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Death Note

EndedFirst aired 2006-10-03NTV

Anime · Fantasy · Thriller

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.

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Season by season.

37 listed episodes across 1 season. Air dates are provided by TVmaze and can change.

Season 1 37 episodes

E01

Rebirth

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

E02

Confrontation

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

E03

Dealings

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

E04

Pursuit

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...

E05

Tactics

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

E06

Unraveling

Light meets a woman at the Police Department with an urgent message for the Kira task force.

E07

Overcast

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.

E08

Glare

L insists on setting up bugs and cameras in the homes of Chief Yagami and Deputy Director Kitamura...

E09

Encounter

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

E10

Doubt

L's suspicion of Light deepens, compelling him to invite Light into the investigation.

E11

Assault

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

E12

Love

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

Light goes to Aoyama to discover the identity of the second Kira before L becomes more suspicious.

E14

Friend

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

E15

Wager

Evidence turns up that points to Misa Amane as the second Kira.

E16

Decision

Misa is in confinement, though her memories of the Death Note have been completely wiped away.

E17

Execution

After fifty days of confinement the killings continue, and Misa and Light are released.

E18

Ally

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

E19

Matsuda

Matsuda, the task force member assigned to watch Misa, is eager to distinguish himself...

E20

Makeshift

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

The Yotsuba Group hires Eraldo Coil to uncover L's identity.

E22

Guidance

Misa succeeds in narrowing down the Kira suspects in the Yotsuba Group to one: Higuchi.

E23

Frenzy

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

Higuchi is captured and tells the investigators about the Death Note.

E25

Silence

Light, his memory recovered, orders Misa to begin killing after Higuchi dies.

E26

Renewal

Light has removed everyone in his way and is closer to achieving his perfect world.

E27

Abduction

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

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

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

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

E31

Transfer

Near contacts the Japanese task force and determines that Kira is among their members.

E32

Selection

Star newscaster Kiyomi Takada becomes Kira's spokesperson to the world...

E33

Scorn

Light pretends to investigate Kiyomi...

E34

Vigilance

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

E35

Malice

Light gives Kiyomi the order to finish off Near.

E36

1.28

Near, along with the SPK, meets Light and the task force at a warehouse for the final showdown.

E37

New World

Though Mikami has written all the investigators' names in the Death Note, 40 seconds pass and everyone is still alive.

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