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* BittersweetEnding: [[spoiler: Light may lost everything, but he restarts his life by going to To-Oh and makes a genuine friend in Mikami.]]
* GetOutOfJailFreeCard: [[spoiler: Despite being the Second Kira and L's accomplice, Light is spared execution and jail as Beyond bargains his assistance with Near's investigation in exchange for Light's freedom. Near keeps his end of the bargain for several reasons: Light's assistance was pivotal in L's final defeat. Light was very much L's victim and his injuries mean that Light might not live to see the next decade.]]
* LaserGuidedAmnesia: [[spoiler: After L's death, Light gives up the Death Note for good so he could move on with his life.]]
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* ScareEmStraight: Light is fascinated by the Death Note's power and ability to make himself into a god at first. Then he reads the Death Note's prediction of Light's future, madness, decline and death which makes Light to never go off the deep end and maintain his moral code no matter what.
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* ScareEmStraight: ScareEmStraight: Light is fascinated by the Death Note's power and ability to make himself into a god at first. Then he reads the Death Note's prediction of Light's future, madness, decline and death which makes Light to never go off the deep end and maintain his moral code no matter what.
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* TheyWereHoldingYouBack: [[spoiler: L deliberately has the Anti-Kira taskforce and Light's family killed so Light has no outside connections that L can be threatened with.]]
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* TheyWereHoldingYouBack: TheyWereHoldingYouBack: [[spoiler: L deliberately has the Anti-Kira taskforce and Light's family killed so Light has no outside connections that L can be threatened with.]]
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* AllForNothing: Light sacrifices half of his lifespan for the Shinigami eyes to save his family for their kidnappers. [[spoiler: But the kidnappers already had their names written in the Death Note so Light can't do anything to stop them. Even when the kidnappers die, L murders Light's mother and Sayu.]]
** [[spoiler: L and Light's crusade for justice as Kira amounts to nothing. L dies a monster, fully realizing that he's far worse than the criminals he fought. Light loses everything: his pride, his family, his friends, his health and L. Light drives Beyond, the only person alive who still cares for him away for being responsible his family's kidnappings and deaths. And Light forgets everything once he gives up the Death Note.]]
** [[spoiler: L and Light's crusade for justice as Kira amounts to nothing. L dies a monster, fully realizing that he's far worse than the criminals he fought. Light loses everything: his pride, his family, his friends, his health and L. Light drives Beyond, the only person alive who still cares for him away for being responsible his family's kidnappings and deaths. And Light forgets everything once he gives up the Death Note.]]
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* BecameTheirOwnAntithesis: L despises Kira and is willing to do anything to prevent his death at Kira's hands. This eventually leads to L essentially becoming Kira himself. L spends half the story in denial of this, and his acceptance of it is the moment the reader realizes that he can't be saved.
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* BecameTheirOwnAntithesis: BecameTheirOwnAntithesis:
** L despises Kira and is willing to do anything to prevent his death at Kira's hands. This eventually leads to L essentially becoming Kira himself. L spends half the story in denial of this, and his acceptance of it is the moment the reader realizes that he can't besaved.saved.
** When Ryuzaki tells Light what L's plans are for Kira, Light is disgusted. Light despises the idea of being kept as a pet and being subservient to L sounds like a nightmare to him. His crush/obsession with L and the emotional torture of being L's captive turn Light into that.
** L despises Kira and is willing to do anything to prevent his death at Kira's hands. This eventually leads to L essentially becoming Kira himself. L spends half the story in denial of this, and his acceptance of it is the moment the reader realizes that he can't be
** When Ryuzaki tells Light what L's plans are for Kira, Light is disgusted. Light despises the idea of being kept as a pet and being subservient to L sounds like a nightmare to him. His crush/obsession with L and the emotional torture of being L's captive turn Light into that.
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* InterruptedSuicide: Light attempts to slit his throat with a mirror shard [[spoiler: after watching L kill his family.]] Watari intervenes and sedates Light before he could succeed.
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* OnlyFriend: Kiyomi Takada is the only person that Light gives a damn about outside of his family. Which is lampshaded by Beyond who makes his lackeys ditch the rest of Light's friends while he personally abducts Takada.
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* ScareEmStraight: Light is fascinated by the Death Note's power and ability to make himself into a god at first. Then he reads the Death Note's prediction of Light's future, madness, decline and death which makes Light to never go off the deep end and maintain his moral code no matter what.
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* SwappedRoles: Thanks to changed circumstances
** L becomes the first Kira/Light becoming a ruthless and vicious SerialKiller who will stop at nothing to get what he wants.
** Light becomes the second Kira/Misa, who while dangerous and brilliant in their own right,it gets overshadowed [[LoveMakesYouCrazy by their love]] [[LoveMakesYouDumb and obsession for the first Kira.]]
** L becomes the first Kira/Light becoming a ruthless and vicious SerialKiller who will stop at nothing to get what he wants.
** Light becomes the second Kira/Misa, who while dangerous and brilliant in their own right,it gets overshadowed [[LoveMakesYouCrazy by their love]] [[LoveMakesYouDumb and obsession for the first Kira.]]
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* TheyWereHoldingYouBack: [[spoiler: L deliberately has the Anti-Kira taskforce and Light's family killed so Light has no outside connections that L can be threatened with.]]
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* HeelFaceTurn: [[spoiler:After L kills his family and the task force, Light finally realizes what kind of monster he has become and tries to end their toxic relationship. L does ''not'' take it well and subsequently tries to kill him in return]].
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* HeelFaceTurn: [[spoiler:After L kills his family and the task force, Light finally realizes what kind of monster he has become and tries to end their toxic relationship. L does ''not'' take it well and subsequently tries to kill him in return]].return. This causes Light to switch sides and spill everything to Near and co]].
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** The most definitive example is L snd Light's attempts to prevent the rise of canon!Kira. While Light succeeds in making sure ''he'' never becomes that Kira, their attempts fail because another, arguably worse Kira rises in his place -- L himself.
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** The most definitive example is L snd Light's attempts to prevent the rise of canon!Kira. While Light succeeds in making sure ''he'' never becomes that Kira, their attempts fail because another, arguably worse Kira rises in his place -- L himself. [[spoiler:In the final confrontation, Light specifically points this out while trying to convince L to give up and turn himself in]].
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* TheLostLenore: [[spoiler:A is implied to be this for Beyond]].
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* TheLostLenore: [[spoiler:A is implied to be this for Beyond]].Beyond. L specifically chose to try and wipe A from his memory to avoid this, but judging by how easily he attached to Light (who is similar to A), it didn't take, at least subconsciously]].
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* OutsideContextProblem: Subverted. In canon, L had to play against Light while still learning the rules. However, in this story he knows both the rules and some foreknowledge, putting Light and him on even keel. [[spoiler:The inital conflict ends in a deadlock with neither one winning, resulting in them finalky giving in to the UST and deciding to partner up instead]].
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* OutsideContextProblem: Subverted.PlayedWith. In canon, L had to play against Light while still learning the rules. However, in this story he knows both the rules and some foreknowledge, putting Light and him on even keel. [[spoiler:The inital conflict ends in a deadlock with neither one winning, resulting in them finalky finally giving in to the UST and deciding to partner up instead]].instead]]. No, the ''real'' OutsideContextProblem is [[spoiler:Beyond, who has devoted the last fifteen years of his life to taking down L, and has stolen Light's Death Note to help achieve that end]].
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* ReplacementGoldfish: [[spoiler:Part of why Beyond is so intent on saving Light from L is due to his similarities with the long-deceased A]].
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* ReplacementGoldfish: [[spoiler:Part of why Beyond is so intent on saving Light from L is due to his similarities with the long-deceased A]].A. After L and Beyond's past is revealed, it seems Light was this to L as well]].
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* SlowlySlippingIntoEvil: L. [[spoiler:When Light is confessing everything to Beyond and Near, he admits that he believed he could've stopped L from jumping off the slope and it was only after L killed his family that realized that was impossible, and likely had been since the very beginning. Both Beyond and Near speculate that L himself had no idea how much he had slipped -- by the time he had any self-awareness of what was happening, he was already too far gone to care]].
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* SlowlySlippingIntoEvil: L. It starts off small with killing criminals who deserved it, but then he starts [[spoiler:planting evidence]], killing innocent people for expedience, and then [[spoiler:killing Light's family]], at which point he is indistinguishable from canon!Light, if not worse. [[spoiler:When Light is confessing everything to Beyond and Near, he admits that he believed he could've stopped L from jumping off the slope and it was only after L killed his family that realized that was impossible, and likely had been since the very beginning. Both Beyond and Near speculate that L himself had no idea how much he had slipped -- by the time he would have had any self-awareness of what was happening, he was already too far gone to care]].
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* {{Yandere}}: L, for Light. His dreams indicate as much. [[spoiler:Beyond plans on using these tendencies to split them up by directing L's attention at Light's friends and family. While it ''is'' a dick move on his part, it can easily be argued that L was going to reach that point on his own eventually -- Beyond just sped it up so he could have Light for himself]].
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* {{Yandere}}: {{Yandere}}:
** L, for Light. His dreams indicate as much. [[spoiler:Beyond plans on using these tendencies to split them up by directing L's attention at Light's friends and family. While it ''is'' a dick move on his part, it can easily be argued that L was going to reach that point on his own eventually -- Beyond just sped it up so he could have Light forhimself]].himself]].
** [[spoiler:Beyond knows this because Light isn't the first person to invoke these feelings within L. L acted similarly with A, which was a problem because A was sociable and kind. The only other person L could tolerate spending meaningful time with A besides himself was Beyond, and even that tolerance eventually ran out. His jealousy over A's many friendships eventually led to A's death and Beyond and L's estrangement]].
