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Title	:	Oyasumi Punpun (Oyasumi Punpun #1-13)
Author	:	Inio Asano
Book Format	:	ebook
Book Edition	:	Deluxe Edition
Pages	:	Pages: 2956 pages
Published	:	March 15th 2007 by Big Comic Spirits
Categories	:	Sequential Art. Manga. Comics. Graphic Novels. Fiction. Comics Manga

Oyasumi Punpun (Oyasumi Punpun #1-13) ebook | Pages: 2956 pages

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"Masterpiece" is not a word often associated with the manga medium, but "Oyasumi Punpun" deserves to be called nothing less. Author Asano Inio has taken the comic story-telling format to its utmost potential with this 147 page powerhouse of despair. Asano's decision to depict Punpun Onodera--a day-dreaming, sensitive, innocent young boy who's exposed to despondent and abusive parents--as a simple, cute line drawing of a little bird, is a genius act of characterization. As we watch Punpun fumble through young life with the best intentions, only to have his spirits and hope crushed in the worst way imaginable, the audience is helplessly endeared to the adorable spindly bird. Unfortunately, Punpun's life isn't as simple as his line drawings, and he'll have to keep learning the hard way to hopefully find a shred of meaning in the cruel, unrelenting realm of morbid reality. Never have I felt such hopelessness reading a manga, or have I felt such pain for a particular character. The reader, much like many people in Punpun's life, stands by and cheers him on and hopes he'll pull through, but in the end, we're disappointed again and again. Our poor Punpun is a slave to his demons, and any reader will have a horrifying time as he tries his best to escape them.

The art in Oyasumi Punpun is wonderful. The contrast of Punpun as the little bird against a hyper realistic, gritty background and lovingly drawn supporting cast is effective in portraying his alienation. The quality of the art never fluctuates either, it's always consistent and gorgeous. The story is something I'd imagine Lars Von Trier would come up with if he set out to produce a gorgeous manga. The lives of Asano's characters are ruthless, unforgiving, and by the time you reach the mid point you'll wonder how much more horror can one boy suffer--but there's always that shred of hope. Or so you'd like to believe.

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Original Title:	おやすみプンプン
Edition Language:	English
Series:	Oyasumi Punpun #1-13

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UPDATE (2017/06/21): This manga is now being printed in English!! I am now able to share my love for it with the world in a tangible form. I read and posted this review 2 and a half years ago and Punpun is still in the top two best comics I've ever read (tied with Watchmen). I read it about three years ago and I still think about it daily. Incredible manga. If I could afford to buy the volumes in person, I would be rereading it.It has taken me months to gather my feelings enough to formulate a

One of the best manga I've ever read and to be honest the only one that made me cry! Masterpiece

We need books that show reality. This is one of them.

Let me begin by mentioning that I enjoy pessimistic works with nihilistic elements. So given the hype of this manga, I had high expectations. Needless to say, I was disappointed. I would have dropped it before its first quarter was completed, but its extreme high ratings, on both websites I follow, left me with a drifting promise of a hidden depth, or at least of an extraordinary ending. The work was shallow and the ending was horrible, so all that's left for me to do, is to write this review

Bit weird, but the ending makes sense.

Can we really look inside ourselves with utmost honestly without seeing a monster?Humans are particularly quaint things, always searching to be understood. Humans want to have a purpose. But sometimes people are lost in understanding the world and discover the hell it is . That's Punpun. Overall: Oyasumi Punpun is masterpiece who's meaning I cannot exactly put into words. It is so deviously crafted in a way that really mimics the way in which the world truly is and the way that we perceive it.

Like others, I'm posting this review as one for the whole series because getting too deep into each individual volume of Goodnight Punpun would be quite a feat.Wow. Like, wow. I had to lay back and just be flabbergasted for about half an hour after finishing volume 12 the other night. I'm definitely not a manga reader of any regularity, but I can definitely say Goodnight Punpun has immediately become one of, if not, my favourite graphic series of all time. It perfectly mixes innocent and fun