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I didn't understand Mello's character, I thought he was going to be more vital than he was.
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He was meant to be this emotion heavy character, basically the opposite of Near. But they killed him off in like 7 episodes of the Anime and about 40 minutes in on the compilation movies. (Which didn't include Matt's death, despite me being told it included all deaths.)