"I will destroy all evil and become god of the new world!"
— Me stating what I just did.
(This page is best read in either Mamoru Miyano, Brad Swaile or Manuel Campuzano's voice.)
Hello, I'm Light Yagami, genius model student, star athlete and absolute lady-killer (Even if I'm not falling head over heels for them.) I am also most certainly NOT Kira. I assure you.
Fine, considering you can't really do much to stop me, I'll tell you the truth. I am Kira, and I am also the God of the New World. I was sick and tired of the constant violence and crime reported constantly, so upon finding the Death Note, I decided to take things into my own hands. That is to say, to kill every last major criminal, so they can never harm a soul again, and to establish a world of only kind, virtuous people.
Sadly, I was met with opposition early on in my attempts, and it was by my own father! when a certain detective named L announced that he was trying to find me and stop my righteous mission on live television, I wrote down his name in the Death Note, only for it to turn out that it had been a body double the real L was using to find my location. I made it my sworn mission that day to kill L, and take down anyone who stands in my way.
Any day now, my justice will come for you, detective.
Tropes Associated With Me:
- Adaptational Heroism: The version of me in the American live-action adaptation had several standards and showed remorse when he killed someone who didn’t need to die. He ended up only wanting the Death Note to keep it away from someone worse. Sounds more noble, but everyone knows he is nowhere near as smart as I am (and neither was another version of me below). I mean, I just stick to the heart attacks that the Death Note normally causes. He still ends up going for a few more ...gruesome things.
- My version from the live-action TV series genuinely cares for Misa and his family, and goes out of his way to save people with the Death Note. Not that I don't do that, but he does it a bit more directly. He's still not as smart as I am, given that the American version might have been based on him, but I suppose he did his best.
- My anime counterpart was a bit more remorseful for some of the more... regrettable things he ended up having to do. I like to think that this helps explain me a lot better.
- Adaptational Villainy: My other film version, on the other hand, apparently killed one of my random girlfriends and attempted to kill my father. I'm going to do whatever it takes, but that's a little too far. This clearly proves I could have been much worse than you people already believe me to be. Because let's be honest, not everything about me is going to be accurate.
- Antagonist in Mourning: It was rather boring without L around, and those two little babies could hardly match him. Sadly, I got unlucky.
- Anti-Hero: What the idiots on this website claim I was before I "Jumped Off The Slippery Slope." Anti-what?
- Anti-Villain: Subverted, because I'm not a villain.
- A God Am I: Correct. And I have my picture on the page to prove it.
- Ambiguously Gay: My behavior around L has been the starting point of many a fan-fic. I don't really like girls, but I could just be Asexual. Whatever it is, it doesn't matter right now. I have higher callings.
- Asshole Victim: My death in the Manga is rather gruesome, but despite this trope name, it was fully undeserved. Somehow even less so in the other versions.
- Badass Adorable: I was drawn like a Disney character early on. Subverted later when I age, but that can only make you wiser, right?
- Berserk Button: DO NOT CALL ME EVIL! I AM JUSTICE!
- Black-and-White Insanity: I'm good. I will protect the innocent and start a utopian society, but sadly, some people aren't keen on it. If they aren't keen on what is clearly the best outcome, chances are they're evil.
- Cessation of Existence: What happened to me, assuming I didn't become a Shinigami. For those who truly know me, you'd know that I obviously wouldn't tell which of these happened.
- The Chessmaster: I managed to out-smart the worlds greatest detective and that says alot about my superior intellect!
- Complete Monster: No, of course not. People on this site like to group me with that White-Haired rapist twink as a character who starts out sympathetic and becomes this later into the story, but they're just unfairly biased (Not to mention that I really wouldn't go that far). Just look at some of the other versions of me I mentioned above.
- These dolts also claim my film adaption is a more concrete version for openly scheming to kill my father, but again, they're wrong. Not that I don't prefer other versions of me instead.
- As well as my version in the musical. Just like before, wrong.
- Determinator: L says "Childish and hates to lose." I say "Stylish and in the mood."
- Draco in Leather Pants: I'm not too pleased about the implications of the label, but it's good to know there are people who worship me.
- Dying Moment of Awesome: You betcha! I think my favorite is when I manage to escape, looking back on how this all started before finding a place to rest and hide. So that by the the time they find me, they're already too late.
