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~§~ Death Note ~§~
One day, shinigami Ryuk, was bored by his lifestyle and decided to have some fun, he wanted to see how a human would use a Death Note so he purposely droped his Death Note into the human realm.
A high school student, Light Yagami stumbles upon the Death Note laying on the ground, and decided to take it home with him. He decided to test the notebook out and he wrote a criminal's name in it. Immediately, the criminal dies following his experiment with the notebook, Light is surprised by the fact he now has the power to play God and finds out he has the power to kill people in any way he desires. He quickly recognizes how it can cause great harm with the power that had fallen into his hands could be. With this power he has now, he decided to get rid of all criminals to build a new world where crime doesn’t exist. Soon after, the police discover that a serial killer is targeting criminals and arrest them. They send out a young man whose name is L to try and track the guy who is killing all these people. Will L find out who it is?
~§~ Death Note Movie: Relight: Visions of a God ~§~
This movie is being seen through the eyes of Ryuk’s point of view from the first half of Death Note.