Emergence / Metamorphosis / 177013

About

Metamorphosis (Henshin in Japanese), also known as Emergence and 177013, is a hentai manga by artist ShindoL, which gained much notoriety online for its depressing, grimdark storyline. The story is often referred to by the number "177013" in reference to its assigned page number on the hentai database nhentai.net.

History

Emergence originally ran from July 26, 2013, to March 26th, 2016. In November of 2016, the series was collected for digital publication in English under the title Metamorphosis.^[1] The plot follows a teenage girl named Saki who transforms from a nerdy introvert into a drug-addicted, homeless prostitute.

Reception

On May 2nd, 2016, YouTuber lolicide uploaded a video titled "The Citizen Kane of Hentai" (shown below). Within 17 months, the video gathered upwards of 22,300 views and 170 comments. The video was since removed. On May 19th, a post about the Emergence was submitted to /r/hentai,^[4] which described it "quite honestly the most depressing thing I've ever read."

On June 5th, a thread about the hentai was submitted to the /h/ (Hentai) board on 4chan.^[2] Several other threads were submitted to 4chan discussing the hentai over the next several months.^[5][6] On December 25th, 2016, FunnyJunk^[3] user aznzeus posted an image macro featuring before-and-after illustrations of the character Saki (shown below).

On May 1st, 2017, YouTuber akidearest uploaded a vlog featuring her thoughts on the manga titled "Why This Manga Was So Difficult For Me" (shown below). Within five months, the video gained over 440,000 views and 2,300 comments.

Alternate Ending

On November 24, 2018, a Jojo's Bizarre Adventure-themed alternate ending titled "I'm Gonna Fix That Girl" was posted to Reddit by user questicles-2199^[10] in which the character Josuke Higashikata heals Saki Yoshida with his magical powers before the story fast forwards to Saki talking with her child in the future (shown below). It was uploaded to nHentai^[7] under the number "265918" on March 13th, 2019.

That day, Redditor quuetzal submitted a Carefully He's a Hero image macro praising the author to /r/animemes^[8] (shown below, left). Meanwhile, a Yu-Gi-Oh!-themed meme about the alternate ending reached the front page of the subreddit (shown below, right).^[9]

Related Memes

177013

On the hentai database site nhentai.net, "Emergence" is associated with the page number "177013." The associated number led to users on the /r/animemes subreddit to refer to the story as "177013" (shown below).

Desk Exploitable

The Desk Exploitable is a panel from Chapter 3 of the series, wherein protagonist Saki returns to her school desk to find it vandalised with abusive language. It has been remixed in a number of ways, often to reframe the context as more positive, or even to refer to Toddposting.

Search Interest

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