Character Review : Light Yagami (Death Note)

The Plot:

The series "Death Note" created by Tsugumi Ohba and Takeshi Obata has become popular for those Anime and Manga Fans because of its awesome and unique plot. The story follows with the protagonist "Light Yagami", a 17-year old genius student who is bored with his life. One day while looking out the window of his class, he saw a black Notebook fall out of the sky. After his class ended, he picked up the book from where it landed and surprisingly saw the front page entitled "Death Note". When he opened the book, he read that the person whom he will write shall die. At first, he thought it was just a  prank but he ends up taking home the Notebook and writes down the criminal shown on TV. To his surprise, the man died as he wrote its name on the Notebook. Light then realized the amazing possibilities when he continue to judge those criminals. He will eradicate all evil people in the world until the world is populated with those people whom he judge to be righteous to live. Creating a world filled with justice and he'll become the God of his new world.

Light Yagami

Character Description:

source : http://myanimelist.net/character/80/Light_Yagami

Light Yagami (夜神月)

Birthdate: 28 February 1986

Zodiac sign: Pisces

Hair Color: Brown

Eye Color: Brown

Height: 179 cms (5'10")

Weight: 54.1 kgs (119 lbs.)

Blood Type: A

Occupation: High school student, University student, Detective

Age (during the series): 17-23

Likes: Justice

Dislikes: Evil

Light Yagami is an honor student who excels at everything. He has a high grades, he's good at sports and not to mention, he has good looks.Even though he has this attributes, he is bored in his life. He is frustrated by how rotten the world has become. After picking up the Death Note, he wants to create a new world filled with justice by killing those whom he deemed not worthy to live. By cleaning up all the evil in this world, the ones who will remain are those who he thinks worthy and after that, he will become the God of his new world.

He thinks of himself as justice and the only savior of mankind. He began to develop a cruel and malevolent nature. He wouldn't care if he has to stain his hand just to obtain his goal.

After killing numerous of criminals each day, they became suspicious that someone is behind all of this. They called him "Kira" derived from the English word "Killer". To reveal the identity of Kira, the famous detective "L" has begun his investigation. He quickly narrowed down the location of Kira by tricking him. Later on, he suspected that Kira is a student and became suspicious of Light. As L is moving closer in revealing Kira's identity, Light continuously tries to evade the suspicion of L and the other detectives. To obtain his goal, he must get rid of the greatest obstacle "L".