Death Note, Vol. 1 (2005)
Death Note, Vol. 1 is a 2005 Japanese-language good and evil book written by Tsugumi Ohba and Takeshi Obata.
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, a 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?
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What is Death Note, Vol. 1 about?
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, a 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?
When was Death Note, Vol. 1 published?
Death Note, Vol. 1 was published in 2005.
Who made Death Note, Vol. 1?
Death Note, Vol. 1 was written by Tsugumi Ohba and Takeshi Obata.