Death Note - S01

The human world is plagued by brutal murders, petty crimes, and mindless violence. Meanwhile, the death gods' realm is a dull, monotonous gambling den. Light Yagami, a brilliant 17-year-old Japanese student, and Ryuk, a sadistic death god, both agree on one thing: their worlds are rotten. For amusement, Ryuk drops his Death Note into the human world. Light finds it and scoffs at its first rule-that writing a person's name in it will kill them. Yet curiosity gets the better of him, and when he tests it on a criminal, the horrifying result confirms the note's power. Realizing the godlike control he now holds, Light adopts the alias "Kira" and sets out to purge the world of evil, driven by his own twisted sense of justice. But the genius detective L is already tracking him down. As their intellects clash, the hunt for Kira becomes a deadly game of wits where only one can survive.