# WebtoonLib — Death Note #70

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

## Chapter
- number: 70
- release_date: 2025-05-29

### Summary
The complex psychological battle between L and an amnesiac Light is violently disrupted by the emergence of a new, ruthless player. Mello, one of L's successors, has allied with the mafia to seize a Death Note for himself, immediately putting him on a collision course with the investigation. His aggressive pursuit of Kira is further complicated by the sudden appearance of the Shinigami Shidoh, the notebook's original owner, who has tracked his stolen property to the human world and now confronts Mello directly.
- summary_source: graph_aggregator
- summary_verification: unverified

### Key events
- Mello and the Mafia kidnap Sayu Yagami to blackmail the task force for the Death Note.

### Characters involved
- Shidoh — character
- Mihael Keehl — character

## Spoiler
- level: auto

### Safe teaser
The complex psychological battle between L and an amnesiac Light is violently disrupted by the emergence of a new, ruthless player.

### Spoiler summary
The complex psychological battle between L and an amnesiac Light is violently disrupted by the emergence of a new, ruthless player. Mello, one of L's successors, has allied with the mafia to seize a Death Note for himself, immediately putting him on a collision course with the investigation. His aggressive pursuit of Kira is further complicated by the sudden appearance of the Shinigami Shidoh, the notebook's original owner, who has tracked his stolen property to the human world and now confronts Mello directly.

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

## See also
- [WebtoonLib — Death Note #70](/series/death-note-0cc4d0/chapter-70)
- for_series_detail: /llms-series/death-note-0cc4d0

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