

Obsessed with his goal, he used and even murdered a lot of innocent people. Throughout his journey, he globally became known as "Kira" (a mysterious figure who anonymously murdered criminals) and continued his work for the next few years, while trying to evade capture. In addition, he was being accompanied by the notebook's original owner- shinigami Ryuk. After realizing that it worked, Light decided to use the notebook as a murder weapon to eliminate all crime and create a utopia full of law-abiding people he accepts, changing his life forever.

Initially skeptical of its abilities, Light tested the notebook on two criminals. Light was a Japanese high school senior who found a Death Note, a mysterious notebook that would kill anyone whose name was written in it. Manipulated Rem into forfeiting her own life through killing L by exploiting her love for Misa Amane.ĭeceased Light Yagami is the villain protagonist of the Death Note manga/anime series, as well as its multiple adaptations. Passed the notebook to an unsavory business executive to establish an alibi for being Kira, in the process tricking his amnesiac self into searching out the notebook through the executive's notebook-induced murders.In the manga, he killed Aiber by giving him liver cancer, resulting in him dying in a hospital surrounded by his family (though in the anime, he died simply by a heart attack in his apartment). Psychologically manipulated Misa Amane through her undying love and loyalty towards Kira, constantly feigning affection and using her love to submit to him.Mockingly asked Naomi Misora if she wanted his phone number to contact him even though she'd already been sentenced to her death by the Death Note purely for pleasure.

Murdered the FBI agents recruited to investigate the Japanese police by manipulating Raye Penber into writing the names of his colleagues on pages from the Death Note, and later murdered his fiance to stop her from revealing how Light figured out his name. Tailor who was pretending to be L in anger when the convict called Light evil (though Lind was indeed a criminal, Light wasn't aware of it at first, so he could've easily killed an innocent simply because he said what he was doing is wrong)
