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Or "Doppelgänger" in German (lit. meaning "double goer"), refers to a paranormal, sometimes ghostly double of a living person.

Doppelgangers are generally regarded as harbingers of bad luck, and are often seen as a sinister form of "bilocation" (a term used to describe the ability/instances in which an individual or object is said to be, or appears to be, located in two distinct places at the same point in time).

In some traditions, a doppelganger seen by a person's friends or relatives means illness or danger, while seeing one's own doppelganger is an omen of death.

In modern everyday speech, though, the word can be used to simply describe any look-alike.

"Kurokami" is an anime example where doppelgangers are a large part of the story's premise.