Congratulations! You are now the owner of a fully automated RYUUK unit. To ensure that you get the full use and benefits of your male Shinigami, please pay close attention to the following instructions.
Basic Information:
Name: Ryuuk, aka Mr. Shinigami, Shinigami-san, True Neutral
Date of Manufacture: Unknown.
Place of manufacture: Shinigami, Inc.; Home Division.
Height: 6'1.
Weight: Also unknown; probably fairly light.
Your RYUUK unit will come with the following accessories:
Two Death Notes
One Skull Pen
One Leather Belt
One Feather Ruff
When you first unpack your RYUUK unit you may be scared out of your wits. Please don't faint. It only encourages him.
Programming:
Your unit is treacherous, unpredictable, and will only perform these services on rare occasions unless he finds them amusing.
Halloween Ornament: As most of you can attest, this unit is pretty darn scary. Have him stand near your door when October 31st rolls around and you'll be a hit; especially since the average person can't see him and when he throws stuff most people will think you've really got a specter at the house.
Guard Dog: No, he won't bark, but what kind of burglar is gonna want to stay to see if this ghostly figure is going to eat his brains or not? Warning: Better booby-trap the house with pieces of the Death Note so that they can see him.
Clown: C'mon, admit it. He looks like one. However, unless you've got some serious weight to throw around, your RYUUK unit probably won't do this one.
Assassin: Although he's not on anyone's side, if you can convince him to defend you, nobody will be able to touch you. That's the beauty of the Death Note paired with Shinigami Eyes.
Your RYUUK unit comes with five different modes:
Ambiguous (default)
Treacherous
Bored
Amused
Curious
The default mode of Ambiguous is different from Treacherous, no matter how similar they may seem to you. When in Treacherous mode, the RYUUK unit will betray everyone you thought he was allied with.
The Bored mode activates whenever the RYUUK unit has nothing to do. It may result in him bugging you until you provide something of interest to do.
The Amused mode usually follows the Bored mode. In this mode, the unit is at his most pleasant, and will probably not bother you or follow you around or ask for an apple until Bored mode is back.
The Curious mode can be extremely annoying, as your unit will ask many irritating questions and pester you.
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Relations with other units:
Light Yagami: This unit is haunted by your unit. RYUUK may follow this unit around, and they may play a few video games together. However, this one will be killed by your RYUUK unit.
Misa Amane: For a while, your RYUUK unit haunted this one. He might find her amusing or annoying, but nothing beyond that.
Rem: This unit is a fellow Shinigami. RYUUK may develop a crush on her.
Near: These two units met once and seem to be on good terms.
Cleaning:
Should the occasion arise, your RYUUK unit ought to be able to clean himself perfectly well. However, he shouldn't need cleaned very often. Shinigami don't really sweat or get dirty.
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Energy:
The RYUUK unit eats only apples. Do not try to make him eat anything else. Do not keep him from eating apples.
Frequently Asked Questions:
Q: I recently purchased the RYUUK unit, but after he came into contact with my (reprogrammed) LIGHT YAGAMI unit, there's always slightly dramatic music in their somewhat diabolical conversations. It gets old after a while. Is there a way I can make them stop this insane gibber gabber of killing and evil plans, or at least get them to talk about it somewhere else? -band geeks are hot
A: You'll just have to lay down the law and tell them to be diabolical and dramatic elsewhere.
Q: My RYUUK unit has been all mopey lately, I offered him an apple but he threw it at my head what do I do? – Mello's Girl
A: Play some video games again, or visit him with a Rem unit.
Q: I have recently started cutting the apples I feed him to resemble bunnies, but not he just sits and stares at them! What's wrong? -Yumiaria
A: He think you're a weirdo. Who wants to eat innocent bunnies, even if they are apples? Just let him eat them whole, the apples that is.
Q:
I find that strawberries are cheaper to buy then apples. Is it safe to replace RYUUK's apples with strawberries? -Yumiaria
A: No. It is not.
Q:
My RYUUK unit always follow me every time and everywhere after I wrote a name in Death note. Even when I go to bathroom! (pervert!)
