My favorite part of Light vs Walt is that it has the potential to be a city wide battle despite the fact they’re just normal dudes, Light and Walt using their connections to law enforcement and the criminal underworld respectively to set up scenarios and cause chaos all in the name of finding out the others identity and eliminating them as a threat.
@@rachelparker335 His influence goes barely past New Mexico. He has some in Czechia through Lydia and can use her to get more in Japan, but he doesn't have it.
So it may looks like it and then, final battle would be like that animation at the beginning, when someone of them found location of each other or just choosed to meet at the same place
I personally don't think this has any potential to be even close to a battle haha. If light outsmarts literally the smartest detective on the planet, who has basically infinite funding and backing by every governing body on the planet, who often gets referred to as godlike intellect then Walt's screwed haha. All light has to do is write couple criminals names down and say they become obsessed with revealing Heisenberg's identity to the world and then within a day at most tuko or another big criminal would just tweet saying Walt is Heisenberg and then he's dead haha. Tuko is someone light would kill anyway so the second he sees there's a whole drug empire ran by tuko with a mystery man named Heisenberg as the chef then all he'd have to do is write "tuko has a heart attack after revealing Heisenberg's name to the world", or any criminal he sees on the news has even a slight connection to Heisenberg haha. If Saul tracked him down in a day or two then light being the godly smart person he is would find him in minutes haha.
I think too many VS battles are done with Over Powered Characters. Seriously it can be cool watching two apocalypse gods beat the shit out of each other but you gotta take it back down to earth sometimes.
Forget Light vs Walter White. I wanna see Kira vs Heisenberg. Kira can't use the Death Note if he doesn't know who Heisenberg is, so he will try to kill his allies involved or the ones he suspects. Which leads to Heisenberg trying to find Kira so he stops killing his empire. Who finds who first.
@@ribps289 Not immediately. Just that overall in the end that he probably would, but even if it is a stomp a stomp can be made entertaining through how it's presented. Like Goku vs. Superman which was used as an example.
no because school shooters get bullied and lash out in response.. Light Yagami has a god complex.. one acts on sense of inferiority, the other acts on sense of superiority.. Light is not a school shooter..
The animation at the start was amazing. Although I’d usually find it weird for Light to have his breakdown so early on, but the fact that the fight starts in medias res makes it easier for me to accept(plus the fact that we just need to see Light freaking out if he’s against someone). Amazing matchup and video, it’s my favorite for both although it’s unfortunately getting overshadowed by Columbo, massive props dude overall. Keep up the good work
its weird how it overshadows other ideas since Light vs Columbo doesnt really _need_ to be a death battle. The whole reason people love it is because Columbo beating Light would be satisfying, we've all seen the memes! But then thats just another Columbo episode. And it would be a great one, but we wouldn't need death battle to put it together when they can make a story and match up that leaves you guessing
The ending of the battle in my mind: Walter: Say my name! -points a gun to his face Light: -Coughing blood, Walter.....White Walter: What? How do yo..... -Hearts stop -Walter falls to the ground, in the same position he fell at the end of the show, looking up with his lifeless eyes Light approaches is dead body with a smile, and watches Walter slowly closing his eyes.
It would be better if as Walter falls, his gun goes off, killing Light as they fall perfectly perpendicularly from each other, mimicking the ending to Breaking Bad
I can't believe you got that Columbo fact wrong, making this entire video suddenly null and void and meaning that Light vs Columbo is the one, only, and sole matchup that can ever happen ever! That's so crazy. (Thank you for letting Shay and I edit your audio for this, had a lot of fun, this turned out super well!)
Oh boy, a drug cartel pushing into Kira’s territory, Light being the investigator instead of the prey. Battles between Cartel and Police, even whatever Yakuza survived the eye of Kira being swept up… This isn’t a Death Battle. This is an entire show as the two try to sus out eachothers identities, and cripple eachothers power structures and contacts, all while setting up distractions to throw the other off of their trail. This is a war that could go on for years.
And all of this, as a chemistry teacher moves to Japan for a higher paying job (and to escape incoming law enforcement hunting him back home), and ends up getting into philosophical debates with one of his students.
The way Walter talks to Light doesn't feel like Walter, Walter wouldn't hate Light for killing thousands of people, more accurately he'd try to kill Light for trying to shut down his Meth Empire
I think that line has less to do with Walter hating Light and more to do with how hypocritical he’s being. “Do you have any idea how many people have suffered because of you? Died by your hand?” The same thing can be said about Walt, but as usual, he’s projecting it onto someone else.
Remember that White is a massive gaslighting hypocrite. I thought that line was perfect because he always act as if he's on the high road out, as if he's always right or that he's always better despite doing the very worst things.
I'd say it depends on what point in the show Walt is supposed to be from. Seasons 2 to 4 this would be pretty accurate for him, but for most of season 5 he's a complete monster. If this is season 5 Walt he wouldn't be calling Light a monster for killing people, just trying to assert his superiority.
Well, "people" to Walt means "junkies keeping money flowing", "useful stooges, alibi scapegoats, and connections", and "fellow drug lords to maintain business".
While I can’t say I’m especially still a fan of the match, the preview was incredibly impressive as was the overall perspective given across the video. Massive props for presenting this all with your opinion and hard work, hope nothing but the best for your and the film you’re working on!
This comment is just so wholesome. It's always refreshing to see someone with a different opinion, yet still appreciating the quality & effort of a presentation & wishing the creator well. Made my day.
as much as i love light vs columbo(to the point where i might like it more than light vs walter) youve convinced me on how interesting this would be as an episode as well as a matchup as a whole, especially with how much i love more grounded matchups
Well, THAT banger animation took me the fuck out in the best way possible O-o amazing video man! I was honestly mixed on whether this MU is "haha weird n meme-y" or "wait they might actually be cookin" and your video DEFINETLY sold me on placing it on the latter! The creativity alone they could bring with this is nothing short of fascinating, thematically it's kinda like an... intelligence-flavored Vader VS Obito, and thats my fav episode of all time so even better :D
Glad to hear I swayed you! It definitely sounds Meme-y at first, especially when I first heard it, but after I thought about it for more than 10 minutes going back and forth on who might win, it really sold me on it and I’ve been an advocate ever since. It also got me into THREE amazing shows, and I’m really grateful for that.
