Near's Biggest Mistake Wasn't Against Light... It Was Against Mikami
People always say that Near won because he was smarter than Light, but in reality he won because Mikami made one single mistake. And that makes me think: what if Mikami had been as perfect as Light expected him to be?
Imagine if Mikami had never written Takada's name in that fake notebook. Near's trap would have failed completely. Light would have won. End of the story.
This leads me to an uncomfortable question: Did Light really lose because of Near... or did he lose because he trusted someone else more than he trusted himself? Because his entire downfall depended on Mikami making a mistake that Light himself would never have made.
What do you think?
Was Near's victory truly due to his own intelligence, or was it mainly because Mikami failed where Light expected perfection?
I'm really curious to hear your opinions on this.