Reviews

I'm still not quite sure how I feel about Punpun. There were times where I cried, where I felt disgusted and times where I just outright couldn't feel any ounce of of sympathy or empathy towards Punpun at all. I felt like he deserved all that came to him, though so did he, which gave no feeling of satisfaction at all. Then my emotions would flip and I would feel overwhelmingly bad for feeling that way in the first place and just wanted everything to turn out OK somehow.

Punpun is a dark, twisted, coming of age story that felt like it could've been prevented if Punpun wasn't himself. His struggles are frequently pointed out as not being the struggles they really need to be if he just sorted himself out. But he doesn't. Because he can't. Everything is his own fault, but at the same time, you feel like you can't blame him for it. It's a constant up and down.

I have been hooked on this manga and read it all in around 2 days. I can't say I enjoyed it and I'm not sure I'll ever read it again, but Punpun is an experience. You live this boys life all the way to his 20's and while he seems a mediocre, quiet character, we soon see that his life, and he himself isn't like that at all.