How does mello help near

Despite their rivalry, the two respected each other and would not have defeated their opponent if they did not work together. Fans loved L's quirky behavior. The ways he moved and spoke were characteristics that the orphans shared. While L frequently ate sugar, Mello always had a chocolate bar on hand, and Matt constantly played video games, Near was surrounded by toys that he would use to demonstrate his thoughts.

Unlike the other detectives, Near's toys had a lot of meaning and he thought carefully on what he did with each one. It would not take long for most of the members to be killed and Near became one of the four members remaining, with the other three being Rester, Lidner, and Gevanni.

The three of them were very useful to Near in uncovering Kira's identity. He was able to get the other members of the SPK to do anything he asked, no matter how difficult the task seemed. As the story progressed, he also got two of the task force's members, Mogi and Aizawa, to believe and join him in figuring out if Light was really Kira. Near was even able to convince Mello of helping him numerous times, putting their rivalry on hold to help each other avenge L.

Though he lacks social skills, he was able to rely on others when he truly needed them. While Aizawa and Mogi agreed to help Near, they also did not want to believe that Light was their enemy. However, when the truth came out, the members of the task force helped Near on other cases as shown at the end of the manga.

Though not all of the members were happy to join him , they were willing to put their differences aside and dedicate their lives to justice again. Mello was an incredibly smart yet emotional orphan from Wammy's House. He was quick to take actions, most of which impacted the other characters a lot. From kidnapping Sayu to destroying his own hideout, Mello would do anything that he had to in order to prove he was worthy to be L's true successor.

Though this would have been very interesting, the story would have had been quite different compared to the final product. While Mello had ambition like L, there was always one kid who seemed better than him at the orphanage.

Near was able to plan things far in advance and even used Mello to help him in his goals. Feeling inferior to Near, he never wanted to work with him and left Wammy's House once L died. Though Mello was smart enough to manipulate the mafia, get the notebook, and even outsmart Near at times, he always felt like he was in second place whenever his opponent made a move. While L loved sugar and Near enjoyed playing with toys, Mello constantly ate chocolate.

Every kid from Wammy's House had quirks and this was his most recognizable. When he first spoke to Soichiro, he purposely ate chocolate so Near would know that he got his hands on the notebook first. L must have been telling the truth when he said that eating sweets wouldn't raise his weight. When they learned that Kira killed L , Near and Mello chose to walk different paths in life. Near would go to the United States and become the leader of the SPK while Mello joined the mafia and became one of its most trusted members.

He may have played the part well, but Mello was only using his new comrades to get the notebook. They were simply the pawns that he was playing with in his game. Like the other kids at Wammy's House, Mello was given a fake name to hide his identity. Ratt keeps Mello informed of the SPK's plans.

When Takimura is killed, an action Mello recognizes as one of Kira's possible murders, Mello realizes that Kira potentially has access to police information. He then forces Soichiro to come to the USA and hand over the Death Note, which is placed in a missile that cannot be tracked by radar. The missile crashes into the ocean, and the Mafia are able to obtain the Death Note before the authorities can trace it.

During these events, Mello communicates with Soichiro while eating chocolate, a fact that is passed on to Near—Mello's intention being to show his rival that he has beaten him an obtained the Death Note first.

Shortly after, Mello has a member of the Mafia write down the names of almost every member of the SPK, not only to severely hinder Near's investigation and reduce the number of his resources, but also to kill the spy within the SPK should Near plan on getting to Mello through the spy. Mello again contacts Soichiro and threatens to use the Death Note to kill him and Sayu unless he passes on information, such as the real name of the current L, who is Soichiro's son Light Yagami. The Kira Task Force manages to gain a reprieve by telling Mello that the new L is Touta Matsuda but that he just acts on the instructions of the other members and is not the real brains of their operation.

Mello sees the Task Force as next to useless because of how little progress they have made since L's death and, recognizing that Matsuda is indeed not the person issuing orders, does not kill him.

Mello contacts the president, David Hoope , and blackmails him into granting Mello access to satellite surveillance, weapons, funds, and information on the SPK. After learning the SPK has narrowed his hideout to four locations, Mello moves. Meanwhile, the Shinigami Sidoh , who is the original owner of the Death Note Mello now possesses, also finds out Mello's location and is able to get there first.

Appearing before the Mafiosi, the monstrous Sidoh causes them to panic in horror. Only Mello stays calm and his cool attitude and hard stare unnerves even the Shinigami, and bargains with Sidoh, instructing him to guard the hideout in case of an attack by the SPK.

