Season 1

1. Rebirth ⭐ 8.4

20 Oct, 2007 · 12,047 votes

Brilliant but bored high school student Light Yagami discovers a Shinigami's notebook and plans to use it to create a better world.

Director: Tetsurō Araki, Kei Tsunematsu

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2. Confrontation ⭐ 9

28 Oct, 2007 · 11,919 votes

The series of mysterious deaths catches the attention of world-renowned detective L, who confronts the killer on live television.

Director: Tetsurō Araki, Tomohiko Itô, Kei Tsunematsu

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3. Dealings ⭐ 8.4

04 Nov, 2007 · 9,334 votes

As the Task Force and L's investigation deepens, Ryuk tells Light that someone is shadowing them. Light needs the man's name, and Ryuk makes an offer.

Director: Tetsurō Araki, Hiroyuki Tsuchiya, Kei Tsunematsu

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4. Pursuit ⭐ 8.8

11 Nov, 2007 · 9,607 votes

While formulating a plan to get the name of the man following him, Light tests the limits of the Death Note.

Director: Tetsurō Araki, Naoyasu Habu, Kei Tsunematsu

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5. Tactics ⭐ 8.5

18 Nov, 2007 · 9,129 votes

Soichiro confronts L about the FBI agents investigating the police, and Light makes a move against the FBI.

Director: Tetsurō Araki, Mitsuhiro Yoneda, Kei Tsunematsu

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6. Unraveling ⭐ 8.2

25 Nov, 2007 · 8,677 votes

Light runs into a woman at the police department who has information for L that could lead to Light's capture.

Director: Tetsurō Araki, Oyunamu, Kei Tsunematsu

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7. Overcast ⭐ 9.2

02 Dec, 2007 · 11,816 votes

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.

Director: Tetsurō Araki, Tomohiko Itô, Kei Tsunematsu

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8. Glare ⭐ 8.4

09 Dec, 2007 · 8,410 votes

Light, entirely aware of L's surveillance equipment in his home, begins a very careful game to throw off suspicion.

Director: Tetsurō Araki, Makoto Bessho, Kei Tsunematsu

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9. Encounter ⭐ 8.6

16 Dec, 2007 · 8,572 votes

L makes a direct move against his top suspect when Light enters To-Oh University.

Director: Tetsurō Araki, Yukio Okazaki, Kei Tsunematsu

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10. Doubt ⭐ 8.2

23 Dec, 2007 · 8,133 votes

L challenges Light to a tennis match and tests his deductive abilities; an urgent call has them rushing to the hospital.

Director: Tetsurō Araki, Shinji Nagamura, Kei Tsunematsu

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11. Assault ⭐ 8.7

12 Dec, 2006 · 8,563 votes

Video tapes reportedly from Kira air on Sakura TV, although L suspects that this is the work of another Kira.

Director: Tetsurō Araki, Naoyasu Habu, Kei Tsunematsu

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12. Love ⭐ 8.3

26 Dec, 2006 · 7,933 votes

Light is invited into the Task Force to help respond to the second Kira, and Rem tells Misa how she came by her Death Note.

Director: Tetsurō Araki, Hiroyuki Tsuchiya, Kei Tsunematsu

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13. Confession ⭐ 8.3

09 Jan, 2007 · 7,820 votes

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 her.

Director: Tetsurō Araki, Mitsuhiro Yoneda, Kei Tsunematsu

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14. Friend ⭐ 8.2

16 Jan, 2007 · 7,733 votes

Light and Misa show each other their Death Notes, and Light asks Misa to have her shinigami Rem get rid of L, which Misa will do in order to have Light fall in love with her.

Director: Tetsurō Araki, Tomohiko Itô, Kei Tsunematsu

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15. Wager ⭐ 8.9

23 Jan, 2007 · 8,873 votes

Convinced the two Kiras have met and worried at the prospect of his own murder, L declares that the event of his death will prove Light is Kira.

Director: Tetsurō Araki, Oyunamu, Kei Tsunematsu

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16. Decision ⭐ 8.3

30 Jan, 2007 · 7,675 votes

Light decides to tell L that he thinks he may be Kira.

Director: Tetsurō Araki, Makoto Bessho, Kei Tsunematsu

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17. Execution ⭐ 8

06 Feb, 2007 · 7,659 votes

Getting nowhere fast, L thinks of a new plan to get Light, Misa and Mr. Yagami out of confinement.

Director: Ryôsuke Nakamura, Tetsurō Araki, Kei Tsunematsu

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18. Ally ⭐ 7.3

13 Feb, 2007 · 7,463 votes

L's depression causes a scuffle to break out in the new headquarters, and a recent string of CEO deaths has L and Light thinking that Kira may be killing for monetary profit.

Director: Tetsurō Araki, Shinji Nagamura, Kei Tsunematsu

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19. Matsuda ⭐ 7.6

20 Feb, 2007 · 7,407 votes

Matsuda, the task force member eager to distinguish himself, decides, while assigned to watch Misa, to do a little snooping on his own at the Yotsuba Group's Tokyo headquarters.

Director: Eiko Nishi, Tetsurō Araki, Kei Tsunematsu

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20. Makeshift ⭐ 7.3

27 Feb, 2007 · 7,302 votes

After Light establishes a mole within the Yotsuba Group, L separates himself from the rest of the task force and recruits Misa.

