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Light Yagami discovers a mysterious notebook known as the Death Note, a supernatural book that grants the power to kill anyone whose name is written in it. What begins as curiosity soon turns into a dangerous path that changes the world forever.

This first episode introduces:
⚡ Light Yagami
👹 Ryuk the Shinigami
📖 The Death Note
🔥 The beginning of Kira’s rise

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Transcript
04:54The human whose name is written in this notebook shall die?
04:58Come on.
05:08There must be something wrong with me to even consider it.
05:15This note will be right back.
05:57So I'll be right back.
05:58So I write a name and that person dies.
06:00I'll be right back.
06:20I'll be right back.
06:44I'll be right back.
06:50I'll be right back.
06:53I'll be right back.
07:05I'll be right back.
07:11I'll be right back.
07:28I'll be right back.
07:36I'll be right back.
07:40I'll be right back.
07:41I'll be right back.
07:42I'll be right back.
07:43I'll be right back.
07:55I'll be right back.
07:58A heart attack?
08:02No way. It's coincidence. This has to be a coincidence.
08:07Bye!
08:09It's already 6.30, you know. Don't you have cram school tonight?
08:14Yeah, I'll be ready in just a sec.
08:17Death Note.
08:19It's unlikely, but if by chance this thing is for real, I have to test it one more time.
08:24In which case, it should probably be another criminal.
08:27But if he's too well known, that'll be a problem.
08:31If he dies, there's a good possibility the news of his death will be covered up.
08:36I need to see results right away.
08:39Hey, real buddy.
08:41What is it, Sudo?
08:42Didn't you want to lend me $20?
08:45What? Again? But I can't do that.
08:47Sudo. Maybe I should try killing him.
08:50No, I should definitely avoid killing people I know.
08:54Then again, does it even really matter?
08:57I mean, would anyone really care if a guy like him was to disappear one day?
09:04Sweet! Looks like we'll be hanging at the arcade after school.
09:07Hey, we're having a speed dating party tomorrow. You want to come?
09:10Yeah, of course!
09:12Oh, there's no way I'm missing that.
09:13Dammit, why is my mom so useless?
09:16She's never here to pick me up on time!
09:18Once you actually start looking around, it makes you wonder if you'd be doing society a favor by getting rid
09:25of all these people.
09:29Hey, baby!
09:30Where are you going? Come have a little fun with us!
09:33That's our Taku for you. This guy could spot Hottie a mile away.
09:37What's up, little lady? The name's Takuo Shibuimaru.
09:41What do you say? Come and hang out with us, pretty lady!
09:44Please, I don't want any trouble.
09:46You hear that? She doesn't want trouble.
09:48Whoa! Isn't that cute?
09:54Let's go, boys!
09:55Strip her down right here.
09:57Are you sure?
09:58No! Stop!
10:00Please! Help me!
10:08Now, what will happen?
10:13Hey! Wait up!
10:15Takuo, look out!
10:17No! No! No! No! No!
10:22That...
10:23That settles it.
10:25The death note.
10:26It's for real.
10:29Oh, man!
10:30Takuo!
10:31Stupid kid!
10:31He just came out of nowhere!
10:33No!
10:36Now, then.
10:38I better get going.
10:53It's been five days.
10:56Now, then.
10:57I better get going.
10:59Eh?
11:00You headed somewhere, Ryuk?
11:02Hate to tell you, but our whole world looks like this.
11:06That's true, but I've dropped my death note.
11:11You really messed things up, didn't you?
11:13Hold on a sec.
11:14Didn't you already trick the old man to get a second book?
11:17Don't tell me you dropped both of them.
11:19You must have some idea where you dropped the thing.
11:23Yeah.
11:23The human world.
11:25What?
11:26What?
11:26What?
11:54What a nice surprise.
11:56I wasn't expecting you home so early.
11:59Yeah.
12:00Hi, Mom.
12:01It's because...
12:03Oh.
12:06The results of the nationwide exams.
12:08I've been waiting all day.
12:10Here.
12:12Goodness!
12:13Number one again!
12:14These are the highest scores you've had.
12:16Yeah, I guess.
12:17I'm going to study in my room, so please don't interrupt me, okay?
12:20As you wish.
12:22Oh, Light.
12:23Do you want anything at all, dear?
12:25You can ask for whatever you like.
12:27No, I'm fine, Mom.
12:28Thanks, though.
12:32I've already got what I want.
12:53You've taken quite a liking to it.
13:02No reason to act surprised.
13:05I am the Shinigami Ryuk.
13:07That used to be my notebook.
13:09Judging by your laughter, you've already figured out that what you have is no ordinary notebook.
13:22Shinigami, a god of death, huh?
13:26Well, I'm not surprised.
13:28In fact, Ryuk, I've been waiting for you.
13:35Oh?
13:36I've already figured out that this Death Note I found is real.
13:40It didn't take me long.
13:41And now that I've witnessed the proof of its power, I only feel more confident in what I'm going to
13:46do.
13:47That's interesting.
13:49I certainly wasn't expecting this.
13:52Several Death Notes have made their way into the human world in the past, but you're the first to have
13:57written this many names.
13:59Look at how many people you've killed in only five days.
14:02Most are reluctant to write this much.
14:05I've already prepared myself, Ryuk.
14:07I used the notebook even though I knew it belonged to a Shinigami.
14:11And now that Shinigami has come.
14:13So what'll happen to me?
14:15You're here to take my soul, right?
14:17Huh?
14:18What do you mean?
14:19Is that some fantasy you humans came up with?
