Death Note Episodes: Ranked
Season 1 Average: 8.86/10
Show Average (Factoring in Overall Story, Writing, Music, and Animation): 9.08/10
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- DirectorTetsurô ArakiTomohiko ItôNorimitsu SuzukiStarsMamoru MiyanoKappei YamaguchiNaoya UchidaThe series of mysterious deaths catches the attention of world-renowned detective L, who confronts the killer on live television.10/10 Who would have thought that the second episode of a series would be my favorite one? This episode is suspenseful, intriguing, and barely edges out Silence as the best episode of this show. The last scene is literally perfect.
- DirectorTetsurô ArakiMitsuyuki MasuharaStarsMamoru MiyanoKappei YamaguchiKiyoshi KobayashiLight, his memory recovered, orders Misa to begin killing after Higuchi dies. The Shinigami Rem realizes that everything is going according to Light's plan, and that L will arrest Misa as Kira unless Rem acts quickly.10/10 Phenomenal.
- DirectorTetsurô ArakiTomohiko ItôMitsuyuki MasuharaStarsMamoru MiyanoKappei YamaguchiKiyoshi KobayashiL and Light, watching from the investigation team building, wonder whom Higuchi (seemingly alone) is talking to. L wonders if it's a shinigami. With Rem beside him, Higuchi - frantic to kill Matsuda - takes "the deal" to become unstoppable.10/10 The car chase is thrilling.
- DirectorTetsurô ArakiTomohiko ItôNorimitsu SuzukiStarsMamoru MiyanoKappei YamaguchiNaoya UchidaLight 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.10/10 Light is a absolute madman.
- DirectorTetsurô ArakiNaoyasu HabuNorimitsu SuzukiStarsMamoru MiyanoKappei YamaguchiNaoya UchidaWhile formulating a plan to get the name of the man following him, Light tests the limits of the Death Note.10/10
- DirectorTetsurô ArakiHisato ShimodaMitsuyuki MasuharaStarsMamoru MiyanoKappei YamaguchiShidô NakamuraThe team arrests Higuchi for being Kira and causing multiple murders. Inspecting Higuchi's Death Note, team members who touch it abruptly discover that shinigami do exist, and when Light takes the Death Note from L, his memory returns.10/10 Though I think it’s not the 2nd best episode of the series as the rating suggests, it’s still a terrific setup for what’s to come.
- DirectorTetsurô ArakiOyunamuNorimitsu SuzukiStarsMamoru MiyanoKappei YamaguchiAya HiranoConvinced the two Kiras have met and worried at the prospect of his own murder, L declares that the event of his death will prove Light is Kira.10/10
- DirectorTetsurô ArakiYukio OkazakiNorimitsu SuzukiStarsMamoru MiyanoKappei YamaguchiNaoya UchidaL makes a direct move against his top suspect when Light enters To-Oh University.10/10
- DirectorTetsurô ArakiNorimitsu SuzukiKei TsunematsuStarsMamoru MiyanoAi SatôNobuko MiyazakiBrilliant but bored high school student Light Yagami discovers a Shinigami's notebook and plans to use it to create a better world.10/10 The series hooks you with a well written and ominous pilot episode.
- DirectorTetsurô ArakiTakayuki HiraoMitsuyuki MasuharaStarsMamoru MiyanoAya HiranoRyô NaitôNear, along with the SPK, meets Light and the task force at a warehouse for the final showdown. To everyone's shock, Near reveals that Kira's follower, Mikami, is at the warehouse and is writing everyone's name in the Death Note.10/10 Highlights all of Death Note’s greatest strengths.
