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If you're looking for Raito, he's not here.
He's never here.
THAT REMINDS ME.
[/grabs cellphone and calls Raito]
WHEN ARE YOU COMING HOME?~ D:
[/hangs up]
Oh well.
Enjoy.
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That was a bad Misa impression, but I'm working on it. Just yew wait. D<
This account is dedicated to Misa Amane of the anime series Death Note. I hate her soooo much, yet she's soooo kyoot!~
That's all for now.
Bye!
[add Cyanide Serenade, my main account, or my Matt account, I Will Steal Your Car]
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-Consept and development-
Tsugumi Ohba, writer of Death Note, decided to create Misa to be the second Kira before the serialization began. He felt that having the story solely consist of males would be "boring" and that he wanted "a cute female." Ohba debated on when to introduce Misa before deciding to introduce her after Naomi Misora dies. Ohba, intending to introduce her with the Shinigami Eyes, described her as having to be "spontaneous and not too bright" and that he determined her personality "from the start." Since Light Yagami would never want to trade for the Shinigami Eyes, Ohba wanted another character to use to trade for the eyes, so he decided to use Misa.Ohba said that the conception of the name Misa "was kind of random but I think it was from "kuromisa" [Black Mass]. It must have been based on something."Ohba and Takeshi Obata, artist of Death Note, wanted to use the gothic lolita design to convey "gothic imagery of the Shinigami and that world." Ohba said that he is "into that fashion" and that having Misa first appear in unusual clothing would be "more interesting."Obata, imagining a mix of an "energetic Japanese artist" and a "foreign rock and roll singer," felt "set" when he drew Misa for the first time. Obata said that he felt "apprehension" regarding the length of Misa's hair; personally he wanted her fringes (bangs) to be "straight across" but believed that creating Misa completely within the bounds of the gothic lolita design would be "too much." Ohba also believed that using "hardcore" gothic lolita would be "too much." Therefore Obata designed her so she looked "a little more natural" and to appear "cute" to people who "weren't into the Gothic Lolita style." When the Near and Mello arc appeared and Misa became a top idol, Obata decided to make her look like "a popular actress." Obata said that he remembered "having a lot of fun" while looking through gothic lolita magazines and drawing 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. Death 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 whore." When designing color book covers Obata assigned colors to characters to "get the atmosphere right." Obata assigned pink and black to Misa.

Misa is a famous model, singer and actress and is infatuated with Light Yagami. She usually refers to herself in the third person by calling herself "Misa-Misa" to be cute and tends to be hyperactive. Though Misa wears jewelry with a crucifix theme in the manga, she wears fleur de lis jewelry in the anime adaptation (however, the cross is retained on the collector's figure included with Volume 5 of the DVD series). Despite her hyperactivity; she rarely, if ever, allows her personal feelings about anyone to interfere with Light's plans, showing her unflinching loyalty to him.

Her song is Misa no Uta (Lit: "Misa's Song" wink . She sings it in episode 25, dressed in Gothic Lolita clothing.

Douglas Wolk of Salon describes Misa as being drawn in a "Japanese comics' tradition of cute, tiny, airhead girls with big eyes" and being a "lot cannier than she pretends to be." Wolk adds that the reader could "watch her measuring how much quasi-innocent charm to pour on in every situation."

