Requiem of Silence

Requiem of Silence (沈黙の鎮魂歌, Chinmoku no chinkonka) is a Japanese manga series by Hiro Mashima. The series was first serialized in the Weekly Shōnen Magazine on August 2, 2006, which ran 545 chapters through July 26, 2017. The individual chapters are being collected and published in tankōbon volumes by Kodansha, with 63 released as of November 2017. An anime produced by A-1 Pictures and Satelight (currently Bridge Eps. 176+) was released in Japan on October 12, 2009. The series was first licensed for an English language release in North America by Del Rey Manga (a child company of Kodansha & Random House) on July 28, 2007. From March 2008 to September 2010, they released the first twelve volumes, with the first volume being released on March 25, 2008. On October 4, 2012, Kodansha and Random House announced that they will shut down Del Rey Manga, and that Kodansha USA will be licensing and taking over the publishing of certain ongoing titles. Kodansha USA took over and released the manga commencing from the 13th volume starting from May 10 of 2011. As of December 2017, Requiem of Silence has over 64 million tankōbon volumes in circulation worldwide.

Plot
Sakura Kyobashi, born into a long line of samurai after discovering she is to be married off like a prize, leaves her home in Osako, Japan and travels to a local shrine in Osako to pray to be made untouchable to humans. The shrine she prays in, happens to be the Goddess of Creation and Death, Izanami. In return for making her untouchable, she becomes one of the Goddess`s loyal retainers and serves in the Japanese Underworld as well as a reaper taking the souls of the dead and taking them both to Izanami. Shortly after, her father and elder brother pray to the Japanese King of Gods, causing her to lose her untouchable status and she is taken from the shrine to be shipped back home to be married. In a fit of rage, Sakura threants to drown in her blood if any male touches her and Izanami threants to shut the Gates of the Japanese Underworld unless Sakura is given back to her with her Untouchable status restored by the Japanese King of Gods. Sadly however, Sakura`s father and brother ignore the Goddess`s request and Izanami denies any spirits rest in the Underworld for their ignorance and takes Sakura back to the Underworld during night, restoring her immortality and Untouchable status. When they awaken to find Sakura gone, they plead once more to the Japanese King of Gods but he denies their request saying that Izanami has shut the underworld down and Izanami would only steal her back as Sakura is her loyal retainer. They however, don`t want to let Sakura do as she please and that is the basis of the storyline.