Mello or Near?

[Darth Akaya]

Near.

lol  

[ll H a r o k u ll]

Mello is childish.
Near is like 5'0 &nd
has more man in his mind, heiqht &ND choice of foods.
I like near 101% more heart  

[worldofbooks96]

mello. i find both of them annoying but Near just makes me POed. he an evil little demon child. mello or L should have caught Kira, but the evil twit had to. the only thing that calms me down is the fact that he was only able to catch Kira with Mello and L's help.  

[child benefits]

Mello ;-;  

[The Better Part]

MELLO!!!!!
We can eat chocolate together~
....what? i love him for his chocolate, not his haircut!  

[lil_ sweet kitten_15]

near heart  

[Jmac_0409]

near  

[Vishous5]

I like them both.

I know it's sitting on the fence, but I really do like them both for different reasons. Actually, I like Matt as well.

I like Mello because he has that fire in his personality: he doesn't back down and he goes for what he wants, fighting tooth and nail when he has to.
I can also relate to him: he always feels second to Near, always has to prove himself twice over. I have two sisters that sometimes makes me feel invisible when all three of us are in the same room together.

On the other hand, I like Near for his cold demeanor - he doesn't let anything bother him, he always looks at problems with a calculating eye. He is always calm, cool and collected compared to Mello's hot-blooded nature.
I can also relate to him: he doesn't let anyone too close to him, he likes his own personal space. I don't like people invading my personal space.

Tbh, it's summed up in the manga: on their own, they can't even reach L's level - together, they can be amazing. They can even surpass him.
In a way, I think the term "soulmates" applies to them and I don't mean in the romantic, til-death-do-us-part-and-even-after, lover soulmates.
I mean soulmate as in that one other person who - regardless of whether you love or hate them - can, essentially, complete you. The one who can challenge you, compete with you: the one who makes you work harder to meet them head on. They make each other stronger by competing, and they make each other better by trying to be better than the other. That's the power they have over each other, this indestructable compulsion that drives them both apart and together at the same time. I like them both, because you have to look at them both together and apart to see the full picture: you can't have one without the other, regardless of who you like better.  

[_ighost_recon_]

mello  

[auddities]

mello... i was mad when near was the only one to survive at the end.  

[Kitti Katt Ninja]

of course Near :333
hes my second fav char other than L heart !  

[Guevara69]

I just like Near cause he somewhat resembles me xD  

[The Bubblelicous]

Mello more then Near! although I like them both!........hehe pics......

 

[DarkAngelQisha]

Mello all the way!! He's just so DAMN SEXY!!
 

[pumpkin king39]

im with with mello even though he looks like a chick but im only with him because he knows how to use a gun and he didnt get light killed