User blog comment:Mikami Teru/Musings of a Fan/@comment-4358023-20120121060927

This is fairly interesting. Honestly this has me thinking a lot and I'm not sure where to start.

I don't think the world is nearly as bad as Light sees it. There are people everywhere that are making a difference and helping to change the world for the better, but the media tends to focus on the negative rather than the positive. It still remains true though that there is much more good than bad; you just have to look for it.

Making a change doesn't require credentials. It's something that anyone can do. I guess it really comes down to how you define "change" though.

Personally, I could never approve of Light's actions. We have the justice system for a reason, and allthough it isn't perfect, it's better than giving one teenager the power to decide who lives and who dies. Everyone has the right to defend themselves and the right to a fair trial; taking that away is murder disguised as justice. His actions towards the end of the manga pretty much cemented by opinion of him; burning Takada alive, planning to kill the Task Force, causing so many people to live in a state of panic, etc. The criminals weren't the only ones living in fear; at that point Light relied on information leaked to the internet, which isn't always a reliable source. It would be all to easy to frame someone for a crime and put their name on the net for Kira, who at that point was killing people left and right. He was implementing a rain of terror that was getting more out of control by the second; at one point it's announced that Kira wants people to start using their talents to help society or else. Although I think it's good for people to be active in their community, people should have the right to choose how the live their life. Light's view of "justice" is so skewed that it's downright terrifying. Light himself is terrifying; he's so narrow minded that he kills people that he doesn't agree with, and operates under a double standard. If he murders someone (criminal or not) it's "justice" or "necessary", anyone else committing a "crime" is "evil". The fact that he killed someone like Naomi Misora to further his personal goals and doesn't consider it a crime is just outrageous. I could go on and on about him, but it really isn't necessary.

Mikami I find to be more sympathetic. I could honestly relate to him and see where he's coming from. To me it seemed like Mikami was truely fighting for justice. This is hard to explain, but I'm going to try and get this across. The way I see it: Mikami had the experience of being a victim; he knows what it's like to truly feel that pain, so he fights for justice to help others in those situations. Light however, had no such thing when growing up; he was the popular student that everyone liked. His initial view of justice was passed to him via Soichiro, so it's more of a 'learned' belief rather than a 'true' belief that he developed through experiences; that's why he was so easily warped.

Anyway, this is my opinion and I don't mean to offend anyone. I enjoyed this blog, it was well written and different from what I'm used to seeing on here.