Death Note

Editions and box sets

Compare the story coverage as well as the binding. Each edition has a page listing every book in it, with its ISBN and release date.

Which edition to buy

Death Note ends in 12 standard volumes. Buy singles to fill gaps or try the beginning; six Black Edition books collect two volumes each. Black 4 contains standard Vols. 7 and 8, so switching formats changes the numbering and can duplicate books.

At the US list prices checked September 29, 2026, singles total $143.88, Black Edition $119.94 and the All-in-One $55.00. The last puts the main story in one 2,400-page paperback. Those totals establish cost, not reading comfort or binding quality.

The $139.99 box contains the 12 singles, How to Read and a How to Use It fold-out. Its thirteenth book is a reference guide, not another story volume. Choose it for separate books plus the guide; existing collectors should compare their missing singles. Short Stories is a separate supplementary collection, absent from the box inventory. Retail prices can differ. The supplementary-book buying guide compares How to Read and Short Stories using directly read samples; neither replaces the twelve-volume story.

What each edition costs

Collected list prices are divided by the standard volumes each edition holds. The singles row shows the most common single-book list price; its total sums each book’s price. Retailer offers can differ.

Volumes

Each linked volume has a page of its own: what the book holds and where to buy it. Chapter ranges and anime comparisons appear where verified.

Lines from this series

• “Look around you, and all you will see are people the world would be better off without.”

  Light Yagami · Death Note What the line costs later→

• “I'll solve equations with my right hand and write names with my left. I'll take a potato chip... and eat it!”

  Light Yagami · Death Note What the story had to build→

• “Kira is childish and he hates losing... I am also childish and I hate to lose. That's how I know.”

  L · Death Note Read against the character's own history→

• “I don't sit like this because I want to. I have to sit like this. You see, if I were to sit normally, my deductive skills would immediately be reduced by roughly 40%.”

  L · Death Note Set against another series→

• “You're asking me why? I did it 'cause I was bored.”

  Ryuk · Death Note The contrarian read→

• “Look at how many people you've killed in only five days. Most are reluctant to write this much.”

  Ryuk · Death Note What the story had to build→

Every Death Note quote

Guides for this series

• Death Note Supplementary Books: How to Read and Short Stories
• Death Note Manga Buying Guide: Singles, Black Edition, All-in-One or Box
• Giving Manga as a Gift
• Planning a Collection at Publisher List Prices
• Comparing Manga Trim Sizes
• What Manga Box-Set Extras Include

All guides