I love comparing Light to Lelouch, since I'm a big fan of both fandoms. (A key note, however, is that Ohba herself said that "Light was not evil." She wrote him as a dishonorable character, not a evil once. Again, both Death Note and Code Geass are about human nature, not the fight of good vs evil. Except maybe the Emperor in CG, lol.)
Personally, I found that Light and Lelouch have one KEY difference --how they treat their family. Light stopped caring for his family half way through Death Note, whereas Lelouch had this beautiful, heartbreaking scene at the end of Season 1 where he ditches everyone --the Black Knights, the Rebellion-- and goes to save Nunally. I was goddamn PROUD of him because that was the true of how 'good' he was.
Also, I don't think he's anywhere close to insane. He's wanted revenge against Britannia for a long, long time, and judging by his point of view, most of us would probably want to do the same. The fact that he's smart and given the power of the Geass makes him SEEM insane, but in all honestly, he's behaving as a normal human being would. We're not perfect beings. We all have a dark side, we all want revenge at some point in our lives.
Yagami Light is a little bit difference because he's so darn apathetic, but even he had --remotely-- human tendencies in the beginning.
Personally, I'd consider Light Yagami a anti-hero, and Lelouch a protagonist in general. I have a harder time connecting to Suzaku before the death of Euphie because he just seemed too nice and too selfless to be real. ^^;
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Personally, I found that Light and Lelouch have one KEY difference --how they treat their family. Light stopped caring for his family half way through Death Note, whereas Lelouch had this beautiful, heartbreaking scene at the end of Season 1 where he ditches everyone --the Black Knights, the Rebellion-- and goes to save Nunally. I was goddamn PROUD of him because that was the true of how 'good' he was.
Also, I don't think he's anywhere close to insane. He's wanted revenge against Britannia for a long, long time, and judging by his point of view, most of us would probably want to do the same. The fact that he's smart and given the power of the Geass makes him SEEM insane, but in all honestly, he's behaving as a normal human being would. We're not perfect beings. We all have a dark side, we all want revenge at some point in our lives.
Yagami Light is a little bit difference because he's so darn apathetic, but even he had --remotely-- human tendencies in the beginning.
Personally, I'd consider Light Yagami a anti-hero, and Lelouch a protagonist in general. I have a harder time connecting to Suzaku before the death of Euphie because he just seemed too nice and too selfless to be real. ^^;