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| Damn Aiko's story is just one of the saddest things I've seen in nearly any medium of entertainment. Punpun was alright in my eyes until he started hitting her and treating her like crap. Kept down her whole life right up until the end and despite being treated like shit her whole life, she still managed to end it all for someone else. Just too damn sad. |
| [size=200]MAL AVATAR SYSTEM BLOWS |
| Asano has already said this was the worst possible ending for Pun pun in his opinion. |
live2win said: link?Asano has already said this was the worst possible ending for Pun pun in his opinion. |
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UnoPuntoCinco said: live2win said: link?Asano has already said this was the worst possible ending for Pun pun in his opinion. http://mangabrog.wordpress.com/2014/07/06/inio-asano-interview-reality-is-tough-so-read-this-manga-about-cute-girls-and-feel-better/ More specifically, Asano: It’s too clear-cut an ending for the story. It wraps it all up a little too well. Living is harder than dying, see, so I thought this was the most painful, worst possible ending for Punpun, and that’s why in the end I went with this final chapter. |
live2win said: Well, that was one kind of an interview and Asano's seem more like a cool guy now. UnoPuntoCinco said: link? http://mangabrog.wordpress.com/2014/07/06/inio-asano-interview-reality-is-tough-so-read-this-manga-about-cute-girls-and-feel-better/ More specifically, Asano: It’s too clear-cut an ending for the story. It wraps it all up a little too well. Living is harder than dying, see, so I thought this was the most painful, worst possible ending for Punpun, and that’s why in the end I went with this final chapter. Thanks |
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| This was a pleasing ending to such a wonderful manga. It's been a while since I've read something so depressing, yet so entertaining to read. |
| What a depressing ride this was, i don't think i'm okay... Punpun and Aiko hands down the most painful, disturbing, destructive relationship i ever seen in any manga/anime. it broke my fucking heart. Onodera Punpun is the most complex, realistic character i ever -and will ever- came across. Oyasumi Punpun, a work of art! 10/10 |
| 10/10 That was one hell of a ride, still can't get over Aiko. |
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| So I finished my second reading of punpun from the start to the end , wich mean around 1 year have passed since the last time I have read this last chapter and thus completing my first read . That was something I wanted to do for a long time , since after the first time i completed it , I knew I wanted it to be with me and buy the volumes , to have them by my side , and so I waited to actually own them before reading punpun again . So , I passed those last two days just reading it , taking my time to look at the panels , because I wasn't pushed by the absolute desire to know what would happen next since I knew it already ( on the other hand I had to take a deep breath and a little moment before reading the last 3 volumes each time ) . My main idea behind doing this was to have a more global look at the story , to feel all the developpement , see the "hint" I would have missed , the gap between the first and final volume , all the things like that.....and you know what ?...reading the last volumes , I understanded that I had traveled for two days in oyasumi punpun , following the lives of the characters , and yet at the same time I was reading , and the character were talking of moment of there past , I was like them in the fog , like if it was from a long ago past....and this is amazing , this just show me how powerfull , how incredibly well done this storytelling is . The re-reading may not have felt as powerfull as the first time ( and that's normal , the first time was a shock and a revelation of what manga can do) , but after finishing it again , my respect for this work is just deeper , and the idea of calling it a masterpiece feel even more natural for me now . Once again I was amazed at the graphics and art style in general , the more the story go and the more beautifull it get , almost to the point of being exausting for the eyes , just too much to handle . I also re-discovered the developpement of the punpun/sachi relationship ( and I was amazed to see how much Asano have done with it , knowing that it only start at the very end of volume 7 !) . As for the pegasus cult , I see some people saying that it's one of the weak point of the story , and even that it was unnecessary , when I think it is actually very powerfull and fit very well , as much as the "uncle past arc" and the seki/shimizu parts . The only problem with it is that we are so much implicated with what happen with punpun that it feel difficult to read those "sub plot insertion" before returning to the "main one" , so it feel like bad timing (reading again is a good way to see the power contained in those "sub stories" , not beeing tortured with the absolute want to know what happen next) . oyasumi punpun deploy it story like life itself . In it you can see people trying to find there reason of living , to find the way to face life and trying to convince themself and the others with strong affirmation about it and the more "moral way" to act day by day...when in the end nobody will ever have a clear answer . As a side though , for once I can say that I'm happy of being French : to be able to own oyasumi punpun mangas , and to could have read it in hand , it's bliss (but if it can make american people more happy , don't forgot you have Nijigahara Holograph manga available but we , french , don't ^^) . Finally , For people that might have missed the "hidden" covers , i have some pics for you ( personally I didn't knew all of them before , some are especially interesting ) : |
