Hentai Beetle

  One morning, a few years ago, I suddenly found myself immobilized, unable to get out of bed. In retrospect, perhaps I was a little tired with simultaneously juggling multiple projects, navigating a cross-continental move, and grappling with the bureaucratic intricates of extending my residence permit. Fortunately, the condition did not last long for me. However, while lying on bed, I scanned my eyes across the ceiling, and felt like this situation would continue in eternity.

  There are many analyses of Franz Kafka’s “Metamorphosis”. However, this experience has made me realize that this phenomenon of turning into an insect just may be more common and familiar to us than we imagine it to be.

"Hentai" is a Japanese word meaning "metamorphosis" or "change of form".