Ryu Cork

Ryu Cork is the Ultimate Child Prodigy but prefers to go by the Ultimate Grade Skipper and is a student at Reservoir University, participating with 15 other students in it's killing game featured in Danganronpa: Dead End. Ryu is roughly ten years old.

Please refer to Ryu Cork/Image Gallery and Ryu Cork/Sprite Gallery for images on Ryu.

Personality
Ryu is very much a trouble maker in the group. He's a short-tempered boy who likes mocking and making fun of the other participants. He is known to quite narcissistic as well. Because of all of this most people find the boy somewhat annoying.

If you do get on his bad side, as described by the few that talked to him: "Anyone who gets on his bad side will be tormented until they break." This along with his hyperthymesia seems to be extremely useful for him. During the demo trial, it's shown that he is quite creative and able to think outside the box, as he points out that his young age meant nobody listens to him, so he finds other ways to make his voice heard.

Development
He was first revealed during the trailer along with the other 15 participants. His talent was revealed second on March 24th on the Danganronpa: Dead End discord server. On April 14th, 2020, it was revealed that Ryu would be voiced by Lumisau.

Background
As the son of two great scientists Ryu knew he was destined to be one of the best. His mother was caring and helped nurture his natural talents, his father however was only interested in his hyperthymesia. It allows Ryu to recall anything that he has seen in his life with perfect detail. He became the test subject for numerous experiments his parents would run in an attempt to learn the secrets behind it. His father took advantage by having him homeschooled and memorize vast amounts of text at a young age. It’s because of this that Ryu believes he is the perfect human.

Ryu had interacted with the outside world on a few occasions either to compete in contests or to be presented to his parents' colleagues. However even with only these interactions the reputation of a short-tempered snot nosed brat quickly began to follow him. Anyone who gets on his bad side will be "tormented until they break."

However his mother fell ill and quickly died. How Ryu feels about his mothers passing is currently unknown. Now without his mother Ryu’s father wanted to be rid of him. Luckily Reservoir University was happy to accept him. Although, for some reason he loathes his talent as the Ultimate Child Prodigy preferring to go by Ultimate Grade Skipper instead.

Trivia
-Ryu's Super Mouse hoodie has logos from "Cork Industries", which is the company that his parents own and work for.

-Ryu has been stated on several occasions by the game's lead writer DjCat that he is his favorite character in the game.

-Ryu sees Cherry, the ultimate toymaker as a motherly figure, as seen in the demo trial.