History Recap / DeathNoteEp01Rebirth

* AdaptationalHeroism: In the manga, Takuo Shibumaru (Light's second victim) was bothering a lady but didn't actually do anything to her before Light killed him. In the anime, the second man that Light killed attempted to rape a woman in front of the store and the woman was begging for someone to save her. There's nothing to support his desire to help her, but the shot makes it look that way.

* AttemptedRape: Light's second kill was a member of a gang who was attempting to rape a bystander.
* AssholeVictim: Light's first two kills-Kurou Otaharada a man who's taken a preschool hostage and is threatening the children and teachers and Takuo Shibumaru, a leader of a biker gang that is about to gang rape a girl in the middle of the street.

* ZerothLawRebellion: [[MyGodWhatHaveIDone Light has a major conflict with his morals upon realizing the notebook is real.]] [[IgnoredEpiphany He resolves this conflict]] by coming to the [[InsaneTrollLogic logical conclusion]] that getting rid of evil people is righteous - the justice system punishes criminals and has them executed, it's okay for cops to shoot the bad guys. What he did was no different. [[ShootTheDog If he hadn't used the notebook]] [[KickTheSonOfABitch those school children would have been killed, that girl would have been raped.]] Therefore the murders that he committed were perfectly just and legal because he will BECOME ''JUSTICE''.

* SchmuckBait: the Death Note itself.

* AdaptationalHeroism: In the manga, Light’s second victim was bothering a lady but didn’t actually do anything to her before Light killed her. In the anime, the second man that Light killed attempted to rape a woman in front of the store and the woman was begging for someone to save her. There's nothing to support his desire to help her, but the shot makes it look that way.

* AdaptationalHeroism: In the magna Light’s second victim was bothering a lady but didn’t actually do anything to her before Light killed her. In the anime, the second man that Light killed attempted to rape a woman in front of the store and the woman was begging for someone to save her. There's nothing to support his desire to help her, but the shot makes it look that way.

* AdaptationalHeroism: In the magna Lights second victim was bothering a lady but didn’t actually do anything to her before Light killed her. In the anime, the second man that Light killed attempted to rape a woman in front of the store and the woman was begging for someone to save her. There's nothing to support his desire to help her, but the shot makes it look that way.

* AxeCrazy: Light after using the Death Note. Also Ryuk, he's AxeCrazy -[[PlanetOfHats even for a Shinigami]]- something is clearly ''wrong'' with Ryuk, while the other Shinigami are content to gamble Ryuk's idea of fun is to sow chaos in the human world.

* [[LooksLikeSheIsEnjoyingIt Looks Like He Is Enjoying It]]: [[LampshadeHanging Invoked word for word]], [[DoesThisRemindYouOfAnything Light killing with the notebook somehow involves a lot of sweating, shouting, and giggling in sadistic glee and when he's uh... finished he slumps at his desk, panting in exhaustion.]]

* HollywoodSpelling: Partially subverted in that since Light only heard Takuo Shibumaru's name, he makes sure to write six possible spellings of that name, but played straight at the same time as his first guess was the correct one.

* AdaptationalHeroism: The second man that Light killed attempted to rape a woman in front of the store and the woman was begging for someone to save her. There's nothing to support his desire to help her, but the shot makes it look that way.

* AGodAmI: Light by the end of the episode.

* PurgatoryAndLimbo: Ryuk warns Light that this is where he will end up when he dies because he started using the Death Note. More accurately, Light is warned he would be unable to go to Heaven ''or'' Hell.

* WhenAllYouHaveIsAHammer: Light's only weapon is the Death Note. It kills people.

* PurgatoryAndLimbo: Ryuk warns Light that this is where he will end up when he dies because he started using the Death Note. He will have no place in Heaven ''or'' Hell.

* PurgatoryAndLimbo: Ryuk warns Light that this is where he will end up once he starts using the Death Note. He will have no place in Heaven ''or'' Hell.

