Death Note, Vol. 1
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VIZ Media LLC · Print & ebook · October 10, 2005
Death Note, Vol.
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- Who it’s for
- A death-dealing notebook turns one student’s idea of justice into a tense contest of wits.
- Themes
- Power and moral responsibility, Justice and vigilantism, Death and its consequences
- Pacing
- Fast
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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.
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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?
Power and Pursuit
A death-dealing notebook turns one student’s idea of justice into a tense contest of wits.
Come here for
- A sharp clash between justice and the power to kill
- A clever student facing a legendary detective
Expect
- Moral choices with no easy answers
- A cat-and-mouse chase closing in from both sides
Where it sits
| General Manga | 53% |
|---|---|
| Crime & Mystery Comics | 50% |
| Occult & Supernatural Comics | 46% |
Percentages are BookFrontier’s reading of the book.
Publisher categories
- Crime & Mystery Comics
- General Manga
- Occult & Supernatural Comics
- Authors
- Tsugumi Ohba
- Publisher
- VIZ Media LLC
- Published
- October 10, 2005
- Format
- Print & ebook
- Theme
- Power and moral responsibility · Justice and vigilantism · Death and its consequences
- Reading lane
- Crime & Mystery Comics