Analysis Of The Most Intelligent Fictional Character
Why Light Yagami killed tens of thousands of people (from a behaviorist lens)
Light Yagami is the main character from the Death Note series, a 12 volumes manga series (Japanese comic). Light is the protagonist and anti-hero of the series. He could be called a hero if seen from his perspective, as the author never explicitly states if he is evil or not. It is left for open interpretation.
Introduction to the main character
Light Yagami is a fascinating character to analyze. He is brilliant, calculating, and manipulative. In spite of being popular in school and his class, he never really has any interest in making friends. The only friends he has are for the show and he doesn’t care about them. He only cares for his family. He believes that his family is innocent and pure, thus deserves to live in the ‘new world’ he is creating.
He appears to be perfect. He gets the #1 position in the nationwide college entrance examinations. Not only is he good in studies but also he is brilliant enough to aid his father, who is the head of NPA (Japanese FBI), in solving some really complicated cases in the past. Along with brains, he is athletic. He is the National junior high champion in tennis for two consequent years…