** L, for Light. His dreams indicate as much. [[spoiler:Beyond plans on using these tendencies to split them up by directing L's attention at Light's friends and family. While it ''is'' a dick move on his part, it can easily be argued that L was going to reach that point on his own eventually -- Beyond just sped it up so he could have Light for
** [[spoiler:Beyond knows this because Light isn't the first person to invoke these feelings within L. L acted similarly with A, which was a problem because A was sociable and kind. The only other person L could tolerate spending meaningful time with A besides himself was Beyond, and even that tolerance eventually ran out. His jealousy over A's many friendships eventually led to A's death and Beyond and L's estrangement]].
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* AngerBornOfWorry: Subverted. [[spoiler:After L learns that Light took the Shinigami Eye deal to save his family even though he promised he wouldn't, he snaps at him -- not because he's particularly mad that Light signed half his lifespan away, but because Light disobeyed him]].
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* BattleOfWits: The first part of the story is this, between L and Light. [[spoiler:After L and Light hook up and become Kira together, it turns into a MeleeATrois between L and Light, Near, Mello, and Matt, and Beyond]].
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* BattleOfWits: The first part of the story is this, between L and Light. [[spoiler:After L and Light hook up and become Kira together, it turns into a MeleeATrois between L and Light, Near, Mello, and Matt, and Beyond]].Beyond. Then, after L kills Light's family and nearly kills Light himself, it's L vs everyone else]].
* BrokenPedestal: [[spoiler:Near, Mello, and Matt were already willing to oppose their mentor when they realized he was Kira, but it isn't until he kills Light's family and chokes out Light himself do they realize how far he's fallen. This is only compounded when the barely-survived Light wakes up and spills everything to them. Near in particular tells Beyond that he considers his dream to become like L dashed -- he will never become like that monster, and will be all the better for it]].
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** Light loves his family dearly and admits that when it comes down to it, he wouldn't be able to choose between them and L.
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** Light loves his family dearly and admits that when it comes down to it, he wouldn't be able to choose between them and L. Granted, Light can barely be called "evil" in this story.
* EveryoneHasStandards: [[spoiler:Near and co. are absolutely disgusted when L kills Light's family and then chokes out Light himself when the latter was rightly angry at him and tried to turn on him for it]].
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** Thanks to learning from his half of the story and not getting DrunkWithPower, Light is able to see through L's Lind L. Tailor trick. [[spoiler:This forces L to kill Tailor himself after the broadcast is over just so he would have a reason to investigate the Kanto region and find Light]]. In fact, Light's half of the story scared him so much that Light resolved to act as unlike Kira as he possibly could. As a result, he avoids many of L's attempts to get evidence on him -- if L wasn't so certain he was Kira he probably would've given up and moved on to someone else. [[spoiler:Eventually, L resorts to ''planting'' evidence just so he could detain Light]].
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** Thanks to learning from his half of the story and not getting DrunkWithPower, Light is able to see through L's Lind L. Tailor trick. [[spoiler:This forces L to kill Tailor himself after the broadcast is over just so he would have a reason to investigate the Kanto region and find Light]]. In fact, Light's half of the story scared him so much that Light resolved to act as unlike Kira as he possibly could. As a result, he avoids many of L's attempts to get evidence on him -- just like canon, if L wasn't so certain he was Kira he probably would've given up and moved on to someone else. [[spoiler:Eventually, L resorts to ''planting'' evidence just so he could detain Light]].
* HeelFaceTurn: [[spoiler:After L kills his family and the task force, Light finally realizes what kind of monster he has become and tries to end their toxic relationship. L does ''not'' take it well and subsequently tries to kill him in return]].
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* InSpiteOfANail: Despite L (and Light's, but mainly L's) attempts to avert specific events in the story, they either end up happening anyway or similar events take their place with different people involved.
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** [[spoiler:The Kira Task Force]].
* InSpiteOfANail: Despite L (and Light's, but mainly L's) attempts to avert specific events in the story, they either end up happening anyway or similar events take their place with different people involved.
** The most definitive example is L snd Light's attempts to prevent the rise of canon!Kira. While Light succeeds in making sure ''he'' never becomes that Kira, their attempts fail because another, arguably worse Kira rises in his place -- L himself.
* InSpiteOfANail: Despite L (and Light's, but mainly L's) attempts to avert specific events in the story, they either end up happening anyway or similar events take their place with different people involved.
** The most definitive example is L snd Light's attempts to prevent the rise of canon!Kira. While Light succeeds in making sure ''he'' never becomes that Kira, their attempts fail because another, arguably worse Kira rises in his place -- L himself.
** [[spoiler:Soichirou Yagami, Kiyomi Takada, Rem, and Misa Amane (who committed suicide in canon post-series) still die. However, along with them is the rest of the Yagami family sans Light and the Kira Task Force]].
* ItsAllAboutMe: Much like canon!Light's, L's FatalFlaw. He has become absorbed with the idea that he is justice and reacts to any threat against him, justified or not, as a crime.
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* LoveMakesYouDumb: [[spoiler:Light's affection for L has made him blind to the fact that their relationship has all the textbook signs of being unhealthy and potentially abusive. It's only after L kills his family that Light finally wises up and see L for who and what he truly is]].
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* LoveMakesYouDumb: [[spoiler:Light's affection for L has made him blind to the fact that their relationship has all the textbook signs of being unhealthy and potentially abusive. It's only after L kills his family that Light finally wises up and see sees L for who and what he truly is]].
* OutsideContextProblem: Subverted. In canon, L had to play against Light while still learning the rules. However, in this story he knows both the rules and some foreknowledge, putting Light and him on even keel. [[spoiler:The inital conflict ends in a deadlock with neither one winning, resulting in them finalky giving in to the UST and deciding to partner up instead]].
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* SlashFic: L/Light.
* SlowlySlippingIntoEvil: L.
* SlowlySlippingIntoEvil: L.
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* SlashFic: L/Light.
L/Light. [[spoiler:May or may not be slowly morphing into Beyond/Light]].
* SlowlySlippingIntoEvil: L. [[spoiler:When Light is confessing everything to Beyond and Near, he admits that he believed he could've stopped L from jumping off the slope and it was only after L killed his family that realized that was impossible, and likely had been since the very beginning. Both Beyond and Near speculate that L himself had no idea how much he had slipped -- by the time he had any self-awareness of what was happening, he was already too far gone to care]].
* SlowlySlippingIntoEvil: L. [[spoiler:When Light is confessing everything to Beyond and Near, he admits that he believed he could've stopped L from jumping off the slope and it was only after L killed his family that realized that was impossible, and likely had been since the very beginning. Both Beyond and Near speculate that L himself had no idea how much he had slipped -- by the time he had any self-awareness of what was happening, he was already too far gone to care]].
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* UnresolvedSexualTension: The first half of the story is plagued by this between L and Light. When L becomes aware of it, he wonders where it came from since there was no hint of it in his half of the story -- aside from the anime's rain scene that was heavily laced with canon's FoeRomanceSubtext.
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* UnresolvedSexualTension: UnresolvedSexualTension:
** The first half of the story is plagued by this between L and Light. When L becomes aware of it, he wonders where it came from since there was no hint of it in his half of the story -- aside from the anime's rain scene that was heavily laced with canon'sFoeRomanceSubtext.FoeRomanceSubtext.
** [[spoiler:There is also some between Light and Beyond. While that relationship has its own darkness to it, it would no doubt be much healthier than the one between Light and L]].
** The first half of the story is plagued by this between L and Light. When L becomes aware of it, he wonders where it came from since there was no hint of it in his half of the story -- aside from the anime's rain scene that was heavily laced with canon's
** [[spoiler:There is also some between Light and Beyond. While that relationship has its own darkness to it, it would no doubt be much healthier than the one between Light and L]].
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** Light. Considering how much misfortune he goes through, one has to wonder if it's the universe's way of getting back at him for what he did in canon.
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** Light. Considering how much misfortune he goes through, one has to wonder if it's the universe's way of getting back at him for what he did in canon. It outright borders on CosmicPlaything considering the amount of misery that follows him.
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** It becomes very clear that L and Light's relationship is unhealthy and won't end happily, as L is completely obsessed with Light while Light is utterly dependent on L. [[spoiler:This is taken to its logical extreme when Beyond manipulates L into killing the rest of Light's loved ones to "protect" him from future pain]].
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** It becomes very clear that L and Light's relationship is unhealthy and won't end happily, as L is completely obsessed with Light while Light is utterly dependent on L. [[spoiler:This is taken to its logical extreme when Beyond manipulates L into killing the rest of Light's loved ones to "protect" him from future pain]]. The author further goes on to explain in their notes that the relationship between L and Light is not "love" -- the readers can interpret it that way, but it wouldn't be one the author would agree with.
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** Inevitably, Near, Mello, and Matt end up opposing Kira.
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** Inevitably, Near, Mello, and Matt end up opposing Kira. [[spoiler:Instead of it just being Light, however, it's Light and L. And after L kills Light's family, it's really just L]].
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* LoveMakesYouDumb: [[spoiler:Light's affection for L has made him blind to the fact that their relationship has all the textbook signs of being unhealthy and potentially abusive]].
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* LoveMakesYouDumb: [[spoiler:Light's affection for L has made him blind to the fact that their relationship has all the textbook signs of being unhealthy and potentially abusive]].abusive. It's only after L kills his family that Light finally wises up and see L for who and what he truly is]].
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* TraumaCongaLine: Poor, poor Light. [[spoiler:First he's blackmailed into becoming Kira. Then he's framed and held captive by L and was forced to watch as L (supposedly) killed one of his innocent friends because he refused to confess to being Kira. Then, since L was the only person he had any contact with for ''weeks'', he develops StockholmSyndrome and blindly enters a relationship that has the potential to become abusive and sour real quick, with the signs already showing. Then there's Beyond, who is doing his damn hardest to shake Light's faith in L and succeeding, confusing the poor boy even more. And if all that weren't enough, he moves to Wammy's House with L and meets Near, who he quickly figures out to be his killer in the story. Light is even more conflicted, as while he resents Near for killing him, he understands why the story ended that way and refuses to tell L about it, as Near has yet to do anything deserving of death]]. By this point he qualifies as TheWoobie, and by the looks of it things are not getting better for him anytime soon. [[spoiler:After L kills his family and Kiyomi, the question is no longer whether Light can be saved (arguably being the most heroic of the three main characters, easily the most pitiable and sympathetic) -- it's whether or not he would want to be]].
