Death Note: Season 1
Episode Guide
Season 1 Progress Shield
Rebirth
Oct 4, 2006 · 21 min
Brilliant but bored high school student Light Yagami suddenly finds himself holding the power of life and death in his hands—the power of the Death Note. He decides to rid the worl
Confrontation
Oct 11, 2006 · 21 min
While the world’s criminals continue to drop dead, L meets by computer with representatives from various nations. He requests that a task force be set up in Japan, under the direct
Dealings
Oct 18, 2006 · 22 min
Ryuk, the Shinigami, or god of death, who dropped the Death Note into the human world, warns Light that someone is on his trail. Light is troubled that he can’t find out the identi
Pursuit
Oct 25, 2006 · 22 min
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—and confirms he can control his victims’
Tactics
Nov 1, 2006 · 22 min
Soichiro Yagami demands to meet with L in person when he finds out that L has secretly brought FBI agents into Japan. Light, meanwhile, has found a way to get those very FBI agents
Unraveling
Nov 8, 2006 · 22 min
Light meets a woman at the Police Department with an urgent message for the Kira task force. As son of the chief investigator, Light listens to her story, and is startled to discov
Overcast
Nov 15, 2006 · 22 min
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. Realizing she must have given him an alias, he’s only got
Glare
Nov 22, 2006 · 22 min
L insists on setting up bugs and cameras in the homes of Chief Yagami and Deputy Director Kitamura—whom Raye Penber was tracking. But Light is a step ahead as usual—he knows he’s b
Encounter
Nov 29, 2006 · 22 min
The murders continue, and L grows suspicious of Light’s too-perfect behavior and decides to investigate him on his own. In order to get closer to Light, L enrolls at the same unive
Doubt
Dec 6, 2006 · 22 min
L's suspicion of Light deepens, compelling him to invite Light into the investigation. But then a phone call alerts them that Soichiro Yagami has suffered a heart attack!
Assault
Dec 13, 2006 · 22 min
As predicted on the tapes sent to Sakura TV, news anchors and commentators who expressed doubt about Kira die one by one. On further investigation, L concludes that this Kira is no
Love
Dec 27, 2006 · 22 min
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. Light agrees, hoping to divert suspicion from hims
Confession
Jan 10, 2007 · 22 min
Light goes to Aoyama to discover the identity of the second Kira before L becomes more suspicious. But Misa Amane, the new Kira, uses her unusual gift to find Light before he finds
Friend
Jan 17, 2007 · 22 min
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 something of Light in return—to fall in love with her!
Wager
Jan 24, 2007 · 21 min
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
Jan 31, 2007 · 22 min
Misa is in confinement, though her memories of the Death Note have been completely wiped away. When Light is confined as well, the murders stop and suspicion of Light grows stronge
Execution
Feb 7, 2007 · 22 min
After fifty days of confinement the killings continue, and Misa and Light are released. But L has devised a plan to ensure no more murders occur, and has Light's father, Soichiro,
Ally
Feb 14, 2007 · 22 min
Though L is still suspicious, Light and Misa, their memories of being Kira wiped clean, return to headquarters, where Light notices a strange connection between the recent Kira kil
Matsuda
Feb 21, 2007 · 22 min
Matsuda, the task force member assigned to watch Misa, is eager to distinguish himself, and while on a job with Misa, he decides to do a little snooping on his own at the Yotsuba G
Makeshift
Feb 28, 2007 · 22 min
L's team discovers that the Yotsuba Group meet in secret to discuss the elimination of individuals who are troublesome to their company, and concludes that Kira must be one of the
Performance
Mar 7, 2007 · 22 min
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
Mar 14, 2007 · 21 min
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
Mar 21, 2007 · 21 min
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 shinigami. Rem convinces Higuchi to go to the sta
Revival
Mar 28, 2007 · 22 min
While Higuchi is finally captured, Light inadvertently regains his memories as Kira.
Silence
Apr 4, 2007 · 22 min
Light, his memory recovered, orders Misa to begin killing after Higuchi dies. The Shinigami Rem realizes that everything is going according to Light's plan, and that L will arrest
Renewal
Apr 11, 2007 · 21 min
Light has removed everyone in his way and is closer to achieving his perfect world.
Abduction
Apr 18, 2007 · 22 min
A new investigator steps forward-Near, a central figure in the SPK, an organization that is trying to catch Kira without relying on L. Near is aware of the existence of the Death N
Impatience
Apr 25, 2007 · 22 min
Light, acting as L, reveals to Near that his sister Sayu has been kidnapped by someone wanting to trade her for the Death Note. Near finds out that the trade will happen in Los Ang
Father
May 2, 2007 · 22 min
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.
Justice
May 9, 2007 · 22 min
Mello busts into SPK headquarters to retrieve a photograph of himself to make sure he won't be killed by Kira. In exchange for Near giving him the picture, Mello drops an important
Transfer
May 16, 2007 · 22 min
Near contacts the Japanese task force and determines that Kira is among their members. He asks for insider information, and Aizawa, beginning to doubt Light, responds. Near suspect
Selection
May 23, 2007 · 22 min
Star newscaster Kiyomi Takada becomes Kira's spokesperson to the world, after Demegawa is deleted by Mikami, and she just so happens to have been Light's girlfriend in college. Aiz
Scorn
May 30, 2007 · 22 min
Near goes to Japan, allegedly as bait for Kira. Following Light's instructions, Takada asks Mikami to send her five pages of the Death Note. She tells him that he will continue his
Vigilance
Jun 6, 2007 · 22 min
Aizawa figures out what's going on and tells Near, who already knows about the notes. Near instructs Aizawa to continue watching Light, and then puts in motion a plan to separate M
Malice
Jun 13, 2007 · 21 min
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
Jun 20, 2007 · 22 min
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
New World
Jun 27, 2007 · 22 min
Though Mikami has written all the investigators' names in the Death Note, a minute passes and everyone is still alive. Near seizes Mikami's Death Note, and all is at last revealed.