Oyasumi Punpun

Description

From Viz:
Meet Punpun Punyama. He’s an average kid in an average town. He wants to win a Nobel Prize and save the world.
He wants the girl he has a crush on to like him back. He wants to find some porn. That’s what he wants, but what does he get?

Type

Manga

Related Series

N/A

Associated Names

Boa noite, Punpun

Bona nit, Punpun

Bonne nuit Punpun!

Buenas noches, Punpun

Dobranoc, Punpunie

Goodnight Punpun

Gute Nacht, Punpun

İyi Geceler Punpun

Добраніч, Пунпуне

Спокойной ночи, Пунпун

تصبح على خير پُنپُن

शुभ रात्री पुनपुन

ฝันดีนะปุนปุน

おやすみプンプン

잘자 뿡뿡

Groups Scanlating

Entropy

Hox

Mangascreener

Latest Release(s)

v.13 c.135-147 (end) by Hox 11 years ago

v.12 c.122-134 by Hox 12 years ago

v.11 c.111-121 by Hox 12 years ago

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Status in Country of Origin

13 Volumes (Complete)

Completely Scanlated?

Yes

Anime Start/End Chapter

N/A

User Reviews

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Forum

4 topics, 8 posts

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User Rating

Average: 8.7 / 10.0 (1463 votes)

Bayesian Average: 8.65 / 10.0

41%

27%

14%

Last Updated

February 20th, 2025 6:29pm PST - 3 months ago

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Genre

Comedy Drama Mature Psychological Romance School Life Seinen Slice of Life Tragedy
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Author(s)

Artist(s)

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Original Publisher

Shogakukan

Serialized In (magazine)

Young Sunday (Shogakukan)

Big Comic Spirits (Shogakukan)

Licensed (in English)

Yes

English Publisher

Viz (7 Volumes Omnibus Edition - Complete)

Activity Stats (vs. other series)

Weekly Pos #497

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Monthly Pos #1162

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3 Month Pos #1583

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6 Month Pos #2011

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Year Pos #1968

(+247)

List Stats

On 2102 reading lists

On 2103 wish lists

On 2610 completed lists

On 196 unfinished lists

On 720 custom lists

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The Punpun Experience.

9 years ago

Inio Asano's Oyasumi Punpun Manga to End

12 years ago

What happened to this manga?

14 years ago

Another volume!?

14 years ago

User Comments [ Order by usefulness ]

It's Dark In Here

by Verd254
11 years ago

Rating: 9.0 / 10.0

Stranded deep in a cave with only the faintest of light at the end. That is how I felt after finishing Goodnight Punpun. Despite depicting the protagonist as a penguin doodle, Asano manages to create one of the most tragic stories I've ever experienced. Although the early chapters are often funny the tone quickly changes to tragedy as Punpun deals with a plethora of issues that most people can relate to. Fighting off depression and accepting yourself, choosing between a romanticized past or living for the hope of a brighter future. These are just some of the themes that are covered in Goodnight Punpun. Punpun himself is quite the polarizing little penguin, which is to be expected of a character who's tormented with so many negative traits, but In the end I still cared for him. Goodnight Punpun is a journey of laughter, anguish, love and hate. It is dark in here and the light is faint in the end, but it's a light nonetheless.

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Bitersweet

by Akiradesu
11 years ago

Rating: 10.0 / 10.0

It was hell of a journey... Could relate to almost to every single character at one point or another. I liked the art style and the way the story was told. The end felt a bit hollow, but then again I red it in one go, so I might be a bit too tired near the end.
Both cried and smiled.

Though be warned, the sky in the morning seemed more grey than usually.

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bleak

by whitespade
11 years ago

Rating: 9.9 / 10.0

the ending is good, but the journey is so torturous sometimes i stop because it hurt so much. they are such star crossed lovers i hope and i hope for their love

but everything are for naught. i think his devotion to her is tragically beautiful and even more tragic is her suicide. her whole life is nothing but a black hole, the only time she's happy is just killing her mom, and i feel close to tears for that.

everyone is so wonderfully rendered with deep flawed personalities, i'm blessed to meet them. the art is phenomenal - every little details are never left out. i love the city scene they look so real.

this manga is a must read. be prepared to be depressed - have a funny manga on standby to negate the soul-crushing feelings.

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I feel awful...

by kennyqua
12 years ago

Rating: 10.0 / 10.0

This is an amazing manga. It's a seinen slice of life portraying the world through the eyes of Punpun, his family and his acquaintances.
As stated in another comment pretty much every character in this manga is scum

the Taxi driver who helps Punpun's uncle seems to me as the only "nice" character in the manga... Which is kind of weird taking into account that he is a former yakuza.

They are all in some way or another egoistical selfloathing petty people. But the things they do and the way it is depicted truly makes me wish for their happiness and succes.

In the start I thought the artist was too lazy to draw the main character and his family, but the more I read the more I believe that the way Punpun is depicted and the changes in this depiction lend far more depth to the story and the character than a classic manga depiction would have. And on a side note I don't think the artist is lazy, the other characters and the backgrounds are drawn detailed so that you can see every single flaw in the characters and their world.

Ah such bliss. I always feel much better once I've put the complicated feelings I have towards a complicated manga into words. 😀

... Last updated 12 years ago

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okay

by Jalapeno-san
12 years ago

Rating: 8.0 / 10.0

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

by WhimsicalDreamer
12 years ago

Rating: 10.0 / 10.0

Sometimes the story gets a bit confusing and drags, I really didn't get the parts with

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 ! Punpun&Aiko

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

... Last updated 12 years ago

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The darkest drama of them all

by residentgrigo
12 years ago

Rating: 7.5 / 10.0

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 or 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. But be warned the manga includes physical abuse, rape and selfmutilation. If you liked this manga i recommend the novel/film American Psycho and Homunculus. They also show a very dark window into ordinary live and aren´t for everyone but if you can stomach Punpun check them out.

Update: I would have come up with darker ending but it fit the story to a certain degree so i won´t complain too much. The cult subplot and a few others sadly went nowhere. Some of the sex scenes made little sense and were gratuitous too. So be prepared to like the manga less as it goes on. It´s still good enough journey and probably Inio´s best work after Solanin.

... Last updated 7 years ago

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Portrayal of Modern Life

by emkat
13 years ago

Rating: N/A

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 13 years ago

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Awesome

by NQuang17
13 years ago

Rating: 10.0 / 10.0

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

by alciefrederic
13 years ago

Rating: N/A

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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