Season 1 (2006)

Rebirth
8.1

October 4, 2006 • 23m

Brilliant but bored high school student Light Yagami suddenly finds himself holding the power of life and death in his hands—the p...Read more

Confrontation
8.3

October 11, 2006 • 23m

While the world’s criminals continue to drop dead, L meets by computer with representatives from various nations. He requests that...Read more

Dealings
8.0

October 18, 2006 • 23m

Ryuk, the Shinigami, or god of death, who dropped the Death Note into the human world, warns Light that someone is on his trail. L...Read more

Pursuit
8.2

October 25, 2006 • 23m

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 var...Read more

Tactics
8.0

November 1, 2006 • 23m

Soichiro Yagami demands to meet with L in person when he finds out that L has secretly brought FBI agents into Japan. Light, meanw...Read more

Unraveling
8.0

November 8, 2006 • 23m

Light meets a woman at the Police Department with an urgent message for the Kira task force. As son of the chief investigator, Lig...Read more

Overcast
8.6

November 15, 2006 • 23m

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. Realizin...Read more

Glare
8.1

November 22, 2006 • 23m

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

Encounter
8.1

November 29, 2006 • 23m

The murders continue, and L grows suspicious of Light’s too-perfect behavior and decides to investigate him on his own. In order t...Read more

Doubt
7.8

December 6, 2006 • 23m

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

Assault
8.1

December 13, 2006 • 23m

As predicted on the tapes sent to Sakura TV, news anchors and commentators who expressed doubt about Kira die one by one. On furth...Read more

Love
7.9

December 27, 2006 • 23m

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. ...Read more

Confession
7.8

January 10, 2007 • 23m

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

Friend
7.9

January 17, 2007 • 23m

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

Wager
8.1

January 24, 2007 • 23m

Evidence 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
7.8

January 31, 2007 • 23m

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

Execution
7.7

February 7, 2007 • 23m

After fifty days of confinement the killings continue, and Misa and Light are released. But L has devised a plan to ensure no more...Read more

Ally
7.0

February 14, 2007 • 23m

Though L is still suspicious, Light and Misa, their memories of being Kira wiped clean, return to headquarters, where Light notice...Read more

Matsuda
7.3

February 21, 2007 • 23m

Matsuda, the task force member assigned to watch Misa, is eager to distinguish himself, and while on a job with Misa, he decides t...Read more

Makeshift
7.5

February 28, 2007 • 23m

L's team discovers that the Yotsuba Group meet in secret to discuss the elimination of individuals who are troublesome to their co...Read more

Performance
7.6

March 7, 2007 • 23m

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

Guidance
8.1

March 14, 2007 • 22m

Thanks 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
8.2

March 21, 2007 • 22m

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

Revival
8.6

March 28, 2007 • 23m

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

Silence
9.0

April 4, 2007 • 23m

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

Renewal
7.1

April 11, 2007 • 23m

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 detective w...Read more

Abduction
7.4

April 18, 2007 • 23m

A new investigator steps forward-Near, a central figure in the SPK, an organization that is trying to catch Kira without relying o...Read more

Impatience
7.2

April 25, 2007 • 23m

Light, acting as L, reveals to Near that his sister Sayu has been kidnapped by someone wanting to trade her for the Death Note. Ne...Read more

Father
7.6

May 2, 2007 • 23m

Mortified over allowing the Death Note to fall into Mello's hands in order to save his daughter, Soichiro puts himself into harm's...Read more

Justice
7.7

May 9, 2007 • 23m

Mello busts into SPK headquarters to retrieve a photograph of himself to make sure he won't be killed by Kira. In exchange for Nea...Read more

Transfer
7.6

May 16, 2007 • 23m

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

Selection
7.7

May 23, 2007 • 23m

Star newscaster Kiyomi Takada becomes Kira's spokesperson to the world, after Demegawa is deleted by Mikami, and she just so happe...Read more

Scorn
7.0

May 30, 2007 • 23m

Near goes to Japan, allegedly as bait for Kira. Following Light's instructions, Takada asks Mikami to send her five pages of the D...Read more

Vigilance
7.2

June 6, 2007 • 22m

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

Malice
7.6

June 13, 2007 • 23m

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

1.28
8.2

June 20, 2007 • 23m

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

New World
8.2

June 27, 2007 • 23m

Though Mikami has written all the investigators' names in the Death Note, a minute passes and everyone is still alive. Near seizes...Read more