After being offered the Shinigami Eyes in exchange for half his lifespan, Light refuses the deal, saying he wants to live a long life. He has a discussion with Ryuk about Shinigami in general. Suddenly, he gets an idea about how to get the identity of the shadow who's following him. Remembering one of the rules of using the Death Note is that a death will happen when a name followed by cause and details is written, he puts it to the test on some prison inmates.
The next day, Soichiro is working in his office to get the news that several inmates died of heart attacks, but showed strange behavior before death. L finds that out as well, and thinks Kira can now manipulate people's actions before their deaths. He tells the chief not to release the details to the public.
Light is now confident of the Death Note's abilities after seeing the results on his father's computer. The Death Note can control people's actions before death, but only actions that are within the victim's capabilities. Under the pretense of taking a female classmate on a date, Light uses a Death Note-controlled thug to hijack a bus he and his stalker are on. Light manipulates the situation to get the man to hand over his ID. The man is an FBI agent named Raye Penber. Light plans to kill him soon.
Tropes used in this episode:
- Couldn't Find a Pen: When controlling his victims Light has them cut themselves and write on the prison walls with their own blood.
- Deadly Upgrade: The Shinigami Eye Deal where a Death Note owner can trade away half their lifespan to a Shinigami for the ability to see people's names and lifespans above their heads. Light decides "It's out of the question."
- False Innocence Trick: Discussed. Light gets Penbar's name by claiming that hijackers sometimes work in pairs, with one pretending they're working alone and the other pretending to be a hostage.
- How Do I Shot Web?: Light experiments with his Death Note.
- I Was Just Joking: Light jokes with Ryuk on wanting to get Shinigami wings.
- Mind-Control Device: Light practices using the notebook's power of controlling his victims before death.
- Playing with Puppets: Light does this when testing the extent he can control people with the notebook.
- Sufficiently Analyzed Magic: Light discovers uses for the notebook that even Ryuk says he didn't know.
- Summon Bigger Fish: Exploiting one of the Death Note rules, Light tricks a thug he's already targeted into touching a torn page from the Death Note, enabling him to see Ryuk as part of the precondition that he hallucinated seeing a terrifying phantom.
- This Is Unforgivable!: Soichiro's opinion on Kira being able to manipulate his victims before their deaths.
