I read Goodnight Punpun for the first time and I am not okay
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5:11 - Time to pay the bills because I'm a teacher and I'm poor
7:28 - First Impressions
13:12 - Coming of age story
18:17 - The failures of adults
22:05 - Some other stuff I loved
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you think besrk is the best? oh young lad
When I finished Goodnight Punpun, I deadass just sat on my chair staring into the ethereal abyss thinking about how lucky I am with the life God has given me
Excuse me but DAMNNNNN, this story is probably the most daunting, I've ever encountered, I'm so fascinated by it and it's concepts, but I feel like no matter how I look at it, engaging with is surely a bad idea
@@axserwz5022 same, I’m curious but I don’t wanna ruin myself?
LMFAO nice
@@rikawrites7104 You're 99% probably gonna feel like shit and not okay after reading Punpun, but it can also help change your life for the better as you've seen hell within that manga, hence motivating you to try better and move to a good direction in your life. Lest you want to end up like Punpun.
@@rikawrites7104 As with the cliche yet ever true saying, "Failure is the mother of success", reading the failures within Punpun is also an experience so it can guide you to a better path in life. The important thing to take here is that yes, there are many factors in your environment that is uncontrollable and can greatly affect you negatively or positively, but it's best to not worry too much about them but focus on what you can control yourself and do a good job on those instead.
Hey Tyler! As a teacher i really think you should read the original Great Teacher Onizuka if you havent. The book really changed my life and perspective on how mentors should act.
I had never heard of this manga before but reading the synopsis has me immediately hooked
or Rookies
@@colorlesswonderland Not to discredit the og post but GTO can be uncomfortable at times in regards to the typical Pervy anime tropes, and it’s especially annoying given Onizuka is a teacher.
That being said if you want something similar with another awesome teacher I’d be remiss if I didn’t recommend Rookies
@@colorlesswonderland If you're looking for rolemodels for mentors the coach in Slam Dunk is awesome.
I was about to come on here to recommend GTO, and it's the first comment, well played sir.
"Did you finish PUN PUN??" 😅😂🤣The commitment to this bit is absolute *chefskiss 🚿😭📚
It was worth it and Olive's acting was on point. That USC film degree is really worth its money
I’d say you should read:
1. Monster by Naoki Urasawa
2. Dead Dead Demon's De De De De Destruction by Inio Asano
3. Dorohedoro by Q Hayashida
All are great series with different vibes from psychological thriller to comical madness. I’d also really recommend the One shots from Tatsuki Fujimoto, Look Back and Goodbye Eri. Both are about a volume in length and amazing experiences.
I would second dead dead demons (written by the same author as punpun) and Dorohedoro.
Dead dead demon's best manga
Unreal recommendations
The Fujimoto one shots are really great indeed
Coming back tovrhisb
punpun broke me when i first read it. it genuinely left me in a darker place mentally than when i started. that being said i love it. no piece of media aside from berserk has ever had this much of an emotional effect on me. the idea that a story can create pits as deep as it did in my stomach was completely foreign to me before punpun.
Two mangaka who's legendary works you should read are Takehiko Inoue (Slam Dunk, Vagabond & Real) and Naoki Urasawa (Monster, Pluto & 20th Century Boys)
Vagabond is the only manga that isnt finished that I reread often.
20 Century Boys is THE GOAT
not into basketball, i don't care about it
Urasawa is a literal madman
Doesn't matter, Slam Dunk has gotten countless people invested in the story even if they couldn't care less about basketball and Real is just a lot bigger than basketball
I read it during the lowest point in my life and it made me feel... lighter, like some baggage got taken off of my chest. "I have it better." best described what I felt after finishing it.
For me it was sad but also cathartic in a weird way. In that all of us who have mental health issues, suffered traumas or have a generally bleak outlook on life are not alone. Also that many people around us act like they have everything put together, but we are all struggling to get through life in different ways in the end.
The commitment on that intro
It was needed and equally as fun as it was stupid
Maybe he didn't shower for days after reading Pun Pun.
Blue Period is a great ongoing series which involves a lost highschool student falling in love with drawing and art.
Aku no Hana (Flowers of Evil) is the opposite, a psychological drama which follows a highschool student involved in a scandal and the events after.
both great stories
omg you read my mind
Both of those sound great! Thank you for the recommendation!
@@colorlesswonderland Reading both currently. Aku no Hana is currently on pace to being in my favorite manga. Same with Blue Period.
i love blue period, it gained my love real quick
i was gonna recommend aku no hana as well, read it recently its definitely amazing and its pretty short too
Punpun broke me. It's not a series that relies on shock factor it's a series that will sit with you for the rest of your life. When the series ended it didn't even hit me until a week later when I burst into tears thinking about how beautiful it all was.
