"Death Note if Light Yagami was smart:" and then they just yap about how much they don't understand Light's character. Like yes, Light very much knows he would've won if he kept his head down. Duh. But there wouldn't have been any winning without playing with L, because he wanted to get close to L for the game of it. He enjoyed playing cat and mouse, outsmarting L under his nose. It was enrichment for him, the rush of it all was the whole reason he kept going as Kira.