Death collected souls, he was haunted by us humans. He was drawn to a girl named Liesel, following her around, collecting souls from all over. Death has even collected souls close to this girl, her brother, her foster parents, Max a dear friend, and even a boy named Rudy who Liesel loved before finally collecting her soul. But that is a different story here we will follow Death as he does his 'job'. He has a 'boss' himself or a higher being we may never find out.