New day, new post! For today's blog post, I will be talking about why Near's long hair makes sense for his character in Death Note. For those of you who don't know, Near was in the 2020 Death Note One Shot. In the most recent one shot, he was shown to have long hair. But when fans saw this, many of them complained that it didn't make sense for him to have long hair. However, I don't agree with this. It actually makes quite a bit of sense. As someone who has had both long hair and short hair, long hair actually requires much less upkeep. Short hair has to be cut often to be kept short, whereas long hair only needs washed and brushed. Along with this, Near's hair was already shown to be growing out in the previous one shot we got. But because it was such a small difference, no one really noticed. The 2020 one shot takes place many years later, so it was much more noticeable this time. He's also rather reclusive, and he doesn't really care how he looks. He's more concerned with comfort than anything else, so it makes sense that he'd let his hair grow out to save himself from always getting it cut. Design-wise, the long hair shows just how different Near is from L. Now that Near is the same age L was, it's important to show that he's his own person and not just an L clone. Near is not L, and this can be seen with how differently he acts and looks. His hair was only short because he lived at Wammy's House. Now that he's on his own, he doesn't have to keep himself neat. His hair was already messy when it was short, so it makes sense that he would just let it go even more. But, these are mostly just my thoughts on this topic. I know it isn't really an important topic, but I thought Near's long hair was a pleasant surprise. I thought it looked very nice, and it was disappointing seeing how many people disagreed and called him a girl just because he has long hair now. Nonetheless, I hope you all still enjoyed this blog post!