Hirogaru yami no naka kawashiatta kakumei no chigiri
In the shadows that keep expanding
Dareni mo jama saseru wake ni wa ikanai kara
I won't let anyone get in my way
kajitsu ga tsugeta mirai. Yume
The recent past tells me of the future. My ideals become my dreams.
Daremo ga nozonda owari wo...
The ending that everyone desires.
Hirogaru yami no naka kawashiatta kakumei no chigiri
In the shadows that keep expanding
Dareni mo jama saseru wake ni wa ikanai
I won't let anyone get in my way
Itsuka boku ga misete ageru hikari no kagayaku sekai wo
Someday I'll show you a world that shines in the light.
Greetings to all of you at the ICPO. I am L.
Whether there's one or more culprits involved
Kira
You bastard!
Try and kill me!
I am justice!
What's going on?
This is spiralling out of control!
I save the weak from evil
L..
Kira..
I'll hunt you down.. and kill you!
I am..
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Let's begin with the Public Intelligence report.
Yes.
The total number of reports from the public
Unfortunately
There have been 14 reported incidents of people who either know or have seen Kira.
We have investigated these thoroughly
There are also 21 reported incidents of people claiming to be Kira.
Each of those 21 reports has been followed up
Moving onto the victims..
Yes.
We can confirm that information on all the known victims that died of heart attacks was publicly available in Japan.
In addition
Results indicate that 68% of all deaths occurred during weekdays
The number of deaths peaks over the weekend
This is all extremely interesting information.
It suggests that given the assumed times of death
I do have further grounds to support this.
Given that they appear to be only targeting criminals
It's conceivable that they may even plan on becoming some kind of God.
This means that we may be dealing with an extremely hollow psychology.
Of course
However
To consider every possibility; that is likely to be the shortest road to apprehending Kira.
Please continue the investigation report.
Y-Yes.
Are there any other observations?
Umm.. Yes.
What is it
I don't mean to support Kira in any way by saying this.. but over the last few days.. throughout the world
I guess.. that kind of phenomenon was to be expected..
Anything else?
Right. L
Good work. I feel that we're one step closer to finding the culprit.
Also
I need the teams investigating victims
More specifically
Thank you.
Chief!
You're looking pretty tired.
Ah
Thinking about this now
I'm sorry.
What are you talking about?
Continue to speak the truth
Especially when it's awkward to say.
In fact
S-Surely no one would commend such a murderer?
I'm joking.
I knew I could count on you
So do you understand?
Err.. Yeah
Sounds like dad's back.
Welcome home
He's back early today.
Hey! Why don't you at least try doing the last question yourself?
I will. After dinner.
Jeez..
You must have everything in hand
Yeah.
Even if the police were to come after me
Welcome home
Ahh.. Yes
How are your studies going
Not bad.
Same as always. Top of the year.
I'm so proud of my older brother! Yes!
I'm so proud of my son! Yes!
You seem tired
I'm not allowed to say much
I see.
Your father is part of the police force.
So this is the source of your confidence
Yeah.
I can also access my father's computer without leaving any trace.
So I can get hold of all the information regarding the investigation
Here we go.
It seems that the police are already beginning to suspect that the culprit could be a student.
Won't that be risky for you
"If the cause of death is written within 40 seconds of writing the person's name
"If the cause of death is not specified
"Should a cause of death be specified
That's correct
Yeah.. So what?
In other words
Looks like I'll be able to provide you with some more entertainment
Hey! What's going on?
Pull yourself together!
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What?!
T-There were another 23 victims yesterday?
Yes.
There were 23 victims the day before that too.
All spaced out evenly
The fact that this has continued over two weekdays must mean..
The theory that the culprit could be a student is weakened..
But anyone can potentially skip two days of school..
That's not it!
It's true that the likelihood of them being a student has gone down.
But this is not what Kira is trying to say here.
Why have they spaced the killings at precisely one hour intervals?
And
Kira is trying to tell us.. that they can control the time of death at will.
But something strange is going on.
As soon as the possibility that Kira could be a student was put forward
A coincidence?
No
Kira must have access to police information.
This is clearly.. a direct challenge to me.
I think that L will probably begin to sweat a little.
I still have 50 criminals that I've deliberately left alive for a time like this.
Plus
Kira has a way of getting police information.
This fact can no longer be ignored.
What is Kira's final objective?
What are they trying to do?
I don't get it.
Surely
The answer to that is
What do ya mean?
In this world
Even amongst the police force.. and especially between the police and L
Can you honestly trust someone whose name and face are unknown to you?
