Shinki are generally among the dead, but some of us gods are dead, too. I'm not a god of death though, which just seems like a crappy position to be in. [So many questions...] I think there's a dude who actually had some of those answers, but like, I'm not a people person. I didn't keep track of that. And the little girl in charge is just literally a little girl. Named Amaterasu. Kinda weird.