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* TraumaCongaLine: Poor, poor Light. [[spoiler:First he's blackmailed into becoming Kira. Then he's framed and held captive by L and was forced to watch as L (supposedly) killed one of his innocent friends because he refused to confess to being Kira. Then, since L was the only person he had any contact with for ''weeks'', he develops StockholmSyndrome and blindly enters a relationship that has the potential to become abusive and sour real quick, with the signs already showing. Then there's Beyond, who is doing his damn hardest to shake Light's faith in L and succeeding, confusing the poor boy even more. And if all that weren't enough, he moves to Wammy's House with L and meets Near, who he quickly figures out to be his killer in the story. Light is even more conflicted, as while he resents Near for killing him, he understands why the story ended that way and refuses to tell L about it, as Near has yet to do anything deserving of death]]. By this point he qualifies as TheWoobie, and by the looks of it things are not getting better for him anytime soon. [[spoiler:After watching L kills kill his family and Kiyomi, family, the question is no longer whether Light can be saved (arguably being the most heroic of the three main characters, easily the most pitiable and sympathetic) -- it's whether or not he would want to be]].
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** [[spoiler:Beyond Birthday, who desires to stop L and save Light from his corrupting influence]].
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** [[spoiler:Beyond Birthday, who desires to stop L and save Light from his corrupting influence]].influence. Downplayed example though, as outside of his affection for Light and showing slight shame for his hypocrisy, Beyond is still, ultimately, a selfish, unrepentant murderer]].
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* TheChewToy: Kiyomi Takada. Her only crime is being the only one of Light's school "friends" that he tolerates and seems to have any fondness for. [[spoiler:Which is enough for both L and Beyond to kidnap her in their respective schemes to manipulate Light]].
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** Kiyomi Takada. Her only crime is being the only one of Light's school "friends" that he tolerates and seems to have any fondness for. [[spoiler:Which is enough for both L and Beyond to kidnap her in their respective schemes to manipulateLight]].Light. Eventually, she dies for it]].
** Light. Considering how much misfortune he goes through, one has to wonder if it's the universe's way of getting back at him for what he did in canon.
** Kiyomi Takada. Her only crime is being the only one of Light's school "friends" that he tolerates and seems to have any fondness for. [[spoiler:Which is enough for both L and Beyond to kidnap her in their respective schemes to manipulate
** Light. Considering how much misfortune he goes through, one has to wonder if it's the universe's way of getting back at him for what he did in canon.
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** It becomes very clear that L and Light's relationship is unhealthy and won't end happily, as L is completely obsessed with Light while Light is utterly dependent on L.
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** It becomes very clear that L and Light's relationship is unhealthy and won't end happily, as L is completely obsessed with Light while Light is utterly dependent on L. [[spoiler:This is taken to its logical extreme when Beyond manipulates L into killing the rest of Light's loved ones to "protect" him from future pain]].
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** [[spoiler:Beyond Birthday is willing to kill Light's innocent loved ones to stop L and get Light away from him. It isn't a pure example since doing this is partially motivated by a selfish desire. Nonetheless, It becomes clear that Beyond is ALighterShadeOfBlack from L -- something he is perfectly aware and shows shame for]]
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** [[spoiler:Beyond Birthday is willing to let L kill Light's innocent loved ones to stop L and get Light away from him. It isn't a pure example since doing this is partially motivated by a selfish desire. Nonetheless, It it becomes clear that Beyond is only ALighterShadeOfBlack from L -- something he is perfectly aware and shows shame for]]for]].
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* KilledOffForReal: [[spoiler:Misa Amane]].
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** [[spoiler:MisaAmane]].Amane]].
** [[spoiler:Kiyomi Takada and the entire Yagami family sans Light]].
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** [[spoiler:Kiyomi Takada and the entire Yagami family sans Light]].
** Inevitably, Near, Mello, and Matt end up opposing Kira.
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* TraumaCongaLine: Poor, poor Light. [[spoiler:First he's blackmailed into becoming Kira. Then he's framed and held captive by L and was forced to watch as L (supposedly) killed one of his innocent friends because he refused to confess to being Kira. Then, since L was the only person he had any contact with for ''weeks'', he develops StockholmSyndrome and blindly enters a relationship that has the potential to become abusive and sour real quick, with the signs already showing. Then there's Beyond, who is doing his damn hardest to shake Light's faith in L and succeeding, confusing the poor boy even more. And if all that weren't enough, he moves to Wammy's House with L and meets Near, who he quickly figures out to be his killer in the story. Light is even more conflicted, as while he resents Near for killing him, he understands why the story ended that way and refuses to tell L about it, as Near has yet to do anything deserving of death]]. By this point he qualifies as TheWoobie, and by the looks of it things are not getting better for him anytime soon.
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* TraumaCongaLine: Poor, poor Light. [[spoiler:First he's blackmailed into becoming Kira. Then he's framed and held captive by L and was forced to watch as L (supposedly) killed one of his innocent friends because he refused to confess to being Kira. Then, since L was the only person he had any contact with for ''weeks'', he develops StockholmSyndrome and blindly enters a relationship that has the potential to become abusive and sour real quick, with the signs already showing. Then there's Beyond, who is doing his damn hardest to shake Light's faith in L and succeeding, confusing the poor boy even more. And if all that weren't enough, he moves to Wammy's House with L and meets Near, who he quickly figures out to be his killer in the story. Light is even more conflicted, as while he resents Near for killing him, he understands why the story ended that way and refuses to tell L about it, as Near has yet to do anything deserving of death]]. By this point he qualifies as TheWoobie, and by the looks of it things are not getting better for him anytime soon. [[spoiler:After L kills his family and Kiyomi, the question is no longer whether Light can be saved (arguably being the most heroic of the three main characters, easily the most pitiable and sympathetic) -- it's whether or not he would want to be]].
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* HeWhoFightsMonsters: L might actually be worse than canon!Light. The innocent people canon!Light killed were mainly people trying to stop him. L not only kills those in his way, he's also willing to use and kill ''random people off the street'' to further his plans.
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** L might actually be worse than canon!Light. The innocent people canon!Light killed were mainly people trying to stop him. L not only kills those in his way, he's also willing to use and kill ''random people off the street'' to further his plans.
** [[spoiler:Beyond Birthday is willing to kill Light's innocent loved ones to stop L and get Light away from him. It isn't a pure example since doing this is partially motivated by a selfish desire. Nonetheless, It becomes clear that Beyond is ALighterShadeOfBlack from L -- something he is perfectly aware and shows shame for]]
** L might actually be worse than canon!Light. The innocent people canon!Light killed were mainly people trying to stop him. L not only kills those in his way, he's also willing to use and kill ''random people off the street'' to further his plans.
** [[spoiler:Beyond Birthday is willing to kill Light's innocent loved ones to stop L and get Light away from him. It isn't a pure example since doing this is partially motivated by a selfish desire. Nonetheless, It becomes clear that Beyond is ALighterShadeOfBlack from L -- something he is perfectly aware and shows shame for]]
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* ManipulativeBastard: L. Light is manipulative as well, but (ironically) he hates manipulating people and isn't a bastard about it.
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* ManipulativeBastard: ManipulativeBastard:
** L. Light is manipulative as well, but (ironically) he hates manipulating people and isn't a bastard aboutit.it.
** [[spoiler:Beyond is arguably the most manipulative person in the story. He manipulates Near, Mello, and Matt into staging a hostage situation involving all of Light's loved ones, knowing that L will most likely kill them all, just so he can drive Light away from him and into Beyond's arms]].
** L. Light is manipulative as well, but (ironically) he hates manipulating people and isn't a bastard about
** [[spoiler:Beyond is arguably the most manipulative person in the story. He manipulates Near, Mello, and Matt into staging a hostage situation involving all of Light's loved ones, knowing that L will most likely kill them all, just so he can drive Light away from him and into Beyond's arms]].
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* NominalHero: [[spoiler:Beyond Birthday. Beyond is an unrepentant murderer, and the only reason why he bothers to help Near and Mello and oppose L is because he hates the latter and is developing a crush on Light. Case in point: he deliberately suggests endangering Light's friends and family so Light will beg L to reveal himself as Kira. Near and Mello are reluctant to put innocent people in danger but are convinced the plan will work, but Beyond ''knows'' L is not that selfless -- his real goal is to drive a wedge between Light and L so the former will leave the latter for Beyond]].
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* NominalHero: [[spoiler:Beyond Birthday. Beyond is an unrepentant murderer, and the only reason why he bothers to help Near and Mello and oppose L is because he hates the latter and is developing a crush on Light. Case in point: he deliberately suggests endangering Light's friends and family so Light will beg L to reveal himself as Kira. Near and Mello are reluctant to put innocent people in danger but are convinced the plan will work, but Beyond ''knows'' L is not that selfless -- his real goal is to drive a wedge between Light and L so the former will leave the latter for Beyond]].Beyond. Even if it means manipulating L into killing all of Light's loved ones]].
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* HeteronormativeCrusader: Refreshingly subverted with Soichiro Yagami. While he does try to convince Light that pursuing a relationship with L isn't good for him, he does so simply because he sees the signs of abuse and Light's StockholmSyndrome, not out of sheer homophobia. The latter is [[FandomSpecificPlot often the case]] in Death Note fanfiction.
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** L and [[spoiler:Beyond]], at least in regards to Light. [[spoiler:Beyond isn't afraid to manipulate and put others in danger in order to drive a wedge between L and Light so he can have Light for himself, and believes that as long as Light is with him, he'll be able to keep him on the "righteous" path. While L obviously did far worse things to get Light by his side and his sense of "right" is warped, it wasn't all that different from what Beyond is planning to do. Beyond even acknowledges this after he sedated and kidnaps several of Light's loved ones for his plan to get Light to turn on L]].
