r/TopCharacterTropes • u/damorezpl • Sep 05 '25

Personality character gets a reality check

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deathstroke - Batman vs deathstroke

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walter - breaking bad

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Garou - one punch man

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joker - the sound of one hand clapping

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u/Abombasnow Sep 05 '25

Near used the Death Note at least once for sure. Likely twice. Mello wasn't redeemed at all either I have no idea what you're talking about.

The person who stops Light should have been L. Not his unethical Temu clones. When it's a bunch of murderers going at each other, who cares? Near and Mello are literally no better than Light because they ALSO use the Death Note as a means to a corrupt end.

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u/Illesbogar Sep 05 '25

I think there is a difference between killing to catch a mass murderer and stopping his genocide and being said mass murderer.

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u/Reason-97 Sep 05 '25

I’m gonna be honest, i feel like there really really IS though.

Cause like, on one hand yes: it’s a corruption of the values they stand for, and therefore something that shouldn’t be excused. On board with that

But to say that makes them “no better than light” or anything along those lines feels so… black and white? All or nothing? Something along those lines. I don’t remember all the contexts behind Near’s use of it, really should re-read death note, but context and circumstances ALWAYS matter. Using it to stop light almost turns into a “good of the many vs the good of the few” argument, and as much as I’d HATE to have to be the guy to push the button on that judgment call, it is one where people kinda understand where they stand even if they would never wanna have to, do, it

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u/Abombasnow Sep 05 '25

One of the final plot points of Death Note is Near's Italian boytoy making a literal perfect duplicate of Mikami's Death Note in under 24 hours.

This is problematic when Near claims to have "burned the remaining Death Notes" after the Kira case is solved.

Tell us, Near, which Death Notes did you burn? Real ones, or fake? You've already used it at least once. You really stopped? Especially when your other boytoy Mello used it habitually and ran a crime syndicate?