Death Note

Light Yagami is a brilliant 17-year-old student, one of the top scorers on his exams in all of Japan. One day as he leaves school, he finds a mysterious black notebook on the ground with "Death Note" written on it. The first thing written inside: "The human whose name is written in the notebook shall die." Light decides to use this to cleanse the world of evil by killing all the criminals. On the scene comes L, ace detective, who's determined to find Light—who the world now calls "Kira"—and track him down, thus bringing us an epic psychological thrill ride.

The original one-shot for Death Note, a young boy finds the note and struggles with whether to use it or not. Many of the ideas in this were carried over into the full series, but there are some interesting differences.

Death Note Tokubetsu-hen

A one chapter sequel of the Death Note manga which tells what happened 3 years after it all ended.

Death Note: Tokubetsu Yomikiri

Several years after the Kira incident, Ryuk wants more apples and decides to give the Death Note to a new human. However, this human is not interested in killing anyone. He decides that the best course of action is to sell the Death Note, but who would want to buy a Death Note?

DEATH NOTE: Tanpenshuu

Is Kira's story truly over, or does his influence linger?

In this complete collection of Death Note short stories penned by the series' creators, discover tales of lives irrevocably changed by the sinister influence of the Death Note, with surprising and thrilling answers to the question of what it truly takes to use the Death Note... or fight it.

Contains stories "C-Kira," "a-Kira," the Death Note pilot chapter, vignettes of L's life, and more.

(Source: Viz Media)

1. C-Kira-hen (Cキラ編, C-Kira); 2008
2. a-Kira-hen (aキラ編, a-Kira); 2019
3. DEATH NOTE ni Rakugaki 4-koma (DEATH NOTE にラクガキ4コマ, Death Note Four-Panel Comics); 2005
4. L - One Day; 2008
5. L - The Wammy's House (L - Wammy's House); 2008
6. Kagami Tarou-hen (鏡太郎編, Taro Kagami); 2003

DEATH NOTE: Tanpenshuu Franchise