Death Note
Completeデスノート
Gifted high-school student Light Yagami finds a supernatural notebook that kills anyone whose name is written in it. Adopting the alias "Kira", he wages a shadow war against a world-class detective known only as L — a cat-and-mouse battle of intellect that escalates into a decade-long moral collapse. The series is a tense psychological thriller about the corrupting weight of absolute power.
Anime ends at
Ch. 108 (Vol. 12)
Continue from
Chapter 0
| Season | Episodes | Manga Chapters | Volumes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kira & L Arc | 1-25 | 1-58 | 1-7 |
| Near & Mello Arc | 26-37 | 59-108 | 7-12 |
Consider starting from Chapter 1
The anime is a near-complete adaptation — it covers every canon chapter and even extends the final confrontation. The manga is still worth reading for Takeshi Obata's detailed art, small character moments cut for pacing, and the 2020 one-shot epilogue set years after the original ending.
The anime adapts the entire 108-chapter manga, so there is no main-story continuation to read. If you want more Death Note, the official sequel one-shot "Death Note: Special One-Shot" (published 2020, set in a world where Kira's legacy persists) continues the themes with a new cast. The manga is also paired with Death Note: Another Note, a light novel prequel about L's most difficult early case.
Frequently Asked Questions
Yes. The 37-episode anime adapts all 108 chapters. The final episodes extend the Near confrontation slightly beyond the manga but still end at the same story point.
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View All GuidesLast updated: April 22, 2026