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Light Yagami is a brilliant, but bored, high school student who resents the crime and corruption in the world. He finds life boring with no interest or fun. His life undergoes a huge change when he discovers a mysterious notebook, known as the "Death Note", that dropped from the sky on his school grounds. The Death Note's instructions claim that, if a human's name is written within it, that person shall die. Light is initially skeptical of the Death Note's authenticity, believing it is just a prank just like all the other prank link messages.

However, after experimenting with it and killing two criminals, Light is forced to admit that the Death Note is real. After meeting with the true owner of the Death Note, a Shinigami named Ryuk, Light seeks to become "the God of the new world" by passing his judgment on criminals. Ryuk shares Light's oppinion that the world is rotting and becoming boring.
 
 
Soon, the number of inexplicable deaths of reported criminals catches the attention of the International Police Organization and a mysterious detective known only as "L". L quickly learns that the serial killer, dubbed by the public as "Kira" (derived from the Japanese pronunciation of the English word "Killer"), is located in Japan. L also concludes that Kira can kill people without laying a finger on them. Light realizes that L will be his greatest enemy, and a race to prove mental superiority between the two begins.