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I think it's really hard to call Light a villain...or a good guy. Is it safe to say that he's an anti-hero? I see Light as the Dexter Morgan or Kratos (God of War) of his series: a particularly evil or psychopathic protagonist.

With Death Note, I tend to think of Ryuk as the villain, despite him not actually being evil.

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Oh, and Matt...

Articjedi said:
Well, that's only if your favorite anime right now is bleach or naruto.
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...I think Bill Clinton and George Bush would disagree with that! The former loves them womenz, and the latter loves big eggsplosions. ;)
 
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I'd say Light definately plays the role of the villain, but does so while lying to himself to convince himself that what he is doing is just. He does a bunch of terrible things just to protect himself from the consequences of his actions. Heck, when he temporarily loses his memories of the Death Note, he even wants to help catch Kira. Light is nothing short of an evil genius.
 
For the purpose of the other characters in the story, Light plays the role of a villain. However, if you're looking at the whole story, the "anti-hero" protagonist argument is pretty effective: he starts with arguably noble intentions, but drags himself down.

I recognize that protagonist=/=hero, but based on the perspectives we're given in the story, there's not enough to make me think he's a true-blue "villain."
 
Cyrus said:
However, if you're looking at the whole story, the "anti-hero" protagonist argument is pretty effective: he starts with arguably noble intentions, but drags himself down.
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Not a chance. When Ryuk first asks him why he plans on ridding the world of criminals, his answer is, "Because I'm bored." He then uses his massive intellect to deliberately fool himself into thinking that he's doing the right thing, when he knows at first and even later in the series that he is most definitely not.
 
SuperWooper said:
Not a chance. When Ryuk first asks him why he plans on ridding the world of criminals, his answer is, "Because I'm bored." He then uses his massive intellect to deliberately fool himself into thinking that he's doing the right thing, when he knows at first and even later in the series that he is most definitely not.
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Key word there, Wooper McWoop: "arguably." You can make the case for his intention of killing all criminals as being an idealistically good one, but of course it spirals downward into killing minor criminals, several innocent people, etc.
 
^ what do you mean?

Do you mean: Why aren't they in the list?

Read the first post once more, you'll find certain criteria that have to be met...
 
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