"With this i can become invincible. Now if only i knew how to read. Hmmmm, is this the right way"
“I am Justice”
Light
Right, now we are going to go with one of the most popular anime villain protagonists, Light from Death note. Now I always liked Light, because he was such an interesting protagonist. Its far more interesting to have a egomaniacal, vigilante with a god complex, kind of an interesting idea. I like that he used the death note to “purge” the society”, it made for a more interesting story. And for once I was rooting for the good guy, which normally doesn’t happen. For those of you who don’t know, Light is a elitist super genius who finds a note called the “Death Note”, a note book where writing there name in it will kill people. So Light does what anyone of use would do if we were a closet sociopath with a god complex. He starts to write down the names of all the people he considers evil, killing criminals en mass. So yeah, if you haven’t figured out, he is an evil bastard, if a cool character. But what kind of evil. Now, I’m first to remind you that the anime only had 26 episodes, and ended there. Nothing happened after than, and any other series that people might mention doesn’t exist, neither does anybody named Near, pseudonym for Canon Sue. So in that sense, I’d say LE. While he is a self serving bastards and does kill people who get in his way, he has a bit of a code. He doesn’t kill people who commit manslaughter, nor people who’s guilt is in question. He does murder people in prison for the “greater good” but that’s more ends justifies the means. He also acts lawful, very focused, very organized, very uptight (ok last one is a stereotype but still). So yeah. Wasn’t as hard as I expected.
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So, your verdict on all three of your vigilantes are "Lawful Evil", "Lawful Evil", and "Lawful Evil".
Fascinating.
All the ones shown yes, but thats because I choose the ones i liked, and I think the best vigilantes are those who are lawful in there own way, just in rejection of society's laws (and very often morals). Its an interesting perspective through. I think if you branch out you will find less interesting Vigilantes, like Dirty Harry (NE, CE maybe) or Bud White. But i think the most interesting ones are LE.
Through if i can find the time (comptuor errors) I'm doing Dr. Mahnatten, the Comedian and Ozmidaus next
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