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-->'''Light:''' Stupid conscience. I wish I could just give it up with a few magic words and live the rest of my life with no problems.
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-->'''Light:''' Stupid conscience. [[{{Irony}} I wish I could just give it up with a few magic words and live the rest of my life with no problems.]]
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* BreakTheHaughty: Light on the TraumaCongaLine. Mello as well when he's realized he's failed.
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* NobleFugitive: Light. [[spoiler: Takada and Misa help him hide from L.]]
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* YaoiFanGirl: Sayu
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* AntiHero: In this universe [[SlidingScaleOfAntiHeroes Light is Type II, L is Type V]]
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* SpellMyNameWithAThe: The Taken and The Returned. L's kidnapping of children is such a persistant phenomenon that there are ''Support Groups'' for The Returned.
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* TheSnackIsMoreInteresting: L when Watari is telling him of yet another potential candidate for the program... until [[SpitTake: L realizes the implications of what Watari just said.]]
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* TheSnackIsMoreInteresting: L when Watari is telling him of yet another potential candidate for the program... until [[SpitTake: [[SpitTake L realizes the implications of what Watari just said.]]
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* WordAssociationTest: Part of L and Watari's [[HollywoodPsych Psych exam]].
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-->'''Light:''' [[ThisIsWrongOnSoManyLevels That is beyond wrong on way to many levels!]]
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-->'''Light:''' [[ThisIsWrongOnSoManyLevels That is beyond wrong on way to too many levels!]]
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''[[http://www.fanfiction.net/s/7385390/1/My_Stupid_Reality My Stupid Reality]]'' by Twisted Grim is a ''Manga/DeathNote'' FanFic in which the GreatDetective L is rounding up genii children for some nefarious purpose and so Light Yagami has pretended to be stupid for all his life. It works up until his senior year of high school when Light makes JustOneLittleMistake that puts L on his trail...
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''[[http://www.fanfiction.net/s/7385390/1/My_Stupid_Reality My Stupid Reality]]'' by Twisted Grim is a ''Manga/DeathNote'' FanFic in which the GreatDetective L is rounding up genii children for some nefarious purpose and so Light Yagami has [[ObfuscatingStupidity pretended to be stupid stupid]] for all his life. It works up until his senior year of high school when Light makes JustOneLittleMistake that puts L on his trail...
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* TautologicalTemplar: L kidnaps children in his search for a successor. He gets away with it because he's L, he is Justice.
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* TautologicalTemplar: L kidnaps children in his search for a successor. He gets away with it because he's L, he is Justice. L, [[ForGreatJustice he is Justice.]]
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* StalkerWithACrush: L begins having interesting dreams about Light as his obsession continues to grow.
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* StalkerWithACrush: L begins having interesting ''[[FreudWasRight interesting]]'' [[FoeYay dreams about Light as his obsession continues to grow. grow.]]
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* {{Pride}}: Light realizes it's his FatalFlaw when he outs himself by acing the Touhou entrance exams to prove to his father he's not a failure.
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* {{Pride}}: Light realizes it's his FatalFlaw when he outs himself by acing the Touhou entrance exams just to prove to his father he's not a failure.
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* TheNicknamer: Matt nicknames Light "PB" (for Pretty Boy, not Peanut Butter)
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* TheNicknamer: Matt nicknames Light "PB" (for [[{{Bishonen}} Pretty Boy, Boy]], not Peanut Butter)
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* TheNicknamer: Matt nicknames Light PB (for Pretty Boy, not Peanut Butter)
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* TheNicknamer: Matt nicknames Light PB "PB" (for Pretty Boy, not Peanut Butter)
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* YoureNotMyType: Takada says this to Light when he's playing dumb (despite the fact he isn't interested). Later when Takada finds out how smart really Light is she starts throwing herself at him.
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* SuperIntelligence: Light and L. {{Lampshaded}} by Takada.
