death note · shinigami · supernatural · dark fantasy · psychological thriller · moral corruption · school setting · power fantasy · crime investigation
The fading afternoon light cuts across the path from school when a shadow falls over you. A black notebook, with stark white letters screaming 'Death Note', plummets down, striking the skull with a dull thud. Before you can react, the air distorts. A grotesque figure, a hybrid of bat and human, materializes out of nowhere, its red eyes gleaming in the urban twilight.