PunPun was probably the most impactful story to my life specifically because it taught me the tragedy that is nostalgia. PunPun and Aiko pursue that childhood inosence and dream of theirs and they ultimatley realize it didn't work. Reality and being an adult has no room for childhood wonder or dreams and its mostly our fault, but nobody knows why it has to be that way. We try to escape to our past selves and promises because the reality and responibilites of our curent adulthood terify us. We are so uncertain of the path we are on now meanwhile the path we were on as kids seemed to make so much more sense.
"Art should comfort the disturbed and disturb the comfortable."
This quote resonates so much for me with this unhinged trip of a story. To put it bluntly, Goodnight Punpun is such an anomaly for my experiences in literature. I have never rapidly shifted my perspective on anything more than what Asano fulfilled here. He played with my emotions like a fiddle, and he became an unintentionally roundabout mentor for how I look at things today.
I initially read it about three & a half years ago; when I was about to turn 15-- and it absolutely destroyed me. The absolute shock about how much failures, regret, shame, hostility, and expectations adulthood brings-- as well as how depraved the whole fiasco was-- ruined my life during that time. It overwhelmed me. My grades were failing, my family were concerned for my mental health, I was less enthusiastic to interact with my friends, I slept thinking that I didn't want to ever wake up, and I had a gloom look at the sky every time I tried something, somewhere, for anything. The way I walked was slouched and aimless. The way I spoke was heavy, difficult. All I saw was a fear I couldn't even explain. I couldn't move forward, because this story made me question if it's even worth it to see what's beyond for me. If it all amounts to something so undeniably unpredictable, how exactly will I, in every sense of the imagination, fathom that?
14y/o me didn't ask for a deep dive into painful, existential dread when I looked up "dark manga to read online"; and yet, there I was, emotionally destroyed, still glued to read even more of it. My innocence was stripped in an instant. An addiction grew inside me. It was a bizarre hybrid of disgust and curiosity that damaged my psyche indefinitely. An hour, a day, a month... its influence on my life arose directly proportional with my revulsion. As I re-read, and re-read, and re-read, I felt like the whole world was a massive, bitter, disgusting force that didn't amount to anything. A nothing burger that bloated my brain; a spit on the face I couldn't clean; a ringing in my soul which wouldn't go away. It burdened me with so much. At some point, I thought of all my pain as a farce, which pushed all that expressionless sadness to anger. All my emotions compelled me to make a hate-filled blog on an app called 'Amino'. Through which, I regurgitated a post showcasing all my stress, unwarranted sadness, and aimless hatred. Directing all the blame to the story's idealism on meaninglessness, nihilistic takes on destiny and morbid insanity. As I continued writing that post, I felt both self-fulfillment, and sheer disappointment. But I didn't care. I needed a punching bag; I wished for a scapegoat; I begged for a target. Why? Because it was so tiring hating me. To make the hatred of my own mortality, through reading this story, just a tad bit easier to cope with, I pushed the blame. I despised Asano, despised nihilistic storytelling in general, despised myself, despised this book, and never looked back. It was bad faith criticism which was fueled by a rapidly warped child who couldn't understand all of what he consumed.
Fast forward now to today, I recently turned 18 years old. And, uh, well... to put it bluntly once again, I have experienced a terrifying amount of what Punpun went through in his journey. Some of which I don't want to mention, since they're too personal forms of trauma. It breaks me so much that has me still uncomfortable to share anonymously. Anyway, the point is: I was naïve, comfortable, and hardheaded with how I thought life was, what it amounted to, what it means, and what it should be... all those years ago. It was like visiting an old friend who abused me to death, only to understand that the punches they threw at me were filled with a complex reason I didn't understand. The pain this story gave to my body through those punches re-contextualized itself into another pain which hurts me even more: empathetic, yet self-serving, delineation. Oyasumi Punpun became my therapist, my abuser, and my friend. Writing this down, it feels so absurd to decompartmentalize how I ended up here, but all of it is true. About 4 years have passed since my very first time I touched this manga. As I'm re-reading Punpun now, in a single instant of realization, it suddenly became an amalgamation of so many unforeseen terrible things that I can associate with my own life. Through witnessing, time and time again, how deep of a rabbit hole Punpun's descent into madness was (as a product of all his failures), it gives me the motivation to do something better. Nothing outstanding, just something better. I didn't have it as bad as him, but I still share a lot of what the story presented. I cannot even imagine how I would cope with a life under his circumstances, and that's the point. The cyclical nature of Punpun's ending insinuates what our stories could have been. The potential of something even lower if we were given the absolute worst. If we were dealt his cards, would we have fallen under Punpun's inhumane decisions and tribulations? Or are we, readers of his hell, capable of making that intangible terror... just a little bit better? Do we gaslight ourselves into failure, or is it intrinsically inescapable? I wish I have an answer, I really do. But I don't know.
