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"Yep, but… to me, Calorie-free is more of import than the globe."

— Misa Amane ("Affiliate 30")

Misa Amane (弥海砂, Amane Misa) is an up-and-coming model, extra, and supporter of Kira who eventually becomes the 2nd Kira. After gaining a Death Note, she seeks out Kira in lodge to thank him for killing the man who murdered her family and to offer him her assist. Having fabricated the trade for the Shinigami Optics, Misa learns that the identity of Kira is Light Yagami. After a meeting with Light, she decides to dedicate her life to helping Light withal she can, and becomes adamant to employ her optics to uncover L's real proper name.

1 Appearance
2 Character
iii History
4 Plot
5 In other media
- 5.i Moving picture serial
  - v.1.1 Conception of Misa in the films
- five.two Novel
- five.3 Television drama
- 5.iv Musical
- v.v 2017 Netflix film
6 Conception
- 6.1 Overview
- 6.two Character design
7 Trivia
8 Quotes
ix Themes
10 References

Appearance

Misa is a short, slender, bonny young woman with long, direct, golden-blonde hair, about commonly styled with a portion of her hair in pigtails tied with cerise bands, merely occasionally worn loose likewise. In the anime, it seems that she was a brunette at 1 signal.^[4] In the manga, her eyes are predominantly calorie-free brown; however, they accept too been shown as light-green. She also often wears bluish contact lenses. In the games, her eyes are normally light dark-brown but have besides been seen every bit pink. Misa also appears to have black hair in the flick, which she was wearing in pigtails throughout the film.

Misa frequently dresses in a Gothic and Punk fashion, though noticeably less after the fourth dimension skip. She also typically paints her nails vivid ruddy or nighttime imperial and wears bright scarlet lipstick.

Misa tends to article of clothing cross jewelry, though the crosses were changed to "fleurs-de-lis" in the anime adaptations (nigh notably on the Misa finger boob). Despite this, Misa is depicted with a cantankerous in the commencement anime opening and in her model sheet image in the liner notes of the third anime soundtrack. She also has a cross on the collector's effigy included with volume 5 of the DVD sets.

Graphic symbol

Misa is very outgoing and is shown to be quite popular due to her career. She attracts a large oversupply while visiting Light near his school.^[5] She is hyperactive, impulsive, and otherwise childlike, evidenced by her tendency to speak in the third person. Despite being considered idiotic by many, Misa is shown to have moments of intelligence, such as when she successfully tricks Kyosuke Higuchi into revealing himself to be the Yotsuba Kira.^[6] However, Misa possesses the shinigami eyes, which allow her to see a person's name and lifespan in a higher place their head, making it much easier to kill people with the Death Note. She is very careless in her acts equally the Second Kira, which leads to her being arrested and put in confinement on suspicion that she is is the second Kira. As she likely didn't know the Expiry Note could manipulate victims, and thus mailed the tapes herself; failed to ensure in that location was no DNA on the envelopes she sent the tapes in; completely ignored Calorie-free's guild to stay abroad (as he was already suspected of being Kira) as he predicted 50 was having him followed.

Although she is mostly nice to those she meets, she tin can also be quite cruel: she tells Light that she would impale any other girls he dates,^[7] despite said girls being function of his plan to appear as a normal swain to the investigators and deflect suspicion from himself and Misa.

Despite her typically cheerful personality, Misa has been mentally afflicted past seeing her parents murdered right earlier her optics. It is unclear how much the trauma has afflicted Misa psychologically, just in the films, Rem indicates that Misa went through a deep low immediately later on she discovered the murderer was acquitted of the crime. Later the murderer is later killed past Kira, Misa is incredibly grateful, and her intense appreciation and hero-worship initially fuels her deportment equally the 2nd Kira. Later she becomes emotionally attached to Light, her behavior is strongly motivated by love.

Calorie-free Yagami is an of import figure in Misa's life, and she often comments on him being then, often declaring her love for him despite footling reciprocation. She is faithful to Light to the point of refusing to perform a buss with beau histrion Hideki Ryuga while making a film out of her fidelity. After losing her memories of the Expiry Annotation for the first time, she even decides to help catch Kira, whom she views as the avenger of her family, for Light (who has joined the Task Force for the investigation of Kira case and besides creating an alibi for yourself).

History

A year before the start of the serial, Misa witnessed the murder of her family unit during an attempted habitation robbery. The trial against her parents' murderer connected over a long stretch of time, during which opinions that he was falsely accused began to surface. Afterwards he was killed by Kira, Misa felt justice had been served, prompting her to get a loyal Kira supporter.

One night, presently 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'due south life.

Since Shinigami are meant to shorten human being lifespans and not extend them, Gelus himself died, turning to dust and leaving behind only his Death Note. Since Misa was meant to dice, but was saved past Gelus, her lifespan was ultimately extended in the process. Some other Shinigami, Rem, witnessed the sacrifice and decided that Gelus' notebook should belong to Misa in accordance with Gelus' wishes. Later giving Misa the Expiry Note, Rem was obligated to stay with her (equally Ryuk is with Light), and Rem eventually develops feelings for her over fourth dimension as Gelus did. In the hope of meeting and thanking Kira for avenging her parents, Misa made the centre deal with Rem, she uses this power to track down Light Yagami.

Plot

Misa plans on making videotapes in order to become Kira's attention, so she has a friend of hers prepare the tapes and then as to ensure that her fingerprints won't be on the tapes.

She sends 4 tapes to Sakura Boob tube, and the station reports live that they have received the tapes four days afterwards. 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 vii:00 pm. The host states that since only Kira could perform such an human action, they were sure that the tapes are from Kira. He also states that they were told to broadcast the 2d tape at 5:59 pm, and that they had non watched the record themselves. The circulate begins and is viewed by the Japanese Task Force. A voice states "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 volition cede another commentator from Taiyou Television for speaking against Kira likewise. Equally the broadcast continues, the vocalism says that they do not wish to impale innocent people and that the law practise not have to be considered enemies, and that Kira'southward goal is to create a earth without crime. "Kira" continues by stating that even if you lot disagree with Kira, as long as you practice not go confronting Kira in public, you will non be killed.

Ukita arrives at Sakura TV station, earlier Misa kills him.

Soichiro Yagami drives a passenger vehicle through the front doors of the Sakura Television set station. "Kira" continues by asking the police to give an respond four days from now, on Apr 22 if they will help Kira create a better globe, and that "Kira" has tapes to exist aired at half-dozen pm of the aforementioned 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.

Every bit 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 Goggle box station. L calls Vice-Director Kitamura and Soichiro, and arranges for a large number of police force officers to block Soichiro from Kira's view using their bodies and armored police vehicles as cover. NHN reports that the law accept taken a stance against Kira.

The next solar day the Task Force arrives at headquarters, and 50 explains that tapes three and four had arrived with instructions. If the police agreed to piece of work with Kira, tape number 3 should be aired; if they did not, tape number four should be aired. The third record 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 aforementioned, although it is worded differently. L tells the Job Forcefulness to inform Sakura TV that they tin can air the 4th record. On April 22, the tape is aired. "Kira" states that if criminal reports stop, Kira will impale police officers and reporters, and so demands that the life of someone in charge of the Kira investigation be handed over—the Director's or L'south. "Kira" says to choose one and reveal them in 4 days and that, because Kira knows the Directors face, there are no special requirements; however if they should choose Fifty, he must appear on Sakura Television set'southward half-dozen 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 every bit 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 style to contact and later dispense the new Kira without revealing his own identity.

On April 24th, Soichiro Yagami informs Fifty that the ICPO has decided that the detective should appear on TV. L also deduces that this is the work of a second Kira.

Fifty says that catching 1 Kira could definitely lead to clues about the other. He so says that a battle has begun betwixt them and Kira to find the Second Kira get-go, and that there is a gamble that they will uncover the real Kira in the process.

Misa's beginning appearance in which she discusses her actions and Kira with Rem

Meanwhile, Rem asks Misa if it'southward a good idea to not use the Decease 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 hither to live by herself and sent the tapes to the Goggle box station then she could catch Kira's attention. She tells Rem that Kira must be interested in her by now, and could want to run into her as much equally she wants to run into him. Rem says that Misa is playing a dangerous game and could get killed, and Misa replies that information technology will be fine as Kira is probably squeamish to girls, and she has the Shinigami Eyes and therefore, the upper manus.

L has Light bring together the Job 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 audio over them. Rem asks her what she plans to practise, and Misa says that she is going to respond to Kira, and so 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 side by side entry, a diary, where she mentions Shinigami at a large sports event, which is meant to throw off the investigation. However, the principal role of the bulletin is "My friend and I showed off our notebooks in Aoyama," successfully prompting Low-cal every bit Kira to go to Aoyama, where a disguised Misa notices his lifespan is absent-minded pregnant that he owns a Decease Note, and concludes he is Kira, while falling in love with him instantly.

After finding out his address by purchasing the information, Misa arrives at Light's business firm, telling his mother and sis that she has his notebook. When she is in individual with him, she explains what has happened, and asks to be his girlfriend and partner in offense, admitting that she wouldn't fifty-fifty mind if he but uses her. Light agrees, intending to use her for her Shinigami Optics, which would help kill L. Calorie-free tells her to make a new tape which would make it seem like the kickoff and second Kiras nonetheless haven't allied or met yet. Light explains to her that he'll take to date a bunch of other girlfriends in club to mask suspicion, but Misa protests, saying she'll kill the girls. Light threatens her, merely, in plough, Rem says that should Misa dice, Rem would assume it's Light and kill him instantly. Calorie-free instructs Misa to non meet him until two weeks afterward.

However, non likewise long afterwards, Misa impulsively arrives at his home against his wishes. Light takes advantage of this besides as Rem threatening to impale Light should Misa die past swaying Rem into killing 50, ensuring her that Misa would be happy. Light uses Misa'south second cell telephone to use for emergencies, and he kisses her.

Misa bars under suspicion of beingness the Second Kira.

Misa meets Light on campus, seeing 50 for the first time also as his name. Soon after, she spawns a crowd, where her phone gets stolen past L, and is taken abroad. She is and then captured by 50 under suspicion of beingness the 2d Kira. The Task Force found several pieces of evidence in her apartment: stamps like the ones used to post the Kira tapes to Sakura Television, 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 (the places the tapes were sent from), besides as bloom pollen from flowers that grew in the area Misa previously lived in (the flowers happen to be a blazon that is non plant in Kantou). Misa is put into confinement, unable to motility her body or see due to 50's restraints. Considering Misa refuses to talk, L tells Watari to do everything possible to make her, and to fifty-fifty resort to torture if necessary. Misa eventually asks Rem to impale her. L and the others watching, who are unable to see Rem since they haven't touched Misa'south Death Annotation, believe Misa is talking to them. As an alternate solution, Rem somewhen convinces Misa, who had originally refused, non wanting to forget her dear for Light, to give up ownership of the Death Note. Rem assures Misa that her feelings for Light Yagami will not go abroad and that she volition merely forget that Light is Kira. Misa gives upward ownership of her Death Notation, causing Misa to lose all of her memories of the Death Note, being the 2d 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 Job Force recall she is playing dumb, but eventually conclude that it is non an human action.

Light is eventually able to create a situation in which she is free, but still under surveillance. Misa proves to exist a surprising asset to the investigation by uncovering the identity of the Third Kira.

She also establishes an alliance with L, whom she only knew as Ryuzaki. This unlikely friendship begins when L tells Misa that he understands her feelings for Calorie-free, and, touched by this, Misa kisses him on the cheek and offers to be his friend. L comments that she is the commencement and only person to ever practise and so.

After regaining her memories equally the Second Kira, Misa trades for the Shinigami Eyes a 2nd time with Ryuk, and, once again, takes on the part of Kira. When L notes that the murders continued in one case Misa was released, Rem realizes that Misa volition doubtlessly be discovered by Fifty, and the only way to prevent this would exist to impale L. Disgusted with Calorie-free, but willing to save Misa, Rem writes down Watari and L's real names. Later on Watari and L die, Rem turns to dust, having saved Misa and extending her lifespan in the process.

Misa assists Light in the years during the timeskip. When Mello and the Mafia got their hands on the Death Note, she used her Eyes in gild to observe the current possessor, Jack Neylon. She besides poses equally Kira during Light's plan to relinquish the Death Note to the Job Force.

Erstwhile later, Light sends Demegawa and his men to assault the SPK, with her keeping watch of the entrance, waiting for Virtually to leave the building, allowing her to write downwards his name afterward seeing her face. This plan failed every bit Most had used money to escape then wore a helmet.

Misa as she is prepared to relinquish the Death Note

Because the Task Force now suspects Calorie-free, he expects surveillance and has her forfeit her ownership of the Decease Note a second time. After her memories are gone, Misa ends upward spending the residuum of Light'southward life (about two months) in the company of Kanzo Mogi, equally he investigates her. She as well develops a conflict between her and Takada, Light'southward new girlfriend.

At the finish of the anime, soon after Light's death, Misa is seen standing on the ledge of a tall edifice alone. Although it is not shown, it is theorized that she committed suicide following Light's death. Tsugumi Ohba also states in Death Annotation xiii: How to Read that she probable committed suicide.

In other media

Motion-picture show series

Misa as she appears in the first three films

Misa is portrayed in the Death Notation film serial by Erika Toda. Misa's function is very similar to her canon self in that she uses her Death Notation to support Kira and she falls in love with Light. Her career is besides further adult with her beingness an extra, TV personality, and vocalizer. In addition to her parents, she had a younger brother who was as well murdered, and their murderer is named as Yoichi Tamura.

In the starting time picture, Misa has a recurring background role as a pop idol. An advertisement for her is printed on the side and back of the bus that Light, Shiori Akino, and Raye Iwamatsu are on when it is hijacked by Kiichiro Osoreda.

Misa during her prove "Misa-Misa'south Happy Sweets"

Misa notably has a Telly show called "Misa-Misa'south Happy Sweets" in which she bakes treats, playfully planning to brand her love-rivals fat but then saying that they're and so good that she ends up eating the treats herself. Light has her bear witness on while in his sleeping room. During the program, Ryuk laughs upon seeing Misa, probably foreshadowing that he knows she is going to die soon.

Later on filming a segment of her show, she expresses support for Kira to a journalist during an interview. A supervisor states that the section volition be cut due to controversies.

Ryotaro Sakajo, the assistant managing director for her show, develops an obsession with her. Misa one time blows her nose into a tissue and throws information technology away, and Sakajo takes it out of the trash to proceed. At the end of the first film, Sakajo follows Misa i dark with a pocketknife, and she runs from him screaming for help, but ends up at a dead finish. He plans to kill her and himself and then she can exist with her parents again, but he collapses before he's able to do so. A Death note falls beside his expressionless trunk.

The second film, Decease Note: The Last Name, begins during this same scene, but it shows Gelus watching the events from the Shinigami Realm and he writes Sakajo'due south name in his Death Note. Gelus'south Decease Note then falls in forepart of Misa, who picks it up and meets Rem.

Misa sends her envelopes to Sakura TV from Kita-ku, Osaka. Her bulletin arrogance while she is in her private dressing room at the station. It's likewise during a Television set festival attended by Sayu Yagami. Instead of Ukita, Kanzo Mogi runs to the station to get the broadcast to stop, and Misa kills him with her Death Note. Witnessing Mogi's Decease Annotation, Sayu becomes upset and calls her a "murderer", which causes Misa to freeze with a flashback to her murdered family, and she stops. When Light comes to the station for Sayu, Misa sees him on her way out, which is how she discovers his name.

After confinement, information technology appears that she and Calorie-free share a room at headquarters, and she comments that it's similar being married.

At the finish of the second moving-picture show, her memories of the Death Note are still intact when Light dies, and she witnesses the last showdown between Light and L. Misa cries in anguish as she tin can practise null merely watch as Ryuk kills Light. Misa was likely taken into custody, just L burned the Death Notes and Misa lost her memories. Misa is non prosecuted and is somewhen released.

Unlike in the original series, Misa does not commit suicide post-obit Light'due south death. Instead, she is seen wishing Calorie-free a happy altogether before a family shrine, which holds Low-cal'southward picture and a picture of Misa's family. She feels that a part of her life is somehow missing, or that she has forgotten something important. However, she doesn't think what it is.

The fourth film, Death Note: Light Up the NEW Earth, is prepare x years later. Misa is a successful model and actress. Although naught suspicious has happened with her, she remains nether surveillance by the law. Yuki Shien gives her one of the Death Notes, and her memories of events come up back to her. Shien meets her secretly in her car in the parking garage, where the cameras can't see them talk. Shien wants Misa's help, but she isn't interested. She tells him to accept the Expiry Note, but he leaves it with her saying it'southward hers.

Shien later on texts Misa for help, and she arrives. She over again makes the eye deal with Ryuk, and she writes downwardly Ryuzaki's name, manifestly killing him. When Shien starts to become them out of at that place, Misa tells him to proceed lonely because she can't. She tells him the location he was looking for and she gives him her Expiry Note, and she stays backside. With scraps of Death Note paper, she kills Kuromoto and Uragami, members of the Chore Strength, to help Shien get away.

Misa then goes outside, having written her ain name and the circumstances of her death on a scrap of Death Notation newspaper. Equally written, she dies on December 18th at two:40 pm "in the arms of Lite Yagami."

Information technology is also revealed in the fourth moving-picture show that Light had a kid who would be nine years one-time. The child was being raised by Teru Mikami, who was Misa's prosecutor after the Kira case. Although the child'southward mother isn't direct named, the age of the child and the connection between Misa and the child's guardian implies that Misa is the mother.

Conception of Misa in the films

Erika Toda said that, prior to filming, she felt "a lot of pressure" due to the character'south popularity with audiences. She said the pressure vanished when filming began. Toda said that undoing the straight jacket took a lot of fourth dimension, and at times she waited in the jacket between takes. Toda besides said that on one occasion, she wore a blindfold for an hr during filming.

Erika Toda said that she views Misa as "complicated and fascinating." Toda added that she does not comprehend why a person would willingly use a Death Note; Toda said that she admired the fact that Misa "does everything she sets out to do" and that the actions of Light and Misa are "criminal."

Novel

Misa is mentioned several times in the novel, L: Change the Globe, and L's obsession with her seems to be much greater. She is extremely famous by now, fifty-fifty working every bit a vocalizer.

Maki Nikaido reveals that she grew upwardly in Osaka, in the same neighborhood as Misa Amane and her family unit. Misa was well known in the neighborhood for her beauty, and her family was very shut with the Nikaido family unit. The 2 families even used to go on vacations together. Maki keeps a estimator bit containing photos of the Amane's and her family unit on vacation to her, which she holds very precious, though agrees to give it to 50 afterwards he offers to trade her for his notebook, which he values greater than his ain life.

Misa and Maki accept a close human relationship, Maki viewing Misa equally an older sister, fifty-fifty after she became famous. Misa cares well-nigh Maki as well, going out of her way to aid Maki escape, despite it being all over the news that Maki was carrying a mortiferous and highly contagious virus.

It is revealed by Fifty that Misa merely has a few years left to live.

Goggle box drama

Misa'due south role in the TV drama is largely the same as in the manga; she is a popular idol who falls in love with Light later on she discovers he punished her parents' murderer. However, the dynamics of Light and Misa's relationship are different because Calorie-free in the drama adaption is a fan of Misa, causing him to accept romantic feelings for her as well. Misa too proves to be much useful to Light than in the manga, being the ane to end Raye Penber when Light'due south program to impale the FBI agents is botched. Nevertheless, Lite withal views Misa as a liability and even threatens to write her name in his Death Notation should he ever suspect her of implicating him.

Misa is portrayed by Hinako Sano (佐野ひなこ, Sano Hinako).

Musical

Jeong Lord's day Ah as Misa (2015, Seoul) during Ready to Beloved

Misa is a pop vocalizer in the Musical. Only as in canon, she's grateful to Kira and wants to see him, and she trades for the Shinigami eyes to do so. Unlike in other versions, Misa isn't shown killing anyone, leaving it unclear if she actually uses her Death Note.

Sayu is a fan of Misa, and she takes Low-cal along to one of Misa's concerts, during which Misa openly supports and gives thanks to Kira. When Misa encounters Rem, she insists on finding Kira, so Rem reluctantly offers her the eye deal, which Misa accepts. Misa comes upwardly with a song with a secret message to Kira, which Sayu shares with Lite. Misa also sends tapes to a Tv set station as the Second Kira. From the song and tapes, Light gets her message and they're able to secretly encounter. Misa suggests they date, and Light agrees, but he gets her to give him the name of the human following him, which Misa does despite her reluctance. Misa later on goes to visit Low-cal on campus where she meets L and sees his proper name, but L has her apprehended immediately later. Later on several days in solitude, she gives upward her ownership of the notebook and loses her memories. Rem laments that Misa has forgotten her as well, and sacrifices herself then that Light tin can defeat Fifty and save Misa. Misa'southward fate is unknown. During the ending song, she comes out on stage and sand runs from her hands in a symbol of Rem's remains and of fourth dimension running out.

Fuka Yuzuki as Misa (2015, Tokyo) during "Mortals and Fools"

Misa is portrayed past diverse actresses for the different musical productions. Fuka Yuzuki (唯月ふうか, Yudzuki Fuuka) portrayed her in the 2015 Japanese production, and reprised the role in 2017. Jeong Sun-Ah (정선아) portrayed her in the 2015 Korean production, and Ben (벤) took on the part in the 2017 Korean production. Adrienne Warren portrayed the graphic symbol in 2014 for the English-language workshop in New York and for the New York studio demo recordings.

Ben every bit Misa (2016, Seoul photoshoot)

Misa performs the following songs in the musical:

"I'm Set up" is Misa's introductory song, performed at her concert. She dedicates the song to her hero Kira.
"We All Demand a Hero" is a vocal Sayu sings for Light. Misa joins in to sing for Kira.
"Mortals and Fools" is a song Misa and Rem sing when they first meet and Misa requests the eye trade.
"Stalemate is vocal mainly between L and Light at the Todai University archway ceremony. Misa sings a verse about her plans to etch a vocal with a message to Kira.
"I'll Just Dear You More than," aka "A Hugger-mugger Message," is a song that Misa writes and performs with a message to Kira.
"Borrowed Time" is a song Misa sings while held in solitude.

2017 Netflix film

In Netflix's American Death Note moving picture, Misa's name is changed to Mia Sutton, and she is played by Margaret Qualley.

Mia is a high schoolhouse student and classmate of Light Turner, and she helps him after he finds the Death Annotation. Her part and human relationship with Light is much different in this adaptation every bit Calorie-free shows her the Death Note early for her to accept interest in him, and she plays a more ascendant part in being Kira with Calorie-free.

Conception

The following information is from Death Note 13: How to Read.

Tsugumi Ohba: Writer

Takeshi Obata: Artist

Overview

Tsugumi Ohba, author of Death Note, decided to create Misa to exist the second Kira before the serialization began. They felt that having the story solely consist of males would be "boring" and that they wanted "a cute female."

Ohba, intending to introduce Misa with the Shinigami Eyes, described her as having to exist "spontaneous and not likewise bright" and that they determined her personality "from the start." Since Light Yagami would never want to merchandise for the Shinigami Optics, Ohba wanted another character to utilize to trade for the optics, and then they decided to use Misa.

Ohba said that the conception of the name Misa "was kind of random only I recollect it was from "kuromisa" (Blackness Mass).

Character blueprint

Ohba and Takeshi Obata, artist of Decease Note, wanted to utilize the Gothic Lolita design to convey "Gothic imagery of the Shinigami and that world". Ohba said that they were "into that fashion" and that having Misa outset announced in unusual wearable would be "more interesting". Obata said that he remembered "having a lot of fun" while looking through Gothic Lolita magazines and drawing Misa. Obata said that he felt "anticipation" regarding the length of Misa's hair; personally he wanted her fringe (bangs) to be "straight across" simply believed that creating Misa completely within the bounds of Gothic Lolita style would exist "as well much". Therefore Obata designed her and then she looked "a piffling more than natural" and to announced "cute" to people who "weren't into the Gothic Lolita style". Obata, imagining a mix of an "energetic Japanese creative person" and a "foreign rock and roll singer", felt "set up" when he drew Misa for the kickoff time. When the Nearly and Mello story arc began and Misa became a acme idol, Obata decided to make her look like "a popular actress".

When designing colour book covers, Obata assigned colors to characters to "go the atmosphere right." Obata assigned pink and blackness to Misa.

In response to a question inquiring about which characters the creators faced the most difficulty in creating, Obata selected Misa. Obata said that he had difficulty comprehending the concept of "doing anything for the person you love" and that he felt like the character controlled him when he drew her. Decease Note 13: How to Read also states that Misa "required a lot of artistic variation" because of her "many expressions" that ranged "from goofy to serious."

Trivia

Although Ohba came up with Misa's proper name from something based on "kuromisa," "Misa" is, in fact, a female Japanese name. The female person Japanese name "Amane" means "audio of the heavens."
Misa was born in Kyoto, Japan.
Misa's date of birth, December 25, is Christmas, and her date of death, Feb 14, is Saint Valentine'due south Day.
In the anime, the ringtone on Misa's phone is Alumina.^[5]
In the anime, certain characters take on stylized hair colors while the viewer hears their thoughts; Misa's color is a deep blue. Still, when Misa'southward thoughts are heard in the series, such as in episodes 21: Performance and 22: Guidance, her colors do not modify.

Misa is 1 of the Expiry Annotation characters that were fabricated into Nendoroid figures. The Misa Nendoroid comes with a bag, a doll, and four faces, a shocked face, a laughing face up, love-struck confront, and a normal face.
She is the only graphic symbol in the Death Annotation Musical and so far to accept been portrayed by iii dissimilar vocal ranges: Fuka Yuzuki, the original Japanese Misa, was a soprano, Jeong Sun-Ah, the original Korean Misa, was a mezzo, and Adrienne Walker, her English Demo voice, was an alto.
Misa's BWH measurements are 30-20-28.

Quotes

"I hate evil and love justice. I do non consider the law every bit my enemies, but my allies against evil." (Chapter 23)
"What a wonderful style to impale…" (Chapter 27)
(To Low-cal Yagami) "I'm satisfied with merely beingness used by yous. Trust me." (Affiliate 29)
(To Light Yagami) "A pretend fellow, right? That's a proficient beginning. I'thousand sure you'll fall in dearest with me for real one twenty-four hour period." (Chapter 30)
(To Low-cal Yagami) "There's no way I'll stand for you seeing other girls. If I run into that, I'll kill them." (Chapter 30)
"Thank you to Rem, Low-cal actually became Misa's knight… but… don't really kill him, okay?" (Chapter 30)
"Rem… I wish Lite would love me… I want Light to be happy…" (Chapter 31)
"If I die now, I'll be happy… kill me while I'm yet young and pretty…" (Chapter 33)
(To Rem while beingness held captive past L) "Kill me!! Impale me now!!! I was suppose to dice on that mean solar day, right? Please. Just. Kill. Me." (Affiliate 33)
"I couldn't live in a globe without Light." (Chapter 45)
"You tin can't buy peace or love with money." (Chapter 80)
"To me… Kira is an absolute being!"
(To L) "If Light were Kira… awesome. I've ever been grateful to Kira for punishing the man who killed my parents. If Light was Kira, and so I'd honey him even more."
"What do you mean I use my sexual amuse?!"

Themes

Misa has five themes, 2 of which are constitute on Death Notation Original Soundtrack II. Misa's themes are "Misa's Theme A" (ミサのテーマA Misa no Tēma A) and "Misa'southward Theme B" (ミサのテーマB Misa no Tēma B). Three more are institute on Expiry Note Original Soundtrack III. Her themes are "Misa" (ミサ Misa), "Misa'southward Loneliness" (ミサの孤独 Misa no Kodoku), and "Misa's Feelings" (ミサの気持ち Misa no Kimochi).

Too worth noting is "Misa's Vocal" (Misa no Uta), which Misa sings in the anime prior to L'southward death. "Misa's Song" appears on the soundtrack iii times. There is ane runway with vocals, a pianoforte version titled "'Misa'southward Song' (Piano Solo)," and an orchestra version simply titled "'Misa'south Song' (Orchestra Version)." The vocals are performed by Misa's voice actresses for the different dubs. Some dubs, all the same, such equally the German dub, continue the original version sung past Aya Hirano.

Misa'due south Theme A

Misa's Theme B

Misa

Misa no Kodoku

Misa no Kimochi

Misa no Uta

References

↑ Convinced
↑ ^ii.00 ^2.01 ^2.02 ^2.03 ^ii.04 ^2.05 ^ii.06 ^ii.07 ^ii.08 ^2.09 ^2.10 From Decease Notation thirteen: How to Read.
↑ ^iii.0 ^3.ane ^3.2 ^3.iii ^iii.iv From Death Note/A Animation Official Analysis Guide.
↑ Love
↑ ^5.0 ^5.ane Wager
↑ Give-and-Have
↑ Bomb

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