The COMPLETE Death Note Timeline (LA BB cases, Cheap Kira, A-Kira)

Today at the Mystery Shack, we return to the world of Death Note to break down its complete timeline of events, including the prequel novel covering the LA BB (Los Angeles Beyond Birthday) case as well as the one-shots covering the cheap Kira and Minoru Tanaka (the a-Kira).
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0:00 Introduction
0:43 Pre-Kira Case
2:24 Kira Case
23:58 Kira Case Intermission
25:15 Kira Case Continued
34:04 Post-Kira Case
34:50 A-Kira Case
37:36 Closing Thoughts
38:13 Spooky Outro (did you make it?)
#DeathNote

[@Koroto]

Correction for 0:50 - I say 2001, but typo'd 2021. It is, of course, supposed to be 2001. 😄

[@RamiSoe]

Oh ok

[@allaccessentertainment4755]

I was just about to comment this after noticing the typo while watching 😁!

[@willyturner7620]

You should do a vid where you explain the non-canon stuff too like L: change the world

[@robinfire0772]

Will you ever cover the rest death note novels?

[@leafyroad1905]

LOL I was like ''HOLD ON A WHOLE YEAR??''

[@Silverman160Zero]

Out of all of this, I'm still surprised L took up Capoeira. He's built like a stick, yet took up a style heavy on leg usage instead of something like Jujitsu or Judo.

[@Koroto]

Yeah, though you gotta admit - if he squats like that 24/7, his legs might be a lot more buff than you might think 😂

[@creativename6126]

Capoeira has a lot to do with momentum, it isn’t effective in actual fights because it’s basically designed to style on people. If your technique is good you don’t even have to hit hard to kill somebody

[@blugaledoh2669]

@@creativename6126 capoeira was developed by Brazilian slave because the slaveowner didn't want slaves learning how to fight. So the slaves made it discrete.

[@benjamindover8221]

stick people are built for kicking especially in sport settings

[@rimaq_]

@@blugaledoh2669 yeah it disguises fighting as dancing which also gives it it's rhythm

[@Billioncompany786]

A-Kira was so smart they had to write a new rule in order to kill him without letting him know about it.

[@popcornlieutenant]

@Villain Gaming | Check About No where in the original comment did that person say he was the smartest person in the series

[@finisimo139]

It didn't have to be smart or not. He died because he misused the notebook. The shinigami king said that the notebook is killing, not for selling. Minoru could have gotten away with it if he didn't make it a worldwide spectacle to sell the notebook.

[@xeylzo7001]

The new rule was most likely because the shinigami king was pissed that the death Note wasn't being used for it's intended purpose. But yeah A-Kira is pretty clever

[@staticchimera44]

Well Ryuk WAS going to let Minoru know about the rule... but Minoru told Ryuk to never talk to him again, so he didn't.

[@alucardsantradideus267]

He wasn't smart, he was clever enough to play it safe, and that was no fun, so God chose to screw him up

[@weponizedbattletoaster9282]

Small spoilers for the BB murder cases book I just finished it today and the final paragraph says that the killer died of a sudden and mysterious heart attack and 2004 which kinda blew my mind, it’s a dark reminder of the future of these characters and I loved it

[@masync183]

I'm pretty sure it's confirmed that light killed him

[@zigzaglychee7324]

I wish the LA BB Murder Case got its own adaptation! I actually thought it was a much stronger story than L: Change the World and I loved that it gave Naomi Misora some well-deserved recognition as well as adding some lore (L learning capoeira)

[@tonybradford678]

I'd definitely watch that. BB poses an interesting threat to L. Don't get me wrong Light is an awesome antagonist, I'm just curious how BB would do.

[@Adem92Foster]

I had only seen A-Kira trough art and was confused as to who he was in regards to the universe of Death Note I'm majorly surprised at how interesting the plot of his one shot is and how surprising and sudden the ending is, definitely will give it a read.

