
Death Note
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Death Note is an anime series based around a manga of the same name whereby a human finds a death god's notebook. Any person's name written in this notebook will die. The main character who finds this noteboook is Light Yagami who faces off against an unfaced character named L who tries to challenge him.
Highest-rated episodes all ranked
- 01
FrenzyHiguchi of the Yotsuba Group attempts to kill Matsuda of the task force, and is surprised when he doesn't die after 40 seconds. - 02
RevivalHiguchi is captured and tells the investigators about the Death Note. - 03
PerformanceThe Yotsuba Group hires Eraldo Coil to uncover L's identity.
Cast
Episodes by season
Season01
- S01E01
RebirthOctober 3, 2006Brilliant but bored high school student Light Yagami suddenly finds himself holding the power of life and death in his hands. - S01E02
ConfrontationOctober 10, 2006While the world's criminals continue to drop dead, L meets by computer with representatives from various nations. - S01E03
DealingsOctober 17, 2006Ryuk, the Shinigami, or god of death, who dropped the Death Note into the human world, warns Light that someone is on his trail. - S01E04
PursuitOctober 24, 2006Light--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 way - S01E05
TacticsOctober 31, 2006Soichiro Yagami demands to meet with L in person when he finds out that L has secretly brought FBI agents into Japan. - S01E06
UnravelingNovember 7, 2006Light meets a woman at the Police Department with an urgent message for the Kira task force. - S01E07
OvercastNovember 14, 2006Light 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. - S01E08
GlareNovember 21, 2006L insists on setting up bugs and cameras in the homes of Chief Yagami and Deputy Director Kitamura... - S01E09
EncounterNovember 28, 2006The murders continue, and L grows suspicious of Light's too-perfect behavior and decides to investigate him on his own. - S01E10
DoubtDecember 5, 2006L's suspicion of Light deepens, compelling him to invite Light into the investigation. - S01E11
AssaultDecember 12, 2006As predicted on the tapes sent to Sakura TV, news anchors and commentators who expressed doubt about Kira die one by one. - S01E12
LoveDecember 26, 2006With 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. - S01E13
ConfessionJanuary 9, 2007Light goes to Aoyama to discover the identity of the second Kira before L becomes more suspicious. - S01E14
FriendJanuary 16, 2007Light and Misa show each other their Death Notes, and Light asks Misa to have her shinigami Rem get rid of L. - S01E15
WagerJanuary 23, 2007Evidence turns up that points to Misa Amane as the second Kira. - S01E16
DecisionJanuary 30, 2007Misa is in confinement, though her memories of the Death Note have been completely wiped away. - S01E17
ExecutionFebruary 6, 2007After fifty days of confinement the killings continue, and Misa and Light are released. - S01E18
AllyFebruary 13, 2007Though L is still suspicious, Light and Misa, their memories of being Kira wiped clean, return to headquarters... - S01E19
MatsudaFebruary 20, 2007Matsuda, the task force member assigned to watch Misa, is eager to distinguish himself... - S01E20
MakeshiftFebruary 27, 2007L's team discovers that the Yotsuba Group meet in secret to discuss the elimination of individuals who are troublesome to their company... - S01E21
PerformanceMarch 6, 2007The Yotsuba Group hires Eraldo Coil to uncover L's identity. - S01E22
GuidanceMarch 13, 2007Misa succeeds in narrowing down the Kira suspects in the Yotsuba Group to one: Higuchi. - S01E23
Season's bestFrenzyMarch 20, 2007Higuchi of the Yotsuba Group attempts to kill Matsuda of the task force, and is surprised when he doesn't die after 40 seconds. - S01E24
RevivalMarch 27, 2007Higuchi is captured and tells the investigators about the Death Note. - S01E25
SilenceApril 3, 2007Light, his memory recovered, orders Misa to begin killing after Higuchi dies. - S01E26
RenewalApril 10, 2007Light has removed everyone in his way and is closer to achieving his perfect world. - S01E27
AbductionApril 17, 2007A new investigator steps forward--Near, a central figure in the SPK, an organization that is trying to catch Kira without relying on L. - S01E28
ImpatienceApril 24, 2007Light, acting as L, reveals to Near that his sister Sayu has been kidnapped by someone wanting to trade her for the Death Note. - S01E29
FatherMay 1, 2007Light tries to discover where Mello and his Mafia associates are hiding and uses Misa's eyes to find the Death Note's current owner. - S01E30
JusticeMay 8, 2007Mello busts into SPK headquarters to retrieve a photograph of himself to make sure he won't be killed by Kira. - S01E31
TransferMay 15, 2007Near contacts the Japanese task force and determines that Kira is among their members. - S01E32
SelectionMay 22, 2007Star newscaster Kiyomi Takada becomes Kira's spokesperson to the world... - S01E33
ScornMay 29, 2007Light pretends to investigate Kiyomi... - S01E34
VigilanceJune 5, 2007Aizawa figures out what's going on and tells Near, who already knows about the notes. - S01E35
MaliceJune 12, 2007Light gives Kiyomi the order to finish off Near. - S01E36
1.28June 19, 2007Near, along with the SPK, meets Light and the task force at a warehouse for the final showdown. - S01E37
New WorldJune 26, 2007Though Mikami has written all the investigators' names in the Death Note, 40 seconds pass and everyone is still alive.
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