Three stories about the investigator Mishima, called the Death Note otaku, who encounters a case where a former criminal died of stroke and he closes in on the truth; L's successor, the famous international sleuth Ryuzaki who has solved numerous difficult cases, decides to assist in a Death Note case that he has continuously refused despite repeated requests; and cyber terrorist Shien, who became a follower of "Kira" after he was set free from the trauma of being the only one who survived the brutal murder of his family, attempts to use the Death Note for the first time.
Cast
Masahiro Higashide as Tsukuru Mishima, leader of the Death Note task force.
Tsukuru Mishima, recruited by Soichiro Yagami, joins Death Note Countermeasure Task Force, which continues to operate to look in new Death Note murders while Japan has fallen in fear knowing that a new Kira has appeared 10 years after the death of Light Yagami. The episode ends with a falling half eaten apple by Ryuk.
Ryūzaki, the original successor to L, investigates a case regarding a locked-room murder in Hong Kong. Later, J, a woman from Wammy's House requests Ryūzaki to investigate another locked-room murder case, made up by a Death Note. Ryūzaki confronts two Death Note users, Yuki Shien and Sakura Aoi. At the end of the episode, Ryūzaki reveals the promise he once made to L that he wouldn't use the Death Note at any cost with a flashback of L.
Yūki Shien's family were killed. After the incident, he becomes a cyber-terrorist. He later receives a Death Note from Ryuk and begins worshiping Kira. He finds another Death Note owner with his hacking ability, Sakura Aoi. Ryuk says, "Humans are interesting."
References
^Tweet announcing the new series, Death Note film's official twitter @DeathNote_2016, 2016 August 9.
