Death Note Quotes

A cat-and-mouse thriller about a notebook that kills and the two vain geniuses who pick it up. The rare battle series written entirely in dialogue.

Anime: Completed · 2006–2007
Manga: Completed · 2003–2006
Every English volume, box set and release date
Also known as: DEATH NOTE

Every Death Note quote

“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
“If you can't win the game, if you can't solve the puzzle, then you're nothing but a loser.”
Near Death Note What the Japanese does
A line from the ending — shown on the character page, behind a spoiler shield.
Near Death Note What the story had to build
“I'm satisfied with just being used by you. Trust me.”
Misa Amane Death Note The contrarian read
A line from the ending — shown on the character page, behind a spoiler shield.
Misa Amane Death Note What the line costs later
“I wanna eliminate my competition. I will be the best. I don't care what it takes.”
Mello Death Note Read against the character's own history
“In the end there is no greater motivation than revenge.”
Mello Death Note The case against this line
“The real evil is the power to kill people.”
Soichiro Yagami Death Note The strongest objection, answered
A line from the ending — shown on the character page, behind a spoiler shield.
Soichiro Yagami Death Note What the story had to build
A line from the ending — shown on the character page, behind a spoiler shield.
Rem Death Note The contrarian read
A line from the ending — shown on the character page, behind a spoiler shield.
Rem Death Note What the line costs later
“This isn't divine judgment. It's the work of some childish killer who's playing at divine retribution, that's all.”
L Death Note The strongest objection, answered
A line from the ending — shown on the character page, behind a spoiler shield.
Light Yagami Death Note What the line costs later
“You're using the word 'destiny' for a woman again, Light. You always use a one-patterned approach for women.”
Ryuk Death Note The case against this line
A line from the ending — shown on the character page, behind a spoiler shield.
Ryuk Death Note What the line costs later
A line from the ending — shown on the character page, behind a spoiler shield.
Light Yagami Death Note What the line costs later
“L, do you know gods of death love apples?”
Light Yagami Death Note The case against this line
“The thing I hate the most is to trample on other people's good will.”
Light Yagami Death Note The contrarian read
“I've won. Exactly as planned.”
Light Yagami Death Note The case against this line

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