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: If no cause is specified within 40 seconds, the victim will die of a heart attack. If a cause is written, the details can be further refined within the next 6 minutes and 40 seconds.
: A brilliant, eccentric detective who manages to deduce Kira’s general location in Japan through a televised trap, setting the stage for the rest of the series. Death Note Vol. 01 of 12 (Eng)
: Light's father and head of the Japanese National Police Agency, who inadvertently provides Light with access to vital investigation files. : If no cause is specified within 40
Light decides to use this power to rid the world of criminals, intending to rule as a "God of the New World" under the alias . However, as criminals begin dying inexplicably, the mysterious and world-renowned detective L is called in by the authorities to track down the killer, leading to a intense psychological "cat-and-mouse" battle. Key Characters in Volume 1 : Light's father and head of the Japanese
The story follows , an ace high school student who is profoundly bored with his life and disillusioned by a world filled with crime. His life shifts when he discovers the Death Note , a supernatural notebook dropped into the human world by Ryuk , a rogue shinigami (death god) who is equally bored with the monotony of his own realm. Volume 1 establishes the fundamental rules of the notebook: