+BlueScare45 I love how the real fanboys are so quick to label anyone with whom they disagree a fanboy. Just the fact that it is obviously far easier to hide as a culprit from the one searching for you than searching for the culprit out of the countless possible options would settle it. However, aside from that, Light had the ultimate weapon and knew all the rules of the game from the get go, and if that wasnt enough, he had Misa's eyes and 2 Shinigami's to manipulate, yet L was almost always one step ahead of him. The obvious access to any info he should have was nothing compared to all these advantages, even a kid could figure out that, it seems you arent that smart. Also, most of the tricks of Light, which he had enough time to device, would just make L even more suspicious of him, and that is within seconds of encountering them. Apparently you base who is smarter merely on who you like more, and you must be a sociopath or something if you prefer a "twisted mass murderer who mistakes himself for a god", just like my favorite character said, over L.