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Knowledge: 7/10
Ability to Conceptualize: 7/10
Willingness to Act: 10/10
Motivation: 8/10
Social Life: 9/10
Inferiority Complex: 8/10
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| | personal data
Real Name: Mihael Keehl
Also Known As: Mello, M
Birthdate: December 13
Height: 171cm (5’6’‘)
Weight: 52kg (114 pounds)
Blood type: A
Likes: Chocolate
Dislikes: people who are better than him
Sexuality: None or just too much of it
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| | the character
Mello's personality is rather complicated, more because during the anime/manga, we mostly only saw the craziest, the meanest and the angriest side of him, and only at the last end we got some humanity coming from him. For this, I consider he may not be a sweet character most of the time, but he isn't ultimately cold and evil.
As for hobbies, he is known to love chocolate (especially when he is plotting), and has a really cool motorbike. Mello is also seen wearing black clothes and a crucifix (Catholic; probably Anglican since he lived in England), and he was the second best at Wammy's House - an orphanage for gifted children.
As a child he is known for being a bully, and even since then he has shown traits of this in his adult angry and despiteful character. Also, it's easy to now admit that towards others, the blonde is arrogant and above all, he acts with a superiority that he doesn't have. In fact, he has a very strong inferiority complex that is the explanation to his reactions most of the time: the need to prove himself, the fact that he knows that alone he cannot be the best; he takes extreme actions to overcome this, enough to enter the world of Mafia in order to obtain what he wants. Based on just his qualities, Mello knows himself that he cannot become the top, so he uses anyone at his reach to make it happen.
Despise Mello's superior intelligence, it doesn't make him the most intelligent person (at least not towards Near, L or even Raito, for example. Probably he can be considered very smart in those eyes), but the fact is, he doesn't use his most (and probably only) important ability in depth. Actually, he ruins himself a bit for this, being a very emotional and rash person towards everything and maybe everyone; he acts on his whim a lot without really thinking through on what he should do next, only aiming for the objective and not caring about the path he has to follow or the consequences it might bring. This makes him very unpredictable and actually dangerous not only to others but also himself in a way, that would culminate with his death.
But let's not fall only into critic, because in a way, this can be good. The fact is, since he doesn't choose nor think his tactics over, his strategy is based on quick though and fast action, which actually works well for him most of the time; as I said, he has luck. He doesn't have the need to stop and analyse, he actually only takes a small glance and reacts in response to that. No kindness in his speech, no backing down, Mello not only isn't reserved towards his actions, but also towards everything else, speaking out his mind whenever he can - still, when he has a moment to rest, he might actually take precautions to his behaviour. In this unstable personality and quick judgment, Mello also makes various connections (aka, the Mafia) and friends along the way, which really help him in his goals (aka, Lidner and Matt).
Possessing an explosive, spontaneous, and even hot-blooded personality, being unpredictable and rash Mello isn't as easy to read as it’d look like someone on the outside. He has a lot of insecurities and doubts, but still his mind doesn’t allow him to stop and think about them; he has the aggravating tendency to turn everything all on its head, and this provides him a mask painted with self-confidence and narcissism, characteristic only to him.
He refuses to be looked down, accepting any challenge and planning on whining always, it seems Mello loves the capture almost as much as the chase, giving him a sort of sadistic pleasure in every move he makes. Since he doesn’t take any defeat easily, he is indeed a sore loser, expecting only the best from him and his actions. If that doesn’t happen, he deserves what goes wrong, like the scar he got from the explosion and that never seemed to bother him at all; yet, if we think about it, the scar is a proof that Mello just lost, and probably IS a thorn in that pride of his.
Mello jumps from a plan to another as quick as his minds sets; he is almost impossible to follow but still, it’s not viable for him to take all the weight all his choices bring. Wanting to rule the world by taking it with his anger and unpredictable authority and not settling for anything less than that, it becomes difficult to be able to handle everything as he tries to. Still, he’ll keep on taking that risk because he is willing to do what no one else will.
