Mello

Special Provision for Kira:

* Near (friendly rival)
* Halle Lidner

L Lawliet (mentor)

### Goals

Beat Near (failed). Defeat Kira to avenge L (posthumously succeeded with the help of Near).

### Heroic Achievements

Playing the most pivota role in exposing Light Yagami as Kira.
Capturing Kiyomi Takada to derail Kira's plans.

### Type of GH

Envious Detective

**Mihael Keehl**, also known as **Mello**, is a secondary antagonist of the second part of the *Death Note* anime/manga series. He used to be a student of Wammy's House, having a strong rivalry with Near, before leaving his past life to become a member of a Mafia. Upon joining the Mafia, Mello works to capture and expose Kira by using methods that will force Kira to be pushed into a corner.

## What Makes Him a Guile Hero?

* He lived in Wammy's House to be trained in becoming an intelligent successor for L Lawliet.
* Teaming up with the Mafia, believing the option to be more efficient in finding Kira's true identity, rather than work with Near and give him the possibility of winning their personal rivalry.
* Kidnapping Sayu Yagami and using her as a hostage to force the Japanese Task Force into giving him their Death Note.
* Upon obtaining the Death Note, Mello and his Mafia gang have the Death Note be placed in a missile, so it would be transported to another location without the government finding it.
* Attempted to blackmailed Soichiro Yagami into telling him the new identity of the new L, but seeing that the Japanese Task Force had instead lied to him on L's identity, he doesn't bother to kill Soichiro and the Japanese Task Force due to the incompetence they had shown.
* Blackmailing the president, David Hoope, into revealing him information related about the SPK.
* Instructing the Shinigami, Sidoh, into keeping an eye for any potential attack, so that the Mafia is safe.
* Was able to use Sidoh's knowledge of the Death Note to infer on how Kira proved their innocence to the Japanese Task Force.
* With the Japanese Task Force raiding his Mafia gang, Mello takes the Death Note from Rod Ross' corpse, before it is eventually taken by the Japanese Task Force.
* Since Soichiro hesitated to shoot him, Mello takes the chance to have one of his gang members shoot down Soichiro and then detonate an explosion to destroy the Mafia base, so he could escape the Japanese Task Force.
* Using Halle Lidner to lead him into the SPK's base of operations.
* Sharing information and teaming up with Near to capture Kira.
* He and Matt attached hidden cameras inside Misa Amane's room to find evidence that she is the second Kira.
* Has Matt stage an attack near Kiyomi Takada, so that the latter may be tricked into coming with him to be protected.
	+ Once he has Takada near him, he has her be handcuffed to prevent her from escaping.
* He has Takada strip in front of him as a way to make sure she doesn't have any hidden Death Note papers under her clothes.
	+ Mello nearly succeeded in securing his safety with his tactic, but he ultimately died, due to Takada using the towel he gave her as a way to secretly write on a hidden Death Note paper.
* Despite dying, he was able to play a major role in having Kira be exposed by Near, with the latter thanking him for his help.

## External Links

* Mello on the Heroes Wiki
* Mello on the Inconsistently Admirable Wiki
* Mello on the Villains Wiki
* Mello on the Death Note Wiki

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