Oh well yes Near SAYS at the very end that he was only able to win because of Mello. But that doesn´t change the fact that he said at the beginning that he´s not going to end like stupid L (well nor word for word, but that´s more or less what he said).
At the end he says that he admires the former L, but it didn´t seem to be like it before that.
And pleeeeeeeeeease just let me hate Near, pleeease!!! XDDDDDDD *lol*

I still miss L (T_____T) ... all of them had their special .. "habits" ... like near with his LEGO toys or what it was and Mello with his chocolate, but L was just .... AAAAHH!!! (*____*) ...

I didn´t mind Near wearing the L mask btw. ;)