To be perfectly honest, I think your average Death Battle fan would rather have a traditional clash of power and fisticuffs over anything too brainy. Also, Light vs. Heisenburg would be a fascinating matchup, but IMO... Light vs. Jigsaw tho.
Death battle fan since the beginning, don't know wtf you're talking about. I'd love to see a death battle like this, one with time jumps over the course of months of investigating, manipulation, and bribery.
@@montymorrion1357 plus there are more interesting fights for jigsaw. I personally think Johan Liebert from the anime Monster would be a far more interesting matchup.
I mean if you extend the fight a little bit you could fit some fisticuffs in there after the heist, just make a longer animation into a mini-episode of either show and shorten the rundown. I'd also say it would work in live-action if they find the right actors. I think a fight would still be awesome with them fighting over the Death Note. The ending I envision (if WW wins) is the two of them tugging at the DN trying to regain control until they pull it apart with pages flying all over the place, Light taking one of them and using his own blood to write Walter's name in it until a gunshot could be heard. 3 pages with bullet holes settle to the ground and the camera pans to show the Smoking gun of Walter White and a bullet hole in Lights body dripping onto the page he's writing on. P.S. It's good to know some people that appreciate the stomps for the narrative rather than complaining about the outcome
As i said in the live chat, my preferred for Light is Kristoph Gavin from Ace Attorney, but mostly from my own personal bias (as much as i think it is underrated) I think you did a fantastic job on selling this matchup, the animation looks clean, the music is awesome and you got a new subscriber :D
Tbh given the two characters, I’m pretty sure Walter White pulling out his gun and shooting IS the end of that animation. Like, seriously, what exactly is there left to do? Light gets shot and dies. He has absolutely no combat feats and literally died in the show under the exact same circumstances. Hence why it’s a bad matchup for a Death Battle animation.
While I personally am not a fan of a matchup like this happening on Death Battle, that preview is really high quality, almost like the DB team made it. The voice acting was great, especially Light's. He knocked it out of the park.
Gotta say, you gave me a much greater appreciation for this match up than before, and I understand why Columbo wouldn't be as compelling. Also holy cow was that animation sick!
You hyped me up by 1,000% by making me think this was gonna be an 8 minute animation of these two throwing hands, but this ended being exactly what I thought it was going to be.
@@levitation5271 It absolutely is a good thing, the animation was DOPE!!! but I clicked on the video wanting and expecting a breakdown of how a death match between these two would look like, and that's what I got. I enjoyed the video so I left it a like, really, good job 👍
I read a really good version of this fight on the Death Battle fanon wiki. It's pretty much an episode of Death Note or Breaking Bad where Light and Walter are trying to find out who the other is before their opponent can using their usual connections and friends.
The connections between Walter and Light are: Two villain protagonists who start off as regular citizens with incredible minds before later coming across power which they intended to use for good (Walter started making meth to help raise money for his family and Light uses the Death Note to kill criminals) Said power would soon turn them into one of the most feared criminals of their city Both would soon go under a new alias for their newfound crime breaking egos (Heisenberg and Kira) They are also accompanied by someone who gets manipulated into helping them out (Jesse Pinkman and Misa Amane) Both do however have to be careful of those who are trying to put an end to their reign of terror by their own family member who is leading the case of finding their identity (Hank Schrader and Soichiro Yagami) and someone who's always ahead of them and put stress towards them (Gustavo Fring and L Lawliet) In the end, both would soon die by either succeeding or losing (Walter won before dying while Light ended up losing)
Absolutely stellar work on this vid, that "Preview" animation went absurdly hard. I personally like Columbo vs Light more, but would be none the sadder if we got Vs Walt. It's a great fight, and you sold that!
I'm assuming it was the exact same stream when Liam himself confirmed that Light vs Columbo was going to be a thing that was in the works and figuring out since its a Death Battle that would be very unique compared to others.
What a fun video! While i still prefer Columbo since it seems like less of a hassle to set up in an animation. That fan preview was really sick. Also really appreciate the narration you provide here
This NEEDS to happen. I'm considering getting into both Breaking Bad and Death Note just to try and come up with a fight script because I want to see it happen that badly
@@tigerlover2853 Look, if I had 15 grand lying around, I’d happily approach DB about sponsoring this fight to happen. I want that animation to continue just as much as you do.
God damn, you cooked! If you ever plan on doing more of these animation commissions in the future, I’d be happy to voice for them! I actually have some experience with voicing for versus before
I loved that animation so damn much, im so happy that even if we never get an episode from this, we got one of the best pieces of media that came out from this community if not the best I love u Levi! In a totally normal way that a totally normal fan would
Here’s my thoughts on how this battle would go down if it happened. There’s a couple scenarios I can imagine. #1. Breaking Bad and Death Note happen in the same world at the same time. In this situation Walter is in New Mexico and Light is in Japan, and because of this they only ever hear of each other. Walter would be intrigued by Kira but his arrogance would make him believe it’s just a myth, and Light would consider killing “Heisenberg” but when he realizes he can’t he’d let it go. I can’t see a situation where Light goes out of his way to hunt Heisenberg down, it’s just too risky and there isn’t a big enough motivation for him. When Walt’s identity is revealed to the public and he goes into hiding that’s when Kira would write his name in the book and kill him, essentially right at the end of the show. #2. In this situation Light Yagami is an American immigrant whose family settled in New Mexico, and his father would join the police force that is tasked with taking the drug kingpin down. This is the ideal situation since Kira would want Heisenberg dead but wouldn’t have a name or face. Unfortunately I think this scenario ends around Season 2-3 of Breaking Bad. Light would use his father’s police connections to get records and files, and quickly realize that lab equipment from Walt’s high school went missing. He’d piece together that Walter White is intelligent enough to be a drug manufacturer and would get close to him. Thing is, Light is a *much* better liar than Walt. Walter avoided being caught because Hank gave him the benefit of the doubt, meanwhile Light could avoid getting caught while being the #1 suspect. He’d earn Walter’s trust and catch him in lies and contradictions until he was confident Walter was Heisenberg. Finally he’d give the tip off to the police *just* to confirm, and once Walter is arrested Kira would execute him in prison. Someone make this into a fan comic please.