She decides to devote her life to Light because he punished the criminal that killed her parents when she was younger; a burglar killed Misa's parents in front of her eyes. Misa, unable to forgive the killer and wanting to kill the burglar herself, saw multiple delays in the killer's trial before Kira killed him. According to Ohba, Light sees Misa as a "bad person" who killed people, so he acts emotionally cold towards her and manipulates her. Ironically, she manages to charm everyone else associated with Light (with the obvious exception of Kiyomi Takada) other than her idol himself. Her own charm and affection for her friends within the Taskforce is also quite genuine. Whatever Light's feelings towards Misa are; Light and Misa both act together as Kira for over five years, until Light decides that it's too dangerous for Misa to be Kira with members of the taskforce suspecting him. When he tells Misa to forfeit ownership, she is initially upset, but then tells herself that Light has her safety in mind. Whether she actually believes this is not clear. The Shinigami who follows her is Rem. Misa also performs two eye trades, cutting her lifespan in half twice; the first was with Rem, and the second with Ryuk. However, two shinigami destroyed themselves for her (Jealous and Rem), which added their original years to hers. Because Shinigami have exceptionally long lifespans, Misa's life expectancy would have been extremely long and the eye trades would not make much of a difference. Indeed, Misa appears to have a profound effect on Shinigami in general; even Ryuk admits he felt shy when Misa hugged him.

According to 13: How to Read, Misa loses her memories related to using the Death Note and retains her love for Light. Since it is in the nature of a Death Note user to "suffer misfortune", Misa falls into despair after someone "like Matsuda" "probably let it slip" that Light died. Misa commits suicide one year later on February 14, 2011. The cloaked woman who appears at the end of the manga is not Misa, she is an unnamed follower of Kira. Misa's fate is not shown in the manga at all; she was last seen staying at the Teito Hotel. Ohba stated that this was simply because he did not have a situation to fit her in.

At the anime's finale, Misa appears standing outside the safety rail on the edge of a skyscraper looking into the sunset dressed in Gothic Lolita clothing. Her suicide is neither seen nor mentioned, although this scene could imply she is preparing to commit suicide. This scene appears to have been foreshadowed in Episode 25, as she is wearing exactly the same clothing; appears at sunset atop a tall building; and sings a sad song (Misa no Uta in the Japanese version, the lyrics are different in the English dub).

Misa, born on December 25, 1984 (1987 in the anime) in Kyoto, has a height of 152 cm and a mass of 36 kilograms (79 pounds). Misa has a bust size of 76 centimeters, a waist size of 51 centimeters, and a hip size of 75 centimeters. Her blood type is AB. (see Blood types in Japanese popular culture)

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Misa, portrayed in the film by Erika Toda, is seen filming a dorama called "Misa-Misa's Happy Sweets," where she states that she is baking treats to make her enemies fat. After filming of that section ends, she expresses support for Kira to a journalist. Her supervisor asks that the statement be cut due to controversies.

Ryotaro Sakajo, the assistant director for "Happy Sweets" and Misa's attacker, dies from a heart attack when Gelus writes his name inside of his Death Note. Gelus' Death Note then falls in front of Misa, who immediately picks it up and finds Rem after reading the notebook. In the film Misa has a brother who, along with her parents, dies when a murderer kills Misa's family.

In the second film Mogi replaces Ukita as Misa's victim during the Sakura TV incident. Additionally, it is when Soichiro rescues Sayu from Sakura that Misa first learns of Light's identity as Kira.

Misa does not commit suicide in either of the films. Her memory from the incident and the Death Note is erased, and she still harbors her obsession for Light and bids him a happy birthday from her mini shrine of Light. She feels that a piece of her life is somehow missing. In addition, her appearance is slightly modified in both films: while Misa has blonde hair in the manga and anime, it is brown in the film.

-Actress's potrayal of the role-
Erika Toda said that, prior to filming, she felt "a lot of pressure" due to the character's popularity with audiences. She said the pressure vanished when filming began. Kitty Sensei of The Star theorized that Toda did not have "the time to think much about how fans would react," citing film shoots that Kitty Sensei described as "physically and mentally exhausting" such as the straitjacket scene. Toda said that undoing the straitjacket took a lot of time, and at times she waited in the jacket between takes. Toda also said that on one occasion, she wore a blindfold for an hour during filming.[

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Light loves socks

Report | 10/07/2008 8:52 pm

Light loves socks

*takes comment virginity*
Hehe, and you made it so easy, what with you just in a towel...