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Takeshi Obata
Death Note [デスノート]
A high school student finds a supernatural notebook allowing him to kill anyone by writing their name. This dark manga series explores justice, morality, and the dangerous power of a god complex as he faces off against a brilliant detective.
The Death Note manga series is best read in publication order, starting with Death Note, Vol. 1, as the story follows a continuous narrative.
The Death Note manga has been adapted into a highly popular anime series, multiple live-action Japanese films, a Japanese television drama, and an American live-action film.
While Tsugumi Ohba and Takeshi Obata have collaborated on other successful manga series like Bakuman. and Platinum End, Death Note is a standalone story with no direct connections to their other works.