How to Make Sushi

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About

How to Make Sushi is webcomic by Spanish cartoonist Molg H. that seeming begins as a do-it-yourself illustration on how to make sushi rolls at home but ends up with the character having an emotional meltdown in a fetal position after failing to keep the roll together as instructed. Since its emergence in May 2016, the webcomic has become an exploitable, and spawned a series of parodies featuring well-known characters from various fictional franchises.

Origin

On May 1st, 2016, Spanish illustrator Molg H. posted the original comic to his Twitter and Facebook pages.^[1]^[2] Within the first nine months, the Facebook post gained more than 43,000 likes and 23,000 shares, while the tweet racked up over 3,300 retweets and 2,600 likes. On May 11th, Redditor WistfulEccentricity submitted an English-translated version of the comic to the /r/funny^[3] subreddit, where the post gained 1,243 points (82% upvoted) prior to being archived.

Spread

On May 16th, Twitter user @Albilibertea posted a derivative version of the comic featuring Superman, which drew more than 500 retweets and 380 likes (shown below, left). On May 22nd, Tumblr user Sliferthewhydidigeta posted a parody of the comic featuring Seto Kaiba of Yu-Gi-Oh!, which went on to gain over 3,300 notes (shown below, right).

On May 31st, Tumblr user Kurozawa46 posted another parody version featuring Captain America, accruing more than 2,000 notes. On July 5th, Rdditor Jaggazz uploaded an alternative translation of the original comic to /r/funny, where it garnered nearly 15,000 points (81% upvoted) before being archived.

On September 12th, Redditor IAmOneOfSimpleMind submitted a custom version of the comic featuring Ryota of the Japanese murder-mystery visual novel series Dangan Ronpa_, accumulating 575 points (94% upvoted) prior to being archived. On September 13th, Tumblr user Herbivorousviolin posted a rendition featuring Levi Ackerman of _Attack on Titan, racking up more than 350 notes.