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* Sesshoumaru's Tenseiga in ''Manga/InuYasha'' actually works by slaying goblin-like shinigami near recently deceased corpses.
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* ''LightNovel/SoICantPlayH'' is full of these. There are actually two opposing factions driving the main conflict. Lisara's side take pity on humans, and regularly allow them to live longer than they're supposed to. On the other hand, [[WellIntentionedExtremist Gardarblog]]'s side believe this practice has upset Earth's balance, and the resulting overpopulation is causing unnecessary suffering for humanity via famines and wars.
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* ''LightNovel/SoICantPlayH'' ''Literature/SoICantPlayH'' is full of these. There are actually two opposing factions driving the main conflict. Lisara's side take pity on humans, and regularly allow them to live longer than they're supposed to. On the other hand, [[WellIntentionedExtremist Gardarblog]]'s side believe this practice has upset Earth's balance, and the resulting overpopulation is causing unnecessary suffering for humanity via famines and wars.
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Japanese religion and spiritualism being highly syncretic, features of preexisting Taoist, Buddhist, and Shinto death entities appear to varying extents in different depictions of shinigami. For instance, the idea of a highly stratified and bureaucratic society of psychopomps and divine judges seen in series like ''Manga/{{Bleach}}'', ''Manga/DescendantsOfDarkness'', and ''Manga/YuYuHakusho'' originated in Chinese Buddhism, on the model of the massive Han bureaucracy in the living world.
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Japanese religion and spiritualism being highly syncretic, features of preexisting Taoist, Buddhist, and Shinto death entities appear to varying extents in different depictions of shinigami. For instance, the idea of [[CelestialBureaucracy a highly stratified and bureaucratic society of psychopomps and divine judges judges]] seen in series like ''Manga/{{Bleach}}'', ''Manga/DescendantsOfDarkness'', and ''Manga/YuYuHakusho'' originated in Chinese Buddhism, on the model of the massive Han bureaucracy in the living world.
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* ''Manga/{{Bleach}}'' is an manga and anime series about [[LoadsAndLoadsOfCharacters a whole society of shinigami]] who seemingly spend more time fighting TheHeartless than actually acting as psychopomps. Ferrying the dead to Soul Society is a job left to low-ranking shinigami whereas the more powerful shinigami focus on protecting the world from dangerous supernatural threats and administrating the low-ranking shinigami duties. The official English translation calls them "soul reapers", a translation that met with Creator/TiteKubo's approval.
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* ''Manga/{{Bleach}}'' is an manga and anime series about [[LoadsAndLoadsOfCharacters a whole society of shinigami]] shinigami who seemingly spend more time fighting TheHeartless than actually acting as psychopomps. Ferrying the dead to Soul Society is a job left to low-ranking shinigami whereas the more powerful shinigami focus on protecting the world from dangerous supernatural threats and administrating the low-ranking shinigami duties. The official English translation calls them "soul reapers", a translation that met with Creator/TiteKubo's approval.
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* ''Manga/DeathNote'' features shinigami who come in a variety of monstrous forms, from Ryuk, who resembles a MonsterClown, to Rem and Sidoh who both look like [[{{Mummy}} mummies]]. They all have retractable wings that can be used for flight, they're immune to any human weapons, and can [[IntangibleMan phase through objects]]. They're InvisibleToNormals, unless said normal touches the death note owned by that shinigami. They sustain themselves by writing names down in their death note, which magically kills the person, and then gaining the remaining years that person would have lived. Despite their power, they're very lazy as a society, and do little more than play cards. Ryuk only drops a spare death note into the human world because he's incredibly bored.
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* ''Manga/DeathNote'' features shinigami who come in a variety of monstrous forms, from Ryuk, who resembles a MonsterClown, to Rem and Sidoh who both look like [[{{Mummy}} mummies]]. They all have retractable wings that can be used for flight, they're immune to any human weapons, and can [[IntangibleMan phase through objects]]. They're InvisibleToNormals, unless said normal touches the death note or a piece of paper from it owned by that particular shinigami. They sustain themselves by writing names down in their death note, note; which magically kills the person, person and then gaining the remaining years that person would have lived. Despite their power, they're very lazy as a society, and do little more than play cards. Ryuk only drops a spare death note into the human world because he's he was incredibly bored.bored and wanted to see something interesting happen.
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* Botan from ''Manga/YuYuHakusho'' is a shinigami with character details (such as the oar she rides on and her blue hair) referencing the Japanese Buddhist myth of the Sanzu River, analogous to the Western River Styx. Her primary function is as a psychopomp, although that appears less and less as the series focuses more on Yusuke's battles with demons, and she starts to become more of Yusuke's [[TheHandler handler]] than anything else.
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* Botan from ''Manga/YuYuHakusho'' is a shinigami with character details (such as the oar she rides on and her blue hair) referencing the Japanese Buddhist myth of the Sanzu River, analogous to the Western River Styx. Her primary function is as a psychopomp, although that appears less and less as the series focuses more on Yusuke's battles with demons, and she starts to become more of becomes Yusuke's [[TheHandler handler]] more than anything else.
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Compare TheGrimReaper, {{Psychopomp}}. Also, try not to confuse these with [[UsefulNotes/{{Onmyodo}} shikigami]].
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* ''Literature/TheDarkArtifices'': Shinigami are a type of winged demons. In [[VillainWorld Thule]], Livia recounts that one of them was responsible for the death of Tiberius, while the other kidnapped Octavian, who was never seen again.
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* ''Literature/TheDarkArtifices'': Shinigami are a type of winged demons. In [[VillainWorld Thule]], Livia recounts that one of them was responsible for the death of Tiberius, while the other another kidnapped Octavian, who was never seen again.
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* ''Literature/TheDarkArtifices'': Shinigami are a type of winged demons. In [[VillainWorld Thule]], Livia recounts that one of them was responsible for the death of Tiberius, while the other kidnapped Octavian, who was never seen again.
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* ''Manga/{{Bleach}}'' is an anime and manga about [[LoadsAndLoadsOfCharacters a whole society of shinigami]] who seemingly spend more time fighting TheHeartless than actually acting as psychopomps. Ferrying the dead to Soul Society is a job left to low-ranking shinigami whereas the more powerful shinigami focus on protecting the world from dangerous supernatural threats and administrating the low-ranking shinigami duties. The official English translation calls them "soul reapers", a translation that met with Creator/TiteKubo's approval.
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* ''Manga/{{Bleach}}'' is an manga and anime and manga series about [[LoadsAndLoadsOfCharacters a whole society of shinigami]] who seemingly spend more time fighting TheHeartless than actually acting as psychopomps. Ferrying the dead to Soul Society is a job left to low-ranking shinigami whereas the more powerful shinigami focus on protecting the world from dangerous supernatural threats and administrating the low-ranking shinigami duties. The official English translation calls them "soul reapers", a translation that met with Creator/TiteKubo's approval.
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Shinigami are sometimes depicted as goblin or skeletal creatures who cause death and accidents, but some popular and more recent depictions of shinigami are closer to [[OurVampiresAreDifferent western vampires]], with them being portrayed as [[{{Immortality}} immortal]], attractive, hip, young people who wield a [[ComboPlatterPowers variety of superpowers]], chief among them SoulPower ([[TheDeadCanDance dancing skills not included]]). They will usually either cause death to sustain themselves, [[DarkIsNotEvil peacefully escort souls]] to the afterlife (see {{Psychopomp}}), slay demons and poltergeists who cause unnatural deaths, or be the result of unnatural deaths, themselves (interestingly similar to the ''first'' definition of shinigami, though this is almost never brought up). Or, various combinations of the above.
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Shinigami are sometimes depicted as goblin or skeletal creatures who cause death and accidents, but some popular and more recent depictions of shinigami are closer to [[OurVampiresAreDifferent western Western vampires]], with them being portrayed as [[{{Immortality}} immortal]], attractive, hip, young people who wield a [[ComboPlatterPowers variety of superpowers]], chief among them SoulPower ([[TheDeadCanDance dancing skills not included]]). They will usually either cause death to sustain themselves, [[DarkIsNotEvil peacefully escort souls]] to the afterlife (see {{Psychopomp}}), slay demons and poltergeists who cause unnatural deaths, or be the result of unnatural deaths, themselves (interestingly similar to the ''first'' definition of shinigami, though this is almost never brought up). Or, various combinations of the above.
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* In ''Manga/HayateTheCombatButler'', several characters have stated that Hayate must be being followed by one on a regular basis, this is probably never actually going to come up again...maybe. It's been joked on forums for a while now that it's probably a girl and that he's taking 'flirting with death' rather more literally than most and that with all the comments about him dying young and being fated to a horrible death she may just be the "winner" of the Unwanted Harem in the end.
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* In ''Manga/HayateTheCombatButler'', several characters have stated that Hayate must be being followed by one on a regular basis, this is probably never actually going to come up again...maybe. It's been joked on forums for a while now that it's probably a girl and that he's taking 'flirting with death' rather more literally than most and that with all the comments about him dying young and being fated to a horrible death she may just be the "winner" of the Unwanted Harem in the end.basis.
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* Botan from ''Manga/YuYuHakusho'' is a shinigami with character details (such as the oar she rides on and her blue hair) referencing the Japanese Buddhist myth of the Sanzu River, analogous to the Western River Styx. Her primary function is as a psychopomp, although that appears less and less as the series focuses more on Yusuke's battles with demons.
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* Botan from ''Manga/YuYuHakusho'' is a shinigami with character details (such as the oar she rides on and her blue hair) referencing the Japanese Buddhist myth of the Sanzu River, analogous to the Western River Styx. Her primary function is as a psychopomp, although that appears less and less as the series focuses more on Yusuke's battles with demons.demons, and she starts to become more of Yusuke's [[TheHandler handler]] than anything else.
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* ''Manga/FullMoonOSagashite'' has two cute spiffily dressed shinigami (Meroko and Takuto) giving [[OlderAlterEgo age-inducing]] IdolSinger powers to a charge who will die within a year to throat cancer. (It's actually a lot more complicated than it sounds.)
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* ''Manga/FullMoonOSagashite'' ''Manga/FullMoon'' has two cute spiffily dressed shinigami (Meroko and Takuto) giving [[OlderAlterEgo age-inducing]] IdolSinger powers to a charge who will die within a year to throat cancer. (It's actually a lot more complicated than it sounds.)
