Storyline of Death Note 1 (Movie)
Light Yagami is a young but bright high school student who has
until recently led a boring and uneventful life. He wanted to be a
head police inspector, like his father.
However, one night out at the bar, he was disgusted by the sight of
a murderer who escaped scot-free after being acquitted by the
Court.
He dashed out, saddened by what he seen and the Law of the
land.
At the same time, he found a strange notebook with the title "Death
Note" lying on the ground.
He did not take it seriously, until he has seen it for himself when
a criminal he wrote in the book before going to bed was reported
dead in the newspaper the next day.
It wasn't until later that he realized that this "Death Note" was
the tool of a shinigami (god of death in Japanese) from another
world named Ryuk, and that it had the power to kill whoever's name
was written on its pages, so long as the writer knew the victim's
face as well so it wouldn't kill anyone sharing the same
name.
He managed to get access into the police database and he was
frustrated by the many criminals who were never prosecuted.
Light realizes his ability to kill whomever he wishes, and he uses
it to begin a "cleansing" of the world from evil.
KIRA (Japanese pronunciation of Killer) took the society by storm
for eradicating the criminals and became the talk of the
town.
It does not take the police long to realise that somebody is
responsible for the mysterious deaths of criminals, and he is then
soon hunted by the Japanese police force and a mysterious detective
known as "L". So as Light works towards his "perfect" world, devoid
of crime and injustice,
Light's father and leader of the investigation team, Soichiro
Yagami, was dedicated and determined to arrest Kira at any
cost.
L was enlisted to help in the team, but he gave instructions
through a notebook, with Watari acting as his agent, without
revealing his identity or face.
L works to catch the Kira by the press and end the increasingly
senseless deaths of criminals and anyone who gets too close to the
truth. L and Light soon begin a cat and mouse chase to see who will
be the first to have their identities exposed.
Through a fake TV broadcast by a FBI criminal Lind L. Tailor, who
happens to have "L" as his middle name and is to be hanged, L found
out that Kira can kill just by knowing a person's name, hence he
cannot kill L as he did not reveal his real name and face.
L finds out that the timing of Kira's killings conincide with the
timetable of a college student, but since Light has access to the
police database, he could see their daily reports, and started
killing one criminal every hour. L hence suspects that he is an
insider.
With the help of the FBI, L tracks down Light as a suspect. Raye is
a member of an FBI team sent to Japan to investigate the Kira
killings. Tasked to investigate the life of Light Yagami covertly,
his covert actions were detected by Ryuk, who tells Light not
because he was on his side, but because it was creeping him
out.
Light used a pre-planned hijacking incident (as he could describe
the cause of death in the Death Note) to confirm the identity of
the person who is following him as an FBI agent.
Light then devises an ingenious plan that forces Raye to
unsuspectingly kill the rest of the undercover FBI team right
before he dies, but his fiancee Naomi had followed him on the train
and witnessed his death.
The members of the investigation team were shocked by the deaths of
all the FBI agents and Soichiro dismissed the original team, and
keeping only 6 of those who were willing to risk their lives to
capture Kira.
The investigation team requests to see "L" to get trust in him
after all the deaths that have been caused, and Watari brought them
to "L".
After some convincing, Soichiro allowed L to monitor Light and the
Yagami household closely through video cameras and microphones
installed in Light's bedroom for 7 days, or at least until there is
a killing by Kira.
However, Light quickly realizes that he's being spied on and plans
several convoluted yet smart moves such as hiding a miniature TV,
pencil and a piece of the Death Note inside a bag of potato chips
to continue killing criminals without appearing to do so. Although
no evidence is found against Light and the video cameras are
eventually uninstalled, L still suspects Light.
Naomi then instigated Light to kill her with a false name, where
"Naomi" is written in hanji instead of katakana, and even though
Light refused to admit that he is Kira, he realises that he can't
kill Naomi.
Light then checked up her real name at the local church's wedding
registry, and plans to use the Death Note on Naomi. She would
kidnap Shiori, ask Light to come to the art museum and to try to
force him to admit that he is Kira. Light, however, refused to do
this.
Soichiru, upon seeing this, sent in the police. Naomi immediately
became upset and distracted, allowing Light's girlfriend to run
away from her. Naomi, however, fired her gun and shot Shiori, who
died in Light's arms shortly afterward, and then shot
herself.
Later, Ryuk found out that Light actually engineered Naomi's death
using the Death Note, as he had already found out her name through
his own investigation and written a scenario whereby Naomi would
kill herself after shooting Shiori.
Obviously, Ryuk was confused, as by doing this, Light would end up
killing Shiori, but Light revealed that he'd also written her name
in the Death Note, which shocked Ryuk.
Using these events to foster hatred for Kira, he asked to join the
investigation team when his father checked on him. While Soichiro
was slightly reluctant, L immediately granted his wish.
