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Taken from Baka-updates: Hayama Makoto is tormented by sightings of Shinigami(*), Asano Mitsuki dwells on his dead sister’s shadow, and Koumoto Yaeko longs for the love of her life―these are the heart-rending yet tender tales of the people whose thoughts dwell on life and death, and of the white Shinigami Momo. (*)Shinigami, 死神 is the Japanese word for "Grim Reaper" and literally means "god of death".
The reaper loves seeing the cries of humans before swinging down his scythe to reap their souls. He lives for the hunt of humans souls before their passing. Yet one night, he encounters a dying girl with flowers blooming in her room looking back at him with a smile.
When the daughter of a fallen noble family is chosen to become a sacrificial bride, her groom is none other than the Shinigami— a cold-hearted, human-hating God of Death. Chizuru works for the Sanjou family, a newly made noble house with a thriving textiles factory in Koishigawa. However, as the daughter of a family which once ranked far higher than the Sanjous, Chizuru receives nothing but scorn and contempt from her new employers. Without warning, a plague breaks out in the town and victims of the disease all die with the same words on their lips: ‘The Shinigami stands at my bedside.'In a desperate attempt to appease the god who brought the plague upon them, Chizuru is selected as a sacrificial bride. This is a story of a ruined noble, a God of Death, and the romance that blossoms between their two lonely souls.
A clumsy office worker x An experienced shinigami
Sasakura Kyouya is your typical average high school boy (what else would he be? a ninja?) who is no longer ordinary after meeting a girl shinigami one day, who her purpose is to protect him. How will Kyouya survive this aloof shinigami? What kind nud- *cough* i mean "Plot" awaits him?That is only for Kyouya to find out!
Gamble is life. The dice of destiny will change the world!
Shishigami Takashi has, for a long time, met with murder cases wherever he goes, that's how he got the nickname; the "Shinigami" detective. 、 Shishigami, his wife Michiru, and his kouhai Seki, take a trip to an onsen. However, as soon as they arrive, a corpse is discovered...?! Aside from the titular story, two more mysteries are collected into 1 volume!!
From Manga-Heaven: Jinna Amakura was a typical, if not a bit stingy, high school boy. Typical, that is, until he died. Or... at least he was supposed to die, but he didn't. Jinna is now considered by the powers that be as a "Soul Irregular". Enter Nagi. Nagi is a Grim Reaper on her first job - to kill Jinna and return his soul to the proper cycle of life and death. If she fails, she will be turned into her favorite dessert and eaten by the head of the Angels of Death. Not only does her job start off as worse as it possibly could, but Nagi and Jinna form an almost friendly, if not unusual relationship... just wait till her boss finds out...
Furoku is a Shinigami who fell in love with a girl, Himeka, while waiting 6 months for an old man to die in the hospital. The problem is, she is supposed to die in heart surgery, and not only that, she's meant to go to hell. The reason being, she was born with a weak body, but dreams of taking over the world if she had a stronger body. So, Furoku offers some of his life up to save this "girl who hasn't done anything wrong". What future lies ahead of Fukuro and this "Bloody Queen"?
Since childhood Eiji has always had accidents that would have been fatal, but he always survived unscathed. Because he sees things that normal people don't see, he realizes that there's a mysterious shadow that always saves him. But what is it? So he decided to find out what this mysterious shadow was and wanted to thank that shadow. And to call him, he tried to jump off the balcony of his apartment. Here comes the handsome God of Death appearing before him. Will Eiji be able to thank him?
"Year 252 M.C, in this era which plants are almost extinct and the land is barren, a strange disease developed. 'Shinigami's flower,' the unique lethal flower that carries death." The disease is curable if found in the early stages but if left till transformation stage it becomes lethal and the only option left is extermination. These are all dealt with by request to 'Gokurakuen,' the national medical institution specializing in dealing with shinigami's flowers. Our protagonist, Doctor Ichinose Souma, is the class representative of Mobile Team Unit Class 1. As his class gets too few requests, he and his assistant Hina often get into trouble interfering with other class's jobs.
Oneshot: Takeshi wakes up one day to a cute shinigami, asking him to name his dying wish. Luckily for him, she's new at the job, and messes things up. Now, instead of being dead, he makes a team with the shinigami Kiriko and helps grant the last wishes of people who are dying. Serialization: Aida Shizuka is three days from being executed for cruelly murdering his family when a shinigami comes to visit him. It's his little sister Hibiki, who has come to make sure his soul goes to hell! Hibiki has another job on this trip as well, granting the final wish of a girl with heart disease, and she drags her condemned brother along with her. Soon, it becomes apparent that people are not as simple as they may seem, and even Shizuka's guilt is uncertain. Hibiki and Shizuka promise to search together for the truth about their family's death, and they won't let life, death, or trouble in the afterlife get in their way!
