Death Note was based on an manga series written by Tsugumi Ohba.
 The series centers around Light's subsequent attempts to use the Death Note to carry out a worldwide massacre of individuals whom he deems immoral and to create a crime-free society, using the alias of a god-like vigilante named "Kira", and the subsequent efforts of an elite Japanese police task force, led by enigmatic detective L, to apprehend him
 Several Death Note yonkoma (four-panel comics) appeared in Akamaru Jump

