“Death Note: Light Up the NEW World” Full Summary and Details!

SPOILERS! MAJOR SPOILERS!

I wrote out the entire plot summary and details for scenes for the new Death Note film.

The film basically opens up with Ryuk stating that the because of Kira’s presence 10 years ago, the shinigami are bored again. Therefore, 6 of them decide to drop their notebooks to earth. One of the notebooks lands in Russia. The Russian man is a doctor who has a patient who wants to die. He is out of options and decides to write down his patient’s name. The patient instantly dies and he starts using the notebook to do mercy killings on people who want to die.

Then the movie rapid cuts through the fact that Death Notes are being used again, Ryuzaki is on the case, and the Kira Task Force is formed again. It’s really fast.

Then, it cuts to Shibuya with a new character named Aoi Sakura who has a notebook. She goes into the city and using the eyes of the shinigami, she starts a mass killing spree. It’s really intense. As she is killing people, Ryuzaki is there with a gun, but before he fires, she drops dead of a heart attack as another Kira killed her.

Here we meet the new task force and a shinigami named Bepo. They discuss that they must work with Ryuzaki to obtain all of the Death Notes. Masuda doesn’t want it too last too long as he is still recovering over the old use of the Death Notes as well as the fact that Yagami Light was Kira.

We learn that a cyber terrorist named Shien who is a diehard fanatic and has developed a video that has Light in it delivering a message with the main point of “I am Kira. Kira is god. Humans can’t win.”

This causes a huge panic. During which, we find out that Misa Amane has become a successful actress. After finishing a film, she goes back to her room and there is a cell phone that is in hidden in a potato chip bag. It has the voice of Light and he says “This notebook is yours.” (Referring to a package in her room). It’s actually Shien, who designed an app to alter his voice to Light’s. When Misa touches the Death Note, she has all of her memories come back. Instead of screaming or freaking out, she is very upset. She is conflicted that she now has 10 years of her life where she was innocent battling with the fact that she was once Kira II. This is my favorite plot point of the entire film. She meets up with Shien, but refuses to help him.

The task force track Shien down to an apartment due to a trap they made using an image of L Lawliet and (poorly done) CGI on his mouth. When the task force gets to the apartment, nobody is there. However, Masuda hears Light calling from inside a closet. He enters the room to find another cell phone with a piece of paper next to it. The paper reads: “Masuda enters the room after hearing a familiar voice. Upon entering, he removes his mask, turns to his comrades, and shoots himself in the head.” Masuda dies and the team is upset. The Japanese government fears what will happen to the rest of them.

Throughout this time, the Death Notes are either in the hands of the Task Force or Shien.

It’s revealed also that Ryuzaki obtained one of the Death Notes in secret and he has a somewhat romantic relationship with his shinigami named Ama. Mishima figures out he has a notebook and confronts him about it. After the two fight, Ryuzaki says that he promised L that he would never use the notebook.

Ryuzaki arranges a meeting with Shien where he will show his identity. They both want to obtain all 6 notebooks. During the meeting, in the chaos, Ryuzaki turns to find Misa writing his name. He collapses from a heart attack. Shien grabs the notebooks and tells Misa that they have to go. Misa refuses saying that he will have to carry on Light’s legacy. Misa kills the remaining task force who are chasing her and Shien.

Misa is overwhelmed with guilt. She leaves the building and sits on the curb as she looks up into the sky. She has tears in her eyes and as she does, the camera pans down to her hand that reads: “Misa Amane, upon leaving the building, goes out to see memories of her beloved one as she dies peacefully.” This was an extremely powerful scene and I actually cried here.

Shien went to this abandoned building on the outskirts of Tokyo. Mishima appears to arrest Shien (who just got the eyes of the shinigami for himself.) However, Ryuzaki comes soon after and says he isn’t dead because like L, he wrote his own name in the notebook to insure that he couldn’t be killed. Mishima gets a hold on the notebook and has a flashback. His memories come back and it is revealed that he was the original Kira. He was saved by Kira 10 years ago and had started the killings again. In the notebook he received there was a special file that Light made with his message on it. Upon setting things into motion, he tells Ryuk to give it to a cyberterrorist that he has been investigating. This is, of course, Shien. So he set everything in motion.

However, the police have followed the three there with a riot team and helicopter. They are out to kill and while Shien realizes that Kira is with him. He gives his notebook to Mishima. Shien uses spare pages and the eyes of the shinigami to kill the riot squad. Ryuk helps by removing their masks. However, Shien is overwhelmed and gunned down.

Ryuzaki and Mishima flee with the notebooks, but are confronted by the police. Ama stops one of the officers from killing the two and turns into sand. Mishima is arrest.

As the officers take Mishima, Ryuk states that he doesn’t care what happens to Mishima. If he gets bored again then he will just drop the notebook again and again. Ryuk is not worried about how often he puts Death Notes onto earth.

Here’s where it gets confusing. In prison, Mishima is confronted by Ryuzaki. Ryuzaki states that the power of Kira is still not well known to the public. Mishima is let free to work on the task force to prevent any future incidents of Death Notes…. I think. It was VERY confusing and hinted that maybe Ryuzaki secretly handed off a notebook. I am sorry, but my friend and I were unsure. Ryuzaki dies from writing his name in the notebook.

Mishima walks into the new world that has formed.

Basically the people who die are:

Aoi Sakura – Killed by Shien

Many many many criminals, innocent people, and people wishing to die – Killed by various people

Masuda – Killed by Shien

Amane Misa – Killed by herself when overwhelmed with guilt

The Task Force – Killed by Misa

Shien – Killed by riot squad

Ama – killed by saving a human with the notebook

Ryuzaki – killed himself in the same way L died in Death Note: The Last Name and L: Change the WorLd