What I do know, though, is that this bird creature went through so much. A boy that deserves everything he doesn't deserve. Whether that everything has pity, empathy, scrutiny, compassion, confusion, mercy, disgust, hatred, forgiveness, tolerance, or any other spectrum of emotion that is reasonable to attribute his tragedy-- well... Punpun deserves all of that, which he didn't deserve at all. That's a very horrifying existence, don't you think? It's levels of suffering to that of the crucifixion, except, it wasn't the endurance of a God. It's something that is malleable to all of us, but most veracious to this fictional bird. I would like to avoid that turmoil as much as I can. I didn't enjoy this manga, and I never will. If anything, if I could get away with it, I think that I'd personally punch Inio Asano in the face. Multiple times. Without holding back. However, his masterclass of a downwards spiral offered one of my most unforgettable experiences to any texts I've read.
I looked outside my window, on an uneventful day, during a boring evening, under an average looking sky. I stared at that unexceptional sky for a good minute or so. Nothing particularly worth noting. Well, okay. The ambience was nice; though, the hue of the sunset could have been a bit warmer. I'd be lying if I said I wanted this view to be one etched into my memory. In any case, within the monotonously mediocre silence, within that calm-- a maelstrom was emerging. The scariest storm one can go through without any water. Everything I went through, everything I eventually understood, everything that has yet to come. All of it. It kept ricocheting as clashing noise in my head. Yearning for a reason, a probable meaning, or a semblance of worth. I couldn't wrap my head around it, while it continued wrapping my head. That unease was meant to last for an eternity-- I was all too familiar with it. Then, it didn't. Then, it continued being that way. In an instant, it came to a halt. It made sense, somehow. I'm not sure how exactly it started. What I am certain of is that it did not feel numb, it was... liberating. My chest tightened, my breathing accelerated, my vision spun. Foolishly, I genuinely asked myself: why? This is the act of a fool because, deep down, I think I knew why. I've always knew. And in that knowing, I was stuck in limbo will all the dormant emotion rushing up. It didn't exactly stop, it just kept getting stronger. I was scared, relieved, confused, and excited all at the same time. That ordinary sky didn't change whatsoever, yet it somehow looked a bit more beautiful. I tried to put it into words, but it was impossible. At some point, I stopped. Before I knew it...
I broke down with the happiest smile on my face.
wow
reading this was like getting a glimpse into your life as well. What a wonderfully written review that I will probably thinking about for awhile- thanks for having the guts to write something like this
Thank you for writing this comment. It was wonderful to read.
Honestly, you should try being a writer yourself. You have the potential it seems.
Punpun is a weird one for me. It is sadly a story I read at the wrong time and also went in with the wrong expectation, which cause me to not enjoy it. But I do hope in a few years going back to it and being able to enjoy it, because I can see myself really liking it
Same. I was bored the first time but recently revisited it again and cried
Hahaha read the other series of the author "A girl by the sea". I bet you'll curl up in a fetus position reading it.
@@kaelthunderhoof5619 I read A Girl on the Shore a few months ago, I though it was just bad, forgot most thing about it tho
Im sure you picked up on this detail but every time punpun felt suicidal, at the end of the volume, or in your case halfway through/end of the volume, it'll be punpun wishing he never woke up again and saying goodnight to himself.
I never actually finished Punpun, but I greatly enjoyed the volumes I did read. This video is great motivation to get back on the horse. I'm excited to listen to your thoughts on the series!
Thank you so much for the kind words :)
good luck bro, just dont binge the rest in one go
I know this one won't get popular, but Land of the Lustrous is also a coming of age story with more of a sci-fi/fantasy element. It really is a beautiful story with a unique art style and I actively tear up thinking about this series just because of how good, and beautiful it is.
If you want more like punpun you should try : Chi no Wadachi (Blood on the Tracks) or Aku no Hana ( The flower of evil) by Oshimi, Shuuzou.
some of my favorite are : Homunculus by Yamamoto, Hideo.
Monster and 20th Century Boys / 21st Century Boys by Urasawa, Naoki
keep on reading !
Mushishi is one of my favorite manga for its atmosphere and slow paced narrative, I highly recommend it.
land of the lustrous (houseki no kuni) and the flowers of evil (aku no hana) are worth checking out
i dont think all caps is enough but 20TH CENTURY BOYS!!! I won't give any details, I truly believe Urasawa's work will speak for itself. Good luck!
