Death Note hub
Tsugumi Ohba and Takeshi Obata’s Death Note follows a student who finds a notebook that kills anyone whose name is written in it, and the detective who sets out to catch him. The manga ran 108 chapters and the anime has 37 episodes, so the whole story is available. Spoilers follow the story’s big turn: the end of the first part.
What this covers. Manga: Complete: chapters 1–108. Anime: Complete: episodes 1–37. Checked October 31, 2026.
The rules that govern fights in Death Note, and an index of every ability profiled here. Each entry links to the character page, where its strengths, limits and battles are written out.
A notebook that kills any person whose name is written in it. Its rules are written in the notebook itself.
Introduced: Ep. 1 · ch. 1
| Ability | Character | Type | Shown in |
|---|---|---|---|
| The Death Note A notebook that kills anyone whose name is written in it. Light finds it in chapter 1 and uses it to kill criminals. | Light Yagami | Weapon | Ep. 1 · ch. 1 |
| Strategy and intellect Light plans several steps ahead. He responds to L’s test by killing the decoy, and he keeps his actions looking like an ordinary student’s. | Light Yagami | Skill | Ep. 2 · ch. 2 |
| Deception Light plays the role of a loyal student and son while he is Kira. He keeps this up when L meets him in person. | Light Yagami | Skill | Ep. 9 · ch. 19 |
| Deductive reasoning L works out who Kira is likely to be from small details, and he suspects Light early on. | L | Skill | Ep. 2 · ch. 2 |
| The televised test L puts a decoy, Lind L. Tailor, on television as L to provoke Kira. It shows that Kira can kill from a distance. | L | Technique | Ep. 2 · ch. 2 |
| Resources and support L works with Watari, his assistant, and with the Japanese police task force that Light’s father is part of. | L | Skill | Ep. 2 · ch. 2 |
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Alive, dead, sealed, revived or used by someone else: status for each profiled character, split by anime and manga. Rows stay folded until your spoiler level reaches them.
| Character | Manga | Anime so far | Details |
|---|---|---|---|
| Light Yagami | Reveal statusThe rest of the story (episodes 26–37)Deceased in the manga · Deceased in the anime
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| L | Reveal statusThe end of the first part (episode 25)Deceased in the manga · Deceased in the anime
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Bored with his life, Light picks up a notebook that Ryuk dropped, and tests it.
L goes on television as a decoy, and Light kills the man who appears as L, Lind L. Tailor.
L approaches Light at the university and introduces himself.
Misa and her shinigami Rem enter the story.
L dies at the end of the first part of the story.
Light dies at the end of the series.
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A student with a Death Note and a detective who hunts him.
The story continues after the end of the first part.
The manga has 108 chapters and the anime has 37 episodes. The anime’s first part, episodes 1–25, covers manga chapters 1–59.
Light Yagami, L. Each profile covers biography, abilities, relationships, battles, a timeline and a spoiler-protected status tracker.
