Editing Death Note (section)

===Light novels===
A [[light novel]] adaptation of the series has been written by [[Nisio Isin]], called ''[[Death Note Another Note: The Los Angeles BB Murder Cases]]''. The novel was released by Shueisha on August 1, 2006.<ref name="novel">{{cite news|last=Mays|first=Jonathan|url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/article.php?id=8835|title=Death Note, XXXHOLiC Novels in the Works|date=May 9, 2006|work=[[Anime News Network]]|access-date=December 7, 2006|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20061113222628/http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/article.php?id=8835|archive-date=November 13, 2006|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://j-books.shueisha.co.jp/nisioisin/|title=西尾維新 × Death Note|publisher=[[Shueisha]]|access-date=December 21, 2006|language=ja|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20061205213511/http://j-books.shueisha.co.jp/nisioisin/|archive-date=December 5, 2006 }}</ref> It serves as a prequel to the manga series, with Mello narrating the story of L's first encounter with Naomi Misora during the Los Angeles "BB Serial Murder Case" mentioned in volume 2 of the manga. Besides Naomi's character, the novel focuses on how L works and one of the criminals L has to chase down. Insight was given into Watari's orphanage and how the whole system of geniuses such as L, Mello, Beyond Birthday, Matt and Near were put to work. Viz released the novel in English on February 19, 2008.<ref name="VizAnotherNote">{{cite web|url=http://viz.com/products/products.php?product_id=7222|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071226030941/http://www.viz.com/products/products.php?product_id=7222|url-status=dead|archive-date=December 26, 2007|title=Death Note Another Note: The Los Angeles BB Murder Cases (Novel)|publisher=[[Viz Media]]|access-date=June 8, 2009 }}</ref> The film ''[[L: Change the World]]'' was also adapted into a light novel with the same name on December 25, 2007, by "M",<ref>{{cite web|url=http://books.shueisha.co.jp/CGI/search/syousai_put.cgi?isbn_cd=978-4-08-771210-0&mode=1|title=L change the world|publisher=[[Shūeisha]]|access-date=September 4, 2009|language=ja|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081223083112/http://books.shueisha.co.jp/CGI/search/syousai_put.cgi?isbn_cd=978-4-08-771210-0&mode=1|archive-date=December 23, 2008 }}</ref> While the novel is similar to the film, there are many significant changes to the plot (for example, Near is not a Thai boy, but the same Near that appears in the manga). It also reveals more information about L and his past. Viz released it on October 20, 2009.<ref>{{cite book|title=L change the world|isbn=978-1421532257|author1=M|date =October 20, 2009|publisher=[[Viz Media]]|url-access=registration|url=https://archive.org/details/deathnotelchange00m}}</ref>