[@MonkeyDLucki]

This is still only a theory until proven but in the relight movies there are extra scenes where Ryuk shares his story of the human world with an unnamed shinigami who seems to be new to the realm considering Ryuk didn’t know his name upon meeting however the shinigami threw an apple to Ryuk bribing him and of course Ryuk replied by saying that he’s “beginning to get bored anyway so why not” however by the end of his story the shinigami had already left for the human world and Ryuk while concluding his story started to speak as if he was speaking to Light saying “you were never god you were just….. oh gone already” on top of that this “unnamed” shinigami limps as if he’s injured has a wide mouth turned upwards as though he’s grinning he has bright red eyes his hair is spikey and brown and he wears a red tie as a headband while also doning a coat a pair of goggles and carrying a messenger bag if his description is telling us what I think then that shinigami is in fact Light Yagami (his limp from Matsuda, the signature shinigami grin, red eyes like how they’d look during high intensity scenes, brown hair, red school tie, a coat and a messenger bag like the one Light used for school the goggles are somewhat out of character but I believe that he has the goggles because he never made a deal for the shinigami eyes

[@Ksmsusneusmeusjs]

No shit Sherlock light turned into a death god.

[@ilovemikamiteru2006]

he didnt, the author confirmed it as well@@Ksmsusneusmeusjs

[@Ksmsusneusmeusjs]

@@ilovemikamiteru2006 no he didn’t

[@isaiahps1804]

We all know light killed near as soon as he got the death note as a shinigami

[@lightningmonky7674]

Why did they make these movie versions? Are they worth the watch?

[@aittttttttttttt]

bro how does this only have this much vieuws- the vid is so good

[@elperrodelautumo7511]

Glad this timeline expands the death note lore and explore the original manga source itself as well as explore the universe itself

[@suzumutsu]

Minoru's death pissed me off, adding new rules and having them take effect even regarding actions that were taken before the rule's existence is just unfair. He was actually super smart and had an amazing plan, only to get killed because of this ridiculous unfair rule...

[@bugworrall]

Did anyone in Death Note ever say the Shinigami couldn't create their own rules and have them take retroactive effect? Seems like the King is the closest thing to God in the series. Bullshit as it is, since having one Kira survive because they were clever and actually forced the Shinigami King to take action to prevent this happening again would be one hell of a way to end the series.

[@lufsolitaire5351]

⁠@@bugworrallThat’s the thing, the Shinigami king severely punished Ryuk(struck him blind and obviously confiscated his notebook) for causing all the chaos in the human realm and essentially revealing their existence to mortals. It was a forgone conclusion that if it happened again he’d immediately step in. He’s the most senior shinigami so he’d have the power/authority to write new rules.

[@kitschydotpre4302]

What a cop out for Tanaka. He did everything right :/

[@dhruv9370]

Motherfucking shinigami king lmao

[@eraldocoil2719]

While Tanaka did use the death note in quite an intelligent manner, there is nothing to prove that he was smarter than Light. Light was able to force his composure to remain stable and improvise under extreme pressure, as well as make heavily vague calculations that ultimately saved his ass. Tanaka was never thrown into the same situation as Light, so it's likely that he was inferior.

[@poko60]

That's the point. He wasn't smarter. That's what they've shown. Light was the smartest who got it but everyone who got it after him were wiser than Light.

[@silvachrome]

@@poko60 what feats prove that?

[@cultureandhistorynerd6739]

@@silvachrome Tanaka, A-Kira, was wise enough to know that actually *using* the Death Note would make him a labelled criminal and he'd have the police on his tail alongside Near liked what happened with Kira. So he decided instead to just profit off of it and covered his tracks by distributing the trillions of dollars/yens, that he got from the US winning the Death Note auction, across the country of Japan between the ages of 18-60, making him actually *win* against Near and getting away scot-free. (Granted, Near had no motivation to actually catch him and was simply interested in meeting A-Kira out of genuine curiosity)

[@AnonSan]

@@cultureandhistorynerd6739 he may have won against near but didnt win against the death note

[@rjmaxx1258]

I saw it in another video but someone brought up inflation. Probably should of been brokerage accounts so he could get the cash in in the form of multiple assets. Ether way the ending was stupid BS from what I am hearing. I'd argue it's bad writing when compared to the original.

