Death Note

Season 1

37 episodes 1 season

An intelligent high school student goes on a secret crusade to eliminate criminals from the world after discovering a notebook capable of killing anyone whose name is written into it.

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Death Note Season 1 released on October 4, 2006.

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S01E01 Aired October 04, 2006

Rebirth

Light Yagami is a high school genius bored with life in general. Ryuk, a shinigami, is also bored, so he decides to drop his Death Note (a notebook shinigami use to kill humans) on Earth. Light finds this mysterious book and decides to rid the world of all wicked people and rule a utopia as a god.

S01E02 Aired October 11, 2006

Confrontation

Light falls into the first of many of L's attempts to uncover him from his Kira alter ego.

S01E03 Aired October 18, 2006

Dealings

Ryuk 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?

S01E04 Aired October 25, 2006

Pursuit

Light creates a complex plan involving the Death Note and another criminal to try and expose his follower's name and identity.

S01E05 Aired November 01, 2006

Tactics

After finding the true identity of his follower, Light uses him to deal a major blow to the rest of his enemies.

S01E06 Aired November 08, 2006

Unraveling

Furthering the Kira investigation, the remaining police force finally meets L.

S01E07 Aired November 15, 2006

Overcast

Light meets Penber's fiance — an ex-officer who is determined to hunt down Kira.

S01E08 Aired November 22, 2006

Glare

Discovering that L has gone so far as to tap his room with cameras, Light comes up with a plan to throw off his suspicions.

S01E09 Aired November 29, 2006

Encounter

Still suspicious of Light's too-perfect behaviour, L decides to take drastic measures and enters the same university to meet Light face to face.

S01E10 Aired December 06, 2006

Doubt

L begins to profile Light through a game of tennis and brings up some questions regarding the Kira case hoping to figure out the truth about him.

S01E11 Aired December 13, 2006

Assault

The Sakura TV station plans to air Kira's homemade videos. Little do they know that the videos will bring more than ratings.

S01E12 Aired December 27, 2006

Love

After seeing the message "Kira" sent, the task force decide to make a reply and adds Light to the force. Yet while the task force and L try to find the fake "Kira" Light has to find her first or else the existence of the Death Note will be revealed!

S01E13 Aired January 10, 2007

Confession

The Task Force and Light continue to try and find the second Kira based on the evidence they keep receiving from him. Little do the other officers know that Light wants to find him for the sake of bettering his position as Kira.

S01E14 Aired January 17, 2007

Friend

Light furthers his plans as Kira after meeting with the very annoying second Kira.

S01E15 Aired January 24, 2007

Wager

Light tries using the second Kira to find out L's real name. However, L is well prepared for Kira's next move and is able to get one of the Kira is in his custody soon enough.

S01E16 Aired January 31, 2007

Decision

After renouncing ownership of both Death Notes, Light turns himself into L and is imprisoned.

S01E17 Aired February 07, 2007

Execution

Getting nowhere fast, L thinks of a new plan to get Misa, Light, and Mr Yagami out of confinement. Meanwhile, Rem finds a new person to play as Kira.

S01E18 Aired February 14, 2007

Ally

Tensions rise among the Task Force as the Kira investigation continues with the close surveillance of the Yotsuba corporation. But when the Force finds that the police are no longer supporting the case, the members are forced to choose between keeping their jobs or resigning to continue searching for Kira.

S01E19 Aired February 21, 2007

Matsuda

Matsuda makes the Kira investigation more difficult for the Task Force when he gets himself captured by the Yotsuba corporation.

S01E20 Aired February 28, 2007

Makeshift

L has bugged the secret meeting in the Yotsuba corporation and the task force is divided between those who want to stop the killing by arresting the 7 members of the Yotsuba corporation and those who want to wait to know who is actually Kira.

S01E21 Aired March 07, 2007

Performance

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.

S01E22 Aired March 14, 2007

Guidance

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.

S01E23 Aired March 21, 2007

Frenzy

L and the Task Force close in on Higuchi who continues to play into their hands. But as the time before Kira's identity is revealed on Sakura TV gets closer, Higuchi gets desperate and makes the deal for shinigami eyes.

S01E24 Aired March 28, 2007

Revival

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

S01E25 Aired April 04, 2007

Silence

L continues to interrogate Rem, while Light manipulates Rem into killing off the greatest obstacles in his way.

S01E26 Aired April 11, 2007

Renewal

A transmission intended for L's successor shows all of L's findings on the Kira case. Afterwards, Light furthers his plans for a utopia, dividing the world into those who support and those who fear Kira.

S01E27 Aired April 18, 2007

Abduction

Five years later, two new enemies prepare themselves to challenge Kira. While one tries to find Kira with the help of the newly established group, the SPK, the other takes a more drastic measure by kidnapping someone very close to Soichiro and Light.

S01E28 Aired April 25, 2007

Impatience

Near collaborates with Light in order to rescue Sayu, who is being held hostage in exchange for the Death Note.

S01E29 Aired May 02, 2007

Father

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

S01E30 Aired May 09, 2007

Justice

Tensions heat up between Light and Near as Near collects more details on the Death Note. Information insults fly back and forth, and Light is forced to act, in fear that his identity as Kira and L will be exposed.

S01E31 Aired May 16, 2007

Transfer

Kira's plan to kill Near backfires and suspicions arise in the Japan Headquarters concerning Kira’s true identity in Light. Kira realizes he must hand off the Death Note once again and finds a new follower.

S01E32 Aired May 23, 2007

Selection

Teru Mikami has always had a sense of justice and brought it upon himself to distinguish between good and evil. Now a grown adult, Teru serves under Kira and uses his newly acquired powers to choose a Kira spokesperson to replace Demegawa.

S01E33 Aired May 30, 2007

Scorn

Near comes closer and closer to the truth about who is who. He lays traps for Kira as Kira does the same for Near, setting the stage for the mounting final battle.

S01E34 Aired June 06, 2007

Vigilance

It is confirmed within the task force that Light is up to something in his meetings with Kiyomi. After exhaustive research, Near decides he can move into the final stages of his plan to expose and humiliate Kira.

S01E35 Aired June 13, 2007

Malice

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

S01E36 Aired June 20, 2007

1.28

The Japanese Task Force and the SPK finally meet at YellowBox Warehouse on January 28th. However, a third party has come to the warehouse as well, on Kira's orders to kill everyone else there.

S01E37 Aired June 27, 2007

New World

The climactic battle between Light Yagami and L's successors finally comes to a close.