The only way that I think Walt comes out on top is if we throw L into the mix. I can see a situation where L is hunting Kira, and frankly doesn’t give two shits about Heisenberg. With a master detective on his trail, I can see that distracting Light long enough for Heisenberg to do some work of his own. Perhaps Walt learns of Light being a suspect in the Kira case from Hank? If that’s the case, I could see him investigating that situation on his own and maybe getting farther since he wouldn’t be against breaking the law. That or he doesn’t risk it, he has Light killed before he’s even caught.
@@ronathan02 This does bring up a interesting scenario of how does this battle works exxxactly Would this battle work with all the investigation that was done on them or is it done without that invesitgation stuff that had been done before, so no L and no police investigations Also we need to consider the fact that Light is the #1 suspect, the fact that they even are being considered them would have them be put on walters radar, and he would consider trying to do a assassination on them, at least with the labstuff stolen it isnt a massive target on you like being *#1 SUSPECT*
@@bagseys I tried to keep it accurate to the timelines of both shows, assuming Light and Walt’s stories start around the same time. I feel like cutting out L and Hank’s investigations is removing too much of their stories.
Kira goes after criminals, the second he hears meth empire ran by a Heisenberg that the police can't catch he'd kill Walt in a heartbeat haha. He'd just write a load of major criminals in the notebook and say that they become obsessed with revealing Heisenberg's identity before they die and within a few minutes tuko or another big criminal that knows walt would just tweet his identity out and then GG haha. I think this would be the quickest death battle ever. If light can outsmart L who has literally god like intelligence, he can outsmart a chemistry teacher who has his identity revealed to dozens of people throughout the show haha. Breaking bad I absolutely adore it's definitely in my top 10 shows but good god Walt is nothing compared to the characters of death note intelligence wise. The only reason he struggled to find L's name depending which source material we're going off of is because the name basically doesn't exist on any records. Walt is literally a school teacher who drives his normal family car to the drug labs he cooks at and is frequently doing dumb stuff and almost getting caught by normal intelligence police every few scenes haha.
@@seansmith877 Fair point your bring up and i agree with you on the latter half, but your using a dead man for your point, tuco wouldnt be a valid target someone else you could use is jesse pinkman
The preview was fantastic ngl, it perfectly captures their character, especially Lights (the voice acting was off the charts). While I think Columbo is reasonably a great option for Light, I gotta agree that Walter VS Light carries a stronger legacy and has slightly more to it than Light VS Columbo does. Plus, Light fighting a Druglord instead of a Detective (similar to L) sounds funnier and cooler. This documentary perfectly sums up why I love this, ngl.
The best way to illustrate this fight it would be an analogous horror in the style of mr manticore that showcase how they conflict starts and evolve, slowly turning unto a normal animation in the final confrontation between kira and walter.
The thought of this match up grew on me a lot as I first laughed at the idea and thought of just how different both these shows are, but thinking about it I really like the idea now considering the similarities of these two characters changing and morphing by the end of their respective series. I will say I still like the idea of Light vs Columbo, even though I know you said because Light already went up against a character like Columbo in L it'd make it boring but I think that'd make it interesting since it'd a situation in comparing how Columbo handles a case compared to L, which might throw Light for a few surprises. Really at this point considering all of this some kind of theoretical series could almost come about in Light and Walter's attempts to take each other out while Columbo gets assigned to the case and is investigating any potential damage their indirect battle leaves behind.
The problem i think is that death battles are usually short and snappy. I feel something like this would require more than like 5 minutes to pull off well
I want to think Kira , on his way to " Godhood" Eould start to mess with " Heisenberg" business. Only to find out that Heisenberg is not his real name Walter White would be baffled as he is a scientist , so trying to grasp his mind about how this magic mumbo jumbo even works , so it would be interesting to see how Walter white Baits Kira just like L did
But what about Light vs. Heisenberg vs. Columbo? Let all of them fight, Light and Heisenberg have to kill the other two while Columbo needs to catch them both. That would make an interesting Death Battle episode imho. The question is who could come up with the perfect plan to outsmart everybody?
I loved the analysis on both the characters shown with it (yes including columbo), really summarizes why people enjoy this matchup even if I think its not as much a shitstomp as people say it is. But god I want to see that intro animation finished so much unironically, it felt like an actual death battle animation and I have to give kudos to this video for not only the great analysis but the 10/10 tier animation that captures the series tones, and a death battle tone for it. Can totally see it going down the more methodical debate, shouting and intelligence ramble route even with that intro animation having a bit of fisticuffs in it.
My dream fight would be Light Yagami vs Jigsaw. Both have similar motives to make the world a better place but with a twisted moral. A desire to fix the world even if death is necessary. Both have apprentices to help carry out there plans. Both have outsmarted some of the best detectives in there respected universes. This is where few the discord would be. Light Yagami kills with ZERO remorse, while jigsaw hates murderers and that he gives his victims a chance. The battle would be similar to this with a battle of morality and manipulation. I imagine a story line where Light sees John Kramer as a good person with his methods being unorthodox but effective, while John Kramer, hating murderers, wants to expose Kira to the world. In doing that, trying to track down and find out Light is Kira and putting him through a game to expose him to the world or die. While Light would try to survive his games in any way he can. THAT, would be so epic.
That’s a can of worms for another video essay. But in general, I agree. Sort of like how lots of money amplifies and reveals your most truthful character traits.
If they do a cat and mouse match up I would like them to do Shawn Spencer from Psych instead of Columbo. My reason is that they are almost opposites of each other. Both of them have dads that are cops, But one of them solves crimes and the other commits them. Also one of them is normal but pretends to be magic and the other is magic but pretends to be normal.
OK OK hear me out, Columbo VS Conan (Detective Conan/Cased Closed). However instead of a fight to the death, they are competing to see who can solve a murder. A Death Battle technically
Tbh, Light Vs Walter does make sense for DB so I'll take that as a yes If DB continues, I will be glad if this matchup was animated in Blender Knocking On Death's Door By Therewolf Media was AWESOME For the official track, what name it could be?
