When a Japanese high schooler comes into possession of a mystical notebook, he finds he has the power to kill anybody whose name he enters in it.

1. Rebirth 23m Brilliant but bored high school student Light Yagami suddenly finds himself holding the power of life and death in his hands.

2. Confrontation 23m While the world's criminals continue to drop dead, L meets by computer with representatives from various nations.

3. Dealings 23m Ryuk, the Shinigami, or god of death, who dropped the Death Note into the human world, warns Light that someone is on his trail.

4. Pursuit 23m 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...

5. Tactics 23m Soichiro Yagami demands to meet with L in person when he finds out that L has secretly brought FBI agents into Japan.

6. Unraveling 23m Light meets a woman at the Police Department with an urgent message for the Kira task force.

7. Overcast 23m 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.

8. Glare 23m L insists on setting up bugs and cameras in the homes of Chief Yagami and Deputy Director Kitamura...

9. Encounter 23m The murders continue, and L grows suspicious of Light's too-perfect behavior and decides to investigate him on his own.

10. Doubt 23m L's suspicion of Light deepens, compelling him to invite Light into the investigation.

11. Assault 23m As predicted on the tapes sent to Sakura TV, news anchors and commentators who expressed doubt about Kira die one by one.

12. Love 23m 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.

13. Confession 23m Light goes to Aoyama to discover the identity of the second Kira before L becomes more suspicious.

14. Friend 23m Light and Misa show each other their Death Notes, and Light asks Misa to have her shinigami Rem get rid of L.

15. Wager 23m Evidence turns up that points to Misa Amane as the second Kira.

16. Decision 23m Misa is in confinement, though her memories of the Death Note have been completely wiped away.

17. Execution 23m After fifty days of confinement the killings continue, and Misa and Light are released.

18. Ally 23m Though L is still suspicious, Light and Misa, their memories of being Kira wiped clean, return to headquarters...

19. Matsuda 23m Matsuda, the task force member assigned to watch Misa, is eager to distinguish himself...

20. Makeshift 23m L's team discovers that the Yotsuba Group meet in secret to discuss the elimination of individuals who are troublesome to their company...

21. Performance 23m The Yotsuba Group hires Eraldo Coil to uncover L's identity.

22. Guidance 23m Misa succeeds in narrowing down the Kira suspects in the Yotsuba Group to one: Higuchi.

23. Frenzy 23m Higuchi of the Yotsuba Group attempts to kill Matsuda of the task force, and is surprised when he doesn't die after 40 seconds.

24. Revival 23m Higuchi is captured and tells the investigators about the Death Note.

25. Silence 23m Light, his memory recovered, orders Misa to begin killing after Higuchi dies.

26. Renewal 23m Light has removed everyone in his way and is closer to achieving his perfect world.

27. Abduction 23m A new investigator steps forward--Near, a central figure in the SPK, an organization that is trying to catch Kira without relying on L.

28. Impatience 23m Light, acting as L, reveals to Near that his sister Sayu has been kidnapped by someone wanting to trade her for the Death Note.

29. Father 23m 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.

30. Justice 23m Mello busts into SPK headquarters to retrieve a photograph of himself to make sure he won't be killed by Kira.

31. Transfer 23m Near contacts the Japanese task force and determines that Kira is among their members.

32. Selection 23m Star newscaster Kiyomi Takada becomes Kira's spokesperson to the world...

33. Scorn 23m Light pretends to investigate Kiyomi...

34. Vigilance 23m Aizawa figures out what's going on and tells Near, who already knows about the notes.

35. Malice 23m Light gives Kiyomi the order to finish off Near.

36. 1.28 23m Near, along with the SPK, meets Light and the task force at a warehouse for the final showdown.