Death Note
TV anime2006–20071 season37 episodesOriginal: mangaTsugumi Ohba, Takeshi Obata
Light Yagami is an ace student with great prospects—and he’s bored out of his mind. But all that changes when he finds the Death Note, a notebook dropped by a rogue Shinigami death god. Any human whose name is written in the notebook dies, and Light has vowed to use the power of the Death Note to rid the world of evil. But will Light succeed in his noble goal, or will the Death Note turn him into the very thing he fights against?
Where does Death Note continue after the anime? For each finished season, see whether there is a confirmed place to start reading, whether starting from the beginning is safer, and whether the original story is complete.
Season 1
- Anime ends at
- Ep 37
The TV series reaches the main story’s conclusion, but the manga stages the ending differently and includes a one-year-later epilogue.
- BackfillOptionalVol. 12 · Death Note, Vol. 12Read the manga’s version of the final confrontation and its one-year-later epilogue.Buy on Amazon
Where it stops:
2 side entriesRecap ×2reading notes
- Death Note Relight 1: Visions of a GodRecapThis special retells the first 26 TV episodes with alternate footage; it has no independent manga continuation.
- Death Note Relight 2: L's SuccessorsRecapThis special retells TV episodes 27–37 with new footage; it has no independent manga continuation.
Original · Manga
Death Note
Tsugumi Ohba, Takeshi ObataShueishaCompleted12 volumes
- JapaneseShueisha12 volumesApr 2004 – Jul 2006
- EnglishVIZ Media12 volumesOct 2005 – Jul 2007
- FrenchKana12 volumesJan 2007 – Oct 2008
- SpanishNorma Editorial12 volumesOct 2014 – Jun 2015
All volumes
Before you read
The original manga is complete in 12 volumes.
Shueisha: The Japanese edition is at Vol. 12.
Kana: The French edition is at Vol. 12.
Norma Editorial: The Spanish edition is at Vol. 12.
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