<p>There is an urban legend that children tell one another about a shinigami that can release people from the pain they may be suffering. This Angel of Death has a nameBoogiepop. And the legends are true. Boogiepop is real.(Source: Seven Seas Entertainmen

When a female student is abducted and on the verge of being raped, Boogiepop rushes onto the scene just in time to save the day. But Boogiepops new male alter-ego, Akimizuki Takaya, finds himself in the middle of a crime wave with ties going back to the p

The story takes place in an unnamed Japanese city, and follows five students at Shinyo Academy as they try to piece together the puzzle of a new drug and recent disappearances among the student populace. While the teachers believe them to only be runaways