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Death Note

Anime, Fantasy, Thriller · 2006 · Rated 8.8/10

Last aired: S1 E37, New World · 2007-06-26

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.

Cast

Mamoru Miyano Light Yagami

Shidō Nakamura Ryuk

Kappei Yamaguchi L

Aya Hirano Misa Amane

Noriko Hidaka Near

Season 1

E1 Rebirth 2006-10-03 · 30 min Brilliant but bored high school student Light Yagami suddenly finds himself holding the power of life and death in his hands.

E2 Confrontation 2006-10-10 · 30 min While the world's criminals continue to drop dead, L meets by computer with representatives from various nations.

E3 Dealings 2006-10-17 · 30 min Ryuk, the Shinigami, or god of death, who dropped the Death Note into the human world, warns Light that someone is on his trail.

E4 Pursuit 2006-10-24 · 30 min Light--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...

E5 Tactics 2006-10-31 · 30 min Soichiro Yagami demands to meet with L in person when he finds out that L has secretly brought FBI agents into Japan.

E6 Unraveling 2006-11-07 · 30 min Light meets a woman at the Police Department with an urgent message for the Kira task force.

E7 Overcast 2006-11-14 · 30 min Light 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.

E8 Glare 2006-11-21 · 30 min L insists on setting up bugs and cameras in the homes of Chief Yagami and Deputy Director Kitamura...

E9 Encounter 2006-11-28 · 30 min The murders continue, and L grows suspicious of Light's too-perfect behavior and decides to investigate him on his own.

E10 Doubt 2006-12-05 · 30 min L's suspicion of Light deepens, compelling him to invite Light into the investigation.

E11 Assault 2006-12-12 · 30 min As predicted on the tapes sent to Sakura TV, news anchors and commentators who expressed doubt about Kira die one by one.

E12 Love 2006-12-26 · 30 min With 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.

E13 Confession 2007-01-09 · 30 min Light goes to Aoyama to discover the identity of the second Kira before L becomes more suspicious.

E14 Friend 2007-01-16 · 30 min Light and Misa show each other their Death Notes, and Light asks Misa to have her shinigami Rem get rid of L.

E15 Wager 2007-01-23 · 30 min Evidence turns up that points to Misa Amane as the second Kira.

E16 Decision 2007-01-30 · 30 min Misa is in confinement, though her memories of the Death Note have been completely wiped away.

E17 Execution 2007-02-06 · 30 min After fifty days of confinement the killings continue, and Misa and Light are released.

E18 Ally 2007-02-13 · 30 min Though L is still suspicious, Light and Misa, their memories of being Kira wiped clean, return to headquarters...

E19 Matsuda 2007-02-20 · 30 min Matsuda, the task force member assigned to watch Misa, is eager to distinguish himself...

E20 Makeshift 2007-02-27 · 30 min L's team discovers that the Yotsuba Group meet in secret to discuss the elimination of individuals who are troublesome to their company...

E21 Performance 2007-03-06 · 30 min The Yotsuba Group hires Eraldo Coil to uncover L's identity.

E22 Guidance 2007-03-13 · 30 min Misa succeeds in narrowing down the Kira suspects in the Yotsuba Group to one: Higuchi.

E23 Frenzy 2007-03-20 · 30 min Higuchi of the Yotsuba Group attempts to kill Matsuda of the task force, and is surprised when he doesn't die after 40 seconds.

E24 Revival 2007-03-27 · 30 min Higuchi is captured and tells the investigators about the Death Note.

E25 Silence 2007-04-03 · 30 min Light, his memory recovered, orders Misa to begin killing after Higuchi dies.

E26 Renewal 2007-04-10 · 30 min Light has removed everyone in his way and is closer to achieving his perfect world.

E27 Abduction 2007-04-17 · 30 min A new investigator steps forward--Near, a central figure in the SPK, an organization that is trying to catch Kira without relying on L.

E28 Impatience 2007-04-24 · 30 min Light, acting as L, reveals to Near that his sister Sayu has been kidnapped by someone wanting to trade her for the Death Note.

E29 Father 2007-05-01 · 30 min Light tries to discover where Mello and his Mafia associates are hiding and uses Misa's eyes to find the Death Note's current owner.

E30 Justice 2007-05-08 · 30 min Mello busts into SPK headquarters to retrieve a photograph of himself to make sure he won't be killed by Kira.

E31 Transfer 2007-05-15 · 30 min Near contacts the Japanese task force and determines that Kira is among their members.

E32 Selection 2007-05-22 · 30 min Star newscaster Kiyomi Takada becomes Kira's spokesperson to the world...

E33 Scorn 2007-05-29 · 30 min Light pretends to investigate Kiyomi...

E34 Vigilance 2007-06-05 · 30 min Aizawa figures out what's going on and tells Near, who already knows about the notes.

E35 Malice 2007-06-12 · 30 min Light gives Kiyomi the order to finish off Near.

E36 1.28 2007-06-19 · 30 min Near, along with the SPK, meets Light and the task force at a warehouse for the final showdown.

E37 New World 2007-06-26 · 30 min Though Mikami has written all the investigators' names in the Death Note, 40 seconds pass and everyone is still alive.

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