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SPOILERS Death Note. Light Yagami - Right or Wrong?
Topic Started: Jul 18 2012, 08:45 PM (6,220 Views)
* Yu Narukami
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When Light Yagami first picked up the Death Note, his intention was to pure the world of evil. But almost instantly, his desire was altered; he wished to become 'God' of the new world that he was going to create. Some of his actions, such as killing L, are obviously seen as wrong and for the most part, they are, but could it be a situation where the end justifies the means? Whilst the idea of him being 'God' is ridiculous, was Light right in his intentions of purifying the world? If you were in possession of a notebook that had the same properties, would you use it in a similar way?

Light may have been a serial killer in possession of the most dangerous weapon in the history of mankind, but in the eyes of some, what he was doing was right and just.
Edited by Yu Narukami, Jul 18 2012, 08:48 PM.
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He went insane with power, and also began to murder people who had only small offenses.

The author even shows this change in Light artistically. Look at what happens when Light forfeits the Death Note:

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It can be interpreted several ways, but IMO, I think it was meant to show that the Death Note corrupted him.

If I did somehow come upon a Death Note, it's tough to say what would happen. I'd like to think the power wouldn't corrupt me, but humans share common flaws, and one is that power corrupts. The Death Note, hypothetically, would be the perfect tool for a humane death sentence for criminals, but it would depend on the person who had the Death Note. It would have to be someone just and fair, and also able to handle the guilt and pressure of sentencing people to death without going insane like (in my opinion) how Light did. Insane isn't exactly the right word to describe it, but there was a change in Light's mentality, most evidently, his god complex.
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Son Gohan has pretty much said it all. Light started killing people for small offenses, of I recall it right he even started killing some people just for the fact that they were lazy, he got consumed by power and became corrupt

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Light was just a kid who was on a HUGE ego trip. I mean, he said from the very first chapter that his intention was to become God of the new world. Personally, I've always thought that the whole "rid the world of evil" thing was just something he said to himself to justify what he was doing, really it was all about himself. His reaction to L calling him out says it all, read the page where he rights L's name it's HUGE! It takes up like half the page. He didn't like it when someone called him out on something, he tried to do the same thing with Near at the end. Near had it right, he was nothing more than a serial killer with the most powerful weapon.
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Of course he was wrong. Granted, the manga did a poor job of justifying why he was wrong.


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I think he truly had a purpose other than systematically killing anyone that stood in his way. It kinda got lost along the way and L and Near being on his trail all the time made him forget it and he got hostile just to survive.

I think there's many ways to interpret this either he was latent Serial Killer and just needed the opportunity to indulge in his killings. Or he was a normal kid who felt he honestly could bring justice and order to what he felt was raving country.

I never thought he was going to win so the end didn't surprise me rather the death of L like many others was disappointing.
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I've kind of revised what I thought after watching the last arc again recently (or at least one of the episodes).

I see it like this. At the start of the series, it was about say 60% about his ego and being a god and 40% about saving the world. That saving the world bit is what kept him "human" gave him some kind of morality. Part of that was destroyed when he began his games with L and it was slowly reduced as time went on. However, even at the start of the last arc a little of it was still there, as could be seen in his hesitation to kill his sister. I think that the final straw for Light was his Dad's death. Despite the fact that he was angry at him for not killing Mello and was even trying to force him to do it on his deathbed, I think that his Dads death hit him hard. I mean, just look at this page:

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He had no reason to pretend at that point and I think it really affected him. Towards the end, after he's been found out, Light says to Matsuda that he was building a society where "people like my Dad won't be fooled anymore for his death shouldn't be wasted", I think it's clear that he still had respect for his father. Finally, I think you can tell Light's attitude changed afterwards. He became far darker and the way he treated people like Mikami and Kiyomi was awful especially the heartless way he killed the latter despite her being an ally, he even seemed happy about it. That's the point of Death Note I think, to show how it messed with Light.

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Light and L were both wrong, in my opinion, but I won't get into that.

Light was an immature teenager who used the death note to "rid the world of evil" while having a heck of a good time doing it. Trying to outsmart L and take over the world gave him an adreline rush and a motivation other than school, which bored him. He was sick of the same old routine of living and impressing people, so he used the death note to keep things exciting. It was really nothing more than that.
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I was with him till he started killin cops. He should have been more careful with himself. I would have.
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Jul 25 2012, 11:58 PM
Light and L were both wrong, in my opinion, but I won't get into that.

Light was an immature teenager who used the death note to "rid the world of evil" while having a heck of a good time doing it. Trying to outsmart L and take over the world gave him an adreline rush and a motivation other than school, which bored him. He was sick of the same old routine of living and impressing people, so he used the death note to keep things exciting. It was really nothing more than that.

I don't think he had any more respect for his father or anyone else besides himself and Ryuk for that matter and chances are he would have offed Ryuk the first opportunity he got(if Ryuk happened to love him or whatever).

I'm hoping they kind of expand on the Shinigami world...I think there are many theories concerning how Shinigamis are born, some suggest that the user who wrote and used the Notebook willingly become Shinigami themselves.

I stand by that theory.
That's the first time I"ve heard someone say that L was wrong. I'm extremely curious to see/hear your opinion on that.

I think that Light was on the right path until he decided to try and kill L followed by the cops...all done to save his hide and save his family from the shame of being the one who spawned the wielder of the Death Note.

I hated that he lost in the end though. It was an awesome idea to rid the world of evil...but he essentially became warped by the power and aspect of becoming a 'god'.

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^ I can see where that interpretation can come from, L was no angel. He was willing to sacrifice Matsuda for information (although the police force and Good Light convinced him not to) and he put Misa through torture in order to get information in addition to how little he seemed to care for the value of human life in general (he was happy enough to kill off a few prisoners just to test the Death Note).

I think L's overall goal was right in the end; he just wanted to catch a serial killer. However, his methods and even his motivation (a lot of it was also about beating Kira) can be called into question.
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