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* ScareEmStraight: or rather Scare 'em Stupid [[ShoutOut The first books Light read that had any substance to them were]] ''[[EvilGeniusTrilogy Evil Genius]]'', ''ArtemisFowl'', ''{{Matilda}}'', ''EndersGame'', and ''BattleRoyal''. It had quite an impact on him as a kid. In each of those books all the characters' problems came from people knowing they were genii so Light decided it was safer to play dumb... and luckily he already had his mask in place by the time L began stealing children in the middle of the night.
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* ScareEmStraight: or rather Scare 'em Stupid [[ShoutOut The first books Light read that had any substance to them were]] ''[[EvilGeniusTrilogy Evil Genius]]'', ''ArtemisFowl'', ''{{Matilda}}'', ''EndersGame'', and ''BattleRoyal''.''[[{{Literature/BattleRoyale}} Battle Royale]]''. It had quite an impact on him as a kid. In each of those books all the characters' problems came from people knowing they were genii so Light decided it was safer to play dumb... and luckily he already had his mask in place by the time L began stealing children in the middle of the night.
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-->'''Light (to the mud on his clothes):''' I think we should see other people. This relationship isn't going to work out. I mean, I should be with a shower right now, and you down the drain; maybe with a nice dead goldfish to hang with...
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* JustOneLittleMistake: When his father calls him a failure, Light can't help but take it personally and [[IWillShowYouX resolves to show him]] and goes on to ace the Touhou entrance exams-which unfortunately undoes his carefully constructed "Stupid" persona.
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* JustOneLittleMistake: When his father calls him a failure, Light can't help but take it personally and [[IWillShowYouX resolves to show him]] and goes on to ace the Touhou entrance exams-which unfortunately undoes his carefully constructed "Stupid" persona. persona and puts L on his trail.
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* JustOneLittleMistake: When his father calls him a failure, Light can't help but take it personally and [[IWillShowYouX resolves to show him]] and goes on to ace the Touhou entrance exams-which unfortunately undoes his carefully constructed "Stupid" personna.
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* JustOneLittleMistake: When his father calls him a failure, Light can't help but take it personally and [[IWillShowYouX resolves to show him]] and goes on to ace the Touhou entrance exams-which unfortunately undoes his carefully constructed "Stupid" personna.persona.
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* JustOneLittleMistake: When his father calls him a failure, Light can't help but take it personally and [[IllShowYouX resolves to show him]] and goes on to ace the Touhou entrance exams-which unfortunately undoes his carefully constructed "Stupid" personna.
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* JustOneLittleMistake: When his father calls him a failure, Light can't help but take it personally and [[IllShowYouX [[IWillShowYouX resolves to show him]] and goes on to ace the Touhou entrance exams-which unfortunately undoes his carefully constructed "Stupid" personna.
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* KickTheDog: L's search for a successor destroys many lives.
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* KickTheDog: L's search for a successor destroys many lives. [[TautologicalTemplar L himself doesn't even seem to realize how horrific that is.]]
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* DoesThisRemindYouOfAnything: Because of L [[ANaziByAnyOtherName an entire group of people are Disappeared.]]
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* DoesThisRemindYouOfAnything: Because of L [[ANaziByAnyOtherName an entire group of people are Disappeared.]]]] Light suspects that L is trying to eliminate the competition.
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* Asexual: {{Asexual}}: Light identifies himself as such.
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Light (thinking): Slut, (page turn) slut, (page turn) slut, (page turn) not even 18, (page turn) slut, (page turn) whore, (page turn) gross, (page turn) eww, just eww. This just sucks.
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* MindScrew: Ryuk's warning to Light.
* NeatFreak:
-->'''Light (to the mud on his clothes):''' I think we should see other people. This relationship isn't going to work out. I mean, I should be with a shower right now, and you down the drain; maybe with a nice dead goldfish to hang with...
* TheNicknamer: Matt nicknames Light PB (for Pretty Boy, not Peanut Butter)
* NightmareSequence: After Light outs himself as a genius he has a nightmare where he's rejected by his family and kidnapped by L. [[PsychicDreamsForEveryone The latter soon becomes a reality.]]