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Japanese religion and spiritualism being highly syncretic, features of preexisting Taoist, Buddhist, and Shinto death entities appear to varying extents in different depictions of Shinigami. For instance, the idea of a highly stratified and bureaucratic society of psychopomps and divine judges seen in series like ''Manga/{{Bleach}}'', ''Manga/DescendantsOfDarkness'', and ''Manga/YuYuHakusho'' originated in Chinese Buddhism, on the model of the massive Han bureaucracy in the living world.
Since being with ''every'' human who ever dies would require omniscience to a story-breaking degree, it's often explained that Shinigami are only related to special cases of death, and hopefully whatever universal mechanism in place applies to non-special cases. For these reasons, opposing the work of a Shinigami is both [[TheProblemWithFightingDeath harmful to the dying]] and [[EnemiesWithDeath the opponent.]]
Shinigami are sometimes depicted as goblin or skeletal creatures who cause death and accidents, but some popular and more recent depictions of Shinigami are closer to [[OurVampiresAreDifferent western vampires]], with them being portrayed as [[{{Immortality}} immortal]], attractive hip young people who wield a [[ComboPlatterPowers variety of superpowers]], chief among them SoulPower ([[TheDeadCanDance dancing skills not included]]). They will usually either cause death to sustain themselves, [[DarkIsNotEvil peacefully escort souls]] to the afterlife (see {{Psychopomp}}), slay demons and poltergeists who cause unnatural deaths, or be the result of unnatural deaths themselves (interestingly similar to the ''first'' definition of Shinigami, though this is almost never brought up). Or various combinations of the above.
In a few instances, their counterparts are "[[OurAngelsAreDifferent Angels]]". Only superficially the Judeo-Christian variety, as they tend to be ex-humans too. A mix of Myth/JapaneseMythology and FluffyCloudHeaven. Compare and contrast ArchangelUriel.
Compare TheGrimReaper, {{Psychopomp}}. Also, try not to confuse these with [[UsefulNotes/{{Onmyodo}} Shikigami]].
Since being with ''every'' human who ever dies would require omniscience to a story-breaking degree, it's often explained that Shinigami are only related to special cases of death, and hopefully whatever universal mechanism in place applies to non-special cases. For these reasons, opposing the work of a Shinigami is both [[TheProblemWithFightingDeath harmful to the dying]] and [[EnemiesWithDeath the opponent.]]
Shinigami are sometimes depicted as goblin or skeletal creatures who cause death and accidents, but some popular and more recent depictions of Shinigami are closer to [[OurVampiresAreDifferent western vampires]], with them being portrayed as [[{{Immortality}} immortal]], attractive hip young people who wield a [[ComboPlatterPowers variety of superpowers]], chief among them SoulPower ([[TheDeadCanDance dancing skills not included]]). They will usually either cause death to sustain themselves, [[DarkIsNotEvil peacefully escort souls]] to the afterlife (see {{Psychopomp}}), slay demons and poltergeists who cause unnatural deaths, or be the result of unnatural deaths themselves (interestingly similar to the ''first'' definition of Shinigami, though this is almost never brought up). Or various combinations of the above.
In a few instances, their counterparts are "[[OurAngelsAreDifferent Angels]]". Only superficially the Judeo-Christian variety, as they tend to be ex-humans too. A mix of Myth/JapaneseMythology and FluffyCloudHeaven. Compare and contrast ArchangelUriel.
Compare TheGrimReaper, {{Psychopomp}}. Also, try not to confuse these with [[UsefulNotes/{{Onmyodo}} Shikigami]].
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Japanese religion and spiritualism being highly syncretic, features of preexisting Taoist, Buddhist, and Shinto death entities appear to varying extents in different depictions of Shinigami.shinigami. For instance, the idea of a highly stratified and bureaucratic society of psychopomps and divine judges seen in series like ''Manga/{{Bleach}}'', ''Manga/DescendantsOfDarkness'', and ''Manga/YuYuHakusho'' originated in Chinese Buddhism, on the model of the massive Han bureaucracy in the living world.
Since being with ''every'' human who ever dies would require omniscience to a story-breaking degree, it's often explained thatShinigami shinigami are only related to special cases of death, and hopefully whatever universal mechanism in place applies to non-special cases. For these reasons, opposing the work of a Shinigami shinigami is harmful to both [[TheProblemWithFightingDeath harmful to the dying]] and [[EnemiesWithDeath the opponent.]]
opponent]].
Shinigami are sometimes depicted as goblin or skeletal creatures who cause death and accidents, but some popular and more recent depictions ofShinigami shinigami are closer to [[OurVampiresAreDifferent western vampires]], with them being portrayed as [[{{Immortality}} immortal]], attractive hip attractive, hip, young people who wield a [[ComboPlatterPowers variety of superpowers]], chief among them SoulPower ([[TheDeadCanDance dancing skills not included]]). They will usually either cause death to sustain themselves, [[DarkIsNotEvil peacefully escort souls]] to the afterlife (see {{Psychopomp}}), slay demons and poltergeists who cause unnatural deaths, or be the result of unnatural deaths deaths, themselves (interestingly similar to the ''first'' definition of Shinigami, shinigami, though this is almost never brought up). Or Or, various combinations of the above.
In a few instances, their counterparts are "[[OurAngelsAreDifferentAngels]]". angels]]". Only superficially the Judeo-Christian variety, as they tend to be ex-humans ex-humans, too. A mix of Myth/JapaneseMythology and FluffyCloudHeaven. Compare and contrast ArchangelUriel.
Compare TheGrimReaper, {{Psychopomp}}. Also, try not to confuse these with [[UsefulNotes/{{Onmyodo}}Shikigami]].
shikigami]].
Since being with ''every'' human who ever dies would require omniscience to a story-breaking degree, it's often explained that
Shinigami are sometimes depicted as goblin or skeletal creatures who cause death and accidents, but some popular and more recent depictions of
In a few instances, their counterparts are "[[OurAngelsAreDifferent
Compare TheGrimReaper, {{Psychopomp}}. Also, try not to confuse these with [[UsefulNotes/{{Onmyodo}}
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* ''Manga/{{Bleach}}'' is an anime and manga about [[LoadsAndLoadsOfCharacters a whole society of shinigami]] who seemingly spend more time fighting TheHeartless than actually acting as psychopomps. Ferrying the dead to Soul Society is a job left to low-ranking shinigami while the more powerful shinigami focus on protecting the world from dangerous supernatural threats and administrating the low-ranking shinigami duties. The official English translation calls them Soul Reapers, a translation that met with Creator/TiteKubo's approval.
* ''Manga/DeathNote'' features Shinigami who come in a variety of monstrous forms, from Ryuk, who resembles a MonsterClown, to Rem and Sidoh who both look like [[{{Mummy}} mummies]]. They all have retractable wings that can be used for flight, they're immune to any human weapons, and can [[IntangibleMan phase through objects]]. They're InvisibleToNormals, unless said normal touches the Death Note owned by that Shinigami. They sustain themselves by writing names down in their Death Note, which magically kills the person, and then gaining the remaining years that person would have lived. Despite their power, they're very lazy as a society, and do little more than play cards. Ryuk only dropped a spare Death Note into the human world because he was incredibly bored.
* In ''Manga/SoulEater'', ''the'' Shinigami is a near PhysicalGod-like being who lives in Death City and has apparently made it his life's mission to keep humanity free from the yoke of witches, malign supernatural beings and corrupted humans. For this purpose, he formed a ExtranormalInstitute for humans who are sent out into the world to hunt down and eradicate such beings before they can become a threat to humanity. Shinigami-sama (as he is called) also has a son, called Death the Kid; both of them are referred to as Shinigami, implying that they're also a class of supernatural being.
** In spite of the name, the series' version of the Grim Reaper actually uses Western influences too with the most glaringly obvious being Shinigami himself, formerly known simply as Death.
** Later chapters have hinted at [[EldritchAbomination what]] [[HumanoidAbomination class]] of being Shinigami and Kid are.
* ''Manga/DeathNote'' features Shinigami who come in a variety of monstrous forms, from Ryuk, who resembles a MonsterClown, to Rem and Sidoh who both look like [[{{Mummy}} mummies]]. They all have retractable wings that can be used for flight, they're immune to any human weapons, and can [[IntangibleMan phase through objects]]. They're InvisibleToNormals, unless said normal touches the Death Note owned by that Shinigami. They sustain themselves by writing names down in their Death Note, which magically kills the person, and then gaining the remaining years that person would have lived. Despite their power, they're very lazy as a society, and do little more than play cards. Ryuk only dropped a spare Death Note into the human world because he was incredibly bored.
* In ''Manga/SoulEater'', ''the'' Shinigami is a near PhysicalGod-like being who lives in Death City and has apparently made it his life's mission to keep humanity free from the yoke of witches, malign supernatural beings and corrupted humans. For this purpose, he formed a ExtranormalInstitute for humans who are sent out into the world to hunt down and eradicate such beings before they can become a threat to humanity. Shinigami-sama (as he is called) also has a son, called Death the Kid; both of them are referred to as Shinigami, implying that they're also a class of supernatural being.
** In spite of the name, the series' version of the Grim Reaper actually uses Western influences too with the most glaringly obvious being Shinigami himself, formerly known simply as Death.
** Later chapters have hinted at [[EldritchAbomination what]] [[HumanoidAbomination class]] of being Shinigami and Kid are.
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* ''Manga/{{Bleach}}'' is an anime and manga about [[LoadsAndLoadsOfCharacters a whole society of shinigami]] who seemingly spend more time fighting TheHeartless than actually acting as psychopomps. Ferrying the dead to Soul Society is a job left to low-ranking shinigami while whereas the more powerful shinigami focus on protecting the world from dangerous supernatural threats and administrating the low-ranking shinigami duties. The official English translation calls them Soul Reapers, "soul reapers", a translation that met with Creator/TiteKubo's approval.
* ''Manga/DeathNote'' featuresShinigami shinigami who come in a variety of monstrous forms, from Ryuk, who resembles a MonsterClown, to Rem and Sidoh who both look like [[{{Mummy}} mummies]]. They all have retractable wings that can be used for flight, they're immune to any human weapons, and can [[IntangibleMan phase through objects]]. They're InvisibleToNormals, unless said normal touches the Death Note death note owned by that Shinigami. shinigami. They sustain themselves by writing names down in their Death Note, death note, which magically kills the person, and then gaining the remaining years that person would have lived. Despite their power, they're very lazy as a society, and do little more than play cards. Ryuk only dropped drops a spare Death Note death note into the human world because he was he's incredibly bored.
