L was a fantastic character, and Light was using his brain, it was truely intriguing. However the series with N and what ever his buddys name was, was pathetic, I figured out what N was doing 4-5 episodes before he did it, everything was predictable, and the last two episodes literally, RUINED the whole anime for me, when Light flips out at the end, and N calls him a mindless serial killer, made me regret spending so much time watching it just for that. Curious about other people thoughts on this.