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#42 · Death Note

Anime / Fantasy / Thriller · 2006–2007 · 1 season · 37 episodes
IMDb: 8.9 487,967 votes  TVmaze: 8.8   My rating:
Show summary
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.

Season 1 2006–2007 · 37 episodes · IMDb avg 8.19 My rating:

Season summary
Light Yagami finds a notebook that kills anyone whose name is written in it and decides to become the god of a new world; L, the world's strangest detective, decides otherwise. The cat-and-mouse duel that defined a generation of anime.
#EpisodeAired IMDbTVmazeMy Rating
1 Rebirth 2006-10-03 8.4
11,042
8.4
⚠ SPOILER WARNING — click to reveal
Brilliant but bored high school student Light Yagami suddenly finds himself holding the power of life and death in his hands.
2 Confrontation 2006-10-10 9.0
11,106
8.7
⚠ SPOILER WARNING — click to reveal
While the world's criminals continue to drop dead, L meets by computer with representatives from various nations.
3 Dealings 2006-10-17 8.4
8,659
8.5
⚠ SPOILER WARNING — click to reveal
Ryuk, the Shinigami, or god of death, who dropped the Death Note into the human world, warns Light that someone is on his trail.
4 Pursuit 2006-10-24 8.8
8,918
8.7
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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...
5 Tactics 2006-10-31 8.5
8,442
8.6
Soichiro Yagami demands to meet with L in person when he finds out that L has secretly brought FBI agents into Japan.
6 Unraveling 2006-11-07 8.2
8,030
8.8
Light meets a woman at the Police Department with an urgent message for the Kira task force.
7 Overcast 2006-11-14 9.2
10,944
8.9
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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.
8 Glare 2006-11-21 8.4
7,789
8.9
L insists on setting up bugs and cameras in the homes of Chief Yagami and Deputy Director Kitamura...
9 Encounter 2006-11-28 8.6
7,939
8.9
The murders continue, and L grows suspicious of Light's too-perfect behavior and decides to investigate him on his own.
10 Doubt 2006-12-05 8.2
7,548
8.8
L's suspicion of Light deepens, compelling him to invite Light into the investigation.
11 Assault 2006-12-12 8.7
7,952
8.8
As predicted on the tapes sent to Sakura TV, news anchors and commentators who expressed doubt about Kira die one by one.
12 Love 2006-12-26 8.3
7,366
8.8
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.
13 Confession 2007-01-09 8.3
7,261
8.8
⚠ SPOILER WARNING — click to reveal
Light goes to Aoyama to discover the identity of the second Kira before L becomes more suspicious.
14 Friend 2007-01-16 8.2
7,174
8.8
⚠ SPOILER WARNING — click to reveal
Light and Misa show each other their Death Notes, and Light asks Misa to have her shinigami Rem get rid of L.
15 Wager 2007-01-23 8.9
8,202
8.8
Evidence turns up that points to Misa Amane as the second Kira.
16 Decision 2007-01-30 8.3
7,124
9.1
⚠ SPOILER WARNING — click to reveal
Misa is in confinement, though her memories of the Death Note have been completely wiped away.
17 Execution 2007-02-06 8.0
7,104
8.8
After fifty days of confinement the killings continue, and Misa and Light are released.
18 Ally 2007-02-13 7.3
6,931
9.1
Though L is still suspicious, Light and Misa, their memories of being Kira wiped clean, return to headquarters...
19 Matsuda 2007-02-20 7.6
6,870
8.9
Matsuda, the task force member assigned to watch Misa, is eager to distinguish himself...
20 Makeshift 2007-02-27 7.3
6,782
9.1
L's team discovers that the Yotsuba Group meet in secret to discuss the elimination of individuals who are troublesome to their company...
21 Performance 2007-03-06 7.8
6,731
9.2
The Yotsuba Group hires Eraldo Coil to uncover L's identity.
22 Guidance 2007-03-13 8.2
6,796
9.2
Misa succeeds in narrowing down the Kira suspects in the Yotsuba Group to one: Higuchi.
23 Frenzy 2007-03-20 8.9
7,841
9.3
Higuchi of the Yotsuba Group attempts to kill Matsuda of the task force, and is surprised when he doesn't die after 40 seconds.
24 Revival 2007-03-27 9.4
11,180
9.3
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Higuchi is captured and tells the investigators about the Death Note.
25 Silence 2007-04-03 9.6
16,622
9.1
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Light, his memory recovered, orders Misa to begin killing after Higuchi dies.
26 Renewal 2007-04-10 7.0
8,441
8.6
Light has removed everyone in his way and is closer to achieving his perfect world.
27 Abduction 2007-04-17 7.2
6,503
8.6
A new investigator steps forward--Near, a central figure in the SPK, an organization that is trying to catch Kira without relying on L.
28 Impatience 2007-04-24 7.3
6,345
8.6
⚠ SPOILER WARNING — click to reveal
Light, acting as L, reveals to Near that his sister Sayu has been kidnapped by someone wanting to trade her for the Death Note.
29 Father 2007-05-01 8.0
8,739
8.8
⚠ SPOILER WARNING — click to reveal
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.
30 Justice 2007-05-08 7.6
6,219
8.7
⚠ SPOILER WARNING — click to reveal
Mello busts into SPK headquarters to retrieve a photograph of himself to make sure he won't be killed by Kira.
31 Transfer 2007-05-15 7.6
6,255
8.7
Near contacts the Japanese task force and determines that Kira is among their members.
32 Selection 2007-05-22 7.8
6,350
8.8
Star newscaster Kiyomi Takada becomes Kira's spokesperson to the world...
33 Scorn 2007-05-29 7.1
6,198
8.8
Light pretends to investigate Kiyomi...
34 Vigilance 2007-06-05 7.2
6,104
8.8
Aizawa figures out what's going on and tells Near, who already knows about the notes.
35 Malice 2007-06-12 8.0
6,428
8.8
Light gives Kiyomi the order to finish off Near.
36 1.28 2007-06-19 9.0
8,606
8.7
Near, along with the SPK, meets Light and the task force at a warehouse for the final showdown.
37 New World 2007-06-26 8.8
11,025
8.7
⚠ SPOILER WARNING — click to reveal
Though Mikami has written all the investigators' names in the Death Note, 40 seconds pass and everyone is still alive.

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