03080cam a2200601 i 4500 91621904 TxAuBib 20110101120000.0 240130s2005||||||||||||||||||||||||eng|u 9781421501680 1421501686 TxAuBib rda eng jpn Oba, Tsugumi. Deathnote. Vol.1. Boredom [Print] / Tsugumi Oba, Takeshi Obata; (Illustrator). Shonen Jump advanced graphic novel ed. San Francisco, CA : Viz Media, 2005. 221 pages ; 19 cm. txt rdacontent n rdamedia nc rdacarrier Deathnote ; 1 Light Yagami is an ace student with great prospects - and he's bored out of his mind. But all that changes when he finds the Death Note, a notebook dropped by a rogue Shinigami, a death god. Any human whose name is written in the notebook dies, and now Light has vowed to use the power of the Death Note to rid the world of evil. But when criminals begin dropping dead, the authorities send the legendary detective L to track down the killer. With L hot on his heels, will Light lose sight of his noble goal... or his life? Boredom Light tests the boundaries of the Death Note's powers as L and the police begin to close in. Luckily, Light's father is the head of the Japanese National Police Agency and leaves vital information about the case lying around the house. With access to his father's files, Light can keep one step ahead of the authorities. But who is the strange man following him, and how can Light guard against enemies whose names he doesn't know? 20110101. Evergreen Young Adult Book Award : Runner-Up : Young Adult : 2008. Death (Personification) -- Comic books, strips, etc. Fantasy comic books, strips, etc. Comic books, strips, etc. Death Juvenile fiction. Death Comic books, strips, etc. Death Fiction. Students Juvenile fiction. Students Comic books, strips, etc. Students Fiction. Good and evil Juvenile fiction. Good and evil Comic books, strips, etc. Good and evil Comic books, strips, etc Fiction. Good and evil Comic books, strips, etc Juvenile fiction. Good and evil Fiction. Criminals Juvenile fiction. Criminals Comic books, strips, etc. Criminals Fiction. Japan Juvenile fiction. Japan Comic books, strips, etc. Japan Fiction. United States Juvenile fiction. United States Comic books, strips, etc. United States Fiction. Suspense fiction. Graphic novels. Deathnote ; 1. TXTLL