Death Note

Omitted Scene: The manga has a scene of the Shinigami Realm preceding the scene at the Yagami household. The unnamed shinigami continue to gamble, reiterating how much their world and the human world has changed.

Altered Scene: The manga version of the Wammy House flashback is slightly more explicit in demonstrating how inferior Mello thinks himself to be in comparison to Near. Mello thinks back to times when Near's projects would get more attention from their peers than his own. Thus, Mello would spend more of his time alone for the sake of trying to one up Near eventually.

Moved Scene: Mello's flashback of the Wammy House is moved from after his order to kidnap Sayu Yagami in the manga, to the beginning of the episode, preceding the scene at the Yagami household.

Omitted Scene: A Spy Among the SPK In the anime, Near finds out about the existence of the Death Note based on the past police reports involving Higuchi's capture. Mello, on the other hand, seems to find out about the notebook based on no information whatsoever. The manga actually gives an explanation as to how Mello discovered the Death Note's existence. After the scene with Near and the President, the scene switches to an SPK agent by the name of Ill Ratt, who requisitions a random passerby's phone to make "an official call." Under the code name of "Y320," he contacts Mello confirming that the Death Note is currently in possession by the Japanese Police. Suspecting that a spy is among the SPK, Near later alerts one of his agents that he should keep any new information concerning the case solely in his head. While any information concerning Ratt as the SPK spy is removed from the anime, he still remains in the anime series, if only as another agent to Near.

Altered Scene: In the anime, Aizawa is the officer who calls Mr. Yagami, telling him that John McEnroe wishes to meet with Director Takimura. However, Aizawa is in the same room as Yagami in the manga, suggesting that it was someone else who makes the phone call.

Moved Scene: The scenes involving John McEnroe's meeting with Mr. Yagami are combined into one whole as opposed to being interrupted by Mello's flashback and scene with Director Takimura.

Moved Scene: Mello's scene with the recently kidnapped Director Takimura and his claim to be the best (and specifically, better than Near) are combined into one scene and moved to follow the scene with Mr. Yagami and McEnroe.

Altered Scene: Dealing with the Kidnappers In the anime, upon learning of Sayu's kidnapping, Light is able to persuade the rest of the Task Force to act on this case independently from the Japanese Police. They then continue, agreeing that they should report Director Takimura's death, which would be impossible to cover up. The manga, however, has a significantly longer scene with the Task Force on this case. With Mr. Yagami as the new head of the police force, Task Force member Ide reminds him that he should not change how he will respond to the current situation just because his daughter is involved. Light then intervenes, reminding both his father and Ide to calm down and think before taking any drastic measures. He continues, telling the Task Force that Takimura was most likely killed by Kira and not the kidnappers, since it would not benefit them in the slightest. He further convinces them that neither Kira nor the person leaking police information to the public (in particular involving the Death Note) is not among the Task Force. However, this does not mean that the entire Police Force is free from suspicion. Light then goes into a detailed exlpanation of Kira's thought process and why he will most likely be willing to cooperate with the police for the sake of getting the death note away from criminal hands. Sayu's safety is now better contained, and (to Light's benefit) nobody in the Task Force will ever suspect him or his father of being Kira. With all that out of the way, Light retreats to his room, telling a disappointed Misa that he will not have much time for sleep for a while. He then goes over the death notes currently in the Human Realm and who has which. In particular, he asks Ryuk whether the notebook he took after killing Rem is still in his possession. Though, it turns out that not even Ryuk is sure who owns that notebook; while it has been in possession of Light's father, Light never explicitly relinquished its ownership. Misa makes a point that even if the kidnappers do get their hands on the notebook, a shinigami will not be attached to it, so they will not be able to make the shinigami eye trade. With that in mind, Light has the upper hand over the kidnappers, since Misa has made the eye trade previously. Though, really, Light does not even want to consider the notebook being taken from him, with everything finally turning in Kira's favor. He must contain the kidnappers and the American Police, who have both found out the existence of a murder notebook.