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| Huh, that's funny, because I'm a boring, lifeless, useless, hopeless human being that probably would have been better off born as a stupid, dumb-looking, pyramid-bird-caricature than the fully fleshed human being I am now. I have no ambitions, no guiding principles, and I only live my lonesome life in the lonesome world in a sea of shit, shit, and shit just waiting for the brooding days to pass by to reach my eventual death--or suicide as it looks like. Maybe that's what it takes to appreciate a character such as Punpun. He's my soul mate other half, or better yet, my idol. |
maarsaalis said: Yep, I totally agree that it takes a looser to appreciate another looser. And you are a perfect example. But your whole post is talking about yourself and this is not a blog. So in the future please contribute more to the discussion about the chapter. Well, it's been a while. I guess I was too emotional at the time. My bad. |
| I don't really like him either, I like the uncle better. Though it's pretty hard for me to relate personally to any of the characters in this manga the writer still does a good job of showing the messed up world that some kids grow up in. I don't think I've ever read another manga where I couldn't relate to any of the characters but his life and world is really different from mine. I guess the Uncle and the little girl that Punpun used to like are my favoriite characters. The mom being the one who sent the letters all that time was her trying to save Punpun's relationship with his father but his father now seems so out of it. |
inzarathaApr 14, 2013 2:57 AM
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| Punpun is a great character, he is a truthful representation of the suffocating banality provided by modern society. His goals and wishes are all failures, because they do not transcend his limited world view. |
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happypeople said: Punpun is a great character, he is a truthful representation of the suffocating banality provided by modern society. His goals and wishes are all failures, because they do not transcend his limited world view. I agree with this completely. |
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maarsaalis said: And honestly there are two ways on taking Punpun's character. You either pity him or hate him. I guess you're right. In the first 3-4 volumes I really felt sorry for him but as I'm reading on he's becoming more of a really irritating person. Tragic in a way and unhappy but because of his decisions (or lack of those) I can stand him less and less. I want to wish for some positive changes for him but looking at his family's history, I wonder... |
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| The bit with his mother's last words was a bit tear jerker. My eyes watered up a tinny bit but tried out fast. She was an interesting character though. |
| So, Punpun's mom gets cancer and dies 2 years later. In the end, it turn out that Punpun still does not love her. |
| 2 years later, and mom dies. Pretty sad. The mom had some nice development ^^ Punpun is still acting like an ass -.- Well that's how he is I guess. |
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happypeople said: QFT. I believe Punpun is SUPPOSED to anger the reader. It's so much more life-like having a character you try to understand, but trying to do so only annoys/irritates you. After a while you stop trying to understand them altogether and make judgments (Just as we as people typically do, and it's a hard habit to break) Personally, Punpun is still the most interesting/relatable to me. (not to say I don't relate to the others/dislike their development.) I can remember doing some really foolish things myself only to regret all of it later, and I'm positive I'm not the only one ;_;Punpun is a great character, he is a truthful representation of the suffocating banality provided by modern society. His goals and wishes are all failures, because they do not transcend his limited world view. |
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| I'm kinda confused of why people don't like him... I don't remember there being any other scene than the "rape" scene where you could have been angry at him... Personally I really like Punpun so I don't really get where this hate is coming from... Could someone explain why, you dislike Punpun cause I don't get why people don't relate with him and don't like him... On to my opinion on the chapter, the mother's death was really sad and my eyes became a bit watery but nothing so far has made me as sad and nothing has made me cry as much as when his dad told him that he loves him and left... I'm really interested in knowing what happened to his dad since I don't recall it being said yet. |
IncendianFire said: I'm kinda confused of why people don't like him... I don't remember there being any other scene than the "rape" scene where you could have been angry at him... Personally I really like Punpun so I don't really get where this hate is coming from... Could someone explain why, you dislike Punpun cause I don't get why people don't relate with him and don't like him... . Agree, no idea why anyone would hate such a relatable character. He's been through so much and his personality is understandable. It's just easy to be empathic towards his situation. The kid has never felt truly loved by his family, he's been betrayed so many times(his dad for example) so it's obvious you would go about your daily life having all these existential doubts. This chapter was very sad, many would say Asano is trying to make the reader hate Punpun for being "ungrateful", for not caring about his mom, for not loving her, but it's such a difficult situation he's faced with when the people close to him were the one's who didn't care about him(or at least he felt that way). It's all about his difficult upbringing, no father and loveless mother. I'd say the mom was selfish. The story is about Punpun but it talks a little about the life choice doubts that Mrs Onodera is having towards the end. Her life flashbacks are a clear example to this, her extraordinary expectations explain why she always acted like that. She always loved his son, she was just very self-centered to put any kind of effort to close the gap in their relationship. |
