>>126601I mean, it was supposed to demonstrate Light's narcissism being the one thing that prevented Light from winning. Light hated losing even if it mean losing a battle to win a war. He hated it to the point where it got into his head and that's what made him lose in the end. I agree with you, but judging from how L reacts to being insulted in the first part of Death Note, it probably should've been evident how it would happen if Death Note went with that direction.