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DEATH NOTEWRITTEN BY: NISIO ISIN
By:
Tayyab Hussain
Supervisor:
Mr. Asif Ali
Contents
■ Introduction
■ Characters
■ Theme
■ Plot
Introduction
■ Death Note Another Note:
– Written by Nisio Isin.
■ Released onAugust 1, 2006.
■ Story follows the novel of a character named LightYagami
– who uses the notebook in order to clean the world of those humans who are unfit for
society.
■ A team of professional investigators set out to find out the mysterious killer and arrest
him, and thus many other characters are introduced until Light is eventually caught.
Character
■ Main characters
– Light yagami
– L Lawliet
– Ryuk
■ Secondary characters
– Misa amane
– Near
– Mello
– Watari
■ Other characters
– Sayu yagami
– Yotsuba Group
– Shinigami
Theme
■ Writer NISIO ISIN had no particular themes in mind for Death Note.
■ He suggested: "Humans will all eventually die and never come back to life, so let's give
it our all while we're alive”
■ In a 2012 paper, Jolyon BarakaThomas characterised Death Note as heavily influenced
by the conflicts between liberty and security;
Theme
■ As illustrating that high moral ideals are easily corrupted, and that people will always
justify horrific acts of violence in the name of safety.Thomas writes that "the price of
peace is death".
■ The core plot device of the story is the "Death Note" itself, which is a black notebook
with instructions (known as "Rules of the Death Note") written on the inside.When
used correctly, it allows anyone to commit a murder, knowing only the victim's name
and face.
Plot
■ LightYagami is a genius high school student who discovers the "Death Note", a
notebook that kills anyone whose name is written in it, as long as the writer has seen
that person's face.
■ Light tells Ryuk of his plan to rule as a god over a new world free from criminals, where
only people he deems morally fit to live remain.
■ Kira's killings catch the attention of Interpol and world-famous detective "L".
■ Light's father, requiring Light to take several measures to keep the Death Note secure.
Light and L begin a game of cat and mouse to try to further their own ends.
■ Light's plan is impeded by a love-struck second Kira, famous model MisaAmane,
Plot
■ The anti-Kira task force identify the third Kira asYotsuba Group executive Kyosuke Higuchi,
who has been using Misa's Death Note. Higuchi is captured, and Light touches the Death
Note, regaining all his memories.
■ Upon L's death, Light becomes the second "L" and continues his charade of searching for
Kira while carrying out the killings himself with help from Misa.
■ Two young men, raised as potential successors to L, are revealed – Near, a detective
associated with the United States Government, and Mello, a member of the Mafia.
■ In response, Light persuades Misa to give up her notebook and raises another "Kira",Teru
Mikami, a prosecutor and fervent supporter of Kira.
■ Ryuk, realizing Light is no longer able to entertain him, kills Light with his notebook.
ThankYou.

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Deathnote

  • 1. DEATH NOTEWRITTEN BY: NISIO ISIN By: Tayyab Hussain Supervisor: Mr. Asif Ali
  • 3. Introduction ■ Death Note Another Note: – Written by Nisio Isin. ■ Released onAugust 1, 2006. ■ Story follows the novel of a character named LightYagami – who uses the notebook in order to clean the world of those humans who are unfit for society. ■ A team of professional investigators set out to find out the mysterious killer and arrest him, and thus many other characters are introduced until Light is eventually caught.
  • 4. Character ■ Main characters – Light yagami – L Lawliet – Ryuk ■ Secondary characters – Misa amane – Near – Mello – Watari ■ Other characters – Sayu yagami – Yotsuba Group – Shinigami
  • 5. Theme ■ Writer NISIO ISIN had no particular themes in mind for Death Note. ■ He suggested: "Humans will all eventually die and never come back to life, so let's give it our all while we're alive” ■ In a 2012 paper, Jolyon BarakaThomas characterised Death Note as heavily influenced by the conflicts between liberty and security;
  • 6. Theme ■ As illustrating that high moral ideals are easily corrupted, and that people will always justify horrific acts of violence in the name of safety.Thomas writes that "the price of peace is death". ■ The core plot device of the story is the "Death Note" itself, which is a black notebook with instructions (known as "Rules of the Death Note") written on the inside.When used correctly, it allows anyone to commit a murder, knowing only the victim's name and face.
  • 7. Plot ■ LightYagami is a genius high school student who discovers the "Death Note", a notebook that kills anyone whose name is written in it, as long as the writer has seen that person's face. ■ Light tells Ryuk of his plan to rule as a god over a new world free from criminals, where only people he deems morally fit to live remain. ■ Kira's killings catch the attention of Interpol and world-famous detective "L". ■ Light's father, requiring Light to take several measures to keep the Death Note secure. Light and L begin a game of cat and mouse to try to further their own ends. ■ Light's plan is impeded by a love-struck second Kira, famous model MisaAmane,
  • 8. Plot ■ The anti-Kira task force identify the third Kira asYotsuba Group executive Kyosuke Higuchi, who has been using Misa's Death Note. Higuchi is captured, and Light touches the Death Note, regaining all his memories. ■ Upon L's death, Light becomes the second "L" and continues his charade of searching for Kira while carrying out the killings himself with help from Misa. ■ Two young men, raised as potential successors to L, are revealed – Near, a detective associated with the United States Government, and Mello, a member of the Mafia. ■ In response, Light persuades Misa to give up her notebook and raises another "Kira",Teru Mikami, a prosecutor and fervent supporter of Kira. ■ Ryuk, realizing Light is no longer able to entertain him, kills Light with his notebook.

Editor's Notes

  1. 1). Light Yagami is dissatisfied with the Japanese justice system. When he finds a Death Note dropped by Ryuk, he imagines to create a world without crime and rule over it as its "god". Light's changed into role as Kira marks a dramatic change in his personality as he becomes comfortable with manipulating people's lives. 2). L Lawliet known solely as L, is the world's greatest detective. He takes on the task of tracking down and arresting Kira. He only ever wears shoes in public, just to take them off as soon as he sits down. His appearance and constant playing with his food, which usually consists of candy or fruit, causes people to doubt his position as L. He lived alone, and only his manager Watari is able to contact him directly. L suspects that Light is Kira almost from the beginning, but cannot confirm his suspicions, although they are right. 3). Ryuk is a bored Shinigami [God of death] that drops a Death Note, a notebook that allows you to kill anyone simply by knowing their name and face, into the human world in order to have fun. It is picked up by Light Yagami, a young genius who uses it in an attempt to create and rule a world "cleansed of evil" as "God". 4). Misa Amane is a rising actress in japan, falling in love with light yagami after he kills her parents' murderer. As a Death Note owner and the second Kira, she has the Shinigami Eyes, which allow her to see nearly everyone's name and lifespan. 5). Near (Nia), real name Nate River, is the young detective who succeeds L by default. He is the head of an organization created to catch Kira, the SPK.