* NoEscapeButDown: When Light attempts a BalconyEscape from the hotel where L and Watari are detaining him and falls. Luckily there is SoftWater swimming pool below [[SuperDrowningSkills to break his fall.]]
* NotGoodWithRejection: L. He can't even fathom why someone WOULDN'T want to be his successor.
* ObfuscatingInsanity: When it becomes impossible for Light to deny that he's a genius he tries to get out of L's program by deliberately failing the psych exam. [[SpringtimeForHitler Unfortunately he failed too well and L knew he was faking.]]
* ObfuscatingStupidity: Light, for years. He has it down to an art:
-->'''Light:''' One does not just randomly select a question or 2 and try to get them wrong. No. Nor do you do it to every 4th question or some other such ridiculous, predictable pattern like that. The key lies in, like all things, strategy. You need to choose ahead of time a subject or 2 your awful at, a few your neutral, and 1 your good at. Then whenever you get homework, consistently get the same basic principals wrong, and get it wrong on the test as well. Also, you have to make a show of not paying attention in class, or else suspicions will be raised, and you'll be given a special "learning disability," and assigned a tutor pronto.
* PerkyGoth: Ryuk and Rem.
* PlayfulHacker: Light, Ryuk, and Matt.
* {{Pride}}: Light realizes it's his FatalFlaw when he outs himself by acing the Touhou entrance exams to prove to his father he's not a failure.
* ProperlyParanoid: Light, but his family doesn't seem to realize it until after he's kidnapped.
* RefusalOfTheCall: Light refuses to be L's successor. Too bad L doesn't take "no" for an answer.
* ScareEmStraight: or rather Scare 'em Stupid [[ShoutOut The first books Light read that had any substance to them were]] ''[[EvilGeniusTrilogy Evil Genius]]'', ''ArtemisFowl'', ''{{Matilda}}'', ''EndersGame'', and ''BattleRoyal''. It had quite an impact on him as a kid. In each of those books all the characters' problems came from people knowing they were genii so Light decided it was safer to play dumb... and luckily he already had his mask in place by the time L began stealing children in the middle of the night.
* SecondPlaceIsForWinners: Light has deliberately tried to look BookDumb and scored average all his life. [[SpringtimeForHitler So when Light aces every subject in the Touhou entrance exam L realizes just how smart Light must be to keep up that act and is determined to make him his successor.]]
* ShoutOut: see Light's reading list. Also to ''{{Portal}}'' and ''SuperMarioBros''. Also Light sets up a trail for his pursuers that leads [[{{Fargo}} through Minnesota to Fargo, North Dakota.]]
* SlashFic: Set up to be one eventually with the usual fandom pairings of L x Light and Mello x Matt.
* SneezeCut:
-->'''L:''' Wherever it is that you, my true successor, are hiding, enjoy your last few days of normalcy. L's life is a hard one. One you're going to start soon. No matter who or where you are. I'll find you. And when I do, you're not getting away from me. I am justice, and justice will always prevail.
-->''Somewhere in the world, a certain Light Yagami sneezed.''
* StalkerWithoutACrush: L, initially, with Light...
-->'''Watari:''' Light Yagami, I feel bad for you.
-->'''L:''' Why for him?
-->'''Watari:''' He's your obsession. That poor kid is doomed.
-->'''L:''' No, he will be my successor. He is not doomed.
* StalkerWithACrush: L begins having interesting dreams about Light as his obsession continues to grow.
* SuperOCD: Light
* TabloidMelodrama: the paparazzi stalks Misa [[spoiler: and this is how Team L gets back on Light's trail.]]
* TautologicalTemplar: L kidnaps children in his search for a successor. He gets away with it because he's L, he is Justice.
* TheydCutYouUp: One of the popular theories of what's happening to the genius kids that go missing.
* TooCleverByHalf: Light
* TransparentCloset: Light. "The day a man like that retires is the day I come out of the closet... [[SuspiciouslySpecificDenial Wait, it's not that I'm in the closet, I just meant…it's impossible ok! Never gonna happen.]]"