[@harshdeeptelang127]

This would have taken so much effort Great respect to you bro!! Keep going. Love you

[@crahsauyoung8671]

A-kiras ending is flawed imo, where he basically only sells the concept of the book rather than the book itself since the trade was basically naught after the rule was added.

[@heartmadefullmetal03]

idk if anyone else noticed this but, light started using the death note on november 28th, he was born on february 28th, and died on january 28th. i wonder if the number 28 means anything? or may just be a coincidence

[@Croisis]

This video was truly beyong halloween! Thank you for putting in all this time and effort.

[@Joshayyy]

Really good vid bro , it would've been heaps of work making it, I appreciate all the hours and days it would've taken you

[@TayeTalks]

Subscribed sometime ago even though I'm not crazy about anime, what I do find interesting is talking about themes (anime, books, games.. all artforms ) You do that well. 🤝🏾

[@NecroWolfExPaladin]

I think using the deathnote in exclusively October would be an interesting way to make the deaths seem more supernatural, as doing so beyond Halloween would kind of reduce the efficiency of such a tactic.

[@SmokeyEdits]

YOOOOOOO I'VE BEEN WONDERING ABOUT THIS SHIT! Good video, thanks for making it comprehensible.

[@wilms2328]

Amazing, nice video beyond halloween

[@user-dj5ym4vj7u]

This man almost explained the story of death note

[@MichaelStrawn_I_am]

I really wish this video got more views. You deserve to get paid more for this!

[@Aces314]

Really helpful for tryn to pick the series up where I left it, thanks

[@theAwkwardAvocado]

Minoru should've won. He killed no one, and made himself and his fellow countrymen rich. Ryuk gave him his word to never return, but Minoru 100% would've wanted Ryuk to break his promise if he knew he would die after receiving the money. Ryuk should've given him a chance to actually use the notebook, or to at least hold on to the memories to prevent himself from actually withdrawing any money and killing himself unknowingly in the process. I bet given the new parameters, Minoru Tanaka could've found either a loophole to being unable to access his money, or at least the anger and motivation to use the Death Note to make up the amount of money the Shinigami King denied him.

[@RichardRamirez-zl8iv]

*I have watched death note 15 times and I never get bored I'm watching it again now it never gets boring*

[@Glenarms]

I didn't know about the bb case or the 2021 information. This was a nice beyond Halloween watch for my death note addiction.

[@FlamespeedyAMV]

Basically Death Note wasn't about Kira or Light, there was something before Kira and there is something after.

[@kendrashaaaa]

Its funny. from when I first started watching, I thought his battle with L was really compelling, I really wanted light to win, but it was just very sickening to me, ironically, how sloppy he got, in order to defeat L, and how sloppy he stayed after L died. L did extremely well with keeping up with light, despite light having the upper hand, with the death note and the shinigami. Light should have been smarter than he was in this show. after dealing with someone like L esp after the Lind L Taylor incident how could he not possibly think there was someone behind or after even L? they spent all this time thinking of everything. this all went to shit bc of his lame ass god complex and him being too greedy. Trying to be too above average when he should have been average and inconspicuous like the one shot manga, dude could’ve survived if he wasn’t an asshole for no reason by telling ryuk not to bother him.

