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Oyasumi Punpun (Manga)

Oyasumi Punpun

Alternative Titles

Synonyms: Goodnight Punpun
Japanese: おやすみプンプン

Information

Type: Manga
Volumes: Unknown
Chapters: Unknown
Status: Publishing
Published: Aug 3, 2007 to ?
Authors: Asano, Inio (Story & Art)
Serialization: Big Comic Spirits

Statistics

Score: 8.851 (scored by 2705 users)
Ranked: #152
Popularity: #188
Members: 9,554
Favorites: 1,034
1 indicates a weighted score
2 based on the top manga page.

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comedy
Feb 27, 2012
voltadelphine
Oyasumi Punpun is one of the greatest coming of age stories told in any form of media. This story is a very relative tale of alienated youth riddled with heavy accuracy. The story is very well developed and is partially due to its long timeline spanning from Punpun's life in elementary school to his early 20's. It deals with many mature issues like sex and depression all told in a frank manner that is coated with a strange dark sense of humor and supreme melancholy. There is a lot going on including a couple of side stories involving people that are or were once in read more
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Jun 11, 2008
psygremlin
Goodnight Punpun is a hard one to classify. Yes, it’s a comedy, but then again it wouldn’t be Inio Asano if it didn’t occasionally throw in surreal or even nightmarish elements. Whilst his previous works have always had a subtle, dark humour underlying the main story, here he brings the comedic elements to the fore, allowing him to play unfettered with the world – both real and imaginary – of small children.

The story revolves around said Punpun, who (along with his family) is depicted as a small, caricatured bird within an otherwise normal human world, and his interactions with his elementary school classmates and the read more
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Mar 5, 2013
nosef
I've read many different types of mangas and I pride myself for being very open minded to many different variations. I read novels, BL, Yaoi, Yuri, Hentai (Doujins), Seinen, Josei, Shounen, Shoujo, and the various different types. What can I say? I love manga. I didn't just stop myself to manga, I have watched anime and read manga, Light Novels, and Visual Novels.

Oyasumi PunPun is... difficult to explain. This is probably one of the most disturbing mangas I've read. Not disturbing in a sense like Serial Experiments Lain (or School Days for the readers/watchers who aren't THAT old), but disturbing because it feels like you're read more
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