Death Note (2015 TV series)
Episodes

Death Note (2015 TV series)

Section Title: Episodes
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No.	Title	Directed by	Original air date	Ratings (%)

1	"A legendary popular comic book finally dramaized! Battle of the death by murderer and genius detective with death notes at the notes of death and the beginning of tonight!!"	Ryūichi Inomata	July 5, 2015	16.9

Average college student Light Yagami discovers a black notebook that claims to be able to kill anyone whose name and face is known to its owner.

2	"New drama clash with topics booming in all generations! enter genius L!"	Ryūichi Inomata	July 12, 2015	12.3

Ryuk, who can see the lifespan of humans, reveals to Light that Misa Amane, a popular idol who Light is a fan of, may only have a few days to live.

3	"A gimmick of L! Kira deadly in the trap! What is the last trump card for the counterattack?!"	Ryō Nishimura	July 19, 2015	8.7

With “Raye Penber” still following him, Light realizes that L’s phone call was in fact a trap. Light becomes determined to kill all the FBI agents involved in the Kira case in order to disperse suspicion on him.

4	"Impact encounter ... Kira vs. L direct finally confrontation! Trap Kidnapped Trap!"	Ryō Nishimura	July 26, 2015	10.6

Suspecting that Mark Dwellton met with Kira before his death, L plants cameras and listening devices in the houses of families Mark was following.

5	"Killer To surprise action! Finally infiltrate into the investigation headquarters, L again Confrontation!"	Ryūichi Inomata	August 2, 2015	8.2

Light manages to get Misa out of his house and the two meet at a park. There, Misa reveals that she has fallen in love with Light and wishes to help him kill L.

6	"finally arrested Kira! I am a killer ...the amazing strategies hidden in confession!"	Ryō Nishimura	August 9, 2015	10.2

Rem decides to have Misa relinquish ownership of her notebook, causing her to lose all memories associated with the Death Note.

7	"All part of Kira's plan ... L, countdown to death to the final battle!"	Marie Iwasaki	August 16, 2015	11.6

Light and Misa join forces with the task force in order to capture Kira. However, L’s suspicions of the two do not waver as he suspects that they intentionally lost their memories by passing their powers to someone else.

8	"Farewell to justice, Detective of justice ... The name written on the note is L.."	Ryūichi Inomata	August 23, 2015	11.4

After the notebook is confiscated by the task force, a fake rule written by Ryuk convinces L that Light and Misa are innocent.

9	"L killed me ... a reversed drama secretly hidden in confession..."	Marie Iwasaki	August 30, 2015	11.7

L reveals that he had tricked Light into writing into a fake notebook, thus exposing the latter as Kira. After Light confesses to L, the rest of the task force enter the warehouse only to see L die from a heart attack, courtesy of Mikami.

10	"Nearrunaway, the identity of the son to be revealed! My father's name is in the note!"	Ryō Nishimura	September 6, 2015	11.4

Light and the task force attempt to ambush Himura’s group and rescue Sayu by pretending to exchange the notebook for her life.

11	"Finale tonight's last surprise! Do not miss the last battle for 1 second!"	Ryūichi Inomata	September 13, 2015	14.1

Mello survives the bombing and, over the phone, vows to expose Light as Kira. Light plans another ambush with the task force and Japanese police in order to defeat Mello.

Sentence(s)

The first episode of Death Note received a rating of 16.9%.

final_sentence: The first episode of Death Note received a rating of 16.9%.