Wouldn't it have been risky for L to reveal himself to Light if Light wasn't actually Kira, and he just gave away his secret identity to someone unrelated to the case?

>>279890783 (OP)
its all a game to him. his main goal is not being bored.

>>279890783 (OP)
Way less risk than if Light WAS Kira.

>>279890783 (OP)
random person claiming to be L is less likely to be true, more of a prank to confuse Light

>>279890783 (OP)
why did the fuck did the author ended up claiming that L's real first name was L? who the fuck is given a single letter as a name?

Someone unrelated to the case wouldn't know or care who L is

>>279894097
Would have been funny to see Light's reaction to reading L's full name on Rem's death note
idk why the author omitted that

>>279894097
My name is P.

>>279894192
It's not like it would've mattered. He had no way of knowing his second name was Lawliet.

>>279890783 (OP)
A: He was already pretty sure Light was Kira and he's the type to double down on his hunches rather than question himself. B: If Light isn't Kira, worst case scenario? Light tries to tell people some flumpy emo dude at his campus is L and everyone laughs at him. C: Revealing himself made himself basically unassailable because if he falls over shortly after this, it puts all suspicion on Light.

>>279894097
>>279894192
Didn't the author say that he intentionally gave all the characters weird names so that he wouldn't creep out any readers who could otherwise end up reading their own names written down? Maybe that's just an ordinary name in the canon.

>>279894097
In romaji it is written Eru, which sounds more like a complete proper name rather than just a letter. It doesn't make any sense either i know, since he's supposed to be from England iirc.

>>279890783 (OP)
Light wasn't unrelated. L was already working with his father.

>>279895116
Are he and watari ethnically japanese, surely light would have commented that they're white people.

>>279895444
L is 1/4th japanese, but the designer said he tried to make him look brittish.

>>279895444
Why would he do that? He may be an egocentric maniac serial killer but he's NOT a racist.

>>279895475
Interesting, how does he look british to japanese people? Coming from someone who's english he's more japanese looking than anyone else in the anime, at least.

>>279890783 (OP)
No, because Light is a smart honor student and has a father in law enforcement. He is a person of good morals, and if he isn't Kira, he could be trusted to keep the secret of L's identity.

>>279895589
I'm pretty sure he was based off of Goth, which is a British thing.

>>279895116
Maybe his parents were big Tolkien nerds

>>279894097
>>279895116
I know that "Eli" is a real male name and its pronunciation in some languages sounds like L for them. Some maybe the pronunciation is Eli Lawliet.

>>279890783 (OP)
well good question, but a better question would be what would happen if L found the death note instead of Light ? will he just toss it away ?
here where it is interesting, the entirety of the show is focused on morality not on smart tactics

>>279896490
he didn't mind setting up a criminal to die so he'd probably test it

>>279896490
He would probably try to play some games with the shinigami, and die because they're fickle like that.

>>279895444
In anime, everyone on the planet is japanese, unless they're from Ryukyu or the most comically outrageous black minstrel character and that's the way it should be