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Oyasumi Punpun  
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Description
Witness the titular Punpun - who is depicted as a tiny, caricatured bird in an otherwise normal human setting - as he copes with his dysfunctional family and friends, his love interest, his oncoming adolescence and his hyperactive mind.

Type
Manga

Related Series
N/A

Associated Names
おやすみプンプン
طابت ليلتك پُنپُن (Arabic)
晚安布布
Bona nit, Punpun (Catalan)
Bonne nuit Punpun! (French)
Good Night Pung Pung
Goodnight Punpun
Gute Nacht, Punpun (German)
Oyasumi Pung Pung

Groups Scanlating
Entropy
Hox
Mangascreener

Latest Release(s)
v.11 c.111-121 by Hox (146d ago)
v.10 c.100-110 by Hox (366d ago)
v.9 c.97-99 by Hox (539d ago)
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Status in Country of Origin
11 Volumes (Ongoing)

Completely Scanlated?
No

Anime Start/End Chapter
N/A

User Reviews
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Forum
2 topics, 3 posts
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User Rating
Average: 9 / 10.0 (335 votes)
Bayesian Average: 8.81 / 10.0
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Last Updated
May 5th 2013, 12:25pm PST

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Genre
Adult  Comedy  Drama  Psychological  Seinen  Slice of Life 
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Author(s)
ASANO Inio

Artist(s)
ASANO Inio

Year
2007

Original Publisher
Shogakukan

Serialized In (magazine)
Big Comic Spirits (Shogakukan)
Young Sunday (Shogakukan)

Licensed (in English)
No

English Publisher
N/A

Activity Stats (vs. other series)
Weekly Pos #390 decreased(-5)
Monthly Pos #299 decreased(-31)
3 Month Pos #271 increased(+13)
6 Month Pos #257 increased(+14)

List Stats
On 1427 reading lists
On 921 wish lists
On 62 unfinished lists
On 256 custom lists

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Forum Posts
What happened to this manga? 641 days, 18 hours, 20 minutes ago
Another volume!? 773 days, 6 hours, 30 minutes ago

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 okay   
Rating: 8.0 / 10.0
by lamansonbleue
April 27th, 2013, 5:34pm
Since everyone said my opinions about this manga, I'll just say I wished to see more of Seki and
Shimizu... and rest of the gang. Seriously what happened to them? Okay it was pretty realistic
that not all elementary friends stay as friends (10% chance) but I still want to know what happened
to them.
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 I LOVE it   
Rating: 10.0 / 10.0
by WhimsicalDreamer
April 16th, 2013, 2:09am
Sometimes the story gets a bit confusing and drags, I really didn't get the parts with
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the preacher, but that could just be me
But the overall story is great, it gets down to the core of Punpun's thoughts as he grows and explores his twisted relationships with others. Punpun's appearance remains unknown, letting us know of his isolation from society, which I found was a nice touch. I really can't wait for the fate of
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Punpun&Aiko


There's just so many elements that fit together and make this story so unusual but good.

... Last updated on April 16th, 2013, 2:10am
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 The darkest drama of them all   
Rating: 9.0 / 10.0
by residentgrigo
December 26th, 2012, 3:19pm
This manga truly deserves to be called seinen or "alternative" because of its mature and demanding subject matter. There are almost no positive characters and i have no emotions to any of them with the uncle being the next best thing to "redeemable". The story if actually relatively upbeat for the first 2/3 volumes or so but then decides to pull back the curtain and show how damaged the characters really are and keeps going.
The art is very unique and amazing and captures the pointlessness of modern live really well.
I enjoy most of all how no one is truly pretty and the facial features are amazing.

If you liked this manga i recommend works by Hanazawa Kengo, Matsumoto Jiro and the novel/film American Psycho. They all show a very dark window into ordinary live and aren´t for everyone but if you can stomach Punpun check them out.
Also, Berserk !

