Deathnote/ 死亡筆記

I started reading Deathnote around November 2004, where my sister bought the first and the second volumes. I had no idea of that manga at all at the first sight. My sister bought it because she think the cover is very attractive and well design. So after waiting for her to finish, i started reading. I remember i took quite a long time to read finish the first volume. Maybe due to the fact i want to enjoy the reading and drawing but another factor i read quite slow because the content of the story is a lot and quite complicated if you don't get it.

So, i finished the 2 volumes and thought to myself that this is a manga which will be famous around the world. No doubt, now it had been famous around the whole world.^^

Death Note is a series created by writer Tsugumi Ohba and illustrator Takeshi Obata and was first serialized in the Japanese manga magazine Weekly Shonen Jump published by Shueisha from the first issue in December 2003 to May 2006, with 108 chapters in total. Later, the individual chapters were collected into twelve separate tankōbon(volumes). Later, a thirteenth volume titled Death Note - How to Read was released, helping to elucidate some mysteries left at the end of the manga, like the destiny of some of the characters. The manga has since been published in several different languages including English, German, Chinese, Portuguese and Spanish.


To date, Death Note has sold around twenty million copies in Japan. Death Note was nominated for Best Manga at the 2006 American Anime Awards.

In February 2008, a one-shot special was released. Set two years after the manga's epilogue, it sees the introduction of a new Kira and the reactions of the main characters in response to the copycat's appearance.

The anime is aired in Japan from October 3, 2006 – June 26, 2007 with a total of 37episodes.

Plot
The series centers around a high school student who discovers a supernatural notebook that allows him to kill anyone by writing the victim's name and picturing his or her face. The plot follows his attempt to create and lead a world cleansed of evil using the book, and the complex conflict between himself and those assailing him that results.

• Watch Deathnote Anime Online[English Subtitle]

• Official Anime Website[Japanese]

• Deathnote/ 死亡筆記 at English Wikipedia