Light Yagami is an ace student with great prospectsand hes bored out of his mind. But all that changes when he finds the Death Note, a notebook dropped by a rogue Shinigami death god. Any human whose name is written in the notebook dies, and now Light has vowed to use the power of the Death Note to rid the world of evil. But when criminals begin dropping dead, the authorities send the legendary detective L to track down the killer. With L hot on his heels, will Light lose sight of his noble goalor his life?

Light is chafing under Ls extreme surveillance, but even 64 microphones and cameras hidden in his room arent enough to stop Light. He steps up the game, but before the battle of wits can really begin, a family emergency distracts him. But even though Light isnt using the Death Note right now, someone else is! Whos the new Kira in town?