* {{Unperson}}: L kidnaps genius children from around the world in his search for a successor. Most disappear forever. Some are eventually returned to their parents [[EmptyShell damaged]] or are DrivenToSuicide.
* WeCanRuleTogether: L wants to make Light his successor. Light wants nothing to do with L.
* WellDoneSonGuy: Souichiro sees his son as a failure until he aces the Touhou entrance exam and proves that he didn't cheat.
* WildGooseChase: Light sets up a fake trail that has Mello looking all over for him through Fargo, North Dakota
* WithUsOrAgainstUs: L's mindset—either do as L says or you’re an enemy of Justice.
* WhyCouldntYouBeDifferent: Light's parents say this to Light, [[BeCarefulWhatYouWishFor not knowing that he is...]]
* NeatFreak:
-->'''Light (to the mud on his clothes):''' I think we should see other people. This relationship isn't going to work out. I mean, I should be with a shower right now, and you down the drain; maybe with a nice dead goldfish to hang with...
* TheNicknamer: Matt nicknames Light PB (for Pretty Boy, not Peanut Butter)
* NightmareSequence: After Light outs himself as a genius he has a nightmare where he's rejected by his family and kidnapped by L. [[PsychicDreamsForEveryone The latter soon becomes a reality.]]
* NoEscapeButDown: When Light attempts a BalconyEscape from the hotel where L and Watari are detaining him and falls. Luckily there is SoftWater swimming pool below [[SuperDrowningSkills to break his fall.]]
* NotGoodWithRejection: L. He can't even fathom why someone WOULDN'T want to be his successor.
* ObfuscatingInsanity: When it becomes impossible for Light to deny that he's a genius he tries to get out of L's program by deliberately failing the psych exam. [[SpringtimeForHitler Unfortunately he failed too well and L knew he was faking.]]
* ObfuscatingStupidity: Light, for years. He has it down to an art:
-->'''Light:''' One does not just randomly select a question or 2 and try to get them wrong. No. Nor do you do it to every 4th question or some other such ridiculous, predictable pattern like that. The key lies in, like all things, strategy. You need to choose ahead of time a subject or 2 your awful at, a few your neutral, and 1 your good at. Then whenever you get homework, consistently get the same basic principals wrong, and get it wrong on the test as well. Also, you have to make a show of not paying attention in class, or else suspicions will be raised, and you'll be given a special "learning disability," and assigned a tutor pronto.
* PerkyGoth: Ryuk and Rem.
* PlayfulHacker: Light, Ryuk, and Matt.
* {{Pride}}: Light realizes it's his FatalFlaw when he outs himself by acing the Touhou entrance exams to prove to his father he's not a failure.
* ProperlyParanoid: Light, but his family doesn't seem to realize it until after he's kidnapped.
* RefusalOfTheCall: Light refuses to be L's successor. Too bad L doesn't take "no" for an answer.
* ScareEmStraight: or rather Scare 'em Stupid [[ShoutOut The first books Light read that had any substance to them were]] ''[[EvilGeniusTrilogy Evil Genius]]'', ''ArtemisFowl'', ''{{Matilda}}'', ''EndersGame'', and ''BattleRoyal''. It had quite an impact on him as a kid. In each of those books all the characters' problems came from people knowing they were genii so Light decided it was safer to play dumb... and luckily he already had his mask in place by the time L began stealing children in the middle of the night.
* SecondPlaceIsForWinners: Light has deliberately tried to look BookDumb and scored average all his life. [[SpringtimeForHitler So when Light aces every subject in the Touhou entrance exam L realizes just how smart Light must be to keep up that act and is determined to make him his successor.]]
* ShoutOut: see Light's reading list. Also to ''{{Portal}}'' and ''SuperMarioBros''. Also Light sets up a trail for his pursuers that leads [[{{Fargo}} through Minnesota to Fargo, North Dakota.]]
* SlashFic: Set up to be one eventually with the usual fandom pairings of L x Light and Mello x Matt.
* SneezeCut:
-->'''L:''' Wherever it is that you, my true successor, are hiding, enjoy your last few days of normalcy. L's life is a hard one. One you're going to start soon. No matter who or where you are. I'll find you. And when I do, you're not getting away from me. I am justice, and justice will always prevail.
