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Death Note

Name: Death Note
Author: Tsugumi Ohba

Japanese manga series

Written workmanga seriesQ1834

Author: Tsugumi Ohba
Publisher: Shueisha
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Language: Japanese
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1.Stated in AniListanilist.co/manga/30021Retrieved 2022-12-24
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Genre: mystery anime and manga
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1.Stated in AniListanilist.co/manga/30021Retrieved 2022-12-24
2.Stated in MangaUpdatesmangaupdates.com/series/1ljv3bsRetrieved 2022-12-24
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1.Stated in MyAnimeListmyanimelist.net/manga/21Retrieved 2022-12-24
2.Stated in AniListanilist.co/manga/30021Retrieved 2022-12-24
3.Stated in MangaUpdatesmangaupdates.com/series/1ljv3bsRetrieved 2022-12-24
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Death Note is a Japanese manga series written by Tsugumi Ohba and illustrated by Takeshi Obata. It was serialized in Shueisha's shōnen manga magazine Weekly Shōnen Jump from December 2003 to May 2006, with its chapters collected in 12 tankōbon volumes. The story follows Light Yagami, a genius high school student who discovers a mysterious notebook, the Death Note. This notebook belonged to the shinigami Ryuk, and writing someone’s name in the pages leads to their death. The series centers on Light's use of the Death Note to carry out a worldwide massacre of individuals he deems immoral in an attempt to create a crime-free society, using the alias of a god-like vigilante named Kira. This leads to the efforts of an elite Japanese police task force, led by the enigmatic detective L, to apprehend him.

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Country of origin: Japan
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1.Stated in AniListanilist.co/manga/30021Retrieved 2022-12-24
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Number of parts of this work: 12 volume
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1.Stated in MyAnimeListmyanimelist.net/manga/21Retrieved 2022-12-24
2.Stated in AniListanilist.co/manga/30021Retrieved 2022-12-24
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Website: j-deathnote.com language: Japanese
Derivative work: Death Note
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L: Change the World
Title: デスノート revised hepburn romanization: Desunōto
Published in: Weekly Shōnen Jump
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1.“Shounen Jump (Weekly) - Manga Magazine - MyAnimeList.net”myanimelist.net/manga/magazine/83/Shounen_Jump_Weekly#content
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Characters: Light Yagami narrative role: protagonist
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Ryuk
Misa Amane
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Teru Mikami
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Kiyomi Takada
Media franchise: Death Note
Intended public: shōnen
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1.Stated in MyAnimeListmyanimelist.net/manga/21Retrieved 2022-12-24
2.Stated in MangaUpdatesmangaupdates.com/series/1ljv3bsRetrieved 2022-12-24
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Plot expanded in: Death Note Another Note: The Los Angeles BB Murder Cases
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1.deathnote.fandom.com/wiki/Death_Note:_Another_Note:_The_Los_Angeles_BB_Murder_Cases
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Illustrator: Takeshi Obata
Has list: list of Death Note chapters
Started: December 1, 2003
Ended: May 15, 2006
Takes place in fictional universe: Death Note universe

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