[@JaimeAGB-pt4xl]

Minoru is definately Smart (lets remember Near was actually inferior to L and Light), but he had No bigger resolve other than his own benefit, and realized how everything is harder since the notebook is now "public knowledge" ... But I can Totally understand the new notebook rule at the end of the story hehe (even though it made a Minoru die, unaware of what he committed) .... Still it was a good story for the social study 🤣... Thanks for the video, definately deserves more viewes

[@NahIdwin100percent]

man i miss death note so much i hope they make another chapters again

[@levistinefeld1809]

Missed the fact that Matt, a minor unknown character though still a character of Wammy’s house got his cheeks clapped by the Kira Gestapo

[@jakz51]

Gotta love how Minoru made the shinigami king (stated to have immeasurable intelligence, and who really should of account for this) make a new rule to punish him for selling the book.

[@kiratherenegade1561]

It took L 180 days to put Kira in check. He had no idea that Light could swap seats with him. 163 days from there, L would die.

[@jordanbrown860]

Any beyond Halloween is greatly appreciated about Death Note

[@esmineldraaybara6975]

Pretty cool

[@some5794]

I loooooooooooooooved this. Beyond Halloween

[@AchyllesBr]

Its not enough, I need more of death note

[@partheshpunjabi]

Loved the content. Definitely sharing it even with non death note lovers.

[@Azazreal]

Retroactive rules? Man thats some BS right there lol punished for breaking a rule that never existed

[@ZaneFormosa]

I hope that season 3 retrospective of the walking dead is coming along well. I don’t wanna rush you or anything. I just really liked those first two videos you did. But either way keep up the good work

[@sargammaggo40]

This is beyond Halloween

[@Mayur_Kedare]

If you want to create more content I have a suggestion. Review classroom of the elite - this is a must watch, and after that you can make for detective school Q, the great pretenders.

[@bfmteddy522]

I distinctly remember mikami stabbing himself leading to light running away and the heaven and hell scene.

[@alejandrocelisnoy866]

He used direct Manga cannon, those events are from the anime-manga adaptation where they decided to play events differently

[@interesting8117]

Beyond Halloween

[@dsgdsg9764]

Oh my God light rested on my birthday

[@jessicao-o165]

Death note characters (main ones) are so interesting and likeable that I want to see them in every scenario as it will definitely be interesting. imagine them in Squid game, in Harry Potter, in my hero academia,

[@random-zz8ut]

Imagine them in the hunger games too omg

[@jessicao-o165]

@@random-zz8ut omg yes... if light had the death note he can easily kill the other teams but L suspects him of cheating or something...

[@random-zz8ut]

@@jessicao-o165 how would he hide from the cameras in the arena lmao😂he would take potato chips with him in there, eventually only him and L would be the last two tributes left and they would win like Katniss and Peeta

[@jessicao-o165]

@@random-zz8ut Yeah and then they try to take the corporation down which seems like light would do but also secretly try to kill L

[@random-zz8ut]

@@jessicao-o165 fr

[@JimmNeutricity]

Damn activating that rule retroactively is a bitch.

[@simonpelletier8047]

Me looking frantically for my phone all around the house to try and change the video before the end. Oh well I guess : Beyond Halloween 👻

[@Acherss]

Good shit

[@nightrofx]

Imagine being called cheap kira while being cheap L

[@MasterJunior93]

Minoru really got screwed over. He got killed even though he didn't really use the Death Note, he was only selling it online. How is that even fair? Honestly, the Shinigami King shouldn't have intervened with the new rule and simply let the events play out. Hell, can you imagine what Donald Trump would do with the Death Note? Then again, that would be a bad idea since we all know what he would do with it.

[@elly.a4153]

He's a King for a reason. He's going to intervene whenever he wants.

