOICED BY KAPPEI YAMAGUCHI IN JAPANESE,AND BY ALESSNDRO JULIANI IN ENGLISH. HE IS PORTRAYED BY KENICHI MATSUYAMA IN THE LIVE-ACTION FILM SERIES, BY KENTO YAMAJAKI IN THE T.V. DRAMA,AND BY LAKEITH STANFIELD IN THE AMERICAN FILM.

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                  TSUGUMI OHBA, THE WRITER OF THE SERIES, CREATED L AS 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 ''L'' AND ''J'', BYT EVENTUALLY HE CHOOSE ''L'' AFTER CAREFULL  CONSIDERRATION. OHBA LEFT MOST OF L'S CHARACTER DESIGN TO TAKESHI OBATA. OBATA ADDED BLACK BAGS UNDER L'S EYES, ''DEAD EYES'' CONCEPT, WHICH INVOLVED L HAVING ''ALL-BLACK EYES'' AND ''MOSTLY NO EYEBROWS''. THE OUTFIT OBATA DESIGNED FOR L WAS A ''SIMPLE'' WHITE,LONG-SLEEVED SHIRT AND JEANS, TO CONVET THAT L DOES NOT PUT THROUGH INTO CHOOSING HIS CLOTHING. IN DEATH NOTE 13: HOW TO READ, OHBA PRESENTED AN INTIAL ROUGH DRAFT OF L AND SAID THAT, WITH A ''COOL EXPRESSION'' AND WITHOUT THE BAGS UNDER HIS EYES, L LOOKED LIKE ADIFFERENT PERSON.

     MATSUYAMA HAD TROUBLE PORTRAYING L AND WORRIED ABOUT HIS PERFORMANCE. HE REASONED THAT L RARELY INTERACTED WITH OTHERS, AND SO PORTRAYED HIM AS IF HE DID NOT ''QUITE UNDERSTAND OTHER PEOPLE ON AN EMOTIONAL LEVEL''. L, WAS ALSO USES THE ALIASES HIDEKI RYUGA,RYUZAKI,ERARUDO,AND DENEUVE,THE LETTER TWO FOR WHICH HE HAS DEVLOPED REPUTATIONS  IN THE WORLD, IS A VERY DISCREET AND SECRETIVE INDIVIDUAL AND ONLY COMMUNICATS WITH THE AUTHORITIES THROUGH HIS ASSITANT/REPRESENTATIVE WATARI. L SPENT MOST OF HIS LIFE IN DETICATING CASES,AND TO HUNT DOWN AND APPREHEND NOTORIOUS CRIMINALS AND FELONS AROUND THE WORLD. THE MAJORITY OF THE SERIES INTIAL FOCUS IS ON L AND LIGHT'S COMPLEX,CEREBUL AND INTRICUTE PSTCHOLOGICAL MING-GAME OF CAT AND MOUSE, AS BOTH UTILISE THEIR WITS AND INTELLECT,IN AN ATTEMPT TO OUTDO THE OTHER AND EXPOSE THEM.

             IN THE LIGHT NOVEL ANOTHER NOTE: THE LOS ANGELESS BB MURDER CASES, L RECRUITS FBI AGENT NAOMI MISORA TO INVESTIGATE A SERIES OF MURDERS.IN THE MUSICAL ADAPTATION, L IS PORTRAYED BY TEPPEI KOIKE IN THE JAPANISE VERSION AND KIM JUNSU IN THE COREAN VERSION. THERON MARTIN HAS ALSO REPEATEDLY PRAISED JULIANI'S WORK,NOTING THAT HE'' CAPTURES THE ECCENTRIC BRILLIANCE OF L'' IGN RANKED, HIM AS THE 12TH GREATEST ANIME CHARACTER OF ALL TIME,SAYING THAT '' EVERY GOOD LEAD CHARACTERS NEEDS A CHALLENGE, AND L PROVIDED THE OPPOSITION THAT THE DEATH NOTE SERIE REQUIRED TO CAPTIVATE FANS.THERE ARE TOTAL 33 REFERENCES OF THE WHOLE SERIES.