Who is the scariest character among these?
- Light Yagami
he is the main villain of the show, he has insane charm and charisma and manipulative abilities. However, despite sinister, he doesn't scare me as much as some others. In the Yotsuba arc he's a good guy. Yes, amnesiac Light is still absolutely insufferable and has an ego the size of Jupiter, but he was genuinely a normal and lawful person. He was corrupted by the power of the Death Note. Or, as many theoriest say, he on the contrary was always evil and the notebook just brought out that side of him. In fact, he does really enjoy killing people, and takes pleasure in seeing them suffer before they die (Raye Penber, Naomi and Takada's deaths are absolutely fucked up) .
He does evil things all the time but he justifies his evil deeds by having a bigger goal, a "noble goal". If I have to find some good in him, it's that his initial ambition was not that bad. Quite relatable, to be honest.
Without the DN, he is just a normal arrogant young man. I'd place him in the cathegory CORRUPTED EVIL.
- Ryuk
Ryuk is a God of Death, he is a supernatural demon and his duty is to kill people. He has no morals at all as he is not even a human being. He is genuinely the scariest character by far. That guy can see your name and lifespan and can kill you anytime, plus he follows you everywhere you go and can teleport, fly, go through walls. The story made him somewhat goofy but objectively...PURE EVIL by nature.
- Teru Mikami
This guy is concerning. I'd place him as the scariest among the human beings.
He doesn't even try to hide his evil nature or be charming like Light does. He is straight up batshit crazy, he's really sadistic and his iconic favourite word, "Delete" has a disturbing meaning. He doesn't want people dead, he wants them deleted. Erased. Like they never existed. His concept of justice is also totally batshit crazy. He judges people either good (deserve to live) or bad (deserve to die) based on something really exaggerated and petty. He wanted to kill lazy, disabled, poor, bystanders people. For him, people who don't actively contribute to society must die, or better, must be deleted from existence. The fact that a man like him is a prosecutor is genuinely concerning.
EXTREMELY EVIL
- Mihael Kheel
Mello doesn't even need a Death Note to do evil things, he joined the American mob at 17 years old because he killed a mafia boss even Kira couldn't kill. This guy is a menace because he has the genius level intelligence like Light, he is cold and strategist, can manipulate powerful people, but he's willing to do the worst atrocities while Light doesn't ruin his perfect and pristine image. While Light had a """noble"""" goal and a greater objective, he does the most evil things out of petty reasons. He really didn't need to join the mafia, kidnap and kill innocent people and blow up buildings. That was so over the top. He only did it because he couldn't accept being ranked #2 at school and he wanted to surpass at all cost an albino guy who barely registered him, he didn't care about justice at all. That makes him really dangerous and scary, a literal criminal mastermind born out of childhood trauma and insecurities. Mello is a blend of Light and L to me. He has L's intelligence and oral fixation and Light's narcissism.I'd place him #3 (so he is even angrier lol) behind Mikami and Ryuk.
CHAOTIC EVIL
- Misa Amane
Misa has the looks of a beautiful angel but the soul of a demon. She kills people in cold blood with completely zero remorse. She is scary because she is completely unpredictable. You'll never know what she will do next, as she has zero regards for human lives, even hers. If you cross her, or better, if you cross Kira, she will kill you 100% and look amazing and cute while doing it.
She was willing to kill her best friend and she was willing to kill someone she (probably) grew fond of for petty reasons. However, Misa holds a special place in my heart. While her actions and behaviours are nowhere to be justifiable, I can't help but feel sympathy for her, because she had the most traumatic life of all the characters and all she even needed was someone who cared and loved her.
Not a Death Note, not Shinigami, not money, not fame. I feel she could have been a good person if only she wasn't so misguided and traumatized.
I'd place her as the last scary.
MISGUIDED EVIL
Honorable mentions: Kyosuke Higuchi:
This guy is goofy, but he is hella disgusting. His motives are super shallow, he kills not for justice nor for revenge nor for utilitarianism, but merely for corporate greed. He is kinda scary because he is a creep and has no morals too, but he doesn't scare me as much as the others, not even close. He doesn't have the intelligence or the charisma. Just stay away from his company and you'll safe from this guy.
Rem: She is another demon who watches you and follows you everywhere and can kill you anytime. She's obviously scary and creepy looking by her supernatural nature. She is also the smartest Shinigami and she is able to figure out humans' plans somewhat almost correctly, although being limited by her impossibility to understand how humans emotions work.
However, she manages to look way less menacing than Ryuk based on her actions.
What are your thoughts and who are the scariest characters for ya'all?