This entire Among Us one-shot is basically how rounds with my own friends would go.
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Voting each other out based on utter inanities. Friends losing the will to live and committing apoptosis. Using the game as an excuse to goof off rather than as a legitimate test of social deduction skills.
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ㅤ Dialogue is silly and pointless, but very cute. Egg is unironically my favorite character. I do not regret spending three minutes of my life reading this. ㅤ _________________ ㅤ ...Wait. Reviews need to be 2200 characters before I can publish it? WTF? There's, like, no analytical content left to extract, this is literally a manga about Among Us. ㅤ ... ㅤ Welp. I've made it this far. I guess I'll just pull some stuff out of my ass so I can pad out this review. ㅤ Spoilers ahead. ㅤ Our story opens with an introduction of our titular protagonist, Egg. Like any sane person, he's discovered his motivation for living, his raison d'être: to win a game of Among Us. ㅤ ㅤ ㅤ But Egg's personality is far more twisted than you realize... ㅤ ㅤ ㅤ This tonal shift is nothing short of genius. On the outside, Egg symbolizes innocence and naivete, presenting himself as a kindred soul. But on the inside, Egg is a murderer, masking his diabolical nature. His meek and mild mannerisms are nothing but a farce, alluding to his warped desires and manipulative heart. ㅤ But can you blame him? In a way, Egg is a reflection of ourselves. For example, when we submit a job resume, we try to present ourselves as a great candidate for the job. Deep down in our hearts, though, we couldn't care less about "doing our best work" and "being a valuable asset for the company". We're in it for the paycheck. ㅤ In that sense, don't we all have ulterior motives? Aren't we all "impostor"s? ㅤ _________________ ㅤ What truly elevates this Among Us manga to GOAT status, though, is the following scene: ㅤ ㅤ Here, we see Egg utilizing a remarkable tactic: the AFK strat. This is when you pretend to have left your keyboard while playing Among Us. This implicitly proves you are not the impostor, since you were not present at the keyboard to commit the crimes. ㅤ It's subtle, but this scene is actually taking a jab at established shounen tropes. In many shounen, the protagonist often gains an unrealistic surge in strength and stamina via the power of flashbacks or friendship, dubbed "Nakama power" by the anime community. But the AFK strat is not Nakama power - it's a real strategy used by Among Us professionals. This realism is what makes the Among Us one-shot so immersive. ㅤ __________________ ㅤ I hope that I've established that Among Us is not just a thorough deconstruction of the shounen genre - it's a subversive masterpiece. This is the kind of manga that we will remember fondly twenty years from now, up there with Berserk and Vagabond. From its thematic resonance to its gripping story, Among Us is a manga that will be etched into our hearts forever.