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** L and [[spoiler:Beyond]], at least in regards to Light. [[spoiler:Beyond isn't afraid to manipulate and put others in danger in order to drive a wedge between L and Light so he can have Light for himself, and believes that as long as Light is with him, he'll be able to keep him on the "righteous" path. While L obviously did far worse things to get Light by his side and his sense of "right" is warped, it wasn't all that different from what Beyond is planning to do. Beyond even acknowledges this after he sedated sedates and kidnaps several of Light's loved ones for his plan to get Light to turn on L]].L]].
* PoliceAreUseless: The only use L has for the police are as sacrificial pawns and (in the case of the Task Force) smokescreen. Partly justified by the existence of the story -- since L already knows who he is looking for and their method of killing (which was the one thing canon!L ''didn't'' know/hypothesize due to the Death Note's supernatural origin), there is no need for a Task Force. The only reason L bothered forming one was because he needed to stick to the script as much as possible so his foreknowledge wouldn't be rendered ineffectual.
* PoliceAreUseless: The only use L has for the police are as sacrificial pawns and (in the case of the Task Force) smokescreen. Partly justified by the existence of the story -- since L already knows who he is looking for and their method of killing (which was the one thing canon!L ''didn't'' know/hypothesize due to the Death Note's supernatural origin), there is no need for a Task Force. The only reason L bothered forming one was because he needed to stick to the script as much as possible so his foreknowledge wouldn't be rendered ineffectual.
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* {{Railroading}}: L speculates that the more he changes things, the more things change in turn to make sure the story plays out the way it's supposed to. Perhaps the most prevalent example, one that L ''refuses'' to acknowledge, is that the universe is correcting his attempts to prevent Light from becoming the Kira in the story by turning ''L'' into Kira instead.
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* {{Railroading}}: L speculates that the more he changes things, the more things change in turn to make sure the story plays out the way it's supposed to. Perhaps the most prevalent example, one that L ''refuses'' to acknowledge, is that the universe is correcting his attempts to prevent Light from becoming the Kira in the story by turning ''L'' into Kira instead. [[spoiler:When he finally does admit that he's Kira, any reader holding out for his redemption is forced to accept that there is only one path left for him to take]].
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* TheChewToy: Kiyomi Takada. Her only crime is being the only one of Light's school "friends" that he tolerates and seems to have any fondness for. [[spoiler:Which is enough for both L and Beyond to kidnap her in their respective schemes to manipulate Light]].
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* DestructiveRomance: It becomes very clear that L and Light's relationship is unhealthy and won't end happily, as L is completely obsessed with Light while Light is utterly dependent on L.
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* DestructiveRomance: DestructiveRomance:
** It becomes very clear that L and Light's relationship is unhealthy and won't end happily, as L is completely obsessed with Light while Light is utterly dependent onL.L.
** [[spoiler:Light and Beyond have shades of this as well -- the only difference are that they aren't in a relationship and that Beyond is perfectly aware of what kind of man he is]].
** It becomes very clear that L and Light's relationship is unhealthy and won't end happily, as L is completely obsessed with Light while Light is utterly dependent on
** [[spoiler:Light and Beyond have shades of this as well -- the only difference are that they aren't in a relationship and that Beyond is perfectly aware of what kind of man he is]].
* EvilerThanThou: L to...well, pretty much every other Kira, including canon!Light. With the latter, most of the innocents he killed were people standing in his way. He also greatly disapproved of Mikami killing lazy people ([[PragmaticVillainy even if it was mainly for pragmatic reasons]]). L is not just willing to kill people in his way, he's willing to kill ''random people off the street'' to achieve his ends, for no other reason than ''expedience''. If he isn't worse than canon!Light already, he's pretty close.
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** [[spoiler:Near, Mello, and Matt, once they realize what their mentor is doing, quickly position themselves against him and Light]].
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** [[spoiler:Near, Mello, and Matt, once they realize what their mentor is doing, quickly position themselves against him and Light]].Light. The difference between them and Beyond is that there is no personal stake in it for them (besides the fact that their mentor is Kira) -- they know that what L and Light are doing is wrong and against the law and wish to stop them]].
* HypocrisyNod: [[spoiler:After kidnapping Light's friends and family for his plan to drive a wedge between Light and L, Beyond admits to himself that he really isn't any different from the latter, and expresses the slightest bit of shame for it]].
* InSpiteOfANail: Despite L (and Light's, but mainly L's) attempts to avert specific events in the story, they either end up happening anyway or similar events take their place with different people involved.
** Since L never made his suspicion of Light known to the task force [[spoiler:until he detained him]], and because he prevented Misa's tapes from being aired, saving Ukita's life, the task force has no reason to trust him or his methods. And since L is [[NoSocialSkills L]], L's attempt to prevent Light from turning the task force against him [[spoiler:by isolating Light during his detainmeant]] is rendered moot, because L manages that all on his own.
** A Yagami still suffers severe health problems due to stress. [[spoiler:Instead of Soichirou suffering a non-fatal heart attack, Light undergoes a panic attack, triggered by a (unknown to him and L) staged hostage situation involving his family, perpetrated by Beyond and co]].
** Since L never made his suspicion of Light known to the task force [[spoiler:until he detained him]], and because he prevented Misa's tapes from being aired, saving Ukita's life, the task force has no reason to trust him or his methods. And since L is [[NoSocialSkills L]], L's attempt to prevent Light from turning the task force against him [[spoiler:by isolating Light during his detainmeant]] is rendered moot, because L manages that all on his own.
** A Yagami still suffers severe health problems due to stress. [[spoiler:Instead of Soichirou suffering a non-fatal heart attack, Light undergoes a panic attack, triggered by a (unknown to him and L) staged hostage situation involving his family, perpetrated by Beyond and co]].
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** L and [[spoiler:Beyond]], at least in regards to Light. [[spoiler:Beyond isn't afraid to manipulate and put others in danger in order to drive a wedge between L and Light so he can have Light for himself, and believes that as long as Light is with him, he'll be able to keep him on the "righteous" path. While L obviously did far worse things to get Light by his side and his sense of "right" is warped, it wasn't all that different from what Beyond is planning to do]].
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** L and [[spoiler:Beyond]], at least in regards to Light. [[spoiler:Beyond isn't afraid to manipulate and put others in danger in order to drive a wedge between L and Light so he can have Light for himself, and believes that as long as Light is with him, he'll be able to keep him on the "righteous" path. While L obviously did far worse things to get Light by his side and his sense of "right" is warped, it wasn't all that different from what Beyond is planning to do]].do. Beyond even acknowledges this after he sedated and kidnaps several of Light's loved ones for his plan to get Light to turn on L]].
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* {{Yandere}}: L, for Light. His dreams indicate as much. [[spoiler:Beyond plans on using these tendencies to split them up by directing L's attention at Light's friends and family. While it ''is'' a dick move on his part, it can easily be argued that L was going to reach that point on his own eventually -- Beyond just sped it up so he could have Light for himself]].
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* AntiVillain: Light. Between L's VillainProtagonist and [[spoiler:Beyond's NominalHero]], Light is easily one of the most sympathetic characters in the story. He was ''blackmailed'' into becoming Kira, and even after he embraced the role, he struggles over the morality of his actions and desire to not end up like story!Kira.
* BecameTheirOwnAntithesis: L despises Kira and is willing to do anything to prevent his death at Kira's hands. This eventually leads to L essentially becoming Kira himself.
* BecameTheirOwnAntithesis: L despises Kira and is willing to do anything to prevent his death at Kira's hands. This eventually leads to L essentially becoming Kira himself.
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* AntiVillain: Light. Between L's VillainProtagonist and [[spoiler:Beyond's NominalHero]], Light is easily one of the most sympathetic characters in the story. He was ''blackmailed'' into becoming Kira, and even after he embraced the role, he struggles over the morality of his actions and desire to not end up like story!Kira. \n [[spoiler:If not for his dependency on L and Ryuk's threat hanging over his head, he would've probably already given up the Death Note for all the trouble it's given him]].
* BattleOfWits: The first part of the story is this, between L and Light. [[spoiler:After L and Light hook up and become Kira together, it turns into a MeleeATrois between L and Light, Near, Mello, and Matt, and Beyond]].
* BecameTheirOwnAntithesis: L despises Kira and is willing to do anything to prevent his death at Kira's hands. This eventually leads to L essentially becoming Kira himself. L spends half the story in denial of this, and his acceptance of it is the moment the reader realizes that he can't be saved.
* BattleOfWits: The first part of the story is this, between L and Light. [[spoiler:After L and Light hook up and become Kira together, it turns into a MeleeATrois between L and Light, Near, Mello, and Matt, and Beyond]].
* BecameTheirOwnAntithesis: L despises Kira and is willing to do anything to prevent his death at Kira's hands. This eventually leads to L essentially becoming Kira himself. L spends half the story in denial of this, and his acceptance of it is the moment the reader realizes that he can't be saved.
* CuttingTheKnot: [[LampshadeHanging Lampshaded]]. [[spoiler:Beyond]] tells Light a long story as an analogy, but isn't able to finish as Light has long since gotten the message and tells him that the story was unnecessary. After all, Light might be [[spoiler:emotionally compromised]], but that doesn't make him ''dumb''.
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** Thanks to learning from his half of the story and not getting DrunkWithPower, Light is able to see through L's Lind L. Tailor trick. [[spoiler:This forces L to kill Tailor himself after the broadcast is over just so he would have a reason to investigate the Kanto region and find Light]].
** Because L prevented Sakura TV from airing Misa's tapes and Light himself is significantly more empathetic, Light bears no ill will towards her when they capture her in Aoyama. In fact, he is sympathetic towards her, viewing her as misguided, and begs L to spare her life. [[spoiler:L promises to do so and then kills her anyway without telling Light, which becomes a problem when Beyond finds out the truth with every intention of telling Light]].
