User blog comment:Maevis/New pictures about filler arc !/@comment-27754788-20120630194955/@comment-27754788-20120630204715

Well, I'd actually say shinigami are like the Grim Reaper, kind of like they're its Japanese equivalent in that they oversee the deaths of mortals and guide them to the afterlife. It'd still make sense for this "Grim Reaper" character to turn out to be "Erigor the Shinigami" or, as he's called in the English dub, "Erigor the Reaper."