Fear: Reiwa Ghost Story - Vol. 3 Ch. 20 - Commute to Work

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Max Black Company, makes you work overtime even in the afterlife.
Ura Baito vibes

But also, a surprisingly introspective story. We spend a good page with the protagonist after the reveal, just wallowing in the feelings. It's not quite Lovecraft's The Outsider where we end on the reveal. I like it. It makes one wonder whether the cause of death was really so simple. Yes, COVID is a stressor of health, but is not the company itself, and the commute it demands?
 
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This chapter also used that thing from Chapter 6 where unmasked people are said to be ghosts. The train scene shows the POV character as the only one without a mask. In the office, notice how he, the boss and the gloomy lady did not wear masks while being in relative close proximity to each other, while the security guard still wore a mask while inspecting the empty office alone and offering his respects at the POV character's desk. The gloomy lady seems to be implied to be the Reaper.
 

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