Renewal

Word reaches Roger Ruvie that the great detective has died, and the Japanese investigators learn that Watari built his fortune into orphanages spread across the globe. The surviving members agree that Light Yagami should assume the detective's role, and he accepts while promising greater caution than his predecessor showed.

Light asks to operate from a small private apartment, which the team adopts as their new base, and proposes synthesizing the voices of both the late detective and Watari so cooperation with the police can continue. The lingering worry is the notebook itself, which they decide a single member must conceal in secret. Soichiro Yagami volunteers to bury that knowledge alone.

Over a cafe date, Light invites Misa to move into his new home, and she happily agrees. That night he stands on the old headquarters rooftop with Ryuk, who expects the world to turn dull now that his rival is gone. Light insists otherwise, announcing the birth of his new order as he resumes judging criminals and eliminates Aiber, Wedy, and the surviving leaders of the Yotsuba conglomerate.

A narrator carries the story forward to the spring of 2012, when a twenty-three-year-old Light enters the national police force. That summer his punishments climb sharply, his name spreads to every corner of the world, and the chorus backing him swells until society drifts toward a future where his judgment functions as law. The episode closes at an English orphanage, where a caretaker confirms the deaths to two watching boys, Mello and Near.

This installment marks Light's formal takeover of the detective alias, with Soichiro holding the hidden notebook even though ownership stays with Light. Now in command of Rem's notebook as well, Light uses it to quicken his wave of killings. The closing scene also introduces the two orphans who will inherit the pursuit of Kira.