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

[MangaDex]

 

[Madologist]

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

 

[EchoGirl]

oof more depressing than scary but yeah

 

[SMAXZO]

"Even in death, I still serve!"

 

[Riorio56]

Most scary so far for many reason

 

[Aniseverse]

Ah that's very sad :/

 

[KATCRX]

I guess COVID got them.

 

[fight2live]

three people died at the same day

 

[77BLc9JwJGpLVARkamJx]

Vax status?

 

[Vainfire]

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?

 

[zawarudo]

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.

 

[strawberrywarrior]

I love that the series has started making callbacks to the earlier stories, giving this one two interpretations:
1. Chapter 6 mask story was true after all - the unmasked people are ghosts. (which makes the previous Yamakazu story more suspect - he's the only masked person in an audi full of unmasked MLM cultists)
2. The ones who died may have been those who ignored COVID protocols, refusing to wear a mask and returning as an unmasked ghost.