Love (chapter)

Love is the 2nd chapter of Volume four and 27th chapter overall.

Plot
L is confused as to why the second Kira would mention shinigami to the real Kira. Light tells him that he must mean in a literal sense, and the word must have a special meaning between them. L deduces that the second Kira must not be acting according to the real Kira’s plans because he failed to force L to appear on TV. The second Kira’s goal was just to meet Kira. Therefore, L plans to not respond to the second Kira’s message and let the real Kira handle this situation. He thinks that eventually, the second Kira will start revealing important information about the nature of their powers, and it will force the real Kira to actually respond.

Meanwhile, Misa asks her shinigami Rem about the origins of her Death Note. Rem reveals to her an important shinigami rule:

The way to kill a shinigami is to make them fall in love with a woman.

Rem tells Misa the story of Gelus who fell in love with Misa and saved her from getting killed by a crazed stalker by writing down the name of the killer in his Death Note, thus killing him before he killed her. Since Gelus was in love with Misa and shinigami only exist to shorten life, not extend it, he died and turned to dust. Rem picked up his Death Note and gave it to Misa.

Misa begins to get anxious because Kira has not responded to her message. She decides to send another one.

Meanwhile, Light brainstorms as to how he can control the second Kira without L finding out about it. He gets a call from his father who tells him that the second Kira has sent Sakura TV her diary. Soichiro points out a critical entry in the diary:

30th—We confirmed our Shinigami at the Giants game at the Tokyo Dome

Light, however, is more interested in these entries.

''22nd—My friend and I showed off our notebooks in Aoyama.

23rd—I ran into HIM in the cafeteria. He was eating pork cut.''