* In ''Manga/SoulEater'', ''the'' Shinigami is a near PhysicalGod-like being who lives in Death City and has apparently made it his life's mission to keep humanity free from the yoke of witches, malign supernaturalbeings beings, and corrupted humans. For this purpose, he formed a an ExtranormalInstitute for humans who are sent out into the world to hunt down and eradicate such beings before they can become a threat to humanity. Shinigami-sama (as he is called) also has a son, called Death the Kid; both of them are referred to as Shinigami, implying that they're also a class of supernatural being.
** In spite of the name, the series' version of the Grim Reaper actually uses Westerninfluences too influences, too, with the most glaringly obvious being Shinigami himself, formerly known simply as Death.
** Later chaptershave hinted hint at [[EldritchAbomination what]] [[HumanoidAbomination class]] of being Shinigami and Kid are.
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* In ''Manga/SoulEater'', ''the'' Shinigami is a near PhysicalGod-like being who lives in Death City and has apparently made it his life's mission to keep humanity free from the yoke of witches, malign supernatural
** In spite of the name, the series' version of the Grim Reaper actually uses Western
** Later chapters
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* In ''Manga/RiskySafety'', Risky is a shinigami in training (basically a mini-Grim Reaper) whose job is talking people into commiting suicide. She's also six inches tall, ''adorable'', and on a [[JekyllAndHyde body time-share]] with a cute little angel who tries to undo her work. It's a comedy series, despite the dark sounding subject matter.
* ''LightNovel/BalladOfAShinigami''.
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* In ''Manga/RiskySafety'', Risky is a shinigami in training (basically a mini-Grim Reaper) whose job is talking people into commiting suicide. She's also six inches tall, ''adorable'', and on a [[JekyllAndHyde body time-share]] with a cute little angel who tries to undo her work. It's a comedy series, despite the dark sounding dark-sounding subject matter.
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* ''Manga/FullMoonOSagashite'' has two cute spiffily dressed shinigami (Meroko and Takuto) giving [[OlderAlterEgo age inducing]] IdolSinger powers to a charge who will die within a year to throat cancer. (It's actually a lot more complicated than it sounds.)
** According to revelations at the end of the series, shinigami are taken to be humans who had committed suicide, and becoming a shinigami is supposed to be a punishment for "committing the crime of suicide". The apparent shinigami job is to extract the soul from the body when someone dies, fulfilling the perception of the ideal. However, Mitsuki looks into this a bit further and asks the question: [[spoiler: "Who decided that you are shinigami"]]? The answer? [[spoiler:The first shinigami got this label from the first girl whom she extracted a soul from and based everything on that. Mitsuki, however, disagrees with these labels: the shinigami, born out of a soul tormented by life, has the job to ''guide'' a soul to the afterlife peacefully after one's death. She then states that she has a name for people like this: angels.]]
** As for the reasons that lead humans to kill themselves and become Shinigami, they're varied. Meroko? [[spoiler: She mistakenly believed that her best friend and the guy they both loved would desert her ''and'' was almost raped by another guy]]? Takuto? [[spoiler: Was in a promising BoyBand but lost his voice when a cancerous tumor was removed from ''his'' throat.]] Meroko and Takuto's companion Izumi? [[spoiler: He stood in the way of a train after his mother's mistreatment definitely broke him.]]
* In ''Manga/{{Naruto}}'' the Shinigami is a powerful summon spirit that looks a lot like the ones in ''Manga/DeathNote'': a giant ghost/goblin with long white hair and several arms. It is able to eat the soul of the user and its target, forcing them to [[SealedEvilInADuel fight against each other endlessly]] in its stomach. [[spoiler:Until a previously not even hinted at artifact is used to remove all of their souls, allowing them to be resurrected as [[OurZombiesAreDifferent zombies]].]]
* Clamp's manga ''Manga/{{Wish}}'' depicts Demons as Shinigami, eating human souls for sustenance. They're {{Punchclock Villain}}s in this regard, though.
* In ''LightNovel/KyouranKazokuNikki'', "Shinigami" is [[EveryoneCallsHimBarkeep the title given]] to BloodKnight, skull-mask-wearing monster-exterminators.
* Botan from ''Manga/YuYuHakusho'' is a Shinigami with character details (such as the oar she rides on and her blue hair) referencing the Japanese Buddhist myth of the Sanzu River, analogous to the Western River Styx. Her primary function is as a psychopomp, although that appears less and less as the series focuses more on Yusuke's battles with demons.
** According to revelations at the end of the series, shinigami are taken to be humans who had committed suicide, and becoming a shinigami is supposed to be a punishment for "committing the crime of suicide". The apparent shinigami job is to extract the soul from the body when someone dies, fulfilling the perception of the ideal. However, Mitsuki looks into this a bit further and asks the question: [[spoiler: "Who decided that you are shinigami"]]? The answer? [[spoiler:The first shinigami got this label from the first girl whom she extracted a soul from and based everything on that. Mitsuki, however, disagrees with these labels: the shinigami, born out of a soul tormented by life, has the job to ''guide'' a soul to the afterlife peacefully after one's death. She then states that she has a name for people like this: angels.]]
** As for the reasons that lead humans to kill themselves and become Shinigami, they're varied. Meroko? [[spoiler: She mistakenly believed that her best friend and the guy they both loved would desert her ''and'' was almost raped by another guy]]? Takuto? [[spoiler: Was in a promising BoyBand but lost his voice when a cancerous tumor was removed from ''his'' throat.]] Meroko and Takuto's companion Izumi? [[spoiler: He stood in the way of a train after his mother's mistreatment definitely broke him.]]
* In ''Manga/{{Naruto}}'' the Shinigami is a powerful summon spirit that looks a lot like the ones in ''Manga/DeathNote'': a giant ghost/goblin with long white hair and several arms. It is able to eat the soul of the user and its target, forcing them to [[SealedEvilInADuel fight against each other endlessly]] in its stomach. [[spoiler:Until a previously not even hinted at artifact is used to remove all of their souls, allowing them to be resurrected as [[OurZombiesAreDifferent zombies]].]]
* Clamp's manga ''Manga/{{Wish}}'' depicts Demons as Shinigami, eating human souls for sustenance. They're {{Punchclock Villain}}s in this regard, though.
* In ''LightNovel/KyouranKazokuNikki'', "Shinigami" is [[EveryoneCallsHimBarkeep the title given]] to BloodKnight, skull-mask-wearing monster-exterminators.
* Botan from ''Manga/YuYuHakusho'' is a Shinigami with character details (such as the oar she rides on and her blue hair) referencing the Japanese Buddhist myth of the Sanzu River, analogous to the Western River Styx. Her primary function is as a psychopomp, although that appears less and less as the series focuses more on Yusuke's battles with demons.
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* ''Manga/FullMoonOSagashite'' has two cute spiffily dressed shinigami (Meroko and Takuto) giving [[OlderAlterEgo age inducing]] age-inducing]] IdolSinger powers to a charge who will die within a year to throat cancer. (It's actually a lot more complicated than it sounds.)
** According to revelations at the end of the series, shinigami are taken to be humans who had committed suicide, and becoming a shinigami is supposed to be a punishment for "committing the crime of suicide". The apparent shinigami job is to extract the soul from the body when someone dies, fulfilling the perception of the ideal. However, Mitsuki looks into this a bit further and asks the question: [[spoiler: "Who decided that you are shinigami"]]? Theanswer? [[spoiler:The answer is that [[spoiler:the first shinigami got this label from the first girl whom she extracted a soul from and based everything on that. Mitsuki, however, disagrees with these labels: the shinigami, born out of a soul tormented by life, has the job to ''guide'' a soul to the afterlife peacefully after one's death. She then states that she has a name for people like this: angels.]]
** As for the reasons that lead humans to kill themselves and becomeShinigami, shinigami, they're varied. Meroko? [[spoiler: She mistakenly Meroko [[spoiler:mistakenly believed that her best friend and the guy they both loved would desert her ''and'' was almost raped by another guy]]? Takuto? [[spoiler: Was guy]]. Takuto [[spoiler:was in a promising BoyBand but lost his voice when a cancerous tumor was removed from ''his'' throat.]] throat]]. Meroko and Takuto's companion Izumi? [[spoiler: He stood Izumi [[spoiler:stood in the way of a train after his mother's mistreatment definitely broke him.]]
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* In ''Manga/{{Naruto}}'' the Shinigami is a powerful summon spirit that looks a lot like the ones in ''Manga/DeathNote'': a giant ghost/goblin with long white hair and several arms. It is able to eat the soul of the user and its target, forcing them to [[SealedEvilInADuel fight against each other endlessly]] in its stomach.[[spoiler:Until [[spoiler:That is, until a previously not even hinted at not-even-hinted-at artifact is used to remove all of their souls, allowing them to be resurrected as [[OurZombiesAreDifferent zombies]].]]
* Clamp's manga ''Manga/{{Wish}}'' depictsDemons demons as Shinigami, shinigami, eating human souls for sustenance. They're {{Punchclock Villain}}s in this regard, though.
* In ''LightNovel/KyouranKazokuNikki'',"Shinigami" "shinigami" is [[EveryoneCallsHimBarkeep the title given]] to BloodKnight, skull-mask-wearing monster-exterminators.
* Botan from ''Manga/YuYuHakusho'' is aShinigami shinigami with character details (such as the oar she rides on and her blue hair) referencing the Japanese Buddhist myth of the Sanzu River, analogous to the Western River Styx. Her primary function is as a psychopomp, although that appears less and less as the series focuses more on Yusuke's battles with demons.
** According to revelations at the end of the series, shinigami are taken to be humans who had committed suicide, and becoming a shinigami is supposed to be a punishment for "committing the crime of suicide". The apparent shinigami job is to extract the soul from the body when someone dies, fulfilling the perception of the ideal. However, Mitsuki looks into this a bit further and asks the question: [[spoiler: "Who decided that you are shinigami"]]? The
** As for the reasons that lead humans to kill themselves and become
* In ''Manga/{{Naruto}}'' the Shinigami is a powerful summon spirit that looks a lot like the ones in ''Manga/DeathNote'': a giant ghost/goblin with long white hair and several arms. It is able to eat the soul of the user and its target, forcing them to [[SealedEvilInADuel fight against each other endlessly]] in its stomach.
