The Death Note series follows a young man named Light who finds a notebook intentionally left there by a Shinigami (death god) named Ryuk. What makes this notebook so special is that it has the power to kill anyone whose name is written in it. Provided that you know the person's name and face. Supposedly this is to stop random people from being killed, but is more useful to the plot than anything else.
Once Light starts killing people, the Japanese police force form a task force to stop him. Leading this force is Light's own father. As the killings continue to ramp up a mysterious world renown detective named L joins the hunt. What follows is a very interesting game of cat and mouse, where the loser could very well end up dead.
This might be an overly simplistic summery of the series, as there is a lot that happens in the later books, but I tend to define spoilers in a very broad sense. This prevents me from going into too much detail.
I would define this manga series as a thriller with some action and horror elements. Unlike most manga I have come across most of the characters are college aged or higher. Though unless you did some research on the wiki you would think some of them, namely Misa, are high school age at best. I cannot say if I like this age range better, but it at least avoids some of the problems I have with ecchi manga.
I enjoyed the concept of being able to kill people by learning their names and knowing their faces. And if adapted into a world of superheroes, this would make an awesome super villain.
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