Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 49. Chapters: Death Note characters, List of Death Note characters, List of Death Note episodes, List of Death Note chapters, Shinigami, Light Yagami, Mello, Misa Amane, Death Note original soundtracks, Near, Manga Murder, L: Change the World, Ryuk, Death Note 2: The Last Name, Takeshi Obata, Tsugumi Ohba, Innocent Sorrow. Excerpt: This is a list of fictional characters in the anime and manga series Death Note. The character names are listed in Western order, with the given name before the family name. The writer, Tsugumi Ohba, developed the basic character traits while Takeshi Obata, the artist, created the visual character designs. In his stories, Ohba chose character names that "seemed real but could not exist in the real world" because most of the characters were criminals and victims. The main protagonist in Death Note, Light is an extremely intelligent, yet bored 17-year old student who is not satisfied with the current justice system. When he finds the Death Note intentionally dropped in the human world by the shinigami Ryuk, he decides to use it to kill criminals. He earns the title Kira, the Japanese pronunciation of the English word killer. His ultimate goal is to cleanse the world of evil and create a world without criminals. He intends to reign over this new world as its "god" and goes mad with power. He is finally killed when Ryuk writes his name into the Death Note after Near proved to everyone that Light himself is Kira. The main antagonist in Death Note, L is the world's top-rated detective who takes on the task of tracking down and arresting Kira. He often uses drastic strategies to confuse and force the hand of his opponents, and his disheveled appearance disguises his brilliance and genius. He enjoys sugar, and in nearly every scene including him, he is found eating cake or confectionery and drinking sweetened ...
