The PlotThe series 'Death Note' is about a teenager named Light Yagami who is the recipient of a
notebook that’s been
dropped outside his school by a grinning, fanged creature
called a Shingami
. The death god, Ryuk, has deliberately dropped the notebook on Earth just to see what will happen.Ryuk does this because he is bored
with his usual routine which involves nothing but gambling with other death gods and he wanted some fun with the expense of human lives.So Ryuk tags along with Light, visible only to
those humans who have also touched the notebook.Significance of the Death NoteWriting the name of anyone whose face you can visualize in the death note, you can change
both the time and manner of their death.If just the name of the victim is written in the death note then the victim dies from a heart attack in 40-seconds and if the death note bearer decides to add the nature of the death then the bearer has an additional 6-minutes 40-seconds to describe the actual nature of the death.ClimaxThats not all to the plot of 'Death Note',there are lots of twists and turns as the story unfolds to many spine chilling climax scenes.Light Yagami takes on the name of 'Kira' and ensures justice by killing criminals throughout Japan.This makes him a hero as well as a villain in the eyes of people.FBI agents and 'L' go on a hunt to capture Kira.The story is very tensed and interesting from the beginning till the end,as Kira tries everything to Kill 'L' and 'L' tries everything to capture Kira and sentence him to death.VolumesThere are a total of 3 Volumes for the complete series of 'Death Note'.A TV series based on the same story and name had been launched and has become the most popular anime in Japan.The series contains a total of 37 episodes and a special episode called 'Death Note Director's Cut:Complete Ending Edition' will be aired on TV on the 31st of August 2007.