JOPLIN, MO—With any interest or passion dissolving from her face the moment her son started to recount his favorite arc from the 2006 shōnen series, local mother Debra Carlisle was reportedly spotted Saturday evening standing dead-eyed behind her son as he explained his Halloween anime costume to a neighbor while trick-or-treating. “No, I’m not a skeleton. I’m a Shinigami named Ryuk from Death Note,” said 12-year-old David Carlisle, eliciting an audibly deflated sigh from his mother as he noted that his black spiky hair, wings, and rings were all clear nods to his favorite blue-skinned humanoid from the manga and anime. “My mom wanted me to just go as a ghost, but this way I can reuse this costume when she takes me to Cape Con next month! Right, Mom? You said you’d do that. Oh sorry, no, I actually don’t want any candy. But I’d take an apple! That’s a Death Note reference. See, in the show, all gods of death canonically love apples. Here, I’ll just go through the events of the first few episodes so you can get the gist.” At press time, a visibly exhausted Carlisle had reportedly retreated toward the sidewalk to light a cigarette as her son continued to tell his neighbor about his disappointment in the series’ 2017 American film adaptation.The post Mother Stands Dead-Eyed Behind Child Explaining Anime Costume appeared first on The Onion.