Shinigami

**Shinigami** (死神, *death god(s)*; *Viz* "**Soul Reaper(s)**") are guardians of the souls who are going through the circle of transmigration. They purify Hollows who do evil in the World of the Living and ensure the safe crossing of souls - the Pluses who have lost their way after death - by giving them a soul burial. Shinigami are the opposite of the Quincy.

## Overview

Shinigami are unearthly beings living in a world ruled by a different logic than the World of the Living. They are invisible to those without spiritual powers.

When Souls with exceptional spiritual energy train their bodies, they reach the level of Shinigami. The most talented of them become affiliated with various organizations like the Gotei 13 and the Onmitsukidō.

Shinigami receive salaries, like workers in the Human World and also earn bounties for defeating Hollows.

Shinigami have a number of supernatural abilities:

* **Longevity**: Shinigami do not visibly age at the same rate as Humans and tend to maintain a youthful appearance for centuries. Shinigami can live for much longer than Humans.

* **Enhanced Durability**: While Shinigami can be injured and killed like regular Humans, it takes considerably greater injuries to kill a Shinigami than it would to kill Humans. Decapitation is the only guaranteed method of killing a Shinigami
* **Reiatsu**: The Reiatsu of a Shinigami will continue to flow for as long as the heart is still beating; if the heart beats, it is impossible for the Reiatsu to cease. Due to this, prisoners who cannot have their heart stopped by any executioner in Soul Society are kept in **Muken**.

* **Zanpakutō**: A Shinigami weapon, its shape is typically similar to a Japanese katana. Low ranking officers are issued an sword, but high-ranking officers arm themselves with unique swords generated from their own souls. A Zanpakutō is a physical manifestation of this force concentrated into a blade. All Shinigami have a Zanpakutō, but not all of them carry one with them. Its shape differs depending on its owner.

### Exiled Shinigami

There are some Shinigami who exist in exile, namely Yoruichi Shihōin, and Kisuke Urahara. They will work with the Shinigami at times but still remain in exile.

## Appearance

Most Shinigami appear like average Humans. There are, however, a few Shinigami who are less Human-like in appearance.

## Duties

### World of the Living

* **Hollow Cleansing**: When a Shinigami slays a Hollow with their Zanpakutō, they cleanse their sins. Once this takes place, a Hollow will return to its former state as a Plus and is led into Soul Society. This is called **sublimation**. Souls that live in Soul Society are reborn again into the Human World. Not all Hollows are sent to the Soul Society. Since Zanpakutō are only capable of cleansing sins committed after becoming a Hollow, Hollows that committed serious crimes when they were still Human are sent to Hell when they are slain.

* **Soul Governance**: Shinigami are responsible for governing the flow of spirits between the Human World and Soul Society. This is commonly carried out by balancing the total number of souls by moving and managing them in the Human world. All of the soul-related jobs are under their authority.

## Training

Either you make a good person, Train 4 like 30 min then ask Coconut for the next stage, or just ask Coconut you lazy fuck.

## Combat

* **Zanjutsu**: Sword fighting techniques for the Zanpakutō. The most basic fighting technique.

* **Hakuda**: An unarmed fighting technique that makes use of one's own body in a fight.

* **Hohō**: The name for all high-speed fighting movements based on the art of Shunpo.

* **Kidō**: Advanced spells that require strong spiritual power: Hadō and Bakudō.

## Substitute Shinigami

A **Substitute Shinigami** is someone who became Shinigami by obtaining another Shinigami's power, or by going through a much harder and riskier process to transform him/herself into one. Obtaining another Shinigami's power is done by thrusting his/her Zanpakutō into the person's chest who wants to obtain the power. However, the percentage of success is low. In the case of success, the person normally obtains around half of the Shinigami's power, and only temporarily at that. The transferal of a Shinigami's powers to a Human is forbidden by the Soul Society

## Visored

Shinigami who have gained Hollow abilities, through Hollowfication, and use those abilities to gain power far exceeding and beyond that of a normal Shinigami or Hollow.