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Which Death Note character is smarter, L, Kira, Near or Mello?
According to the official information book of Death note How To Read 13, Manga characters can be classified through five main qualities to be a criminal and detective. These are: Intelligence, Creativity, Initiative, Coldness and Social skills.
Below you can see the value of intelligence or IQ of 16 of the characters from the Death Note anime, with the other four parameters and ordered according to the average of their five characteristics.
The Most Intelligent Death Note Character – Top Characters
Is L Lawliet smarter than Kira (Light Yagami)?
Let's see the official information of some characters from the anime and manga provided by the creators of the Death Note manga, Tsugumi Ōba and Takeshi Obata.
10.- Higuchi (3rd Kira)
- Intelligence: 6
- Creativity: 4
- Initiative: 6
- Coldness: 4
- Social Skills: 6
The average we obtain is 5.2/10 and they also give us an extra piece of information, in contrast to Soichiro Yagami, revealing that his moral integrity is 3 out of 10.
10.- Aizawa
- Intelligence: 5
- Creativity: 5
- Initiative: 6
- Coldness: 5
- Social Skills: 5
The average we obtain is 5.2/10 and they also give us an extra piece of information, showing us that their passion for the work they do is 8 out of 10.
10.- Matsuda
- Intelligence: 4
- Creativity: 5
- Initiative: 6
- Coldness: 5
- Social Skills: 6
The average we obtain is 5.2/10 and they also give us an extra piece of information, confirming that their spontaneity is valued with a 10.
9.- Soichiro Yagami
- Intelligence: 6
- Creativity: 4
- Initiative: 8
- Coldness: 6
- Social Skills: 7
The average we obtain is 6.2/10 and they also give us an extra piece of information, revealing that their level of moral integrity is 10.
8.- Wedy
- Intelligence: 6
- Creativity: 7
- Initiative: 8
- Coldness: 6
- Social Skills: 6
The average we obtain is 6.6/10 and they also give us an extra piece of information, corresponding to their ability to sexually attract people, which is 10 out of 10.
8.- Kiyomi Takada (5th Kira)
- Intelligence: 7
- Creativity: 5
- Initiative: 6
- Coldness: 7
- Social Skills: 8
The average we obtain is 6.6/10 and they also give us an extra piece of information, rating its elegance with a 10 out of 10.
8.- Misa Amane (2nd Kira)
- Intelligence: 3
- Creativity: 4
- Initiative: 10
- Coldness: 6
- Social Skills: 10
Misa Amane obtains the lowest ranking of «the most intelligent character in Death Note«, his average is 6.6/10 and they also give us an extra piece of information, telling us that he has a charm of 10.
7.- Raye Penber
- Intelligence: 7
- Creativity: 6
- Initiative: 6
- Coldness: 7
- Social Skills: 8
The average we get is 6.8/10 and they also give us an extra piece of information: his ability as a spy is 4 out of 10.
6.- Mogi
- Intelligence: 6
- Creativity: 6
- Initiative: 8
- Coldness: 8
- Social Skills: 7
The average we obtain is 7/10 and they also give us an extra piece of information, which corresponds to their verbiage, valued at 1 out of 10.
5.- Nate River (Near)
- Intelligence: 9
- Creativity: 10
- Initiative: 6
- Coldness: 10
- Social Skills: 1
Near also ties with Light port for the position of «the most intelligent character in Death Note«, with an average of 7.2/10 and they also give us an extra piece of information, where they tell us that their skills for daily life are valued at 1 out of 10.
4.- Aiber
- Intelligence: 7
- Creativity: 6
- Initiative: 8
- Coldness: 6
- Social Skills: 10
The average we obtain is 7.4/10 and they also give us an extra piece of information, which corresponds to their skills when speaking and manipulating people, valued at a 10.
4.- Naomi Misora
- Intelligence: 7
- Creativity: 8
- Initiative: 7
- Coldness: 9
- Social Skills: 6
The average we get is 7.4/10 and they also give us an extra piece of information, almost like a little dark humor joke, telling us that their luck level is 1 out of 10.
3.- Mikami (X Kira)
- Intelligence: 8
- Creativity: 7
- Initiative: 8
- Coldness: 10
- Social Skills: 5
And tying with L for second place in «the most intelligent character in Death Note» is Mikami, with an average of 7.6/10 and they also give us an extra piece of information: his loyalty level is 10 out of 10.
3.- L Lawliet (L)
- Intelligence: 8
- Creativity: 10
- Initiative: 9
- Coldness: 10
- Social Skills: 1
L occupies second place in «the most intelligent character in Death Note«, with an average of 7.6/10 and they also give us an extra piece of information, telling us that their love for sweets is a 10, something that we all already knew.
2.-Mihael Keehl (Mello)
- Intelligence: 7
- Creativity: 7
- Initiative: 10
- Coldness: 8
- Social Skills: 9
The average we obtain is 8.2/10 and they also give us an extra piece of information, where they tell us that he suffers from Inferiority Complex classified as 8 out of 10.
1.- Light Yagami (Kira)
- Intelligence: 9
- Creativity: 10
- Initiative: 8
- Coldness: 10
- Social Skills: 10
Light Yagami is crowned as the most intelligent character in Death Note, and also the most suitable for the work of investigator/criminal, with an average of 9.4 out of 10. They also give us an extra piece of information, which corresponds to their acting skills, valued with a 10.
At the same time, it could be said that in this book there is a very important contradiction, since the manga scriptwriter, Oba Tsugumi, had previously commented that the most intelligent character in Death Note was l, which contradicts what is represented in the information book.
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