Watch what comes next. Mellow was stupid because he would've succeeded L. (L, M, N/ L, Mellow, Near) I finished Death Note. Near is just a douche who pretty much took L's hard-worked-for results and pretty much pinned Light. L found out everything from scratch and just about beat Light, who cheated using Rem. So in the end L won the battle of wits with no help, whilst Light got cornered by L's idea to test the 13 day rule, and executed the final move on L. L left Light with his guard down, and Light's ignorance and over-confidence was his downfall. Plus Mello pretty much completely aided Near's investigation. So it really pissed me off when he said him and Mello suceeded L. If Near was put in L's situation in the beginning Near wouldn't have been able to do it. Actually the 3rd Kira (That lawyer guy) screwed up by killing Takada and Mello in the fire. Because he did that, Near found out he was using the notebook and replaced it with a fake, then Light did something stupid and instead of hitting the deck with everyone else he shouted out "IT'S MY WIN!!!!". What surprised me is that 6 people knew when he was going to die but none bothered to tell him he wasn't going to live long. Ryuk, Rem, 3rd Shinigami guy, Misa, Light's dad, and the Lawyer guy all had the ability to see people's names and death dates. The only ones who actually knew when he was going to die were Ryuk and Rem. Correct me if I'm wrong here, but anyone with the Shinigami eyes can't see the death dates of themselves or anyone else possesing a Death Note. That's how Misa was able to spot Light out of the crowd when he went to that city with his friends and Matsuda. That eliminates anyone with the Shinigami eyes, which is Misa, Mikami (Light's 'apprentice'), and Light's father. I'm pretty sure I remember hearing that Shinigami's aren't allowed to disclose the information about a person's death date (including the owner's) to the owner of the Death Note. I'm assuming this would be because they want to persuade the owner into making the deal for the Shinigami eyes. Therefore Ryuk and Rem stayed silent. Plus, Light actually was going to live much longer after being discovered...in jail of course. Hence why Ryuk killed him pre-maturely- he's not a patient guy, that Ryuk. Man I need to re-watch this show...