** Because L prevented Sakura TV from airing Misa's tapes and Light himself is significantly more empathetic, Light bears no ill will towards her when they capture her in Aoyama. In fact, he is sympathetic towards her, viewing her as misguided, and begs L to spare her life. [[spoiler:L promises to do so and then kills her anyway without telling Light, which becomes a problem when Beyond finds out the truth with every intention of telling Light]].
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** Thanks to learning from his half of the story and not getting DrunkWithPower, Light is able to see through L's Lind L. Tailor trick. [[spoiler:This forces L to kill Tailor himself after the broadcast is over just so he would have a reason to investigate the Kanto region and find Light]]. In fact, Light's half of the story scared him so much that Light resolved to act as unlike Kira as he possibly could. As a result, he avoids many of L's attempts to get evidence on him -- if L wasn't so certain he was Kira he probably would've given up and moved on to someone else. [[spoiler:Eventually, L resorts to ''planting'' evidence just so he could detain Light]].
** Because L prevented Sakura TV from airing Misa's tapes and Light himself is significantly more empathetic, Light bears no ill will towards her when they capture her in Aoyama. In fact, he is sympathetic towards her, viewing her as misguided, and begs L to spare her life. [[spoiler:L promises to do so and then kills her anyway without telling Light, which becomes a problem when Beyond finds out the truthwith every intention of telling Light]].and tells Near]].
** Because L prevented Sakura TV from airing Misa's tapes and Light himself is significantly more empathetic, Light bears no ill will towards her when they capture her in Aoyama. In fact, he is sympathetic towards her, viewing her as misguided, and begs L to spare her life. [[spoiler:L promises to do so and then kills her anyway without telling Light, which becomes a problem when Beyond finds out the truth
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* HeroAntagonist: [[spoiler:Beyond Birthday, though he's an AntiHero at best]].
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* HeroAntagonist: HeroAntagonist:
** [[spoiler:Beyond Birthday, though he's an AntiHero atbest]].best, and a NominalHero at worst. He's less concerned with all the people dying and more concerned with Light]].
** [[spoiler:Near, Mello, and Matt, once they realize what their mentor is doing, quickly position themselves against him and Light]].
** [[spoiler:Beyond Birthday, though he's an AntiHero at
** [[spoiler:Near, Mello, and Matt, once they realize what their mentor is doing, quickly position themselves against him and Light]].
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* NominalHero: [[spoiler:Beyond Birthday. Beyond is an unrepentant murderer, and the only reason why he bothers to help Near and Mello and oppose L is because he hates the latter and is developing a crush on Light]].
* NotSoDifferent: L and canon!Light, as the story goes on. At one point, [[spoiler:after he and story!Light have partnered up]], he starts talking about "[[IronicEcho the creation of a new world]]".
* ThePromise: [[spoiler:The reason why L hasn't killed Beyond yet is due to promise he made to him after A's death]].
* NotSoDifferent: L and canon!Light, as the story goes on. At one point, [[spoiler:after he and story!Light have partnered up]], he starts talking about "[[IronicEcho the creation of a new world]]".
* ThePromise: [[spoiler:The reason why L hasn't killed Beyond yet is due to promise he made to him after A's death]].
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* NominalHero: [[spoiler:Beyond Birthday. Beyond is an unrepentant murderer, and the only reason why he bothers to help Near and Mello and oppose L is because he hates the latter and is developing a crush on Light]].
Light. Case in point: he deliberately suggests endangering Light's friends and family so Light will beg L to reveal himself as Kira. Near and Mello are reluctant to put innocent people in danger but are convinced the plan will work, but Beyond ''knows'' L is not that selfless -- his real goal is to drive a wedge between Light and L so the former will leave the latter for Beyond]].
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** L and canon!Light, as the story goes on. At one point, [[spoiler:after he and story!Light have partnered up]], he starts talking about "[[IronicEcho the creation of a newworld]]".
world]]". [[spoiler:Then L shouts "I ''am'' Kira!" much to Light's horror, cementing the fact]].
** L and [[spoiler:Beyond]], at least in regards to Light. [[spoiler:Beyond isn't afraid to manipulate and put others in danger in order to drive a wedge between L and Light so he can have Light for himself, and believes that as long as Light is with him, he'll be able to keep him on the "righteous" path. While L obviously did far worse things to get Light by his side and his sense of "right" is warped, it wasn't all that different from what Beyond is planning to do]].
* ThePromise: [[spoiler:The reason why L hasn't killed Beyond yet is due to a promise he made to him after A's death]].
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** L and canon!Light, as the story goes on. At one point, [[spoiler:after he and story!Light have partnered up]], he starts talking about "[[IronicEcho the creation of a new
** L and [[spoiler:Beyond]], at least in regards to Light. [[spoiler:Beyond isn't afraid to manipulate and put others in danger in order to drive a wedge between L and Light so he can have Light for himself, and believes that as long as Light is with him, he'll be able to keep him on the "righteous" path. While L obviously did far worse things to get Light by his side and his sense of "right" is warped, it wasn't all that different from what Beyond is planning to do]].
* ThePromise: [[spoiler:The reason why L hasn't killed Beyond yet is due to a promise he made to him after A's death]].
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* ReplacementGoldfish: [[spoiler:Part of why Beyond is so intent on saving Light from L is his similarities to the long-deceased A]].
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* ReplacementGoldfish: [[spoiler:Part of why Beyond is so intent on saving Light from L is due to his similarities to with the long-deceased A]].A]].
* RevealingCoverUp: [[spoiler:L kills Misa to tie up loose ends despite promising Light that he wouldn't, and bribes the prison so the truth won't come out. Beyond instantly figures out something fishy is going on, and goes to investigate -- what he finds is enough to further Near's suspicions of L]].
* RevealingCoverUp: [[spoiler:L kills Misa to tie up loose ends despite promising Light that he wouldn't, and bribes the prison so the truth won't come out. Beyond instantly figures out something fishy is going on, and goes to investigate -- what he finds is enough to further Near's suspicions of L]].
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* SelectiveObliviousness: [[spoiler:It's all but confirmed that Near ''knows'' L is Kira. However, he doesn't want to believe it, so he ignores Beyond pushing him to accept the truth and focuses on Light instead]].
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* SelectiveObliviousness: [[spoiler:It's all but confirmed that Near ''knows'' L is Kira. However, he doesn't want to believe it, so he ignores Beyond pushing him to accept the truth and focuses on Light instead]].instead. Eventually, however, the evidence starts piling up and he can't ignore it anymore]].
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* SparedByAdaptation: Thanks to the existence of the story, L has no need to bring in the FBI and thus both Naomi Misora and Raye Penber never get involved with the Kira Investigation.
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* DestructiveRomance: It becomes very clear that L and Light's relationship is unhealthy and won't end happily, as L is completely obsessed with Light while Light is utterly dependent on L.
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* EvenEvilHasStandards: The lengths L goes to stop Kira and prevent his death horrify even Light. Seeing as Light is significantly less evil in this fic (counting more as an AntiVillain if anything), this should not be surprising.
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* EvenEvilHasLovedOnes:
** Light loves his family dearly and admits that when it comes down to it, he wouldn't be able to choose between them and L.
** The only person in the world L truly cherishes is Light.
* EvenEvilHasStandards: The lengths L goes to stop Kira and prevent his death horrify even Light. Seeing as Light is significantly less evil in this fic (counting more as an AntiVillain if anything), this should not be surprising. [[spoiler:When L starts calling for Near's blood after the latter calls them out, all but admitting that he knows who is responsible, Light immediately tries to calm him down and convince him to find a way that ''doesn't'' end in Near, Mello, and Matt's deaths]].
** Light loves his family dearly and admits that when it comes down to it, he wouldn't be able to choose between them and L.
** The only person in the world L truly cherishes is Light.
* EvenEvilHasStandards: The lengths L goes to stop Kira and prevent his death horrify even Light. Seeing as Light is significantly less evil in this fic (counting more as an AntiVillain if anything), this should not be surprising. [[spoiler:When L starts calling for Near's blood after the latter calls them out, all but admitting that he knows who is responsible, Light immediately tries to calm him down and convince him to find a way that ''doesn't'' end in Near, Mello, and Matt's deaths]].
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* TragicVillain: Light, who is (ironically) the most sympathetic character in the story. See TraumaCongaLine below.
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* WhatYouAreInTheDark: [[spoiler:Light quickly figures out that Near was his killer in the story, and deduces that he might also know that both he and L are Kira. In spite of all that, he refuses to kill Near or tell L, and begs L not to either when Near confronts them via broadcast, as all he is doing is opposing them -- he has yet to commit any actual crimes. This shows that this Light still has morals, integrity, and above all else, ''humanity''. It's no wonder why Beyond is so intent on saving him]].
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* SelectiveObliviousness: [[spoiler:It's all but confirmed that Near ''knows'' L is Kira. However, he doesn't want to believe it, so he ignores Beyond pushing him to accept the truth and focuses on Light instead]].
* TraumaCongaLine: Poor, poor Light. [[spoiler:First he's blackmailed into becoming Kira. Then he's framed and held captive by L and was forced to watch as L (supposedly) killed one of his innocent friends because he refused to confess to being Kira. Then, since L was the only person he had any contact with for ''weeks'', he develops StockholmSyndrome and blindly enters a relationship that has the potential to become abusive and sour real quick, with the signs already showing. Then there's Beyond, who is doing his damn hardest to shake Light's faith in L and succeeding, confusing the poor boy even more. And if all that weren't enough, he moves to Wammy's House with L and meets Near, who he quickly figures out to be the one that ended up killing him in the story. Light is even more conflicted, as while he resents Near for killing him, he understands why the story ended that way and refuses to tell L about it, as Near has yet to do anything deserving of death]]. By this point he qualifies as TheWoobie, and by the looks of it things are not getting better for him anytime soon.
