[SHOUNEN-AI] Yami no Matsuei

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Descendants of Darkness (闇の末裔 ,Yami no Matsuei^?) is a fantasy manga series created by Yoko Matsushita. The story revolves around shinigami. These Guardians of Death work for Enma Daiō, the king of the dead, sorting out the expected and unexpected arrivals to the Underworld. The manga was serialized in Hakusensha's Hana to Yume from 1995 until the author decided to put the story on hiatus in 2003. The published chapters have been collected in 11 volumes. The English language version is published by VIZ Media.
With the exception of three side-stories (one focusing on Tatsumi, and
the other two focusing on Oriya and Ukyou), the manga remains on hiatus
today. Descendants of Darkness was adapted into an anime series, broadcast by WOWOW in Japan and distributed in North America by Central Park Media.
SciFi Channel USA scheduled the program as part of Ani-Monday started
on November 3, 2008 and ended on December 22, 2008, last year.

Overview

Asato Tsuzuki is a shinigami with 70 years' worth of experience. He has the power to call upon twelve shikigami, mythical creatures that aid him in battle. The shikigami reflect actual historic religious beliefs—such as Suzaku and Byakko.
The manga portrays Tsuzuki's relationship with the shikigami in much
more detail. Tsuzuki is the senior partner of the Second Division,
which watches over the region of Kyūshū.
In the anime, the story begins when Chief Konoe, the boss, and the
other supporting characters begin talking about murders happening in
Nagasaki. The victims all have bite marks and a shortage of blood,
which leads to the case being dubbed "The Vampire Case".
After some food troubles, Tsuzuki travels to Nagasaki with
Gushoshin, a flying creature/helper who can speak, and together they do
a bit of investigating. The rule is that shinigami are supposed to work
in pairs, and until Tsuzuki meets up with his new partner, he needs
someone to watch him. However, Gushoshin gets held back by groceries,
and Tsuzuki is on his own again.
While exploring Nagasaki,
Tsuzuki hears a scream and has a literal run-in with a strange woman,
who leaves blood on his collar. Coming to the conclusion that this is a
sign that the woman might be a vampire, Tsuzuki tries to follow her,
coming into a church. The church scene is the first encounter between
Tsuzuki and the antagonist of the story, Muraki.
Doctor Kazutaka Muraki is painted as a pure figure in his first
scene, with much religious and color symbolism. He meets Tsuzuki with
tears in his eyes, and Tsuzuki, a bit thrown off by this, manages only
to ask if Muraki has seen a woman go by. Tsuzuki leaves when Muraki
says no one has been in the church.
From there, Tsuzuki continues through Nagasaki, into a sort of park
area, where he is held at gunpoint from behind and told not to move.
His attacker tells him to turn around, and when he does, he discovers a
young man glaring at him. Tsuzuki calls him a kid and is nearly shot,
saved only by his helper, Gushoshin. From there, Tsuzuki learns that
the boy is Hisoka Kurosaki, his new partner, and the rest of the story
is heavily based on character development and the relationships between
characters.
Later in the Nagasaki Arc [the first fourth of the anime series, and
the first collection of the manga], Hisoka gets kidnapped by Muraki,
and the truth about his death is revealed to him. Tsuzuki rescues him
after his "date" with Muraki, and the entire series begins following
the relationship between these three characters, supported and
embellished by the rest of the cast. Later in the series, Hisoka
decides he wants to capture a shikigami for himself, creatures that
live in the imaginary world that help shinigami in battle.

GensouKai

The later manga volumes explain how the shikigami live an
independent existence in a dimension separate from but connected to
Meifu. This "imaginary world", GensouKai, is populated by many
shikigamis. Like the Meifu, GensouKai appears to be an individual realm
and society in its own right. Interestingly, the shikigamis inhabit the
world in their human forms (avatars). When he visits, this causes much
confusion for Hisoka, who searches for a "tiger, or a red bird",
ignorant of the fact that the shikigamis in their own world do, in most
cases, resemble humans.
GensouKai is allegedly ruled over by an Emperor. However, the
"Golden Emperor" as he is known, has not been seen for many years. It
is thought by some that he is dead. The Emperor's representative is
Souryuu, the Protector of the East.