WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW: Yagami Light is an exceptionally brilliant boy with a father on the police force. Light loves detective work, and likes to follow his fathers cases. One day while at school he finds a a note book. To sum it up, if you write someone's name in the notebook...they die. Watch the series for the twists and exceptions. The series has a deeply developed plot, with several twists.
Light tries to cleanse the world of all evil by using the "Death Note" to kill off people HE judges as criminal/evil. Trouble arises when Light starts being hunted by L. L is an equally brilliant detective who works along with the police on high profile cases. He never meets in person, only through a computer screen presented by his liaison. Will Light get caught up in the game of cat and mouse?, or will he stay true to his objective of ridding the world of evil...Join the hunt as Light uses and manipulates those around him to achieve his goals.