Proud, he doesn't look like he needs help, even if that brings him problems later on, which did and made him reach for Matt's and Lidner's help. If he actually came to them to ask for it, if he waited for their contact, it's not known, but towards these two Mello has shown a far more intimate comprehension (and patience) than the rest of the Mafia members, for example, which leads us to believe the blonde though of them to be more than mere pawns. He is shown not be caring for the others, to an extent of wanting to eliminate anyone in his path, but later on we see that the boy has actual human feelings when Matt dies.
Mello’s strength is his ability to think beyond the restraints of the law with his concepts and his actions. Even though it is said that he falls behind in some aspects, as one who possesses great intelligence, Mello’s actions can bet threatening to anyone. Not only mind, though; he is seen with a weapon, never actually using it, but showing comfortableness when holding it. it’s easy to admit that experiences throughout his life have given Mello the capability of handling weapons like guns and explosives. Unfortunately, Mello's abilities don't reach physical strength; he is thin, and he actually looks frail, even if he can take huge amounts of pain (burnt skin isn’t as fun as we think).
Between all this, there is also to remember that he can actual calm down. No matter how rash, crazy, emotional he shows, actually after the explosion that ate half of his face, Mello stood in the shadows, listening quiet to what was going on, even if he still acted. This brought him to then finally allow us to see more kindness on his side, by allowing his ultimate rival - Near - his help, and giving his own life so the other could win the fight against Kira. Maybe others can say it wasn't care, but Mello never really fought in name of justice, and right then he gave his glory to Near for no actual reason given - either to avenge L, either to help Near, either because he was tired, either to stop it all, if it wasn't for the blonde, never would have Near won.
To finalize, special note about the fact that when Near gave him his childhood photo, written on its back was "Dear Mello", showing us it's not only hatred that connected both.
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| | present
By the real name of Mihael Kheel, alias Mello birth place is unknown, though he was born in December 13, 1989 (this changes in the anime, though I prefer to follow the manga data). he grew up as an orphan in Wammy's House, an orphanage located in England —Watari's orphanage for gifted children—in Winchester, England, Mello was the second best rivalling for the first place with Near, and both of the two were meant to be L's successor.
The main focus of Wammy's is L: L is a detective as well as a title that the orphans of Wammy's are all working to inherit. Of course there would naturally be children better than others, children better suited for the title, thus creating a sort of climb toward the top where those lacking necessary attributes get caught on the low slope downward. At the very front is Near, closely followed by Mello. The eternal rivalry (probably one-sided) between these two starts here; Mello, being bested by Near in a number of things -- mostly tests and exams -- he'd come to resent the younger boy. As said, Mello’s personality does not allow defeat.
After L's death, Roger - Wammy's successor for the Orphanage - has decided that both of them should work together in order to capture Kira and continue L's work, but the blonde boy without delay refuses this, claiming that it'd be impossible for the two of them to work together.
Decided this, Mello leaves the orphanage at the age of 14, completely alone claiming that he'll be able to find his own way to defeat Kira and show that he can indeed be the first, even if he is not L's successor. Eventually he does find his own way, and is able to fly from England to America (United States, namely Los Angeles), where he was able to join The Mafia, four years later, a west coast criminal organization that actually is being used by Mello himself, without them even realizing it. How this happened, nothing is mentioned, but the boss, Rodd, shows great respect and trust towards the blond even if he only was with them for 6 months. It's also mentioned that Mello had taken even mob bosses down that Kira couldn’t touch, so I believe he actually used this in order to rise among Rodd's gang to a position where he couldn’t be touched by anyone.
Mello's first appearance is made through the kidnap the Japanese's Police director (who Kira killed) as an exchange for the Death Note and later Sayu's (Light's sister) kidnapping, so that the reaction from her father (who was the Sub-director of the Japanese Force) would be quicker and more willing to the blonde’s desire. With this, Mello easily got his hands on the Death note (a notebook that could kill only with a name a d face), but never once he used it, letting others do that job and never he showed any motion when one died or were threaten during the whole process. Having the book allowed Mello met the owner's book, a Shinigami named Shindou, and have knowledge about it better, giving him a upper hand towards not only Near, but also Raito who worked to take it back from him.
