...though it bugs me that people playing normal Japanese characters don't recognize the term "shinigami", since it's a normal term for a normal Japanese person to know; it is, in every single way, the same thing as the Grim Reaper, only plural. Your average 11 should know the term shinigami in that capacity, if not in the specifics to each show and their made-up rules.
I think Grell and Ryuk&Co. are probably the closest to the normal idea of shinigami. They go get dead people! All this "zanpaktou" and "demon weapon" nonsense will just confuse everyone.
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...though it bugs me that people playing normal Japanese characters don't recognize the term "shinigami", since it's a normal term for a normal Japanese person to know; it is, in every single way, the same thing as the Grim Reaper, only plural. Your average 11 should know the term shinigami in that capacity, if not in the specifics to each show and their made-up rules.
I think Grell and Ryuk&Co. are probably the closest to the normal idea of shinigami. They go get dead people! All this "zanpaktou" and "demon weapon" nonsense will just confuse everyone.