Heaven

Heaven (天国, Tengoku) is the 8th chapter of Volume five and 42nd chapter overall.

Plot
Matsuda is caught listening to the group’s conversation. However, he nervously tells them that he is Misa Amane’s manager and wanted to talk to the Yotsuba group members about Misa possibly starring in a commercial for them. One Yotsuba member instructs the others to take Matsuda to another room and hear his pitch. The Yotsuba group now wonders if Matsuda heard any of their conversation. They agree that they have no choice to kill Matsuda secretly.

L decides to call Matsuda’s cell phone. The Yotsuba group members let him answer the phone as long as they get to listen to the whole conversation. Matsuda realizes that it’s L and subtly tells him that he is being held captive alone. L decides to not take any drastic measures and let Matsuda somehow talk his way out of it.

Light calls Misa who has just finished with her movie shoot. Just then, he receives a call from a nervous Matsuda asking her to come down to the Yotsuba building with the possibility of being hired for a commercial. Misa excitedly tells Light the news, but Light tells her not to go. L, however, wants Misa to go in order to save Matsuda. Light orders Misa to go to the Yotsuba building and gives her specific instructions on what to do once she gets there.

Misa arrives at the Yotsuba building and invites all of the members to Misa’s apartment where she is having a party. The members all agree to go, along with Matsuda. During the party, Matsuda sneaks into the bathroom where he calls L and tells him that he definitely overheard Yotsuba talking about who will be Kira’s next victim. L then gives Matsuda specific instructions.

Matsuda pretends to be drunk and gets on the ledge of Misa’s balcony. He accidentally falls from Misa’s balcony and lands safely on a mattress that Soichiro and Ide are holding out from the floor below. When the group looks over the ledge, they see Matsuda’s dead body, who is really Aiber in disguise. Matsuda’s body is taken away by L and Light, who are dressed as paramedics. In the next day’s newspaper, Matsuda is officially declared dead.

However, thanks to Matsuda’s little misadventure, they now have the identities and profiles of each of the eight Yotsuba group members who attend the meetings.

Conception
For the chapter's title "Heaven" Ohba said that when a person sees the title, they may assume that someone is going to die. Ohba added that he was "going for that a little bit" but the title name mainly refers to Matsuda's feelings after he survives an incident and how Misa's room is like "heaven."

Chapter Guide
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