* TraumaCongaLine: Poor, poor Light. [[spoiler:First he's blackmailed into becoming Kira. Then he's framed and held captive by L and was forced to watch as L (supposedly) killed one of his innocent friends because he refused to confess to being Kira. Then, since L was the only person he had any contact with for ''weeks'', he develops StockholmSyndrome and blindly enters a relationship that has the potential to become abusive and sour real quick, with the signs already showing. Then there's Beyond, who is doing his damn hardest to shake Light's faith in L and succeeding, confusing the poor boy even more. And if all that weren't enough, he moves to Wammy's House with L and meets Near, who he quickly figures out to be the one that ended up killing him in the story. Light is even more conflicted, as while he resents Near for killing him, he understands why the story ended that way and refuses to tell L about it, as Near has yet to do anything deserving of death]]. By this point he qualifies as TheWoobie, and by the looks of it things are not getting better for him anytime soon.
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* StockholmSyndrome: [[spoiler:Light notes that, while in captivity for being a Kira suspect, that his situation with L reeks of this. It's taken hold more than he can care to admit]].
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* StockholmSyndrome: [[spoiler:Light notes that, while in captivity for being a Kira suspect, that his situation with L reeks of this. It's taken hold more than he can care to admit]].
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* TraumaCongaLine: Poor, poor Light. [[spoiler:First he's blackmailed into becoming Kira. Then he's framed and held captive by L and was forced to watch as L (supposedly) killed one of his innocent friends because he refused to confess to being Kira. Then, since L was the only person he had any contact with for ''weeks'', he develops StockholmSyndrome and blindly enters a relationship that has the potential to become abusive and sour real quick, with the signs already showing. Then there's Beyond, who is doing his damn hardest to shake Light's faith in L and succeeding, confusing the poor boy even more. And if all that weren't enough, he moves to Wammy's House with L and meets Near, who he quickly figures out to be his killer in the story. Light is even more conflicted, as while he resents Near for killing him, he understands why the story ended that way and refuses to tell L about it, as Near has yet to do anything deserving of death]]. By this point he qualifies as TheWoobie, and by the looks of it things are not getting better for him anytime soon.
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'''Summary''': When a mysterious notebook falls from the sky, bearing the story of a world in which Kira reigns supreme, L is forced into a desperate struggle to change both his fate and the fate of the world. But his attempts are complicated when he discovers that he only holds half of the story—and that the other half resides with the living paradox that is Light Yagami. The resulting chaos finds two geniuses from different worlds thrown together, racing to change the future.
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'''Summary''': When a mysterious notebook falls from the sky, bearing the story of a world in which Kira reigns supreme, L is forced into a desperate struggle to change both his fate and the fate of the world. But his attempts are complicated when he discovers that he only holds half of the story—and story — and that the other half resides with the living paradox that is Light Yagami. The resulting chaos finds two geniuses from different worlds thrown together, racing to change the future.
* AntiVillain: Light. Between L's VillainProtagonist and [[spoiler:Beyond's NominalHero]], Light is easily one of the most sympathetic characters in the story. He was ''blackmailed'' into becoming Kira, and even after he embraced the role, he struggles over the morality of his actions and desire to not end up like story!Kira.
* DrunkWithPower:
** L barely lasts a week before he goes JumpingOffTheSlipperySlope.
** Light takes every precaution he can to ''subvert'' this as much as possible, and has mostly succeeded.
** L barely lasts a week before he goes JumpingOffTheSlipperySlope.
** Light takes every precaution he can to ''subvert'' this as much as possible, and has mostly succeeded.
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** Thanks to learning from his half of the story and not getting DrunkOnPower, Light is able to see through L's Lind L. Tailor trick. [[spoiler:This forces L to kill Tailor himself after the broadcast is over just so he would have a reason to investigate the Kanto region and find Light]].
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** Thanks to learning from his half of the story and not getting DrunkOnPower, DrunkWithPower, Light is able to see through L's Lind L. Tailor trick. [[spoiler:This forces L to kill Tailor himself after the broadcast is over just so he would have a reason to investigate the Kanto region and find Light]].
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* FramingTheGuiltyParty: L [[spoiler:plants fake evidence in Light's room]] to have a pretext to detain [[spoiler:him.]]
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* FramingTheGuiltyParty: L [[spoiler:plants fake evidence in Light's room]] to have a pretext to detain [[spoiler:him.]]
Ironically, L himself is also guilty of the same crimes (if not worse), so it's a guilty party framing ''another'' guilty party]].
*HeWhoFightsMonstersHeWhoFightsMonsters: L might actually be worse than canon!Light. The innocent people canon!Light killed were mainly people trying to stop him. L not only kills those in his way, he's also willing to use and kill ''random people off the street'' to further his plans.
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* NeverHurtAnInnocent: Light, in his attempts to subvert becoming Kira. He is ''very'' uncomfortable with the fact that L has no such restraint. [[spoiler:When L tries to use an innocent person in their plan to kill Rem, Light refuses to go with it. They compromise with a minor criminal, and even then Light is not particularly happy about it]].
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* NeverHurtAnInnocent: Light, in his attempts to subvert becoming Kira. He is ''very'' uncomfortable with the fact that L has no such restraint.restraints. [[spoiler:When L tries to use an innocent person in their plan to kill Rem, Light refuses to go with it. They compromise with a minor criminal, and even then Light is not particularly happy about it]].it]].
* NominalHero: [[spoiler:Beyond Birthday. Beyond is an unrepentant murderer, and the only reason why he bothers to help Near and Mello and oppose L is because he hates the latter and is developing a crush on Light]].
* NominalHero: [[spoiler:Beyond Birthday. Beyond is an unrepentant murderer, and the only reason why he bothers to help Near and Mello and oppose L is because he hates the latter and is developing a crush on Light]].
* SelectiveObliviousness: [[spoiler:It's all but confirmed that Near ''knows'' L is Kira. However, he doesn't want to believe it, so he ignores Beyond pushing him to accept the truth and focuses on Light instead]].
* TraumaCongaLine: Poor, poor Light. [[spoiler:First he's blackmailed into becoming Kira. Then he's framed and held captive by L and was forced to watch as L (supposedly) killed one of his innocent friends because he refused to confess to being Kira. Then, since L was the only person he had any contact with for ''weeks'', he develops StockholmSyndrome and blindly enters a relationship that has the potential to become abusive and sour real quick, with the signs already showing. Then there's Beyond, who is doing his damn hardest to shake Light's faith in L and succeeding, confusing the poor boy even more. And if all that weren't enough, he moves to Wammy's House with L and meets Near, who he quickly figures out to be the one that ended up killing him in the story. Light is even more conflicted, as while he resents Near for killing him, he understands why the story ended that way and refuses to tell L about it, as Near has yet to do anything deserving of death]]. By this point he qualifies as TheWoobie, and by the looks of it things are not getting better for him anytime soon.
* TraumaCongaLine: Poor, poor Light. [[spoiler:First he's blackmailed into becoming Kira. Then he's framed and held captive by L and was forced to watch as L (supposedly) killed one of his innocent friends because he refused to confess to being Kira. Then, since L was the only person he had any contact with for ''weeks'', he develops StockholmSyndrome and blindly enters a relationship that has the potential to become abusive and sour real quick, with the signs already showing. Then there's Beyond, who is doing his damn hardest to shake Light's faith in L and succeeding, confusing the poor boy even more. And if all that weren't enough, he moves to Wammy's House with L and meets Near, who he quickly figures out to be the one that ended up killing him in the story. Light is even more conflicted, as while he resents Near for killing him, he understands why the story ended that way and refuses to tell L about it, as Near has yet to do anything deserving of death]]. By this point he qualifies as TheWoobie, and by the looks of it things are not getting better for him anytime soon.
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* WeUsedToBeFriends: [[spoiler:L Lawliet and Beyond Birthday. What destroy their friendship was A's death, which they blame each other for]].
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* WeUsedToBeFriends: [[spoiler:L Lawliet and Beyond Birthday. What destroy destroyed their friendship was A's death, which they blame each other for]].
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* NeverHurtAnInnocent: Light, in his attempts to subvert becoming Kira. He is ''very'' uncomfortable with the fact that L has no such restraint. [[spoiler:When L tries to use an innocent person in their plan to kill Rem, Light refuses to go with it. They compromise with a minor criminal, and even then Light is not particularly happy about it]].
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* UnresolvedSexualTension: The first half of the story is plagued by this between L and Light. When L becomes aware of it, he wonders where it came from since there was no hint of it in his half of the story -- aside from the anime's rain scene that was heavily laced with canon's FoeRomanceSubtext.
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* {{Blackmail}}: Ryuk threatens Light into helping him find L's Death Note and thus the other half of the story. Since, unlike canon, Light was (initially) forced into the role of Kira, it allowed him to retain most of his morality, sanity, and rationale.
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* ForWantOfANailForGreatJustice: L's go-to justification.
* ForWantOfANail: The very premise of the fic. Here are specific instances:
** Thanks to learning from his half of the story and not getting DrunkOnPower, Light is able to see through L's Lind L. Tailor trick. [[spoiler:This forces L to kill Tailor himself after the broadcast is over just so he would have a reason to investigate the Kanto region and find Light]].
** Because L prevented Sakura TV from airing Misa's tapes and Light himself is significantly more empathetic, Light bears no ill will towards her when they capture her in Aoyama. In fact, he is sympathetic towards her, viewing her as misguided, and begs L to spare her life. [[spoiler:L promises to do so and then kills her anyway without telling Light, which becomes a problem when Beyond finds out the truth with every intention of telling Light]].
* ForWantOfANail: The very premise of the fic. Here are specific instances:
** Thanks to learning from his half of the story and not getting DrunkOnPower, Light is able to see through L's Lind L. Tailor trick. [[spoiler:This forces L to kill Tailor himself after the broadcast is over just so he would have a reason to investigate the Kanto region and find Light]].
** Because L prevented Sakura TV from airing Misa's tapes and Light himself is significantly more empathetic, Light bears no ill will towards her when they capture her in Aoyama. In fact, he is sympathetic towards her, viewing her as misguided, and begs L to spare her life. [[spoiler:L promises to do so and then kills her anyway without telling Light, which becomes a problem when Beyond finds out the truth with every intention of telling Light]].
