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This is a list of events that took place in the Death Note manga in chronological order. This information has been checked using the databook, Death Note: How To Read 13.
NOTES:
- This is a work inprogress.
- This timeline follows the events canon to the manga and not the anime or films.
- Differences between anime and manga versions are not described here. These are the events as they take place in the manga.
- This timeline also includes the events of the Death Note novel, Death Note: Another Note...
Contents |
Pre-Kira Case
2001
| Date | Event | |
|---|---|---|
| September 1 | Naomi Misora enters the FBI. |
2002
| Date | Event | |
|---|---|---|
| July 22 | A crossword puzzle is sent to the LAPD with clues meant to lead them to the 1st victim of the BB Murder Cases, this is unknown at the time and the puzzle is ignored. | |
| July 31 | The first victim in the Los Angeles BB Murder Cases, Believe Bridesmaid, is found dead. (Note that all victims were found dead the same day that they had been murdered) | |
| August 4 | The second victim in the Los Angeles BB Murder Cases, Quarter Queen, is found dead. | |
| August 13 | The third victim in the Los Angeles BB Murder Cases, Backyard Bottomslash, is found dead. | |
| August 14 | Naomi Misora has her first contact with L. | |
| August 22 |
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| September 1 | L learns capoeira as recommended by Naomi Misora. |
2003
| Date | Event | |
|---|---|---|
| May 19 | Misa Amane's parents are killed by a burglar. | |
| July 4 | Raye Penber proposes to Naomi Misora. | |
| September 30 | Naomi Misora quits FBI in anticipation of marriage. |
Kira Case Part I
2003 (continued)
| Date | Event | Chapter | Episode | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| November 23 | Light Yagami picks up the Death Note. | 001 Boredom | Episode 1 Rebirth | |
| November 28 |
| 001 Boredom | Episode 1 Rebirth | |
| December 3 | Light Yagami meets the Shinigami Ryuk and announces that he'll become the god of the new world created with the help of the Death Note which he has already been using to kill off criminals. | 001 Boredom | Episode 1 Rebirth | |
| December 4 | At an ICPO meeting on how to deal with the Kira killings, L announces his investigation. | 002 L | Episode 2 Confrontation | |
| December 5 |
| 002 L | Episode 2 Confrontation | |
| December 9 |
| 003 Family | ||
| December 10 | 23 criminals held in prison are killed one by one, on the hour, by the Death Note. | 003 Family | Episode 3 Dealings | |
| December 11 | 23 more criminals are killed by the Death Note. | 003 Family | Episode 3 Dealings | |
| December 12 |
| 003 Family 004 Current | Episode 4 Pursuit | |
| December 14 | Twelve FBI agents are sent to Japan in order to find the source of the leak by checking on the Kira Investigation Team and their relatives. | 005 Eyeballs | Episode 3 Dealings | |
| December 18 |
| 005 Eyeballs 006 Manipulation | Episode 3 Dealings Episode 4 Pursuit | |
| December 19 | Light Yagami uses the Death Note to perform tests on imprisoned criminals. | 006 Manipulation | Episode 4 Pursuit | |
| December 20 | Kiichiro Osoreda takes the occupants of a bus hostage, a feat caused by Light Yagami with the Death Note in order to learn the name of the man following him. Osoreda is then killed by colliding with a car | 007 Target | Episode 4 Pursuit | |
| December 27 |
| 009 Slots | Episode 5 Tactics | |
| December 31 |
| 010 Confluence 011 One | Episode 6 Unraveling |
2004
| Date | Event | Chapters | |
|---|---|---|---|
| January 1 |
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012 God | |
| January 5 | L views security tapes of FBI agents dying. | 015 Phone Call | |
| January 8 | |||
| January 10 | Three small-time thieves are killed by Kira. | 018 Gaze | |
| January 12 | L decides to end surveillance of the Yagami and Kitamura households. | 018 Gaze | |
| January 17 | Light Yagami and L come face-to-face for the first time during the university entrance exams. | 018 Gaze | |
| January 21 | Beyond Birthday is killed by Kira. | ||
| January 28 | Model Misa Amane appears in the March issue of Eighteen. | ||
| February 2 | The killer of Misa Amane's parents is killed by Kira. | ||
| March 12 |
| 027 Love | |
| March 20 | Misa Amane gains the Death Note and meets Rem. | ||
| April 2 | Misa Amane moves to Tokyo. | ||
| April 5 |
| 019 Humiliation | |
| April 7 |
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020 First Move | |
| April 13 | The Second Kira's videos are received at Sakura TV. | 022 Misfortune | |
| April 17 |
