I love L’s rain scene so much because it’s basically him telling Light, ‘I completely see through all of your bullshit and there’s nothing you can do about it :)’
I mean, L completely roasts the man with the ‘has there ever been a single moment in your entire life where you’ve actually told the truth’ line, and it’s always unbelievably satisfying to hear it because Light deserves it so badly. Seeing him make up this fancy, flowery response to the question and L just says, ‘I had a feeling you’d say something like that.’ He is so done with Light’s nonsense and it’s amazing to see.
I also like how he sort of… mocks/ pokes at Light’s god complex, in a way? Or at least, I like to think L was completely aware of the implications of washing Light’s feet and that’s precisely why he chose to do it— as well as the line which is something like ‘it’s the least I can do to atone for my sins’ or whatever: he’s taking the piss at Light’s self-righteousness, and again, it’s incredibly satisfying after a whole series of Light getting away with arrogance and lie after lie.
Also… am I looking into it too far or does his behaviour also tie into Aizawa’s comment about L always getting the last laugh? As in, even when L knows he’s about to die, he still asserts his knowledge and certainty over Light without hesitation: kind of like saying ‘you might win this physically/ succeed in killing me but I still won the mental game ages ago’, in a way.








