Think it was late 2010. Yeah... little late I know since the anime came out way before.
I remember seeing pictures of him and everyone going crazy over him. Years later, I saw the anime and that's when I thought... Hey! He's that cute guy I remember from before. I had this feeling he was going be my favourite and couldn't wait for him to appear on the screen. When he fainally did I was thinking how cool he is and as the anime went on I got more and more attached to his character. I got the manga half way though, saw the live action movie and before y'know it, I was a huge fan. :)
Well..... late! About 2009-ish. I became his fan on his first apearence. Not when you saw his face but during that meeting thing in ep. 2. I LOVED him when that happened. I was like "HE'S AWESOME!!!! OH GOD PLEASE BE HOT!!!!!". so when i saw his face....sparks were flying! FLYING!!!! FLYING I SAY!!!!!!
When I started watching Death Note. At first, when I just saw his pictures, I thought he was ugly and creepy. When I started watching the series, I instantly fell in love with him and the cute little bags under his eyes and how cute he acts~!
WHEN I SAW HIS FACE! He is sooo hot and then he's a detective and the best one in the world in the anime and he loves sweets, we also have alot in common but i dont think U wanna hear all those things!
I Became an L fan when I read my first Death Note Manga (Volume 3) and saw what type of character he was really and how he isn't what you call stereotypical,he's one of a kind and basically at first glace I really liked him!
For me, I saw the live action movie first so it was pretty much the first time we saw him. In the manga, it happened gradually as I began to see the cute comic asides happen, but I fell hardest when he called Light his first friend.
funny story actually. i was 12 years old and going through the emo guy faze and my older sister and i were looking for something to watch on tv and found death note and i loved him cos i thought he was emo XD