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...