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.

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.

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

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

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

After fifty days of confinement the killings continue, and Misa and Light are released.

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

Evidence turns up that points to Misa Amane as the second Kira.

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

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

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.

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

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

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

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

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.

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

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...

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

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

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