6.9/104,820 votesLoading...#1 - Renewal
Season 1 Episode 26 - Aired 4/11/2007
After L's death, the world needs a new great detective. Is Wammy's house, where L comes from, able to find a new super detective who can complete L's hunt for Kira?
Director: Tomohiko Ito
Writer: Tomohiko Ito
7.1/104,281 votesLoading...#2 - Scorn
Season 1 Episode 33 - Aired 5/30/2007
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: Tetsuhito Saito
Writer: Shouji Yonemura
7.2/104,454 votesLoading...#3 - Abduction
Season 1 Episode 27 - Aired 4/18/2007
A new investigator steps forward-Near, a central figure in the SPK, an organization that is trying to catch Kira without relying on L. Near is aware of the existence of the Death Notes and wants to get his hands on one.
Director: Tomio Yamauchi
Writer: Toshiki Inoue
7.2/104,204 votesLoading...#4 - Vigilance
Season 1 Episode 34 - Aired 6/6/2007
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: Eiko Nishi
Writer: Shouji Yonemura
7.3/104,637 votesLoading...#5 - Ally
Season 1 Episode 18 - Aired 2/14/2007
Though L is still suspicious, Light and Misa, their memories of being Kira wiped clean, return to headquarters, where Light notices a strange connection between the recent Kira killings and the Yotsuba Group.
Director: Shinji Nagamura
Writer: Shouji Yonemura
7.3/104,528 votesLoading...#6 - Makeshift
Season 1 Episode 20 - Aired 2/28/2007
L's team discovers that the Yotsuba Group meet in secret to discuss the elimination of individuals who are troublesome to their company, and concludes that Kira must be one of the eight executives. Can Light posing as L ferret out the right one?
Director: Hiroyuki Tsuchiya
Writer: Toshiki Inoue
7.3/104,348 votesLoading...#7 - Impatience
Season 1 Episode 28 - Aired 4/25/2007
Light, acting as L, reveals to Near that his sister Sayu has been kidnapped by someone wanting to trade her for the Death Note. Near finds out that the trade will happen in Los Angeles and promises to help, while secretly planning to steal the Death Note and capture Kira.
Director: Eiko Nishi
Writer: Toshiki Inoue
7.6/104,587 votesLoading...#8 - Matsuda
Season 1 Episode 19 - Aired 2/21/2007
Matsuda, the task force member assigned to watch Misa, is eager to distinguish himself, and while on a job with Misa, he decides to do a little snooping on his own at the Yotsuba Group’s Tokyo headquarters.
Director: Eiko Nishi
Writer: Yasuko Kobayashi
7.6/104,265 votesLoading...#9 - Justice
Season 1 Episode 30 - Aired 5/9/2007
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: Hideki Ito
Writer: Shouji Yonemura
7.6/104,273 votesLoading...#10 - Transfer
Season 1 Episode 31 - Aired 5/16/2007
Near contacts the Japanese task force and determines that Kira is among their members. He asks for insider information, and Aizawa, beginning to doubt Light, responds. Near suspects that the new L is really Light Yagami and that Light is Kira.
Director: Hisato Shimoda
Writer: Yasuko Kobayashi
7.7/104,487 votesLoading...#11 - Performance
Season 1 Episode 21 - Aired 3/7/2007
The Task Force uses Misa as a way to get closer to the Yotsuba corporation. But things get complicated when Rem tries to communicate with her.
Director: Mitsuhiro Yoneda
Writer: Toshiki Inoue
7.8/104,347 votesLoading...#12 - Selection
Season 1 Episode 32 - Aired 5/23/2007
Star newscaster Kiyomi Takada becomes Kira's spokesperson to the world, after Demegawa is deleted by Mikami, and she just so happens to have been Light's girlfriend in college. Aizawa's suspicions about Light grow.
Director: Hironori Aoyagi
Writer: Yasuko Kobayashi
7.9/104,501 votesLoading...#13 - Father
Season 1 Episode 29 - Aired 5/2/2007
Mortified over allowing the Death Note to fall into Mello's hands in order to save his daughter, Soichiro puts himself into harm's way in order to get it back.
Director: Tomohiko Ito
Writer: Toshiki Inoue
7.9/104,395 votesLoading...#14 - Malice
Season 1 Episode 35 - Aired 6/13/2007
Light and Near agree upon a meeting place for the final confrontation. A key player is kidnapped and the end results are shocking.
