true Detective LLawliet
I do find that the begging journey was the best as it is what built the story. I don't think that Mikami was stupid enough to abandon his routine just to make a move, He was smarter then that, I think they added that just because they didn't think they could advance the story more.
Probably and they might have wanted 2 please the fans, I mean more people were wanting Near 2 win more then Light. (It really hard 2 find Light merchandise, and 2 easy 2 find L)