Quotes from Death Note, Vol. 1: Boredom

“Start looking around you... and all you see are people the world would be better off without.”
― Tsugumi Ohba, quote from Death Note, Vol. 1: Boredom

“The name of the human who is written in this note shall die.”
― Tsugumi Ohba, quote from Death Note, Vol. 1: Boredom

“I AM RIGHTEOUS!! I'm the hero who's liberating people from fear. I'm the savior who's going to be like a god of this perfect new world!”
― Tsugumi Ohba, quote from Death Note, Vol. 1: Boredom

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