Death Note readers: did the author do this on purpose?

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okay, so I HATE light (he's a dick to misa and not to mention he's a lying murderer), but for some reason, I DON'T want him to get caught. Did the author intend for me to think this?
i just noticed I've been asking a lot of questions about death note lol, this book must really concern me:P
thanks mate/love (cant tell from the name, I'm guessing love), but I'm 15, i dont need to worry about taxes
 
i think yes,
i felt sorry for light when he was dying and running away, i felt i was going to cry, it was strange cause he is crazy and the worst person for killing L, who had considered as a friend

i really don't know
 
most definetely, now, for me, it's close to the exact opposite of what you just said. i enjoyed having a 'villain' as a main character and i like Light's views on things (or at least how they're depicted in the story)

BUT, i don't want L to die! Because the way the author writes the story (i think) the reader would be satisfied whether Light wins or L wins.
 
I would say yes.
Because he's the main character, you see things from his point of view. If it was told from L's point of view, few people would be on Kira's side.
This way, the manga forces you to think. And consider the dark side of humanity. And make you realize we all have a darkness within us, since we also want criminals to die.
 
Yes, the author is purposely making you question the validity of the legal system.

Light does have a valid point that the legal system doesn't do a good job. However, that's the best we have. A lot of guilty people do go free but a lot of innocent people are saved by the system too.

A person who sentences somebody to death without knowing all the facts is just as bad as someone who kills for fun. That's why we have trails and things for people to review the evidence and sentence to the correct punishment for their particular crimes. Unfortunately this doesn't always work. The system is not by any perfect but it's the best we got.

Light judges it too harshly.

That's one thing you may agree with him on and other thing is once he's caught the story is over. PERIOD! Despite Light's flaws he's actually a fun character.

A tragic character also, when he forgets about the death note. He's an exemplary character but when the book touches him he becomes corrupt and evil.

The question is? Was that evil in him all along or did the Death Note give birth to that evil?

When he forgets that he used it. As I said he becomes the shinning example of what a decent human being is suppose to be. He is the smartest and most moral character of the band.
Heck, he even saved some poor schmuck he didn't even know from getting killed when L was content to do nothing.
Not to mention actually caring about Misa and not wanting her to get involved.

But all that changes when he regains his memory of the death note. So point in fact the most tragic figure in the story is Light.
 
i think the author writes it in a way that keeps the reader switching sides on who to like.

i personaly wanted kira to win throughout must of the series though at some points i switched to L's side like when light started thinkin of killing his sister. i believed he went a little overboard with that and letting his father die which forced me to question light's sanity.
 
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