That's my least favorite part of this series. But apparently, Naomi Misora was supposed to have a bigger role. The writers were excited about having a "cool female character [they] always wanted" but they were pushed to have the storyline progress onward, and so they took her out too quickly, I think. If you read Death Note: Another Note, though, the one with Beyond Birthday, you'll find that Naomi's skills are super awesome. L trusts her, so she's obviously epic. Another Note revolves around Naomi, L, and Beyond Birthday, and it's narrated by Mello, so I suggest you take a look at it and rejoice at Naomi's utter awesomeness.   See 2 other replies

I don't know where you got the idea that the writer is a woman. The creators of Death Note was a two person team, Tsugumi Ohba and Takeshi Obata. One of them did the writing and story development for the manga, and the other was the illustrator who did all the artwork and visually worked with the writer to create the characters. However, I do agree with you, the depiction of women in Death Note is seriously sad. They created one competent women, Misora, and then allowed her to trust Light enough to reveal her identity even though it was completely out of character based on the rest of how they wrote her personality. Oh, and then there's Wedy, who doesn't really speak or do much of anything, and that woman with Near. But, for the most part, the women, especially the Japanese women or the ones associated with Light are daft bimbos. L's ladies aren't so much, but he associates with them because they have mad skills in certain fields, and Light mostly associates with weak women he can manipulate. It makes sense from that point of view, but it just leaves you with the impression that the writers are women haters…. or, at least that they don't have much faith in the strength of Japanese women, since those are the ones who are the most gullible in the series.   See 2 other replies