The biggest problem with light vs columbo is that it has basically no connections isn’t really thematic and really doesn’t fit either character very well
Not to mention, the main appeal is seeing Light defeated, but in order to get that result, you need to heavily downplay Light's influence and reduce him to a typical Columbo villain, which he is not.
FANTASTIC video explaining EXACTLY why I’d love this matchup over any other alternatives. And the animation… that’s another story. Props to the animator for starts.
Well this was quite an enjoyable video Levi. While I still personally prefer Columbo (but now that I'm thinking about it Kira vs Adrian Monk would be fun too) vs Light and Tony Soprano vs Walter, the preview and your rundown definitely made enjoy and understand this match a little bit more.
I agree, I think they might actually do this due to it having more potential for story and doing something different. Like how they didn’t like Omni-lander and preferred homelander vs bardock, but still did the one that gave them the better story and character potential
Great video. Also, if you think about it, Columbo instantly has a disadvantage because he’s a well known detective who uses his real name. However, Walter White commits his crimes under the name Heisenberg.
To be fair, you did give them the motivation and funding to make it. Sure they might've eventually made something cool together but it probably wouldn't have been this specifically. If the production team was the Justice League, you'd be Batman and everyone loves Batman even though he probably mostly just pays for stuff outside of world ending all hands on deck scenarios.
A similar fight I would recommend is Light vs. Lelouch from "Code Geass". Someone already did it on AO3, and without giving away any spoilers, it was an incredibly tense game of mental chess, with both of them trying to manipulate the other into their respective instant win condition, while also being aware of said win condition without knowing what it was.
Sad I missed this live but I’ll be watching this later Just finished it, really good takes, changed my opinion on the matchup (even if I still prefer Light VS Columbo). This is your perfect cook.
I know Light has Columbo and Walter has Michael as their own famous opponents but both light and Walter have not only better but superior connections. But just won’t mind their current Most popular MUs Separately for both guys. Light Yagami Vs Columbo. And Walter White Vs Michael Corleone. But great explanation for Light Yagami Vs Walter White. I give it a 10/10!!!
I’ve considered pitching Light vs. White, as I donated to the Kickstarter and could pitch it to them in my call. I just haven’t decided if that’s what I want to do yet.
*The path to hell is paved with good intentions*
These two characters in a nutshell
The thematic idea of both shows.
Unless you follow the Lord's rules down to the tee
@@sam-ht6qv true 👍
@@sam-ht6qv facts.
My favorite part of Light vs Walt is that it has the potential to be a city wide battle despite the fact they’re just normal dudes, Light and Walt using their connections to law enforcement and the criminal underworld respectively to set up scenarios and cause chaos all in the name of finding out the others identity and eliminating them as a threat.
Actually a worldwide battle, as they live in different countries, with Light having global influence as Kira and the second L.
@@rachelparker335 His influence goes barely past New Mexico. He has some in Czechia through Lydia and can use her to get more in Japan, but he doesn't have it.
So it may looks like it and then, final battle would be like that animation at the beginning, when someone of them found location of each other or just choosed to meet at the same place
@@Kronensegler211 His underworld connections are still crazy.
I personally don't think this has any potential to be even close to a battle haha. If light outsmarts literally the smartest detective on the planet, who has basically infinite funding and backing by every governing body on the planet, who often gets referred to as godlike intellect then Walt's screwed haha.
All light has to do is write couple criminals names down and say they become obsessed with revealing Heisenberg's identity to the world and then within a day at most tuko or another big criminal would just tweet saying Walt is Heisenberg and then he's dead haha.
Tuko is someone light would kill anyway so the second he sees there's a whole drug empire ran by tuko with a mystery man named Heisenberg as the chef then all he'd have to do is write "tuko has a heart attack after revealing Heisenberg's name to the world", or any criminal he sees on the news has even a slight connection to Heisenberg haha. If Saul tracked him down in a day or two then light being the godly smart person he is would find him in minutes haha.
Bro that opening was peak.
I think too many VS battles are done with Over Powered Characters.
Seriously it can be cool watching two apocalypse gods beat the shit out of each other but you gotta take it back down to earth sometimes.
Baku vs Sora
My dad vs your dad
@ezequielcortes7934 My dad vs my mom (low diff)
The reason why i like more battles with weak characters
Tankman vs Vault boy is honestly a really good street level/wall level match up
Forget Light vs Walter White.
I wanna see Kira vs Heisenberg.
Kira can't use the Death Note if he doesn't know who Heisenberg is, so he will try to kill his allies involved or the ones he suspects. Which leads to Heisenberg trying to find Kira so he stops killing his empire. Who finds who first.
That's essentialy what people would want to see from this Death Battle yes. :P
@@JMandJJ7797 video implies Light would just win inmediatly tho
@@ribps289 Not immediately. Just that overall in the end that he probably would, but even if it is a stomp a stomp can be made entertaining through how it's presented. Like Goku vs. Superman which was used as an example.
You're being very stupid. Kira would beat Heisenberg so fast I mean walt was caught be regular cops 😂
@@JMandJJ7797Walter isnt that brave Bro. He was Lucky in show most of the Times
Thanks for making me a part of this as Heisenberg himself.
I guess you could say I...
COOKED.
(Breaking Bad intro plays)
Proud of ya, bro! ^^
Heisenburg. HEISENBURG!!
Who was Light?! You both did great jobs
Thank you for having me on this as Light Yagami! I’m honored to step into some big shoes.
Nice job definitely nailed it
If I didn't know any better, I'd say you sounded just like he would sound in the dub.
@@DTylerFultzVAI’m honored to have performed alongside you!
Irl Mikami be like:
Better idea: the winner gets caught by Columbo
this battle is literally
angry pissed off ex teacher that now deals drugs
vs
every school shooter on the news EVER.
To reduce Light Yagami as "School shooter" is even crazier than this DB
no because school shooters get bullied and lash out in response.. Light Yagami has a god complex..
one acts on sense of inferiority, the other acts on sense of superiority..
Light is not a school shooter..
@@12DAMDO Light is more likely to provoke school-shoting than being a school-shooter himself lmao
And they usually go after specific types of people.