* Clamp's manga ''Manga/{{Wish}}'' depicts
* In ''LightNovel/KyouranKazokuNikki'',
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* ''Franchise/{{Gundam}}'' just loves the {{Shinigami}} trope. To wit:
** The most famous example is Duo from ''Anime/MobileSuitGundamWing'', who calls himself "Shinigami" because of his tragic past (namely, his surrogate families dying around him). The US dub rendered this directly as "God of Death", with the cable TV edit replacing this with "The Great Destroyer".
** The most famous example is Duo from ''Anime/MobileSuitGundamWing'', who calls himself "Shinigami" because of his tragic past (namely, his surrogate families dying around him). The US dub rendered this directly as "God of Death", with the cable TV edit replacing this with "The Great Destroyer".
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* ''Franchise/{{Gundam}}'' just loves the {{Shinigami}} shinigami trope. To wit:
** The most famous example is Duo from ''Anime/MobileSuitGundamWing'', who calls himself "Shinigami" because of his tragic past (namely, his surrogate families dying around him). The US dubrendered renders this directly as "God of Death", with the cable TV edit replacing this with "The Great Destroyer".
** The most famous example is Duo from ''Anime/MobileSuitGundamWing'', who calls himself "Shinigami" because of his tragic past (namely, his surrogate families dying around him). The US dub
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*** At least one piece of official art shows Duo in a black robe and cloak, a scythe in his hands and a rosary around his neck. His [[HumongousMecha Gundam]] also uses a [[LaserBlade beam]] scythe as its main weapon.
** In ''MS IGLOO 2: The Gravity Front'', the Feddie soldiers referred to the Zakus as Shinigami. This was before the Federation produced Mobile Suits and the only methods they had of anti-MS combat at the time were tanks and guided missiles, both of which usually failed, so fearing the Zaku was quite understandable.
*** Lieutenant Ben Barberry, the protagonist of the first episode was also referred to as a Shinigami, because the men with him in the Anti-Mobile Suit Unit usually died and because he held the highest MS kill count at the time.
*** Also, that [[Creator/KikukoInoue Shinigami with a familiar voice]] described herself similarly to a Zaku with an "I have landed on this planet" reference, showing that she may be Lieutenant Barberry's delusions of a Shinigami.
** ''Anime/MobileFighterGGundam'' had Kyral Mekirel, Nepal's pilot, who was called "Shinigami" because he kills his opponents outside the ring before their scheduled fight. [[spoiler:After Domon beats him up, he undergoes a HeelFaceTurn and joins the heroes.]]
** In ''MS IGLOO 2: The Gravity Front'', the Feddie soldiers referred to the Zakus as Shinigami. This was before the Federation produced Mobile Suits and the only methods they had of anti-MS combat at the time were tanks and guided missiles, both of which usually failed, so fearing the Zaku was quite understandable.
*** Lieutenant Ben Barberry, the protagonist of the first episode was also referred to as a Shinigami, because the men with him in the Anti-Mobile Suit Unit usually died and because he held the highest MS kill count at the time.
*** Also, that [[Creator/KikukoInoue Shinigami with a familiar voice]] described herself similarly to a Zaku with an "I have landed on this planet" reference, showing that she may be Lieutenant Barberry's delusions of a Shinigami.
** ''Anime/MobileFighterGGundam'' had Kyral Mekirel, Nepal's pilot, who was called "Shinigami" because he kills his opponents outside the ring before their scheduled fight. [[spoiler:After Domon beats him up, he undergoes a HeelFaceTurn and joins the heroes.]]
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*** At least one piece of official art shows Duo in a black robe and cloak, a scythe in his hands and a rosary around his neck. His [[HumongousMecha Gundam]] gundam]] also uses a [[LaserBlade beam]] scythe as its main weapon.
** In ''MS IGLOO 2: The Gravity Front'', the Feddie soldiers referred to the Zakus asShinigami.shinigami. This was before the Federation produced Mobile Suits and the only methods they had of anti-MS combat at the time were tanks and guided missiles, both of which usually failed, so fearing the Zaku was quite understandable.
*** Lieutenant Ben Barberry, the protagonist of the firstepisode was episode, is also referred to as a Shinigami, shinigami, because the men with him in the Anti-Mobile Suit Unit usually died die and because he held holds the highest MS kill count at the time.
*** Also, that [[Creator/KikukoInoueShinigami shinigami with a familiar voice]] described describes herself similarly to a Zaku with an "I have landed on this planet" reference, showing that she may be Lieutenant Barberry's delusions of a Shinigami.
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** ''Anime/MobileFighterGGundam''had has Kyral Mekirel, Nepal's pilot, who was is called "Shinigami" because he kills his opponents outside the ring before their scheduled fight. [[spoiler:After Domon beats him up, he undergoes a HeelFaceTurn and joins the heroes.]]
** In ''MS IGLOO 2: The Gravity Front'', the Feddie soldiers referred to the Zakus as
*** Lieutenant Ben Barberry, the protagonist of the first
*** Also, that [[Creator/KikukoInoue
** ''Anime/MobileFighterGGundam''
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* ''Manga/{{Rinne}}'' has the eponymous hero ([[MeaningfulName named after]] [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sa%E1%B9%83s%C4%81ra Samsara]]), Rinne, act as a "sort of Shinigami". His grandmother Tamako is a full Shinigami who has fallen behind on her quota and he has to help working off her debt. Though most of the debt on Rinne's shoulders was put there by his CorruptCorporateExecutive, deadbeat, {{Jerkass}} father. In this universe, shinigami are ''really'' like grim reapers because their main instruments are scythes.
* ''LightNovel/SoICantPlayH'' is full of these. There are actually two opposing factions driving the main conflict. Lisara's side takes pity on humans, and regularly allows them to live longer than they're supposed to. On the other hand, [[WellIntentionedExtremist Gardarblog]]'s side believes this practice has upset Earth's balance, and the resulting overpopulation is causing unnecessary suffering for humanity via famines and wars.
* ''LightNovel/SoICantPlayH'' is full of these. There are actually two opposing factions driving the main conflict. Lisara's side takes pity on humans, and regularly allows them to live longer than they're supposed to. On the other hand, [[WellIntentionedExtremist Gardarblog]]'s side believes this practice has upset Earth's balance, and the resulting overpopulation is causing unnecessary suffering for humanity via famines and wars.
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* ''Manga/{{Rinne}}'' has the eponymous hero ([[MeaningfulName named after]] [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sa%E1%B9%83s%C4%81ra Samsara]]), Rinne, act as a "sort of Shinigami". shinigami". His grandmother Tamako is a full Shinigami shinigami who has fallen behind on her quota and he has to help working work off her debt. Though Though, most of the debt on Rinne's shoulders was put there by his CorruptCorporateExecutive, deadbeat, {{Jerkass}} father. In this universe, shinigami are ''really'' like grim reapers because their main instruments are scythes.
* ''LightNovel/SoICantPlayH'' is full of these. There are actually two opposing factions driving the main conflict. Lisara's sidetakes take pity on humans, and regularly allows allow them to live longer than they're supposed to. On the other hand, [[WellIntentionedExtremist Gardarblog]]'s side believes believe this practice has upset Earth's balance, and the resulting overpopulation is causing unnecessary suffering for humanity via famines and wars.
* ''LightNovel/SoICantPlayH'' is full of these. There are actually two opposing factions driving the main conflict. Lisara's side
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* The Korean version, Jeoseung-Saja or "Messenger of the Other Side", shows up once in a while in manhwa. They tend to be much creepier than their Japanese counterparts, possibly because Sajas, with their traditional jerkassness, are an integral part of Shamanic funerals, which are still practiced in most rural areas. They're traditionally portrayed as corrupt government agents, sometimes threatening to abuse the departed soul in their custody unless bribed with offerings (usually food or some clothes).
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* The Korean version, Jeoseung-Saja or "Messenger of the Other Side", shows up once in a while in manhwa. They tend to be much creepier than their Japanese counterparts, possibly because Sajas, with their traditional jerkassness, are an integral part of Shamanic shamanic funerals, which are still practiced in most rural areas. They're traditionally portrayed as corrupt government agents, sometimes threatening to abuse the departed soul in their custody unless bribed with offerings (usually food or some clothes).
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** Their appearance is usually that of pale-faced men, wearing Joseon dynasty gentlemen ('Seonbi')'s outfit, with a large '''black''' hat (called 'Gat'), '''black''' clothes, and shrouded in mist. The idea that they like black clothes is carried over to Manwhas, where they are sometimes depicted as wearing black suits and black sunglasses. But in some paintings, they are depicted as warriors wearing multi-colored armor and carrying a large halberd (possibly to arrest souls refusing to go to the underworld).
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** Their appearance is usually that of pale-faced men, wearing Joseon dynasty gentlemen ('Seonbi')'s outfit, with a large '''black''' hat (called 'Gat'), '''black''' clothes, and shrouded in mist. The idea that they like black clothes is carried over to Manwhas, manwhas, where they are sometimes depicted as wearing black suits and black sunglasses. But But, in some paintings, paintings they are depicted as warriors wearing multi-colored armor and carrying a large halberd (possibly to arrest souls refusing to go to the underworld).
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* ''ComicBook/PrettyDeadly'' imports the modern Japanese fantasy-style Shinigami into a Western context - there is one capital-D Death, served by a team of "Reapers", most of whom were originally human beings and who each specialise in deaths related to a particular kind of concept, including Vengeance, Cruelty, War, Courage, Grace, and others. Ginny, the Reaper of Vengeance, is particularly supernatural as she is the daughter of the original Death with a human woman.
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* ''ComicBook/PrettyDeadly'' imports the modern Japanese fantasy-style Shinigami shinigami into a Western context - there is one capital-D Death, served by a team of "Reapers", "reapers", most of whom were originally human beings and who each specialise in deaths related to a particular kind of concept, including Vengeance, Cruelty, War, Courage, Grace, and others. Ginny, the Reaper of Vengeance, is particularly supernatural supernatural, as she is the daughter of the original Death with a human woman.