* WhenAllYouHaveIsAHammer: Light's only weapon is the Death Note. [[CaptainObvious It kills people]].

However, just as he is about to turn off the TV, that not only the hostages escaped, but also Otoharada has collapsed and died. Shocked, Light thinks it must be a coincidence. His mother is calling him to go to cram school so he decides to test the Death Note again. Inside school, Light has thoughts of killing Sudou, a bully, but he must avoid killing people that he knows. Walking home after school, he wonders if he would be doing society a favor by killing useless people. Light witnesses a girl about to get raped by a biker gang member named Takuo Shibumaru. Entering a convenience store, he writes down the name and cause of death, "accident". Seeing the biker hit by a truck moments later, Light concludes that the Death Note is real after all.

In a world known as the Shinigami Realm, a shinigami named Ryuk is watching the others gambling. They ask to join him, but he refuses out of boredom.

Meanwhile, in Japan, a student named Light Yagami is in boredom as well as the students don't pay too much to the teacher and spend their time chatting with each other and playing handheld games. He manages to answer the teacher's question of translating a sentence into English. As he walks home after school, he has thoughts of [[CrapsackWorld how the world is becoming rotten]]. Ryuk has the same thoughts as well.

Light finds himself in another boring day at school. All that is about to change when he sees a black notebook falling from the sky. As he picks it up, no one seems to pay any attention to it. He sees that it is a Death Note and reads the first rule: "The human whose name is written in this notebook shall die". Not believing it, he drops it back to the ground, only to pick it up moments later. He reads the rest of the rules as he goes home and dismisses it as "pretty detailed for a prank". Still curious on the subject, he tries it out on the criminal named Kurou Otoharada and waits for 40 seconds to see if he will die of a heart attack. 40 seconds have passed and there's no news of his death; Light concludes that it's just a prank after all.

However, just as he is about to turn off the TV, he noticed that not only the hostages are free, but also Otoharada is found dead inside. Despite this, he thinks it's just a coincidence. His mother is calling him to go to cram school so he decided to test the Death Note. Inside school, Light has thoughts of killing Sudou, a bully, but he must avoid killing people that he ''knows'' of. Walking home after school, he thinks about if he's really doing society a favor by killing people. Light witnesses a girl about to get raped by a biker gang member named Takuo Shibumaru. Entering a convenient store, he wrote down his name and his cause of death, "accident". Seeing this happened, Light concludes that the Death Note is real after all.

In the Shinigami Realm, Ryuk tells his fellow shinigami that he dropped his Death Note, and his own way of getting it back is to go to the human world.

At a rainy night, Light arrives home from school with passing grades, much to his mother's excitement. Going into his room, he looks at the Death Note to see the names of the people he wrote down. Suddenly, he is surprised by Ryuk being amused about enjoying it.

* AgentScully: Light when it comes to the Death Note, thinking of comments like "it's pretty detailed for a prank". That is until he realized that it's really real.

* AndThereWasMuchRejoicing: While Light ponders about killing Sudou, he thought about whether anyone would care if he were killed.

* AxeCrazy: Light after using the Death Note. Also Ryuk, he's AxeCrazy -[[PlanetOfHats even for a Shinigami]]- something is clearly ''wrong'' with Ryuk, while the other Shinigami are content to gamble Ryuk's idea of fun is to attempt to kill his "friends."

* EstablishingCharacterMoment: Light establishes himself as a badass after initailly freaking out when Ryuk appears. He gets back up to face the seven-foot tall monster that has appeared in his bedroom.

* ItsAllAboutMe: Light gets miffed when Ryuk is paying more attention to the basket of apples than giving him some affirmation to his predetermined delusions of having a special destiny of being TheChosenOne who's meant to rid the world of evil.

* LaughingMad: Light does this while looking in the Death Note with all the listed names.

* TheUnchosenOne: By the time Ryuk drops by Light is already operating under a few set delusions such as he must have been "chosen" for this. Light still believes this even after Ryuk tells him he didn't choose him or anything.