in pace requiescat, L lawliet

losing you was far more heartbreaking than losing my human boyfriend. (and i mean human, just literally.) L lawliet, why do you have to die?

for the benefit of my non-anime viewing readers, L lawliet (known to the world simply as L) is the eccentric detective (somebody whose name, face and whereabouts are a secret)in the contemporary japanese manga slash anime slash movie, death note (desu noto.) the central theme being justice, this story presents the case of light yagami, an A-list student who picks up a death god's notebook and L, an elusive and highly-intelligent figure (the brains of sherlock holmes, hercule poirot, perry mason and lex luthor combined)who hunts down kira (meaning killer) which is light yagami's alter ego. we see how light's initially virtuous intentions of creating a utopian world by eliminating convicted criminals and minor offenders and suspects alike conflicts with his self-indulgent, and conceited haughty self. declaring that he alone possesses the qualifications to determine the righteous, he pursues L who in turn swears to bring him to his execution in a manner no less than humiliating light in public tv. while light sees himself as a god of the new, evil-free world which he aims to establish using the deah note, L ridicules and regards him as nothing more than an atrocious, abominable and self-absorbed mass murderer.

capsulized in 37 episodes and two full-length movies, the manga also covers universal topics such as friendship (a bittersweet one, ironically formed between light and L) and love (the unrequited genuine devotion of amane misa towards light, and the shinigami rem for misa). the prime attraction though, is the heightened allegro-paced battle of wits, and one could not complain for the lack of cerebral competition (as in the case of light vs L, mello vs near, light vs mello, light vs near)

i could not run out of positive feedback regarding this story. the argument about justice alone could fill up this entry ad infinitum. the introduction of L, however, is death note's best gift. he has the mysteriously charming, inexplicably twisted appeal and nothing feels more helpless than falling in love with an anime character.

very little is known about L. he loves sweets, ("even if you eat too much sweeets, if you're doing enough thinking you won't get fat") dislikes socks, holds things delicately, a sloucher, and was raised at an orphanage. that's pretty much everything that's known about him. or one could say, descriptions of him.

so as a testament of my undying love for you, L, if the only way to be with you is to create you, (maybe your origin or your case works and exploits) then i'd gladly set my brain to its optimal exhaustion. you will become my most ambitious work, my magnum opus. i will think the way you think; for it will be unforgivable if i falter and ruin your reputation. i forgive you for dying; it wasn't fair play that you were up against a shinigami. you will be my next elegy, and it is in your memory that i will finish crime and punishment and take a renewed interest in law as an avenue of justice, retribution and deliverance.


this article was written on paper 3 septmeber 2007.