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* TheLostLenore: [[spoiler:A is implied to be this for Beyond]].
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* LoveTriangle: [[spoiler:There is one developing between L and Beyond with Light in the middle. The story hints that there was also one between L, Beyond, and A until A died. Considering how A is allegedly very similar to Light, this should not be surprising]].
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* ThePromise: [[spoiler:The reason why L hasn't killed Beyond yet is due to promise he made to him after A's death]].
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* WeUsedToBeFriends: [[spoiler:L Lawliet and Beyond Birthday. What destroy their friendship was A's death, which they blame each other for]].
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* TheCorrupter: L fears Light will be this to him and/or other members of the task force. However, as the story goes on, it becomes very clear to everyone but L that L himself is more likely to corrupt Light.
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* TheCorruptible: Both L and Light are this. However, unlike in canon, Light manages to hold out and ends up killing only criminals who are charged with the death penalty or have committed crimes that would get them the death penalty. L, however, does not hold out (in fact, he barely lasts longer than canon!Light), already writing the names of several criminals from his personal files into the notebook before Light even comes onto the scene.
* TheCorrupter: Lfears ''knows'' Light will can easily be this corrupted and resolves to teach him and/or other members of to use the task force. death the "right" way. However, as by the story goes on, it becomes very clear to everyone but time the subject finally comes up L that L has already corrupted himself is more likely so much that he would only serve as this to corrupt Light.Light instead of TheMentor.
* TheCorrupter: L
* HeWhoFightsMonsters
* HeroAntagonist: [[spoiler:Beyond Birthday, though he's an AntiHero at best]].
* HeroAntagonist: [[spoiler:Beyond Birthday, though he's an AntiHero at best]].
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* VillainProtagonist: L. Light is an AntiVillain if anything else.
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* HeroicSacrifice: [[spoiler:Rem is manipulated into killing a criminal who she thought was a threat to Misa. Ends up being a SenselessSacrifice, seeing how not only the criminal couldn't hurt Misa, but also, without Rem there to protect her, she ended up dying shortly afterwards.]]
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* ColdBloodedTorture: Much like in canon, L has little scruples about using this method to obtain a confession.
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* FramingTheGuiltyParty: L [[spoiler:plants fake evidence in Light's room]] to have a pretext to arrest [[spoiler:him.]]
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* FramingTheGuiltyParty: L [[spoiler:plants fake evidence in Light's room]] to have a pretext to arrest detain [[spoiler:him.]]
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The story in question is the canon!''Death Note'' plot, with the actual names replaced with letters as placeholders. L gets a Death Note along with the first half of the story -- [[YourDaysAreNumbered which ends in his death]]. Light gets his Death Note and the second half, which ends in ''his'' death. The effects this has on everyone involved are far-reaching.
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The story in question the notebook is the canon!''Death Note'' plot, with the actual names replaced with letters as placeholders. L gets a Death Note along with the first half of the story -- [[YourDaysAreNumbered which ends in his death]]. Light gets his Death Note and the second half, which ends in ''his'' death. The effects this has on everyone involved are far-reaching.
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* FramingTheGuiltyParty: L [[spoiler:plants fake evidence in Light's room]] to have a pretext to arrest [[spoiler:him.]]
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** Light. His half of the story shows how far Kira has fallen and ends in his death, so he resolves not to end up like Kira no matter what, sticking only to criminals who have already been given the death penalty or have committed crimes that deserve the death penalty. He also outright abhors the idea of killing innocent people and refuses to be complicit in any of it.
** [[spoiler:Beyond, who desires to stop L and save Light from his corrupting influence]].
** [[spoiler:Beyond, who desires to stop L and save Light from his corrupting influence]].
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** Light. His half of the story shows how far Kira has fallen and ends in his death, so he resolves not to end up like Kira no matter what, sticking only to criminals who have already been given the death penalty or have committed crimes that deserve the death penalty. He also outright abhors the idea of killing innocent people and refuses to be complicit in any of it.
it. [[spoiler:He even refrains from telling L that Near would be the one to kill him in the story, despite partially resenting that fact, as Near has yet to do anything truly heinous]].
**[[spoiler:Beyond, [[spoiler:Beyond Birthday, who desires to stop L and save Light from his corrupting influence]].
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* ConsummateLiar: L. He promises Light [[spoiler:that he wouldn't kill Misa, only to kill her and have the prison keep it quiet so Light never finds out]].
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* KilledOffForReal: [[spoiler:Misa Amane]].
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* TautologicalTemplar: Again, L. Since L is Justice, every action that he takes to save his life is protecting Justice.
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* EvenEvilHasStandards: The lengths L goes to stop Kira and prevent his death horrify even Light. Seeing as Light is significantly less evil in this fic (counting more as an AntiVillain if anything), this should not be surprising.
* ManipulativeBastard: L. Light is manipulative as well, but (ironically) he hates manipulating people and isn't a bastard about it.
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* SelfFulfillingProphecy: In his attempts to stop Light becoming the canon!Kira, L becomes this story's ''real'' Kira.
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* SelfFulfillingProphecy: SelfFulfillingProphecy:
** In his attempts to stop Light becoming the canon!Kira, L becomes this story's ''real''Kira. Kira.
** L deliberately keeps Light away from the Task Force so Light can't turn them against him. He needn't have bothered, as L manages do that on his own.
** In his attempts to stop Light becoming the canon!Kira, L becomes this story's ''real''
** L deliberately keeps Light away from the Task Force so Light can't turn them against him. He needn't have bothered, as L manages do that on his own.
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'''Summary''': Synopsis: When a mysterious notebook falls from the sky, bearing the story of a world in which Kira reigns supreme, L is forced into a desperate struggle to change both his fate and the fate of the world. But his attempts are complicated when he discovers that he only holds half of the story—and that the other half resides with the living paradox that is Light Yagami. The resulting chaos finds two geniuses from different worlds thrown together, racing to change the future.
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'''Summary''': Synopsis: When a mysterious notebook falls from the sky, bearing the story of a world in which Kira reigns supreme, L is forced into a desperate struggle to change both his fate and the fate of the world. But his attempts are complicated when he discovers that he only holds half of the story—and that the other half resides with the living paradox that is Light Yagami. The resulting chaos finds two geniuses from different worlds thrown together, racing to change the future.
* TheCorrupter: L fears Light will be this to him and/or other members of the task force. However, as the story goes on, it becomes very clear to everyone but L that L himself is more likely to corrupt Light.
* InsaneTrollLogic: The logic L uses to justify his actions becomes more convoluted, bordering on asinine, as the story goes on, to the point that any reasonably sane and intelligent person can poke holes through it. Let alone geniuses like Light and [[spoiler:Beyond]].
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* {{Railroading}}: L speculates that the more he changes things, the more things change in turn to make sure the story plays out the way it's supposed to.
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* {{Railroading}}: L speculates that the more he changes things, the more things change in turn to make sure the story plays out the way it's supposed to. Perhaps the most prevalent example, one that L ''refuses'' to acknowledge, is that the universe is correcting his attempts to prevent Light from becoming the Kira in the story by turning ''L'' into Kira instead.
* ReplacementGoldfish: [[spoiler:Part of why Beyond is so intent on saving Light from L is his similarities to the long-deceased A]].
* ReplacementGoldfish: [[spoiler:Part of why Beyond is so intent on saving Light from L is his similarities to the long-deceased A]].
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* YourDaysAreNumbered: What helps start L's descent into villainy is the revelation that he will die soon.
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* YourDaysAreNumbered: What helps start L's descent into villainy is the revelation that he will die soon. It's implied that all his attempts to prevent that fate will be all for naught, but not for the reasons he thinks.
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* DeathFakedForYou: [[spoiler:L fakes Kiyomi's death to get a confession from Light. While Light is horrified, it ultimately doesn't take. He has more success with Misa, using Light in Kiyomi's place]].
* EarlyBirdCameo: [[spoiler:Near and Mello appear early on, both wanting to solve the Kira case before L so they can go out and take on real cases for once]].
* EarlyBirdCameo: [[spoiler:Near and Mello appear early on, both wanting to solve the Kira case before L so they can go out and take on real cases for once]].
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* BecameTheirOwnAntithesis: L despises Kira and is willing to do anything to prevent his death at Kira's hands. This eventually leads to L essentially becoming Kira himself.
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* LoveMakesYouDumb: [[spoiler:Light's affection for L has made him blind to the fact that their relationship has all the textbook signs of a potentially abusive relationship]].
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* LoveMakesYouDumb: [[spoiler:Light's affection for L has made him blind to the fact that their relationship has all the textbook signs of a being unhealthy and potentially abusive relationship]].abusive]].
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* Railroading: L speculates that the more he changes things, the more things change in turn to make sure the story plays out the way it's supposed to.
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* Railroading: ProtagonistJourneyToVillain: [[spoiler:Though Beyond implies that L wasn't all that good to begin with]].
* {{Railroading}}: L speculates that the more he changes things, the more things change in turn to make sure the story plays out the way it's supposed to.
* {{Railroading}}: L speculates that the more he changes things, the more things change in turn to make sure the story plays out the way it's supposed to.
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* SlowlySlippingIntoEvil: L.
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* SlowlySlippingIntoEvil: L.L.
* YourDaysAreNumbered: What helps start L's descent into villainy is the revelation that he will die soon.
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''[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/12041991/1/Fade]] [[http://archiveofourown.org/works/7698154?view_full_work=true [1]]]'' by [[https://www.fanfiction.net/u/5360048/xLion-sRoarx xLion'sRoarx]] is a ''Manga/DeathNote'' ForWantOfANail FanFic.
'''Summary''': Synopsis: When a mysterious notebook falls from the sky, bearing the story of a world in which Kira reigns supreme, L is forced into a desperate struggle to change both his fate and the fate of the world. But his attempts are complicated when he discovers that he only holds half of the story—and that the other half resides with the living paradox that is Light Yagami. The resulting chaos finds two geniuses from different worlds thrown together, racing to change the future.
