Death Note: 10 Saddest Things About Light Yagami

Light Yagami of Death Note is an often controversial protagonist, because he’s far more villain than hero. While Light may have started with good intentions, the circumstances of the investigation forced him to make increasingly more extreme moves, until he eventually lost sight of why he started using the Death Note to begin with. It doesn’t help that Light is up against L, a less morally gray detective, and that their relationship takes on a very unexpected shape when Light loses his memory of the Death Note and winds up investigating alongside L.