Light Yagami is an extremely intelligent young man who resents what appears to be a relentless increase of crime and corruption in the world around him. His life undergoes a drastic change when he discovers a mysterious notebook, known as the "Death Note", lying on the ground. The Death Note's instructions claim that if a human's name is written within it, that person shall die. Light is initially skeptical of the notebook's authenticity, but after experimenting with it, he realizes that the Death Note is real. After meeting with the 前一个 owner of the Death Note, a shinigami named Ryuk,...

Death Note (デスノート, Desu Nōto?) is a Japanese 日本漫画 series created 由 writer Tsugumi Ohba and 日本漫画 artist Takeshi Obata. The series centers on Light Yagami, a 大学 student who discovers a 邪恶力量 notebook, the "Death Note", dropped on Earth 由 a shinigami (death god) named Ryuk. The Death Note grants its user the ability to kill anyone whose face they have seen, 由 写作 the victim's name in the notebook. The story follows Light's attempt to create and rule a world cleansed of evil using the notebook, and the complex conflict between him, his opponents and a mysterious...