[quote=Sketcher]
Well... My concern is that N is now known as L... How can there be another L? Even if N was L's most likely successor, his name was still N before L died.
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Actually N is known as N, technically L named Light as his successor anyways (correct me if I'm wrong)...plus if we are trying to stay away from cannon the best we can then what does it matter? Who is to say N didn't die of an accident somehow, or something else happened? It's been 10 years...