Now who does that sound like oh yeah mister "I only target criminals"
Peak.😂
The animation at the start was amazing. Although I’d usually find it weird for Light to have his breakdown so early on, but the fact that the fight starts in medias res makes it easier for me to accept(plus the fact that we just need to see Light freaking out if he’s against someone). Amazing matchup and video, it’s my favorite for both although it’s unfortunately getting overshadowed by Columbo, massive props dude overall. Keep up the good work
its weird how it overshadows other ideas since Light vs Columbo doesnt really _need_ to be a death battle. The whole reason people love it is because Columbo beating Light would be satisfying, we've all seen the memes! But then thats just another Columbo episode. And it would be a great one, but we wouldn't need death battle to put it together when they can make a story and match up that leaves you guessing
The ending of the battle in my mind:
Walter: Say my name! -points a gun to his face
Light: -Coughing blood, Walter.....White
Walter: What? How do yo..... -Hearts stop
-Walter falls to the ground, in the same position he fell at the end of the show, looking up with his lifeless eyes
Light approaches is dead body with a smile, and watches Walter slowly closing his eyes.
It would be better if as Walter falls, his gun goes off, killing Light as they fall perfectly perpendicularly from each other, mimicking the ending to Breaking Bad
@@liammcgill5270 This would also be an interesting ending, even though I don't want this fight to be a draw, I liked this ending
I'd add an evil laugh to Light as well
@@johnpett1955 >:D
This is amazing.
I can't believe you got that Columbo fact wrong, making this entire video suddenly null and void and meaning that Light vs Columbo is the one, only, and sole matchup that can ever happen ever! That's so crazy.
(Thank you for letting Shay and I edit your audio for this, had a lot of fun, this turned out super well!)
HOLY SHIT PROJECT ALPHA 22 VA FROM SUCH ACCLAIMED THINGS AS “Tree Number 2” IN HIGH SCHOOL MUSICAL JUNIOR
Oh boy, a drug cartel pushing into Kira’s territory, Light being the investigator instead of the prey.
Battles between Cartel and Police, even whatever Yakuza survived the eye of Kira being swept up…
This isn’t a Death Battle. This is an entire show as the two try to sus out eachothers identities, and cripple eachothers power structures and contacts, all while setting up distractions to throw the other off of their trail.
This is a war that could go on for years.
And all of this, as a chemistry teacher moves to Japan for a higher paying job (and to escape incoming law enforcement hunting him back home), and ends up getting into philosophical debates with one of his students.
The way Walter talks to Light doesn't feel like Walter, Walter wouldn't hate Light for killing thousands of people, more accurately he'd try to kill Light for trying to shut down his Meth Empire
I think that line has less to do with Walter hating Light and more to do with how hypocritical he’s being.
“Do you have any idea how many people have suffered because of you? Died by your hand?”
The same thing can be said about Walt, but as usual, he’s projecting it onto someone else.
Remember that White is a massive gaslighting hypocrite.
I thought that line was perfect because he always act as if he's on the high road out, as if he's always right or that he's always better despite doing the very worst things.
It's actually perfect for walt, He always tries to take the moral high ground despite having an ulterior motive
I'd say it depends on what point in the show Walt is supposed to be from. Seasons 2 to 4 this would be pretty accurate for him, but for most of season 5 he's a complete monster. If this is season 5 Walt he wouldn't be calling Light a monster for killing people, just trying to assert his superiority.
Well, "people" to Walt means "junkies keeping money flowing", "useful stooges, alibi scapegoats, and connections", and "fellow drug lords to maintain business".
holy fucking peak.
While I can’t say I’m especially still a fan of the match, the preview was incredibly impressive as was the overall perspective given across the video. Massive props for presenting this all with your opinion and hard work, hope nothing but the best for your and the film you’re working on!
This comment is just so wholesome. It's always refreshing to see someone with a different opinion, yet still appreciating the quality & effort of a presentation & wishing the creator well. Made my day.
as much as i love light vs columbo(to the point where i might like it more than light vs walter) youve convinced me on how interesting this would be as an episode as well as a matchup as a whole, especially with how much i love more grounded matchups
Well, THAT banger animation took me the fuck out in the best way possible O-o amazing video man! I was honestly mixed on whether this MU is "haha weird n meme-y" or "wait they might actually be cookin" and your video DEFINETLY sold me on placing it on the latter! The creativity alone they could bring with this is nothing short of fascinating,
thematically it's kinda like an... intelligence-flavored Vader VS Obito, and thats my fav episode of all time so even better :D
Glad to hear I swayed you!
It definitely sounds Meme-y at first, especially when I first heard it, but after I thought about it for more than 10 minutes going back and forth on who might win, it really sold me on it and I’ve been an advocate ever since.
It also got me into THREE amazing shows, and I’m really grateful for that.
To be perfectly honest, I think your average Death Battle fan would rather have a traditional clash of power and fisticuffs over anything too brainy.
Also, Light vs. Heisenburg would be a fascinating matchup, but IMO... Light vs. Jigsaw tho.
Lol, that's what I'm saying. While this video did sell me on Light White, I prefer John for Light instead.
Death battle fan since the beginning, don't know wtf you're talking about. I'd love to see a death battle like this, one with time jumps over the course of months of investigating, manipulation, and bribery.
Walt vs light would be more fair tho. Jigsaw absolutely stomps light in terms of intelligence
@@montymorrion1357 plus there are more interesting fights for jigsaw. I personally think Johan Liebert from the anime Monster would be a far more interesting matchup.
@montymorrion1357 eh respectfully disagree on John stomping Light in terms of intellect honestly I think Light is the smarter of the 2
I mean if you extend the fight a little bit you could fit some fisticuffs in there after the heist, just make a longer animation into a mini-episode of either show and shorten the rundown. I'd also say it would work in live-action if they find the right actors. I think a fight would still be awesome with them fighting over the Death Note.
The ending I envision (if WW wins) is the two of them tugging at the DN trying to regain control until they pull it apart with pages flying all over the place, Light taking one of them and using his own blood to write Walter's name in it until a gunshot could be heard. 3 pages with bullet holes settle to the ground and the camera pans to show the Smoking gun of Walter White and a bullet hole in Lights body dripping onto the page he's writing on.
