Death Note (デスノート, Desu Nōto?) is a Japanese manga series created da writer Tsugumi Ohba and manga artist Takeshi Obata. The series centers on Light Yagami, a università student who discovers a Supernatural notebook, the "Death Note", dropped on Earth da a shinigami (death god) named Ryuk. The Death Note grants its user the ability to kill anyone whose face they have seen, da Scrivere 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...