DullboyDec 24, 2014 3:52 AM
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Dullboy said: Wow! Thanks for sharing your photos! I hadn't seen some of these.[pics] |
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| Oh my fucking god, if I let myself I think I could cry a little. These last chapters were horrible. Yet they were so good. Turning every page was painful, as I knew Aiko was dead, yet Punpun had to move on. But hey, that's life. Deep inside I had the small hope of a happier ending, but in the long run I'm glad Asano ended it just as he did. This ending is much more realistic and memorable. He didn't pussy out the "Clannad route", as I like to think haha. Overall, this manga was the biggest ride of emotions I've had probably in any medium. The masterfully developed characters combined with the massive amount of chapters for such a well-written story are a combination that always works, but is not certainly easy to pull off - that is, unless you're as good as Asano. Now excuse me, as I wallow in the huge void this manga left me. 9/10 |
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| One of the greatest things I have ever experienced. This was just something that really hit the spot, especially with my recent bouts of existentialism. Man, this was really good. Oh man. BTW, yes, I saw the last chapter as a reincarnation of Punpun's and Aiko's love with some random girl and Midori's son (Taoru). The reason why I think it's Taoru is because he had the same "god" as Punpun did, and they had the same goddamn conversation and the same experiences. It's very possible that is how Punpun looked when he was a kid-- when Taoru was born he was a little stick bird like Punpun and his family. Also, Midori said so many times that Punpun seriously resembles Yuuichi, who is the father of Taoru and gave Taoru his genes and so on. Interesting how it's all really one big cycle. The question is posed: "What is normal?" Well, really, all events that occur in all of time happened for some reason or another and therefore are experienced by all people who have to do with those events. This "all people" expresses the normality of nearly any event, therefore we are all normal and everything we do is normal. But honestly, who cares about being normal? Man, I need to reread this whole thing. This was so epic. I never even took the cult stuff seriously. I skimmed over it even though it's probably really important since it came up so often. |
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| Masterpiece,.. Good Ending,.. Unfortunately, We're not be able to see Punpun's real face after a bit slight of his face in hospital, it's really make me hope for that,.. |
| “You should enjoy the little detours to the fullest. Because that's where you'll find the things more important than what you want.” |
| Blazed it all in a 10 hour sitting. One hell of a ride is all I got to say. |
ZRShay said: Blazed it all in a 10 hour sitting. One hell of a ride is all I got to say. Same here man, or atleast a day for me. What a ride. Too bad we didn't get to see Punpun's whole face but this is a masterpiece deserving a 10/10 anyway. |
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| Some says this is a happy ending. I don't think this is a happy ending. Aiko died. She was the only person he cared in the world. So he's alone now. |
DerpHole said: Damn Aiko's story is just one of the saddest things I've seen in nearly any medium of entertainment. Punpun was alright in my eyes until he started hitting her and treating her like crap. Kept down her whole life right up until the end and despite being treated like shit her whole life, she still managed to end it all for someone else. Just too damn sad. Couldn't agree more with this. I finished reading this manga yesterday and Aiko's death and the circumstances that led to her suicide has still got me depressed. Her story is the saddest I've ever seen in fiction. As bad as this may sound, I'm at least glad Punpun didn't just get over her death and got together with Sachi. A happy ending would've been good for Punpun, but as an ending for the manga, it would have been the worst. Overall, this was and will probably be for a long time to come, one of the most intense, extremely depressing, and the most emotionally exhausting rollercoaster rides I've sat through in any medium. The only thing that I didn't like was the whole Pegasus nonsense. I just couldn't care less about it, and to make things worse, those scenes showed up at the worst moments. |
| I wish real losers could attract hipster girlfriends and job opportunities like punpun does. Nonetheless, good vibrations! |
| Other than the Pegasus parts this manga was a great read. I really wasn't expecting Punpun to be alive at the end. 9/10 |