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Stark700 said: happypeople said: Punpun is a great character, he is a truthful representation of the suffocating banality provided by modern society. His goals and wishes are all failures, because they do not transcend his limited world view. I agree with this completely. The mother got nicely developed and while I could understand her a bit better now,I still hated her.I don't feel anything for her dying,but rather for Punpun having to go through all this. |
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modusoperandi7 said: +1IncendianFire said: I'm kinda confused of why people don't like him... I don't remember there being any other scene than the "rape" scene where you could have been angry at him... Personally I really like Punpun so I don't really get where this hate is coming from... Could someone explain why, you dislike Punpun cause I don't get why people don't relate with him and don't like him... . Agree, no idea why anyone would hate such a relatable character. He's been through so much and his personality is understandable. It's just easy to be empathic towards his situation. The kid has never felt truly loved by his family, he's been betrayed so many times(his dad for example) so it's obvious you would go about your daily life having all these existential doubts. Even still it was rather harsh that Punpun still didn't love his mother even as she died. Also seems his dad will be reappearing soon. |
| 2 year time-skip to an incredibly sad scene. This manga doesn't mess around. |
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| My guess was right, it's a time leap. Damn, that was sad with Punpun's mother dying. What was worse that Punpun still can't love his mom. 5/5 |
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| No wayyyyyy For the first time, I've almost cried while reading a manga. I hate every freaking character in this manga, but couldn't help feeling bad for Punpun's mom. Didn't expect it |
XenocrisiJun 19, 2016 6:22 AM
| R.I.P Mama Punpun. While I still can't say that I liked her, it's still sad that she never got to fix the relationship with her son :( Fucked up as it is, I can sorta see where Punpun is coming from. |
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| I knew it'd happen some time soon because she had a lot of chapters about her recently. I didn't like her, but I guess it's gonna be a shame to have her gone for the rest of the series. |
| lol help im crying |
| Man, it's sad af that Ms PP died before being able to patch her relationship with her son ;((( |
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| What a heartless Punpun. He doesn't deserve to be loved by his family when he couldn't even love them in return. Ms. Onodera's death was heartbreaking enough to let my eyes shed in tears. |
JerryKen10Jul 5, 2019 12:05 AM
| Punpun's mom had finally passed away from cancer and it was a very hard read for me as it was absolutely heartbreaking especially after the revelation that she was the one who went through all that effort to keep in touch with him as his father. They never got to reconcile but her final moments with him was as tragic as it would be for a normal family. Papa just waltzing back into town after finding out about Mama's death makes me feel angry because there's a feeling that he's been waiting for that moment for years now. |
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| she loved him after all. |
| “Life is a constant process of dying.” |
| noo u can't die. haha mama onodera broke. dark humor aside whata lame melodramatic chapter trying to manipulate ppl into feeling pity. |
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| Well... did not expect the timeskip to start off like this. I'm kind of sad, even though she's been a horrible parent & person throughout most of her adult life, she still seemed redeemable and had good qualities to her. |
| Punpun mom is died due to cancer she have. Rip Punpun still could not love his mom. Sad chapter but seems in a rush. |
| Oml this hurt me. I was really starting to like the mom and this manga throws this at me like that. RIP her, had some nice development. |
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| Wow his mother actually died, this just feels so bad, because Punpun doesn't feel sadness and its all because his mother didn't care about him when he needed her the most. It's nice to see that his uncle is back hopefully he can help Punpun get his life back on track this time |
Kirin4 said: 1. Who said that on this page- "even if I werent alive, you could live alone just fine." http://z.mfcdn.net/store/manga/3467/06-067.0/compressed/bgoodnight_punpun_v06_p203.jpg who was that and why said this to Punpun mama? Was that her mother? 2. Important question- What symbolize soap bubbles? 3. Who was those women from "come on, give it up for the ladies!" 1. Looks like a man. Maybe a past lover? 2. They could mean a lot of things. Seeking comfort in something childish, seeking a little fragment of beauty among the gloom, or a visual allegory for the cancer spreading more and more. Typically, they could mean beauty that's fleeting, that only lasts a moment (something Punpun's mother had been struggling with, commenting more and more often on her age). 3. Women Punpun's mother used to party with. Right after that, she comments that Punpun ruined her life, so the dance memory presumably takes place a few years after she had him. ---------------- Finally, a chapter where the story was allowed to breathe, and we weren't beaten over the head with walls of text instead of being shown characters emoting. If only more of the manga were done like this... |
| Oh well. RIP Punyama. |
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| not a fan of how they're randomly doing time skips and give us info before it's foreshadowed. anyway i hate how punpun never got proper closure with his mom, too sad |
| Fuck this manga. Fuck. |
| In the end Punpun still couldn't love her mother, but he did tear up when she said she loved him so he does feel something towards her at the very least. |
i'm not crying,,,, you are ;-; |
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| this chapter legit made me sobbed like hell, even though there wasnt much of a story for punpuns mom, she always was fighting with a tought heart at the end messed her up to the point of dying alone without not even her son loving her. The "tough heart" is trauma. Rip ms.onodera, you shall be forever remembered <3 |
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