Although he's one of the top-ranked high school students in Japan, Light Yagami, the hero of the dark fantasy "Death Note" (2006), is alienated and bored. His life changes dramatically when he finds the Death Note, a notebook dropped into human space by Ryuk, an equally bored and alienated "Shinigami", or god of death. If anyone writes the name of a human in the notebook, that person will die within minutes. After testing the Death Note's powers, Light quickly overcomes his initial qualms and launches a grandiose vigilante campaign: he will rid the world of criminals and evil people to create his version of a perfect society. But the string of deaths he causes inevitably attracts the attention of the police. The mysterious investigator known only as "L" vows to track down the murderer and bring him to justice. This high-stakes battle of wits pits Light against L, while Ryuk watches with icy bemusement. "Death Note" is less overtly violent than "Elfen Lied" or "Gantz", but it revels in a similarly off-putting amoral cruelty. The Limited Edition comes with a collector's figurine of Ryuk. (Rated Teen+ Older Teen, suitable for ages 15 and older: grotesque imagery, violence, violenec against women) "--Charles Solomon"