Synopsis:

Brilliant but bored high school student Light Yagami suddenly finds himself holding the power of life and death in his hands, the power of the Death Note! He decides to rid the world of evil, by killing off criminals one by one. When the murders start to pile up, genius detective Lis on the case, and an epic battle of wits unfolds!

Quotes:

“...arguably one of the biggest manga series to come out in the past five years or so”- IGN.com