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* In ''[[http://www.fanfiction.net/s/7630438/1/Shinigami-Jones-the-Hunter Shinigami Jones, the Hunter,]]'' the Tenth Doctor lampshades the origin (and misapplication) of the term by purposefully misunderstanding Jones' reason for choosing it as part of his name.
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* In ''[[http://www.fanfiction.net/s/7630438/1/Shinigami-Jones-the-Hunter Shinigami Jones, the Hunter,]]'' Hunter]]'', the Tenth Doctor lampshades the origin (and misapplication) of the term by purposefully misunderstanding Jones' reason for choosing it as part of his name.
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* Even though they're not called by the name per se, the player characters in TabletopGame/GeistTheSinEaters in many ways seem to be the Shinigami trope re-exported back into the US based on the "cool dead people with ghost superpowers who act as psychopomps" version popularized through modern anime (though WordOfGod is that the Shinigami similarities were unintentional).
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* Even though they're not called by the name per se, the player characters in TabletopGame/GeistTheSinEaters in many ways seem to be the Shinigami shinigami trope re-exported back into the US based on the "cool dead people with ghost superpowers who act as psychopomps" version popularized through modern anime (though WordOfGod is the author claims that the Shinigami shinigami similarities were unintentional).
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* ''TabletopGame/{{Pathfinder}}'' has both an entire race of TrueNeutral Outsiders called the {{Psychopomp}}s who are responsible for collecting, guarding and guiding the souls of the dead, who range in nature from creepy little masked bird-things to festive skeletons in flamboyant garb to huge feathery raven-dragons, and also a race of LawfulNeutral outsiders called Shinigami, who serve much the same purpose. They are implied to be responsible only for the Tian region, which is an expy/mishmash of China, Japan and Korea, and appear as pale-skinned Asiatic-looking humanoids with [[GoodWingsEvilWings large bird-like wings that are totally naked of flesh, making them nothing but bare bone]].
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* ''TabletopGame/{{Pathfinder}}'' has both an entire race of TrueNeutral Outsiders outsiders called the {{Psychopomp}}s who are responsible for collecting, guarding guarding, and guiding the souls of the dead, who range in nature from creepy little masked bird-things to festive skeletons in flamboyant garb to huge huge, feathery raven-dragons, and also a race of LawfulNeutral outsiders called Shinigami, shinigami, who serve much the same purpose. They are implied to be responsible only for the Tian region, which is an expy/mishmash of China, Japan Japan, and Korea, and appear as pale-skinned Asiatic-looking humanoids with [[GoodWingsEvilWings large large, bird-like wings that are totally naked of flesh, making them nothing but bare bone]].
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* ''VideoGame/TheWorldEndsWithYou'': Shinigami are trendy young dead people resurrected with amazing powers who exist to [[spoiler:test human souls to let them live again or become Reapers themselves]]. Furthermore, they look like what would happen if ''Bleach'' and ''Death Note'' shinigami ever mated. Likely intentional as those two anime/manga tend to be most closely associated with shinigami.
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* ''VideoGame/TheWorldEndsWithYou'': Shinigami are trendy young trendy, young, dead people resurrected with amazing powers who exist to [[spoiler:test human souls to let them live again or become Reapers reapers, themselves]]. Furthermore, they look like what would happen if ''Bleach'' and ''Death Note'' shinigami ever mated. Likely intentional as those two anime/manga tend to be most closely associated with shinigami.
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** There are other (unseen) Shinigami who have the GrimReaper role. One character, the [[LightIsNotGood Celestial]] Tenshi Hinanawi, achieves de facto {{Immortality}} by [[EnemiesWithDeath beating up the Shinigami who come to collect her]]. Komachi defeats Tenshi, but has to let her go because she's not allowed to reap souls -- she's the wrong "type" of Shinigami for that. She does, however, warn Tenshi that even Celestials are eventually reaped, indicating that she has only managed to temporarily stave off her eventual and inevitable demise.
* Shinigami appear in ''VideoGame/OdinSphere'' as the keepers of the Underworld of Endelphia. They're also known as [[{{Woolseyism}} Halja]] in the english dub. They're huge [[NightmareFuel scary rotting wraiths]] with [[EvilSoundsDeep deep voices]] (they're voiced by Creator/NorioWakamoto, naturally) and large curved [[SinisterScythe sickles as weapons]]. They're fought as minibosses several times, usually in the Underworld.
* The protagonist of the upcoming ''[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vrpsg2KDGh4 Ushiro,]]'' whose powers include possessing the suicidal and [[NightmareFuel thoroughly creeping the player out]].
* Shinigami are a demon classification for deities involved in death (such as Hel, Chernobog or Mot) in ''Franchise/ShinMegamiTensei''. They are known as Reapers in the West.
* In ''VideoGame/BlazBlue'', Ragna The Bloodedge has earned the [[RedBaron moniker]] of The Grim Reaper (Or Shinigami in Japanese), due to his BadassLongcoat and SinisterScythe, however, he has shown that DarkIsNotEvil.
* Shinigami appear in ''VideoGame/OdinSphere'' as the keepers of the Underworld of Endelphia. They're also known as [[{{Woolseyism}} Halja]] in the english dub. They're huge [[NightmareFuel scary rotting wraiths]] with [[EvilSoundsDeep deep voices]] (they're voiced by Creator/NorioWakamoto, naturally) and large curved [[SinisterScythe sickles as weapons]]. They're fought as minibosses several times, usually in the Underworld.
* The protagonist of the upcoming ''[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vrpsg2KDGh4 Ushiro,]]'' whose powers include possessing the suicidal and [[NightmareFuel thoroughly creeping the player out]].
* Shinigami are a demon classification for deities involved in death (such as Hel, Chernobog or Mot) in ''Franchise/ShinMegamiTensei''. They are known as Reapers in the West.
* In ''VideoGame/BlazBlue'', Ragna The Bloodedge has earned the [[RedBaron moniker]] of The Grim Reaper (Or Shinigami in Japanese), due to his BadassLongcoat and SinisterScythe, however, he has shown that DarkIsNotEvil.
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** There are other (unseen) Shinigami shinigami who have the GrimReaper Grim Reaper role. One character, the [[LightIsNotGood Celestial]] celestial]] Tenshi Hinanawi, achieves de facto {{Immortality}} {{immortality}} by [[EnemiesWithDeath beating up the Shinigami shinigami who come to collect her]]. Komachi defeats Tenshi, but has to let her go because she's not allowed to reap souls -- she's the wrong "type" of Shinigami shinigami for that. She does, however, warn Tenshi that even Celestials celestials are eventually reaped, indicating that she has only managed to temporarily stave off her eventual and inevitable demise.
* Shinigami appear in ''VideoGame/OdinSphere'' as the keepers of the Underworld of Endelphia. They're also known as [[{{Woolseyism}} Halja]] in theenglish English dub. They're huge huge, [[NightmareFuel scary scary, rotting wraiths]] with [[EvilSoundsDeep deep voices]] (they're voiced by Creator/NorioWakamoto, naturally) and large large, curved [[SinisterScythe sickles as weapons]]. They're fought as minibosses several times, usually in the Underworld.
* The protagonist of the upcoming ''[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vrpsg2KDGh4 Ushiro,]]'' whose powers include possessing the suicidal and [[NightmareFuel thoroughly creeping out theplayer out]].
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* Shinigami are a demon classification for deities involved in death (such as Hel,Chernobog Chernobog, or Mot) in ''Franchise/ShinMegamiTensei''. They are known as Reapers reapers in the West.
* In ''VideoGame/BlazBlue'', Ragna The Bloodedge has earned the [[RedBaron moniker]] of The Grim Reaper(Or (or Shinigami in Japanese), Japanese) due to his BadassLongcoat and SinisterScythe, however, SinisterScythe. However, he has shown that DarkIsNotEvil.
* Shinigami appear in ''VideoGame/OdinSphere'' as the keepers of the Underworld of Endelphia. They're also known as [[{{Woolseyism}} Halja]] in the
* The protagonist of the upcoming ''[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vrpsg2KDGh4 Ushiro,]]'' whose powers include possessing the suicidal and [[NightmareFuel thoroughly creeping out the
* Shinigami are a demon classification for deities involved in death (such as Hel,
* In ''VideoGame/BlazBlue'', Ragna The Bloodedge has earned the [[RedBaron moniker]] of The Grim Reaper
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* ''Webcomic/ShinigamiDeathPunch'', obviously. All of the main characters are shinigami, in the case of the {{Psychopomp}} variety. They're also decidedly young and hipster, with a structured bureaucracy dictating most of their actions.
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* In ''Webcomic/ShinigamiDeathPunch'', obviously. All all of the main characters are shinigami, in the case shinigami of the {{Psychopomp}} {{psychopomp}} variety. They're also decidedly young and hipster, with a structured bureaucracy dictating most of their actions.
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* ''WesternAnimation/TeenageMutantNinjaTurtles2012'' introduced an old friend of Karai's from Japan. She is kunoichi who only goes by her byname, Shinigami, [[NonIndicativeName though she takes more after a traditional western witch than a Japanese god of death]]. She combines [[KungFuWizard ninjutsu]] with [[DanceBattler dancing]] and uses [[HotWitch seductive and hypnotic weapons and magic tricks]] to keep her enemies off balance. [[DarkIsNotEvil Despite all this, however, only evildoers have anything to be afraid of]]. Oddly enough, among the Foot clan, [[TokenHuman she is now the only nonMook who is (still) 100% human]].
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* ''WesternAnimation/TeenageMutantNinjaTurtles2012'' introduced introduces an old friend of Karai's from Japan. She is a kunoichi who only goes by her byname, Shinigami, [[NonIndicativeName though she takes more after a traditional western Western witch than a Japanese god of death]]. She combines [[KungFuWizard ninjutsu]] with [[DanceBattler dancing]] and uses [[HotWitch seductive and hypnotic weapons and magic tricks]] to keep her enemies off balance.off-balance. [[DarkIsNotEvil Despite all this, however, only evildoers have anything to be afraid of]]. Oddly enough, among the Foot clan, [[TokenHuman she is now the only nonMook non-mook who is (still) 100% human]].