At November 10th of 2010, at 23:59, Raito made a move to actually take Mello by killing Mello's mafia mates, and make the nervous child loose his precious Death Note. Surrounded by his enemies, no other way to escape, and with the ideal that being arrested and dying would just about being the same, Mello blew up the building he was in, in order to escape. Surprisingly, he lived, though with all of this his real name escaped to Kira's ears and that mistake was permanently craved on his body.
Mello's scar reaches from the left area of his face towards his forehead, also touching the left side of the neck, collar bone and left shoulder. How many days it passed until finally he came out from his hideout, it's never mentioned, but Mello quickly makes his appearance the second we know about the disband of the SPK (Near's group that tried to catch Kira), at New York, where now Near's team secretly goes on.
Actually, this emergence is made with the help of Halle Lidner who mentions that she has been keeping contact with him; through her, Mello walks right into Near's Head-quarters to get back his childhood photo and to share information with his rival about the Death Note and its usage. To mention he also brings Mogi to speak with Near face to face, letting his rival understand that Kira belonged to the Japanese Task force against Kira and was L himself.
The first time Matt comes out from shadow with Mello was when the two followed Mogi and Aizawa who begun to distrust Raito. Those two returned to LA, where the Japanese force task were at, and this movements were followed by Mello and Matt as well (meaning that now Mello was at LA once more, and no longer in NY) and set up a surveillance around them and the place where the Japanese Task force is at. Soon is also able to learn that Kiyomi Takada had a connection to Kira.
Later on Raito moves to Japan and obviously Mello also follows. This will be his last stop. Realizing the connection between Raito, Takada and Mikami, Near sees himself cornered; this is where Halle tells Mello about almost everything going on (except about Mikami). If he knew before or not, it's not told because Mello didn't seem to take any special part at the happenings surrounding those three, and that's when he makes the decision to actually give his own life in order to catch the world criminal Kira. Mello dies on 26th January of 2010, being barely 21, of an heart attack, after kidnapping Takada, which brought her to write his name on a piece of Death Note she had with her. Mello dies in a church near Nagano, and his body was burnt.
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| | non-canon background
I will not assume anything regarding other characters except Matt. If more of the cast shows up, we shall decide how their lives were.
Mihael was born in England and until he was 3 he lived with a man whose name he can’t remember. That man was the first who taught Mihael what a gun was and it became the boy’s toy. Soon he was caught and Mihael was sent to the orphanage’s, foster home’s and social service’s network; for a year, Mihael jumped from place to place due to his difficult personality and advanced intelligence.
After that year, Roger found the blond on an orphanage, setting a trap to another boy whom he had been bullying lately. After talking to Mihael for a while, soon Roger decided to take the child to the Wammy’s House.
At the age of 4, Mello was born in Winchester.
Mello has met L face to face, who told the blond several stories about the Wammy’s children and his own cases. The same man taught the nervous child the sweetness what sugar was, though he always would rather have that dark bitter chocolate of his than the sweet sugar of cream.
There is NO canon reference for this, but because of the novel "Other Note", I assume that L knew Beyond Birthday. For this, after listening to the story from L, Mello contacted B several times by letter and that way he was able to get a deeper insight of the story and so, able to know about B's shinigami eyes (that during the time he probably didn't know what they were, though Mello related after he met Shidoh).
At the age of 13, Matt and Mello became what it could be called “lovers”. They were together until Mello left – with no clue to Matt where to since the redhead didn’t come along – and only contacted him later on, after he got the scar. Matt and Mello never actually got back together after that, so they aren’t a couple.
I would rather not get into details on how Mello was able to enter the mafia, but I’ll give out what I’ve come up with during logs. Before leaving the House, Mello stole from his teacher Irinda money, and left with a bag filled with clothes and chocolate. He did mention more than one that he ate the chocolate in one week, staying for the next months without tasting it.
Mello at first walked around the prostitute’s alley, taking care of the woman’s children while they were out working (prostitution). That way, he had been able to get to know the streets and gangs, soon finding the one that would fit his purpose, and had ties with American mafia groups. That way he was able to fly to America in 2010 to meet a boss and finally kill him, giving the head to other Mafia Boss who had the geographical area and the resources he needed, Rodd.
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