Light is hardly overrated, he gets an even amount of hate and love. But he isn't worshipped like L is. I mean I like him and all, but I wouldn't say he is the greatest character ever.

I admit he looked like an awesome character. But he seriously only appeared for like five minutes, and everybody's freaking out about him.

^He's in the manga and novels.

I like L and he's my favourite Death Note character, but he's way too overrated. He's not the greatest anime characters!!!