Forum:Funny Undead

B'fore the recent chapter came out, I kinda find it inappropiate to call them death gods when they don't even have the power of gods. Soul Reaper sounds more fitting indeed. Kaihedgie 14:07, 14 May 2009 (UTC)

It really depends on your interpretation of what a god is capable of as everyone has a different qualification for a being like that. In the bleach series the title is interchangeable because they are the governors of the deceased souls (i.e. death gods, soul reapers, shinigami) Salubri 17:53, 14 May 2009 (UTC)

Shinigami directly translates to Death God. The official term is Shinigami. Its inappropriate to call them Soul Reapers when it was only used by Viz which is known to change names and make up crap. Drunk Samurai 19:37, 15 May 2009 (UTC)

But they aren't really gods now are there? Do they not bleed, bruise and die? They're more like warriors than gods. The Death Note dub, which was also done by ViZ, keeps the term Shinigami. But it makes more sense over there because we're seein' supernatural creatures mongering literally books of death around. They look more like death gods than the character in Bleach. The only death-dealing they ever really do is against either other Soul Reapers or Hollows and even then, we see them more as warriors/swordsmen with superpowers than gods, if anything else.

Hell, I might go far as to say that the zanpaktous themselves are the Shinigamis. Yeah, they can be broken/shattered, but unlike their wielders, they can seemingly repair themselves, escaping the death that the 'shinigami' are fated to experience again. Kaihedgie 07:02, 28 May 2009 (UTC)