Takeshi Obata was born in 1969 in Niigata, Japan, and first achieved international recognition as the artist of the wildly popular Shonen Jump title Hikaru no Go, which won the 2003 Tezuka Osamu Cultural Prize: Shinsei 'New Hope' Award and the 2000 Shogakukan Manga Award. Will Light's noble goal succeed, or will the Death Note turn him into the very thing he fights against? About the Author: Born in Tokyo, Tsugumi Ohba is the author of the hit series Death Note, Bakuman and Platinum End. 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 all that changes when he finds the Death Note, a notebook dropped by a rogue Shinigami death god. With L hot on his heels, will Light lose sight of his noble goal.or his life? Contains Volumes 1 and 2 of Death Note! Light Yagami is an ace student with great prospects-and he's bored out of his mind. But when criminals begin dropping dead, the authorities send the legendary detective L to track down the killer. But all that changes when he finds the Death Note, a notebook dropped by rogue Shinigami death god.

Killer 2-for-1 value on hit thriller Death Note! Light Yagami is an ace student with great prospects-and he's bored out of his mind.

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