User blog:Bulls12345/Battle of Wits!! Light Yagami vs John Constantine

Two legendary god tricksters go head to head in a battle of wits, deception, and pure cunning from both the comic book and manga genre. What they lack in physical prowess...they make up for their pure intellectual wit and insane "macuffns". The master of the gambit roulette, the young boy who became a god, Kira aka Light Yagami, takes on the devious Hellblazer, the World's Greatest Con Man, John Constantine! In a battle of pure intellect, who tricks who, who decieves what, and whom of these two will fall for each other's cunning traps!

Light Yagami
Light Yagami (夜神月, Yagami Raito) is the main protagonist of the series Death Note. A bored and arrogant brat, his life soon changed after discovering the Death Note. After knowing its destructive powers, he decides to use it to rid the world of criminals. His killings are eventually labelled by people of Japan as the work of "Kira"—the name derived from the Japanese pronunciation of the English word "killer" (キラー, Kirā?). His goals expanded years later, in which now he dubbed himself "The God of the New World". Many of Light's greatest feats includes decieving many of the greatest detectives and intellectuals in the world. This includes tricking them into thinking he is an ally, presumably by showing of his intellect to impress others so that they can recruit him. He's also a daring risk-taker, once erasing his own memories of the Death Note to trick others into believing he is innocent. After killing his archenemy L, he finally suceeds in putting the whole world in his rule and making himself the "God of the New World"

Personality
Light is characterized as an extremely smart, yet bored young man, confident in his own sense of logic and how creative he is in regards to others. Intelligent and resourceful, Light Yagami is skilled at the art of deception and trickery. He is frustrated by the lack of justice in the world. Believing the world to be "rotten," he uses his Death Note as a means by which he can enact his will to purge the world of all sin, immorality, and crime. Light's main goal is to create and rule over a new world that is populated only with honest and kind people. Through use of the Death Note, Light quickly begins to develop a cruel and malevolent nature. He becomes completely devoid of love, compassion and mercy. He views himself as the only rightful savior of mankind and that all his actions are justified, no matter how inhuman they might be. He is shown to even be willing to sacrifice his own family and beloved friends to further his goals.

Weapons
Death Note - The Macguffin weapon of the series and Light's most dangerous weapon. It is a powerful supernatural book that can kill any human by writing their names in its papers. The inside of a notebook looks like that of a school notebook, and contains ruled white pages. The notebook is activated when someones name is written in it. Regardless of how many names are written in it, the notebook will never run out of pages. Death Notes are made from an unknown material, however they feel and look like regular notebooks and it is possible to rip and burn the pages. Human science cannot analyze a Death Note.


 * The human whose name is written in this notebook shall die.
 * This notebook will not take effect unless the writer has the subject's face in their mind when writing his/her name. Therefore, people sharing the same name will not be affected.
 * If the cause of death is written within 40 seconds of writing the person's name, it will happen.
 * If the cause of death is not specified, the person will simply die of a heart attack.
 * After writing the cause of death, the details of the death should be written in the next 6 minutes and 40 seconds.
 * Mispelling the person's name won't kill him/her. Mispelling the name 4 times and the person would become immune.

Light's Watch - When Light loses his memories by relinquishing his notebook, he plans to regain the ownership by killing its new owner. In order to do this, he cuts a piece of the Death Note and places it in a compartment that opens from the bottom of his watch. The compartment only reveals itself when he pulls the crown of his watch four times with less than a second in-between pulls.

Investigation Archives - When Light became the replacement of L for the Kira team, he gained all of the task force's information and files. He has every top secret from the FBI, Interpol, and the SPK. He also conntrols many men to do his dirty work.

Disguises - Light can disguise himself when stalking his victims or to avoid suspitions. His greatest disguise is probably his youth, as he can use it to mask himself of innocence.

Feats
His intellectual feats includes:


 * Finally killing his archnemesis L; the World's Greatest Detective and one of the greatest intellectuals of his time. Light also kills one of L's successors Mello, another intellectual of his own right.


 * Tricking the Shinigami Rem into sacrificing herself to kill L


 * Evading many of world's greatest investigation teams such as Interpol, FBI, and the SPK.


 * An example of this is when Light tricked the American FBI agent Roy Penber into writing his and his team's name in the Death Note, leading to their deaths.


 * Scaring the U.S. President to give him secret information of the SPK, such as their names, thus leading them to their demise.


 * Making the world live under a dark age of the "Kira's Law", finally making himself the "God of the New World".


 * Others I missed?