P.S. It's good to know some people that appreciate the stomps for the narrative rather than complaining about the outcome
As i said in the live chat, my preferred for Light is Kristoph Gavin from Ace Attorney, but mostly from my own personal bias (as much as i think it is underrated)
I think you did a fantastic job on selling this matchup, the animation looks clean, the music is awesome and you got a new subscriber :D
You do not know how much I want to see the full version of that fight? I hope we one day get to see a full version done.
Tbh given the two characters, I’m pretty sure Walter White pulling out his gun and shooting IS the end of that animation.
Like, seriously, what exactly is there left to do? Light gets shot and dies. He has absolutely no combat feats and literally died in the show under the exact same circumstances.
Hence why it’s a bad matchup for a Death Battle animation.
Easy solution: Columbo vs Conan
Yes
Conan the Barbarian, Conan O’Brien, or Detective Conan?
@@jerryborjoncolumbo solos all of them at onc
@@jerryborjonFuture Boy Conan
While I personally am not a fan of a matchup like this happening on Death Battle, that preview is really high quality, almost like the DB team made it. The voice acting was great, especially Light's. He knocked it out of the park.
crazy how culmbo vs light is actually gonna happen now
“We cannot… escape… Columbo.”
It is?
Personally, I think Dexter Morgan vs Light Yagami would be a better match up just because how similar there ideologies are
@@bandshie9549 Dexter vs Light makes a lot of sense.
Gotta say, you gave me a much greater appreciation for this match up than before, and I understand why Columbo wouldn't be as compelling. Also holy cow was that animation sick!
That intro was amazing holy moly. Good job to the voice actors
I was not expecting that AMAZING intro!
Dear god that opening animation was so PEAK
You hyped me up by 1,000% by making me think this was gonna be an 8 minute animation of these two throwing hands, but this ended being exactly what I thought it was going to be.
I hope that’s a good thing, because we all worked our asses off on this and I’m very proud of how it turned out.
@@levitation5271 It absolutely is a good thing, the animation was DOPE!!! but I clicked on the video wanting and expecting a breakdown of how a death match between these two would look like, and that's what I got. I enjoyed the video so I left it a like, really, good job 👍
@@marcogonzalez9673 Thanks for the love!!
I read a really good version of this fight on the Death Battle fanon wiki. It's pretty much an episode of Death Note or Breaking Bad where Light and Walter are trying to find out who the other is before their opponent can using their usual connections and friends.
That sounds awesome does it have a specific title?
@@kannakamui2334It's just Light Yagami vs Walter White on the Death Battle fanon wiki. The one where fan made DBs get written. No fancy title.
light vs white is such a good name for the matchup
I love calling it that. It rolls off the tongue so well.
If it can't be a death battle, it should be a ERB
Would actually go hard given their egos
The connections between Walter and Light are:
Two villain protagonists who start off as regular citizens with incredible minds before later coming across power which they intended to use for good (Walter started making meth to help raise money for his family and Light uses the Death Note to kill criminals)
Said power would soon turn them into one of the most feared criminals of their city
Both would soon go under a new alias for their newfound crime breaking egos (Heisenberg and Kira)
They are also accompanied by someone who gets manipulated into helping them out (Jesse Pinkman and Misa Amane)
Both do however have to be careful of those who are trying to put an end to their reign of terror by their own family member who is leading the case of finding their identity (Hank Schrader and Soichiro Yagami) and someone who's always ahead of them and put stress towards them (Gustavo Fring and L Lawliet)
In the end, both would soon die by either succeeding or losing (Walter won before dying while Light ended up losing)
Both also had massive egos that were detrimental to their mission
This was a nice battle and explanation
Absolutely stellar work on this vid, that "Preview" animation went absurdly hard. I personally like Columbo vs Light more, but would be none the sadder if we got Vs Walt. It's a great fight, and you sold that!
Let me pitch this.
If Light wins against Walter White, then there can be a sequel for it where we finally see Columbo vs. Light Yagami.
this battle comes down to whenever light is able write down walter's name. or die trying
who did light`s voice acting? CUZ ITS SO FUCKING GOOD HOLY SHIT🔥🔥🔥
That’d be Jayce Ghoul!
WHAT THE PEAK???
Okkkk, now I'm interested of seeing this death battle..
OMG that Light Yagami voice is perfect! #SaveDEATHBATTLE
I’m here for the confirmed death battle….and I’m sad to say light’s/Kira’s opponent is columbo….
5:34
@@levitation5271basically
I'm assuming it was the exact same stream when Liam himself confirmed that Light vs Columbo was going to be a thing that was in the works and figuring out since its a Death Battle that would be very unique compared to others.
Hold on three way the crime boss, the shinagamy killer and the detective
What a fun video!
While i still prefer Columbo since it seems like less of a hassle to set up in an animation. That fan preview was really sick. Also really appreciate the narration you provide here
You legitimately had me fooled from that opening; I honestly thought this was going to be a real episode
This NEEDS to happen.
I'm considering getting into both Breaking Bad and Death Note just to try and come up with a fight script because I want to see it happen that badly
6 months later and I STILL wish that animation at the start was a full death battle.
@@tigerlover2853 Look, if I had 15 grand lying around, I’d happily approach DB about sponsoring this fight to happen.
I want that animation to continue just as much as you do.
God damn, you cooked!
If you ever plan on doing more of these animation commissions in the future, I’d be happy to voice for them! I actually have some experience with voicing for versus before
Oh? What voice roles have ya done before, I'm interested
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GOD DAMN. Great video.
After many incomprehensibly powerful characters, I down for to see more normal-ish humans come to Death Battle.
I loved that animation so damn much, im so happy that even if we never get an episode from this, we got one of the best pieces of media that came out from this community if not the best
I love u Levi! In a totally normal way that a totally normal fan would
Here’s my thoughts on how this battle would go down if it happened. There’s a couple scenarios I can imagine.
