Death is the destruction of a living vessel, nothing more. The only important part is where the attached "soul" goes afterwards.
There's at least one former-shinki who remembers their time in that state. However, it's difficult to gather any information on that topic since we can't confirm what happened to those other shinki when they vanished from this world. It's already a known fact that dying in this world erases memories regardless of whether it's a god or a shinki, so death is still a possible explanation.
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There's at least one former-shinki who remembers their time in that state. However, it's difficult to gather any information on that topic since we can't confirm what happened to those other shinki when they vanished from this world. It's already a known fact that dying in this world erases memories regardless of whether it's a god or a shinki, so death is still a possible explanation.