What is the story behind Death Note?
The story follows Light Yagami, a teen genius who discovers a mysterious notebook: the “Death Note”, which belonged to the Shinigami Ryuk, and grants the user the supernatural ability to kill anyone whose name is written in its pages.
What happened to Mikami’s Death Note?
Light seizes the chance to have Mikami kill Near as well as all the task force members. However, Mikami’s Death Note fails to work. It is revealed that Near had replaced Mikami’s Death Note with a decoy. Perusing the names Mikami had written down, only Light’s is missing, which proves Light is Kira.
Why did Ohba create Death Note?
The Death Note concept derived from a rather general concept involving Shinigami and “specific rules”. Ohba wanted to create a suspense series because he did not feel that he could have created a fight-style series and that the genre had few suspense series’ available to the public.
What happens at the end of Death Note anime?
The conclusion of “Death Note” brings the passing of the anime’s protagonist, Light, who is shot by Matsuda (Ryô Naitô/Vincent Tong) after trying to write names down on strips of paper from the Death Note he had secreted in his watch. As Light lies on the floor writhing in agony, Ryuk writes Light’s name in the Death Note.
Why did Naomi kill herself in Death Note?
Light engineers the suicide to make it appear that Naomi killed herself after a botched kidnapping to try to make Light confess to being Kira; as part of Light’s Death Note instructions, Naomi fatally shoots Shiori and then commits suicide in desperation. Naomi also makes a brief appearance in L: Change the World.
Why did Ryuk steal Sidoh’s Death Note?
Ryuk is the most prominently featured Shinigami of the series as well as one of the main characters. Bored with the activities (or lack thereof) of the Shinigami realm, Ryuk steals Sidoh’s Death Note and drops it in the human realm for someone to find, hoping to amuse himself, because the Shinigami Realm “bores him.”
Does Soichiro die in Death Note?
He retrieves the note and learns Mello’s real name, but is unable to kill him, and is instead fatally wounded. Because Light has given up his Death Note, making his lifespan visible above his head, Soichiro dies believing that Light is not Kira.