At first I didn't like Near, I hated the fact that he got to take down Light even though he only came in like 10 episodes before the ending how the hell does that even happen. Also because I loved Light that everyone that went against him were my hated characters. And the ending, I almost gave up anime (besides One Piece).. But I was like 12 back then so I didn't really know how characters worked. And it was the first time my favorite main character died -- I rarely like main characters -- so it was just a wreck for me. Re-watching it though, I think I've come to like L the same as Light, Light probably went a few ranks down because he just became so pathetic towards the end, I also started to like Near, I finally accepted him as L's successor or whatever despite being such a little kid, and Mello, I still don't know how to feel about this dude ugh. I like him but idk, his character was kinda blurry. My favorite character the most right now is Ryuk, LOL. And Misa, I always thought she was cute and was an amazing character but now I just saw her as like an extra, a com, but she's still great. I just realized how this is so evil and selfish and dark and everything, I never noticed before since I was really young when I first watched it but WoW. I also liked Rey Penber a lot, did he really deserve to die wtf, at least not like that ~A~ Light you idiot. And uhhh, oh yeah watari was also super cool. I don't know, I ended up liking everyone omg. Last time I remember crying from Light's death, but this time I only cried for his dad's... That was the saddest, and he died knowing lies until the end...
Uhm, I recommend the Japanese dub/Eng sub.
Kill la Kill is also so good, not what I was expecting but I loved it c:
