Who is more clever Near or Mello ?

[Lady Pureblood]

I would say both. They are almost equal in abilitys biggrin  

[Shinigami-Rem_Death-Note]

I'd say near. just.  

[I Am Itachi1]

i have to dissagree i bieleve they are both clever but in diffrent ways near is like L kinda clever mello is action type of clever planning things out to make the perfect crime  

[i-luv-allen-walker]

mello-he knew exactly wat was gonna happen-died for the cause-and saved nears butt-and the world  

[Patchened]

Id say Near because hes smart enough to depend on the little things or non-main parts like mikami and his notebook...  

[Pup Crazed Kiya]

Near for sure. Mello just trys to force things out of people and gets mad way to easy. I like Near better for being more calm. smile
Plus he does seem more intellegent. I like how he deals with things more. He doesn't force things out. Instead he tricks them into saying something.  

[hexbabe95]

Near is way smarter than Mello. Mello is just competent and selfish.  

[IvyStarling]

I personally feel Near is much smarter than Mello. Mello is just incompetent, selfish, and rash. He gets angry too easily and he uses force too much. Near, on the other hand, is much cuter xd and he uses logic. Maybe the two of them are on the same level of intelligence, but Near goes about using it much more effectively, making him seem (and therefore, be) more intelligent than Mello.  

[Aya und Wolf]

Although I do not like Near very much, I can say that due to that fact that he remains level headed, and does not endulge his emotions like Mello, he may be the one who shows his intellgence the most. But Mello does not lack either. In my opinion he just seems prone to anger which hinders him from the level of intellegence that Near is capable of.  

[iAkatsuki_tentacle_rapist]

obviesly Near is because he was SUPPOSED to be the succsersor of L...that was until stupid Light became the 2nd L  

[Lonerdoom]

I would say near is but Mellow is just as clever its just Mellow let his emotion get in the way of this reasoning and thinking power making him 2nd to Near.  

[iAmu-chi]

Hmm...I guess I would say that they both a little equal. They are smart on different levels. Like one is smart in one area, where the other isnt or might not be. Though to be honest Near might be a little smarter...After all, I heard he is L's choice of who to take control after L would leave this world.  

[KTCap]

they are pretty equalSPOILERnear is more intelligent xD or so it says in book 13 but he would be nothing without mello's help... mello was too obsessed with beating near an i think that kinda got in his way.. near had the SPK while mello had the mafia then mello killed most of the people in spk and near had 4 persons left including himself but when the whole mafia died who did mello have? matt, but even though matt is third it doesnt change the fact that they were only 2  

[Aya und Wolf]

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they are pretty equalSPOILERnear is more intelligent xD or so it says in book 13 but he would be nothing without mello's help... mello was too obsessed with beating near an i think that kinda got in his way.. near had the SPK while mello had the mafia then mello killed most of the people in spk and near had 4 persons left including himself but when the whole mafia died who did mello have? matt, but even though matt is third it doesnt change the fact that they were only 2

Yes but book 13 isn't completely reliable. In the manga Light says something along the lines of Near not being as intelligent as L but while looking at the charts in 13, Near is smarter. Although you're right. If going by book 13 Near is.

I still hold my opinion though. Mello simply allows his emotion to cloud his judgment. He is every bit as intelligent as Near.  

[Hel_LokisDaughter]

i think that Mello and Near are pretty much equals when it comes to levels of intelligence. It's just that Near can be objective. Mello can't seem to detach himself from such things.