| Definitely a brilliant Manga. I loved it through and through, I didn't even mind the Pegasus parts much. Definitely in my favourites now. |
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| I could say many things now,but I will limit myself to one: masterpiece. Ok nevermind,I really like the idea of this ending.Punpun meeting his childhoodfriend again who has no idea what Punpun went through and just sees him happy. This,together with EVA, is my all time favourite coming of age story,be it manga,anime,films or books,nothing touched me this deeply and I can savely say that reading Oyasumi Punpun influenced my life and changed something in me personally.I know it's a cliched thing to say,but its true. What a journey it has been. |
_HeroKenzan_Jul 19, 2015 4:56 PM
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| Actually I was hoping something like Punpun being end up in prison. But this ending is still OK for me.... |
| WEABOO SCIENTIST |
| Best manga ever. Never read such deep story before. Enjoyed every single part of it, even the bittersweet and depressing ones. The artwork was completely beautiful. The characters were crude. Brilliant. Perfect ending. Good job Asano Inio. |
| I feel empty now that it's over. I don't know what to do :( |
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| Punpun finally has the family he's always wanted and found happiness ;___; A cycle back from how this all started,this end seemed like the only fitting ending for this seeing as how Punpun didn't end up killing himself like I had expected. mAin message of this chapter,life goes on. "Hey,did ya know?Humanity's going to go ustinct." Ohh Asano,you just had to add that to the ending :D Literally the best coming of age story I've ever read 10/10. Also like to think that that boy at the end was definitely Yuichi's son Soara. |
| This is the greatest thing I have ever read. 11/10 |
my feel right now yeah, good stuff 8/10 i had issues with some things in the manga, like the "good vibrations" cult group who wasn't necessary. i do like how it ended though |
| Maybe I'll go into why I give this a perfect score, or what my favorite -- or most depression inducing -- moments of this experience are, but after the final few pages of this manga, the only thing I can truly post... is this (if there was ever a more appropriate time): |
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| Punpun was a fucking psycho, there's no need to beat around the bush here. He was mentally unstable from the beginning right until the end. I've been through some difficult times in my life and I could even relate, myself being a product of a violent and at times downright psychotic marriage but I've never done or even considered doing half the shit that's portrayed in the manga. Which brings me to 2 very important points. First one is that Punpun really didn't love Aiko. He was just obsessed over her, thinking he could own her like a dog, albeit in a violent and rapey kind of way. I think that's what Asano was trying to portray. The last few chapters when they finally get together again are a testament to that. As soon as he started mutilating her and using her like a blow up doll I just couldn't take him seriously anymore. And the second one is that this manga is not really about the drama and tragedy of Onodera Punpun. Ironically enough, it's about the tragedy of people who had to put up with him. The ending, as some posters have mentioned is an unhappy one. Unhappy because a woman committed suicide for a guy that one year later forgot what her real voice sounded like and also unhappy because that psycho was still at large in the end. I cringed when I saw him touching Sachi's daughter. That's my take on the manga but it is a masterpiece regardless. My strong dislike for Punpun's character has nothing to do with the fact that Asano's storytelling is flawless and painfully depicts life as it truly is. |
"The feels man, the feels..." |
mecharobot said: I wish real losers could attract hipster girlfriends and job opportunities like punpun does. Nonetheless, good vibrations! To be fair, they do mention that punpun looks like one of the idols from tv, or something along those lines in his middle school arc. This hints at the assumption that maybe punpun is actually a good looking kid/guy. He's just really emo and messed up because of the stuff that happened to him as he was growing up. For the most part, he was a completely normal kid before he met aiko and she threatened to kill him. As for the job stuff, in a sense, it's not like he doesn't deserve to get at least a decent job. While it isn't blatantly shown that he's a hardworking guy, he IS a hardworking guy, lowkey. It is represented in his younger arcs where he studies nonstop for years. Also, the manager's daughter explains how hard he works and how he's even studying "how to not look like you're working hard, while you're working hard." |
| Tears were had. 10/10. |
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| No way he got off free for being involved in the death of Aiko and her mom. Really surprising it worked out even a little bit. Overall, maybe a 10/10. |
