Well, if you define a hero by a certain set of morally approved actions, then yeah, there are only so many places you can go with them. However, there are such things as heroes who fail, fall, or dive right off the cliff into questionable territory.
I think the problem with the current arc is that Raito (I started reading a translation done before Ohba apparently decreed that the proper English transliteration was "Light," and I also like the sound similarity to "right" as well as "light," since it serves double duty that way) is not personally involved with Mello or Near -- he hasn't met them the way he met L. I'm hoping that his father's involvement, as of chapter 72, may change that.
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Date: 2005-10-07 02:35 pm (UTC)I think the problem with the current arc is that Raito (I started reading a translation done before Ohba apparently decreed that the proper English transliteration was "Light," and I also like the sound similarity to "right" as well as "light," since it serves double duty that way) is not personally involved with Mello or Near -- he hasn't met them the way he met L. I'm hoping that his father's involvement, as of chapter 72, may change that.