# WebtoonLib — Death Note #38

## Series
- title: Death Note
- slug: death-note-0cc4d0

## Chapter
- number: 38
- release_date: 2025-05-29

### Summary
The cat-and-mouse game escalates as Light comes face-to-face with his pursuer, the eccentric detective L. No longer operating from the shadows, L enrolls in the same university as Light, leading to a direct and intensely personal confrontation. As the two geniuses size each other up, their rivalry takes on a charged, intimate quality, forcing Light to maintain his innocent facade under the constant, unnerving scrutiny of an enemy he can see but cannot kill.
- summary_source: graph_aggregator
- summary_verification: unverified

### Characters involved
- L Lawliet — character
- Light Yagami — character

## Spoiler
- level: auto

### Safe teaser
The cat-and-mouse game escalates as Light comes face-to-face with his pursuer, the eccentric detective L.

### Spoiler summary
The cat-and-mouse game escalates as Light comes face-to-face with his pursuer, the eccentric detective L. No longer operating from the shadows, L enrolls in the same university as Light, leading to a direct and intensely personal confrontation. As the two geniuses size each other up, their rivalry takes on a charged, intimate quality, forcing Light to maintain his innocent facade under the constant, unnerving scrutiny of an enemy he can see but cannot kill.

## Status
- data_status: partial
- summary_status: generated
- transcript: Hardsub chapter — image-only

## See also
- [WebtoonLib — Death Note #38](/series/death-note-0cc4d0/chapter-38)
- for_series_detail: /llms-series/death-note-0cc4d0

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