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When Light Yagami finds a notebook giving him power over death, will he use it for good—or evil?

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. Any human whose name is written in the notebook dies, and now Light has vowed to use the power of the Death Note to rid the world of evil. But when criminals begin dropping dead, 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?

Light tests the boundaries of the Death Note's powers as L and the police begin to close in. Luckily Light's father is the head of the Japanese National Police Agency and leaves vital information about the case lying around the house. With access to his father's files, Light can keep one step ahead of the authorities. But who is the strange man following him, and how can Light guard against enemies whose names he doesn't know?

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Born in Tokyo, Tsugumi Ohba is the author of the hit series Death Note, Bakuman and Platinum End..

Takeshi Obata was born in 1969 in Niigata, Japan, and first achieved international recognition as the artist of the wildly popular Shonen Jump title Hikaru no Go, which won the 2003 Tezuka Osamu Cultural Prize: Shinsei “New Hope” Award and the 2000 Shogakukan Manga Award. He went on to illustrate the smash hit Death Note as well as the hugely successful manga Bakuman, All You Need Is Kill, and Platinum End.

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Publisher ‏ : ‎ VIZ Media LLC (October 10, 2005)
Language ‏ : ‎ English
Paperback ‏ : ‎ 200 pages
ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 1421501686
ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-1421501680
Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 6.2 ounces
Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 5 x 0.8 x 7.5 inches

Best Sellers Rank: #21,374 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
- #45 in Shonen Manga (Books)
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Raye Li

First prints for second half of the collection

Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on January 24, 2023

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Wonderful quality. It's an absolute delight that I found this series in Japanese. Having a blast reviewing the story in its original edition.

Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on January 13, 2023

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K. Fitzgerald

Absolute must-read manga

Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on January 18, 2008

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When I first received a copy of volume 1 from the library (after reading reviews on [...]), I was hesitant to read it, because I thought Ryuku (on cover) looked so disturbing. I flipped through and thought, 'no way will I enjoy this -- he's too creepy and the art is not he typical "anime style" that I am used to.' So I decided to give it 3 chapters -- could not put it down. Was so engrossed I just kept going. Bypassed the library entirely and ordered the first four volumes on amazon.com.

I have been trying for years to get my husband as into anime as I am. I'm an old-school anime/manga fan, and am now absolutely thrilled to pass my love for it onto my kids. Anyway, I told him, "Honey, you HAVE to read this." He looked at it, thought it looked bizarre and started to hand it back to me. "No, you HAVE to read it. Just give it 3 chapters, and I guarantee you'll be hooked." He was. We're now toting the tankoban all over with us...while we're waiting during kids' dance or martial arts lessons. I am a firm believer in: if you love something as a kid (manga, video games, whatever), there's absolutely no reason you should give it up as an adult.

I am amazed at the unique quality of both the story and the illustrations. It is such a thrilling book of cat and mouse and one-upmanship. I have rarely been so engrossed. The Shinigami are a tad disturbing-looking, but they have a friendly sort of quality about them that makes them almost sweet.

I am actually going to pass these books onto my parents and let them read. I've let my father-in-law read "Maus" and he really enjoyed it...so now I think the family is ready for manga. Back in the early 90s, there was so little translated manga/anime out there. Today, there is just a plethora of titles available, and I'm thrilled.

If you have any doubts, or you're curious, give this title a read. It's really stellar.

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George Lynch

Better than the movie

Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on November 17, 2022

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My 13 year old devoured this and I had to go get the next on in the store.

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Rhonda Singleton

great quality, great story

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the quality of the book is really nice, with no tears or scratches on the front or back, i haven't read it yet but i flipped through it a bit and nothing seems to be wrong with it, however it is like reading a book backwards but i think its supposed to be like that so its not a problem, i recommend this 100% unless you're not comfortable with reading it the other way.

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A. Kershaw

Awesome story, great art

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This is the best and most original mangas I have ever read. It takes the mystery murder genre to the next level.

It's very interesting to read on a psychological level, where we see a young, bright, up-and-coming college student (Light Yagami) who has discovered a deathly power (the Death Notebook). With it, he thinks he can change the world for the better by making it completely crime-free, and rule the world himself; becoming like a god. Using the Death Note, Light begins killing the world's worst criminals simply by writing down their names.
His plans go awry when the INTERPOL (the international police orginization)--which finally realizes that all these criminals dying of heart attacks can't be a coincidence--sets the greatest detective in the world on his case--a detective whose identity is a complete mystery. He only goes by the alias "L".
Light Yagami gets desperate, and instead of using what he thinks are "just" means to accomplish his "righteous" intentions, he becomes ruthless and amoral, until he is no longer fighting for his ideal world, but only fighting to keep himself from falling into the hands of the law.
This is what happens when simple men take on too much power, and think they can handle it best.

It's full of mystery, suspense, a bit of the supernatural, and sometimes humor (Ryuuk, ftw!). The art is very well done.

I highly recommend it.

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Very Good Manga

Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on February 22, 2006

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The setup for Death Note is that a spirit or death god dropped his notebook with instructions for use in the human world. He did this out of boredom to see what would happen. A human can use the notebook to cause the deaths of other humans. I bought Death Note after reading a preview in a magazine. It is about as interesting as I suspected it would be. It has become more a detective story than a supernatural event story. So far enough mystery is being maintained that I want to read more. I rated it 4 stars instead of 5 because, as in many mystery or detective stories, some things are being deliberately held back from the reader so that there is a surprise later. That's the nature of such stories. I just find it a little gimmicky. Still, it's not so annoying that I am ready to give up on the "game." At some point I might give up on it if I do not grow to love the characters themselves. I have not particularly warmed up to the main characters or minor characters. I recommend it for the way it plays with its concept.

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Paul Petty

Definitely a good read

Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on October 16, 2017

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A really good read. It's probably one of the few manga I'd recommend to anyone(or the show if they're not the reading type). The whole series is pretty amazing up until the half way mark. But, it's still great past that and definitely worth finishing. But this first volume is great.

The series does have it's flaws. The story can be kinda convoluted at points, and explains the rules of it's world in almost too much detail. There can also be way too much text over explaining the plot where the visuals already sufficed(I.e. it should show, not tell). But the flaws are very minor in this first volume, and only a minor complaint of mine for the whole series.

Give this one a read if you can, it's worth it.

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Erick Rangel

Amazing quality.

Reviewed in Mexico 🇲🇽 on July 9, 2015

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Awesome product

Not a ussual viz media manga, just different and exciting. The paper is perfect. No doubts of buy the next one.

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Reviewed in Japan 🇯🇵 on July 6, 2023

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内容的に難しい用語も出てくる上、バイリンガルコミックスのように日本語での解説や和訳はありませんので、上級レベルくらいじゃないとサラサラ読めないかもしれません。

原作そのまま対訳という感じなので、既に日本語版のコミックスを持っていて、照らし合わせながら読み、こういうときネイティブはこう表現するんだなーと眺めるのも良いかなぁと思いました。

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The best manga ever!!!

Reviewed in India 🇮🇳 on December 13, 2022

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I loved watching death note and I desperately wanted to read the manga version, as paperbacks are the only thing I love...I got it last week in a state of sheer excitement. And it's safe to say I wasn't disappointed! This was hands down one of the best mangas I've ever read and I'll keep recommending it to everyone.
Meanwhile, I'll be off to place an order for the second volume! 🙈

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Gautam Patra

Amazing

Reviewed in India 🇮🇳 on May 29, 2019

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Best manga series I've read. Very suspenseful and thrilling. Based on a very unique and innovative idea that distinguishes it from other manga and makes it a great experience.

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Super manga

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