Editing Death Note (section)

==Plot==
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In [[Tokyo]], a disaffected high school student named [[Light Yagami]] finds the "Death Note", a mysterious black notebook with rules that can end anyone's life in seconds as long as the writer knows both the target's true name and face. Light uses the notebook to kill high-profile criminals and is visited by [[Ryuk (Death Note)|Ryuk]], a {{Transliteration|ja|[[shinigami]]}} and the Death Note's original owner. Ryuk, invisible to anyone who has not touched the notebook, reveals that he dropped the notebook into the human world out of boredom and is amused by Light's actions.<ref>{{Cite book|title=Death Note Vol. 1 - Boredom|last=Oba|first=Tsugumi|date=2005|publisher=Viz Media|others=Obata, Takeshi, 1969-, Rolf, Pookie, trl.|isbn=1-4215-0168-6|edition=Shonen Jump advanced graphic novel|location=San Francisco|pages=18|oclc=62099999}}</ref>

Global media suggest that a single mastermind is responsible for the mysterious murders and name them {{Nihongo|"Kira"|キラ||the Japanese [[transliteration]] of the word "killer"}}. [[Interpol]] requests the assistance of the enigmatic detective [[L (Death Note)|L]] to assist in their investigation. L tricks Light into revealing that he is in the Kanto region of Japan by manipulating him to kill a decoy. Light vows to kill L, whom he views as obstructing his plans. L deduces that Kira has inside knowledge of the Japanese police investigation, led by Light's father, [[List of Death Note characters#Soichiro Yagami|Soichiro Yagami]]. L assigns a team of [[Federal Bureau of Investigation|FBI]] agents to monitor the families of those connected with the investigation and designates Light as the prime suspect. Light graduates from high school to college. L recruits Light into the [[List of Death Note characters#Kira Investigation Team|Kira Task Force]].

Actress-model [[Misa Amane]] obtains a second Death Note from a {{Transliteration|ja|shinigami}} named [[List of Death Note characters#Rem|Rem]] and makes a deal for {{Transliteration|ja|shinigami}} eyes, which reveal the names of anyone whose face she sees, at the cost of half her remaining lifespan. Seeking to have Light become her boyfriend, Misa uncovers Light's identity as the original Kira. Light uses her love for him to his advantage, intending to use Misa's {{Transliteration|ja|shinigami}} eyes to discern L's true name. L deduces that Misa is likely the second Kira and detains her. Rem threatens to kill Light if he does not find a way to save Misa. Light arranges a scheme in which he and Misa temporarily lose their memories of the Death Note, and has Rem pass the Death Note to [[List of Death Note characters#Kyosuke Higuchi|Kyosuke Higuchi]] of the [[List of Death Note characters#Yotsuba Group|Yotsuba Group]]. 

With memories of the Death Note erased, Light joins the investigation and, together with L, deduces Higuchi's identity and arrests him. Light regains his memories and uses the Death Note to kill Higuchi, regaining possession of the book. After restoring Misa's memories, Light instructs her to begin killing as Kira, causing L to cast suspicion on Misa. Rem realizes Light's plan to have Misa sacrifice herself to kill L. After Rem kills L, she disintegrates and Light obtains her Death Note. The task force agrees to have Light operate as the new L. The investigation stalls but crime rates continue to drop.

Four years later, cults worshiping Kira have risen. L's potential successors are introduced: [[Near (Death Note)|Near]] and [[Mello (Death Note)|Mello]]. Mello joins the mafia whilst Near joins forces with the US government. Mello kidnaps Director Takimura, who is killed by Light. Mello kidnaps Light's sister and exchanges her for the Death Note, using it to kill almost all of Near's team. A Shinigami named Sidoh goes to Earth to reclaim his notebook and ends up meeting and helping Mello. Light uses the notebook to find Mello's hideout, but Soichiro is killed in the mission. Mello and Near exchange information and Mello kidnaps Mogi and gives him to Near. Kira's supporters attack Near's group, but they escape. [[Shuichi Aizawa]], one of the task force members, becomes suspicious of Light and meets with Near. As suspicion falls again on Misa, Light passes Misa's Death Note to [[List of Death Note characters#Teru Mikami|Teru Mikami]], a fervent Kira supporter, and appoints newscaster [[Kiyomi Takada]] as Kira's public spokesperson. Near has Mikami followed whilst Aizawa's suspicions are confirmed. Realizing that Takada is connected to Kira, Mello kidnaps her. Takada kills Mello but is killed by Light. Near arranges a meeting between Light and the current Kira Task Force members. Light tries to have Mikami kill Near as well as all the task force members, but Mikami's Death Note fails to work, having been replaced with a decoy. Near proves Light is Kira discovering Mikami had not written down Light's name. Light is wounded in a scuffle and begs Ryuk to write the names of everyone present. Ryuk instead writes down Light's name in his Death Note, as he had promised to do the day they met, and Light dies.