What should I do to stop this? -Shi4shi4
A: Give up the Death Note. He'll quiet following you, although you should still be able to see him as soon as you touch a bit of one of his notebooks.
Q: My RYUUK keeps asking me to swap eyes with him. I keep telling him that I can't afford surgery, but he says it'll only cost half my life. I tell him that that doesn't make it sound more appealing but he keeps asking. I'm getting annoyed, how do I make him shut up? -no heart to follow
A:
Bribing him should work.
Q:
I don't keep a lot of apples on hand (I originally asked for a REM unit so I wasn't expecting to need them) and now he's rolling on the floor moaning and twisting. I think I killed him. What do I do? -no heart to follow
A:
He's still alive, but quick, get him an apple! Or any product with apples in it, to hold over.
Q: I've had my both my RYUUK and LIGHT YAGAMI units for a while now and everything seemed fine between them. LIGHT would feed RYUUK apples and all was well. Then one day I came home to find my LIGHT unit on the floor apparently dead and my RYUUK unit standing near by. It was obvious that RYUUK wrote LIGHT's name in his own Death Note, but I don't understand why. I thought they were fairly compatible. What happened? -MelfinaPan
A: Ah, this unit has no loyalties. If it amuses him, he'll kill off anyone he likes.
Q: A LIGHT YAGAMI, MOGI, AIZAWA, MATSUDA, IDE, NEAR, LIDNER, GEVANNI and RESTER unit seemed to have met with my RYUUK unit. My neighbor is complaining about their LIGHTYAGAMI unit's unresponsiveness. Is my RYUUK unit to blame? -That Random Person
A:
Most likely; no good ever comes of wild parties, especially when RYUUK units attend.
Q:
My RYUUK unit was following a LIGHTYAGAMI unit for awhile, but now, they're never together! And get this! My RYUUK unit is following a MISA AMANE unit! Is this supposed to happen? -That Random Person
A:
Sometimes it does, when one of his Death Notes change hands.
Q:
My RYUUK unit was following my LIGHT unit around for quite a while, but now he's following around the REM unit, 'hyuk'ing a lot more. ...I'm slightly disturbed. –
A:
Your unit has a crush. What do you want us to do about it?
Q:
My RYUUK unit has this weird grin plastered on his face all the time like a pedophile-is he a child molester? -soojinyeh
A:
No... Actually, he probably can't molest anyone. That's just his natural facial expression. No, he isn't a clown either.
Q:
How can I get him to stop worshipping my empty bottle of Snapple? -soojinyeh
A:
Good question. That's a system glitch we haven't worked out just yet.
Q:
My RYUUK unit stands next to my bed every night. When I wake up every morning, his face is the first thing I see. He scares me. What should I do? -Creation of a Dream
A:
Tell him in no uncertain terms that if he doesn't quit that he's going to regret it, ect. If that doesn't work, you're stuck. Don't worry, you'll get used to it.
Q:
I just purchased a RYUUK unit, and he was pretty normal and funny at first. But it seems he lives in fear of my MELLO unit. What's the problem?
A:
Even Shinigami consider the MELLO unit scary. Just don't let the two near each other too much and you should be okay.
Warranty
With proper care, the RYUUK unit should live forever, unless he forgets to write down names in his Death Note. However, if you get tired of him staring at you while you sleep, just refuse to feed him any apples until he leaves. He'll be out of your house faster than you can say "Super scary Shinigami with a gruesome grisly grin".
Well. This was both the easiest and the hardest I've done yet. Easy because I had a ton of questions and Ryuuk is easy to type and it was pretty fun. Hard because there's so little information on Ryuuk, and he doens't have many accessories or abilities. I think this may be the last for Death Note; I've got YuYu Hakusho's Hiei in the works. But maybe I'll do Rem and Mikami later.
By the way, if you happen to be a fan of YYH, you can drop a question for Hiei in the reviews, if you review.
I'd like to thank all the lovely people who've been with this from the begining.
Botho-Goth, Sasana-chan, Shi4shi4, allaboutcontests, Creation Of A Dream, band geeks are hot, Foxxy1st, , and everyone else.