Misa Amane

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Misa Amane is a female anime and manga character who features in Death Note.

Biography

Misa Amane in Death Note v1 #4.

Misa Amane (Japanese: 弥 海砂, Hepburn: Amane Misa)

A year ago, Misa witnessed the murder of her family during an attempted home robbery. The trial against her parents' murderer continued over a long stretch of time, during which opinions that he was falsely accused began to surface. After he was killed by Kira, Misa felt justice had been served, prompting her to become a loyal Kira supporter. One night, shortly after beginning her modeling career, Misa met an obsessed, knife-wielding stalker. He confessed his feelings to Misa, but upon her rejection, he attacked and attempted to kill her. A Shinigami named Gelus, who had been watching Misa from the Shinigami Realm and had fallen in love with her, wrote down the name of her stalker and killed him, ultimately saving Misa's life. Since Shinigami are meant to shorten human lifespans and not extend them, Gelus himself died, turning to dust and leaving behind only his Death Note. Since Misa was meant to die, but was saved by Gelus, her lifespan was ultimately extended in the process. Another Shinigami, Rem, witnessed the sacrifice and decided that Gelus' notebook should belong to Misa in accordance with Gelus' wishes. After giving Misa the Death Note, Rem was obligated to stay with her (as Ryuk is with Light), and Rem eventually develops feelings for her over time as Gelus did. In the hope of meeting and thanking Kira for avenging her parents, Misa made the eye deal with Rem, she uses this ability to track down Light Yagami.

Misa then planned on making videotapes in order to get Kira's attention, so she has a friend of hers prepare the tapes so as to ensure that her fingerprints would not be on the tapes. She sent four tapes to Sakura TV, and the station reports live that they have received the tapes four days later. He reports that the first tape contains a voice recording which predicted the death of two arrested criminals. That night, the criminals both die of heart failure at 7:00 pm. The host states that since only Kira could perform such an act, they were sure that the tapes are from Kira. He also states that they were told to broadcast the second tape at 5:59 pm, and that they had not watched the tape themselves. The broadcast begins and is viewed by the Japanese Task Force. A voice stated "I am Kira" and kills a news anchor at the time the voice promised. The voice recording says that one death is surely not enough to prove that they are Kira, so they will sacrifice another commentator from Taiyou TV for speaking against Kira as well. As the broadcast continues, the voice says that they do not wish to kill innocent people and that the police do not have to be considered enemies, and that Kira's goal is to create a world without crime. 'Kira' continued by stating that even if you disagree with Kira, as long as you do not go against Kira in public, you will not be killed. Ukita arrives at Sakura TV station, before Misa kills him. Soichiro Yagami drives a bus through the front doors of the Sakura TV station. "Kira" continues by asking the police to give an answer four days from now, on April 22 if they will help Kira create a better world, and that 'Kira' had tapes to be aired at 6 pm of the same day in response to their answer. Soichiro exits the vehicle with his jacket covering the area around his face, and threatens Demegawa for the original tapes and the copies. As the Task Force watches the broadcasts, Sakura TV's broadcast is cut while two other stations continue to report on the incident happening in front of Sakura TV station. L calls Vice-Director Kitamura and Soichiro, and arranges for a large number of police officers to block Soichiro from Kira's view using their bodies and armored police vehicles as cover. NHN reported that the police had taken a stance against Kira.

The next day the Task Force arrives at headquarters, and L explained that tapes three and four had arrived with instructions. If the police agreed to work with Kira, tape number three should be aired; if they did not, tape number four should be aired. The third tape contains details of the agreement, saying that the police are to release all details of criminals so that Kira can deal judgment unto them. To seal the agreement, those in the upper ranks of the police along with L must reveal their identities. The fourth tape is more or less the same, although it is worded differently. L tells the Task Force to inform Sakura TV that they can air the fourth tape. On April 22, the tape is aired. "Kira" states that if criminal reports stop, Kira will kill police officers and reporters, and then demands that the life of someone in charge of the Kira investigation be handed over—the Director's or L's. "Kira" says to choose one and reveal them in four days and that, because Kira knows the Directors face, there are no special requirements; however if they should choose L, he must appear on Sakura TV's 6 o'clock news and give a ten-minute speech. "Kira" says that he or she will decide if the person on the news is L, and if Kira decides that he isn't, Kira will take the lives of several police officers as compensation. "Kira" says to be truthful as Kira does not wish to kill those who have not sinned, and to think carefully over the next four days.

Meanwhile, Light Yagami and Ryuk watch the broadcast, amused, while Light decides to find a way to contact and subsequently manipulate the new Kira without revealing his own identity. On April 24th, Soichiro Yagami informs L that the ICPO has decided that the detective should appear on TV. L also deduces that this is the work of a second Kira. L says that catching one Kira could definitely lead to clues about the other. He then says that a battle has begun between them and Kira to find the Second Kira first, and that there is a chance that they will uncover the real Kira in the process. Meanwhile, Rem asks Misa if it's a good idea to not use the Death Note for herself, and Misa says that she is using it for herself; she wants to meet Kira, talk to him and find out what kind of person he is. Misa explains that she moved here to live by herself and sent the tapes to the TV station so she could catch Kira's attention. She tells Rem that Kira must be interested in her by now, and could want to meet her as much as she wants to meet him. Rem says that Misa is playing a dangerous game and could get killed, and Misa replies that it will be fine as Kira is probably nice to girls, and she has the Shinigami Eyes and therefore, the upper hand. L has Light join the Task Force, then they forge a response, posing as the real Kira. As it is broadcasted, Misa watches with excitement from her bedroom, and says she has some back-up tapes that she saved and is going to dub the sound over them. Rem asks her what she plans to do, and Misa says that she is going to reply to Kira, and then wonders what she's going to say to him. Sometime later, Misa forms a response herself, which mention Shinigami. She takes advantage of this mention in her next entry, a diary, where she mentions Shinigami at a big sports event, which is meant to throw off the investigation. However, the main part of the message is "My friend and I showed off our notebooks in Aoyama," successfully prompting Light as Kira to go to Aoyama, where a disguised Misa notices his lifespan is absent meaning that he owns a Death Note, and concludes he was Kira, while falling in love with him instantly.