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The Japanese version of TheGrimReaper. Contrary to popular belief, they [[NewerThanTheyThink aren't part of traditional Japanese mythology]], but got imported from Europe in the 19th century. Originally used to refer to a single entity featured in the play "Shinigami" (usually translated as "death god," but the word is "''[[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kami kami]]'' of death" with its own set of connotations), the term has since evolved to refer to an entire race of {{Psychopomp}}s in Japanese culture. [[Manga/DeathNote Or evil demonic soul eaters]]. [[Manga/{{Bleach}} Or those assigned to kill]] [[Manga/BlackButler evil demonic soul eaters]]. [[OurMonstersAreDifferent Each tale tells it differently]].
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The Japanese version of TheGrimReaper. Contrary to popular belief, they [[NewerThanTheyThink aren't part of traditional Japanese mythology]], but got imported from Europe in the 19th century. Originally used to refer to a single entity featured in the play "Shinigami" (usually translated as "death god," but the word is "''[[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kami kami]]'' of death" with its own set of connotations), the term has since evolved to refer to an entire race of {{Psychopomp}}s in Japanese culture. [[Manga/DeathNote Or Or, evil demonic soul eaters]]. [[Manga/{{Bleach}} Or Or, those assigned to kill]] [[Manga/BlackButler evil demonic soul eaters]]. [[OurMonstersAreDifferent Each tale tells it differently]].
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** Komachi Onozuka is [[TheSlacker the laziest shinigami on this page]]. Unfortunately for her, her boss can see ANYWHERE, so there's very little chance for her to slack pff. Or at least, little chance to do so without getting caught. Also note that her role is more of a [[Myth/GreekMythology Charon]] [[TheFerryMan analogue]] than the GrimReaper - her job is to ferry the souls of the dead across the Sanzu River and into the afterlife proper.
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** Komachi Onozuka is [[TheSlacker the laziest shinigami on this page]]. Unfortunately for her, her boss can see ANYWHERE, so there's very little chance for her to slack pff.off. Or at least, little chance to do so without getting caught. Also note that her role is more of a [[Myth/GreekMythology Charon]] [[TheFerryMan analogue]] than the GrimReaper - her job is to ferry the souls of the dead across the Sanzu River and into the afterlife proper.
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* In ''VideoGame/BlazBlue'', Ragna The Bloodedge has earned the [[RedBaron moniker]] of The Grim Reaper (Or Shinigami in Japanese), due to his BadassLongcoat and SinisterScythe, however, he has shown that DarkIsNotEvil.
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** Komachi Onozuka is [[TheSlacker the laziest shinigami on this page]]. Unfortunately for her, her boss can see ANYWHERE, so there's very little chance for her to do so. Or at least, little chance to do so without getting caught. Also note that her role is more of a [[Myth/GreekMythology Charon]] [[TheFerryMan analogue]] than the GrimReaper - her job is to ferry the souls of the dead across the Sanzu River and into the afterlife proper.
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** Komachi Onozuka is [[TheSlacker the laziest shinigami on this page]]. Unfortunately for her, her boss can see ANYWHERE, so there's very little chance for her to do so.slack pff. Or at least, little chance to do so without getting caught. Also note that her role is more of a [[Myth/GreekMythology Charon]] [[TheFerryMan analogue]] than the GrimReaper - her job is to ferry the souls of the dead across the Sanzu River and into the afterlife proper.
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* ''Manga/{{Rinne}}'' has the eponymous hero, Rinne, act as a "sort of Shinigami". His grandmother Tamako is a full Shinigami who has fallen behind on her quota and he has to help working off her debt. Though most of the debt on Rinne's shoulders was put there by his CorruptCorporateExecutive, deadbeat, {{Jerkass}} father.
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* ''Manga/{{Rinne}}'' has the eponymous hero, hero ([[MeaningfulName named after]] [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sa%E1%B9%83s%C4%81ra Samsara]]), Rinne, act as a "sort of Shinigami". His grandmother Tamako is a full Shinigami who has fallen behind on her quota and he has to help working off her debt. Though most of the debt on Rinne's shoulders was put there by his CorruptCorporateExecutive, deadbeat, {{Jerkass}} father. In this universe, shinigami are ''really'' like grim reapers because their main instruments are scythes.
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* The Korean version, Jeoseung-Saja or "Messenger of the Other Side", shows up once in a while in manhwa. They tend to be much creepier than their Japanese counterparts, possibly because Sajas, with their traditional jerkassness, are an integral part of Shamanic funerals, which are still practiced in most rural areas. They're traditionally portrayed as corrupt government agents, sometimes threatening to abuse the departed soul in their custody unless bribed with offerings (usually food or some clothes).
** Although they are dreaded by most people (then again, who wouldn't be afraid of ''death''?), many Korean folktales portray them as AffablyEvil beings, sometimes making mistakes or taking pity on someone and reviving them. This is probably because they were also humans, before being charged with work to keep the reincarnation system working. Still they are still considered scary, as evidenced by an anthropologist studying Korean shamans who reported that when the shaman was [[PowersViaPossession playing]] Saja, ''it scared the hell out of her''.
** Their appearance is usually that of pale-faced men, wearing Joseon dynasty gentlemen ('Seonbi')'s outfit, with a large '''black''' hat (called 'Gat'), '''black''' clothes, and shrouded in mist. The idea that they like black clothes is carried over to Manwhas, where they are sometimes depicted as wearing black suits and black sunglasses. But in some paintings, they are depicted as warriors wearing multi-colored armor and carrying a large halberd (possibly to arrest souls refusing to go to the underworld).
** Plus, unlike the Japanese folktales, Korean folktales have named the three most powerful Jeoseung-sajas; Hae Won-maek (who takes care of the Underworld matters), Yi Deok-chun (who is in charge of the human world), and Ganglim-doryeong (also known as King Ganglim, and direct subordinate to the Yeomra-Daewang, ruler of the underworld). These three are the leaders of every Saja and the most well-known of the Jeoseung-sajas, mostly thanks to the KoreanWebtoon [[http://comic.naver.com/webtoon/list.nhn?titleId=119877 Shingwa-Hamkke('Together with Gods'),]] which deals with Myth/KoreanMythology.
** Although they are dreaded by most people (then again, who wouldn't be afraid of ''death''?), many Korean folktales portray them as AffablyEvil beings, sometimes making mistakes or taking pity on someone and reviving them. This is probably because they were also humans, before being charged with work to keep the reincarnation system working. Still they are still considered scary, as evidenced by an anthropologist studying Korean shamans who reported that when the shaman was [[PowersViaPossession playing]] Saja, ''it scared the hell out of her''.
** Their appearance is usually that of pale-faced men, wearing Joseon dynasty gentlemen ('Seonbi')'s outfit, with a large '''black''' hat (called 'Gat'), '''black''' clothes, and shrouded in mist. The idea that they like black clothes is carried over to Manwhas, where they are sometimes depicted as wearing black suits and black sunglasses. But in some paintings, they are depicted as warriors wearing multi-colored armor and carrying a large halberd (possibly to arrest souls refusing to go to the underworld).
** Plus, unlike the Japanese folktales, Korean folktales have named the three most powerful Jeoseung-sajas; Hae Won-maek (who takes care of the Underworld matters), Yi Deok-chun (who is in charge of the human world), and Ganglim-doryeong (also known as King Ganglim, and direct subordinate to the Yeomra-Daewang, ruler of the underworld). These three are the leaders of every Saja and the most well-known of the Jeoseung-sajas, mostly thanks to the KoreanWebtoon [[http://comic.naver.com/webtoon/list.nhn?titleId=119877 Shingwa-Hamkke('Together with Gods'),]] which deals with Myth/KoreanMythology.
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* The Korean version, Jeoseung-Saja or "Messenger of the Other Side", shows up once in a while in manhwa. They tend to be much creepier than their Japanese counterparts, possibly because Sajas, with their traditional jerkassness, are an integral part of Shamanic funerals, which are still practiced in most rural areas. They're traditionally portrayed as corrupt government agents, sometimes threatening to abuse the departed soul in their custody unless bribed with offerings (usually food or some clothes).
** Although they are dreaded by most people (then again, who wouldn't be afraid of ''death''?), many Korean folktales portray them as AffablyEvil beings, sometimes making mistakes or taking pity on someone and reviving them. This is probably because they were also humans, before being charged with work to keep the reincarnation system working. Still they are still considered scary, as evidenced by an anthropologist studying Korean shamans who reported that when the shaman was [[PowersViaPossession playing]] Saja, ''it scared the hell out of her''.
** Their appearance is usually that of pale-faced men, wearing Joseon dynasty gentlemen ('Seonbi')'s outfit, with a large '''black''' hat (called 'Gat'), '''black''' clothes, and shrouded in mist. The idea that they like black clothes is carried over to Manwhas, where they are sometimes depicted as wearing black suits and black sunglasses. But in some paintings, they are depicted as warriors wearing multi-colored armor and carrying a large halberd (possibly to arrest souls refusing to go to the underworld).
** Plus, unlike the Japanese folktales, Korean folktales have named the three most powerful Jeoseung-sajas; Hae Won-maek (who takes care of the Underworld matters), Yi Deok-chun (who is in charge of the human world), and Ganglim-doryeong (also known as King Ganglim, and direct subordinate to the Yeomra-Daewang, ruler of the underworld). These three are the leaders of every Saja and the most well-known of the Jeoseung-sajas, mostly thanks to the KoreanWebtoon [[http://comic.naver.com/webtoon/list.nhn?titleId=119877 Shingwa-Hamkke('Together with Gods'),]] which deals with Myth/KoreanMythology.
* The Korean version, Jeoseung-Saja or "Messenger of the Other Side", shows up once in a while in manhwa. They tend to be much creepier than their Japanese counterparts, possibly because Sajas, with their traditional jerkassness, are an integral part of Shamanic funerals, which are still practiced in most rural areas. They're traditionally portrayed as corrupt government agents, sometimes threatening to abuse the departed soul in their custody unless bribed with offerings (usually food or some clothes).
** Although they are dreaded by most people (then again, who wouldn't be afraid of ''death''?), many Korean folktales portray them as AffablyEvil beings, sometimes making mistakes or taking pity on someone and reviving them. This is probably because they were also humans, before being charged with work to keep the reincarnation system working. Still they are still considered scary, as evidenced by an anthropologist studying Korean shamans who reported that when the shaman was [[PowersViaPossession playing]] Saja, ''it scared the hell out of her''.
