I don't even like Mello. He's my 2nd least favorite character from Death Note (his only redeeming quality is his compulsive chocolate eating). But I haven't seen any of the other anime on here so I went with him.

[Death Note spoiler talk below. If you see it I apologize, I just need to use them to make my point.]



I love Mello because of how complex he is. He isn't the successor, he can't compete with Near. But unlike Near he not just wanted to be the next L, he needed to be the next L. He isn't a genius like L and Near, probably was told he was a nobody. He must have felt more alone than any of them after L died, too me he showed the most hurt reaction to the news. He's the most lost soul, who just wanted to prove himself. I also look at his addiction to chocolate as a deep part of his character as well. My headcanon is that he was a bad smoker and maybe L or Matt told him it was going to be the death of him. So he switched to chocolate. I dunno, I just really love him. He doesn't deserve the hate he gets.

and Mirai.