Shinigami Physiology

Power to use the abilities of shinigami. Variation of Grim Reaper Physiology.

Capabilities
User with this ability either is or can transform into shinigami a "death spirit" of Japanese folklore who are responsible for seeing that a person dies at their appointed time and then guiding their spirit to be judged in the afterlife.

Shinigami are sometimes depicted as goblin or skeletal creatures who cause death and accidents, but more recent depictions of Shinigami tend to be closer to western vampires, with them being portrayed as immortal, attractive people who wield a variety of powers. They will usually either cause death to sustain themselves, peacefully escort souls to the afterlife, slay demons and poltergeists who cause unnatural deaths, or be the result of unnatural deaths themselves. Or various combinations of the above.

The main differences between Grim Reaper and Shinigami are firstly that Grim Reaper is either a single individual or at least one of small group, while shinigami are generally both numerous and form a highly stratified and bureaucratic society of psychopomps and divine judges. Second difference is that shinigami as a whole tend to be weaker than Grim Reaper: while some may reach impressive levels of power, average individual is far below them.

Applications

 * Death Inducement
 * Death Sense
 * Decelerated Aging or Semi-Immortality
 * Enhanced Combat
 * Enhanced Assassination
 * Enhanced Condition or Supernatural Condition
 * Weapon Proficiency often either:
 * Enhanced Scythemanship
 * Enhanced Swordsmanship

Variations

 * Elemental Manipulation
 * Life-Force Absorption
 * Ninjutsu
 * Soul Absorption

Associations

 * Necromancy
 * Soul Manipulation

Known Users

 * Shinigami (Bleach)
 * Shinigami (Death Note)
 * Shinigami (Naruto)
 * Shinigami (Yami No Matsuei)
 * Shinigami (Dakara Boku wa, H ga Dekinai)