Matt

Matt (マット, Matto), real name Mail Jeevas (pronounced Mile) (マイル・ジバス, Mairu Jibasu), is an accomplice with the Kira case, acting as Mello's backup. Little is known about him, as Matt has only appeared in roughly twelve panels of the manga, and little over 5 minutes in the anime. Matt is intelligent, being known as third place at Wammy's, though he was not a successor to L. He is shown as having a dry sense of humor; asking, "Since when were the Japanese allowed to have such big guns?" while standing at gunpoint. His specialty is technology.

Plot
Matt is first seen in the manga as Mello's accomplice in spying on Misa Amane, and later, Mogi and Aizawa. After letting his guard down, he lost track of them and eventually follows Mello to Japan in their pursuit. He is only seen again during Takada's kidnapping, where he distracts her bodyguards with a smoke gun, allowing Mello to kidnap her. After some time, he gets cornered by the bodyguards and is shot multiple times after surrendering. In the anime he hid a gun inside the back of his shirt which he tried to take out. The bodyguards later state that they never intended on bringing him in alive because of their belief and loyalty to Kira, claiming that Matt wouldn't reveal anything about the kidnapping and that death was the only punishment for his crimes. Mello later sees the news of his death broadcast on TV, and apologizes for having gotten Matt killed.

Later in the manga, a TV broadcast reports that his identity is unknown, and that the bodyguards were forced to shoot because he was showing a dangerous and aggressive behaviour.

Concept
In Death Note: How To Read 13, Obata describes Matt's concept as "a young man who loves gaming and doesn't really care much about the world."

Trivia

 * According to How To Read 13, Matt likes video games and dislikes going outside.
 * Also in How To Read 13, Matt's blood type is given as O, his height as 5'5" and his weight as 115 lbs.
 * Matt is also one of the few characters in Death Note to admit out loud that Misa is "cute", but this only happens in the manga during the time he was instructed to keep an eye on her.
 * In the anime and manga, Matt is left handed.
 * Matt, Wedy, Demegawa and Ukita are the only characters in the series shown to smoke. (Note: the scene in which Ukita smokes wasn't shown in the anime)
 * Matt used his last breath to take a puff of his cigarette.
 * In the anime, Matt's car is a red 1970 Chevrolet Chevelle SS 454.
 * In the manga, Mello is shown driving the car with Matt next to him. Its possible that the car is property of Mello.
 * Matt and Near are similar in many ways (anti-social, calm, apathetic, etc). Mello might not be hostile towards Matt because he doesn't fuel his inferiority complex.
 * Despite being a minor character with few appearances, Matt is one of the most popular characters of the series.
 * In the manga, Matt's hideout was littered with junk food and a box of cereal.
 * Matt has light blue eyes, as shown in official artwork.

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