Oyasumi Punpun
Goodnight Punpun
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Japanese: おやすみプンプン
English: Goodnight Punpun
German: Gute Nacht, Punpun
Spanish: Buenas noches, Punpun
French: Bonne nuit Punpun
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Type: Manga
Volumes: 13
Chapters: 147
Status: Finished
Published: Mar 15, 2007 to Nov 2, 2013
Genres: Drama Drama, Slice of Life Slice of Life
Theme: Psychological Psychological
Demographic: Seinen Seinen
Serialization: Big Comic Spirits
Authors: Asano, Inio (Story & Art)

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Score: 8.981 (scored by 214381214,381 users)
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Ranked: #162
2 based on the top manga page. Please note that 'R18+' titles are excluded.
Popularity: #8
Members: 510,439
Favorites: 57,768

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Synopsis

Punpun Onodera is a normal 11-year-old boy living in Japan. Hopelessly idealistic and romantic, Punpun begins to see his life take a subtle—though nonetheless startling—turn to the adult when he meets the new girl in his class, Aiko Tanaka. It is then that the quiet boy learns just how fickle maintaining a relationship can be, and the surmounting difficulties of transitioning from a naive boyhood to a convoluted adulthood. When his father assaults his mother one night, Punpun realizes another thing: those whom he looked up to were not as impressive as he once thought.

As his problems increase, Punpun's once shy demeanor turns into voluntary reclusiveness. Rather than curing him of his problems and conflicting emotions, this merely intensifies them, sending him down the dark path of maturity in this grim coming-of-age saga.

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Background

Oyasumi Punpun was originally serialized in Young Sunday, but moved to Big Comic Spirits on October 20, 2008 (47th issue). It received a Jury Recommendation at the 13th Japan Media Arts Festival Awards in 2009.

The series was published in English as Goodnight Punpun by VIZ Media under the VIZ Signature imprint in seven omnibus volumes from March 15, 2016, to September 19, 2017. It was also published in Italian by Panini Comics from April 14, 2011, to July 31, 2014; in French by Kana from February 3, 2012, to November 7, 2014; in Spanish by Norma Editorial from October 29, 2015, to October 29, 2016; in Brazilian Portuguese by Editora JBC from December 2018 to July 2019; and in Polish by Kotori from September 27, 2019, to October 29, 2021.

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Characters

Onodera, Punpun
Onodera, Punpun
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Tanaka, Aiko
Tanaka, Aiko
Main
Nanjou, Sachi
Nanjou, Sachi
Supporting
Seki, Masumi
Seki, Masumi
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Onodera, Yuuichi
Onodera, Yuuichi
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God
God
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Ass Hamburger
Ass Hamburger
Supporting
Shimizu, Kou
Shimizu, Kou
Supporting
Hoshikawa, Toshiki
Hoshikawa, Toshiki
Supporting
Yaguchi, Takao
Yaguchi, Takao
Supporting

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224 Recommended
51 Mixed Feelings
46 Not Recommended
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Jan 29, 2026
Morphmite
Recommended
Goodnight Punpun is ugly, suffocating, awkward, and often emotionally unbearable — and that’s exactly why it works. It doesn’t try to be clean, inspirational, or narratively satisfying. It drags you through insecurity, obsession, self-hatred, emotional dependency, and emptiness without offering comfort or redemption. Most manga feel like carefully engineered products.
Punpun feels like something that shouldn’t exist publicly — like reading someone’s private breakdown.
The characters are not likable. The pacing is not kind. The story doesn’t reward you. But it feels brutally honest in a way fiction almost never is. It’s not trying to manipulate your emotions with clean arcs — it’s exposing raw ones and ...
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Sep 19, 2025
ChaztheCat
Mixed Feelings
I started this manga back in senior year of high school and stopped around volume 8. I wasn't sure why until I finished this manga today, it's most likely because I wasn't ready for it, hell I still wasn't. My mindset has been on a steady downfall (reference to my favorite Inio Asano manga) since graduating and I've steadily felt like I'm losing control on my own life. But I think this manga has made me realize I just need to live long enough to gain that control back.

This manga is truly unlike anything I've ever read, I've never not enjoyed something so much to ...
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Jan 26, 2026
Kemohero
Not Recommended
I am unable to express or describe this mass of ugliness. If you haven't read this manga, my advice is to stay away from it because it will destroy you just as it destroyed me.

Who would have imagined that my love for manga and stories in general would turn against me and bring me to this state?

The philosopher Émile Cioran said: "A true writer must stir up pain, even inflict it; a writer must pose a danger."

And that's exactly what Asano did; he put the reader in a difficult situation, put them in danger.

Personally, I empathized deeply with the characters, and this is one of ...
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