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* Light Yagami of ''Manga/DeathNote'' lost his cool from time to time, but the ultimate freakout was [[spoiler:right at the end, when he realized that he dug his own grave via his unshakable belief that he could never be defeated, leading to a series of fatal oversights. Once he realizes that there's no hope of fooling anyone anymore, he breaks into an EvilLaugh as he goes on a MotiveRant about how he's just a WellIntentionedExtremist who was the only person who could make the world "better." Then he resorts to using a piece of the titular Death Note to try and kill Near when the latter [[TheReasonYouSuckSpeech verbally tears him apart]]. Touta Matsuda, who had previously wanted to believe that Kira was indeed well-intentioned, immediately stands up to him and shoots Light's hand, provoking Light to furiously shout at Matsuda for "screwing with him" as he desperately tries to convince him to kill Near and the rest of the [=SPK=]. When Matsuda is unswayed, Light tries to write Near's name in his own blood on the page he concealed; he then devolves into incredulous, fearful screaming once [[UnstoppableRage Matsuda flies into a rage and unloads the contents of his revolver into Light's body]]]]. In the manga, [[spoiler:the wannabe god realizes that he, who built his gargantuan ego upon so many deaths, does not himself want to die, and [[VillainsWantMercy begs desperately for his life]] after Ryuk writes Light's name in his Death Note in front of Near, Mikami and everyone in the [=SPK=]. [[AssholeVictim He dies pathetically, without sympathy, bleeding on the floor as a heart attack finishes him off]]]]. In the anime, he [[spoiler: ends his reign of terror by trying to flee the scene, running aimlessly through the city, crying as [[MyLifeFlashedBeforeMyEyes his life flashes before his eyes,]] before finally collapsing and DyingAlone. Notably, [[AdaptationalSympathy unlike his unrepentant and truly vile manga counterpart]], Light in the anime is given a case of AlasPoorVillain, seeing as he seemed to have a tearful HeelRealization before he died.]]

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* [[Characters/DeathNoteLightYagami Light Yagami Yagami]] of ''Manga/DeathNote'' lost his cool from time to time, but the ultimate freakout was [[spoiler:right at the end, when he realized that he dug his own grave via his unshakable belief that he could never be defeated, leading to a series of fatal oversights. Once he realizes that there's no hope of fooling anyone anymore, he breaks into an EvilLaugh as he goes on a MotiveRant about how he's just a WellIntentionedExtremist who was the only person who could make the world "better." Then he resorts to using a piece of the titular Death Note to try and kill Near when the latter [[TheReasonYouSuckSpeech verbally tears him apart]]. Touta Matsuda, who had previously wanted to believe that Kira was indeed well-intentioned, immediately stands up to him and shoots Light's hand, provoking Light to furiously shout at Matsuda for "screwing with him" as he desperately tries to convince him to kill Near and the rest of the [=SPK=]. When Matsuda is unswayed, Light tries to write Near's name in his own blood on the page he concealed; he then devolves into incredulous, fearful screaming once [[UnstoppableRage Matsuda flies into a rage and unloads the contents of his revolver into Light's body]]]]. In the manga, [[spoiler:the wannabe god realizes that he, who built his gargantuan ego upon so many deaths, does not himself want to die, and [[VillainsWantMercy begs desperately for his life]] after Ryuk writes Light's name in his Death Note in front of Near, Mikami and everyone in the [=SPK=]. [[AssholeVictim He dies pathetically, without sympathy, bleeding on the floor as a heart attack finishes him off]]]]. In the anime, he [[spoiler: ends his reign of terror by trying to flee the scene, running aimlessly through the city, crying as [[MyLifeFlashedBeforeMyEyes his life flashes before his eyes,]] before finally collapsing and DyingAlone. Notably, [[AdaptationalSympathy unlike his unrepentant and truly vile manga counterpart]], Light in the anime is given a case of AlasPoorVillain, seeing as he seemed to have a tearful HeelRealization before he died.]]

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