What Is Death Note?

Death Note is a landmark manga and anime series created by Tsugumi Ohba and Takeshi Obata, published in Weekly Shonen Jump from 2003 to 2006. The story follows Light Yagami, a brilliant high school student who discovers a supernatural notebook — the Death Note — dropped by the shinigami Ryuk. Anyone whose name is written in the notebook dies, and Light uses it to become a god-like judge of criminals under the alias 'Kira.' The series is a gripping cat-and-mouse thriller as the enigmatic detective L works to unmask Kira, making Death Note one of the most beloved and critically acclaimed manga of all time. If you're a Marvel fan, there's also a fun one-off: Thanos: Death Notes (2022), a single-issue Marvel anthology in our catalog that plays on the 'death note' concept through a Thanos lens — worth a look!