After finding out his address by purchasing the information, Misa arrives at Light's house, telling his mother and sister that she has his notebook. When she is in private with him, she explains what has happened, and asks to be his girlfriend and partner in crime, admitting that she wouldn't even mind if he simply uses her. Light agrees, intending to use her for her Shinigami Eyes, which would help kill L. Light tells her to make a new tape which would make it seem like the first and second Kiras still had not allied or met yet. Light explains to her that he'll have to date a bunch of other girlfriends in order to mask suspicion, but Misa protests, saying she'll kill the girls. Light threatens her, but, in turn, Rem says that should Misa die, Rem would assume it's Light and kill him instantly. Light instructs Misa to not meet him until two weeks later. However, not too long after, Misa impulsively arrives at his home against his wishes. Light takes advantage of this as well as Rem threatening to kill Light should Misa die by swaying Rem into killing L, ensuring her that Misa would be happy. Light uses Misa's second cell phone to use for emergencies, and he kisses her. Misa meets Light on campus, seeing L for the first time as well as his name. Soon after, she spawns a crowd, where her phone gets stolen by L, and is taken away. She is then captured by L under suspicion of being the second Kira. The Task Force found several pieces of evidence in her apartment: stamps like the ones used to mail the Kira tapes to Sakura TV, a pen with the same ink, and a notebook with paper like the paper sent with the tapes. They also found receipts for train tickets from Nagano and Tokyo, as well as flower pollen from flowers that grew in the area Misa previously lived in. Misa is put into confinement, unable to move her body or see due to L's restraints. Because Misa refuses to talk, L tells Watari to do everything possible to make her, and to even resort to torture if necessary. Misa eventually asks Rem to kill her. L and the others watching, who are unable to see Rem since they had not touched Misa's Death Note, believe Misa is talking to them. As an alternate solution, Rem eventually convinces Misa, who had originally refused, not wanting to forget her love for Light, to give up ownership of the Death Note. Rem assures Misa that her feelings for Light Yagami will not go away and that she will simply forget that Light is Kira. Misa gives up ownership of her Death Note, causing Misa to lose all of her memories of the Death Note, being the Second Kira, and having met the Kira. After losing her memories, and thus forth not sure as to how she got into her situation in the first place, she assumes that a stalker fan of her modeling work has kidnapped her, and starts to talk aloud to convince "the stalker" to let her go. L and the Task Force think she is playing dumb, but eventually conclude that it is not an act.

Overview

Personality and attributes

In appearance, Misa Amane was a short, slender, attractive young woman with long, straight, golden-blonde hair, most commonly styled with a portion of her hair in pigtails tied with red bands, but occasionally worn loose as well.

She is very careless in her acts as the Second Kira, which leads to her being arrested and put in confinement. As she likely didn't know the Death Note could manipulate victims, she mailed the Kira tapes herself but failed to remove her fingerprints and left easily-found DNA on the envelopes. She also completely ignored Light's order to stay away from him (as he was already suspected of being Kira) and thus was seen in his company — narrowing down L's suspicions as to who was the Second Kira.

Despite her typically cheerful personality, Misa has been mentally afflicted by seeing her parents murdered right before her eyes. It is unclear how much the trauma has affected Misa psychologically, but in the films, Rem indicates that Misa went through a deep depression immediately after she discovered the murderer was acquitted of the crime. After the murderer is later killed by Kira, Misa is incredibly grateful, and her intense appreciation and hero-worship initially fuels her actions as the Second Kira. After she becomes emotionally attached to Light, her behavior is strongly motivated by love.

Misa is very reckless with life, both her own and others. She has few qualms about twice halving her lifespan in order to get the Shinigami Eyes which she uses to kill innocent people in order to get her way. These include news broadcasters who were critical of Kira and policemen who meddle with her plan to meet Kira.

Powers and abilities

Misa Amane was born an ordinary human being with no inherent special abilities.

This changed upon her contact with a Shinigami (死神, Shinigami, lit. "god(s) of death" or "death god(s)") which in her case was Rem (レム, Remu). It was this encounter that allowed Amane to gain access to a Death Note. Gelus's notebook is black with "arvc-5" written in white on the front. The inside of the notebook contains white, ruled pages.

Note

• Misa Amane was created by Tsugumi Ohba and Takeshi Obata where she featured in the setting of the Death Note universe.

In other media

Television

Films

Appearances

• Death Note:

External Links

• Death Note Wiki Entry
• Wikipedia Entry

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