The story follows high-school student genius Yagami Light as he finds a Death Note, a notebook that can be used to a kill by writing a person's name in its pages, and he uses it to kill criminals in an attempt to cleanse the world of crime. Ryuk, a shinigami (death god), purposefully dropped the Death Note into the human realm and follows Light around for entertainment. A great detective known as L challenges "Kira" (a media-given alias to the person killing the criminals). L tries to uncover Kira's identity and Light tries to kill him before he does. | The story follows high-school student genius Yagami Light as he finds a Death Note, a notebook that can be used to a kill by writing a person's name in its pages, and he uses it to kill criminals in an attempt to cleanse the world of crime. Ryuk, a shinigami (death god), purposefully dropped the Death Note into the human realm and follows Light around for entertainment. A great detective known as L challenges "Kira" (a media-given alias to the person killing the criminals). L tries to uncover Kira's identity and Light tries to kill him before he does. |