I think that you went overboard with the capitalizing, but I really, really enjoyed it.

Although this brought bad sad memories, this was wonderfully executed. (:

I really really loved this. I like how Light is sorta Ryuk's muse, because out of all humans, he is definitely the one who would be the most fascinating to Ryuk.

And this:
"Light didn't go to Heaven or Hell, just like no one else did. Because they don't exist."

I like the idea.. that there's nothing else after this. And that justice and judgement is a human concept.

And it really was sorta beautiful how Ryuk kept thinking that he just might love Light. He truly was his Saviour for writing his name in the Death Note. Great job =)

This was really good. You captured what you were trying to, and I loved reading it.

i like it.
i like it very much. :)

refreshing to see Raito's death from the eyes of Ryuk.
i have always wondered how his point of view will be.
i think this one would've been a perfect semblance of it.

write more~
this one goes to my faves~ :)

that was really amamzing! This was the first one ive read from Ryuks POV and it just blew my mind, amazing!

Wow! Amazing! Ryuk is portrayed perfectly! I can understand what he says about it too. Except I don't think he's that smart to think that deep...oh well, it was pretty amazing. I loved how you said that humans needed somthing to believe in and all that stuff about judgement.

Justice is rarely black and white. Many times, justice isn't given. People turn to a saviour, regardless of who it may be, and rejoice in the belief that this saviour will cease their ails.

I loved that you did this from Ryuk's perspective. He was so indifferent to the whole thing. XD Particularly on this part, ". . .Blah fucking blah, Ryuk wants an apple. He thinks that humans believe in some pretty dumb things. . ." That made me laugh so fucking hard. XD

I love it! Perfection! X3

That was darkly beautiful. I have a "love concept" obsession, so it's that that I have to mention first (I'll get to the rest, though. I write long reviews when I like something).

The way Ryuk said he loved Light was fitting with his godly detachment. It was definite but meaningless, like humans themselves, and just thrown in, happening to fit so well. It was a symbol that Ryuk used to familiarise the two of them, along with Savior, and Something Else.

I'm glad you mentioned that you put in the capitals on purpose, because while the first few times seemed accidental, if fit better and better as the story went along (or more likely my mind fit it better), and seemed to have a rhythmic feel to it, much like the old poems you mentioned.

I loved your portrayel of Light; of all the things he was, he was never seen as a dreamer in the anime and manga, and most especially the movie (though that's really it's own being, and shouldn't be put with the other two. But the point is Light is made to seem evil in the movies because movies promoting the bad guys blantently don't go well). Anyway, he is always the straightlaced one, at most calling himself "pure." But it would take a daydreamer, or a poet, to be able to imagine a pure world, or that they could achieve it. (And since the best prodigies and poets invariably die young, his fate was more or less set that way...) It fits remarkably well, even better since he probably never saw it in himself.

Repeating things like "he was a god, he knew how to kill," added to the feeling of the story, a sort of distancing of Ryuk from humans.

I totally agree with your view of death note, since I hold that belief in general any way (always makes things easier to accept *grin*). But at the end of the manga, it adds something; a sort of 'life and death are meaningless to the dead, but everything to the living.' Light isn't a concious being, so he obviously couldn't care about what people thought about him. But an entire cult of people worship him, because he killed others, and preserved their own lives. I'm not explaining myself very well, but I'm wondering out loud over whether the end is more than just about 'justice' but life itself. I'm not sure yet... back to reviewing...

The last two... no, the last line itself, is perfect. It sums up everything in seven words (seven sins... christian sounding prayers... ha ha). And no abbreviation, which makes it more formal, more feelings. The more I look into this, the better it is (If I'm looking too deep, sorry, my English teacher is nuts).

Well, that's all for now, yours till the sun takes it's last dip below the horizon; Olynara Sedai

This was certainly an interesting piece. I'm not quite sure how I feel about it. In some ways, it was brilliant. I think you got Ryuk's thoughts and beliefs across quite accurately, and the writing itself was, you're right, musical. And I loved the 'he is something else' bits. That sounded good, and it was apt. However, there were times when it was also confusing and incoherent. You wrote it a while ago, so I'm certainly not blaming you or anything, but your tenses were really inconsistent--you kept switching, and even if that was intentional, it didn't quite work. Also, I think you should have limited the capitalized words--it has more impact if you do it less. 'This Is Not Justice' had a major impact, so things like that...

Anyway over all, great job. I really did enjoy this story, and the thoughts behind it were very smart and well-considered. It just had some small flaws. I love your writing.

Awesome. Just plain Awesome.

I never realized until you wrote it, but if Ryuk had written Near's name in the Death Note, he himself would have died as well!

I love the way you portrayed Ryuk's feelings for Light, indeed, Ryuk did love him.

You are brilliant!

And another one...XD;

Nice and interessing idea to show us trough a Shinegami's eyes...and...actually, Ryuk's perspective was kind of fascinating.

Picturing Light's death as an act of mercy, instead of an ironic illustration of poetic justice or a last trick from a bored Shinigami. It was...neat.^_^
And the idea of Shinegami as creature eating human's beliefs to exist, and how it could explain why they needs to use human's names to kill them...
It was interessing and makes so much sense. After all, they're still gods, and gods couldn't live without human beliefs.XD

The portrayal of Light as a dreamer and the oposition established by Ryuk between him and the cold pragmatism of Near was awesome by the way.
Oh well, thanks for this one...

m. beautiful!

One of my favorite themes from Death Note: the concept of justice. You wrote it beautifully through Ryuk's eyes on the human world.
The first paragraph, starting with:
"Ryuk, he was a god."
Was amazing.
The rest of it did not dissapoint... an excellent work of writing.