Director: Tomohiko Ito
Writer: Toshiki Inoue
8.0/104,756 votesLoading...#15 - Execution
Season 1 Episode 17 - Aired 2/7/2007
After fifty days of confinement the killings continue, and Misa and Light are released. But L has devised a plan to ensure no more murders occur, and has Light's father, Soichiro, take the two for a ride that may be their last.
Director: Ryosuke Nakamura
Writer: Toshiki Inoue
8.1/105,060 votesLoading...#16 - Doubt
Season 1 Episode 10 - Aired 12/6/2006
L's suspicion of Light deepens, compelling him to invite Light into the investigation. But then a phone call alerts them that Soichiro Yagami has suffered a heart attack!
Director: Shinji Nagamura
Writer: Toshiki Inoue
8.1/104,544 votesLoading...#17 - Guidance
Season 1 Episode 22 - Aired 3/14/2007
Thanks to Misa, the Task Force now knows the identity of the new Kira and L plans an elaborate scheme to smoke him out of hiding.
Director: Naoto Hashimoto
Writer: Toshiki Inoue
8.2/105,366 votesLoading...#18 - Unraveling
Season 1 Episode 6 - Aired 11/8/2006
Light meets a woman at the Police Department with an urgent message for the Kira task force. As son of the chief investigator, Light listens to her story, and is startled to discover she may have information that could lead to his arrest.
Director: Oyunam
Writer: Yasuko Kobayashi
8.2/104,914 votesLoading...#19 - Love
Season 1 Episode 12 - Aired 12/27/2006
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. Light agrees, hoping to divert suspicion from himself. To his surprise, this new Kira has a special ability even Light lacks…
Director: Hiroyuki Tsuchiya
Writer: Toshiki Inoue
8.2/104,798 votesLoading...#20 - Friend
Season 1 Episode 14 - Aired 1/17/2007
Light and Misa show each other their Death Notes, and Light asks Misa to have her shinigami Rem get rid of L. But Misa asks something of Light in return—to fall in love with her!
Director: Tomohiko Ito
Writer: Shouji Yonemura
8.3/104,854 votesLoading...#21 - Confession
Season 1 Episode 13 - Aired 1/10/2007
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: Mitsuhiro Yoneda
Writer: Toshiki Inoue
8.3/104,752 votesLoading...#22 - Decision
Season 1 Episode 16 - Aired 1/31/2007
Misa is in confinement, though her memories of the Death Note have been completely wiped away. When Light is confined as well, the murders stop and suspicion of Light grows stronger. Then suddenly, the killings resume.
Director: Makoto Bessho
Writer: Toshiki Inoue
8.4/107,185 votesLoading...#23 - Rebirth
Season 1 Episode 1 - Aired 10/4/2006
Brilliant but bored high school student Light Yagami suddenly finds himself holding the power of life and death in his hands—the power of the Death Note. He decides to rid the world of evil—by killing off criminals one by one. When the murders start to pile up, genius detective L is on the case, and an epic battle of wits unfolds.
Director: Kei Tsunematsu, Tetsuro Araki
Writer: Toshiki Inoue
8.4/105,799 votesLoading...#24 - Dealings
Season 1 Episode 3 - Aired 10/18/2006
Ryuk, the Shinigami, or god of death, who dropped the Death Note into the human world, warns Light that someone is on his trail. Light is troubled that he can’t find out the identity of his tracker, and Ryuk suggests an amazing deal...
Director: Hiroyuki Tsuchiya
Writer: Toshiki Inoue
8.4/105,209 votesLoading...#25 - Glare
Season 1 Episode 8 - Aired 11/22/2006
L insists on setting up bugs and cameras in the homes of Chief Yagami and Deputy Director Kitamura—whom Raye Penber was tracking. But Light is a step ahead as usual—he knows he’s being watched.
Director: Makoto Bessho
Writer: Toshiki Inoue
The Worst Episodes of Death Note
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Light Yagami is an ace student with great prospects—and he’s bored out of his mind. But all that changes when he finds the Death Note,...
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Network:Nippon TV
Worst Episodes Summary
"Renewal" is the worst rated episode of "Death Note". It scored 6.9/10 based on 4820 votes. Directed by Tomohiko Ito and written by Tomohiko Ito, it aired on 4/11/2007. This episode scored 0.2 points lower than the second lowest rated, "Scorn".