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Death Note

Death Note
★ 7.3/10•2015•45m•TV-14•Crime•Drama
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Light Yagami is an ordinary university student. One day, he receives a "Death Note", which changes his life. The Death Note awakens his warped sense of justice and genius. He becomes murderer Kira and punishes criminals. L is a well known private detective. L appears in front of Light Yagami. L defines Kira as evil and decides to catch Kira. Then N, who has a beautiful appearance but dangerous existence, appears.

Yoshihiro Izumi · Screenplay

StatusEnded
Runtime45m
LanguageJA
First Air DateJul 5, 2015

Episodes

Episode 1 - Death NoteE171m

Death Note

Average college student Light Yagami discovers a black notebook that claims to be able to kill anyone whose name and face is known to its owner. After testing the notebook on a bully and a criminal holding his father, Soichiro, hostage, Light is met by notebook’s original owner- a shinigami named Ryuk. After some persuasion by Ryuk, Light becomes compelled to use the notebook as a means to create a utopia...

Jul 5, 2015

Episode 2 - Suspect and PursuitE246m

Suspect and Pursuit

Ryuk, who can see the lifespan of humans, reveals to Light that Misa Amane, a popular idol who Light is a fan of, may only have a few days to live. Light attempts to warn Misa after one of her concerts but fails. However one of her security guards, Tsutomu Yukida, overhears Light’s warnings and offers to help Light protect Misa. Meanwhile, L meets with a few members of the Japanese police, one of which includes Soichiro, in order to form a task force dedicated to capturing Kira.

Jul 12, 2015

Episode 3 - KiraE346m

Kira

With “Raye Penber” still following him, Light realizes that L’s phone call was, in fact, a trap. Light becomes determined to kill all the FBI agents involved in the Kira case in order to disperse suspicion on him. In the midst of his planning, Light remembers finding a picture of Cathy Campbell, the name of Raye’s lover, during the bus-jacking incident. Meanwhile, Misa sacrifices half of her remaining lifespan to Rem in order to receive the shinigami eyes, allowing her to see the real names and lifespans of anyone she looks at.

Jul 19, 2015

Episode 4 - KirasE446m

Kiras

Suspecting that Mark Dwellton met with Kira before his death, L plants cameras and listening devices in the houses of families Mark was following. Light quickly realizes this and formulates a plan to temporarily prove his innocence to the task force members. However, L’s suspicions do not waver and he enrolls into Light’s university in order to investigate him personally.

Jul 26, 2015

Episode 5 - The Eyes of the God of DeathE546m

The Eyes of the God of Death

Misa reveals that she has fallen in love with Light and wishes to help him kill L. At the same time, L reveals to the task force that, based on the killings made at the wake of the recent broadcast, a second Kira may have appeared. L then suggests recruiting Light into the investigation team both as a way to move the investigation further and get him to possibly reveal himself as Kira.

Aug 2, 2015

Episode 6 - "Kill Me"E646m

"Kill Me"

Light approaches L and the task force and requests to be placed under surveillance on the grounds that he could subconsciously be acting as Kira. After Light is incarcerated, the killing of criminals stops for some time, but they resume once Rem passes the notebook to a new owner.

Aug 9, 2015

Episode 7 - All According to PlanE746m

All According to Plan

Light and Misa join forces with the task force in order to capture Kira. However, L’s suspicions of the two do not waver as he suspects that they intentionally lost their memories by passing their powers to someone else. After realizing that they are under suspicion by the authorities, a group of Yotsuba executives enlists the aid of the investigator Babel, who is revealed to be Near in disguise.

Aug 16, 2015

Episode 8 - JusticeE846m

Justice

After the notebook is confiscated by the task force, a fake usage rule written by Ryuk convinces L that Light and Misa are innocent. Near is revealed to Soichiro to be L's successor whilst L makes plans for a final confrontation with Kira...

Aug 23, 2015

Episode 9 - GoodbyeE946m

Goodbye

L reveals that he had tricked Light into writing into a fake notebook, thus exposing the latter as Kira. After Light confesses to L, the rest of the task force enter the warehouse only to see L die from a heart attack, courtesy of Mikami. Since only L heard the confession, Light convinces the task force members that L gave Light his real name and wrote it down in an act of self-defense. After L’s funeral, Near takes over L’s duties as head of the task force and focuses the investigation on the prosecutors that came into the task force headquarters the day L died.

Aug 30, 2015

Episode 10 - ConfrontationE1046m

Confrontation

In order to save Sayu, Soichiro and Light take the Death Note to the place indicated by Himura. Additionally, on the instruction of Near, Mogi and the rest of the police prepare to storm the place.

Sep 6, 2015

Episode 11 - The Perfect WorldE1145m

The Perfect World

Soichiro has followed in the footsteps of L in risking his life to stop Kira/Light. Light, who has made the decision to do whatever it takes to create his ideal, crime-free world, decides to mobilize the police force to get rid of Mello. But Mello has also erected a scrupulous set of traps, and intends to risk everything to prove that Light is Kira!

Sep 13, 2015

Actors

Masataka Kubota

Masataka Kubota

Light Yagami

Kento Yamazaki

Kento Yamazaki

L

Mio Yuki

Mio Yuki

N

Hinako Sano

Hinako Sano

Misa Amane

Reiko Fujiwara

Reiko Fujiwara

Sayu Yagami

Megumi Seki

Megumi Seki

Shoko Himura

Tomohisa Yuge

Tomohisa Yuge

Shuichi Aizawa

Shugo Oshinari

Shugo Oshinari

Teru Mikami

Kazuaki Hankai

Kazuaki Hankai

Watari

Jiro Sato

Jiro Sato

Kanzo Mogi

Yutaka Matsushige

Yutaka Matsushige

Soichiro Yagami

Marin

Marin

Serina Kudo

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