Ryuk’s original concept art. Takeshi Obata wanted to design Ryuk as an “attractive rock star”, but scrapped the idea at the thought that Ryuk shouldn’t be more attractive than the main character, Light. In How to Read 13, Obata states that Ryuk’s current grotesque face could be a mask to hide his “real” face, and therefore Ryuk may still technically look like this in canon.
holy shit im gonna cry
iTS BACK TO MY DASH AGAIN ARE YOU TRYING TO KILL ME
AT THE MEET UP I WAS TALKING ABOUT THE DEATH NOTE SHINIGAMI BEING THE ESTRANGED COUSINS OF THE KUROSHITSUJI SHINIGAMI AND WE ALL DECIDED IT WAS BECAUSE THEY WEREN’T AS ATTRACTIVE AND OH HOW WRONG WE WERE
can you imagine the shipwars that would’ve broken our over Ryuk/Light vs. Light/L if this had happened????
