Misa Amane (弥 海砂, Amane Misa?), is a fictional character in the manga and anime series Death Note. Although she fills the traditional role of the love interest, her relationship with mass-murderer Light Yagami is one-sided. Tsugumi Ohba, writer of Death Note, decided to create Misa to be the second Kira before the serialization began. Ohba felt that having the story solely consist of males would be "boring" and wanted "a cute female." Ohba, intending to introduce her with the Shinigami Eyes, described her as having to be "spontaneous and not too bright" and that he determined her personality "from the start." Since Light Yagami would never want to trade for the Shinigami Eyes, Ohba wanted another character to use to trade for the eyes, so Ohba decided to use Misa. Ohba said that the conception of the name Misa "was kind of random but I think it was from "kuromisa" (Black Mass). It must have been based on something". Ohba ultimately decided to introduce Misa after the death of Nao...