Thread:MMYP999/@comment-27109830-20170202213307/@comment-27416494-20170203201552

I'll pull up the connections for Asch vs Takumi a little later.

Goro vs Light: Seemingly normal Japanese High school students who were highly loved and respected by the general public for their charisma and genius intellect. A good part of their reputation stems from their strong ties to the local law enforcement (Goro in particular has actually made a good name for himself as a detective.) Both of them also possess a strong sense of justice and an even stronger desire to give criminals the punishments they deserve.

What the public doesn't know is that both of them possess supernatural powers that they have been constantly abusing in order to build up their current positions. These powers are mainly used in order to murder criminals while leaving behind little to no evidence of the act. The only reason Goro is seen as such a great detective is that he was personally responsible for all the "crimes" he's solved in his career. Light Yagami isn't much different in this matter, as he has been systematically using the Death Note to kill off the scum of society.

Both characters have been portrayed as manipulative individuals who were willing to forge false friendships (to an extent) with the "good guys" of their stories with the intent of throwing suspicion off of themselves. They've even gone as far as killing off innocent police officers/detectives at times. Ultimately, these partnerships were fated to end in a tragic betrayal at the hands of Light and Goro. (Light is canonically responsible for the death of L and Goro actually ends up murdering the Protagonist in Persona 5's bad ending.)

Though it's never directly stated, it can be inferred that both of them suffer from a number of psychological disorders, ranging from general insanity, to sociopath, and potentially Cluster B Personality Disorder.