num_pages: 200
description: Light Yagami is an ace student with great prospects - and bored out of his mind! But all that changes when he finds the Death Note, a notebook dropped by a rogue shingami death god. Any human whose name is written in the notebook dies, and now Light has vowed to use the power of the Death Note to rid the world of evil. But when criminals begin dropping dead, the authorities send the legendary detective L to track down the killer. With L hot on his heels, will Light lose sight of his noble goal... or his life?
language: English
title: Death Note, Vol. 1: Boredom
titlecomplete: Death Note, Vol. 1: Boredom
characters: L Lawliet, Light Yagami, Ryuk
genres: Mystery, Fiction, Thriller, Comics, Young Adult, Comics Manga, Graphic Novels, Horror, Fantasy, Manga
ratings_count: 286244
places: Japan
series: Death Note
awards: awardedAt: 1167638400000
name: Prix de la meilleure bande dessinée de science-fiction
publisher: Turtleback Books