"First published in Japan in 2003 by Shueisha, Inc., Tokyo"--P. facing title page.
"This book reads from right to left"--P. [4] of cover.
Summary
When high school student Light Yagami finds the Death Note, a notebook dropped by a Shinigami death god, he discovers that any person whose name is written in it dies, so Light decides to use the notebook to rid the world of evil.