Ura Baito: Toubou Kinshi - Ch. 180 - Modern Public Housing Custodian ③

[MangaDex]

 

[cromat]

The fuck? Can someone explain... Everything ?

Also who's nagomi again?

Nvm nagomi is hama. So that's her dad

 

[Parade]

The fuck? Can someone explain... Everything ?

Also who's nagomi again?

Nvm nagomi is hama. So that's her dad

It's mostly simple. The private neighborhood used to be a run down area and burnt down. However, there were still survivors but they're unable to go out, lest they get caught and a ghost replaces them. It was similar to the Proxy Grave Visitor story, except that those innocently killed were brought back as a citizen.

 

[Tds-PdV]

Interesting. The “narrator” (ghost) being in an affair is the flag for the woman (ghost) to look out from the balcony which took out all the survivors as they are about to make it out.

 

[Karikko]

Interesting. The “narrator” (ghost) being in an affair is the flag for the woman (ghost) to look out from the balcony which took out all the survivors as they are about to make it out.

Hmm, I'm not sure about that, since Hama saw many shadows on each balcony. I think that implies that the affair woman is a ghost (which she looking out at the balcony along with the other ghosts on other balconies) but the narrator is probably not. (And most likely non-resident, hence he's safe).

Though do correct me if I misunderstood that.

 

[BreadBunny]

I like this one, because you can really see the mangaka critiquing gated communities and gentrification. It is literally a run down area that was completely overhauled for luxury flats where the original residents aren't just pushed out but straight up obliterated to make space for ghosts (the rich).

 

[rikamayaz]

I am a bit confused about this chapter. Are you telling me that the ghosts hired Nagomi and Yume? It is interesting knowing that the ghosts can hire "ura baito" service

 

[AngryMarbles]

I like this one, because you can really see the mangaka critiquing gated communities and gentrification. It is literally a run down area that was completely overhauled for luxury flats where the original residents aren't just pushed out but straight up obliterated to make space for ghosts (the rich).

In this case, it's a role reversal: the living residents are the rich people who were lured into the housing complex by promises of "utopia", and the ghosts were the poor people who died in the fire but seek to live again.
In the first chapter of this arc, they mentioned that "all the spots had already been filled." And in this chapter, they conclude with "With this, everyone's here". Basically, they needed to reach a 1:1 ratio between living residents and dead ghosts for total "resurrection" of the dead (number of spots = number of dead people). They succeeded at getting the exact number of people to sign up ("all spots were filled"), but then some of those people figured out what was going on and managed to hide until they were caught ("with this, everyone's here"). My guess is that signing up as a resident of Aoba makes you eligible for replacement because of conceptual/identity grey magic stuff, i.e., "You sign this contract stating that you live in this place where X person used to live; therefore, X person can be swapped with you."
Now that all the dead ghosts have come back to "life", the actual community is probably harmless now - there's no more dead ghosts to take the place of the living. They still might advertise if they just want more money, or they could sit on their laurels and celebrate their second chance at life (shame about what it took to get there though).
Edit
Motive: how did a bunch of dead ghosts construct the buildings in the first place? Why would the rich developer dude agree to this plan? Well, we see the Narrator have an affair with one of the residents (probably a former ghost herself). My guess is that he had a pre-existing relationship with her, but then she died in the fire. So he came up with this whole scheme for the purpose of bringing her back, regardless of how many innocents had to be sacrificed.

 

[BalrogDeMorgoth]

I'm not a fan of going back to the more mindscrewy stories.

 

[Pagemistress]

Mr. Hama? Is that you? I hope you don't suck like Yume's adoptive mother.

 

[longmaba]

Mr. Hama? Is that you? I hope you don't suck like Yume's adoptive mother.

he seems to be on a balcony, so maybe he’s one of the ghost there

 

[longmaba]

I think at the beginning, the place was overhauled and created by a normal construction company. The residents just gets replaced the moment they move into it

 

[Hikineet]

Thanks for the chapter.

 

[77BLc9JwJGpLVARkamJx]

Uh huh

 

[capricieux]

Thank you for the update.

 

[capricieux]

I forgot what the new cover's chapter reference, then I opened all of the chapters of vol. 14. It's the affair with the ghost/devil.

And damn, that volume is full of death flags for Mr. Detective

 

[friendly]

Welp! So much for my theory, lmao. I like this eerie feeling, though. So the 'running' posture of the ghosts....

 

[Vainfire]

oooh they did a Parasite. They were gonna do a Parasite sooner or later but this was nice