Oyasumi Punpun
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Oyasumi Punpun

Alternative Titles

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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Information

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)

Statistics

Score: 8.991 (scored by 200307200,307 users)
1 indicates a weighted score.
Ranked: #142
2 based on the top manga page. Please note that 'R18+' titles are excluded.
Popularity: #8
Members: 478,701
Favorites: 55,521

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Volumes: /13
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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.

[Written by MAL Rewrite]

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.

Characters

God
Supporting
Ass Hamburger
Supporting
Shimizu, Kou
Supporting
Hoshikawa, Toshiki
Supporting
Yaguchi, Takao
Supporting

Reviews

Mar 1, 2025
My thoughts on this manga are extremely mixed, but if there's one thing I can say, it's that this manga is a lesson. Personally, I left the manga twice and started it again, but when I finally managed to sit down and finish it, I felt like my hands were tied. Mangaka Asano Inio has done such a job that it gives you every emotion while reading. I can't find much more to say, but there are still many topics I want to touch on. Before I go any further down, I want to tell you that this manga really tells the reader a lot.

You ...
Mar 14, 2025
Mixed Feelings
Oyasumi Punpun is honestly one of those series I find really hard to either recommend or say you should skip. I have super mixed feelings about it. On one hand, it's incredible at showing depression, generational trauma, and how these things shape your interactions with people throughout your entire life. It nails the exhausting reality of trying (and sometimes failing) to overcome those deep-rooted issues.

But here's the thing—the main character himself is pretty much a metaphor, and for a lot of readers, that's just going to come across as a weird quirk. Many people will probably only scratch the surface, missing out on the deeper ...
Jan 27, 2025
Well-writtenWell-written
TW
This manga is a masterpiece, and an uncontested benchmark when it comes to distressing media, but i could never recommend it.

This is my experience with Oyasumi Punpun.
I finished this manga in January of 2024. It took me 2 months to finish. Not because its super long, its pretty short, but because it made me scared. I was scared of it, and the things it made me face, the things it made me feel. I was sick. This manga is the only manga, only piece of media that has made me feel this way. It made me pick smoking back up after being clean for over ...

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