Top 10 Death Note Antagonists

Top 10 Death Note characters who where against Kira / Light Yagami. Note that during the period Light had no memory of him being Kira, he began helping L to pursue Kira, so at that brief time the characters who were/and supported Kira (Higuchi and the Yotsuba Group) were the antagonists instead of the protagonists.
The Top Ten
1 L L Lawliet, exclusively known by the mononym L, is a fictional character in the manga series Death Note, created by Tsugumi Ohba and Takeshi Obata.

Is this really a Question?
Though this is one thing awesome about death note. Unlike the crappy moral stories we are fed all the time, here protagonist does not equal good guy, and antagonist does not equal bad guy. In fact, that distinction of 'good' and 'bad' is made blurred throughout the series (Though I've only yet made it till episode 23 by now. You may say why the hell am I voting for L when I haven't even seen the other characters. Truth is, nothing can be better than L. Its not for anything he's considered one of the greatest anime characters of all time)
P.S. I said 'One of' the best. Please don't get senti about this :P

Being the antagonist doesn't mean you're the bad guy, your just fighting against the main character! And by the way L is my favourite character.

Technically everyone aside from Light, Ryuk, Misa, Takada and Mikami are antagonists in the anime.

Everyone loves him. But, is he really the antagonist?

2 Mello Mihael Keehl, universally referred to by the mononym Mello, is a fictional character in the manga series Death Note, created by Tsugumi Ohba and Takeshi Obata.

Armin Arlert has evolved into a sexy chocoholic badass. HOORAY!

Got to love that chocoholic badass!

Chocolate bear rules once again. :/

my love.

3 Near Nate River, exclusively known by the mononym Near, is a fictional character in the manga series Death Note, created by Tsugumi Ohba and Takeshi Obata.

I like L but I do not relate to him as much as I do with Near. Near is my favorite characters (besides Light) because he is so interesting to watch - from his analytical skills, strange thinking-methods and habits, or just his philosophy and wisdom. Near is extremely serious, unlike most children, yet he still plays with toys (in a stimulating way of coarse). I can't exactly describe what I like about Near but I can describe him as being an old child in a teens body.

I never liked L as much as the other fans did but I did really like Near. Near was a very serious-looking analytical character. Thanks to him (and Mello) they revealed and killed Kira. Although, I do think Mello is a bit useless, he did contribute a few of his skills.

Top antagonist (against Light) because he actually managed to get Light and get him killed (curses to you Near! I hope you died a painful death! )

I love L, I Love Near. I don't get why so many people hate him :(

4 Naomi Misora Naomi Misora is a fictional character in the manga series Death Note, created by Tsugumi Ohba and Takeshi Obata.

Naomi Misora was a retired-detective who tried to stop Kira as justice for her fiancé. As resulting she lost her life to Kira just as her fiancé did.

She was an idiot.

5 Soichiro Yagami
6 Matt
7 Kyosuke Higuchi (Third Kira / Yotsuba Kira) Kyosuke Higuchi is a fictional character in the manga series Death Note, created by Tsugumi Ohba and Takeshi Obata.
8 Touta Matsuda Touta Matsuda is a fictional character in the manga series Death Note, created by Tsugumi Ohba and Takeshi Obata.
9 Stephen Loud (Gevanni)
10 Shuichi Aizawa
The Contenders
11 Rem Rem is a fictional character in the manga series Death Note, created by Tsugumi Ohba and Takeshi Obata.
12 Watari
13 Beyond Birthday

Why would you put BB on this list? He's just a side book character.

14 Light Yagami Light Yagami is a fictional character and the protagonist of the manga series Death Note, created by Tsugumi Ohba and Takeshi Obata.

Why is Light not even on here? He is the series' main antagonist! Just... Why? Why? Why?

He's the protagonist/main character though

15 Ryuk Ryuk is a fictional character in the manga series Death Note, created by Tsugumi Ohba and Takeshi Obata.
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