It's been super exciting following your manga journey! As someone whose the same age as you and has been reading manga for most of my life, it feels EXTREMELY fresh and exciting to get an outside perspective and thoughts from someone new to the medium. Appreciate and love these videos!
haha yeah this is the one series i would recommend to him
My Favorite Urusawa Manga
Listen to the music too
Like said all urasawa work
YES a little over half way through my first read of it and love it
Alright, recommendations!
I feel like based on the two Manga you loved (Berserk and Punpun), you really can't go wrong with these Seinen classics:
1. Monster or 20th Century Boys (by Naoki Urasawa)
2. Vagabond (by Takehiko Inoue)
3. Vinland Saga (by Makoto Yukimura)
otherwise for a teacher maybe GTO! (Great Teacher Onizuka) could by great as well!
Great Teacher Onizuka sounds like a really compelling manga hold up I wanna read that one
Vinland Saga is bad!
@@starcapture3040 badass
@@nevergonnagiveupuntilibeco5690 Bad shit! I regret watching that bad garbage.
@@starcapture3040 you have bad taste
I highly recommend Vagabond if you loved the other two seinen manga. Just a synopsis, it's based on the real Miyamoto Musashi and the art is just immaculate. Story starts off where the protagonist driven by hate and wanting to be the strongest and the journey of his character development is just phenomenal with great side characters. If you love berserk this one is a must.
Oh yes vagabond 🔥
Yeah i just recommended it too and vinland saga , both are on a high philosophical level but they are still actionpacked and well drawn
I watched vagabond Tv series its really good
@@xdkankaxd5427 there isnt wtf
yeah
I know other people said these but Tatsuki Fujimoto’s one shots Look Back and Goodbye Eri are both single volumes and truly incredible and unique (nothing Fujimoto makes us generic). Short but perfect stories I think you would love
I finished punpun sitting in my car parked in my old highschool parking lot completely alone waiting to pick up my little brother from band practice, just a year after graduating and being in his position. needless to say that was the most quiet and sad drive home I've ever had.
Vinland Saga is genuinely my favorite piece of media of all time. It follows the basic revenge story premise but does so in a way that’s so brilliant and has great commentary on war, pacifism, and absolutely amazing characters. There’s also philosophy in there as well. It’s really fantastic and lots of people recommend it for those who like Berserk (which I know you do). Hope you enjoy it if you do read it, it’s truly special
I have two manga recs, though they probably won’t get picked because they’re not particularly popular, but here they go: Ping Pong by Taiyō Matsumoto (don’t let the fact that it’s about Ping Pong deter you, this is no regular spokon, this is a wonderful take on what it means to grow up and have society warp the things you love; and also on how far natural talent and effort will be able to carry you, and whether you should do things you don’t really enjoy just because you’re good at them) and Kids on The Slope (Sakamichi no Apollon) by Yuki Kodama, which is a beautiful slice of life manga about human connection through music and about the indirect impact WWII had on the generations that were born after the conflict ended. Cheers, thank you for another wonderful video!
I third Ping Pong and I need to get on Kids on the Slope eventually
The Ping Pong anime is so good. The artstyle in it is so different but so strong. Definitely one of the best sports anime's out there, most likely manga as well
I think you should consider reading works by Naoki Urasawa. He made mangas such as Monster, 20th Century Boys, Pluto and Billy Bat.
You should totally read Beastars, its a human drama where the characters are all animals. It gets a lot of hate but its a really, really good drama about humanity.
Ew furries
It's good until the last arc where the writing just gets thrown out the window. Don't even get me started on the ending
Gunslinger Girl - It is nothing like it's first few chapters, name, and even synopsis make it out to be.
Annarasumanara - It's a Manhwa (Korean comic basically)
Himegoto - Juukyuusai no Seifuku - A story about gender and sexuality and abuse.
Shigurui - A hyper violent revenge samurai story built around a single duel.
Kokou no Hito Aka The Climber - I can't properly describe this.. But just read it, it's "about" mountain climbing.
Shimanami Tasogare (Our Dreams at Dusk) - Another story about the queer experience in Japan. A 10/10 story.
Since I’m getting a sense of what stories you enjoy in manga, I’ll recommend some that I’ve read:
-Blue Period
-Solanin
-Vinland Saga
-Monster
-20th Century Boys
-Vagabond
-Land of the Lustrous
-The Climber
I hope this helps on your manga journey and I’m excited to see what story you’ll read next
Kinda a shot in the dark, but Banana Fish is one of my favorite manga. It's very intense, but I recommend looking into it! It was written in the 80s and it really embodies that time period, I think. Also, naturally, I'd suggest you to check out Asano's other work! Particularly I would recommend Solanin. :)
Also Blood on the Tracks! Psychological horror, really fun read!
