User blog comment:IcedWings/Disscussion Questions/@comment-5731965-20121112235717

I guess I'll give it a shot. ;D

i. I've generally been able to agree that Light's final position in the middle of the staircase is symbolic of his place in MU, which dates back to something mentioned in the first (second..?) episode of the anime. However, out of consideration for those restless souls who may not be able to accept this conclusion ("all humans are equal in death"), I've assumed the scene of the setting sun and rising moon were symbolic of Kira's loosening grip over society. Assuming the night is calmer than the day, it makes sense to me, because the crimes (please excuse my anti-Kira bias) commited by Light had finally been able to ease themselves out.

ii. I pretty much stated what I thought of this above. Light couldn't go to either Heaven nor Hell following his death, just like he ended up in the middle of the stairs rather than above or below them.

iii. Call me crazy, but I think he could have achieved more as an anonymous individual. Sure, being closer to investigative info helped him occasionally given the circumstances, but the conditions surrounding his connection to this information seems to be what made him a suspect in the first place. I can't say I really blamed him altogether, though. When L came along, the two were locked in a battle of wits that seemed more like a game to me than anything. Light anticipated the challenged at first, and made it pretty clear that he wanted to take advantage of the circumstances and eliminate the opposition. However, going back to what I said at first, that was probably what had hindered him the most of all.