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Mortified over allowing the Death Note to fall into Mello's hands in order to save his daughter, Soichiro puts himself into harm's way in order to get it back. Read full recap »

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Stars:: Mamoru Miyano (Light Yagami); Brad Swaile (Light Yagami (English Version)); Shidou Nakamura (Ryuk); Brian Drummond (Ryuk (English Version)); Nozomu Sasaki (Mello); David Hurwitz (II) (Mello (English Version))

Recurring Role:: Ryo Naitou (Touta Matsuda); Naoya Uchida (Soichiro Yagami); Chris Britton (Soichiro Yagami (English Version)); Vincent Tong (Touta Matsuda (English Version)); Keiji Fujiwara (Shuichi Aizawa); Trevor Devall (Shuichi Aizawa (English Version)); Kazuya Nakai (Kanzo Mogi); John Murphy (Kanzo Mogi (English Version)); Hideo Ishikawa (Hideki Ide); Brian Dobson (Hideki Ide (English Version)); Aya Hirano (Misa Amane); Shannon Chan-Kent (Misa Amane (English Version)); Ai Satou (Sachiko Yagami); Saffron Henderson (Sachiko Yagami (English Version))

Guest Star:: Masaki Aizawa (Rod Ross (Mafia Leader)); Brian Dobson (Rod Ross (Mafia Leader) (English Version)); Takashi Matsuyama (Jack Neylon (Mafia Member)); Ted Cole (Jack Neylon (Mafia Member) (English Version)); Michael Dobson (Dreads / Jose (Mafia Members) (English Version)); Ward Perry (Eddie (Mafia Member) (English Version)); Jason Simpson (Skyer (Mafia Member) (English Version)); Brian Drummond (Roy (Mafia Member) (English Version)); John Murphy (Rushuall (Mafia Member) (English Version)); Kazuki Yao (Sidoh); Sam Vincent (Sidoh (English Version))

Mello's real name is revealed as Mihael Keehl. edit »
Omitted Scene: N and the SPK

All scenes including Near and the remaining SPK members have been omitted, having the episode focus more on the rivalry between Light and Mello.

One omitted scene, in particular, has Near contact Light and ask him if the current information he shared about the death note is everything the Task Force has been able to find out. Light lies and tells him "yes," wanting to keep the existence of shinigami from him, knowing that that information will be advantageous to him in the future. Light also questions N, asking him if he is also known as Near, to which Near answers simply in the affirmative. edit »
Moved Scene: The scene of the Yagami family living in the countryside is moved from after plans are made to invade Mello's hideout in the manga, to the beginning of this episode, before Ryuk and Sidoh meet. edit »
Altered Scene: Ryuk and Sidoh

In the anime, Ryuk first confronts Sidoh while in the middle of snacking on an apple, alone in what is suggested to be Misa's empty hotel room. The manga introduces Sidoh to Ryuk slightly earlier, while the Task Force exchanges the death note for Sayu.

The following scene with the two shinigami meeting at an abandoned street corner is also significantly altered. The anime version has Ryuk completely disinterested in Sidoh's dilemma, not wanting to help him out whatsoever. In the manga, though, Ryuk is oddly cooperative, telling the pathetic shinigami any information he can. Sidoh also takes out some scrolls depicting the rules for shinigami in various situations, given to him by shinigami Armonia Justin. In the case of the shinigami attached to the notebook dying (as is what happened to shinigami Rem and the death note currently being haggled over), the shinigami (in this case Sidoh) may gain its ownership by waiting for the current human owner to die or have that human willingly give the notebook back to them.

Ryuk reassures Sidoh, telling him that if he remains with him, he will "probably be fine." edit »
Omitted Scene: The Shinigami Realm

All scenes set in the Shinigami Realm are removed in the anime, suggesting that once Sidoh leaves the Realm, he remains in the Human World until he gets his notebook back. edit »

Canada (YTV/Bionix) Airdate: May 16, 2008 edit »
US (Cartoon Network/Adult Swim) Airdate: May 11, 2008 edit »
Manga Correlation:
- Chapter 065, "Responsibility" (Pages 18-End)
- Chapter 066, "Death" (Pages 1-5, 16-End)
- Chapter 067, "Button" (not covered)
- Chapter 068, "Discovery" (Pages 5, 14-End)
- Chapter 069, "Flight" (Pages 13-15)
- Chapter 070, "Tremble" (Pages 1-13)
- Chapter 071, "Contact" (Pages 1-3, 8-End)
- Chapter 072, "Verification"
- Chapter 073, "Cornered"
- Chapter 074, "A Fine Performance" edit »

Aizawa: Wammy's House isn't exactly a normal orphanage. It's like a school for gifted children. But here's the crazy part: its real purpose is to groom these kids so that one of them could become the next L.
Light: (thinking) L's successor...
Aizawa: Apparently, the one most likely to succeed L is this kid named Near.
Light: (thinking) Near... is that N?
Matsuda: Also, we found some leads on Mello - the one N mentioned. He's smart, too, but he always came second to Near.
Light: (thinking) So Near was meant to be L's successor. There's no mistake. He has to be N. He's the one commanding the SPK. As for Mello, he would have wanted to become L's successor. But he probably lost out to Near. That gives him a motive to wanting to get his hands on the notebook first. It all adds up perfectly. This guy is definitely the same Mello that N told us about. edit »
Light: (thinking) L's successors... It looks like I'm still fighting L after all this time... edit »
(upon touching the notebook and seeing Sidoh, the mafia members scream frantically)
Mafia Member 1: That wasn't there the last time I touched it!
Mafia Member 2: Boss, should I kill it?!
(they begin to madly shoot at Sidoh)
Sidoh: Nice try. You humans can't kill a shinigami.
Rod: Jack's right. That ain't no costume. That's a real-life shinigami. So now what do we do? edit »
Mello: (to Soichiro) I'm truly sorry. For what it's worth, I give you my word that I never wanted to kill you... But tell me, Yagami... you've never killed someone before, have you?
(a mafia member assumed to be dead grabs a nearby gun and shoots Soichiro) edit »
Ryuk: (thinking) Humans who use the notebook are cursed with fear, pain and misery. Hm, of course, Soichiro didn't use the notebook. He got to die believing his son wasn't Kira. I guess that means... he was happy. edit »

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DMClover314
member since: Feb 23, 2007
Father
The Bottom Line: "Tearjerker"
*Spoilers* What a sad ending =(. ...Continue »
06/15/08 03:30pm | report abuse
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Ls_silence
member since: Apr 21, 2008
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The Bottom Line: "Informative"
This episode shows just how moronic the task force is by following Light through everything, not questioning him b/c of his father. It gives the insight of them and helps to release them from the pressure of Mr. Yagami. ...Continue »
06/10/08 09:14pm | report abuse
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goldninja300
member since: Mar 14, 2008
Father
The Bottom Line: "Exciting"
Tis episode had me torn. I don't know whether to feel sorry for Light, or say he deserved it. (Read more about it in the full review) ...Continue »
05/11/08 05:23pm | report abuse
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nickelfire
member since: Jul 24, 2006
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The Bottom Line: "Above average"
The price of sacrifice� ...Continue »
06/06/07 12:37pm | report abuse
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AriSky
member since: May 5, 2007
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The Bottom Line: "Painful to watch"
After losing the Death Note to Mello, Soichiro is wracked with guilt. Kira presents an opportunity for him to retrieve said Note, and Light encourages his father to do so. Soichiro is murdered and the blonde-haired genius remains at large. ...Continue »
05/04/07 03:00pm | report abuse