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Yumi to kurumi is a bittersweet slice of life tale that illustrates one's personal growth and happiness in a shott span of 8 chapters.
 
 Enter the life of Yumi Tanaka; a socially inept office lady who thinks lowly of herself. After stumbling upon a sentient doll that deems to bring happiness to its owners, Yumi's life began to change for the better. 
 For a relatively short read we got to see Yumi's healthy development of becoming a better person, that doesn't feel forced or shallow in a way that got me intrigued as to how it will goes down. The story itself is cute and simple, and ... easy enough to follow, as it is short, however the shortness of the story is also its shortcoming: It is very shortlived that I wished there were more chapters to further explore more of the story. 
    As for the art, the artworks and paneling are smoothly drawn and articulate to follow, it synergizes well with the cute and innocent artstyle. 

 Overall, I'd rate this manga a 6/10, I honestly can't rate it any higher. It has good potential and  I wish there was more to it. Yet I would still recommend it when you got 20-30 minutes or to spare.

It has been a year since I've finished reading goodnight Punpun, and it managed to allude my forgetful mannerism, as the events and characters of the story still lingers in my thoughts. Goodnight Punpun or Oyasumi Punpun for me is one of those pieces of fiction that I would and could never forget and forever cherish, so much so that is it cliche of me to tell you that this manga changed my life? because it somewhat has.

Goodnight Punpun is about the day to day life of a kid named punpun from
childhood to adulthood. And this manga doesn't just center around this ... kid it offers a myriad of characters with different struggles and ambitions,with each of them having a fair amount of chapters.
The characters are Punpun's friends and family to be precise. The story's transition from innocent childhood to the painful truth of life and the depressingly mundane daily routines of an adult was done beautifully, in terms of being relatable.

And the art is just breath taking, Every panel screams perfection, from Inio's gorgeous characters to the photorealistic backgrounds, Its just outstanding. Inio asano really captured the essence of maturity in his artworks throughout goodnight Punpun. And Is it just me or is the artstyle changing as you read even further. As if the artstyle is growing and maturing along with Punpun.

There are too many words that explains why I love this manga that i cannot put it in words and im simply too lazy to materialize, But lemme boil it down to JUST READ IT (unless you're going through some deep shit of course)
And even with all the critism and hate Goodnight Punpun gets for being too "degenerated" or too dark and depressing, It still stands as my favorite manga of all time!