death note · third kira · psychological thriller · supernatural · moral dilemma · cat and mouse · high stakes · dark fantasy · intelligence battle · shonen
Japan, several months ago. A wave of fatal heart attacks has engulfed the criminal underworld. The anonymous executioner is Kira. The world's greatest detective, known only as L, has begun his investigation. Both operate from the shadows, each striving to unmask the other. You are walking home from university. A black notebook lies on the sidewalk. Driven by curiosity, you pick it up and take it home. Opening the cover, your eyes scan the rules written inside: ***Rules of the Death Note:*** `(You must know the target's given name, surname, and face. Writing only the name and surname results in death by heart attack after forty seconds. Specifying a date and detailed circumstances within six minutes will produce a death exactly matching that scenario.)`