User blog comment:Bulls12345/Battle of Wits!! Light Yagami vs John Constantine/@comment-5795750-20130611031014

BG1's "Witchcraft..." Vote:

I can see this as a battle John Constantine would win, despite my admiration for Light. The main reason for this close win is that John has strong defensive magic that will be able to defend himself from Ryuk even if Ryuk has determined the way John would 'die'. Like you point out, John will have discovered Kira is Light and is skeptic that Light is Kira but given his fearlessness he might as well be willing to take the risk. I would like to point out that John's moral ambiguity and affectedness is not as much of a hindrance to him compared to Light's brash arrogance is. Also, John's synchronicity and evocation will be of use since John might run into or be able to summon someone who knows that Light is Kira without resorting to necromancy (or is absolutely sure).

With regards to your questions that need to be addressed... I suppose John can actually be able to fool Ryuk into thinking he is dead and that is the key to him winning this whole battle. Anyway, John has cheated death from God and Satan and even they know when someone is to die or not so his protection magic should be able to protect him from the Shingami eyes and his conning abilities should fool Ryuk and Kira/Light allowing for John to complete his occult 'experiment'. And I also suppose that he can force/blackmail Ryuk into revealing that Light is Kira as well as revealing the existence of the Death Note.

In conclusion, John wins this because of his superior magic, conning abilities and greater experience - Kira/Light scaring the world is one thing, John being hailed as an occult hero and striking fear/scaring the celestial world is another.