** Their appearance is usually that of pale-faced men, wearing Joseon dynasty gentlemen ('Seonbi')'s outfit, with a large '''black''' hat (called 'Gat'), '''black''' clothes, and shrouded in mist. The idea that they like black clothes is carried over to Manwhas, where they are sometimes depicted as wearing black suits and black sunglasses. But in some paintings, they are depicted as warriors wearing multi-colored armor and carrying a large halberd (possibly to arrest souls refusing to go to the underworld).
** Plus, unlike the Japanese folktales, Korean folktales have named the three most powerful Jeoseung-sajas; Hae Won-maek (who takes care of the Underworld matters), Yi Deok-chun (who is in charge of the human world), and Ganglim-doryeong (also known as King Ganglim, and direct subordinate to the Yeomra-Daewang, ruler of the underworld). These three are the leaders of every Saja and the most well-known of the Jeoseung-sajas, mostly thanks to the KoreanWebtoon [[http://comic.naver.com/webtoon/list.nhn?titleId=119877 Shingwa-Hamkke('Together with Gods'),]] which deals with Myth/KoreanMythology.
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* In ''[[TabletopGame/YuGiOh Yu-Gi-Oh!]]'', the card Shinigami is represented as pretty much the Western conception of the Grim Reaper (though hovering).
* Even though they're not called by the name per se, the player characters in TabletopGame/GeistTheSinEaters in many ways seem to be the Shinigami trope re-exported back into the US based on the "cool dead people with ghost superpowers who act as psychopomps" version popularized through modern anime (though WordOfGod is that the Shinigami similarities were unintentional).
* The shinigami of TabletopGame/{{Scion}} are the most powerful minions of Mikaboshi, prime avatar of the Titan of Darkness. They can kill with a touch, and are a serious threat to ''gods''.
* ''TabletopGame/{{Pathfinder}}'' has both an entire race of TrueNeutral Outsiders called the {{Psychopomp}}s who are responsible for collecting, guarding and guiding the souls of the dead, who range in nature from creepy little masked bird-things to festive skeletons in flamboyant garb to huge feathery raven-dragons, and also a race of LawfulNeutral outsiders called Shinigami, who serve much the same purpose. They are implied to be responsible only for the Tian region, which is an expy/mishmash of China, Japan and Korea, and appear as pale-skinned Asiatic-looking humanoids with [[GoodWingsEvilWings large bird-like wings that are totally naked of flesh, making them nothing but bare bone]].
* In ''[[TabletopGame/YuGiOh Yu-Gi-Oh!]]'', the card Shinigami is represented as pretty much the Western conception of the Grim Reaper (though hovering).
* Even though they're not called by the name per se, the player characters in TabletopGame/GeistTheSinEaters in many ways seem to be the Shinigami trope re-exported back into the US based on the "cool dead people with ghost superpowers who act as psychopomps" version popularized through modern anime (though WordOfGod is that the Shinigami similarities were unintentional).
* The shinigami of TabletopGame/{{Scion}} are the most powerful minions of Mikaboshi, prime avatar of the Titan of Darkness. They can kill with a touch, and are a serious threat to ''gods''.
* ''TabletopGame/{{Pathfinder}}'' has both an entire race of TrueNeutral Outsiders called the {{Psychopomp}}s who are responsible for collecting, guarding and guiding the souls of the dead, who range in nature from creepy little masked bird-things to festive skeletons in flamboyant garb to huge feathery raven-dragons, and also a race of LawfulNeutral outsiders called Shinigami, who serve much the same purpose. They are implied to be responsible only for the Tian region, which is an expy/mishmash of China, Japan and Korea, and appear as pale-skinned Asiatic-looking humanoids with [[GoodWingsEvilWings large bird-like wings that are totally naked of flesh, making them nothing but bare bone]].
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* ''VideoGame/TheWorldEndsWithYou'' - Shinigami are trendy young dead people resurrected with amazing powers who exist to [[spoiler:test human souls to let them live again or become Reapers themselves]].
** Furthermore, they look like what would happen if ''Bleach'' and ''Death Note'' shinigami ever mated. Likely intentional as those two anime/manga tend to be most closely associated with shinigami.
* Komachi Onozuka of ''VideoGame/{{Touhou}}'' is [[TheSlacker the laziest shinigami on this page]]. Unfortunately for her, her boss can see ANYWHERE, so there's very little chance for her to do so. Or at least, little chance to do so without getting caught. Also note that her role is more of a [[Myth/GreekMythology Charon]] [[TheFerryMan analogue]] than the GrimReaper - her job is to ferry the souls of the dead across the Sanzu River and into the afterlife proper.
** There are other (unseen) Shinigami who have the GrimReaper role. One character, the [[LightIsNotGood Celestial]] Tenshi Hinanawi, achieves de facto {{Immortality}} by [[EnemiesWithDeath beating up the Shinigami who come to collect her]]. Komachi defeats Tenshi, but has to let her go because she's not allowed to reap souls -- she's the wrong "type" of Shinigami for that. She does, however, warn Tenshi that even Celestials are eventually reaped, indicating that she has only managed to temporarily stave off her eventual and inevitable demise.
* Shinigami appear in ''VideoGame/OdinSphere'' as the keepers of the Underworld of Endelphia. They're also known as [[{{Woolseyism}} Halja]] in the english dub. They're huge [[NightmareFuel scary rotting wraiths]] with [[EvilSoundsDeep deep voices]] (they're voiced by Creator/NorioWakamoto, naturally) and large curved [[SinisterScythe sickles as weapons]]. They're fought as minibosses several times, usually in the Underworld.
* The protagonist of the upcoming ''[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vrpsg2KDGh4 Ushiro,]]'' whose powers include possessing the suicidal and [[NightmareFuel thoroughly creeping the player out]].
* Shinigami are a demon classification for deities involved in death (such as Hel, Chernobog or Mot) in ShinMegamiTensei. They are known as Reapers in the West.
* ''VideoGame/TheWorldEndsWithYou'' - Shinigami are trendy young dead people resurrected with amazing powers who exist to [[spoiler:test human souls to let them live again or become Reapers themselves]].
** Furthermore, they look like what would happen if ''Bleach'' and ''Death Note'' shinigami ever mated. Likely intentional as those two anime/manga tend to be most closely associated with shinigami.
* Komachi Onozuka of ''VideoGame/{{Touhou}}'' is [[TheSlacker the laziest shinigami on this page]]. Unfortunately for her, her boss can see ANYWHERE, so there's very little chance for her to do so. Or at least, little chance to do so without getting caught. Also note that her role is more of a [[Myth/GreekMythology Charon]] [[TheFerryMan analogue]] than the GrimReaper - her job is to ferry the souls of the dead across the Sanzu River and into the afterlife proper.
** There are other (unseen) Shinigami who have the GrimReaper role. One character, the [[LightIsNotGood Celestial]] Tenshi Hinanawi, achieves de facto {{Immortality}} by [[EnemiesWithDeath beating up the Shinigami who come to collect her]]. Komachi defeats Tenshi, but has to let her go because she's not allowed to reap souls -- she's the wrong "type" of Shinigami for that. She does, however, warn Tenshi that even Celestials are eventually reaped, indicating that she has only managed to temporarily stave off her eventual and inevitable demise.
* Shinigami appear in ''VideoGame/OdinSphere'' as the keepers of the Underworld of Endelphia. They're also known as [[{{Woolseyism}} Halja]] in the english dub. They're huge [[NightmareFuel scary rotting wraiths]] with [[EvilSoundsDeep deep voices]] (they're voiced by Creator/NorioWakamoto, naturally) and large curved [[SinisterScythe sickles as weapons]]. They're fought as minibosses several times, usually in the Underworld.
* The protagonist of the upcoming ''[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vrpsg2KDGh4 Ushiro,]]'' whose powers include possessing the suicidal and [[NightmareFuel thoroughly creeping the player out]].
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* Komachi Onozuka of ''VideoGame/{{Touhou}}'' is [[TheSlacker the laziest shinigami on this page]]. Unfortunately for her, her boss can see ANYWHERE, so there's very little chance for her to do so. Or at least, little chance to do so without getting caught. Also note that her role is more of a [[Myth/GreekMythology Charon]] [[TheFerryMan analogue]] than the GrimReaper - her job is to ferry the souls
** There are other (unseen) Shinigami who have the GrimReaper role. One character, the [[LightIsNotGood Celestial]] Tenshi Hinanawi, achieves de facto {{Immortality}} by [[EnemiesWithDeath beating up the Shinigami who come to collect her]]. Komachi defeats Tenshi, but has to let her go because she's not allowed to reap souls -- she's the wrong "type" of Shinigami for that. She does, however, warn Tenshi that even Celestials are eventually reaped, indicating that she has only managed to temporarily stave off her eventual and inevitable demise.
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* ''Webcomic/ShinigamiDeathPunch'', obviously. All of the main characters are shinigami, in the case of the {{Psychopomp}} variety. They're also decidedly young and hipster, with a structured bureaucracy dictating most of their actions.
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* ''WesternAnimation/TeenageMutantNinjaTurtles2012'' introduced an old friend of Karai's from Japan. She is kunoichi who only goes by her byname, Shinigami, [[NonIndicativeName though she takes more after a traditional western witch than a Japanese god of death]]. She combines [[KungFuWizard ninjutsu]] with [[DanceBattler dancing]] and uses [[HotWitch seductive and hypnotic weapons and magic tricks]] to keep her enemies off balance. [[DarkIsNotEvil Despite all this, however, only evildoers have anything to be afraid of]]. Oddly enough, among the Foot clan, [[TokenHuman she is now the only nonMook who is (still) 100% human]].
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* ''ComicBook/YTheLastMan''. While in Japan the protagonists are watching a play in which an actor playing Shinigami says he [[{{Gendercide}} killed off all the men]] because of their arrogance and indifference to the plight of women.
* ''ComicBook/PrettyDeadly'' imports the modern Japanese fantasy-style Shinigami into a Western context - there is one capital-D Death, served by a team of "Reapers", most of whom were originally human beings and who each specialise in deaths related to a particular kind of concept, including Vengeance, Cruelty, War, Courage, Grace, and others. Ginny, the Reaper of Vengeance, is particularly supernatural as she is the daughter of the original Death with a human woman.
