Death Note

Altered Scene: Opening Montage The episode's opening montage is slightly different from the manga, which does not actually show Mello. In particular, the anime makes clear that the person calling Hal is indeed Mello, which is not verified in the manga until much later. The manga also includes Light's younger sister, Sayu, in Takada's report on the Coming of Age Ceremony (confirmed in Death Note Volume 13: How to Read), suggesting that she has recovered from her trauma of being held hostage. Her mental health is never fully confirmed by the author, however.

Omitted Scene: Aizawa's Suspicions After Near and Light schedule to meet, the manga has a short scene of Aizawa becoming anxious about the meeting, knowing that it will bring an end to the Kira case. He then drives Light to meet with Takada, worrying that Light will leak information about the meeting with Near to Takada. However, he begins to calm down, telling himself that Near would have explicitly told Light not to meet with Takada if it were to interfere with his plans. As he continues to drive, Aizawa's suspicions about Light continue, seeing Light's calmness as some kind of sign that he truly is Kira. Then again, he tells himself that Light could just look calm because he himself is not.

Moved Scene: News Report The scene, spanning from the Task Force finding out about Takada's kidnapping to when Near is about to call them, is moved from after Mello drives off with Takada in the delivery truck, in the manga, to before Mello initially kidnaps Takada on the motorcycle, in the anime.

Altered Scene: Hal Calls Near When Near contacts the Task Force, telling them that he was not the one who kidnapped Kiyomi, he confirms that Mello must have been behind the kidnapping by getting in contact with Near. While the anime merely shows a quick shot of Hal being contacted, the manga goes into significantly more detail. While driving, Hal contacts Near to confirm that Mello was behind Kiyomi's kidnapping. After a moment of silence, Near asks Hal if she has been leaking SPK information to Mello, to which Hal admits to. However, Hal tells Near that she did not leak any information about Mikami at all. Near reveals that if Mello finds out about Mikami somehow, "this will all be a waste." He then orders Hal to stop Mello at all costs. Hal is hesitant at first, but finally gives in when Near orders her with a blunt "Do it," thus better explaining why she appears in front of the church at the end of the episode alongside Light and the Task Force.

Filler Scene: Light Calls Kiyomi Preceding Kiyomi's call to Light while kidnapped is a short scene, not shown in the manga, of Light attempting to call Kiyomi's cell phone while at the Task Force HQ but to no avail.