14:23I'm not gonna do anything to you.
14:26The notebook becomes part of the human realm from the very moment it touches the Earth.
14:31In other words, the notebook is now yours.
14:35This is mine?
14:37If you don't want it, just give it to someone else.
14:40But if you give it away, I'd have no choice but to erase your memories of the notebook.
14:45So then, you're saying I can use the Death Note all I want and I won't be punished?
14:50Let's just say this.
14:52You will feel the fear and pain known only to humans who've used the notebook.
14:58And when it's your time to die, it will fall on me to write your name in my Death Note.
15:05Be warned, any human who's used a Death Note can neither go to heaven nor hell for eternity.
15:13That's all.
15:19Now you have something to look forward to after you die.
15:25Light?
15:26It'll be all right.
15:28Answer it.
15:31What is it?
15:33I thought you'd like some apples.
15:34The neighbors brought them over for us.
15:37Why on earth is it so dark in your room?
15:39You'll ruin your eyesight.
15:40What's going on?
15:42Mom can't see him?
15:46That notebook you found originally belonged to me.
15:49And since you're now using it, you are the only one who's able to see me.
15:54And of course, my voice can only be heard by you.
15:57In other words, the Death Note is the bond between Light, the human, and Ryuk, the Shinigami.
16:07I just have one more question I want to ask you.
16:10Why was I chosen for this?
16:14Hey, are you even listening?
16:18Apples in the human world are worth the trip.
16:21What's the best way to describe these?
16:24You see?
16:25Just answer my question.
16:27I didn't choose you.
16:29Don't you see?
16:29This is all just an accident.
16:31You actually thought you were chosen because you're so smart or something.
16:35Don't be so vain.
16:37It just happened to fall around here, and you just happened to pick it up.
16:41And that's all there is to it.
16:42That's why I wrote the instructions in English, the most popular language in the human world.
16:47Then why did you drop it in the first place?
16:49You even wrote down specific instructions.
16:51So don't try to tell me this was an accident.
16:54You're asking me why?
16:56I did it because I was bored.
16:59You were bored?
17:03The truth is, Shinigami haven't got much to do these days.
17:06Most of the time, we're either taking naps or gambling.
17:09If you take the time to write names in your death note, the others just laugh at you for working
17:14so hard.
17:15Even if you wrote the name of another Shinigami, it'd be pointless because they wouldn't die.
17:19And since we live in the Shinigami realm, it brings us no amusement to kill those in the human world
17:25either.
17:27So I figured I'd have more fun if I came down here myself.
17:33Anyway, I'm surprised at how many names you've written.
17:36But I want to know why you only wrote the cause of death for that guy who was hit by
17:40the truck.
17:40If you don't write down the cause of death, the victim dies of a heart attack.
17:44And that's probably the best thing about the death note, Ayuk.
17:48Huh?
17:49You see, I've already exhausted the list of the world's major criminals.
17:53And eventually, I'm going to get rid of them all.
17:56What's the point of doing that?
17:57It's only a matter of time before people figure out that these criminals are being eliminated by someone.
18:02I want the world to know of my existence.
18:06That there's someone out there passing righteous judgment on the wicked.
18:11Why even bother?
18:13What are you trying to achieve by passing judgment on them?
18:16I mean, why do you care?
18:19Because I've been bored too.
18:24I wasn't ready to believe it at first, but it's obvious now.
18:28There's something about the death note itself that makes humans want to try it out at least once.
18:35I killed them both.
18:37I really, I killed two men.
18:40Those were human lives.
18:42It won't be overlooked.
18:44Besides, who am I to pass judgment on others?
18:52No, no, wait.
18:53Maybe I'm wrong.
18:54This is exactly what I've been thinking about lately.
18:56This world is rotting, and those who are making it rot deserve to die.
19:02Someone has to do it, so why not me?
19:04Even if it means sacrificing my own mind and soul, it's worth it.
19:08Because the world can't go on like this.
19:13I wonder, what if someone else had picked up this notebook?
19:17Is there anyone out there other than me who'd be willing to eliminate the vermin from the world?
19:22If I don't do it, then who will?
19:24That's just it, there's no one.
19:26But I can do it.
19:28In fact, I'm the only one who can.
19:32I'll do it.
19:33Using the death note, I'll change the world.
19:36With the death note, I'll change the world.
20:14At first I wrote the names of the worst criminals I could think of.
20:17Like I was cleaning up the world one name at a time.
20:20So that eventually no one will ever do anything evil again.
20:24And while the truly guilty ones who deserve to be punished for their crimes die of heart attacks,
20:29the people who are less guilty but who still make trouble for others will slowly be erased through disease and
20:34accidental death.
20:36Then, and only then, the world will start moving in the right direction.
20:40It'll be a new world, free of injustice and populated by people who I've judged to be honest, kind and
20:45hard-working.
20:46But if you did that, it would make you the only bad person left.
20:51Huh?
20:51I have no idea what you're talking about.
20:54I'm a hard-working honor student who's considered to be one of Japan's best and brightest.
21:01And I, I will become the god of this new world.
21:10It's just as I thought, humans are so interesting.
21:14It's just as I thought, humans are so interesting.
21:44It's just as I thought, humans are so interesting.
21:51With this world's perfect, we can meet us at times.
21:57Let's make this world's perfect, because they are so interesting.
22:07Let's make this world a while.
22:10Let's make it happen.
22:11That's what we need.
22:12Let's make it happen.
22:40I'll show the world what happens when you try to cross me.
22:44The entire world is watching now, now.
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