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Originally Posted by Burner of Anime
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15 yr old bloke with angst+attitude as well as the ability to see ded people stumbles on a really wierd and sarcastic girl in his house. She is a Shinigami [or Angel of Death] with the dual job of sending the recently departed into the afterlife; and exorcising those who have gone bad from snacking on human souls. So macho male gets caught up in her work and causes the girl to have her @$$ handed back to her. Now the only way to stop the rogue ghost [or Hollow as they are called] is for the poor fool to temporarily gain some of her powers and do the smacking in her place. Too bad he had to take ALL of it. 
The problem with the setup is that the now powerless shinigami can't go home, protect herself let alone do her job- so the reluctant player has to step up on the plate and take all the heat. Add to the fact that he is insanely strong and the order the Shinigami belongs to isn't very happy a mortal is doing their work, and you have an interesting character and political angle to look at.
Manga is quite long, going into maybe 15-16 books the last time I looked [licenced already] so it's quite an established and popular work.
Ya, and I like Rukia [the Shinigami] a lot already. Spirited, acid-tongue and sly little Harridan that she is  |
ah thanks for the short summary, it does sound very interesting