Intellectual Pros

 * Light is a young protege, he is very smart with a large IQ.
 * Light is extremely confident in his plans, and he's also a risk-taker. He knows how to use his weapons very well, and isn't to get off his ass and stalk his victims.
 * A sociopath, Light is ready to sacrifice anyone for his own needs.
 * He's always the guy who, in every victory he gets, always wants to see the look of his victim's face as they learn that he's actually Kira, before dying.

Cons

 * Light is arrogant, brash, and competitive. A cocky sociopath, he easily breaks down when when his plans don't go his own but is ready to go through. Light is also merciless, intending to sacrifice even friends and family to complete his own "justice".
 * Many of his feats like the time where he relinquish ownership of the Death Note to erase his memories thus becoming innocent, is by far a risky feat and needs the use of massive luck. As anytime after that anyone who could have touched the Death Note can gain ownership and Light's memories would have been gone forever.

Ryuk
Ryuk too will be in this battle, as both Ryuk and Light are inseperatable throughout the series. Ryuk is a shinigami, also known as a Death God. Ryuk is a smart and devious Shinigami who got bored and decide to drop a Death Note in the human world. He is mischevious and very smart, able to even trick the Shinigami king for his personal gain.

Throughout the series both Ryuk and Light appeared to be allies of sort, but is actually ready to decieve each other when the time passed. Light himself though that he has Ryuk on a leash, and Ryuk himself would try to protect Light from time to time. Ryuk took an affectional liking on Light, being constantly impressed by his intellectual prowess. But in the end, Ryuk only wanted to see Light's downfall. When Light was cornered and was shot many times in the series finale, Light desperately begs Ryuk to write the names of the investigation team and the SPK members in the Death Note, Ryuk apparently starts writing them down, but Ryuk reveals he simply wrote Light's name instead. Ryuk was actually expecting Light might have thought of some way out of his situation, seeing his feats of wits that Light could've escaped from anything, but seeing as Light was desperate enough to go to Ryuk for help, he decided it was all over for him, and that he was never sided with anyone in the first place. Ryuk then returns to the Shinigami Realm after killing Light.


 * Omnipresence - Ryuk can materialize and dematerialize their bodies at will. He is capable of walking through walls and other objects, and can appear at any place in the given time.
 * Invincibility - Ryuk cannot be harmed by any physical attacks as they are celestial and extra-dimensional.
 * Shinigami eyes - As a shinigami, Ryuk naturally possesses shinigami eyes. These eyes let them see the name and the date of death of any person as long as they are visually recognizable and also from video footages. A shinigami can also give these eyes to humans in exchange of half of their lifespans. Ryuk once tried to offer the eyes to Light, but he refuses them as he does not want to trade his life span.











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John Constantine
John Constantine is the streetwise magician, con man, and occult detective living in London, England. A cynical and morally ambigous Englishman, he is known for his tan trench coat, blonde hair, Sting look alike, ever present cigar, and his feats of trickery. He was once tempted by magic and supernatural in his youth, resulting in the death of a girl he was trying to save. This sole mistake changed his life forever. He travelled around every occult circles in UK and the world and learned every magical trade there is. He built upon his reputaton in the underworld, and became the titular Hellblazer.

His name instill fear in the supernatural world. John Constantine has made enemies allthoughout his adventures. Both catching the eye of Heaven and Hell. He managed to trick and escape from the clutches of Satan aka The First of the Fallen many times, evaded damnation, made both Heaven and Hell a fool, and virtually scamming the whole universe by simply existing. He scammed, fooled, and tricked many gods before. But in every victory his friends always pays the price. He is "The World's Greatest Detective". And in the comicbook community he called virtually by many as "The Greatest Prepster in Fiction"

Even with pressure, lack of time and preparation, Constantine can think of a strategy to defeat his enemies in a fight, letting him outwit both Heaven and Hell while striking fear into them. He's a master tactician and strategist and he can plan a strategy on the go. Although his IQ is never stated he is known to possess great intellect. Constantine has fought against many of the most powerful; gods and great intellectual minds alike. His achievements stand amongs gods.

Personality
John Constantine is a cynical and morally ambigious magnificent bastard. He is an adrenaline addict, often going to this adventures because of curiosity even though it is life-threatening. He is good at making friends, but isn't good at keeping them as many dies just because of being near him. Even though a selfish bastard sometimes, he has a moral code to do something good in his sinful life. But his most recognizable personality is his unflinching and fearlessness. He has the guts to stare into omnipotent beings with a nod, a wink, and a wise crack, before flipping them off with a finger.

