Before watching I recommend you watch last week's video on L's ideologies.
Don't worry, it's only 5 minutes long, and it would be easier to understand some
things in this video if you watch last week's.
Major spoilers beware.
*INTRO*
So, the new Death Note movie came out…....*sigh*.
They ruined a ton of characters…..they also removed a ton…...So in order to get our
minds off of this movie as much as possible, let's talk about a character who was never
in this movie at all.
The character of Nate River, or Near, is quite an interesting character.
If you really hate him, then I suggest you read the manga.
Not only is his character far more interesting, as in, he makes less asspulls, he's more
of a sociopath, and he's more intelligent, but this video will be mostly covering the
manga of Death Note.
Remember, I won't be necessarily making one analysis on Near, but rather, I'm going
to take notes of several things and mention or make up a few theories here and there.
Arguably the most popular theory out there is that Near used the Death Note on Mikami
to assure his victory at the final confrontation.
This theory was proposed by the Redditor, I mean, by Matsuda in the epilogue chapter.
But, let's take a look at its plausibility: the methodical Mikami didn't check whether
the Death Note was real or fake, Mikami mysteriously died in prison ten days later, and it would
have assured Near's victory.
But then again, Near did tell Rester that they wouldn't kill X-Kira or L-Kira because
it's not how L did things.
But, then again, he could have been lying so he doesn't let the SPK know that he will
do this, not to mention L presented himself as lacking morality, and Near was shown to
do anything for victory, so it is likely he used the Death Note, not to mention he lacks
a sense of morality.
This lack of morality is known as materialism.
Materialism is the belief in nothing but physical matter, that includes morality.
Now why do I say that?
You see, he has been shown to have cheated at darts, he overall doesn't care about
people, and, most of all, in the one-shot manga special, he recalls L stating that he
doesn't have a sense of justice, and this was shown to have been Near's inspiration.
Of course, this was just a lie (you'd know that if you had listened to me at the beginning
of the video) used to make the Wammy Kids succeed where L fails.
You see, Near lacks a sense of justice, which is why he won.
L's emotions and PLATONIC feelings towards Light were what caused him to lose in the
end.
However, Near didn't care.
He used the Death Note without caring about what's right or wrong.
That is what caused him to win and become the third L.
But what may have symbolized him becoming the third L?
You see, at the very end of the manga you see Near eating a chocolate as a homage to
Mello.
But, I think it's more than just a tribute.
I think it symbolizes becoming L. Why do I say that?
You see, many people have made the observation that Mello and Near represent two halves of
L: Mello represents the emotional side of L, as well as his initiative, while Near represents
his analytical side.
While Mello eats sweets like L, Near crouches and stacks things like L. Near eating the
chocolate, which is something Mello does, represents him becoming L as he did something
Mello, the other half of L, would do.
No, I'm not saying that he adapted Mello's "quirks", but just at that moment since
he did something the other half of L would do, it represents him becoming L.
Despite this though, at the final confrontation, the fact that he used the Death Note was something
more Light-like than L-like.
In fact, Mello is very similar to Light as well: They're both reckless and are associated
with warmer colours.
Perhaps Light was the kind of person L trained the Wammy kids to be like?
In fact, I think that Near may not have actually scored the highest among the other Wammy orphans!
That's ridiculous, PhulaTrox, why would you think that?
You see, it has constantly been implied that Near cheats a lot.
It's very possible that he may have cheated to become #1 at the Wammy House!
It seems Mello shouldn't have lived such an envious life.
Of course, I'm not saying he is not the smartest, I mean, probably his intelligence
is what allowed him to cheat in the competitions set up by the Wammy Institution, so he may
have scored number 1 anyways.
Hang on, but if he has such a devious nature and lacks a moral compass, then why does he
hate Kira?
I mean, he's constantly shown to be extremely angry when someone supports Kira or when he
remembered Kira's murderous nature.
Well, I think it's not because he thinks Kira is doing the wrong thing, but rather
because he is angry that Kira killed L. Honestly, besides idolizing L, I think he actually genuinely
likes L as a person.
So when he became the successor to L, Ryuk became attached to him.
However, knowing the nature of Ryuk, the sad truth is that Ryuk might kill him.
You see, Ryuk doesn't really care much about other people, having a very laid back and
apathetic personality, and would have killed Light if he had gotten bored thanks to him.
In the one-shot manga special, Near turned down the C-Kira case because "it's not
in his interest".
If Near keeps on doing this with some cases then Ryuk will get bored, and….that'll
be the end of Near.
However, Near's existence still left an impact on the anime of Death Note.
You see here, while Near is associated with cooler colours, like light blue, Kira is associated
with warm colours like red.
This creates some sort of angel-demon like relationship between Near and Kira.
You see, while warm colours often represent the demon, cool colours represent the angel.
The fact that Near is displayed as being associated with cool colours while having no sense of
justice at all plays into this anime's message of there being no absolute morality.
Elliott Gruzin made a far better analysis on this, but he said this is the case with
L, and if you watched last week's video, then you would know that L actually does have
a sense of justice, unlike Near.
Speaking of the anime, I think Near does something so devious, that he's just downright murderous
(OK, that's bit of a stretch).
I think Near KILLED Misa using the Death Note (huh, doesn't sound so bad).
But, PhulaTrox, why would you say that, didn't Misa commit suicide from depression due to
Light's death?
That's what I thought, until this thought came to mind (by the way it turns out I'm
not the only one who thought of this theory).
You see, shouldn't Misa have a really long lifespan even AFTER quartering it?
Just look, she acquired Gelus' lifespan, who had the lifespan of the man who attacked
her and probably a few others, and the lifespan of Rem, who had the lifespan of L and Watari.
That's A LOT!
And we know that the only way for one to die before the lifespan says you'll die is through
a Death Note.
So then why would she commit suicide even though she has a large lifespan?
It makes sense for Near to get rid of a potential threat then use "suicide" to make it look
convincing.
ALSO, what I found strange about the anime was that Near knocked down his doll representing
Misa.
And he does that to the doll whose person it represents dies.
If you're not convinced they LITERALLY zoomed in on the knocked down Misa doll for a few
seconds.
Seems strange isn't it?
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