... Last updated on December 26th, 2012, 3:28pm
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 Portrayal of Modern Life   
Rating: N/A
by emkat
August 14th, 2012, 12:35am
Even in the first chapter you realize this isn't just a normal manga. The feelings he goes through is a portrayal of a normal kid that feels disillusioned in his society. It's kind of depressing and melancholy at times. And the expression of the adults are very spastic and insane. From the point of view from a kid it portrays their mistrust of adult motives and the arbitrary harshness of adults. This is one of the weirdest manga you'll read, but it's interesting.

as of ch. 110, there are a lot of arcs and stories, and some parts are more boring than others. But my personal favorite is Midori + the uncle and the most recent with Aiko.

... Last updated on August 14th, 2012, 9:50am
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 really hits home   
Rating: N/A
by purplegeass
July 6th, 2012, 3:38am
if anybody gave this a 1 it was because they looked at the art and didn't like it, after reading up to the current chapter this is probably in my top 3 favorite manga EVER. while hes going through his teen ages i could really relate to a lot of it that's why i think no matter what age you are it can suck you in and you can find something to relate to what punpun is going through. if you really look at the art (i.e. backgrounds and full art pages) you'll see that ASANO Inio Sensei is an amazing artist and as far as the story goes it amazes me how deep a lot of the concepts are if your thinking about reading this i say don't think about it just read it up to chapter 20 and see what you think (that's when it really starts getting good) 2 THUMBS UP 10/10
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 Awesome   
Rating: 10.0 / 10.0
by NQuang17
June 18th, 2012, 5:55pm
Well, i must say it the best Coming of age and Psychological manga i ever read.
It very deep in describ the change in Punpun after years and others.
One thing more, it break the old order in very special ways. for example, when describe the kiss ( etc...), other shoujo mangaka would focus on the kiss of the two, but Asano-sensei make it very large that i must find where the main chars are.


For anyone who hasn't read it before. i highly recomend..
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 Satisfying   
Rating: N/A
by alciefrederic
June 2nd, 2012, 3:41am
The art of Asano Inio is always welcomed. The story is quite realistic and deserves attention. It's quite difficult to predict what would happen next. And the surrealist touch really makes it more attractive (unfortunately, later on, the surrealism is toned down a lot, making it less idiosyncratic). On the flip side, one might feel that the main character might be too self-absorbed and weak-willed. Other characters are not quite well developed, much is focused on navel gazing rather than self searching or finding solutions - but that's just my own opinion. That doesn't really change anything, as long as the depiction is realistic. What actually happens isn't as much important as how the story is told, I think. Anyway, not perfect, but one really can't expect more.
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 Terrific   
Rating: 10.0 / 10.0
by holydemon
August 4th, 2011, 5:37pm
Powerful, it's the only word coming out of my mind when I read this. There's no big drama, violence or terrible tragedy, just common occurences that most people would have to face once or twice in their lives, death of a relative, lost love, naive childhood, childlish dream. But yet, it's terrifying to realize how any individual could sink, prisoned in their own minds, to realize that we might just have lived our life just as disastrously as theirs.

This manga is highly intriguing and abstract that I surely must remind myself to reread again after a while. The work is very interpretative and the author really drops a lot of subtle hint about they dynamic of human's psyche.
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 Simply Amazing!   
Rating: 10.0 / 10.0
by evildark00
May 19th, 2011, 3:28am
I find the series itself endearing as there are many times when I want to stop reading because the conflicts and situations presented in the story hit home, but instead of forcing me to a stop, it keeps me going. The characters are so realistic you might feel you met them at least once in your life and they only seem to get better as the chapters go by.

The story is a masterpiece, no questions asked, though it starts slow and progresses in similar fashion it never deters from being interesting. It's every day life to perfection.

Highly recommended!
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 One of the best manga   
Rating: 10.0 / 10.0
by Ichigo101
December 26th, 2010, 5:52pm
When I was reading this manga I would stopped, thought to myself, "Damn this is too much for me" but for some reason I want to keep continue reading. Its definitely a seinen manga and not for little kids though. Why does it have to be so sad. Why does life have so many problems. Its like a needle in my chest but a needle with sugar.

... Last updated on December 26th, 2010, 5:57pm
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