User blog comment:Rafe Adler/"Funeralia" Discussion/@comment-3045936-20180420020312/@comment-3045936-20180420143023

The point of Reapers being Angels was based on two things.

1. Dean called Tessa an Angel.

2. As of season 9, when Reapers were killed they died similar to how Angels were killed by Angel Blades. Billie and Ajay for example released light like when Angels die by Angel Blade.

However this episode at least contradicts on two points. As the amount of Angels are too low for Reapers, as Reapers are aside to the each human or at least groups of humans. And even if only a single reaper was aside to the largest group of humans to watch over their death. That would be one reaper per every 1 billion as there are over 7 billion on Earth now. As with the appearance of Indra and Dumah’s group that would be 11-13 angels like Naomi said, but that is a stretch as 4 reapers died by Rowena’s hand. And there is Jessica Dean’s Reaper (friend?). So the number is getting to high to fit into Naomi’s statement.

The second point is killing Reapers directly affect the Natura Order. Killing Angels don’t have a direct consequence to the Natural Order.