Seiichi and Seiji Machiba are killed by the Second Kira. | ||
| April 18 |
| 023 Hard Run 024 Shield | |
| April 22 |
| 024 Shield | |
| April 24 |
| 025 Fool 026 Reversal | |
| April 26 |
| 026 Reversal 027 Love | |
| May 12 | A mysterious diary arrives from the Second Kira. | 027 Love 028 Judgement | |
| May 22 | Misa Amane locates Light Yagami in Aoyama. | 028 Judgement | |
| May 23 | Misa Amane mails a video to Sakura TV. | ||
| May 25 |
| 029 Weapon 030 Bomb | |
| May 26 | Light Yagami asks mother Sachiko Yagami and sister Sayu Yagami not to tell anyone, including his father Soichiro Yagami, about Misa Amane — he fears that this could lead L to identifying him and Misa as Kiras. | 031 Easy | |
| May 27 |
| 031 Easy 032 Gamble | |
| May 28 |
Misa Amane is arrested on suspicion of being the Second Kira — though the official charge is possession of illegal drugs. | 033 Removal | |
| May 31 | Misa Amane gives up ownership of the Death Note and loses all memories of being Kira. | 033 Removal | |
| June 1 |
| 034 Imprisonment | |
| June 3 |
| 035 Whiteout | |
| June 5 |
| 035 Whiteout | |
| June 7 |
| 035 Whiteout | |
| June 14 |
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| June 15 |
| 035 Whiteout | |
| June 19 | Koutarou Ashimoto is killed by the power of the Yotsuba Kira's Death Note. | ||
| June 26 | Kenji Tanimi is killed by the power of the Yotsuba Kira's Death Note. | ||
| June 27 | Roppei Tamiya is killed by the power of the Yotsuba Kira's Death Note. | ||
| July 2 | Kouji Aoi is killed by the power of the Yotsuba Kira's Death Note. | ||
| July 4 | Tatsuya Kawajima is killed by the power of the Yotsuba Kira's Death Note. | ||
| July 20 |
| 036 Father and Son | |
| July 23 |
Soichiro Yagami takes Light Yagami and Misa Amane to a secluded spot and threatens to kill Light. When nobody dies, L concludes that neither Misa nor Light are Kira and can be released, though they are to remain under surveillance. Light is permanently handcuffed to L. | 036 Father and Son 037 Eight | |
| July 30 | Takeyoshi Moriya is killed by the power of the Yotsuba Kira's Death Note. | ||
| August 1 | The investigation headquarters are moved to a special facility built by L. | ||
| August 2 |
| 038 Strike | |
| August 3 | Misa Amane is announced as starring in director Nishinaka's newest movie. | ||
| September 10 | Junichi Yaibe is killed by the power of the Yotsuba Kira's Death Note. | ||
| October 1 |
| 039 Separation | |
| October 2 |
| 039 Separation 040 Allies | |
| October 4 | Aiber and Wedy are contacted. | 040 Allies | |
| October 7 | Aiber and Wedy join the team on L's request. | 040 Allies | |
| October 8 |
| 041 Matsuda 042 Heaven | |
| October 12 |
| 043 Black | |
| October 13 | Arayoshi Hatori is killed by the power of the Yotsuba Kira's Death Note. | ||
| October 15 |
| 044 Successor 045 Crazy | |
| October 21 |
| 046 Ill-Suited | |
| October 22 |
Mogi takes over for Matsuda as Misa Amane's manager. | 046 Ill-Suited | |
| October 24 |
| 046 Ill-Suited 047 Impertinence | |
| October 25 |
| 048 Give-and-Take 049 Potted Plant | |
| October 28 |
|
050 Yotsuba | |
| October 30 | Misa Amane is released from the investigation headquarters. | 055 Creation | |
| November 4 |
| 056 Embrace 057 Two Choices | |
| November 5 |
| 058 Feelings Within | |
| November 15 |
| 059 Zero | |
| December 5 | 059 Zero 061 Number Two (extra scenes) |
Kira Case - Intermission
2005
| Date | Event | Chapters | |
|---|---|---|---|
| January 10 | Wedy is killed by Light Yagami with the power of the Death Note. | 060 Kidnapping | |
| April 7 | Aiber is killed by Light Yagami with the power of the Death Note. | 060 Kidnapping | |
| April 10 | The six surviving members of the Yotsuba Kira meetings — Takahashi, Ooi, Mido, Namikawa, Shimura and Kida — are killed by Light Yagami with the Death Note. | 060 Kidnapping | |
| May 1 | Light Yagami, acting as L, creates new rules for the police and media, forbidding the broadcasting of criminals. | 060 Kidnapping | |
| May 15 | Confidential information on criminals begins flooding the Internet. | 060 Kidnapping |
2009
| Date | Event | Chapters | |
|---|---|---|---|
| March 5 |
| 060 Kidnapping | |
| March 12 | 060 Kidnapping | ||
| April 1 | Light Yagami enters the NPA under the Intelligence and Information Bureau. | 060 Kidnapping |
Kira Case Part II
2009 (continued)
| Date | Event | Chapters | |
|---|---|---|---|
| October 8 | NPA director Kanichi Takimura is abducted by Mafia members working under Mello. | 060 Kidnapping | |
| October 11 |
| 060 Kidnapping | |
| October 12 |
| 062 The Decision 063 Target | |
| October 13 |