#1. Breaking Bad and Death Note happen in the same world at the same time. In this situation Walter is in New Mexico and Light is in Japan, and because of this they only ever hear of each other. Walter would be intrigued by Kira but his arrogance would make him believe it’s just a myth, and Light would consider killing “Heisenberg” but when he realizes he can’t he’d let it go.
I can’t see a situation where Light goes out of his way to hunt Heisenberg down, it’s just too risky and there isn’t a big enough motivation for him. When Walt’s identity is revealed to the public and he goes into hiding that’s when Kira would write his name in the book and kill him, essentially right at the end of the show.
#2. In this situation Light Yagami is an American immigrant whose family settled in New Mexico, and his father would join the police force that is tasked with taking the drug kingpin down. This is the ideal situation since Kira would want Heisenberg dead but wouldn’t have a name or face.
Unfortunately I think this scenario ends around Season 2-3 of Breaking Bad. Light would use his father’s police connections to get records and files, and quickly realize that lab equipment from Walt’s high school went missing. He’d piece together that Walter White is intelligent enough to be a drug manufacturer and would get close to him.
Thing is, Light is a *much* better liar than Walt. Walter avoided being caught because Hank gave him the benefit of the doubt, meanwhile Light could avoid getting caught while being the #1 suspect. He’d earn Walter’s trust and catch him in lies and contradictions until he was confident Walter was Heisenberg. Finally he’d give the tip off to the police *just* to confirm, and once Walter is arrested Kira would execute him in prison.
Someone make this into a fan comic please.
The only way that I think Walt comes out on top is if we throw L into the mix. I can see a situation where L is hunting Kira, and frankly doesn’t give two shits about Heisenberg. With a master detective on his trail, I can see that distracting Light long enough for Heisenberg to do some work of his own.
Perhaps Walt learns of Light being a suspect in the Kira case from Hank? If that’s the case, I could see him investigating that situation on his own and maybe getting farther since he wouldn’t be against breaking the law.
That or he doesn’t risk it, he has Light killed before he’s even caught.
@@ronathan02 This does bring up a interesting scenario of how does this battle works exxxactly
Would this battle work with all the investigation that was done on them or is it done without that invesitgation stuff that had been done before, so no L and no police investigations
Also we need to consider the fact that Light is the #1 suspect, the fact that they even are being considered them would have them be put on walters radar, and he would consider trying to do a assassination on them, at least with the labstuff stolen it isnt a massive target on you like being *#1 SUSPECT*
@@bagseys I tried to keep it accurate to the timelines of both shows, assuming Light and Walt’s stories start around the same time. I feel like cutting out L and Hank’s investigations is removing too much of their stories.
Kira goes after criminals, the second he hears meth empire ran by a Heisenberg that the police can't catch he'd kill Walt in a heartbeat haha. He'd just write a load of major criminals in the notebook and say that they become obsessed with revealing Heisenberg's identity before they die and within a few minutes tuko or another big criminal that knows walt would just tweet his identity out and then GG haha. I think this would be the quickest death battle ever. If light can outsmart L who has literally god like intelligence, he can outsmart a chemistry teacher who has his identity revealed to dozens of people throughout the show haha. Breaking bad I absolutely adore it's definitely in my top 10 shows but good god Walt is nothing compared to the characters of death note intelligence wise.
The only reason he struggled to find L's name depending which source material we're going off of is because the name basically doesn't exist on any records. Walt is literally a school teacher who drives his normal family car to the drug labs he cooks at and is frequently doing dumb stuff and almost getting caught by normal intelligence police every few scenes haha.
@@seansmith877 Fair point your bring up and i agree with you on the latter half, but your using a dead man for your point, tuco wouldnt be a valid target
someone else you could use is jesse pinkman
The preview was fantastic ngl, it perfectly captures their character, especially Lights (the voice acting was off the charts).
While I think Columbo is reasonably a great option for Light, I gotta agree that Walter VS Light carries a stronger legacy and has slightly more to it than Light VS Columbo does. Plus, Light fighting a Druglord instead of a Detective (similar to L) sounds funnier and cooler.
This documentary perfectly sums up why I love this, ngl.
This wouldn’t be a fun 2 minute death battle, but like a season long mental battle of wits with each other.
GODDAMNIT, I WAS HOPING THAT WAS A SNEAK PEAK!
That commission was INCREDIBLE
The best way to illustrate this fight it would be an analogous horror in the style of mr manticore that showcase how they conflict starts and evolve, slowly turning unto a normal animation in the final confrontation between kira and walter.
The thought of this match up grew on me a lot as I first laughed at the idea and thought of just how different both these shows are, but thinking about it I really like the idea now considering the similarities of these two characters changing and morphing by the end of their respective series. I will say I still like the idea of Light vs Columbo, even though I know you said because Light already went up against a character like Columbo in L it'd make it boring but I think that'd make it interesting since it'd a situation in comparing how Columbo handles a case compared to L, which might throw Light for a few surprises. Really at this point considering all of this some kind of theoretical series could almost come about in Light and Walter's attempts to take each other out while Columbo gets assigned to the case and is investigating any potential damage their indirect battle leaves behind.
I love the animation at the start ❤️. It actually looks an official death battle. Great job 😁! #SaveDEATHBATTLE
#SaveDEATHBATTLE
The voice actors in this were brilliant, I honestly thought that was the OG voice actor for light in the dub
And to think, I discovered him by hearing his work in a My little Pony shitpost!
@@levitation5271 Hahaha that's amazing, good find!
DEATH BATTLE -
Japanese High School Student
VERSUS
Grown Man With a Gun.
I would like to see an interaction where light writes “heisenberg” in the book but nothing happens
The problem i think is that death battles are usually short and snappy. I feel something like this would require more than like 5 minutes to pull off well
I want to think Kira , on his way to " Godhood" Eould start to mess with " Heisenberg" business.
Only to find out that Heisenberg is not his real name
Walter White would be baffled as he is a scientist , so trying to grasp his mind about how this magic mumbo jumbo even works , so it would be interesting to see how Walter white Baits Kira just like L did
But what about Light vs. Heisenberg vs. Columbo? Let all of them fight, Light and Heisenberg have to kill the other two while Columbo needs to catch them both. That would make an interesting Death Battle episode imho. The question is who could come up with the perfect plan to outsmart everybody?