[@rebirthreaction883]

The amount of commotion he caused prob really annoyed the king or something. Tho credit to Minoru because he may have been t first to ever create a new rule for the notebook

[@alan62036]

Glass houses, my dude. :)

[@AqwDragulum]

The shinigami king was a bitch for that 😂

[@masync183]

That probably would have led to knowledge of the deathnote becoming too widespread among the human world. It probably wouldn't stop shinigami from killing people since there's nothing humans can really do but it would probably take the fun out of it if humans became aware of the exact reason why they're dying

[@k92ful]

Beyond Halloween 🎃

[@seansmusicandstuff8876]

Can you do more of the Walking Dead comics and tv differences

[@gaminglegend8161]

The thumbnail: 5664 Days turned light into an American teenage fboy

[@rebeccalatty2293]

Had the book once but it was stolen and sadly it's been unavailable with Chapters for 7yrs now I miss that book

[@ridleyformk1244]

30:00 My brithday!

[@justsomeguywithlonghair6595]

Without Light the world would be very Dark!!

[@1800mexicano]

Mellos name is Mihael Keehl, not Michael lol

[@ryereal]

no way light found the notebook on my birthday

[@shupasopni]

What abt L's adoption?

[@mainemail5506]

Light probably would if won if he just didn't join the task force. They literally have nothing on him if he just didn't interact with them.

[@ItsShaz1]

Ayyy

[@Koroto]

👋

[@soumyasharma9662]

Wow

[@hakimbeddiari5375]

Crazy that Ray Penber used the notebook meaning he cant go to heaven nor hell .

[@Jil1807]

They did Minoru dirty.

[@HarleyQuinnGoon]

Didn't know that you could be born with shimigami eyes

[@Telestoump]

Wait, the Minoru manga is a direct sequel? I'm gonna read it tonight

[@Koroto]

Yup! But it's a 10 minute read tops, unfortunately.

[@BloodthirstyPikachu]

Took him 5664 days to eat that apple, crazy

[@Koroto]

💀💀💀

[@Sweetdude64]

rofl, I'm glad that you are in a good enough position to casually joke about the One Piece situation. Still sorry that happened to you. Hopefully you can make more interesting content like this!! :D Maybe a video on False Perfections, a youtube animated series? It is getting a movie in a few months.

[@blugaledoh2669]

What happened?

[@iguanavitamins7377]

my hot take on this show is that the Yotsuba part of the show is worse than the Near/Mello part

[@pinskiller9914]

actually the Yotsuba group was the only logical way adults would use a death note - to their own financial advantage. that part was important to see the difference in the killings of the original Kira, Light Yagami, and how the conclusions of L worked

[@goblinpopcorn1367]

Sleep: watch deathnote as an intro to anime Woke: watch this vid as an intro to anime

[@DudeHunder]

I'm 1 min in and already confused

[@HELL_RIDER.]

Beyond something something 😅(lost my ownership of the book so I forgot what was after beyond)

[@ggiuliacosta]

Can someone explain to me why Ryuk is still with Light in episode 30 of the anime? He is there because which Death Note?? I wish there was a video about the tracking of all Death Note (the object) in the series ):

[@turtle6486]

Great timeline . I kind of lost interest in the anime after the Light and L storyline. It just seemed to get tedious after that. Beyond Halloween. Thank you.

[@RubyNerdd]

no notebook? beyond holloween

[@jackfavvv0280]

I wonder why they didn't continue the anime with Minoru Tanaka's time line.

[@twilightwillowglade7214]

Beyond Halloween, I don't really acknowledge any other holiday as Halloween is the best in my opinion

[@Koroto]

I 100% agree with you...except for Christmas. Christmas and Halloween are goated, the rest I couldn't care less about. 😂

[@twilightwillowglade7214]

@@Koroto I agree to an extent, Christmas is usually so hectic, and stressful. But seeing my family is my gift, I need nothing else for Christmas

[@Silver-iix]

Should definitely add Death Parade into this. Although I don’t know if it’s technically cannon to the Manga, it’s pretty much cannon to the anime and takes place towards the end of Death Note. We know this because it’s stated that the number of daily deaths increases due to Lights influence, and the fact that Light literally appears in the anime. It’s loosely connected, but connected nonetheless.

