Nate River

Nate River, also known as Near, N and L, is one of the main characters from the Death Note series.
== Charactah Account ==
A detective presented as very similar to L. Characterized by the contrast of his mature conversation with his childlike playing with toys, he runs the SPK, a force from the USA specially designed to unmask Kira. He suspects Light to be Kira and periodically makes life difficult for him both unwittingly and wittingly- the former by reminding Light of L through the style of his speech and analytical skills and the latter by sowing seeds of doubt amongst the Task Force to make some of them suspect Light as well. He soon comes to suspect Mikami and Takada to have something to do with Kira as well.
Near is very intelligent, although his childish appearance and demeanor can cause others, such as David Hoope, to question his abilities. He has an obsession with solving complex problems and views an investigation as solving a puzzle. He is highly observational and was once seen piecing together a puzzle that was almost entirely colored white. He is proficient when it comes to multitasking and is able to monitor multiple computer screens at once. Near also appears to be ambidextrous, playing darts with his left hand and stacking dice with his right.
Despite his genius abilities, Near has a low social knowledge and is bad at interacting with others. As stated in Death Note 13: How to Read, "he is only able to display his true deductive powers when he has the support of his members." The book also states that Near is distant from people because he is sensitive. Near is rather codependent, as seen when he asks Rester to accompany him on his flight to Japan due to having never flown alone.
== Appearance ==
=== Anime ===
* Death Note
* Death Note: Rewrite
=== Light Novels ===
* L Change the WorLd
=== Manga ===
* Death Note
* Death Note One Shot
* Death Note: Special One-Shot
=== Video Games ===
* Death Note: Kira Game
* Death Note: Successors to L
* Jumputi Heroes
* Othellonia
== Trivia ==
* At the end of the manga, Near is shown eating chocolate in homage to Mello.
* Near's tendency to smile whenever he gets something right was used as a foreshadow in the final episode. Unbeknownst to Light, Near's smile during his direct confrontation with Light was used to indicate that he was able to see Ryuk and thus prove to himself that Light was Kira.
* Near was one of the Death Note characters made into Nendoroid figures, but he was only made into a Nendoroid petite. Light, L, Misa, and Ryuk were the only characters made into the primary Nendoroid figures, but they were also made into Nendoroid petites.
* In the Italian version, when referred to as "N," rather than using the letter "N" to spell his name, the phonetic spelling "Enne" is used.
* If one observes Near's Insignia carefully enough, they may find the letters, "N", "A", "T", and "E" hidden in it, which spells "Nate", his real name.
== Gallery ==
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== External Links ==
* Near at Death Note Wiki
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