![]() ![]() The girl he had a crush on has just transferred out of his school, but shortly afterward a new girl named Tanaka Aiko transfers into his school. The story of Oyasumi Punpun begins with Punpun in elementary school. His design changes a lot later on to reflect how he is feeling on the inside, but the important thing to remember is that he looks just like a normal human being to everyone else in the manga and that he does not actually look like a “bird-thing” to them. He, as well as his family, start off looking like some kind of 2 dimensional birds with long legs. One of the main psychological aspects of the story has to do with Punpun’s character design. What makes this manga so special is the heavy psychological aspects surrounding Punpun and everyone else throughout the story. It is the “coming of age” story of a boy named Punyama (later Onodera) Punpun, and follows him all the way from elementary school until around his early 20’s. Oyasumi Punpun is basically the opposite of all of that.ĭespite having comedy in the beginning (which is 99% black humor anyway), Oyasumi Punpun is possibly one of the most depressing and realistic things I have ever come across. So many manga (and actually many things in about every single story-telling medium that humans have ever had) often try to create likeable characters, a plot that while it may have many sad parts manages to rebound and become upbeat at some points, and/or very unrealistic characters or settings. But enoughĪbout that intro which was just to help dispel any similar thoughts people looking at this manga might have, I’ll get into the real review now. ![]() And I could not have been more wrong in my initial assumption. It was not until after I read another manga by the author, Asano Inio, called Nijigahara Holograph, and looked more into what this manga was actually about, that I finally decided to read it. Looking at the picture on MAL, I initially thought the story was about some young girl and a weird penguin/bird thing and only really added it to my list because it’s ranked #15 on this site. Oyasumi Punpun is the best example I have ever found of something which you should not judge by its literal cover.
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