Now that L knows that I'm getting police information
When that happens
On the outside
But behind the scenes
I won't be the one who'll find L.. the police will do that for me.
Then.. I'll erase him.
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What the hell is this?!
Letter of resignation
As you can see
Unless we're moved to a different case
But.. why?
Why?
Because we value our lives.
L's theory is that Kira has some ESP-like power that allows them to kill without having to be there
If I was Kira
After all
We've already seen this from that incident on TV
But L hasn't even revealed his name
That order we received earlier from L
and whether or not footage or photos of their faces had been released.. That turned out to be true!
Every single one of them had their photo published in Japan!
Unlike someone we all know; we've had to investigate using our police IDs with out photos attached!
Unlike someone we all know; we've had to investigate using our police IDs with our photos attached!
Without hiding our faces!
We could be killed by Kira at any time.
That's why we're asking to be re-assigned.
Excuse us.
Hey! You! Hold on a moment!
Huh?
In order to solve this problem we must first establish the concept that x squared equals large X.
You can then proceed by noting that the quadratic equation in large X is the key to understanding the problem..
We had the FBI arrive in Japan four days ago.
They've begun their investigation of the Japanese police force.
These are the people on the list?
Affirmative.
There are 141 people within the police who have access to information regarding Kira.
But within the 141 people
The paper contains information about Yagami Souichirou
Hey
How many times do I have to tell you not to talk to me in public?
Okay
If you don't wanna listen
I don't dislike you.
In some ways I think the notebook was found by an awesome person
But.. I'm not on your side
I know that much already
That's why I'll never say that what you're doing is right or wrong.
Although as your roommate
What's up
Why are you saying things like this now? It's not like you.
Therefore what I'm about to say is not because I'm on Kira's side
Quit beating around the bush.
There's a human following you.
He's been bugging me lately.
Although I know he can't see me
Looks like I've got a problem.
I'll have to get rid of him as soon as possible
Who the hell is he?
Does this mean that L has already started to suspect the police?
Whoever is investigating the police must have large resources.
Even if they have 50 people on the case
They shouldn't be looking at me as anything more than a final year student.
But if I leave him alone for a few months
First I need my stalker's name.
If I can figure that out
Light... Let me tell you something cool.
There are two very important differences between a Shinigami and a human with a Death Note.
Do you know why Shinigami write human names into their Death Note?
Of course I don't.
You're pretty talkative today
It's because Shinigami take human life spans for themselves.
Take their "Life spans"?
For example
Sixty minus forty
So as long as we don't slack off too much
However
That's one of the differences between a Shinigami and a human with a Death Note.
Now that's a theory about Shinigami that humans haven't heard before.
That's kind of interesting.
The second difference will probably be even more of an interest to you.
Though it concerns decreasing life spans rather than increasing them.
Decreasing them?
A Shinigami can tell someone's name by just looking at them.
Do you know why?
A Shinigami's eyes have the ability to see a person's name and life span by just looking at them.
Name and life span?
Yagami Light
Of course
If I converted that into human time
Of course
Not even a huge blabbermouth like me.
Therefore
When they kill someone
Our eyes are different.
That's the distinct difference between you and me.
However
That is
Deal...?
The price for the eyes of a Shinigami is.. half of that human's remaining life span.
Half of my remaining life span...?
In other words
If you have a year remaining
But currently given that you're not on my side
Basically
Yup. That's one of the rules of the Shinigami world.
I'll say it once more.
For the price of just half your remaining life span.. you could have the eyes of a Shinigami!
That way I'll be able to tell the name of anyone I meet just by looking at them!
The Death Note would become even easier to use.
So.. What do you want to do
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Darenimo mirenai yume wo mita
I've had dreams that no one else could have.
Iranai mono wa subete suteta
I've thrown away everything that I don't need.
Yuzurenai omoi kono mune ni yadoshite
Those feelings I can't rid remain in my heart.
Mada real to ideal no hazama ni ite
Even though I'm stuck between ideals and reality
Gesei no kase ni
and my legs are bound by the shackles of sacrifice.
Afureru shoudou osaekireba
If I can hold back these overwhelming urges
Tsuyoku motomeru kokora ga arukara
I still have a soul that yearns for more.
Itsuwari
Lies
Samazama na negative ni
I'm not so weak
Torawareru hodo yowaku wa nai
that I'll become lost in these negative feelings.
Kodoku mo shiranu trickster
A trickster that doesn't know loneliness.
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It happened exactly the way I wrote it in the Death Note.
If you read horizontally across the first line of text
It's precisely 11:45 and everything is going according to the plan.