-->''Somewhere in the world, a certain Light Yagami sneezed.''
* StalkerWithoutACrush: L, initially, with Light...
-->'''Watari:''' Light Yagami, I feel bad for you.
-->'''L:''' Why for him?
-->'''Watari:''' He's your obsession. That poor kid is doomed.
-->'''L:''' No, he will be my successor. He is not doomed.
* StalkerWithACrush: L begins having interesting dreams about Light as his obsession continues to grow.
* SuperOCD: Light
* TabloidMelodrama: the paparazzi stalks Misa [[spoiler: and this is how Team L gets back on Light's trail.]]
* TautologicalTemplar: L kidnaps children in his search for a successor. He gets away with it because he's L, he is Justice.
* TheydCutYouUp: One of the popular theories of what's happening to the genius kids that go missing.
* TooCleverByHalf: Light
* TransparentCloset: Light. "The day a man like that retires is the day I come out of the closet... [[SuspiciouslySpecificDenial Wait, it's not that I'm in the closet, I just meant…it's impossible ok! Never gonna happen.]]"
* {{Unperson}}: L kidnaps genius children from around the world in his search for a successor. Most disappear forever. Some are eventually returned to their parents [[EmptyShell damaged]] or are DrivenToSuicide.
* WeCanRuleTogether: L wants to make Light his successor. Light wants nothing to do with L.
* WellDoneSonGuy: Souichiro sees his son as a failure until he aces the Touhou entrance exam and proves that he didn't cheat.
* WildGooseChase: Light sets up a fake trail that has Mello looking all over for him through Fargo, North Dakota
* WithUsOrAgainstUs: L's mindset—either do as L says or you’re an enemy of Justice.
* WhyCouldntYouBeDifferent: Light's parents say this to Light, [[BeCarefulWhatYouWishFor not knowing that he is...]]
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!! ''My Stupid Reality'' provides examples of:
* Asexual: Light identifies himself as such.
* AlternateUniverseFic
* AmbiguouslyGay: Light, {{Lampshaded}} by Sayu
* BeleagueredAssistant: Watari.
-->'''Watari:''' L, you are not going to lock up the poor boy just because he has no wish to be a detective.
* BeneathTheMask
-->'''Naomi:''' How often do you find yourself lying?
-->'''Light:''' Ha! My whole life has been a lie.
-->'''Naomi:''' That's sad.
* BigNo: Sachiko upon finding Light has been kidnapped by L.
* BrilliantButLazy: Light
* ByronicHero: Light is well aware of his flaws, he's a self-described {{Narcissist}} with a slight problem with [[{{Pride}} hubris]].
* CatapultNightmare:
Light: '''[[CrowningMomentOfFunny L'S TRYING TO KILL ME WITH DIABETES!]]'''
* ChickMagnet: Light, much to his dismay seeing as he has no interest.
* ClingyJealousGirl: Takada and Misa for Light.
* Cloudcuckoolander: Sayu:
-->'''Sayu:''' Hehe I just don't understand why we're in this old abandon warehouse. I mean when we showed up here, my first thought was that you were going to show me all your murder victims. And then when I screamed you were going to 'add me to your collection'.
-->''(DramaticEllipsis)''
-->'''Light:''' What the hell, Sayu?
-->'''Sayu:''' Hey! It was only a little less likely!
-->'''Light:''' Less likely then what?
-->'''Sayu:''' You being gay.
-->'''Light:''' I shouldn't have asked.
-->'''Sayu:''' Hey it's possible.
-->'''Light:''' So you think I'm a gay murderer?
-->'''Sayu:''' [[LampshadeHanging A gay mass murderer, yes. Now all we need is a sexy gay detective, and I have a yaoi manga!]] Quick! Go kiss Matsuda!
-->'''Light:''' [[ThisIsWrongOnSoManyLevels That is beyond wrong on way to many levels!]]