- DirectorTetsurô ArakiMitsuhiro YonedaNorimitsu SuzukiStarsMamoru MiyanoKappei YamaguchiNaoya UchidaSoichiro confronts L about the FBI agents investigating the police, and Light makes a move against the FBI.10/10
- DirectorTetsurô ArakiHiroyuki TsuchiyaNorimitsu SuzukiStarsMamoru MiyanoKappei YamaguchiNaoya UchidaAs the Task Force and L's investigation deepens, Ryuk tells Light that someone is shadowing them. Light needs the man's name, and Ryuk makes an offer.9.5/10
- DirectorTetsurô ArakiNaoyasu HabuNorimitsu SuzukiStarsMamoru MiyanoKappei YamaguchiAya HiranoVideo tapes reportedly from Kira air on Sakura TV, although L suspects that this is the work of another Kira.9.5/10
- DirectorTetsurô ArakiMitsuyuki MasuharaStarsMamoru MiyanoShidô NakamuraRyô NaitôThough Mikami has written all the investigators' names in the Death Note, a minute passes and everyone is still alive. Near seizes Mikami's Death Note, and all is at last revealed.9.5/10 What a finale.
- DirectorHironori AoyagiTetsurô ArakiMitsuyuki MasuharaStarsMamoru MiyanoAya HiranoRyô NaitôStar newscaster Kiyomi Takada becomes Kira's spokesperson to the world (after Mikami "deletes" Demegawa). She just so happens to have been Light's girlfriend in college. Aizawa's suspicions about Light grow.9.5/10 Mikami’s backstory is underrated.
- DirectorTetsurô ArakiMakoto BesshoNorimitsu SuzukiStarsMamoru MiyanoKappei YamaguchiNaoya UchidaLight, entirely aware of L's surveillance equipment in his home, begins a very careful game to throw off suspicion.9.5/10
- DirectorTetsurô ArakiTomohiko ItôMitsuyuki MasuharaStarsMamoru MiyanoRyô NaitôKeiji FujiwaraMello kidnaps Takada in a daring operation, getting in the way of both Near and Light's plans to set up a meeting between the SPK and the investigation team.9.5/10 So much happens here, surprised it’s rated anything below a 8.
- DirectorTetsurô ArakiShinji NagamuraNorimitsu SuzukiStarsMamoru MiyanoKappei YamaguchiNaoya UchidaL challenges Light to a tennis match and tests his deductive abilities; an urgent call has them rushing to the hospital.9.5/10
- DirectorTetsurô ArakiTomohiko ItôNorimitsu SuzukiStarsMamoru MiyanoKappei YamaguchiAya HiranoLight and Misa show each other their Death Notes, and Light asks Misa to have her shinigami Rem get rid of L, which Misa will do in order to have Light fall in love with her.9/10
- DirectorTetsurô ArakiNaoto HashimotoMitsuyuki MasuharaStarsMamoru MiyanoKappei YamaguchiKiyoshi KobayashiAfter learning that Higuchi is Kira, L decides that they mustn't apprehend him till they understand his killing method.9/10
- DirectorTetsurô ArakiMitsuhiro YonedaNorimitsu SuzukiStarsMamoru MiyanoKappei YamaguchiAya HiranoLight 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.9/10
- DirectorTetsurô ArakiOyunamuNorimitsu SuzukiStarsMamoru MiyanoKappei YamaguchiNaoya UchidaLight runs into a woman at the police department who has information for L that could lead to Light's capture.9/10
- DirectorTetsurô ArakiHisato ShimodaMitsuyuki MasuharaStarsMamoru MiyanoShidô NakamuraAya HiranoNear escapes the mob attack, and Light once again proves his ability to stay a step ahead by creating a fourth Kira.8.5/10 Really underrated episode.
- DirectorTetsurô ArakiHiroyuki TsuchiyaNorimitsu SuzukiStarsMamoru MiyanoKappei YamaguchiAya HiranoLight is invited into the Task Force to help respond to the second Kira, and Rem tells Misa how she came by her Death Note.8.5/10
- DirectorTetsurô ArakiTomohiko ItôMitsuyuki MasuharaStarsMamoru MiyanoShidô NakamuraAya HiranoMello learns some valuable information concerning false entries in his Death Note from its true owner. Soichiro agrees to take on the shinigami eyes to thwart him.8.5/10 I liked it better the second time I watched it.