No we need this now, I want this fight so badly now xD
I loved the analysis on both the characters shown with it (yes including columbo), really summarizes why people enjoy this matchup even if I think its not as much a shitstomp as people say it is.
But god I want to see that intro animation finished so much unironically, it felt like an actual death battle animation and I have to give kudos to this video for not only the great analysis but the 10/10 tier animation that captures the series tones, and a death battle tone for it. Can totally see it going down the more methodical debate, shouting and intelligence ramble route even with that intro animation having a bit of fisticuffs in it.
Oh I so freaking agree
Animation at the start is peak
If they're gonna do a battle of wits, which I dont think they will,they should do Light vs Lelouch
I like Lelouch vs. Light as an alt, but I prefer Light vs. White.
My dream fight would be Light Yagami vs Jigsaw.
Both have similar motives to make the world a better place but with a twisted moral. A desire to fix the world even if death is necessary.
Both have apprentices to help carry out there plans.
Both have outsmarted some of the best detectives in there respected universes.
This is where few the discord would be. Light Yagami kills with ZERO remorse, while jigsaw hates murderers and that he gives his victims a chance. The battle would be similar to this with a battle of morality and manipulation. I imagine a story line where Light sees John Kramer as a good person with his methods being unorthodox but effective, while John Kramer, hating murderers, wants to expose Kira to the world. In doing that, trying to track down and find out Light is Kira and putting him through a game to expose him to the world or die. While Light would try to survive his games in any way he can.
THAT, would be so epic.
Please make a full version of the intro that was metal asf
Power does not corrupt, it enables.
That’s a can of worms for another video essay.
But in general, I agree.
Sort of like how lots of money amplifies and reveals your most truthful character traits.
@@levitation5271 I think that's true too. Truely selfless people would spend a majority of that money to improve the life of others.
If they do a cat and mouse match up I would like them to do Shawn Spencer from Psych instead of Columbo. My reason is that they are almost opposites of each other. Both of them have dads that are cops, But one of them solves crimes and the other commits them. Also one of them is normal but pretends to be magic and the other is magic but pretends to be normal.
It's so crazy how characters from completely different universes can work so well in certain scenarios and make interesting stories.
OK OK hear me out, Columbo VS Conan (Detective Conan/Cased Closed). However instead of a fight to the death, they are competing to see who can solve a murder. A Death Battle technically
Tbh, Light Vs Walter does make sense for DB so I'll take that as a yes
If DB continues, I will be glad if this matchup was animated in Blender
Knocking On Death's Door By Therewolf Media was AWESOME
For the official track, what name it could be?
Say our name?
Breaking note?
Breaking Death?
Write My Name
The biggest problem with light vs columbo is that it has basically no connections isn’t really thematic and really doesn’t fit either character very well
Not to mention, the main appeal is seeing Light defeated, but in order to get that result, you need to heavily downplay Light's influence and reduce him to a typical Columbo villain, which he is not.
this is one i never thought I would NEED to have as a DB
FANTASTIC video explaining EXACTLY why I’d love this matchup over any other alternatives.
And the animation… that’s another story. Props to the animator for starts.
My dream battle
If this becomes an official Death Battle, I know I and a whole lot of people will be thrilled! 👍
Well this was quite an enjoyable video Levi.
While I still personally prefer Columbo (but now that I'm thinking about it Kira vs Adrian Monk would be fun too) vs Light and Tony Soprano vs Walter, the preview and your rundown definitely made enjoy and understand this match a little bit more.
I love both ideas
Dude, you have convinced me that this idea is amazing.
That was the plan! I’m glad to have sold you on it!
People say Walt gets stomped yet he is gonna be in Multiversus therefor Superman scaling and Bryan Cranston Solos fiction
I agree, I think they might actually do this due to it having more potential for story and doing something different. Like how they didn’t like Omni-lander and preferred homelander vs bardock, but still did the one that gave them the better story and character potential
Great video. Also, if you think about it, Columbo instantly has a disadvantage because he’s a well known detective who uses his real name. However, Walter White commits his crimes under the name Heisenberg.
The death note needs a first name too you know
@@Agent-jm9nl Oh yeah. Still, all Kira needs is one police file or person to say his first name then he’s dead.
@Necroman-mi9oc Oh… still Walter White is a more interesting choice.
@@insectostrich4407 Which has never happened on the show once. The guy's a borderline SCP.
OMG I DID NOT EXPECT THIS
I thought it was an essay analysis or smt
To be fair, you did give them the motivation and funding to make it. Sure they might've eventually made something cool together but it probably wouldn't have been this specifically. If the production team was the Justice League, you'd be Batman and everyone loves Batman even though he probably mostly just pays for stuff outside of world ending all hands on deck scenarios.
I Think This Video Just Convinced me why it is a good match up
My Grandmother used to say those walk the path of heaven will rule over all
Heisenburg vs kira
A similar fight I would recommend is Light vs. Lelouch from "Code Geass".
Someone already did it on AO3, and without giving away any spoilers, it was an incredibly tense game of mental chess, with both of them trying to manipulate the other into their respective instant win condition, while also being aware of said win condition without knowing what it was.
Kira:heisenburgggg
Heisenburg:kiraaaaaaaaaa
Both punch
Ko
Sad I missed this live but I’ll be watching this later
Just finished it, really good takes, changed my opinion on the matchup (even if I still prefer Light VS Columbo). This is your perfect cook.
Walter white:oi oi oi light you never be ballin
Light:nah ima be ballin whenever I want
Walter white:then you die ballin gun shot
Ko
one of the best thumbnails i ever seen
I know Light has Columbo and Walter has Michael as their own famous opponents but both light and Walter have not only better but superior connections.
But just won’t mind their current Most popular MUs Separately for both guys.
Light Yagami Vs Columbo.
And Walter White Vs Michael Corleone.
But great explanation for Light Yagami Vs Walter White. I give it a 10/10!!!
7:25 well they just brought back Omni man for another Match up so hopefully they’ll do the same for light eventually.
I’ve considered pitching Light vs. White, as I donated to the Kickstarter and could pitch it to them in my call. I just haven’t decided if that’s what I want to do yet.