Getting Closer to Finding Kira

In this section of Death Note we find both L and Light's storylines moving along quite extensively. Light is seemingly very concerned about his identity being revealed to the police and is doing whatever he can to hide it.

Light's willingness to kill FBI agents just because they are looking for him reveals that he may be beginning to lose more morals than he already has. He's gone from only killing criminals to killing those who've done nothing wrong. Light's character development leaves readers to think about how far he's willing to go. Is killing his family in the question?

Meanwhile, L has also took a big step by revealing himself to the police. The police's initial reaction to seeing L in person is disbelief, but Ryuzaki is definitely L. L admits that he hates losing, just like Kira (pg. 265), his motivation to win seems to be just as high as Light's.

As the story moves forward Light and L are destined to meet. The way they interact is something anticipated by readers. Will L be killed immediately? Will Light be killed first? There are endless possibilities on how their first meeting could play out.

While reading the manga I love the fact that Light went through so much work to leave L the message "did you know Gods of Death love apples?" it really shows that Light isn't taking L seriously as a threat. It's been a while since I watched the anime and it was something I forgot about.

I think that character development within the manga is big foreshadowing to the fact that we're getting a lot closer to L meeting Kira.

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