Death Note

Light Yagami is an ace student with great prospects—and he's bored out of his mind. But all that changes when he finds the Death Note, a notebook dropped by a rogue Shinigami death god named Ryuk. Any human whose name is written in the notebook dies, and Light vows to use the power of the Death Note to rid the world of evil. But when criminals begin dropping dead at a massive scale, the authorities send the legendary detective L to track down the killer. With L hot on his heels, will Light lose sight of his noble goal...or his life?

As Light adopts the persona of "Kira," the story evolves into a complex game of cat and mouse between the two greatest minds on Earth. While Light utilizes his father's position in the police force to stay one step ahead, L closes in with unorthodox methods and deduction. With the addition of a second Kira, Misa Amane, and the Shinigami eyes deal, the stakes rise to impossible heights. Death Note is a masterpiece of psychological warfare that questions the very nature of justice and morality.