The story in question is the canon!''Death Note'' plot, with the actual names replaced with letters as placeholders. L gets a Death Note along with the first half of the story -- [[YourDaysAreNumbered which ends in his death]]. Light gets his Death Note and the second half, which ends in ''his'' death. The effects this has on everyone involved is far-reaching.
'''Summary''': Synopsis: When a mysterious notebook falls from the sky, bearing the story of a world in which Kira reigns supreme, L is forced into a desperate struggle to change both his fate and the fate of the world. But his attempts are complicated when he discovers that he only holds half of the story—and that the other half resides with the living paradox that is Light Yagami. The resulting chaos finds two geniuses from different worlds thrown together, racing to change the future.
The story in question is the canon!''Death Note'' plot, with the actual names replaced with letters as placeholders. L gets a Death Note along with the first half of the story -- [[YourDaysAreNumbered which ends in his death]]. Light gets his Death Note and the second half, which ends in ''his'' death. The effects this has on everyone involved is far-reaching.
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''[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/12041991/1/Fade]] [[http://archiveofourown.org/works/7698154?view_full_work=true [1]]]'' net/s/12041991/1/Fade Fade]]'' ''[[http://archiveofourown.org/works/7698154?view_full_work=true]]'' by [[https://www.fanfiction.net/u/5360048/xLion-sRoarx xLion'sRoarx]] is a an ongoing ''Manga/DeathNote'' ForWantOfANail FanFic.
'''Summary''': Synopsis: When a mysterious notebook falls from the sky, bearing the story of a world in which Kira reigns supreme, L is forced into a desperate struggle to change both his fate and the fate of the world. But his attempts are complicated when he discovers that he only holds half of the story—and that the other half resides with the living paradox that is Light Yagami. The resulting chaos finds two geniuses from different worlds thrown together, racing to change thefuture.
future.
The story in question is the canon!''Death Note'' plot, with the actual names replaced with letters as placeholders. L gets a Death Note along with the first half of the story -- [[YourDaysAreNumbered which ends in his death]]. Light gets his Death Note and the second half, which ends in ''his'' death. The effects this has on everyone involvedis are far-reaching.
'''Summary''': Synopsis: When a mysterious notebook falls from the sky, bearing the story of a world in which Kira reigns supreme, L is forced into a desperate struggle to change both his fate and the fate of the world. But his attempts are complicated when he discovers that he only holds half of the story—and that the other half resides with the living paradox that is Light Yagami. The resulting chaos finds two geniuses from different worlds thrown together, racing to change the
The story in question is the canon!''Death Note'' plot, with the actual names replaced with letters as placeholders. L gets a Death Note along with the first half of the story -- [[YourDaysAreNumbered which ends in his death]]. Light gets his Death Note and the second half, which ends in ''his'' death. The effects this has on everyone involved
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* AdaptationalHeroism: Light. His half of the story shows how far Kira has fallen and ends in his death, so he resolves not to end up like Kira no matter what, sticking only to criminals who have already been given the death penalty or have committed crimes that deserve the death penalty. He also outright abhors the idea of killing innocent people and refuses to be complicit in any of it.
* AdaptationalVillainy: L. He becomes obsessed with preventing his death, to the point that he seems to be completely unaware to how similar to Kira that he's becoming. This is because L views himself as justice, and thus if he were to die, then (in his mind) criminal activity would either ramp up in a big way, more innocent people would die, and/or Kira would take over the world.
* AdaptationalVillainy: L. He becomes obsessed with preventing his death, to the point that he seems to be completely unaware to how similar to Kira that he's becoming. This is because L views himself as justice, and thus if he were to die, then (in his mind) criminal activity would either ramp up in a big way, more innocent people would die, and/or Kira would take over the world.
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* AdaptationalHeroism: AdaptationalHeroism:
** Light. His half of the story shows how far Kira has fallen and ends in his death, so he resolves not to end up like Kira no matter what, sticking only to criminals who have already been given the death penalty or have committed crimes that deserve the death penalty. He also outright abhors the idea of killing innocent people and refuses to be complicit in any of it.
** [[spoiler:Beyond, who desires to stop L and save Light from his corrupting influence]].
* AdaptationalVillainy: L. He becomes obsessed with preventing his death, to the point that he seems to be completely unaware to how similar to Kira that he's becoming. This is because L views himself as justice, and thus if he were to die, then (in his mind) criminal activity would either ramp up in a big way, more innocent people would die, and/or Kira would take over the world. Thus, he justifies every death, be it that of a criminal or that of an innocent, as ForTheGreaterGood.
* ForWantOfANail
* LoveMakesYouDumb: [[spoiler:Light's affection for L has made him blind to the fact that their relationship has all the textbook signs of a potentially abusive relationship]].
* NotSoDifferent: L and canon!Light, as the story goes on. At one point, [[spoiler:after he and story!Light have partnered up]], he starts talking about "[[IronicEcho the creation of a new world]]".
* Railroading: L speculates that the more he changes things, the more things change in turn to make sure the story plays out the way it's supposed to.
* StockholmSyndrome: [[spoiler:Light notes that, while in captivity for being a Kira suspect, that his situation with L reeks of this. It's taken hold more than he can care to admit]].
* SelfFulfillingProphecy: In his attempts to stop Light becoming the canon!Kira, L becomes this story's ''real'' Kira.
* SlashFic: L/Light.
* SlowlySlippingIntoEvil: L.
** Light. His half of the story shows how far Kira has fallen and ends in his death, so he resolves not to end up like Kira no matter what, sticking only to criminals who have already been given the death penalty or have committed crimes that deserve the death penalty. He also outright abhors the idea of killing innocent people and refuses to be complicit in any of it.
** [[spoiler:Beyond, who desires to stop L and save Light from his corrupting influence]].
* AdaptationalVillainy: L. He becomes obsessed with preventing his death, to the point that he seems to be completely unaware to how similar to Kira that he's becoming. This is because L views himself as justice, and thus if he were to die, then (in his mind) criminal activity would either ramp up in a big way, more innocent people would die, and/or Kira would take over the world. Thus, he justifies every death, be it that of a criminal or that of an innocent, as ForTheGreaterGood.
* ForWantOfANail
* LoveMakesYouDumb: [[spoiler:Light's affection for L has made him blind to the fact that their relationship has all the textbook signs of a potentially abusive relationship]].
* NotSoDifferent: L and canon!Light, as the story goes on. At one point, [[spoiler:after he and story!Light have partnered up]], he starts talking about "[[IronicEcho the creation of a new world]]".
* Railroading: L speculates that the more he changes things, the more things change in turn to make sure the story plays out the way it's supposed to.
* StockholmSyndrome: [[spoiler:Light notes that, while in captivity for being a Kira suspect, that his situation with L reeks of this. It's taken hold more than he can care to admit]].
* SelfFulfillingProphecy: In his attempts to stop Light becoming the canon!Kira, L becomes this story's ''real'' Kira.
* SlashFic: L/Light.
* SlowlySlippingIntoEvil: L.
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''[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/12041991/1/Fade]] [[http://archiveofourown.org/works/7698154?view_full_work=true [1]]]'' by [[https://www.fanfiction.net/u/5360048/xLion-sRoarx xLion'sRoarx]] is a ''Manga/DeathNote'' ForWantOfANail FanFic.
'''Summary''': Synopsis: When a mysterious notebook falls from the sky, bearing the story of a world in which Kira reigns supreme, L is forced into a desperate struggle to change both his fate and the fate of the world. But his attempts are complicated when he discovers that he only holds half of the story—and that the other half resides with the living paradox that is Light Yagami. The resulting chaos finds two geniuses from different worlds thrown together, racing to change the future.
The story in question is the canon!''Death Note'' plot, with the actual names replaced with letters as placeholders. L gets a Death Note along with the first half of the story -- [[YourDaysAreNumbered which ends in his death]]. Light gets his Death Note and the second half, which ends in ''his'' death. The effects this has on everyone involved is far-reaching.
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* AdaptationalHeroism: Light. His half of the story shows how far Kira has fallen and ends in his death, so he resolves not to end up like Kira no matter what, sticking only to criminals who have already been given the death penalty or have committed crimes that deserve the death penalty. He also outright abhors the idea of killing innocent people and refuses to be complicit in any of it.
* AdaptationalVillainy: L. He becomes obsessed with preventing his death, to the point that he seems to be completely unaware to how similar to Kira that he's becoming. This is because L views himself as justice, and thus if he were to die, then (in his mind) criminal activity would either ramp up in a big way, more innocent people would die, and/or Kira would take over the world.
'''Summary''': Synopsis: When a mysterious notebook falls from the sky, bearing the story of a world in which Kira reigns supreme, L is forced into a desperate struggle to change both his fate and the fate of the world. But his attempts are complicated when he discovers that he only holds half of the story—and that the other half resides with the living paradox that is Light Yagami. The resulting chaos finds two geniuses from different worlds thrown together, racing to change the future.
The story in question is the canon!''Death Note'' plot, with the actual names replaced with letters as placeholders. L gets a Death Note along with the first half of the story -- [[YourDaysAreNumbered which ends in his death]]. Light gets his Death Note and the second half, which ends in ''his'' death. The effects this has on everyone involved is far-reaching.
!!Tropes:
* AdaptationalHeroism: Light. His half of the story shows how far Kira has fallen and ends in his death, so he resolves not to end up like Kira no matter what, sticking only to criminals who have already been given the death penalty or have committed crimes that deserve the death penalty. He also outright abhors the idea of killing innocent people and refuses to be complicit in any of it.
* AdaptationalVillainy: L. He becomes obsessed with preventing his death, to the point that he seems to be completely unaware to how similar to Kira that he's becoming. This is because L views himself as justice, and thus if he were to die, then (in his mind) criminal activity would either ramp up in a big way, more innocent people would die, and/or Kira would take over the world.
