Ep. 6: L meets detectives under false identities while Light confronts Penber's fiancée Maki.
Aired on November 8, 2006

L secretly meets Japanese detectives to advance the Kira investigation, requiring them to use aliases and refer to him as Ryuzaki for safety. He shares his theories regarding the FBI agents' murders and identifies the specific federal targets involved. Concurrently, Light encounters a woman named Maki, who reveals herself as the fiancée of the late FBI agent Penber. She demonstrates knowledge that Kira can kill without heart attacks, leading Light to realize she is a direct threat to his secret. Believing his mission to reshape the world is his destiny, Light feels a surge of excitement at this encounter. He immediately devises a strategy to eliminate her and remove the danger she poses to his identity.
Episodes
- Ep. 2 · Interpol seeks top detective L to identify the mass murderer known as Kira.
- Ep. 3 · L questions police on Kira while Ryuk offers Light a lifespan trade for shinigami eyes.
- Ep. 4 · Light experiments with the Death Note to identify his follower Raye Penber
- Ep. 5 · Light delays Raye Penber's execution and forces him to write agent names in the Death Note.
- Ep. 6 · L meets detectives under false identities while Light confronts Penber's fiancée Maki.
- Ep. 7 · Light deceives Naomi Misora into suicide while Penber's fiancée remains hidden
- Ep. 8 · Light evades detection by using a hidden TV in a chip bag to fake alibi while L narrows suspect list.
- Ep. 9 · Light meets the eccentric student who introduces himself as Hideki Ryuga during college exams.
- Ep. 10 · L challenges Light to tennis while investigating the Kira case and dealing with Soichiro Yagami's heart attack.