• Air date: 04 Oct '06 19 episodes
      Light Yagami is an ace student with great prospects—and he’s bored out of his mind. But all that changes when he finds the Death Note, a notebook dropped by a rogue Shinigami death god. Any human whose name is written in the notebook dies, and Light has vowed to use the power of the Death Note to rid the world of evil. But will Light succeed in his noble goal, or will the Death Note turn him into the very thing he fights against?
  • List of Episodes (19)
    • 1. Shinsei: Rebirth

      04 Oct '06
      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.
    • 2. Taiketsu: Confrontation

      11 Oct '06
      Light falls into the first of many of L's attempts to uncover him from his Kira alter ego.
    • 3. Torihiki: Dealings

      18 Oct '06
      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?
    • 4. Tsuiseki: Pursuit

      25 Oct '06
      Light creates a complex plan involving the Death Note and another criminal to try and expose his follower's name and identity.
    • 5. Kakehiki: Tactics

      01 Nov '06
      After finding the true identity of his follower, Light uses him to deal a major blow to the rest of his enemies.
    • 6. Hokorobi: Unraveling

      08 Nov '06
      Furthering the Kira investigation, the remaining police force finally meets L.
    • 7. Donten: Overcast

      15 Nov '11
      Light meets Penber's fiance — an ex-officer who is determined to hunt down Kira.
    • 8. Mesen: Glare

      22 Nov '06
      Discovering that L has went so far as to tap his room with cameras, Light comes up with a plan to throw off his suspicions.
    • 9. Sesshoku: Encounter

      29 Nov '06
      Still suspicious of Light's too-perfect behavior, L decides to take drastic measures and enters the same university to meet Light face to face.
    • 10. Giwaku: Doubt

      06 Dec '06
      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.
    • 11. Totsuny?: Assault

      03 Dec '06
      The Sakura TV station plans to air Kira's home-made videos. Little do they know that the videos will bring more than ratings.
    • 12. Koigokoro: Love

      27 Dec '06
      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!
    • 13. Kokuhaku: Confession

      10 Jan '07
      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.
    • 14. Tomodachi: Friend

      17 Jan '07
      Light furthers his plans as Kira after meeting with the very annoying second Kira.
    • 15. Kake: Wager

      24 Jan '07
      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 Kiras in his custody soon enough.
    • 16. Ketsudan: Decision

      31 Jan '07
      After renouncing ownership of both Death Notes, Light turns himself in to L and is imprisoned.
    • 17. Shikk?: Execution

      07 Feb '07
      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.
    • 18. Nakama: Ally

      14 Feb '07
      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.
    • 19. Matsuda: Matsuda

      21 Feb '07
      Matsuda makes the Kira investigation more difficult for the Task Force when he gets himself captured by the Yotsuba corporation.