Death Note

Season 1

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After an intelligent yet cynical high school student begins to cleanse the world from evil with the help of a magical notebook that can kill anyone whose name is written on it, international authorities call upon a mysterious detective known as "L" to thwart his efforts.

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37 Episodes

Rebirth
E1
RebirthBrilliant but bored high school student Light Yagami suddenly finds himself holding the power of life and death in his hands—the power of the Death Note. He decides to rid the world of evil—by killing off criminals one by one. When the murders start to pile up, genius detective L is on the case, and an epic battle of wits unfolds.
Confrontation
E2
ConfrontationWhile the world’s criminals continue to drop dead, L meets by computer with representatives from various nations. He requests that a task force be set up in Japan, under the direction of none other than Soichiro Yagami, Light’s father.
Dealings
E3
DealingsRyuk informs Light that he's being followed and asks Light if he wants to make a trade for his own Shinigami eyes. But at what cost?
Pursuit
E4
PursuitLight—now known to the world as Kira—tests the Death Note to understand the scope of its powers by killing off six convicts in various ways—and confirms he can control his victims’ actions before they die.
Tactics
E5
TacticsAfter finding the true identity of his follower, Light uses him to deal a major blow to the rest of his enemies.
Unraveling
E6
UnravelingLight meets a woman at the Police Department with an urgent message for the Kira task force. As son of the chief investigator, Light listens to her story, and is startled to discover she may have information that could lead to his arrest.
Overcast
E7
OvercastLight uses the Death Note to try to get rid of the woman who could get him captured, and is shocked when it doesn’t work. Realizing she must have given him an alias, he’s only got minutes to find out her real name before she tells her story to the task force.
Glare
E8
GlareL insists on setting up bugs and cameras in the homes of Chief Yagami and Deputy Director Kitamura—whom Raye Penber was tracking. But Light is a step ahead as usual—he knows he’s being watched.
Encounter
E9
EncounterThe murders continue, and L grows suspicious of Light’s too-perfect behavior and decides to investigate him on his own. In order to get closer to Light, L enrolls at the same university and reveals himself to be L.
Doubt
E10
DoubtL and Light play a "friendly" game of tennis by which to suss each other out, with their playing skills attracting campus attention. Afterwards at a coffee shop, L presents Light a test of deductive reasoning skills, using Kira's messages. News of Light's father's heart attack interrupts them. Meanwhile, a newspaperman who seeks riveting stories gets just what he wants in a direct message from Kira.
Assault
E11
AssaultAs predicted on the tapes sent to Sakura TV, news anchors and commentators who expressed doubt about Kira die one by one. On further investigation, L concludes that this Kira is not the original—there's a second Kira!
Love
E12
LoveWith a second Kira now on the loose, L asks Light to join the task force and pose as the real Kira in order to catch the copycat. Light agrees, hoping to divert suspicion from himself. To his surprise, this new Kira has a special ability even Light lacks…
Confession
E13
ConfessionThe task force receives a journal sent to a TV station by the Kira copycat, designating a date for a meeting between the two Kiras, but Light notes a different entry of greater interest under a different date. Though his investigation with Matsuda comes to nothing, he unknowingly reveals himself to the copycat, who comes to meet him in person at his home and make a personal request.
Friend
E14
FriendLight and Misa show each other their Death Notes, and Light asks Misa to have her shinigami Rem get rid of L. But Misa asks something of Light in return—to fall in love with her!
Wager
E15
WagerEvidence turns up that points to Misa Amane as the second Kira. In an effort to spare her, Rem forces Misa to forfeit her ownership of the Death Note.
Decision
E16
DecisionMisa is in confinement, though her memories of the Death Note have been completely wiped away. When Light is confined as well, the murders stop and suspicion of Light grows stronger. Then suddenly, the killings resume.
Execution
E17
ExecutionAfter fifty days of confinement the killings continue, and Misa and Light are released. But L has devised a plan to ensure no more murders occur, and has Light's father, Soichiro, take the two for a ride that may be their last.
Ally
E18
AllyThough L is still suspicious, Light and Misa, their memories of being Kira wiped clean, return to headquarters, where Light notices a strange connection between the recent Kira killings and the Yotsuba Group.
Matsuda
E19
