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Death Note Explained: Story, Ending and Why It Endures
What Death Note is about, how the Light-versus-L battle plays out, and why the ending still hits — a clear explainer of…
Light Yagami
from Death NoteMain
(5'10") Light is a third year high school student (12th Grade) at Daikoku Private Academy who also attends supplemental classes at Gamou Prep Academy in the beginning of the story.
About Light
(5'10") Light is a third year high school student (12th Grade) at Daikoku Private Academy who also attends supplemental classes at Gamou Prep Academy in the beginning of the story. Light has a father, [Soichiro Yagami](https://anilist.co/character/1927/Yagami-Souichirou), who is the head of the Police Force. Light also has a mother, [Sachiko Yagami](https://anilist.co/character/14735/Yagami-Sachiko), and a younger sister, [Sayu Yagami](https://anilist.co/character/8135/Yagami-Sayu). In Spring 2004, he becomes a first-year student (freshman) at To-Oh University and gets one of the top scores of its entrance exam. Nicknamed "Kira", he uses the Death Note to create his ideal world of justice under him; its new God. Though he looks frail, Light is an extremely athletic person, with an aptitude to find an opponent's weak point. He is a genius, which adds to his notion that only he is fit to judge humanity and steer it on a proper moral course.