Light Yagami is a genius high school student who is about to learn about life through a book of death. When a bored shinigami, a God of Death, named Ryuk drops a black notepad called a Death Note, Light receives power over life and death with the stroke of a pen. Determined to use this dark gift for the best, Light sets out to rid the world of evil… namely, the people he believes to be evil. Should anyone hold such power? The consequences of Light’s actions will set the world ablaze.
Episodes
37
Aired
Fall 2006
Score
8.4
Popularity
#4
CrimeDetectiveAnti-HeroMale ProtagonistFugitivePolicePhilosophyPrimarily Adult Cast
If you like this, try
Monster 82%74 eps · 2004
A brilliant man's moral certainty spirals into a cat-and-mouse manhunt, echoing the same slow-burn detective duel you loved.
Terror in Resonance 80%11 eps · 2014
Two young masterminds outthink the police in a battle of ideology versus law, mirroring Light and L's chess match.
Moriarty the Patriot 78%11 eps · 2020
A charismatic anti-hero plots to dismantle a corrupt system while a rival detective closes in, capturing that same intellectual duel.
BABYLON 75%12 eps · 2019
Political conspiracy unravels through a dogged investigator's philosophical reckoning with justice, much like Light's cerebral cat-and-mouse.