MatsudaMatsuda, the task force member assigned to watch Misa, is eager to distinguish himself, and while on a job with Misa, he decides to do a little snooping on his own at the Yotsuba Group’s Tokyo headquarters.
Makeshift
E20
MakeshiftL's team discovers that the Yotsuba Group meet in secret to discuss the elimination of individuals who are troublesome to their company, and concludes that Kira must be one of the eight executives. Can Light posing as L ferret out the right one?
Performance
E21
PerformanceThe third Kira sets his eyes on Misa after meeting her. While Misa takes a break from meeting the Yotsuba Group, Rem contacts her. Misa is able to see the shinigami, but her memories of being the second Kira do not return.
Guidance
E22
GuidanceThanks to Misa, the Task Force now knows the identity of the new Kira and L plans an elaborate scheme to smoke him out of hiding.
Frenzy
E23
FrenzyL, Light and Misa watch from the investigation team building and wonder who he is talking to. L wonders if Higuchi is talking to a shinigami. Rem convinces Higuchi to go to the station, but she has her own selfish motives for doing so.
Revival
E24
RevivalThe team arrests Higuchi for being Kira and causing multiple murders. Inspecting Higuchi's Death Note, team members who touch it abruptly discover that shinigami do exist, and when Light takes the Death Note from L, his memory returns.
Silence
E25
SilenceLight, his memory recovered, orders Misa to begin killing after Higuchi dies. The Shinigami Rem realizes that everything is going according to Light's plan, and that L will arrest Misa as Kira-unless Rem acts quickly.
Renewal
E26
RenewalAfter reviewing L's file on the Kira case, Light takes over, both in heading the investigation and in plunging the world into a new dark age where only Kira's will is law. Unbeknownst to Light, a final bit of technology from Watari contacts an orphanage to reveal a secreted fact.
Abduction
E27
AbductionA new investigator steps forward-Near, a central figure in the SPK, an organization that is trying to catch Kira without relying on L. Near is aware of the existence of the Death Notes and wants to get his hands on one.
Impatience
E28
ImpatienceLight, acting as L, reveals to Near that his sister Sayu has been kidnapped by someone wanting to trade her for the Death Note. Near finds out that the trade will happen in Los Angeles and promises to help, while secretly planning to steal the Death Note and capture Kira.
Father
E29
FatherLight tries to discover where Mello and his Mafia associates are hiding and uses Misa's eyes to find the Death Note's current owner. Light writes the owner's name in the Death Note and stealthily manipulates him into revealing the group's whereabouts. As Light transfers ownership of his Death Note in preparation for an attack on Mello's stronghold, Mello and his associates meet Sidoh and learn about the two false entries in the book.
Justice
E30
JusticeMello busts into SPK headquarters to retrieve a photograph of himself to make sure he won't be killed by Kira. In exchange for Near giving him the picture, Mello drops an important hint about the Death Notes: some of the rules are fake.
Transfer
E31
TransferNear contacts the Japanese task force and determines that Kira is among their members. He asks for insider information, and Aizawa, beginning to doubt Light, responds. Near suspects that the new L is really Light Yagami and that Light is Kira.
Selection
E32
SelectionStar newscaster Kiyomi Takada becomes Kira's spokesperson to the world, after Demegawa is deleted by Mikami, and she just so happens to have been Light's girlfriend in college. Aizawa's suspicions about Light grow.
Scorn
E33
ScornNear goes to Japan, allegedly as bait for Kira. Following Light's instructions, Takada asks Mikami to send her five pages of the Death Note. She tells him that he will continue his work in a fake book made to look like the real one.
Vigilance
E34
VigilanceAizawa figures out what's going on and tells Near, who already knows about the notes. Near instructs Aizawa to continue watching Light, and then puts in motion a plan to separate Misa from Light.
Malice
E35
MaliceLight and Near agree upon a meeting place for the final confrontation. A key player is kidnapped and the end results are shocking.
1.28
E36
1.28Near, along with the SPK, meets Light and the task force at a warehouse for the final showdown. To everyone's shock, Near reveals that Kira's follower, Mikami, is at the warehouse and is writing everyone's name in the Death Note.
New World
E37
New WorldIt's over. Near's careful strategy succeeds, revealing Light Yagami as Kira. Cornered and going into hysterics, Light makes a last ditch effort to beat Near and make a case for keeping himself alive, active and at liberty, but he fails, prevented by one who had up to this point greatly admired him. As forewarned from the start, and now that, at best, only life-imprisonment looms ahead for Light, Ryuk writes one last name in his Death Note.