Death Note
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Death Note

"The human whose name is written in this note shall die."

8.6/10 2006 1 Season 37 Episodes Ended

Light Yagami is an ace student with great prospects—and he’s bored out of his mind. But all that changes when he finds the Death Note, a notebook dropped by a rogue Shinigami death god. Any human whose name is written in the notebook dies, and Light has vowed to use the power of the Death Note to rid the world of evil. But will Light succeed in his noble goal, or will the Death Note turn him into the very thing he fights against?

Season 1 Episodes

S1E1
E1
Rebirth
21 min 2006

Brilliant but bored high school student Light Yagami suddenly finds himself holding the power of life and death in his h…

S1E2
E2
Confrontation
21 min 2006

While the world’s criminals continue to drop dead, L meets by computer with representatives from various nations. He req…

S1E3
E3
Dealings
22 min 2006

Ryuk, the Shinigami, or god of death, who dropped the Death Note into the human world, warns Light that someone is on hi…

S1E4
E4
Pursuit
22 min 2006

Light—now known to the world as Kira—tests the Death Note to understand the scope of its powers by killing off six convi…

S1E5
E5
Tactics
22 min 2006

Soichiro Yagami demands to meet with L in person when he finds out that L has secretly brought FBI agents into Japan. Li…

S1E6
E6
Unraveling
22 min 2006

Light meets a woman at the Police Department with an urgent message for the Kira task force. As son of the chief investi…

S1E7
E7
Overcast
22 min 2006

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…

S1E8
E8
Glare
22 min 2006

L insists on setting up bugs and cameras in the homes of Chief Yagami and Deputy Director Kitamura—whom Raye Penber was …

S1E9
E9
Encounter
22 min 2006

The murders continue, and L grows suspicious of Light’s too-perfect behavior and decides to investigate him on his own. …

S1E10
E10
Doubt
22 min 2006

L's suspicion of Light deepens, compelling him to invite Light into the investigation. But then a phone call alerts them…

S1E11
E11
Assault
22 min 2006

As predicted on the tapes sent to Sakura TV, news anchors and commentators who expressed doubt about Kira die one by one…

S1E12
E12
Love
22 min 2006

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…

S1E13
E13
Confession
22 min 2007

Light goes to Aoyama to discover the identity of the second Kira before L becomes more suspicious. But Misa Amane, the n…

S1E14
E14
Friend
22 min 2007

Light and Misa show each other their Death Notes, and Light asks Misa to have her shinigami Rem get rid of L. But Misa a…

S1E15
E15
Wager
21 min 2007

Evidence turns up that points to Misa Amane as the second Kira. In an effort to spare her, Rem forces Misa to forfeit he…

S1E16
E16
Decision
22 min 2007

Misa is in confinement, though her memories of the Death Note have been completely wiped away. When Light is confined as…

S1E17
E17
Execution
22 min 2007

After fifty days of confinement the killings continue, and Misa and Light are released. But L has devised a plan to ensu…

S1E18
E18
Ally
22 min 2007

Though L is still suspicious, Light and Misa, their memories of being Kira wiped clean, return to headquarters, where Li…

S1E19
E19
Matsuda
22 min 2007

Matsuda, the task force member assigned to watch Misa, is eager to distinguish himself, and while on a job with Misa, he…

S1E20
E20
Makeshift
22 min 2007

L's team discovers that the Yotsuba Group meet in secret to discuss the elimination of individuals who are troublesome t…

S1E21
E21
Performance
22 min 2007

The Task Force uses Misa as a way to get closer to the Yotsuba corporation. But things get complicated when Rem tries to…

S1E22
E22
Guidance
21 min 2007

Thanks to Misa, the Task Force now knows the identity of the new Kira and L plans an elaborate scheme to smoke him out o…

S1E23
E23
Frenzy
21 min 2007

L, Light and Misa watch from the investigation team building and wonder who he is talking to. L wonders if Higuchi is ta…

S1E24
E24
Revival
22 min 2007

While Higuchi is finally captured, Light inadvertently regains his memories as Kira.

S1E25
E25
Silence
22 min 2007

Light, his memory recovered, orders Misa to begin killing after Higuchi dies. The Shinigami Rem realizes that everything…

S1E26
E26
Renewal
21 min 2007

After L's death, the world needs a new great detective. Is Wammy's house, where L comes from, able to find a new super d…

S1E27
E27
Abduction
22 min 2007

A new investigator steps forward-Near, a central figure in the SPK, an organization that is trying to catch Kira without…

S1E28
E28
Impatience
22 min 2007

Light, acting as L, reveals to Near that his sister Sayu has been kidnapped by someone wanting to trade her for the Deat…

S1E29
E29
Father
22 min 2007

Mortified over allowing the Death Note to fall into Mello's hands in order to save his daughter, Soichiro puts himself i…

S1E30
E30
Justice
22 min 2007

Mello busts into SPK headquarters to retrieve a photograph of himself to make sure he won't be killed by Kira. In exchan…

S1E31
E31
Transfer
22 min 2007

Near contacts the Japanese task force and determines that Kira is among their members. He asks for insider information, …

S1E32
E32
Selection
22 min 2007

Star newscaster Kiyomi Takada becomes Kira's spokesperson to the world, after Demegawa is deleted by Mikami, and she jus…

S1E33
E33
Scorn
22 min 2007

Near goes to Japan, allegedly as bait for Kira. Following Light's instructions, Takada asks Mikami to send her five page…

S1E34
E34
Vigilance
22 min 2007

Aizawa figures out what's going on and tells Near, who already knows about the notes. Near instructs Aizawa to continue …

S1E35
E35
Malice
21 min 2007

Light and Near agree upon a meeting place for the final confrontation. A key player is kidnapped and the end results are…

S1E36
E36
1.28
22 min 2007

The Japanese Task Force and the SPK finally meet at YellowBox Warehouse on January 28th. However, a third party has come…

S1E37
E37
New World
22 min 2007

Though Mikami has written all the investigators' names in the Death Note, a minute passes and everyone is still alive. N…

Cast

Mamoru Miyano
Mamoru Miyano
Light Yagami (voice)
Shido Nakamura
Shido Nakamura
Ryuk (voice)
Aya Hirano
Aya Hirano
Misa Amane (voice)
Kappei Yamaguchi
Kappei Yamaguchi
L (voice)
Kimiko Saito
Kimiko Saito
Rem (voice)
Naoya Uchida
Naoya Uchida
Soichiro Yagami (voice)
Ryou Naitou
Ryou Naitou
Touta Matsuda (voice)
Keiji Fujiwara
Keiji Fujiwara
Shuichi Aizawa (voice)

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