Thread:Shinigami of the North/@comment-142748-20141014184021/@comment-142748-20141015020450

And that just makes him a Knight Templar. AN Anti-hero operates with standards that wouldn't allow them to do what Light himself did. Look at the Punisher, he will not kill innocent people and puts himself in the line of fire to protect them while he engages in his War on Crime. Light? Shows no qualms about killing innocent people and rationalizes it.

An Anti-Villain is what the likes of Nagato is. They know they are doing evil things, but its for the betterment of the world. Light again doesn't fit that. All he is doing is making the world bow to him.

And here's the clincher, Light never went mad. He was perfectly rational and knew the difference between right and wrong, and he still chose the path he was on willingly.

Shinigami and yourself still haven't addressed the fact that Orochimaru has yet to get any truly redeeming qualities, show actual remorse, etc. Just because he had opportunities and never took them doesn't matter given Orochimaru had the opportunity to attack Konoha fresh after the Uchiha Massacre when it was weak and he didn't do it.