Death Note

is a manga created by Tsugumi Ohba and Takeshi Obata. It also has an anime and live action film adaptions. The series revolves around the high school student,, who finds a notebook capable of killing people whose names are written in it. Using the notebook, the Death Note, Light attempts to create a better world, by purging it of criminals. Light is faced with many obstacles to avoid being captured, mainly the detective.

The manga was first printed in Weekly Shōnen Jump from December 2003 to May 2006. The anime, directed by Tetsurō Araki and written by Toshiki Inoue, began airing in October 2006.