Who did you root for when watching Death Note?

[The Hero Killer]

Light, but thats becasuse I always root for the "bad guys" plus I HATED Near.

 

[InsomniJack]

It went back and forth between Light and L. Light because he was a very intelligent vigilante, and L because he was a brilliant detective. And those two qualities happen to be my favorite to watch.

 

[Auxiliary]

I rooted for Light up until he

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starts killing the FBI agents, and particularly Raye Penbar's wife... That was just too cold no matter how you look at it.

As I empathised with him up until that point I still remained very interested in him although L had definitely started to grow on me.

I think it got to the point where L and Light needed eachother to give validity to eachothers existence so I couldn't really bring myself to root for one or the other. I think I just wanted them to be friends...

I was with Light right from the start. The moment he kills Naomi Misora was actually the moment I fell in love with the series. Her death caused a warm fuzzy feeling inside of me and put a tear of joy on my cheek.

 

[sage216]

Kira

 

[aarontg]

I was fascinated by the main character and his methods but I didn't like him. Then of course at the end- oh wait spoilers...

 

[ModReap]

L.

Because I think Light is a prick.

Seconded.

 

[The_Blue_Rider]

L for the win, in the beginning Light has honourable motives and seems to be trying to the right thing, but he lost sight of his original goal somewhere along the way and became plain crazy. Thats why i love the ending,

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with him begging for his life, it shows just how far light has fallen from the boy he was in the beginning

 

[Radoh]

For the longest time I rooted for L, but once Near and Mello showed up I rooted vigorously for Light to kill them both viciously. I do not enjoy those two characters at all.

 

[Trivun]

Light. If I were in his position I'd do the exact same things (well, almost. I wouldn't have gone for the smarter girl).

Seriously? The fact that Light does the things he does is entirely what leads to his downfall. It's his own arrogance that's to blame for his eventual defeat. The best way to do things would have been to do everything the same until L showed up. Then, stop using the Death Note completely, hide it, and spend as much time and effort as possible to find out what L's true identity is. Then, kill L with the notebook, and carry on killing criminals as normal. If Near had then turned up, rinse and repeat. Same for Mello. Light's arrogance in continuing to use the Note under L's nose was what made L so suspicious of him, and doing the same thing with Near later just sent everything crashing down around him. Otherwise Near wouldn't have even had a suspect to begin with...

Anyway, when watching it, I wasn't really rooting for anyone, I was simply reveling in the battle of wits and strategy between the two opponents. It's almost like a chess game, when you think about it...

 

[Zannah]

Spoiler: Light/Kira all the way. And good thing the Series ended with him

triumphing in ep 26. Imagine they made another twenty episodes with godawful L-knockoffs, winning in the end, how horrible would that be?

 

[DoctorPhil]

Make a poll? L, because Kira turned into a megalomaniac and started killing good people only because they oposed him. I'm such a good person.

 

[ShadowAurora]

i almost stopped watching when they killed L....am i the only one who liked Near?

i kinda hoped that during the time lapse that Light had a child to be his successor

 

[Wayneguard]

I didn't really root for either Light or L, I just enjoyed seeing the two of them constantly outsmarting each other. That is until Near showed up, ruined the show for me, and made me root for Light.

I think this pretty much sums up fan opinion pretty nicely.