Rebirth

Rebirth (新生, Shinsei) is the first episode of the anime Death Note.

Synopsis
High school student, Light Yagami finds a notebook drop from the sky named the "Death Note". He tests the mysterious powers of the notebook and finds to his astonishment that the book has the power to kill people whose names are written on it. Ryuk, a shinigami, later confronts him at his home, telling him the book belongs to the human owner who found it first and cannot be returned unless the owner dies, completes the notebook or relinquishes ownership. Though initially terrified and distraught by how he killed people, Light decides that he will use the Death Note to kill all the evil people to become the world's new god.

Death Note Rules Revealed

 * 1) The human whose name is written in this note shall die.
 * 2) This note will not take effect unless the writer has the person’s face in their mind when writing his/her name. Therefore, people sharing the same name will not be affected.
 * 3) If the cause of death is written within 40 seconds of writing the person’s name, it will happen.
 * 4) If the cause of death is not specified, the person will simply die of a heart attack.
 * 5) After writing the cause of death, details of the death should be written in the next 6 minutes and 40 seconds.

Trivia

 * Light Yagami finds the Death Note in this episode.
 * This episode marks the first appearence of Light Yagami and Ryuk.
 * Starting from this episode, Light begins to think of himself as a God, who passes judgement on criminals.