Ressler, Karen (May 2, 2017). "Goodnight Punpun, Orange, The Osamu Tezuka Story, Princess Jellyfish, Wandering Island Nominated for Eisner Awards". Anime News Network. Archived from the original on May 3, 2017 . Retrieved May 3, 2017. Punpun and Aiko visit Aiko's mother to announce to her that Aiko is leaving, but she reacts by stabbing Aiko's side with a knife. Trying to save her, Punpun fights Aiko's mother, and ends up strangling her to death, killing her on purpose. The two bury the body in the forest and leave the town to flee from the police, deciding to go to Kagoshima like they had promised each other when they were children. As they travel, they grow more hostile and resentful toward each other and become more depressed. As Aiko's injury worsens, she tries to puncture Punpun's eye with a fork, but only ends up giving him a minor injury. Meanwhile, Sachi becomes worried about Punpun's absence and starts searching for him. Shogakukan (in Japanese). June 28, 2013. Archived from the original on December 6, 2013 . Retrieved July 25, 2015. Shogakukan (in Japanese). June 5, 2008. Archived from the original on July 30, 2013 . Retrieved July 25, 2015.

Punpun's depiction as a faceless caricature was meant to help readers identify with Punpun and encourage them to keep reading, both when he was depicted as a bird, and in his later forms. [4] Asano also utilized Punpun's simple look for symbolism, [5] like giving him bull horns to represent Altair, the cowherd star, to symbolize his love triangle as the Summer Triangle with Aiko as Vega and Sachi as Deneb. [4] Shogakukan (in Japanese). January 30, 2009. Archived from the original on May 9, 2013 . Retrieved July 25, 2015. Makes you wanna quit in mid-date although, again, nothing bad has happened to give you the reason to do so. Goodnight Punpun follows the life experiences of Punpun Onodera, a young boy living in Japan, as well as a few of his friends. The story follows Punpun as he grows up, splitting it into around four stages of his life: elementary school, middle school, high school, and his early 20s.Natalie (in Japanese). Natasha, Inc. November 2, 2013. Archived from the original on May 22, 2021 . Retrieved May 22, 2021. a b "Goodnight Punpun, Vol. 1". Viz Media. Archived from the original on September 26, 2016 . Retrieved October 14, 2016.

in Japanese). Toei Company. Archived from the original on January 6, 2019 . Retrieved March 31, 2022. Shogakukan (in Japanese). February 26, 2011. Archived from the original on May 9, 2013 . Retrieved July 25, 2015. The publisher is unconvinced by Sachi and Punpun's manga, disliking the main character's "needless" depression. While Shishido gets badly injured after being mistaken for a shoplifter, and ends up paralyzed for life, Punpun's childhood friends Seki and Shimizu, who stayed very close, drift apart as Shimizu joins a cult led by the mysterious and exuberant Pegasus. Punpun, having distanced himself from Sachi who is now continuing the manga on her own, starts using a fake name and acting like a completely different person to shield himself from his depression, but ends up running into Aiko by chance. Asano described the young Punpun as a fundamentalist, which leads to his regrets and dislike of gray areas later. Asano also ascribed these characteristics to the other characters: "The main characters in Punpun always remain children in the way their purity leads them to fail and become social misfits." At end of the manga, Asano was originally going to make Punpun die while saving a child of a friend, but he felt that it was too "clean" of an ending. He continued the theme of nothing going right for Punpun by making him live and by denying Punpun solitude after Aiko's death by pairing him up with Sachi. In the final chapter, Punpun's experiences are contrasted with those of his childhood friend Harumi to show Punpun from the perspective of a normal person. Harumi sees Punpun surrounded by friends, but in reality nothing went right for him, further emphasizing the theme of failure. [4] a b おやすみプンプン / １３. Shogakukan (in Japanese). December 27, 2013. Archived from the original on March 16, 2015 . Retrieved July 25, 2015.a b "Goodnight Punpun, Vol. 2". Viz Media. Archived from the original on September 24, 2016 . Retrieved October 14, 2016.

Shogakukan (in Japanese). October 28, 2011. Archived from the original on February 21, 2013 . Retrieved July 25, 2015. Most of my criticisms of book 5 also apply here. This book REALLY pushes the boundaries of the readers engagement and sympathy. There's more Pegasus Collective that I now usually brush over as they just repeat the same inane philosophy. I'm not sure if these segments are really meant to be serious, or some comedic relief, or what. They just seem scatterbrained, uninteresting, and fairly generic hippie nonsense. a b "Goodnight Punpun, Vol. 5". Viz Media. Archived from the original on January 8, 2017 . Retrieved January 31, 2017. Saving him from bullies, Seki becomes closer to Shimizu. One day when Punpun skips practice, Yaguchi befriends him. In badminton, Punpun's friend Komatsu starts to dominate Yaguichi, who is also suffering from achilles tendinitis. When Punpun confides his feelings for Aiko to Yaguichi, who is torn between his sports career and her, Yaguichi wagers his relationship with Aiko over the result of the upcoming tournament. Yuichi meets Midori, a worker at a coffee shop, who asks him out. Although they get along, Yuichi holds guilt from a past relationship and tries to drive Midori away, but she demands to learn about his past. Yuichi recounts how five years ago he was teaching at a pottery workshop and went on a date with the high school age daughter of one of his students. She revealed to Yuichi that after having had an abortion, she was being kept under house arrest by her mother and requested Yuichi's help.Goodnight Punpun Full Volume List]. Shogakukan (in Japanese). Archived from the original on April 18, 2015 . Retrieved February 21, 2015. Su personalidad es la típica de una persona que ante la incomprensión de los que lo rodean decide confiar sólo en sí misma, así ella lo dice de hecho (a diferencia del otro tipo de personas, que ante este mismo escenario prefieren caer derrotados ante la desesperación, como Punpun). Ya que no tienen nada más que a ellos mismos, ellos pasan a ser el centro y lo más importante de su vida, por lo que muchas de sus actitudes parecen duras o insensibles para los demás. Y es verdad que algo de eso hay también, pero en general nunca dejan de creer en la posibilidad del amor, de la salvación y de entenderse con los demás, como se ve con Punpunmama hasta el final. A coming-of-age drama story, it follows the life of a child named Onodera Punpun, from his elementary school years to his early 20s, as he copes with his dysfunctional family, love life, friends, life goals and hyperactive mind, while occasionally focusing on the lives and struggles of his schoolmates and family. Punpun and the members of his family are normal humans, but are depicted to the reader in the form of crudely drawn birds. The manga explores themes such as depression, love, social isolation, sex, death, and family. Sachi spots Punpun while he is out searching and he goes to her house again. There, he opens up to her about his issues and Sachi accuses him of not wanting to actually find Aiko. After she pushes him, Punpun writes her a draft manuscript which she finds unsatisfactory. Sachi confides in Punpun that she used to be unconfident like him too, getting cosmetic surgery, so she has to keep pressuring him to try. Punpun resolves to keep working on the story and they work towards a final draft by the end of summer. Shishido offers to give Punpun a job once he gets a real estate license. After a misunderstanding, Punpun reveals to Sachi that he loves her, the two have sex and they start growing closer. A year later Sachi finishes the manga and prepares to show it to a publisher with Punpun. a b "Goodnight Punpun, Vol. 4". Viz Media. Archived from the original on October 8, 2016 . Retrieved October 14, 2016.