Light, fueled by a distorted sense of justice, decides to use the book to "cleanse" the world of criminals and rule over it as a benevolent god, known to the public as . This god-complex sets the stage for a global manhunt led by the world’s greatest—and most eccentric—detective, known only as L . The Battle of Wits: Light vs. L
The story begins with Light Yagami, a brilliant and bored high school student who stumbles upon a supernatural notebook known as the "Death Note." This notebook, dropped by the Shinigami (Death God) Ryuk, has the power to kill anyone whose name is written in it, as long as the writer pictures the person's face while writing their name. Light, who is dissatisfied with the current state of the world and the justice system, sees the Death Note as a tool to create a utopian society without crime. death.note anime
. The notebook, dropped into the human world by the Shinigami (Death God) Light, fueled by a distorted sense of justice,