[Why yes, I do believe that ShindoL makes a cogent critique of Japanese society and rape culture in *Emergence*. And although it is obviously exaggerated and fetishistic, the realism of the core plot infamously creates a sense of disgust and horror in the average reader. Rather than fetishizing these issues, ShindoL subverts the common fetishized tropes of hentai and creates a work that is able to deliver comprehensible social commentary in a place one wouldn’t usually expect it, shocking the reader into thinking about issues they might otherwise not have considered at all.](https://i.redd.it/hxnewpz5dod31.jpg)