- I'll even give my TV counterpart some credit. Setting the warehouse on fire did help everyone back off, even though getting burned alongside the Death Notes wasn't part of the plan, but he was never as smart as I usually am anyway. You at least have to appreciate how that might have been the most determined I was to survive.
- Establishing Character Moment: My first scene in the anime has me spacing out in class, but still able to flawlessly translate a book passage when called on by the teacher. On my way to my next class, I'm moping about the constant crime broadcast on the news, declaring in sync with the Shinigami Ryuk that this whole world is rotten. That's how you know I'm super intelligent and desperate to change the world for the better, and therefore the ideal recipient of the Death Note.
- Even Evil Has Loved Ones: I told you not to call me evil, didn't I? I truly loved my family, though. Sad I was going to have to kill them, but I thankfully didn't have to.
- Even Evil Has Standards: Okay, this at least can help prove I'm not really evil. To start, killing reformed and minor criminals was a bit too far, Mikami.
- Evil Makes You Ugly: I feel like the "ugly" part is what needs to be addressed here more. Sure, it probably doesn't look good for me to get so worked up at times, but still, it's not much compared to how this trope usually works.
- Fanon Discontinuity: A lot of my adoring fans would like to pretend that the 2nd part of the series, where I made several severe mess-ups, become a bit too indiscerning in my targets, (To the point that you idiots have given me the "honour" of being considered one of a very few Complete Monster protagonists), and died not a result of my own actions, but one of my lackies screwing up randomly never happened.
- Faux Affably Evil: I have to be polite, no matter how hard I want to strangle L. Besides, why would I need to when the Death Note could let me kill him without even being near him?
- Gambit Roulette: I remember when this trope was named after me.
- Knight Templar: I am a brave hero, destined to rule the world, and if you get in my way, I will kill you.
- Light Is Not Good: That's not funny. I know it doesn't actually refer to me in particular, but still.
- Magnificent Bastard: I was listed as one at one point. Those in charge of the trope removed me because they realized I was the hero. Although my version in Jump Force is listed as one. Now L is listed as one instead, and so is the next person Ryuk sent a Death Note.
- Memory Gambit: I had to surrender ownership of the Death Note, and by extension my memories of being Kira, for a while to get L off my trail.
- Motive Decay: Fear of getting caught tends to make you forget your goals, but I assure you I will remove all criminals. And some lazy people, but not all of them.
- Mundane Made Awesome: Credit where it's due, these people have pointed to me as the defining example of this.
- Narcissist: I'm not afraid to boast, but it's certainly not at that level. After all, I am a god..
- Never Hurt an Innocent: I never would've had to kill anyone who wasn't a criminal if L didn't try to get in my way.
- Nice Guy: What I was before I got the Death Note, and I still am.
- Nightmare Fetishist: You Shinigami are so cute!
- Not-So-Well-Intentioned Extremist: I will become god of the new world! Wait, what was the first part? Oh, right. Making the new world itself.
- Obliviously Evil: What do you mean I shouldn't kill people? They're evil! They deserve it!
- Repressive, but Efficient: Sure, you might have to live under the decree of a "Delusional narcissistic teenage boy with daddy issues" (Rude, TV Tropes,) but the crime rate has reduced to 1/4 the previous level, and there's no wars!
- Sadist: Okay, now I know the guys on this site are evil. How am I supposed to get the world to appreciate my genius if they aren't reminded of my great power?
- Took a Level in Jerkass: I admit, I might have gotten a bit coarser after L was dead, but sacrifices must be made. Right, Takada?
- Took a Level in Kindness: I was forced to return to my pre-note state to avoid detection, but I was just as nice as ever.
- Smug Snake: I am a genius AND often hatch brilliant plans, but this wiki still considers me to be a higher-functioning just because I get rightfully angry when people say CLEARLY false things and don't think those dolts could somehow beat me. What, because I haven't had a real challenge in years?
- The Sociopath: No way! I care about people, I just don't care if I have to kill them!
- Ugly Hero, Good-Looking Villain: Hey, who are you calling ugly?! Wait, L? Oh, nevermind. ... Wait a second!
- Utopia Justifies the Means: I will become the god of a new world full of kind, honest, and hardworking individuals.
- Villain Protagonist: I'm about as far as you can get from it.
- "Well Done, Son" Guy: I'm stopping the bad people! This is what dad wanted, right?
- Well-Intentioned Extremist: What do you mean "extremist?" I may be killing people, but they're nearly all criminals who deserve it! The rest are, admittedly at best, just who I had to get rid of in order for me to continue.
