1. Rebirth
Air date: 2006-10-03 · 30 min
Brilliant but bored high school student Light Yagami suddenly finds himself holding the power of life and death in his hands.
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Season 1.
37 episodes in the catalogue. Explore the stories and air dates, then choose an episode to open FRAME’s player.
2. Confrontation
Air date: 2006-10-10 · 30 min
While the world's criminals continue to drop dead, L meets by computer with representatives from various nations.
Open episode 2 ↗3. Dealings
Air date: 2006-10-17 · 30 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.
Open episode 3 ↗4. Pursuit
Air date: 2006-10-24 · 30 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...
Open episode 4 ↗5. Tactics
Air date: 2006-10-31 · 30 min
Soichiro Yagami demands to meet with L in person when he finds out that L has secretly brought FBI agents into Japan.
Open episode 5 ↗6. Unraveling
Air date: 2006-11-07 · 30 min
Light meets a woman at the Police Department with an urgent message for the Kira task force.
Open episode 6 ↗7. Overcast
Air date: 2006-11-14 · 30 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.
Open episode 7 ↗8. Glare
Air date: 2006-11-21 · 30 min
L insists on setting up bugs and cameras in the homes of Chief Yagami and Deputy Director Kitamura...
Open episode 8 ↗9. Encounter
Air date: 2006-11-28 · 30 min
The murders continue, and L grows suspicious of Light's too-perfect behavior and decides to investigate him on his own.
Open episode 9 ↗10. Doubt
Air date: 2006-12-05 · 30 min
L's suspicion of Light deepens, compelling him to invite Light into the investigation.
Open episode 10 ↗11. Assault
Air date: 2006-12-12 · 30 min
As predicted on the tapes sent to Sakura TV, news anchors and commentators who expressed doubt about Kira die one by one.
Open episode 11 ↗12. Love
Air date: 2006-12-26 · 30 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.
Open episode 12 ↗13. Confession
Air date: 2007-01-09 · 30 min
Light goes to Aoyama to discover the identity of the second Kira before L becomes more suspicious.
Open episode 13 ↗14. Friend
Air date: 2007-01-16 · 30 min
Light and Misa show each other their Death Notes, and Light asks Misa to have her shinigami Rem get rid of L.
Open episode 14 ↗15. Wager
Air date: 2007-01-23 · 30 min
Evidence turns up that points to Misa Amane as the second Kira.
Open episode 15 ↗16. Decision
Air date: 2007-01-30 · 30 min
Misa is in confinement, though her memories of the Death Note have been completely wiped away.
Open episode 16 ↗17. Execution
Air date: 2007-02-06 · 30 min
After fifty days of confinement the killings continue, and Misa and Light are released.
Open episode 17 ↗18. Ally
Air date: 2007-02-13 · 30 min
Though L is still suspicious, Light and Misa, their memories of being Kira wiped clean, return to headquarters...
Open episode 18 ↗19. Matsuda
Air date: 2007-02-20 · 30 min
Matsuda, the task force member assigned to watch Misa, is eager to distinguish himself...
Open episode 19 ↗20. Makeshift
Air date: 2007-02-27 · 30 min
L's team discovers that the Yotsuba Group meet in secret to discuss the elimination of individuals who are troublesome to their company...
Open episode 20 ↗21. Performance
Air date: 2007-03-06 · 30 min
The Yotsuba Group hires Eraldo Coil to uncover L's identity.
Open episode 21 ↗22. Guidance
Air date: 2007-03-13 · 30 min
Misa succeeds in narrowing down the Kira suspects in the Yotsuba Group to one: Higuchi.
Open episode 22 ↗23. Frenzy
Air date: 2007-03-20 · 30 min
Higuchi of the Yotsuba Group attempts to kill Matsuda of the task force, and is surprised when he doesn't die after 40 seconds.
Open episode 23 ↗24. Revival
Air date: 2007-03-27 · 30 min
Higuchi is captured and tells the investigators about the Death Note.
Open episode 24 ↗25. Silence
Air date: 2007-04-03 · 30 min
Light, his memory recovered, orders Misa to begin killing after Higuchi dies.
Open episode 25 ↗26. Renewal
Air date: 2007-04-10 · 30 min
Light has removed everyone in his way and is closer to achieving his perfect world.
Open episode 26 ↗27. Abduction
Air date: 2007-04-17 · 30 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.
Open episode 27 ↗28. Impatience
Air date: 2007-04-24 · 30 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.
Open episode 28 ↗29. Father
Air date: 2007-05-01 · 30 min
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.
Open episode 29 ↗30. Justice
Air date: 2007-05-08 · 30 min
Mello busts into SPK headquarters to retrieve a photograph of himself to make sure he won't be killed by Kira.
Open episode 30 ↗31. Transfer
Air date: 2007-05-15 · 30 min
Near contacts the Japanese task force and determines that Kira is among their members.
Open episode 31 ↗32. Selection
Air date: 2007-05-22 · 30 min
Star newscaster Kiyomi Takada becomes Kira's spokesperson to the world...
Open episode 32 ↗33. Scorn
Air date: 2007-05-29 · 30 min
Light pretends to investigate Kiyomi...
Open episode 33 ↗34. Vigilance
Air date: 2007-06-05 · 30 min
Aizawa figures out what's going on and tells Near, who already knows about the notes.
Open episode 34 ↗35. Malice
Air date: 2007-06-12 · 30 min
Light gives Kiyomi the order to finish off Near.
Open episode 35 ↗36. 1.28
Air date: 2007-06-19 · 30 min
Near, along with the SPK, meets Light and the task force at a warehouse for the final showdown.
Open episode 36 ↗37. New World
Air date: 2007-06-26 · 30 min
Though Mikami has written all the investigators' names in the Death Note, 40 seconds pass and everyone is still alive.
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