A top-student named Light Yagami discovers a strange notebook that claims to let its user end a person’s life just by writing down their name. At first he doubts it, but when he tests it, he realizes the notebook’s power is real. With this supernatural tool in his hands, Light decides to reshape the world by eliminating criminals and creating what he believes would be a perfect society. But as people around the world begin dying unexpectedly, a mysterious and brilliant detective known only as L