It's been a couple of days, but I'm still unsure about this book. I was a fan of Inio Asano's Solanin, a story about twenty-somethings looking for identity, but did not like Nijigahara Holograph, a work of surreal psychological horror that I never connected to. In terms of genres, Asano disliked the labeling of the manga as an utsumanga (depressing manga) or surreal, which he felt pigeonholed the manga. Since the manga was serialized in a seinen magazine, Asano created the manga for readers who could accept immorality rather than see the protagonist as a role model. [4] Release [ edit ] Ressler, Karen (July 24, 2015). "Viz Media Licenses Inio Asano's Goodnight Pun Pun Manga". Anime News Network. Archived from the original on July 25, 2015 . Retrieved July 24, 2015. Absolutely insane. I binge read this last summer during the beginning of a new era for myself, and since then I have not stopped thinking about PunPun. It really provoked me to think about how many different ways I could've ended up being like, and just how one certain person can dictate your life and your choices. PunPun is a result of his environment. The difficult part of this book is pondering whether or not you feel bad for him, thus forcing you to think about the choices you've made in your own life, the people you surround yourself with. Suddenly, Punpun understood. "That's it. I'll study outer space. I'll get real smart and be a space scientist. Then I'll make it so mankind can coloinize the stars! That seems like a really cool thing to do. After that... just maybe... Aiko will actually fall in love with me!!"

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Bonne Nuit Punpun". Kana (in French). Archived from the original on July 2, 2015 . Retrieved July 25, 2015. Goodnight Punpun, Volume 1". Viz. Archived from the original on March 26, 2016 . Retrieved March 22, 2016. Punpun's crush, Miyo, transfers out of his elementary class, but a girl named Aiko transfers in, and it is love at first sight for Punpun. He walks her home, and she tells him that soon humanity will go extinct and they'll have to colonize other stars. His dad gives him a telescope that night, and Punpun decides he wants to be a space scientist. Then he wakes up in the morning to find the house a mess and his father standing over his beaten mother. Shogakukan (in Japanese). January 30, 2009. Archived from the original on May 9, 2013 . Retrieved July 25, 2015. Ozaki, Mio. "The disaffected world of Inio Asano". Daily Yomiuri Online. Archived from the original on April 24, 2010 . Retrieved July 25, 2015.Punpun asks his uncle about getting to Kagoshima, and is told that plane or train is expensive and it's too far to walk. Meanwhile, Seki tries to coerce his drunk, broke dad into reopening their lunch store. Shimizu's mother sends him on an errand. On the way out, he meets the God of Poop and complains that the kamemeha he taught him did not work. Seki catches Shimi being weird, and when Shimi tells him he just spoke with the God of Poop, Seki punches him. Seki sees Mrs. Shimizu's wallet and asks to borrow some cash, only to chide Shimi for actually agreeing. Punpun runs into them. Harumi and Komatsu, waiting for Punpun, entertain the idea of searching for the money in the abandoned miso factory, and Seki appears, with Punpun and Shimi, and offers to show them where the factory is just to prove that the tape was a prank and there's no such thing as free money. As it happened, Punpun did not really like his mother. All she did was bug him about doing his homework, brushing his teeth, taking his bath, cleaning his room, and on and on. Punpun hoped she wouldn't be coming home quite yet. Buonanotte Punpun 1". Panini Comics (in Italian). Archived from the original on July 25, 2015 . Retrieved July 25, 2015. Punpun struggles with a lot of isolation and alienation throughout the books– its depressing to follow his journey go from an innocent and happy youth, to such a disturbed and sad shell of himself. Punpun Punyama is a normal elementary school kid. He has a group of friends he hangs out with, has some big dreams, is getting more curious about the world (wants to find some porn as well), and there’s a girl he’s crushing on. This is his weird, surreal, melancholy story… of the time he was in elementary school. The Initial Impression

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a b "Goodnight Punpun, Vol. 3". Viz Media. Archived from the original on September 24, 2016 . Retrieved October 14, 2016.Shogakukan (in Japanese). October 28, 2011. Archived from the original on February 21, 2013 . Retrieved July 25, 2015.