I always hear people talk about how great Death Note is so I tried watching it a few years ago and it just made me very uncomfortable the whole time. The show made sure to point out how great things are goin in the world when ever it could, like one point after the time skip it said that wars have stopped(???). At no point did it ever try making a point about how there could be a flaw in the justice system where someone innocent could be in jail and thus a casualty of the MC. Every non “criminal” he kills is someone who could potentially put a stop to his actions and thus comes off as as antagonists that the viewer Shouldn’t feel bad about dying. The whole thing feels like the author thinks that Light is actually a good guy.
Yes I do understand that. What I am trying to say is that the text of the show will say over and over again that Light is the bad guy, but the subtext will say that everything he did was very good for the world and there are no negative consequences for what he is doing
I mean if the world is ruled by what is effectively a demigod who can murder anybody, anywhere, at will, with no defence or retaliation possible, only knowing just their name and their face, i'm pretty sure wars and shit WOULD stop.
The question is: is it worth it? the answer being fuck no
That was what was running through my head in the second half anyway
He doesn't have to be good. He is better than the current system we have. That isn't an critique of Kira, that is mark against the system. Light is a good guy by the standards of the world we live in. He might actually be a bad guy outside of context but that is a meaningless assessment.