Sidoh reveals to Mello that two rules in the Death Note—including the one stating that the user dies unless he kills someone every thirteen days—are fake. Mello begins to theorize that Kira probably used that rule to fool the Japanese police into thinking he was innocent which is what happened. Light uses another Death Note to make Neylon mail him the Mafia's location. Taking advantage of Mello contacting the president, Light sends a US Army Special Forces team led by Yitzak Ghazanin to raid the Mafia hideout, but it is foiled when Sidoh helps Mello and his accomplices escape and all the US Army Special Forces team are killed except one, who later commits suicide after biting down on a cyanide pill hidden in his tooth.

The Mafia is tracked down again, however, and this time raided by the Kira Task Force led by Soichiro Yagami , who currently possesses Shinigami Eyes after making the eye deal with Ryuk. As the raid commences, all but two of the Mafia members die, which leads Mello to suspecting that Kira is behind the attack. He has the remaining two gangsters guard the notebook. However, the Task Force manage to capture them and regain the notebook. Mello reveals to the Task Force that he has the entire hideout rigged with explosive, which allows him to demand that the Task Force destroy the cameras on their helmets, drop their weapons, and have one of its members enter the room Mello is in while bringing a mask and the notebook, which leads to a tense showdown between Soichiro and Mello.

Although he has a Death Note and can see Mello's real name, Soichiro, a principled man and upstanding law officer, gives his enemy every opportunity to surrender, only to be shot at and fatally injured by another Mafiosi who was later shot by Touta Matsuda.

Shuichi Aizawa holds Mello at gunpoint, again demanding that he surrender, but Mello detonates the bombs, survives the explosion, and escapes. He is left badly scarred along the left side of his face above his mouth; the gas mask he was wearing at the time protected the rest of his face. Mello makes his way to New York where he hides out in the home of Halle Lidner , an SPK member, who keeps him up to date with Near's latest theories concerning the Kira case.

Lidner wants Kira captured and appears to believe that Mello and Near are both needed for this to happen, even if they fail to work together. Mello later forces his way into the SPK HQ while holding Lidner at gunpoint, intending to retrieve the one existing photograph of himself from Near. When Near states that Mello has actually been a big help in his own investigation, Mello becomes enraged and turns his gun on Near, saying that he isn't a tool Near can use to solve a puzzle.

Near is unfazed by being held at gunpoint and even goes so far as encouraging Mello to shoot him. Seriously tempted, Mello is talked into lowering his weapon by Lidner, who steps in front of the gun and warns him that shooting Near will only result in him being killed by the other SPK members, leaving Kira victorious since he would be rid of the only persons capable of matching him and bringing him down.

Mello receives his childhood photo from Near, which has "Dear Mello" written on the back. Near gives Mello the photograph. In return, Mello tells him about the Shinigami and the fake Death Note rules. As Mello leaves, each wryly promises the other that the race is on to see who finds Kira first.

This meeting between the two successors has a profound impact, as the information Near receives from Mello drastically sharpens Near's suspicion of Light Yagami. Thinking that Near and Mello are actually in league with each other, Mogi refuses to talk, but Near and Mello's subsequent conversation over the phone and other events lead Mogi and Aizawa to suspect that Light Yagami may be Kira after all, though they hesitate, since it is based on trusting Mello, a sworn enemy, and his claims about the fake rules.

Aizawa eventually meets Near and reveals more information regarding the Death Note. Near gets Lidner to pass this info on to Mello, except for the fact that he has now identified Light Yagami as the new L and the prime suspect for Kira.

Mello has now been joined by Matt , another boy from Wammy's House. Based on the information passed on by Lidner, Mello guesses that Misa is the Second Kira , though she strikes him as so feather-brained that it is hard to believe Kira ever willingly employed her.

However, he also concludes for himself that her boyfriend, Light Yagami, is L. Misa and the Task Force return to Japan where the police detectives intend to investigate Kiyomi Takada , a TV presenter who has been made Kira's new spokesperson. Mello and Matt follow them and continue to track Misa and Mogi. Mello had originally planned to take the Death Note from Misa but decides not to, concluding that she is not the Second Kira anymore.

At this stage in the manga, Mello and Matt's movements are unknown. The next eleven chapters, which cover a period of almost two months, focus on Light Yagami's meetings with Takada and the SPK's investigation of Teru Mikami , who has been entrusted with a Death Note and continues the killings under Light's distant supervision. Lidner informs Mello of Near's plan to expose and capture Kira. Timing is essential, and there are only a few days to go before the plan is implemented.