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Ryuk was irresponsible as a reaper but it was Light who was the reactionary lunatic. If Light wanted to use the Death Note for petty reasons or to kill the global bourgeoisie, Ryuk would've been entertained either way.
In any case, Death Note is Harry Potter tier slop for teenagers and manchildren, written by retarded liberals.

>>29465
Asking because I was having an argument with a friend a couple of days ago about whenever or not Ryuk should be considered a villain. He was arguing that Ryuk is not a villain, while I was arguing that he is.

I was arguing that Ryuk literally started everything out of nothing but his own enterntainment and actually basically preyed on Light and ruined Light's life, on which my friend replied that Ryuk is a neutral semi-divine force that both does not and can not abide by the human morals and Light is not a victim in any real sense and should be primarily blamed himself for his own corruption. In the end, we had only agreed on that Ryuk can be seen as villain or not, depending on if one interprets him as malicious or ignorant of humans in the beginning of the story.

>>29467
Anyone who thinks Ryuk isn't a villain is deranged. That's like saying it's a morally neutral act to give a loaded gun to a toddler.

>>29468
>>29467
I agree. Ryuk has worked with other humans in the past with that note. He would’ve known what would’ve happened if one went overboard and did nothing. Either he’s evil or he’s a dumbass but there’s no in between.

>>29468
Honestly the idea that the [supernaturally/technologically, depending on the setting] beings cannot possibly be held to the same moral (god, I hate that word) standards as "mere" mortals smells lovecraftianism. And I am almost sure that Lovecraft had subconsciously birthed that idea to rationalise his own KKK-tier racism. You know, "Columbus' fleet was Ctulhu for the Taino people".