History Webcomic / ImTheGrimReaper

* OurAngelsAreDifferent: There are three archangels on top, and a mention of lower angels beneath them. Two of the archangels have been confirmed to have been former mortals. Angels prefer to use the shape of {{Winged Humanoid}}s, but if pushed by an emergency, can become {{Angelic Abomination}}s, communicating in StarfishLanguage and losing access to their humanity, becoming something entirely alien.
* OurDemonsAreDifferent: The only demons seen so far are the beings Satan uses to indirectly power his reapers with PowersViaPossession. They are normally just animals driven by instinct, but if they connect well enough with the reaper they have been bonded to, they can gain access to their host's sapience.

* JustBeforeTheEnd: The Earth was already irradiated by worldwide nuclear war, with civilization only surviving at the poles. In season 4, a CosmicFlaw caused by [[spoiler:God's death destroys the barrier between Limbo and Earth]], triggers world shattering earthquakes and ends civilization completely. There are only pockets of survivors, and no renewable resources left, meaning that barring supernatural interference, humanity is finished. [[spoiler:The only calm spot is a shelter Chase created with God's authority just before he died.]]

* JustBeforeTheEnd: The Earth was already irradiated by worldwide nuclear war, with civilization only surviving at the poles. In season 4, a CosmicFlaw caused by [[spoiler:God's death destroys the barrier between Limbo and Earth]], triggers world shattering earthquakes and ends civilization completely. There are only pockets of survivors, and no renewable resources left, meaning that barring supernatural interference, humanity is finished.

** [[spoiler:In season four, when the barrier separating the dimensions of Earth and the afterlife is shattered, things go from BadToWorse. Civilization ends completely, along with most of humanity, even at the North Pole. Only scattered bands remain, and even they are dying out rapidly whether due to the lack of resources, descending into madness, or getting killed by Scarlet, who hunts them for their demon fragments.]]

* JustBeforeTheEnd: The Earth was already irradiated by worldwide nuclear war, with civilization only surviving at the poles. In season 4, a CosmicFlaw caused by [[spoiler:God's death destroys the barrier between Limbo and Earth]], causing world shattering earthquacks and ending civilization completely. There are only pockets of survivors, and no renewable resources left, meaning that barring supernatural interference, humanity is finished.

* AfterTheEnd: A nuclear war rendered most of the Earth uninhabitable. All that is left is the poles. The North Pole decided to exterminate the rulers that caused this tragedy in the first place, and has effectively become ruled by a NebulousCriminalConspiracy instead. The South Pole took the opposite approach, where the rulers have become all-powerful and quelled all dissent. Both countries are living hell holes. [[spoiler:And then Ashe destroys the South.]]

* TheFriendNobodyLikes: None of the Reapers like spending any amount of time with Satan.

* CrapsackWorld: The world the characters live in is not kind, with Scarlet seeing sinners ''everywhere''. We get to see two murderers up close, and only over a matter of a few days.
* CrapsaccharineWorld: To a regular human, the world continues as normal, people walk the streets, and the sky is still blue. To anyone who sees the systems behind the world, it's a vicious, sadistic monstrosity that has long abandoned any principles, honor, or even self-preservation. Scarlet can see sinners ''everywhere''. Chase knows the police have institutionalized corruption and his stepmother is the only honest captain on the force. Even the 'good' sections of the afterlife are messed up, with Brooke claiming that Purgatory, while truly peaceful and pleasant, is as meaningless and empty as Hell. And of course, every sinner goes to a neverending Hell when they die. [[spoiler:In Chapter 48 Bernadette reveals that the human population has plummeted to a fraction of what it once was, Judgement has halted so that ''no one'' gets into Heaven, and [[HaveYouSeenMyGod God hasn't communicated with his Archangels in thousands of years]]. Not only that, but the other two Archangels are either just ambivalent to it all or in BlindObedience to God, opposing her desire to try to make a positive change.]]
* CreatorCameo: After Scarlet tosses herself out a window to escape Brook, the sinner she kills in order to go to hell is Graveweaver herself.

* AfterTheEnd: A nuclear war rendered most of the Earth uninhabitable. All that is left is the poles. The North Pole decided to exterminate the rulers that caused this tragedy in the first place, and has effectively become ruled by a NebulousCriminalConspiracy instead. The South Pole took the opposite approach, where the rulers have become all-powerful and quelled all dissent. Both countries are living hell holes. [[spoiler:And then Wrynn destroys the South.]]

* AfterTheEnd: A nuclear war rendered most of the Earth uninhabitable. All that is left is the poles. The North Pole decided to exterminate the rulers that caused this tragedy in the first place, and has effectively become ruled by a NebulousCriminalConspiracy instead. The South Pole took the opposite approach, where the rulers have become all-powerful and quelled all dissent. Both countries are living hell holes.

* TheReasonYouSuckSpeech: Scarlet's demon, Barghest, tells her that it was previously skeptical of her Ninth Circle sentence, and even after learning her true history, it wondered if her actions were fully her own. But now having witnessed her so easily sacrifice the rest of humanity to an eternity of suffering just to prolong the life of [[AlwaysSaveTheGirl one person]], who's destined to due either way, it now knows that she truly is a Ninth Circle sinner.

* OurDemonsAreDifferent: The only demons seen so far are the beings Satan uses to indirectly power his reapers with PowersViaPossession. They are basically just animals driven by instinct.

* OurAngelsAreDifferent: There are three archangels on top, and a mention of lower angels beneath them. Two of the archangels have been confirmed to have been former mortals. Angels prefer to use the shape of WingedHumanoids, but if pushed by an emergency, can become AngelicAbominations, communicating in StarfishLanguage and losing access to their humanity, becoming something entirely alien.

* OurAngelsAreDifferent: There are three archangels on top, and a mention of lower angels beneath them. Two of the archangels have been confirmed to have been former mortals.

* LoopholeAbuse: Archangels and reapers are only supposed to kill sinners and the virtuous during emergencies. Satan considers his personal boredom to be an "emergency". Heaven is largely willing to let it go, with Bernadette being the only one to care enough to want to do something about it.

* CapitalismIsBad: The root of the mortal world's problems. The world's population is collapsing rapidly due to the for profit hospital system's very strong KillThePoor mentality. They are only willing to treat the rich in return for obscene costs. Judah claims that it's a free market, so if anyone doesn't like what they are doing, they are welcome to compete, but it seems that nobody actually does.