デスノート Death Note [Desu Nōto]

A taut, supernatural thriller from Shueisha, Death Note ran from 2004 to 2006 across 12 issues, written by Tsugumi Ohba and illustrated by Takeshi Obata. The series centers on a high school student who discovers a notebook that allows him to kill anyone whose name he writes in it, sparking a cat-and-mouse game with a genius detective. Its sleek, psychological cat-and-mouse narrative and Obata’s sharp, atmospheric art made it a defining manga of the mid-2000s, influencing a wave of dark, intellectual shonen.