2 "Confrontation" Transcription: "Taiketsu" (Japanese: 対決) Tomohiko Itō Toshiki Inoue Junichi Takaoka October 11, 2006 (2006-10-11) October 28, 2007 As criminals begin dying from inexplicable heart attacks, Interpol convenes to discuss the phenomenon. Unable to explain it, they turn to the world's top-ranked detective, L, whose true identity is a closely guarded secret. L speaks to the Interpol representatives through a computer and an electronic voice, promising them that they are dealing with mass-murder and that he will soon confront the killer, whom the general public has been calling Kira (the Japanese pronunciation of the English word killer).