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DEATH NOTE

Also known as Death Note.

Status: Finished
Genres: Drama , Mystery , Psychological , Supernatural , Thriller

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 Light has vowed to use the power of the Death Note to rid the world of evil. But will Light succeed in his noble goal, or will the Death Note turn him into the very thing he fights against?



Tags: Detective , Police , Anti-Hero , Tragedy , Urban Fantasy , Crime , Male Protagonist , Philosophy , Gods , Espionage , Primarily Male Cast , Time Skip , Shounen , Memory Manipulation , Demons , Amnesia , Politics , Cult

DEATH NOTE: Tanpenshuu

Also known as Death Note Short Stories.

Status: Finished
Genres: Drama , Psychological , Supernatural

Is Kira's story truly over, or does his influence linger?

In this complete collection of Death Note short stories penned by the series' creators, discover tales of lives irrevocably changed by the sinister influence of the Death Note, with surprising and thrilling answers to the question of what it truly takes to use the Death Note... or fight it.

Contains stories "C-Kira," "a-Kira," the Death Note pilot chapter, vignettes of L's life, and more.



C-Kira-hen (Cキラ編, C-Kira); 2008
a-Kira-hen (aキラ編, a-Kira); 2019
DEATH NOTE ni Rakugaki 4-koma (DEATH NOTE にラクガキ4コマ, Death Note Four-Panel Comics); 2005
L - One Day; 2008
L - The Wammy's House (L - Wammy's House); 2008
Kagami Tarou-hen (鏡太郎編, Taro Kagami); 2003

Tags: Politics , Gods , Crime , Demons , Police , Detective , Shounen , Urban Fantasy , Anthology , Adoption , Anti-Hero , Primarily Male Cast , Male Protagonist , Time Skip , Philosophy , 4-koma , Suicide , Amnesia , Tragedy

DEATH NOTE: Tokubetsu Yomikiri

Also known as Death Note: a-Kira.

Status: Finished
Genres: Mystery , Psychological , Supernatural

The chapter centers on Ryuk's Death Note being brought again to the human world, after the end of the main manga. The chapter was later included in the volume “Death Note: Tanpenshuu”.

Tags: Politics , Shounen , Satire , Tragedy , Demons , Urban Fantasy , Police , Male Protagonist , Gods , Time Skip , Anti-Hero , Philosophy

DEATH NOTE

Also known as Death Note: Taro Kagami.

Status: Finished
Genres: Mystery , Supernatural

Thirteen-year-old Taro Kagami is a mild-mannered student who struggles with the harsher side of middle school. One day, on his walk back home, he finds a black notebook with the English title "Death Note." As he only understands the meaning of "Note," Taro assumes it's an ordinary notebook and takes it home to use as a diary. To vent his frustrations, he writes in the diary about his day and details how two of his classmates bullied him. Shockingly, the very next day, he is informed that those two students died of heart attacks.

When he learns the meaning of the word "Death," Taro starts to believe that the diary can kill whoever's name is written inside. The appearance of the shinigami Ryuk, the original owner of the Death Note who now stalks Taro, only confirms his theory. Now armed with this deadly weapon, Taro must decide what course of action he will take and whether he is capable of wielding such a disastrous power.

Note: The one-shot was later published as a bonus in the guidebook "Death Note Volume 13: How To Read", then later in the volume "Death Note: Tanpenshuu".

Tags: Gods , Male Protagonist , Shounen , Police , Philosophy , School , Detective , Urban Fantasy