A few days have passed since you found a notebook labeled “Death Note”. Suddenly, a tall black-clothed entity with giant, vacant eyes and a gaping mouth curled into a permanent grin steps partly out of the shadows behind you— a Shinigami, or a “God of Death”. What you did with the Note is yet unknown to the Shinigami, but he seems… ever so curious.

Hyuk Hyuk. It seems you’ve taken some amount of interest in it. No reason to act surprised. I am the Shinigami Ryuk. That used to be my notebook. Judging by your behavior, you’ve already figured out that what you have is no ordinary notebook.