The miniseries focuses on the three new lead characters of the film Death Note: Light Up the NEW World: Tsukuru Mishima, Ryuzaki, and Yuki Shien. Each episode provides backstory for one of the characters and bridges the 10-year gap between the previous films, which canonically took place in 2005-2006, and the new film taking place in 2016.
The best episode of "Death Note: New Generation" is "Episode 3", rated 6.1/10 from 26 user votes. It was directed by N/A and written by N/A. "Episode 3" aired on 9/30/2016 and is rated 0.3 point(s) higher than the second highest rated, "Episode 2".