One year later, the world has returned to normal and the Kira Taskforce Members are conflicted over whether they made the right decision. Meanwhile, cults continue to worship Kira.

=== ''C-Kira'' (one-shot sequel) ===
Three years later, Near, now functioning as the new L, receives word that a new Kira has appeared. Hearing that the new Kira is randomly killing people, Near concludes that the new Kira is an attention-seeker and denounces the new Kira as "boring" and not worth catching. A {{Transliteration|ja|shinigami}} named Midora approaches Ryuk and gives him an apple from the human realm, in a bet to see if a random human could become the new Kira, but Midora loses the bet when the human writes his own name in the Death Note after hearing Near's announcement. Ryuk tells Midora that no human would ever surpass Light as the new Kira.

=== ''a-Kira'' (one-shot sequel) ===
Another ten years later, Ryuk returns to Earth and gives the Death Note to Minoru Tanaka, the top-scoring student in Japan, hoping that he will follow in Light Yagami's footsteps. On explaining the rules to Minoru, Ryuk is surprised when he returns the notebook and tells him to return it and his memory of their encounter to him in two years' time. Two years later, on receiving the notebook back from Ryuk, Minoru reveals he has no plans to use it himself but rather he plans to auction it off to the governments of the world, with Ryuk's help sending his offer out as "a-Kira", having waited two years until he was old enough to have a bank account to allow his plan to work. Elsewhere, Near (as L) is revealed to be developing technology meant to track Shinigami, although it is not yet advanced enough to be useful. After selling the Death Note to [[U.S. president]] [[Donald Trump]]<ref>{{cite web|last=Elfring|first=Mat|url=https://www.gamespot.com/articles/death-note-short-stories-brings-one-shots-to-print-including-that-infamous-trump-story/1100-6502665/|title=Death Note: Short Stories Brings One-Shots To Print, Including That Infamous Trump Story|magazine=[[Gamespot]]|date=April 20, 2022|access-date=February 23, 2025|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220514091818/https://www.gamespot.com/articles/death-note-short-stories-brings-one-shots-to-print-including-that-infamous-trump-story/1100-6502665/|archive-date=May 14, 2022|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|last=Colbert|first=Isaiah|url=https://gizmodo.com/donald-trump-death-note-manga-election-2024-2000520605|title=That Time Donald Trump Got the ''Death Note''|magazine=[[Gizmodo]]|date=November 5, 2024|access-date=February 23, 2025|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250110130033/https://gizmodo.com/donald-trump-death-note-manga-election-2024-2000520605|archive-date=January 10, 2025|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|last=Collins|first=Hannah|url=https://www.cbr.com/what-death-note-says-donald-trump/|title=What Death Note's New One-Shot Has to Say About Donald Trump|publisher=[[Comic Book Resources]]|date=February 7, 2020|access-date=February 10, 2025|archive-date=September 1, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210901072742/https://www.cbr.com/what-death-note-says-donald-trump/|url-status=live}}</ref>{{Efn|The text does not call him Trump, though Hannah Collins of [[Comic Book Resources]] stated "the uncanny likeness to the divisive political figure is hard to miss."<ref>{{cite web|last=Collins|first=Hannah|url=https://www.cbr.com/death-note-every-cameo-in-the-new-one-shot/|title=Death Note: Every Cameo in the New One Shot|publisher=[[Comic Book Resources]]|date=February 7, 2020|access-date=February 10, 2025|archive-date=October 1, 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20241001232402/https://www.cbr.com/death-note-every-cameo-in-the-new-one-shot/|url-status=live}}</ref>}} for a sum that would ensure every Japanese citizen under the age of 60 would be financially set for life, Minoru relinquishes his ownership and memory of his plan to Ryuk, assuring his own anonymity, while Trump is left unable to use the Death Note after the King of Death creates a new rule disallowing the Death Note to be sold, and he secretly returns it to Ryuk. Minoru collapses to the ground in the bank after withdrawing his savings. It is revealed that Ryuk wrote his name in the Death Note next to Light's. He longs for a human who will use the notebook for a longer period of time.