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And my "I have no clue what this is like, but since there's an anime of it coming up I'll check it out" purchase this time. My instincts were right on, as Shinigami no Ballad. is definitely a strike for me ;) Though in that 。゜・（ノД`）・゜・。 way...

Even so, the girl had one mission.
Carrying someone's life... taking it.
That was the girl's mission, born from tears.
One who administers death.
A black messenger.

Why was I born?
Why am I here?

So the girl decided to go.
In order to find herself.
A lonely white in the midst of black.
Herself, a pure white born from tears.
To find the reason for that.
All alone, carrying black in her eyes, looking straight at the world.
The day she would understand would surely come.

That's why she decided to go, wearing red shoes.

And that would be the introduction for the first volume of Shinigami no Ballad. The girl described is the shinigami of the title, the loli girl god of death, Momo. Her official shinigami designation is "A" 100100, A no juumantondehyaku, but since that's hard to say, if you put the 100 and 100 together you get 百百 Momo, so that's what most people call her. Her companion is a black cat named Daniel. Daniel tries his best to keep Momo in line, but he doesn't have much success... you see, Momo's a bit of an odd shinigami. She doesn't follow her orders all the time, sometimes lengthening people's lives instead of taking them, and she's quite a crybaby as well. And rather kawaii as well ;)