# WebtoonLib — Death Note #1

## Series
- title: Death Note
- slug: death-note-0cc4d0

## Chapter
- number: 1
- release_date: 2025-05-29

### Summary
Brilliant but bored high school student Light Yagami finds his monotonous life turned upside down when he discovers a mysterious notebook dropped from the sky. The "Death Note" claims it can kill anyone whose name is written within its pages. After testing its horrifying power on a couple of criminals, Light decides to use the notebook to rid the world of evil and become the god of a new, just world. His vigilante crusade is interrupted by the appearance of the notebook's original owner, a grotesque Shinigami named Ryuk, who confesses he dropped his Death Note simply to see what would happen.
- summary_source: graph_aggregator
- summary_verification: unverified

### Key events
- Light finds the Death Note and kills his first criminals, deciding to become the 'God of the New World'.

### Characters involved
- Light's Teacher — character
- Takuo Shibuimaru — character
- Ryuk — character
- Light Yagami — character

## Spoiler
- level: auto

### Safe teaser
Brilliant but bored high school student Light Yagami finds his monotonous life turned upside down when he discovers a mysterious notebook dropped from the sky.

### Spoiler summary
Brilliant but bored high school student Light Yagami finds his monotonous life turned upside down when he discovers a mysterious notebook dropped from the sky. The "Death Note" claims it can kill anyone whose name is written within its pages. After testing its horrifying power on a couple of criminals, Light decides to use the notebook to rid the world of evil and become the god of a new, just world. His vigilante crusade is interrupted by the appearance of the notebook's original owner, a grotesque Shinigami named Ryuk, who confesses he dropped his Death Note simply to see what would happen.

## Status
- data_status: complete
- summary_status: generated
- transcript: Hardsub chapter — image-only

## See also
- [WebtoonLib — Death Note #1](/series/death-note-0cc4d0/chapter-1)
- for_series_detail: /llms-series/death-note-0cc4d0

## Usage
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