Magic
As a magician and occult detective, John has knowledge of magical spells, rituals, and curses (Note: I only listed spells that are only useful in this fight);
 * Divination — Use to find any magical and supernatural disturbances.
 * Evocation — John can summon celestial beings like djinns, demons, and angels for his gain. John can also call upon Gods on special occasions.
 * Necromancy — John can summon spirits, ghosts, and zombies.
 * Pyrokinesis — creating fires or hellfires sometimes from his cigarette or lighter to attack his enemies.
 * Invicibility — used sigils to make himself invisible, and he can spot many invisible forces.
 * Protection magic — John can use sigils and magical circles to protect him from both physical and supernatural attacks. He can use it to prevent himself from being tracked, and can even use magic to block off omnipresence.
 * Synchronicity Wave Travelling — Constantine's signature magic. This allows him to make his own uncanny luck and reshape the battlefield to his own accord. John can also use it to locate someone.

Feats

 * John defeated Satan also known as The First of the Fallen in the underworld 5 times. This is not an easy feat, as the First has omnipotence and omnipresence, and could have killed Constantine with a stare. But though guile and trickery John managed to save his ass from the Prince of Evil.
 * In his fourth time in defeating the First, John actually managed to kill Satan.
 * The First is later ressurected and the two fought for the 5th time, ending in the The First's defeat. The First actually gave up his grudge against Constantine after.
 * John blackmailed God (Yes the Divine Judeo-Christian God aka The Almighty) into saving his own ass from damnation.
 * After finding out that by killing his brother in the womb, he rewrote history, and thus scammed the whole universe by simply existing.
 * Constantine has tricked many gods; such as the Rainbow Serpent, The Hindu Goddess Kali, The Fates, Cthulthu Gods, and the God of Death Mictlantecuhtli. Some he actually sealed off and destroyed.

Intellectual Cons

 * He's an expert con man and master chess player with many years of experience. He's been scamming Heaven, Hell, and eventually the New 52 DC Universe for a very long time. And he has fought a lot of enemies both omnipotent and intellectual over the years.
 * He is unflinching in the face of danger, and isn't shy to use the dirties of tricks.
 * Another of John's greatest weapons, his reputation, is used to scare and blackmail many names in the supernatural world.

Cons

 * Sometimes he makes the lazy and easy-way-out decision, especially when lacks motivation.
 * Sometimes he's affected when his friends gets killed in the process. But is eager enough to push on.
 * As a maginicent bastard, he tends to piss of his enemies someway soon.



X-Factors

 * 1) Intelligence
 * 2) Mental Health
 * 3) Physical Health
 * 4) Creativity and Charisma (Talent)

Scenario

 * One of John Constantine's friend has been killed by Kira and he wants to make Kira pay. Using his synchronicity, he deduces Kira is in Japan, and he travels there.
 * The battle takes place in the unofficial alternate ending of the manga, where Light has defeated Near and became the ruler of the world. John Constantine here has not yet been affected by Flashpoint and the New 52 has not yet established.
 * This is a battle of pure wits. So its not all about physical strength, but its the intelligence that counts. The battle ends when one succesfully outsmarts the other, and may result in death.
 * Light does not know (yet) the existance of John Constantine, and his agenda.
 * John Constantine discovers Kira is Light (obviously) with his synchronity magic, but is skeptic and doubts if Light really is Kira. John does not know (yet) the existance of the Death Note.
 * John Constantine, as an occult detective, can see Ryuk. There would be a time when John and Ryuk would fight in the only physical confrontation of the battle. Will John be triumphant over Ryuk, or thus Ryuk kills John and gains his lifespan.
 * Question that needs to be answered: The shinigami eyes are an important factor in the battle that can be used by Ryuk and maybe also Light. But can John's protection magic, which is strong to block off omnipresence, also block off the dreaded Shinigami eyes?
 * Although John knows necromancy, he can't summon the spirits of L or other of Kira's victims, because they are all in Mu (which means nothingness). The author of the manga is a Buddhist, thus his works have Buddhism elements, this includes the belief that afterlife does not exist and instead people who dies becomes nothing. In the Death Note Universe afterlife does not exist and people who dies simply becomes nothing (Mu).

Voting

 * Votes must be 3 paragraphs long with 5 sentences and legit reasons and the x-factors must be complete with reason included in each.
 * Counter arguments can reduce the vote to half unless well defended.
 * Its a Comic vs Manga Battle! Every comic, manga, and anime fans can vote and duke it out in the comment section.