Saintbarbido
i agree what kind of story if there are no lost in life it will just be another generic OP character story killing others iits good decision to shape his character through grief and pain such as life give this story some sense of realism in it make us reader felt the tension the pain and the sacrifice.
I think I remember that in some universe Rachel Roth or Raven had ascended and became an Avatar of magic; therefore now that she left a small but even tiny that stone is a link and he can bring it back but first he must accept to be a true Shinigami and hunt down all the rotten sinners like Ghost Rider does in Marvel