Makeshift (Death Note episode)
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| Episode Length: | 24 minutes |
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| Episode Code: | 20 |
| Episode Airdate: | February 27, 2007 |
| Chapter: | 043-045 |
"Makeshift" (「姑息」 "Kosoku"?) is the 20th episode of the Death Note TV series, which aired on February 27, 2007 in Japan.
While the investigation team continues to watch the Yotsuba Group meeting, they are amazed by how openly they discuss their methods of killing using Kira. L wants to wait until the people the Yotsuba Group say they will kill will die in order to be sure Kira is apprehended, but Light and his father argue that any more murders must be stopped. As a solution, Light calls Namikawa Reiji--the Head of Marketing for the Yotsuba Group--on his cell phone, and announces (with an artifically distorted voice) that he is L. He then tells Reiji that he has placed cameras and bugs in the meeting room and he knows who they plan on killing next.
Light tells Reiji that he must postpone their latest planned killings for one month and that if Kira is caught, all other members of the Yotsuba Group will not be charged with a crime. Light argues that staying on the sidelines and waiting to see whether Kira or L dies in the next month is Reiji's best option, because he will not lose either way. Reiji agrees and tells the rest of the group that they should postpone their planned killings for now in order reduce the chance of L apprehending them until he is dead. The group agrees that that is the best course of action and will continue to use Erald Coil to gain information about L.
Once the meeting ends, L says he is impressed with Light and that if he were to die, Light could take over as L. L then asks Light if he would take over as L if he were to die. Light realizes that L suspects he is Kira and that Light either is pretending to not be Kira, or he chose to lose his powers and memories of being Kira until he was no longer under any suspicion. If Light were Kira and became L, he would then be in an almost invincable position. L confirms that this was his thinking. Light asks L if he believes Light is the kind of person who could be Kira, and L says he does. Light and L then hit each other at the same time and Matsuda again breaks up their fight. L then announces that he will continue trying to apprehend Kira on his own from now on, but Light will continue to be handcuffed to L.
L then asks Misa if she loves Light or Kira more. After she says she loves Light and not Kira, L asks her if she will help Light capture Kira because Light wants to capture Kira, even though she admires Kira. She agrees, and L proposes that she go to the Yotsuba Group for a job interview after he feeds them information from Coil that Misa was under suspicion of being the Second Kira and that she is connected to L. Misa agrees, but Light protests because he belives this will put Misa in danger. L then tells Misa that Light does not agree with his methods and will therefore not help him capture Kira. Because capturing Kira will keep L--and therefore Light--alive, Misa convinces Light to cooperate with her and L.
The episode ends with Light's father commenting to Matsuda and Mogi about how difficult it will be to arrest all seven members of the Yotsuba Group at the same time.
[edit] Trivia
- This episode features new opening and ending themes for the second half of the series. The opening theme is "What's up People?!" and the ending theme is "Zetsubou Billy", both by Maximum The Hormone
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