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RediceRyan said: No way he got off free for being involved in the death of Aiko and her mom. Really surprising it worked out even a little bit. Overall, maybe a 10/10. How is serving time in prison getting off scot-free? |
| Reading this was a mistake. |
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Chocolatcchii said: mayukachan said: 8/10 i had issues with some things in the manga, like the "good vibrations" cult group who wasn't necessary. i do like how it ended though [i] Same. Didnt expect this manga to have a good ending. Everything was fine, except Aiko's death. Best characters for me: Seki and Sachi. [/i] I completely agree. The ending was also rushed. Maybe his editors forced him to have a good ending? I don't know.... |
| your waifu is shit |
| Wow, this has been one of the most amazing psychological series I've encountered. Pretty good ending as well, it's nice to see Punpun happy with Sachi and her daughter, and the other characters are doing pretty well for themselves as well. I honestly really expected a downer ending. |
| Just finished it. I was actually expecting a way more depressing ending, not so sure I'm glad about it though. Really wished to see Punpun's face. The "Good Vibration" thing was super annoying and I didn't really get their purpose in the end (care to explain ^^?) Other than that it was perfect. The art was amazing, the characters very realistic and easy to relate to. I'd give it 8.5/10 if it was possible. 9/10 because of silly site rules :P |
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| Double post. http://mangabrog.wordpress.com/2014/07/06/inio-asano-interview-reality-is-tough-so-read-this-manga-about-cute-girls-and-feel-better/ It’s too clear-cut an ending for the story. It wraps it all up a little too well. Living is harder than dying, see, so I thought this was the most painful, worst possible ending for Punpun, and that’s why in the end I went with this final chapter. It's a bad ending bruh, but Asano is one who prefers the reader to form his own opinion on the open ending. |
| What a wild ride. I certainly didn't find it to be a very happy ending. Punpun is still a failure and nothing went his way. He wished for death, solitude, and to be forgotten but was denied even that. Furthermore, as Asano said, his shitty life is now being immortalized in a manga. And of course there's all the shit that happened to his childhood friends. Aiko committed suicide and Shimizu is probably dead, while Seki is possibly a little delusional due to the latter event. That being said, I still consider this a bittersweet ending. Indeed, living is tough. It's much harder than death. However, Punpun now has no choice but to FINALLY move on in his life. By continuing his life, there's the opportunity for him to finally find genuine happiness, and I'm rooting for him. There's no doubt he did some questionable things and he's certainly no saint, but at his core, he is genuinely a nice guy. Ever since the early chapters I've wished for Punpun (and co.) to one day be truly happy, and that hasn't changed. Good night, Punpun. |
| A really messed up manga, but also a very entertaining one. 10/10 |
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| Definitely not a happy ending. Punpun being alive is more painful than him than dying at this point. Instead of escaping through death, he has to keep living and face his own ugliness. Truthfully, I cannot say that I felt great while reading this manga, but the story it tells is one that I will never forget. Absolutely amazing. |
| It can be best manga ever. Awesome ending and powerful emotions to read. I'm speechless against this masterpiece. I was on the verge of crying. That was so sad but it fill inside me with a happiness that so glad I read this manga. Depressing, hard but at the same time a masterpiece which wrap you its atmosphere. Yeah, I just can write compliments for this manga, nothing else. |
| Lost for words on how to sum up my experience of reading this manga. Punpun went through many changes through the series, but the last few chapters were insane. Got a few laughs here and there (ussualy when Afro-God popped up lol), but for the most part this manga made me quite depressed while reading it. Punpun's life was not a easy one, he definitely was mentally unstable and never had any outside help. 9/10 |
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| I really liked this story. It took me for quite an emotional rollercoaster. There were a lot of moments that really stuck to me. - The 2 children (spirits?) disappearing with the 'sleeping' Aiko in an abandoned town. - Seki coping with Shimazu's death. The scene of his shrine while talking why he couldn't be at the reunion. - Pegasus entourage saving the world eventually and having a little game with the daruma on punpunia planet. - Harumi's expression and outlook changes after seeing Punpun at the very end. - Cycle continues after Punpun takes out his own eye and killing his own dark spot, with the dark spot reappearing in the newborn child of Yuuichi. The two children in Harumi's class making it look like a repeat of Punpun and Aiko's first meeting. - Punpun wants to be forgotten and be left alone while longing to be free in the end. Instead, he's caught by Sachi and not only that, he'll be remembered forever in a manga. |
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