“Under ordinary circumstances, humans should have continued to evolve as the greatest creatures upon this earth. But we were actually regressing. A rotten world. Politics, law, education… Was there anybody around who had the ability to correct this world? But someone had to do it.

I knew that killing people was a crime. But that was the only way to correct the world. And one day, people will accept that as being righteous. I had to take the role of Kira and do it. With this notebook… would anybody else have been able to do this? Come this far? And continue doing it? Would anybody else have been able to use just one notebook and lead this world to the right path?”

— Light Yagami (夜神月), moments before his death on January 28, 2010