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* ''ComicBook/PrettyDeadly'' imports the modern Japanese fantasy-style Shinigami into a Western context - there is one capital-D Death, served by a team of "Reapers", most of whom were originally human beings and who each specialise in deaths related to a particular kind of concept, including Vengeance, Cruelty, War, Courage, Grace, and others. Ginny, the Reaper of Vengeance, is particularly supernatural as she is the daughter of the original Death with a human woman.
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* ''WesternAnimation/TeenageMutantNinjaTurtles2012'' introduced an old friend of Karai's from Japan. She is kunoichi who only goes by her byname, Shinigami, [[NonIndicativeName though she takes more after a traditional western witch than a Japanese god of death]]. She combines [[KungFuWizard ninjutsu]] with [[DanceBattler dancing]] and uses [[HotWitch seductive and hypnotic weapons and magic tricks]] to keep her enemies off balance. [[DarkIsNotEvil Despite all this, however, only evildoers have anything to be afraid of]]. Oddly enough, among the Foot clan, [[TokenHuman she is now the only nonMook who is (still) 100% human]].
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* In ''[[http://www.fanfiction.net/s/7630438/1/Shinigami-Jones-the-Hunter Shinigami Jones, the Hunter]]'', the Tenth Doctor lampshades the origin (and misapplication) of the term by purposefully misunderstanding Jones' reason for choosing it as part of his name.
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* In ''[[http://www.fanfiction.net/s/7630438/1/Shinigami-Jones-the-Hunter Shinigami Jones, the Hunter]]'', Hunter,]]'' the Tenth Doctor lampshades the origin (and misapplication) of the term by purposefully misunderstanding Jones' reason for choosing it as part of his name.
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** Plus, unlike the Japanese folktales, Korean folktales have named the three most powerful Jeoseung-sajas; Hae Won-maek (who takes care of the Underworld matters), Yi Deok-chun (who is in charge of the human world), and Ganglim-doryeong (also known as King Ganglim, and direct subordinate to the Yeomra-Daewang, ruler of the underworld). These three are the leaders of every Saja and the most well-known of the Jeoseung-sajas, mostly thanks to the KoreanWebtoon [[http://comic.naver.com/webtoon/list.nhn?titleId=119877 Shingwa-Hamkke('Together with Gods')]], which deals with Myth/KoreanMythology.
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** Plus, unlike the Japanese folktales, Korean folktales have named the three most powerful Jeoseung-sajas; Hae Won-maek (who takes care of the Underworld matters), Yi Deok-chun (who is in charge of the human world), and Ganglim-doryeong (also known as King Ganglim, and direct subordinate to the Yeomra-Daewang, ruler of the underworld). These three are the leaders of every Saja and the most well-known of the Jeoseung-sajas, mostly thanks to the KoreanWebtoon [[http://comic.naver.com/webtoon/list.nhn?titleId=119877 Shingwa-Hamkke('Together with Gods')]], Gods'),]] which deals with Myth/KoreanMythology.
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* ''LightNovel/SoICantPlayH'' is full of these. There are actually two opposing factions driving the main conflict. [[BadassPrincess Lisara]]'s side takes pity on humans, and regularly allows them to live longer than they're supposed to. On the other hand, [[WellIntentionedExtremist Gardarblog]]'s side believes this practice has upset Earth's balance, and the resulting overpopulation is causing unnecessary suffering for humanity via famines and wars.
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* ''LightNovel/SoICantPlayH'' is full of these. There are actually two opposing factions driving the main conflict. [[BadassPrincess Lisara]]'s Lisara's side takes pity on humans, and regularly allows them to live longer than they're supposed to. On the other hand, [[WellIntentionedExtremist Gardarblog]]'s side believes this practice has upset Earth's balance, and the resulting overpopulation is causing unnecessary suffering for humanity via famines and wars.
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* ''Manga/{{Bleach}}'' is an anime and manga about [[LoadsAndLoadsOfCharacters an entire society of shinigami]] who seemingly spend more time fighting TheHeartless than actually acting as psychopomps. Ferrying the dead to Soul Society is a job left to low-ranking shinigami while the more powerful shinigami focus on protecting the world from dangerous supernatural threats and administrating the low-ranking shinigami duties. The official English translation calls them Soul Reapers, a translation that met with Creator/TiteKubo's approval.
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* ''Manga/{{Bleach}}'' is an anime and manga about [[LoadsAndLoadsOfCharacters an entire a whole society of shinigami]] who seemingly spend more time fighting TheHeartless than actually acting as psychopomps. Ferrying the dead to Soul Society is a job left to low-ranking shinigami while the more powerful shinigami focus on protecting the world from dangerous supernatural threats and administrating the low-ranking shinigami duties. The official English translation calls them Soul Reapers, a translation that met with Creator/TiteKubo's approval.
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* The Korean version, Jeoseung-Saja or "Messenger of the Other Side", shows up once in a while in manhwa. They tend to be much creepier than their Japanese counterparts, possibly because Sajas, with their traditional jerkassness, are an integral part of Shamanic funerals, which are still practiced in most rural areas. They're traditionally portrayed as corrupt government agents, sometimes threatening to abuse the departed soul in their custody unless bribed with offerings(usually food or some clothes).
** Although they are dreaded by most people(then again, who wouldn't be afraid of ''death''?), many Korean folktales portray them as AffablyEvil beings, sometimes making mistakes or taking pity on someone and reviving them. This is probably because they were also humans, before being charged with work to keep the reincarnation system working. Still they are still considered scary, as evidenced by an anthropologist studying Korean shamans who reported that when the shaman was [[PowersViaPossession playing]] Saja, ''it scared the hell out of her''.
** Their appearance is usually that of pale-faced men, wearing Joseon dynasty gentlemen('Seonbi')'s outfit, with a large '''black''' hat(called 'Gat'), '''black''' clothes, and shrouded in mist. The idea that they like black clothes is carried over to Manwhas, where they are sometimes depicted as wearing black suits and black sunglasses. But in some paintings, they are depicted as warriors wearing multi-colored armor and carrying a large halberd(possibly to arrest souls refusing to go to the underworld).
** Plus, unlike the Japanese folktales, Korean folktales have named the three most powerful Jeoseung-sajas; Hae Won-maek(who takes care of the Underworld matters), Yi Deok-chun(who is in charge of the human world), and Ganglim-doryeong(also known as King Ganglim, and direct subordinate to the Yeomra-Daewang, ruler of the underworld). These three are the leaders of every Saja and the most well-known of the Jeoseung-sajas, mostly thanks to the KoreanWebtoon [[http://comic.naver.com/webtoon/list.nhn?titleId=119877 Shingwa-Hamkke('Together with Gods')]], which deals with Myth/KoreanMythology.
** Although they are dreaded by most people(then again, who wouldn't be afraid of ''death''?), many Korean folktales portray them as AffablyEvil beings, sometimes making mistakes or taking pity on someone and reviving them. This is probably because they were also humans, before being charged with work to keep the reincarnation system working. Still they are still considered scary, as evidenced by an anthropologist studying Korean shamans who reported that when the shaman was [[PowersViaPossession playing]] Saja, ''it scared the hell out of her''.
** Their appearance is usually that of pale-faced men, wearing Joseon dynasty gentlemen('Seonbi')'s outfit, with a large '''black''' hat(called 'Gat'), '''black''' clothes, and shrouded in mist. The idea that they like black clothes is carried over to Manwhas, where they are sometimes depicted as wearing black suits and black sunglasses. But in some paintings, they are depicted as warriors wearing multi-colored armor and carrying a large halberd(possibly to arrest souls refusing to go to the underworld).
** Plus, unlike the Japanese folktales, Korean folktales have named the three most powerful Jeoseung-sajas; Hae Won-maek(who takes care of the Underworld matters), Yi Deok-chun(who is in charge of the human world), and Ganglim-doryeong(also known as King Ganglim, and direct subordinate to the Yeomra-Daewang, ruler of the underworld). These three are the leaders of every Saja and the most well-known of the Jeoseung-sajas, mostly thanks to the KoreanWebtoon [[http://comic.naver.com/webtoon/list.nhn?titleId=119877 Shingwa-Hamkke('Together with Gods')]], which deals with Myth/KoreanMythology.
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* The Korean version, Jeoseung-Saja or "Messenger of the Other Side", shows up once in a while in manhwa. They tend to be much creepier than their Japanese counterparts, possibly because Sajas, with their traditional jerkassness, are an integral part of Shamanic funerals, which are still practiced in most rural areas. They're traditionally portrayed as corrupt government agents, sometimes threatening to abuse the departed soul in their custody unless bribed with offerings(usually offerings (usually food or some clothes).
** Although they are dreaded by mostpeople(then people (then again, who wouldn't be afraid of ''death''?), many Korean folktales portray them as AffablyEvil beings, sometimes making mistakes or taking pity on someone and reviving them. This is probably because they were also humans, before being charged with work to keep the reincarnation system working. Still they are still considered scary, as evidenced by an anthropologist studying Korean shamans who reported that when the shaman was [[PowersViaPossession playing]] Saja, ''it scared the hell out of her''.
** Their appearance is usually that of pale-faced men, wearing Joseon dynastygentlemen('Seonbi')'s gentlemen ('Seonbi')'s outfit, with a large '''black''' hat(called hat (called 'Gat'), '''black''' clothes, and shrouded in mist. The idea that they like black clothes is carried over to Manwhas, where they are sometimes depicted as wearing black suits and black sunglasses. But in some paintings, they are depicted as warriors wearing multi-colored armor and carrying a large halberd(possibly halberd (possibly to arrest souls refusing to go to the underworld).
** Plus, unlike the Japanese folktales, Korean folktales have named the three most powerful Jeoseung-sajas; HaeWon-maek(who Won-maek (who takes care of the Underworld matters), Yi Deok-chun(who Deok-chun (who is in charge of the human world), and Ganglim-doryeong(also Ganglim-doryeong (also known as King Ganglim, and direct subordinate to the Yeomra-Daewang, ruler of the underworld). These three are the leaders of every Saja and the most well-known of the Jeoseung-sajas, mostly thanks to the KoreanWebtoon [[http://comic.naver.com/webtoon/list.nhn?titleId=119877 Shingwa-Hamkke('Together with Gods')]], which deals with Myth/KoreanMythology.
** Although they are dreaded by most
** Their appearance is usually that of pale-faced men, wearing Joseon dynasty
** Plus, unlike the Japanese folktales, Korean folktales have named the three most powerful Jeoseung-sajas; Hae