Director: Tetsurō Araki, Hiroyuki Tsuchiya, Mitsuyuki Masuhara

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21. Performance ⭐ 7.8

06 Mar, 2007 · 7,252 votes

The third Kira sets his eyes on Misa after meeting her. While Misa takes a break from meeting the Yotsuba Group, Rem contacts her. Misa is able to see the shinigami, but her memories of being the second Kira do not return.

Director: Tetsurō Araki, Mitsuhiro Yoneda, Mitsuyuki Masuhara

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22. Guidance ⭐ 8.2

13 Mar, 2007 · 7,329 votes

After learning that Higuchi is Kira, L decides that they mustn't apprehend him till they understand his killing method.

Director: Tetsurō Araki, Naoto Hashimoto, Mitsuyuki Masuhara

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23. Frenzy ⭐ 8.9

20 Mar, 2007 · 8,443 votes

L and Light, watching from the investigation team building, wonder whom Higuchi (seemingly alone) is talking to. L wonders if it's a shinigami. With Rem beside him, Higuchi - frantic to kill Matsuda - takes "the deal" to become unstoppable.

Director: Tetsurō Araki, Tomohiko Itô, Mitsuyuki Masuhara

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24. Revival ⭐ 9.4

27 Mar, 2007 · 11,975 votes

The team arrests Higuchi for being Kira and causing multiple murders. Inspecting Higuchi's Death Note, team members who touch it abruptly discover that shinigami do exist, and when Light takes the Death Note from L, his memory returns.

Director: Tetsurō Araki, Hisato Shimoda, Mitsuyuki Masuhara

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25. Silence ⭐ 9.6

03 Apr, 2007 · 17,784 votes

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 Misa as Kira unless Rem acts quickly.

Director: Tetsurō Araki, Mitsuyuki Masuhara

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26. Renewal ⭐ 7

10 Apr, 2007 · 8,962 votes

After L's death, the world needs a new great detective, and it's generally agreed that Light take his place.

Director: Tetsurō Araki, Tomohiko Itô, Mitsuyuki Masuhara

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27. Abduction ⭐ 7.2

17 Apr, 2007 · 6,987 votes

The first moves of two new investigators cause Light to make a spontaneous decision with long-term consequences.

Director: Tetsurō Araki, Tomio Yamauchi, Mitsuyuki Masuhara

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28. Impatience ⭐ 7.3

24 Apr, 2007 · 6,811 votes

In trying to retrieve his kidnapped sister, Light learns of two opposing factions trying to take him down, the SPK lead by N and a crime syndicate lead by Mello.

Director: Tetsurō Araki, Eiko Nishi, Mitsuyuki Masuhara

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29. Father ⭐ 8

01 May, 2007 · 9,222 votes

Mello learns some valuable information concerning false entries in his Death Note from its true owner. Soichiro agrees to take on the shinigami eyes to thwart him.

Director: Tetsurō Araki, Tomohiko Itô, Mitsuyuki Masuhara

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30. Justice ⭐ 7.6

08 May, 2007 · 6,669 votes

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 hint about the Death Notes: some of the rules are fake.

Director: Tetsurō Araki, Hideki Itô, Mitsuyuki Masuhara

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31. Transfer ⭐ 7.6

15 May, 2007 · 6,701 votes

Near escapes the mob attack, and Light once again proves his ability to stay a step ahead by creating a fourth Kira.

Director: Tetsurō Araki, Hisato Shimoda, Mitsuyuki Masuhara

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32. Selection ⭐ 7.8

22 May, 2007 · 6,809 votes

Star newscaster Kiyomi Takada becomes Kira's spokesperson to the world (after Mikami "deletes" Demegawa). She just so happens to have been Light's girlfriend in college. Aizawa's suspicions about Light grow.

Director: Hironori Aoyagi, Tetsurō Araki, Mitsuyuki Masuhara

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33. Scorn ⭐ 7.1

29 May, 2007 · 6,652 votes

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 work in a fake book made to look like the real one.

Director: Tetsurō Araki, Tetsuhito Saitô, Mitsuyuki Masuhara

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34. Vigilance ⭐ 7.2

05 Jun, 2007 · 6,550 votes

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 Misa from Light.

Director: Tetsurō Araki, Eiko Nishi, Mitsuyuki Masuhara

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35. Malice ⭐ 8

12 Jun, 2007 · 6,904 votes

Mello kidnaps Takada in a daring operation, getting in the way of both Near and Light's plans to set up a meeting between the SPK and the investigation team.

Director: Tetsurō Araki, Tomohiko Itô, Mitsuyuki Masuhara

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36. 1.28 ⭐ 9

19 Jun, 2007 · 9,432 votes

Near, along with the SPK, meets Light and the task force at a warehouse for the final showdown. To everyone's shock, Near reveals that Kira's follower, Mikami, is at the warehouse and is writing everyone's name in the Death Note.

Director: Tetsurō Araki, Takayuki Hirao, Mitsuyuki Masuhara

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37. New World ⭐ 8.8

26 Jun, 2007 · 12,015 votes

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.

Director: Tetsurō Araki, Mitsuyuki Masuhara

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