is this a joke? now i luv my Nate alot but L is much much much smarter than he is...u need proof? watch the anime...read the manga it took L less than a year 2 get as far as he did...took near wat 6 years? sowwy Nate...L is smarter. I luv them both tho
How insulting to L-sama. Near is smart, yes, but remember that he was going off of all of the evidence that L-sama had already uncovered. Say that Near had been L in the beginning (swap L-sama and Near). I honestly don't think that Near could figure out all that L-sama did.
Sorry for those who like Near, but I kind of hate him. :/ People always admired his intelligence and ignored Mello-san's (I can identify with Mello-san; being awesome in your own right, but no one ever notices you in the shadow of someone you who's considered 'awesomer'), he took all the glory in the end when (in my opinion) it was L-sama and Mello-san who did all the work and REALLY solved the case and both of them died to do so, and now, as people think he's smarter than L-sama.
Any fan of the Death Note series and of L should be interested in fact based answers. If that's true, it's confusing me why everyone seems to be ignoring the facts.
If we're talking about ONLY intelligence, which this question obviously is, Near is smarter than L.
It's not an opinion, I don't have to name reasons, it's just a plain fact.
Read Volume 13. Ohba provides a chart that shows different aspects of each character's abilities, and Near's intelligence is higher than L's.
If you want to take other things into account to prove that L is a better detective than Near, that's fine. But this question is asking about intelligence.
Near is just a little too small to be compared with L. I mean L has far more experience compared to Near. Comparatively near is a little inexperienced. i think this is the end of the discussion.
