Yagami Light is an ace student with great prospects, who's bored out of his mind. One day he finds the "Death Note": a notebook from the realm of the Death Gods, with the power to kill people in any way he desires. With the Death Note in hand, Light decides to create his perfect world, without crime or criminals. However, when criminals start dropping dead one by one, the authorities send the legendary detective L to track down the killer, and a battle of wits, deception and logic ensues... This was aired on Japanese TV shortly after the death note anime was completed, this special basically re-cuts the first 26 episodes of the series into a two hour movie with some new scenes and dialogue added and the story is seen from Ryuk's viewpoint.
Certo dia um rapaz a caminho da faculdade encontra no chão um caderno de capa preta com letras prateadas onde se lê: Death Note. Ao folhear o caderno, ele nota que todas as páginas estão em branco, com exceção da primeira, onde se lê uma espécie de manual de instruções, que contém basicamente a seguinte regra: qualquer humano cujo nome seja escrito nas páginas deste caderno morrerá em 40 segundos. No primeiro momento ele duvida, achando se tratar de alguma brincadeira, porém uma rápida experiência com um criminoso que mantinha reféns sob a mira de uma arma, mostra que os poderes do caderno são reais. O rapaz então passa a usar o caderno para se tornar uma espécie de Anjo da Vingança, trazendo a morte para todos os criminosos, sob o nome de Kyra.
Kanichiro Yoshimura is a Samurai and Family man who can no longer support his wife and children on the the low pay he receives from his small town clan, he is forced by the love for his family to leave for the city in search of higher pay to support them.
In a race against time, Inspector Kabir of Special Crimes Unit must unravel the connection between a masked criminal captured during a critical operation and a mystifying box that materializes in a secluded village on the city's outskirts.
A poet and a spirit have an ongoing deal: Haiku for life.