L’s Death in DeathNote. Near was cool and all, but the entire story after L dies felt like an epilogue rather than a continuation of the plot.
I stopped reading the manga after L died, and decided to never even start watching the anime. Death Note without L was just worthless to me.
The anime is fantastic if you stop after L dies
I could be wrong, but I remember reading that it was the original ending, but someone didn’t like Light winning, so they added the other two characters to beat Light.