L (エル, Eru) is a widely acclaimed criminologist who undertakes the test of getting the serial executioner referred to just as Kira. In his examination L gets to be exceedingly suspicious of Light Yagami, and makes it his objective to demonstrate that Light is Kira.
L is an exceptionally thin, tall young person with dark hair and dim eyes. One of his most recognizable peculiarities is the shadow beneath each of his eyes, an aftereffect of him being a light sleeper. L is dependably demonstrated to be wearing blue jean trousers and a since quite a while ago sleeved, white shirt. He just about never wears shoes or socks, liking to go unshod while even openly. This was demonstrated when he went by Light Yagami's school and was seen shoeless while sitting on a seat, not trying to wear his shoes until he got up to walk.
L is very undercover, and just corresponds with the world through his associate, Watari. He never demonstrates his face to the world in individual, rather speaking to himself with a capital letter L attracted "Early English MT" or "House Black" typeface. It is more prone to be "House Black" as Watari's "W" is diverse in "Early English MT".
In the wake of gathering the Japanese Task Force, he asks for that the team allude to him as "Ryuzaki" as an extra security measure. The Task Force never realizes his actual name.
L is exceptionally sagacious, however his rumpled and lazy appearance covers his extraordinary forces of conclusion and numerous inquiry his capacities after survey him. L has a tendency to second-figure all that he is exhibited with, and is to a great degree careful and explanatory. He is great at deluding his adversaries, and is ready to take uncommon measures to explain a case. Some of his strategies are truly strong, for example, having demise column prisoner Lind L. Tailorpose as himself on live TV keeping in mind the end goal to draw out Kira, while others appear unusual to those included, for example, cuffing himself to suspected-Kira, Light Yagami. He is likewise demonstrated to have a dry comical inclination, and isn't above making wry comments to individuals. In spite of the fact that he has a tendency to be obliging, to some, (for example, Task Force character Shuichi Aizawa), L can appear to be truly discourteous and cutthroat on occasion.
Utilizing subterfuge, deception, disinformation and an expository learning of liberated intelligence to help draw an associated killer into a false sense with security and potentially make him indiscreetly presumptuous, at whatever point L offers rates to demonstrate the extent to which he associates an individual with carrying out a wrongdoing, for example, "five percent" he might truth be told be in excess of ninety percent persuaded of their culpability. Albeit L tells Light that he is among the most improbable associates with unified with the least rates of likelihood, in actuality L is "really sure" that Light is Kira. As series author Tsugumi Ohba said snickering, making light of L's strategies: "The reality of the situation is, he's a liar."
He additionally has a few eccentricities, for example, wanting to hunch as opposed to sit, consuming just sweet nourishments (like pastries, confections and soil grown foods) and holding things by utilizing just a thumb and a finger. He likewise has an irregular method for sitting, with both of his feet on the seat. He asserts that sitting like this enhances his analyst abilities. He is frequently seen organizing protests and eagerly stacking, or in different courses playing with, his staple sustenance things. L is quite often experienced while performing activities that are viewed as wrong or impolite in broad daylight. These activities/propensities incorporate gnawing fingernails, setting feet on furniture, slumping, biting with an open mouth, conversing with his mouth full, getting out individual perceptions that may annoy others, and so on.
In spite of the fact that he is frequently seen sitting and dormant, L holds a high sports capability. L stayed in England for five years, and amid that time he was the tennis champion in the England Junior Cup. He likewise has a talent for combative technique, which is showed in his concise battle with Light. In part 38 of the manga, L recommends that despite the fact that he consumes just sweet nourishments, he stays underweight in light of the fact that the mind utilizes the most calories of any organ in the body. He likewise says that on the off chance that he sits regularly, his thinking capacity would drop 40%. Interestingly in the manga, he is seen sitting on the floor in a stance like how one would think, while pondering the Kira case.
At the point when gotten some information about L's ethnicity, inventor of the series Tsugumi Ohba reacted "I consider him a quarter Japanese, a quarter English, a quarter Russian, a quarter French or Italian, in the same way as that". Ohba said that L is the most adroit character in the whole Death Note series on the grounds that "the plot obliges it". He included that he by and by perspectives L as "marginally malicious".