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

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…

Though Mikami has written all the investigators’ names in the Death Note, a minute passes and everyone is still alive.

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

Light gives Kiyomi the order to finish off Near.

Aizawa figures out what’s going on and tells Near, who already knows about the notes.

Light pretends to investigate Kiyomi…

Star newscaster Kiyomi Takada becomes Kira’s spokesperson to the world…

Near contacts the Japanese task force and determines that Kira is among their members.

Mello busts into SPK headquarters to retrieve a photograph of himself to make sure he won’t be killed by Kira.

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 tries to discover where Mello and his Mafia associates are hiding and uses Misa’s eyes to find the Death Note’s current owner.

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

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

Light has removed everyone in his way and is closer to achieving his perfect world.

Light, his memory recovered, orders Misa to begin killing after Higuchi dies.

Higuchi is captured and tells the investigators about the Death Note.

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

Misa succeeds in narrowing down the Kira suspects in the Yotsuba Group to one: Higuchi.

The Yotsuba Group hires Eraldo Coil to uncover L’s identity.