In Fullmetal Alchemist, Edward and Alphonse Elric attempt to bring their dead mother back to life using alchemy, the magical-yet-scientific ability to transmute materials into other forms, provided one follows the law of equivalent exchange: To gain something, something else of equal value must be sacrificed. The procedure ended in failure though, and Alphonse has his soul ripped from his body, while Edward lost an arm and a leg, though Edward managed to bind Alphonse's soul to a suit of armor before it was lost. Now the two travel the world in search of the Philosopher's Stone, the one item with enough alchemical power to restore their bodies. The two brothers played God in their attempt to revive the dead and paid the price with their own bodies.
In Code Geass, the mysterious girl C.C. gives Lelouch the optical power of Geass. With it, he can look any person in the eye and make them do whatever he commands, the only caveat being that in will only work once on each person, and direct eye contact needs to be made with the target (no video feeds). With this power comes great consequence however, as C.C. warns Lelouch that he will lead a life of loneliness and isolation should he choose to use it's power, but Lelouch presses on in his quest to defeat the tyrannical Britannian government.
In Black Butler, Ciel Phantomhive makes a deal with a devil by the name of Sebastian. Sebastian is to be Ciel's personal butler, and help him avenge the deaths of his parents by killing whoever murdered them. In exchange, Ciel will allow Sebastian to consume his soul. Sebastian is the rare kind of devil who, rather than just take Ciel's soul by force (which he could very well do), he instead chooses to work for it, considering a soul he earned through hard work to be much tastier than ones obtained through no effort.
https://myanimelist.net/anime/121/Fullmetal_Alchemist
https://myanimelist.net/anime/1575/Code_Geass__Hangyaku_no_Lelouch
https://myanimelist.net/anime/4898/Kuroshitsuji
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