Death Note

Shueisha
Obata Takeshi
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  A shinigami, as a god of death, can kill any person—provided they see their victim's face and write their victim's name in a notebook called a Death Note. One day, Ryuk, bored by the shinigami lifestyle and interested in seeing how a human would use a Death Note, drops one into the human realm.

  High school student and prodigy Light Yagami stumbles upon the Death Note and—since he deplores the state of the world—tests the deadly notebook by writing a criminal's name in it. When the criminal dies immediately following his experiment with the Death Note, Light is greatly surprised and quickly recognizes how devastating the power that has fallen into his hands could be.

  With this divine capability, Light decides to extinguish all criminals in order to build a new world where crime does not exist and people worship him as a god. Police, however, quickly discover that a serial killer is targeting criminals and, consequently, try to apprehend the culprit. To do this, the Japanese investigators count on the assistance of the best detective in the world: a young and eccentric man known only by the name of L.


Origination

  Manga

Demographic

  Shounen

Published

  2003

Status

  📗 Completed

Translation

  📗 Completed

Final Chapter

  Volume 12, Chapter 108

Artists

  Obata Takeshi

Authors

  Ohba Tsugumi

Genres

  Action, Drama, Fantasy, Horror, Mystery, Psychological, Romance, Tragedy, Gore, Crime, Thriller

Theme

  School Life, Supernatural, Demons, Office Workers, Police, Survival

Publishers

  Shueisha

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