I chose Near, as has been mentioned before he had the edge on L, but still many of the personality traits I loved about L. As much as I adored L, I was frustrated when in the manga he seemed to be
killed by Light so damn easy, I was like "NOOOOOOO not now!!!!!" *argh*
And true, L did get just that bit too close to Light, although I found their fisticuffs entertaining ^^
Near is just so cute, makes you wonder what a cute kid like that is doing in a place like where he and Mello grew up, he seems like all he wants to do is be lost in his own world with his toys. Yet he has this amazing intellect, and though he plays dirty sometimes he always does it in such a cool manner
Mogi was also a favourite of mine. He was so loyal, and kinda naive aswell, he lets Misa run rings around him. I love it when he gets really nervous hehehehe ^^