Ryuk
demonic intermediate Japanese single tradition · 1
Ryuk is a shinigami who originally owned the Death Note, a mysterious black notebook with the ability to kill anyone whose name is written in its pages. He dropped the Death Note into the human world out of boredom.
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“it was originally owned by a shinigami named Ryuk, who dropped it into the human world out of boredom”
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