[@mavikartal7775]

0:52 2021? Did Naomi Misora travel through time?

[@Koroto]

Yup, pinned a comment about that, my bad 😅

[@adioltean4830]

at the start of the video, you said 2001, but actually wrote 2021

[@heathhines3804]

What would happen if ryuk ran around Japan smacking people with deathnotw

[@a_peridox]

based minoru vs the virgin light

[@leenleen5837]

23:11 this scene looks super sus bruh 31:15 wait that's illegal Just look at how near sits

[@Pdoja1990]

What about when light helps the police out with the cops the first time?

[@strygwyr5735]

To be fair, Light is helping L to catch himself so...

[@seycro]

One thing I still don't understand, maybe because I'm dumb Was there three notebooks on the post time skip? Because there's one that was in the mafia hands, later given back to the Shinigami, but still in the end there are two notebooks Have I missed a detail?

[@razerscale3590]

There where 2 at first and a 3rd after rem died.

[@edra2005]

Itd be interesting if there was other historical uses of the notebook during dark periods of history Maybe a Nazi Lieutenant could have used the notebook while overseeing concentration camps and deciding who gets to live and die Or maybe a medieval war lord killing people through the use of the notebook during the black plague

[@LordSnurdle]

What about Relight?

[@sebastiangutierrez9666]

I stopped liking the show after L dies :( But the last story is pretty good. Great video Batman beyond or whatever.

[@jordanpatterson8536]

I didn't really care, he wasn't the reason I liked the show in the first place.

[@xtaxat]

31:41

[@FerociousMit]

This is the only story where it's fan cheered for the mass murdering serial killer as the hero of the story.

[@username.exenotfound2943]

What made BB such a threat if he could only tell when someone would die

[@PrincessOzaline]

He was able to create a serial murder plot with that information which would have been sunsolvable for L if he succeeded in his final step (killing himself and making it look like murder). It's q bit weird,

[@Esunikku]

All of that just for naomi to see through his plan.

[@sapphicmoonwitch]

What is A-kira from? Where can I read this?

[@allenburton4846]

Beyond halloween

[@Koroto]

Is April really beyond Halloween or maybe before? 🤔

[@allenburton4846]

Lmao now I'm broken

[@omaewamoshindeiru3657]

he's the ultimate Walter white

[@zrewio]

What about that one kid that used the death note to kill the people bullying him then felt bad and used the death eraser to bring them back to life ?

[@kaosapprentice]

I never get tired of watching videos on this anime. Every time I re-watch it I get so piss at lite for not taking the eyes, I'm of the opinion that it might've extended his life if Ryuk didn't write his name there as long as he's kept entertained and have fresh apples... near is knockoff L and I don't like him, Misa dying T^T... Beyond Halloween we are but just a week closer to get one more hour of daylight.

[@Koroto]

HA, not if you live in the EU, we already got our hour! Jokes aside, glad you enjoyed it enough to watch the whole thing :)

[@Ghi102]

Well, the Shinigami eyes halve the user's lifespan. In theory, that would mean that if Light had taken the eyes, he would have died earlier, probably by accidentally spoiling too many details about something

[@eraldocoil2719]

Near isn't a knockoff of L, he is N. A similar, while separate entity. He can't quite measure up to L in some ways, but he certainly is formidable and intelligent enough to take his place. The argument about Near being L's cheap knockoff is stupid, because given the circumstances, he works just fine as a replacement. I say this because no one will ever use the death note as Light did. This is no declaration of cyber warfare, this is me saying that your opinion is wrong because you aren't looking at this correctly.

[@kaosapprentice]

@@eraldocoil2719 I can't force you to be correct.

[@eraldocoil2719]

@@kaosapprentice Don't know what your point is.

[@teamholmez86]

How can somebody be born with shimoga eyes? And wouldn't you still need a death Note to kill even if you had them, defo could I have to read that part of the manga