Death Note

I've never been much of an anime fan. It's not that I don't like it, I just haven't gone out of my way to try and watch what doesn't air on regular TV. Netflix has some anime stuff and I came across Death Note. I had already heard of it but never actually seen any of it. Decided to give it a shot to see if I'd like it. The first episode made me think "hmm this looks interesting". I was hooked by the 2nd episode. The show is about a high school student named Light Yagami. On his way home from school he finds a notebook with Death Note written on the front. Curious as to what it is, he looks inside to see instructions on how to read it.

1. The human whose name is written in this note shall die.
2. This note will not take effect unless the writer has the person’s face in their mind when writing his/her name. Therefore, people sharing the same name will not be affected.
3. If the cause of death is written within the next 40 seconds of writing the person’s name, it will happen.
4. If the cause of death is not specified, the person will simply die of a heart attack.
5. After writing the cause of death, details of the death should be written in the next 6 minutes and 40 seconds.

At first Light is skeptical, but as they say curiosity killed the cat...or is this case Light's test subject. He writes down two names before realizing that the notebook is in fact real. Having used the notebook, the shinigami(a god of death) Ryuk appears before him. Ryuk will not leave his side unless either Light dies, or the notebook is destroyed. The two people that Light kills do/or did bad things. Upon their deaths, Light decides that he will become a god and punish the evil.

After several deaths of criminals, the police begin to question the cause of death. Light takes the name of "Kira" and sparks the interest of "L". L is a super detective who has solved any case he's ever committed to. He works in secrecy and contacts others by means of his assistant Watari. L makes an open challenge to Kira saying that Kira will be caught and brought to justice while Kira decides he will kill L as soon as he discovers his true identity.

There's probably more I could say but I'd likely begin to spoil things. There's 37 episodes to this series and was even made into 3 live action movies(one being a spin-off of sorts). I'll have to look into those 'cause I'm curious to see them now that I know what goes on in the world of Death Note.