Light Yagami (夜神月, Yagami Raito) is the main protagonist of the Death Note series. Light is intelligent, charming, and manipulative. At first glance, Light might seem like your average overachieving, hyper-responsible teenager – and to most, that's all he is. Beneath this polite veneer, however, lurks a darker personality, one whose clashing high ideals and cynical disgust cause him to adopt extreme methods. He has genius-level intelligence and has inner monologues.