
Great Old Ones (旧支配者, Guratto Orrudo Wan): Per being Gods, Reapers can qualify to become Great Old Ones by even birth, as evident with Asura being a fragment of Death.As witnessed by Asura, a Reaper can strangely merge its body with a Demon Weapon in its weaponized form. However, doing so requires the Reaper to consume a Demon Weapon in its weapon form. Kishin (鬼神, Kishin FUNimation "Afreet"): Even Reapers can become known as Kishins and embody a powerful type of Madness.According to Excalibur, the reason behind the existence of one True Reaper at a time is because it is unnecessary to have a numerous number of them. However, only one true Reaper can exist at a time and when one becomes a true Reaper, the other dies as a result. True: A True Reaper is an individual who possesses all three connected Lines of Sanzu, making them extremely powerful and allowing them to utilize the Madness of Order. True Reapers can also create fragments to later be their successor, even having control over the "maturity" their fragment initially are.These Reapers can co-exist with even a True Reaper. Not much is known about this beyond the fact that a mature reaper, unlike their immature counterparts, is born with all their Lines of Sanzu complete and have two indications surrounding their head. Mature: A mature reaper refers to a reaper who is born with complete Lines of Sanzu.Because of this, as a reaper grows, their control of the Lines of Sanzu and power expands dependent on age. Immature: An "immature" reaper refers to one who was born with incomplete Lines of Sanzu, which is something decided by the parent.Īs gods too, they're also even worshiped examples include the Flying Dutchman, who worships Asura as the Kishin or Justin Law, whom once worshiped Death himself until his defection. Furthermore, due to Death's nature as the god of New World, only one true Grim Reaper can exist at a time.

Despite their purpose, however, they're mistakenly often thought of to preside over people's lives and death along with being absolute authorities of order itself. In addition, reapers are also authorities over souls.

Thus Reapers are often perceived to have surpassed human understanding while embodying order itself. Death was also entrusted to maintain balance and equilibrium in the New World. Role and Significance Īs a true god in the world, Death was created by Shinra Kusakabe to fill the void left by the Evangelist to interact with humanity directly rather than indirectly like his predecessor. While Death reproduces through a process of fragmenting a part of himself, reapers also possess groins. Perhaps the most striking attribute of the reaper is the Lines Of Sanzu, which appears to be the source of their power. The body of a reaper can vary though Lord Death's appearance is amorphous while his children are more human-like they all possess a face like that of a human.
