Near appears in , a spin-off film that details the final 23 days of L's life before his death in . Unlike in the manga, Near was a Thai boy who resided in a village in the rural areas of Thailand. He was also shown to be gifted in mathematics. At the beginning of the film, the village Near lives in was struck and destroyed by a virus that infects all the villagers, all except Near, who was the sole villager who did not get infected. F, an associate of L and Watari, had found the boy and brought him to safety before his death. Given that there was no mention of Near's family or parents, it is possible that they died due to the virus or from other causes prior to the film, effectively making Near an orphan.