Oyasumi Punpun
Goodnight Punpun

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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 ... knew Punpun inside out. I know what kind of guy he is, know what exactly he would do in any given situation. He’s an average kind of guy, really. And his struggles are an average person’s struggles. That’s why I guess a lot of people, foreigners like me included, could relate to him in many ways. But it’s insane how the manga author puts Punpun in these scenarios, and you don’t know how he’s going to handle them, but when it’s done you’re like, “of course he’d do that.” so that’s my reading of Oyasumi Punpun. It’s a great, absolutely amazing manga, the story is about a very average life but brought to life by extraordinary story telling. The characters feel like real life characters that could exist outside the manga. And that one shocking scene is insane, it blew my fucking mind, and I had a hand on my mouth the whole time reading it. So, my favorite character out of all of them has to be Sachi, she kind of has her shit together, her life is kinda fucked, just like everyone else’s, to be completely honest. Everyone has their struggles. But everyone copes in their own way. and it’s amazing how Punpun’s life goes; it’s basically a series of highs and lows, just how my life feels like. No one is perpetually happy, no one perpetually sad. So yeah, all in all, the best character writing I’ve seen in any anime or manga ever. But it was kind of, just a little depressing to read. People say that the manga is very depressing, well, not to me. As someone who’s left to their thoughts for long periods of time, I confess that a lot of thoughts, even the worst thoughts of the characters, even that little smile scene of Aiko in the car, I must confess that I did have those kinds of thoughts, too. I guess that’s what makes us human, when we’re put in the same situation, we think the same, a lot of the time, just act differently for appearances.

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 ... perspectives can be quiet eye opening.

However it is again, hard to recommend as it is likely too confronting for those that need it most.

From a writing standpoint it is near perfect, there are some minor issues I have, such as the Pegasus ensemble's introduction being a little convoluted and the ending feeling ever so slightly rushed.

But with all that being said, I have a strange feeling in my chest after finishing this that I have never experienced before.

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 ... complexity. Her relationship with Punpun is unhealthy and poorly explored and Aiko seems to have no control over her choices and actions. Additionally, their connection is superficial and not deeply explored, because they rarely communicate effectively.