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While Light is sympathetic solely for being the main character and having a moderately likeable personality, he's a complete sociopath who just gets worse as the series progresses. Plus his hysterical overreactions get annoying. He's neither a tragic hero nor a noble villain, he's merely a petulant child with a bit of power. At least with Lelouch, we could somewhat sympathize with his motives. The only people who might sympathize with Light are the deepest red conservatives and horseshoe utilitarian liberals who see no reason to keep alive lawbreakers.

Granted, for Death Note, *most* of the characters were completely unlikable so Light doesn't seem as awful by comparison. The lead detectives were all high-functioning sociopaths who are portrayed as having various mental disorders (either inherent or due to their fucked-up upbringing)

spooky96 posted...

I was cheering for them the entire time, marveled at their feats, and didn't particularly feel good when they died

The problem with those accomplishments is how contrived they are for the most part. One of Light's biggest schemes half-relied on luck although, I suppose, had things gone wrong there were a few scenarios where he simply would have gotten away with his previous crimes even if he couldn't commit new ones.
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