* ContinuityNod: To ''LightNovel/AnotherNote''
* CosmicPlaything: Light
* CrazyJealousGuy: L for Light.
* DeadpanSnarker: Light
* DramaticallyMissingThePoint: Light's family [[WhyCouldntYouBeDifferent wish he was smarter.]] Light wonders if they WANT him to be taken.
* DrivenToSuicide: Many of the Returned.
-->'''L:''' The mirror had to be removed after the last tester, remember?
-->'''Watari:''' Oh, that's right. I don't know how I managed to forget that.
-->'''L:''' That one was particularly awful, wasn't it? I never thought anyone would surpass A in imaginative suicides.
* DysfunctionJunction: When searching for a successor, L realizes that all the orphans come to him damaged and therefore it would be [[KickTheDog more pragmatic to kidnap genius kids from stable families.]]
* {{Dystopia}}: Genius children disappear all the time now and no one thinks anything of it.
* EducationMama: Sachiko is very disappointed with Light's [[FMinusMinus report card.]]
* EternalRecurrence: There's the implication that the original plot of ''Manga/DeathNote'' happened to all of them in a past life. [[CosmicPlaything Light wonders what he has done to deserve this.]]
* [[EvenEvilHasStandards Even Morally Grey Anti-Heroes Have Standards]]: Watari frequently kidnaps children for L but he has clear lines he won't cross and he objects to L's obsessive stalking of Light.
* EverybodyHatesMathematics: Sayu "math is sooooo haarrrrd"
* FirstPersonSmartass: Light
* ForYourOwnGood: Light's MeddlingParents get him into a lot of trouble. This is also L's justification in hunting down Light.
* GhostMemory: Light. There's the implication that [[EternalRecurrence all the events of Death Note canon happened before]] and that Light subconsciously remembers his past life and so he has an implicit fear and distrust of L that goes beyond even his moral objections of L's mass kidnapping of children and he has a HaveWeMet reaction to several characters. Also when forced to make up an alias on the spot he blurts out:
Light: I'm… Asahi Kira.
Misa: Kira? Like 'killer' in English?
* GuiltComplex:
Light: Stupid conscience. I wish I could just give it up with a few magic words and live the rest of my life with no problems.
* InfractionDistraction: When L puts cameras in his house Light attempts to look normal by reading porn.
Light (thinking): Slut, (page turn) slut, (page turn) slut, (page turn) not even 18, (page turn) slut, (page turn) whore, (page turn) gross, (page turn) eww, just eww. This just sucks.
* InstantSedation: Watari’s primary mode of kidnapping genius kids.
* JustOneLittleMistake: When his father calls him a failure, Light can't help but take it personally and [[IllShowYouX resolves to show him]] and goes on to ace the Touhou entrance exams-which unfortunately undoes his carefully constructed "Stupid" personna.
* MeddlingParents: Light's parents. Also Watari objects when L's obsession becomes obvious.
* WorthyOpponent: Light to L. "We must track him down. He is the first person since [[ContinuityNod B to escape from my program, and I do believe he is much more stable than B was.]]"
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!! ''My Stupid Reality'' provides examples of:
* Asexual: Light identifies himself as such.
* AlternateUniverseFic
* AmbiguouslyGay: Light, {{Lampshaded}} by Sayu
* BeleagueredAssistant: Watari.
-->'''Watari:''' L, you are not going to lock up the poor boy just because he has no wish to be a detective.
* BeneathTheMask
-->'''Naomi:''' How often do you find yourself lying?
-->'''Light:''' Ha! My whole life has been a lie.
-->'''Naomi:''' That's sad.
* BigNo: Sachiko upon finding Light has been kidnapped by L.
* BrilliantButLazy: Light
* ByronicHero: Light is well aware of his flaws, he's a self-described {{Narcissist}} with a slight problem with [[{{Pride}} hubris]].
* CatapultNightmare:
Light: '''[[CrowningMomentOfFunny L'S TRYING TO KILL ME WITH DIABETES!]]'''
* ChickMagnet: Light, much to his dismay seeing as he has no interest.
* ClingyJealousGirl: Takada and Misa for Light.
