i've done some cleanup adding a mention of l as the series' main antagonist to the lead i can't agree that the episode count is insignificant given that what we're dealing with is how prominent the characters are to the story more than that i can't agree that l is absent from the second arc yes he's dead he's not physically present but the characters refer to him constantly his influence pervades the arc as is shown by numerous quotes and so on it's like saying jesus has no relevance to paul's epistles because he was dead at the time