Matt

Matt (マット, Matto), real name Mail Jeevas (pronouced Mile) (マイル・ジバス, Mairu Jibasu), is Mello's accomplice and friend from Wammy's House. He first appears in Chapter 83 (Volume 10, page 70) of the.



Inside the back of his shirt, he hid a gun which he tried to take out, but he is shot multiple times by all thirteen of the bodyguards surrounding him. A total of twenty four bullets went into his body. The bodyguards never intended on bringing him in alive and, being fanatic Kira followers, considered death the only punishment for Matt's crimes. Mello later sees the news of his death broadcast on TV, and apologizes for having gotten Matt killed.

Matt's appearance was a total of 18 panels in the manga (spread out over chapters 83-87 and 98-99) and two episodes in the anime, though only for a few minutes, in a non-speaking cameo in episode 32 and a speaking role in episode 35 (where the events of Takada's kidnapping and his death was depicted).



It is later revealed that Matt's real name is Mail Jeevas. Fans sometimes refer to him as M² for the fact that his name also starts with M and he's second after Mello, who is the first M.

Trivia

 * Matt is the only one of the best known Wammy Boys that Linda didn't draw.
 * 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.
 * He resembles the facial features of Matsuda.
 * Matt, Weddy, 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 1967 Chevrolet Chevelle SS 396; the epitome of the American sportscar.
 * Any youtube videos that show clips of Matt have well over 10,000 views, which makes him one of the most popular characters in the series, despite his short appearances.
 * Matt was made so Mello wouldn't be lonely.