Did Ryuk care for light?

As stated earlier, Ryuk is only following Light around for entertainment value. His little trip to Earth is basically a getaway from the boredom of the Shinigami world and a way to get a vacation from his Death God job for a while. This leads to the truth of the matter. Ryuk really doesn't care about Light.
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Did Ryuk choose light?

He had expected Light might have thought of some way out of his situation, but seeing as he is desperate enough to go to Ryuk for help, Ryuk decides it is all over for him. Ryuk returns to the Shinigami Realm after killing Light.
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Why did Ryuk wanted to kill light?

In the manga, Light asked Ryuk to kill Near and the task force members, realizing that there was no other way for him to win. Ryuk realized that Light had no chance of succeeding without the Shinigami's help so he finally ended the little experiment he started.
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Why did Ryuk stay with light?

Ryuk was tied to the DN, because he was the real owner at that time (Light wouldn't be able to see him if he wasn't of course, silly me), which he mentions in chapter 66. If I find out how ownership was transferred to Ryuk from Sidoh in the first place, I'll try to answer this question.
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Is Ryuk a good guy?

Type of Villain

Ryuk. Ryuk is the deuteragonist of the Death Note franchise, though he would later become the main antagonist of the one shot special chapter, set after the events of the original series. He was the one who inadvertently gave Light Yagami the Death Note and instigated his killing spree.
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5 Things You Probably Didn't Know About Ryuk From Death Note! (5 Facts)



Can l and light Be Friends?

even if he did see light as a friend it would not be mutual (In an interview he was asked, “Did L have any friends?” We are told, “No. When he told Light that Light was his first friend, it was a lie. L could never have a friend, as he found humans to be a very cunning species.”Dec 4, 2015) deathnotenews.com/news/…
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Can the Death Note kill Ryuk?

Whom Ryuk Is Not Permitted To Kill

Ryuk cannot, under any circumstances, kill another Shinigami with his Death Note. As Ryuk explains to Light regarding his motives for dropping the Death Note into the human realm: being far away from the human realm means it's not interesting enough.
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Why does Ryuk like apples so much?

Apples are Ryuk's favorite food and the only thing he is seen eating. He likes apples from the human world because he finds them "juicy" and stated that they are an addiction for him, like alcohol or cigarettes for humans.
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Why does Ryuk write Lights name in his book?

In light's case and ryuk, it was really Light's time to die ... so ryuk has to get light's life by writing his name on the DN and will not die.
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Is Near L's brother?

TV Drama. Near (ニア, Nia) is the younger of L's two successors, raised in Wammy's House—Watari's orphanage for gifted children in Winchester, England. After L's death, Near begins his investigation of the Kira case, gathering evidence over a period of four years.
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Is Light Yagami The unnamed shinigami?

There is a popular theory that the unnamed Shinigami featured in the anime OVA, Death Note Relight 1, is the reincarnation of Light Yagami. However, since a similar-ish Shinigami appears in the manga while Light is still in school, this is debatable.
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Why did Ryuk carry 2 death notes?

Ryuk is a Shinigami bored with the activities (or lack thereof) of the Shinigami realm, so he decides to obtain a second Death Note and drop it in the human world for someone to find, hoping to relieve his boredom. He succeeds in tricking the Shinigami King out of a second Death Note.
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Is Mello a boy or girl?

Mello is a young man with chin-length golden-blond hair and blue eyes.
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What is Ryuk warned light?

When he first meets Light Yagami, Ryuk warns him that when Light's time to die comes, Ryuk will write his name in his own Death Note. Ryuk writes Light's name in his Death Note in the anime.
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Who is the smartest in Death Note?

Death Note: The 10 Smartest Characters, Ranked
  1. 1 NEAR. While all of them have their suspicions, Near is the only one of Death Note's trio of young detectives able to provide indisputable evidence of Light's guilt.
  2. 2 LIGHT YAGAMI. ...
  3. 3 L. ...
  4. 4 MELLO. ...
  5. 5 WATARI/ROGER RUVIE. ...
  6. 6 TERU MIKAMI. ...
  7. 7 REIJI NAMIKAWA. ...
  8. 8 HALLE LIDNER. ...
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Can a Shinigami reproduce?

Shinigami may be male or female. They cannot and are not permitted to have sexual relations with humans, nor can they have sexual intercourse with one another. They are also unable to reproduce. Despite this, Shinigami may still carry emotions pertaining to others, be it human or shinigami.
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Who is Ryuk inspired by?

9 RYUK WAS INSPIRED BY EDWARD SCISSORHANDS

As revealed in an interview in Death Note 13, Obata is actually a fan of Tim Burton, so it's no surprise that he took some inspiration from his designs, particularly from Edward Scissorhands.
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Is Rem better than Ryuk?

I would say Ryuk. Ryuk understood the stakes a lot more than Rem. Rem was too naïf and can in a way be partially to blame for everyone's death. In the chess game that the show was, Rem was too easy to manipulate, so in my opinion was a worse Shinigami because of his conscience and humanity.
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What would happen if light wrote Ryuk's name?

If Light tried to write Ryuk, he would be dead. Ryuk has his own death note and would quickly jot down Light's name.
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Can Death Note kill gods?

No it shouldn't be possible to kill a Death God with a Note, since the very first rule states that the human whose name is written in this note shall die, and Death Gods aren't human.
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Did light regret his actions?

In Return from Purgatory, Light shows genuine remorse for all the deaths he had caused in the past, seeking to atone this by pursuing a more 'pure, just' path by limiting his victims to only his primary targets in the beginning of the series: criminals and scum.
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What is L's backstory?

History. At the age of eight, L was found by Watari and taken to the orphanage known as Wammy's House, a home for gifted children. Sometime after, Watari realized that L had incredible intelligence and later assisted him in his cases.
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Did L care about Watari?

Though L cared for Watari, the two didn't have a lot in common. Watari was more of L's caretaker than his friend. When meeting Light, however, he told him that he considered the young detective to be his first friend.
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How did Ryuk trick Shinigami King?

It looks like Ryuk tricked the king of Gods by pretending he had lost his Death Note.
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