Transaction (Death Note episode)
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| Episode Length: | 24 minutes |
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| Episode Code: | 03 |
| Episode Airdate: | October 17, 2006 |
| Chapter: | 003-005 |
"Transaction" (「取引」 "Torihiki"?) is the third episode of the Death Note TV series originally aired in Japan on October 17, 2006.
The episode begins at a meeting of NPA, where the police authority discusses recent observations relating to Kira. Some of the observations include counts of reports from individuals who claim they knew, seen or that they were Kira, the times in which KIRA had probably killed the criminals which concluded that during weekdays, deaths occurred during 4pm to 2am in which 68% were betweeen 8pm to midnight, during Saturday and Sundays, there was a balance in the death patterns from 11pm to around 2-3am. L requested the latter information and hence concluded that Kira may be a student. The justification he uses for this assumption is that the times suit the free time of school students and that victims of Kira are criminals, and so suggesting that Kira was trying to bring justice, an ideal of naive mentality. L then requests all to remove personal bias that it cannot be an act of a student and must accept all possibilities. Shortly after, Matsuda puts foward the fact that crime rate has decreased since the appearance of Kira (especially in Japan). The meeting ends with L's request to the NPA to research how the victims of Kira were publicised. i.e. by internet, TV news etc.
After the meeting, Matsuda and Soichiro have an encounter in which Matsuda apologises about the information that he put foward about how crime rates were decreasing. Soichiro stands up for Matsuda and commends him for his courage to report and not discriminating the facts. At home, Light helps Sayu with her homework, in which this time their father comes home earlier than usual. Ryuk asks Light how he can manage to waste time helping with Sayu's homework. Light replies with confidence that he can gain insight to the movement of police. We shortly find out that the father is Soichiro. Ryuk understands the Light's reply moments ago as Light hacks into his father's police files and soon realising that the police has made an assumption of Kira as a student. Over the next two days, Light kills a person every hour, killing 23 a day. This has prompted the police to re-examine the suggestion where Kira is a student. However, L still keeps to his assumption and suggests to the police that Kira is saying "I choose the time in which I kill freely".
There is a transition of scenes in which L becomes suspicious that Kira has access to the police and Light tells Ryuk that it's not him that will find L, but the police (as L and police work together to find Kira) and that Light will merely get rid of L with the help of police. Three officers resign from the department fearing that they may fall victims of Kira unlike L claiming that L is the safe one because Kira doesn't know his face or his name. Whilst in college, Ryuk notices a stalker and there is a voice-over of Watari telling L that FBI have arrived since 4 days ago, suggesting that the stalker is FBI. Watari has also given reasearch files to L of the NPA (done by FBI) and their details.
Whilst walking home, Ryuk tells Light that he is neutral to the situation and that he will remain so. However, he will tell Light one thing only because it is also making him feel uncomfortable, that there is a stalker. At home, Light starts to ask himself and tries to reassure himself that L could not have already tracked him down. Nevertheless, Light is planning to rid of the stalker. Ryuk tells Light of two differences between humans and Shinigami. Firstly, the reason why shinigamis' kill humans is to extend their lives. i.e. Shinigamis add to their lifespan equal to the amount that they have taken from a person who might have not died otherwise. This does not apply to humans who write on the death note. Secondly, shinigamis have eyesight which can see the true names and the lifespan (different to that of human calendar) of anyone they see. Ryuk also tells Light that he can trade half his remaining lifespan for the eyes of shinigami. Light is tempted to make the "transaction" and he is left in dilemma. The episode concludes with the stalker observing the Light's house.
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