Star:	Mamoru Miyano (Light Yagami),  Brad Swaile (Light Yagami (English Version)),  Shidou Nakamura (Ryuk),  Brian Drummond (Ryuk (English Version)),  Noriko Hidaka (Near),  Cathy Weseluck (Near (English Version)),  Nozomu Sasaki (Mello),  David Hurwitz (II) (Mello (English Version))
Recurring Role:	Ryo Naitou (Touta Matsuda),  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)),  Masaki Aizawa (Anthony Rester),  Michael Adamthwaite (Anthony Rester (English Version)),  Hiroki Takahashi (Stephen Gevanni),  Samuel Vincent (Stephen Gevanni (English Version)),  Akeno Watanabe (Hal Lidner),  Lisa Ann Beley (Hal Lidner (English Version))
Guest Star:	Aruno Tahara (David Hoope (President)),  Michael Dobson (David Hoope (President) (English Version)),  Chafurin (Hitoshi Demegawa (TV Director)),  Ward Perry (Hitoshi Demegawa (TV Director) (English Version))

Canada (YTV/Bionix) Airdate: May 23, 2008 (edit) US (Cartoon Network/Adult Swim) Airdate: May 18, 2008 (edit) Beginning this episode, the English dub of the series no longer shows the preview clips for the next episode (Cartoon Network only). (edit) Manga Correlation:
- Chapter 075, "Acknowledgement" (Pages 4-End)
- Chapter 076, "Greetings" (Pages 5, 17-End)
- Chapter 077, "Use" (Pages 1-10, 12-18)
- Chapter 078, "Prediction" (Pages 1-17)
- Chapter 079, "Lies" (Pages 17-End)
- Chapter 080, "Clean-Up"* (Pages 15-18)

* While the Viz Media printing of chapter 080 names it "Clean-up," the manga's table of contents spells the title as "Clean-Up." (edit)

Mello: Near.
Near: Mello.
(Near twirls his hair while Mello eats some chocolate)
Mello: Which of us is gonna reach Kira first, I wonder?
Near: The race is on.
Mello: We're both headed towards the same destination. I'll be waiting for you.
Near: Heh, right... (edit) Mello: Let's get one thing straight. I have no intention of working together with you on this.
Near: Yes, I know.
Mello: At the same time, I can't just take my photo and leave. That wouldn't be right. So I'll settle my debt.
Near: Hm?
Mello: The killer notebook - it belongs to a shinigami. Whoever touches it is able to see a god of death.
(Near gasps)
Rester: That's crazy.
Gevanni: Who the hell would believe in something like that?
Near: I would. I believe him completely. (edit) Near: I've pretty much figured who Kira is and it's mostly thanks to everything you've done.
Mello: (takes out his gun) Shut up, Near! I'm not just a tool for you to use in order to solve your puzzles, you know!
Near: Mello, if you really want to shoot me then go ahead and do it... (edit) Gevanni: What's going to happen to us now?
Near: It looks like we've been disbanded thanks to that chicken of a President. No, he's not even a chicken... he's less than a maggot. You've got to be kidding. There's no way accepting Kira will lead to anything good... (edit) President Hoope: The United States will no longer oppose Kira.
(the press conference becomes hysterical)
Light: (slams his fists onto his desk) Those cowards! (thinking) I've done it. I've even brought America to its knees! (edit)

Altered Scene: Injuries After the Invasion

The severity of the Task Force's wounds from the invasion differs between the manga and anime. In the manga, Aizawa and Matsuda are still heavily injured (Aizawa has both arms in casts as well as his head heavily bandaged while both of has both his arms wrapped, a patch on his cheek and a neck brace.) while they watched the President's announcement and are fully healed by the time Near contacts Light about the fake rules. However, in the anime, Aizawa and Matsuda are only slightly injured during the President's announcement and show little to no signs of improvement when Near calls later. (edit) Filler Scene: Kira's Montage

Following the opening scene with the SPK is a short montage depicting just how much the world has changed because of Kira. Some begin to view him as a mysterious entity passing righteous judgment, while criminals are beginning to live in fear, shivering when asked by officers to provide their name for police reports. (edit) Altered Scene: The scene of Demegawa hosting Kira's Kingdom is moved from after Mello and Near meet in the manga to before the President makes his speech in the manga. The scene is also slightly altered in the anime, not stressing the fact that Demegawa actually was chosen by Light to act as Kira's spokesperson. (edit) Omitted Scene: Kira and the Task Force

Following Light's response to Matsuda's slight lean towards Kira, the manga has the Task Force comment about the US President no longer opposing Kira. With the way current events are unfolding, Kira may truly rule the entire world. Member Ide also brings up the possibility of them actually losing their job. To this, however, Light says that there are still wealthy individuals who support L. But directly following this, Light thinks to himself, saying how with the world slowly gaining Kira supporters, Near, Mello and even L will not be able to lead normal lives once exposed as infidels.

Mogi then informs Light about Mello's current status. While it was assumed that he survived the explosion, there have been no records of any licensed or unlicensed doctors tending to someone fitting Mello's description. While Mello is no longer a threat to the Task Force, he can still provide Near with some information concerning Kira.

Matsuda then begins to talk with Ryuk, saying that if he is not willing to help them on the Kira case that he might as well go back to Kira. But under the impression that Kira does not know any of their identities, the Task Force decides to keep the notebook and Ryuk along with it.

Following a later scene with the SPK, Light notices that the President has announced the disbanding of the SPK. However, Light finds announcing the disbanding of a secret organization to be quite suspicious – Near probably has a plan in the works. So, Light begins to plan his next movements, making use of Demegawa and Misa… (edit) Moved Scene: The gag with Matsuda snatching the apple from Ryuk is moved from after the Task Force watches Demegawa on TV to directly before they watch the President make his announcement. (edit)

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