Item from Death Note by Tsugumi Ohba
64 cameras hidden in the Yagami household — L's attempt to catch Kira in the act, defeated by a teenage boy and a bag of potato chips.
L's surveillance of the Yagami household is one of the series' defining sequences. 64 cameras installed without the family's knowledge, monitoring every room, every angle. L watches Light study, eat, sleep, and interact with his family — looking for any sign that this model student is a mass murderer. Light's response is legendary: he hides a portable television inside a bag of potato chips and writes names in the Death Note while appearing to eat snacks and study. The 'potato chip scene' — Light writing names while dramatically eating chips — is one of the most iconic moments in anime. It's also a perfect encapsulation of the series' thesis: the surveillance was perfect, and it didn't matter, because Light was smarter than the system watching him.
Miniature cameras and wiretaps concealed throughout the Yagami residence — in walls, ceilings, light fixtures. State-of-the-art surveillance technology, virtually undetectable by normal means. The monitoring station shows feeds from all 64 cameras simultaneously.
Also known as: The Cameras, Yagami House Surveillance, 64 Cameras