Death Note - Volume 1 - "Boredom" Raito Yagami is just your average psychopathic teenager. One day, he finds a notebook that has the ability to kill anyone the owner wants just by knowing a face and writing down a name. His intentions are somewhat altruistic at first - killing horrible criminals, murderers, and rapists to make the world a better place - but soon the police are onto him. Raito, along with is Death God Shinigami buddy Ryuuku, stops at nothing to throw the police off the scent, and if that means killing a few innocent people, then so be it! It's Chinatown, baby! 7-chapter volume