<P> Ryotaro Sakajo (坂城 良太郎, Sakajō Ryōtarō) as a character is present only in the films . He is the assistant director during the filming of Misa Amane's "Misa - Misa's Happy Sweets" video . He is obsessed with Misa, collecting a used tissue of hers after she throws it in the trash . In a sequence bridged between the two films, Sakajo corners Misa and brandishes a knife, stating that he wishes to die with her . Gelus, a shinigami watching from the Shinigami realm, kills him to save Misa's life . In doing so, Gelus dies and Rem, who was watching, finds it only fitting to grant possession of his notebook to the human that he loved . Since Rem was the first Shinigami to touch the dead Gelus's notebook, she gained possession of that one . </P> <P> Shiori Akino (秋野 詩織, Akino Shiori) is portrayed by Yuu Kashii . She is Light's girlfriend, classmate at To - Oh University (東 応 大学, Tōō Daigaku), and childhood friend . Shiori dreams of working in law enforcement and feels some envy stemming from Light's abilities . Shiori disagrees with Kira's methods, stating that she does not like the terror they incite; she believes that the law should judge criminals . Shiori argues with the "pro-Kira" Light, unaware of the fact that Light is Kira . Kashii describes Shiori as a "very innocent" and "ordinary" girl who "believes in justice ." Kashii believed that Shiori's way of thinking is closest to that of audiences of the Death Note film . Light writes Shiori's name and the name of Naomi Misora in the Death Note, arranging the scenario to make it look like Naomi killed Shiori in a botched kidnapping scenario trying to expose Kira . </P> <P> Shusuke Kaneko, director of the film, said that he created Shiori after reading the original Death Note manga . In an interview printed in Weekly Shonen Jump, the creators of the film stated that Shiori was added to the story to highlight Light's negative aspects . Kaneko said that he needed Shiori to "deliver Light's badness to the audience ." </P> <P> In the production notes Kashii said that she felt excited to portray Shiori and wondered if the audience could accept her character . Kitty Sensei of OtakuZone had her opinions of the film portrayal of Shiori published in The Star, a Malaysian newspaper . In it Kitty Sensei said that she felt concern about what the addition of Shiori "would affect our dear, megalomaniac Light . Will he be a softer version of the Light from the manga?" Kitty Sensei said that after watching the film she felt that Shiori "only strengthens the portrayal of Light" and that she "provides one of the gasp - worthy moments of the movie ." Shiori is dubbed by Ashleigh Ball for the English dub of Death Note . </P>

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