Death Note Episode 21: Performance

The Yotsuba group, following a recommendation from "Eraldo Coil," hires Misa as a potential spokesperson, hoping to exploit her past connection to L to uncover his identity.

During her job interview with the group, Misa delivers rehearsed responses under L's supervision, impressing them while they probe her knowledge of L. The third Kira, a Yotsuba member using the Death Note that once belonged to Misa, takes a particular interest in her, viewing her as a potential trophy wife and even considering insuring her life after marriage for fraudulent gain.

On a bathroom break, Rem touches Misa with a scrap of Death Note paper, restoring her ability to see Shinigami but not her memories. Rem expresses disgust toward the third Kira, warns Misa that her life is in danger if she joins the Yotsuba group, reveals that Misa and Light were once the first two Kiras, and identifies the third Kira as Kyosuke Higuchi.

Misa devises her own plan, ignoring Rem's advice to trust Light fully, and returns to the meeting. To prove her worth as the second Kira, she "kills" a loan shark on camera (with Rem actually performing the killing while following them), prompting Higuchi—who left his Death Note at home—to agree to halt killings for a week as proof of his identity.

Unbeknownst to Higuchi, Misa secretly records his confession on her phone, securing evidence that he is the third Kira.

Meanwhile, Light analyzes the third Kira's modus operandi and realizes it closely mirrors his own thinking, unsettling him as he questions why he is comparing himself to Kira.