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: 9.001 (scored by 196053196,053 users)
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Ranked: #142
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Popularity: #8
Members: 470,064
Favorites: 54,676

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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 as Buonanotte, Punpun by Panini Comics from April 14, 2011, to July 31, 2014; in French as Bonne nuit Punpun by Kana from February 3, 2012, to November 7, 2014; in Spanish as Buenas noches, Punpun by Norma Editorial from October 29, 2015, to October 29, 2016; in Argentina by Editorial Ivrea from July 21, 2017, to May 17, 2019; in Brazilian Portuguese as Boa Noite Punpun by Editora JBC from December 2018 to July 2019; and in Polish as Dobranoc, Punpunie 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
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Nanjou, Sachi
Nanjou, Sachi
Supporting
Seki, Masumi
Seki, Masumi
Supporting
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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214 Recommended
40 Mixed Feelings
35 Not Recommended
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Nov 24, 2024
haekele
Recommended
The pacing felt like Breaking Bad’s pacing. The start is a little slow, but it builds up from there. Towards the end it just kind of got insane. It was amazing. And I could relate to so many of the characters in the manga. This manga felt to me like it came into being out of my own brain, because a lot of the thought patterns of the characters were my own thought patterns. Every character felt so distinctly different from each other. It was almost effortless the way he portrayed each character so well. I felt like by the end of the manga, I ...
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Dec 2, 2024
illchaywill
Mixed Feelings
Amazingly written, and unfortunately unrecommendable to both people in my personal life, as well as people online.

A tragically beautiful story that does not hold back when displaying the horrors of depression, isolation and abuse. Goodnight Punpun is the kind of manga that you will struggle to get through, but be very grateful that you did.

I feel that it is an important piece of art that would be very helpful to a lot of people, specifically men that are around the same age as punpun towards the end of the story. For anybody that is going through mental health struggles, seeing this all from the various ...
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Nov 19, 2024
jujuestar
Not Recommended
The story is difficult to follow, with temporal jumps and tone changes that leave the reader lost. Also Punpun and secondary characters lack depth and development, making it hard to connect with them. The conclusion is abrupt and unsatisfying, and make me hate more the characters. Punpun is a hard-to-connect-with character due to his vague personality and lack of charisma, because his lack of emotional response to intense situations is frustrating. Punpun shows no significant growth or change and his self-pity can be exhausting. Besides, Aiko is an underdeveloped character with poorly explored motivations and feelings, she's portrayed as an idealized girl stereotype without ...
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