Episode 37
New World
Jun 26, 2007
9.6 Rating
Arc: Near & Mello Arc
Episode Overview
Light's plan unravels completely. Near exposes him in front of the investigation team. Defeated, Light makes a desperate final speech — still believing in his own righteousness — before being shot and dying alone in a warehouse. The Death Note abandons him at the end.
What Fans Think
One of the most discussed series finales in anime. Some find it a perfectly appropriate ending for a character who was always doomed by his own hubris. Others found the final episode anticlimactic compared to the L arc.
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