* Cloudcuckoolander: Sayu:
-->'''Sayu:''' Hehe I just don't understand why we're in this old abandon warehouse. I mean when we showed up here, my first thought was that you were going to show me all your murder victims. And then when I screamed you were going to 'add me to your collection'.
-->''(DramaticEllipsis)''
-->'''Light:''' What the hell, Sayu?
-->'''Sayu:''' Hey! It was only a little less likely!
-->'''Light:''' Less likely then what?
-->'''Sayu:''' You being gay.
-->'''Light:''' I shouldn't have asked.
-->'''Sayu:''' Hey it's possible.
-->'''Light:''' So you think I'm a gay murderer?
-->'''Sayu:''' [[LampshadeHanging A gay mass murderer, yes. Now all we need is a sexy gay detective, and I have a yaoi manga!]] Quick! Go kiss Matsuda!
-->'''Light:''' [[ThisIsWrongOnSoManyLevels That is beyond wrong on way to many levels!]]
* ContinuityNod: To ''LightNovel/AnotherNote''
* CosmicPlaything: Light
* CrazyJealousGuy: L for Light.
* DeadpanSnarker: Light
* DramaticallyMissingThePoint: Light's family [[WhyCouldntYouBeDifferent wish he was smarter.]] Light wonders if they WANT him to be taken.
* DrivenToSuicide: Many of the Returned.
-->'''L:''' The mirror had to be removed after the last tester, remember?
-->'''Watari:''' Oh, that's right. I don't know how I managed to forget that.
-->'''L:''' That one was particularly awful, wasn't it? I never thought anyone would surpass A in imaginative suicides.
* DysfunctionJunction: When searching for a successor, L realizes that all the orphans come to him damaged and therefore it would be [[KickTheDog more pragmatic to kidnap genius kids from stable families.]]
* {{Dystopia}}: Genius children disappear all the time now and no one thinks anything of it.
* EducationMama: Sachiko is very disappointed with Light's [[FMinusMinus report card.]]
* EternalRecurrence: There's the implication that the original plot of ''Manga/DeathNote'' happened to all of them in a past life. [[CosmicPlaything Light wonders what he has done to deserve this.]]
* [[EvenEvilHasStandards Even Morally Grey Anti-Heroes Have Standards]]: Watari frequently kidnaps children for L but he has clear lines he won't cross and he objects to L's obsessive stalking of Light.
* EverybodyHatesMathematics: Sayu "math is sooooo haarrrrd"
* FirstPersonSmartass: Light
* ForYourOwnGood: Light's MeddlingParents get him into a lot of trouble. This is also L's justification in hunting down Light.
* GhostMemory: Light. There's the implication that [[EternalRecurrence all the events of Death Note canon happened before]] and that Light subconsciously remembers his past life and so he has an implicit fear and distrust of L that goes beyond even his moral objections of L's mass kidnapping of children and he has a HaveWeMet reaction to several characters. Also when forced to make up an alias on the spot he blurts out:
Light: I'm… Asahi Kira.
Misa: Kira? Like 'killer' in English?
* GuiltComplex:
Light: Stupid conscience. I wish I could just give it up with a few magic words and live the rest of my life with no problems.
* InfractionDistraction: When L puts cameras in his house Light attempts to look normal by reading porn.
Light (thinking): Slut, (page turn) slut, (page turn) slut, (page turn) not even 18, (page turn) slut, (page turn) whore, (page turn) gross, (page turn) eww, just eww. This just sucks.
* InstantSedation: Watari’s primary mode of kidnapping genius kids.
* JustOneLittleMistake: When his father calls him a failure, Light can't help but take it personally and [[IllShowYouX resolves to show him]] and goes on to ace the Touhou entrance exams-which unfortunately undoes his carefully constructed "Stupid" personna.
* MeddlingParents: Light's parents. Also Watari objects when L's obsession becomes obvious.
* WorthyOpponent: Light to L. "We must track him down. He is the first person since [[ContinuityNod B to escape from my program, and I do believe he is much more stable than B was.]]"
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