Death Note 13: How to Read, also known as Death Note: How to Read 13, is an encyclopedia-style guide to the Death Note manga series, including character bios, storyline summaries, interviews with creators Tsugumi Ohba and Takeshi Obata, production notes and commentaries, and a bonus: the pilot chapter of the manga. It also includes Ryuk's Human Observation Journal. The Japanese release also includes 5 finger-puppets as seen in the Death Note series in Near's possession: * Kira * L * Misa Amane * Near * Mello