| 063 Target 064 Right Angle | |
| October 14 | In England, Shuichi Aizawa and Touta Matsuda learn about Wammy's House from Roger Ruvie. | ||
| October 15 |
| 066 Death | |
| October 18 |
| 067 Button | |
| October 19 |
Light Yagami shares his plan to capture Mello with the US President David Hoope and Yitzak Ghazanin, leader of the Special Forces unit who will lead the attack. | 069 Flight | |
| October 23 | Jack Neylon is compelled by the Death Note to reveal the location of Mello's base to Light Yagami. | 069 Flight | |
| October 27 |
| 069 Flight | |
| October 30 | Soichiro Yagami receives a phone call from Kira offering to help retrieve the Death Note. | 071 Contact | |
| November 1 | Ryuk delivers the Death Note from Kira to the Kira Investigation Team. | 071 Contact 072 Verification | |
| November 7 | The Kira Investigation Team locates Mello's new whereabouts. | 072 Verification | |
| November 10 |
| 072 Verification 073 Cornered | |
| November 11 |
| 073 Cornered | |
| November 18 |
| 075 Acknowledgement | |
| November 19 |
| 076 Greetings 077 Use | |
| November 22 | Hitoshi Demegawa appears on Sakura TV's "Kira's Kingdom" and announces that he is now Kira's spokesman. | 077 Use | |
| November 23 |
| 078 Prediction 079 Lies | |
| November 25 |
| 079 Lies 080 Clean-Up | |
| November 26 |
| 081 Warning | |
| November 27 |
| 081 Warning | |
| December 1 |
| 085 Election | |
| December 5 |
| 085 Election | |
| December 6 |
| 086 Japan 087 Tomorrow | |
| December 7 |
| 088 Conversation | |
| December 12 |
| 089 Kindred Spirit 090 Preview | |
| December 14 |
| 091 Standstill | |
| December 21 |
| 092 Night 093 Decision | |
| December 22 |
| 093 Decision | |
| December 25 |
| 093 Decision 094 Outside | |
| December 31 |
| 095 Convinced 096 Meanwhile |
2010
| Date | Event | Chapters | |
|---|---|---|---|
| January 3 | Light Yagami discreetly informs Kiyomi Takada that Misa Amane is currently detained by the SPK | 096 Meanwhile | |
| January 7 | Stephen Gevanni takes photos of Teru Mikami's Death Note and passes them on to Near. | ||
| January 21 | Stephen Gevanni swaps the Death Note in Teru Mikami's gym locker for a fake. | ||
| January 25 |
|
097 Miscellaneous | |
| January 26 |
|
098 Everybody | |
| January 27 |
Stephen Gevanni creates a copy of Teru Mikami's Death Note and switches it for the real version in the safety deposit box in Mikami's bank. | ||
| January 28 |
|
100 Face to Face | |
| February 7 |
Teru Mikami dies in prison. |
Post-Kira Case
2011
| Date | Event | Chapters | |
|---|---|---|---|
| January 28 | The surviving members of the old Kira Investigation Team, now joined by Yamamoto, are re-united in order to assist Near, now the new official L, in the capture of drug dealers who are due to use the very warehouse where Light Yagami was finally exposed as Kira. | 108 Finis | |
| February 14 | Misa Amane commits suicide. |
2013 ("Cheap Kira" Investigation)
| Date | Event | Chapters | |
|---|---|---|---|
| February 9 | The sudden rise in the number of deaths of the elderly in Japan leads to speculation on the internet that Kira has returned. | Death Note One-Shot Special | |
| unspecified |
| Death Note One-Shot Special | 150px |
Character Birthdays
| Year | Month, Day and Name |
|---|---|
| 1933 | May 1: Quillsh Wammy (Watari) is born. |
| 1939 | April 29: Roger Ruvie is born. |
| 1955 | July 12: Soichiro Yagami is born. |
| 1961 | March 31: Takeshi Ooi is born. |
| 1962 | October 10: Sachiko Yagami is born. |
| 1963 | December 19: Eiichi Takahashi is born. |
| 1966 | April 4: Hitoshi Demegawa is born. |
| 1968 |
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| 1969 |
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| 1971 |
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| 1972 |
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| 1973 |
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| 1974 |
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| 1975 | December 31: Raye Penber is born. |
| 1976 | February 11: Naomi Misora is born. |
| 1977 | November 9: Hirokazu Ukita is born. |
| 1978 | December 14: Tota Matsuda is born. |
| 1979 | October 31: L Lawliet is born. |
| 1980 | February 18: Halle Lidner is born. |
| 1982 |
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| 1983 | ? ?:C-Kira is born. |
| 1984 | December 25: Misa Amane is born. |
| 1985 | July 12: Kiyomi Takada is born. |
| 1986 | February 28: Light Yagami is born. |
| 1989 |
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| 1990 | February 1: Matt is born. |
| 1991 | August 24: Near is born. |

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