20st Century Boys / Monster
Vagabond
Vinland saga
You should check out Naoki Urasawa, any of his 4 complete seinen series are heralded as some of the best storytelling in manga, also Vagabond, Akira, and Nausicaa are great reads too
Finally a comment mentioning the source of my profile picture lol, sadly not a lot of people know about the manga although the movie is somewhat famous
@@user-un2hf9ve2j I wish more people talked about, it's in of the best manga in my opinion, the only flaw I could put on it is that it is a little dialog heavy
Saving this series for a rainy day so i’m only gonna watch the intro but I cannot wait to hear your take on Monster
I’m glad you enjoyed the story, this one tore me to shreds and took me awhile to finish bc after some chapters I’d just take a step away from the story for a bit. It’s hard to deep dive just everything in this story but I think you did great in this video exploring things.
Oyasumi punpun is literally the best piece of media I've ever consumed from beginning to end (god the end🤧). The main part I love is how far in detail the author goes with each character and the multiple developing stories which makes every single chapter enjoyable.
i still have all the volumes of goodnight punpun laying on my shelf but im not ready for it yet
Finally another manga video, been waiting for this one!
holy moly you actually finished pun pun
also that intro bit was golden 👌
I reccomend checking out A Bride's Story. It's a historical fiction manga that centers around multiple brides' stories in Central Asia in the 19th century. So far, there are 103 chapters as each new chapter is released bi-monthly.
Fair warning, the first couple of chapters may turn some readers off due to "a certain age gap in the first marriage". However, I suggest giving the first few chapters chance given the historical context around this marriage and the conflict that it brings. Hopefully, I have not discouraged you from reading A Bride's Story because of this fact.
Mori Kaoro's art in that manga is so intricate, the tribal designs were so detailed. Sad that it updates frequently.
Like you, this year was when I started really diving into Manga, and I also decided to pick up Punpun. I remember going through this thinking "Wow, that's fucked up" a few times, only for every page to make me feel like this. However, something that I thought was interesting was how it ended. Huge spoilers coming up, so if you want to read Punpun, do not read farther.
It was so interesting to me how even after all the messed up things that had happened to Punpun, he still ended up with a good life. He had a lot of trauma, had gone through something so horrific it would mess up anyone, had gone through hell in a handbasket... and yet at the end, he was in original Punpun form with his new family. To me, that is the greatest moment of the story. No matter how sad and hurt I was throughout, I still felt that light shine through all the story I read, even if it was a hell of a road to that moment.
i love punpun so much and this manga truly changed my life as i literally have a tattoo of it on my body! and i really liked your rambling about it and it is completely fine that you felt frustrated with how you couldn't go much into detail and unpack everything because it is certainly a lot.
if you need another great manga to read i would recommend these tree:
1. monster by naoki urasawa
2. my broken mariko by waka hirako
3. homunculus by hideo yamamoto
monster is very personal to me, mainly because it takes place in europe (especially germany and in the city i study in) and the story overall is breathtaking and it has so many moral and philosophical elements and social commentary, it's incredibly good and one of my favourites.
my broken mariko is only one single volume and it's heartbreaking! i have probably read it 4 times already and cried every single time. it also has queer-coded elements with the characters and it's overall really heartbreaking but also heartwarming.
lastly homunculus. this one is very tricky because i still dont quite get it actually but it still left a big impact on me. it is grotesque and gory and has very serious and disturbing elements to it but you will not be able to put it down! i actually just would like to know how you react to it and your opinion and interpretation overall because it also has very interesting philosophical questions and it goes a little into metaphysics and stuff.
that's it, thanks for the video! it was a great watch and i hope you will read more manga, since there is a lot of good stuff out there!
wow this video is so great! you are so eloquent!!
Hahaha awesome intro
I'm not going to see the video for now tho because I wann catch up with Oyasumi Punpun first
Btw, I'm glad you're falling (just like me) deeper and deeper in the manga rabbit hole now, so please let me leave a humble suggestion: _Ashita no Joe_
There are tons of masterpieces I've read and I'm deeply attached to but the ones that struck with me the most for now are Berserk (loved your video on it btw) and Ashita no Joe
I'd love to see your comments on that one
It's been like 8 or 9 years since I read this series back when I was in high school and I only recently bought the entire omnibus collection to revisit it again. Definitely one of the best things I think the medium has to offer and one of my all time favorites with vagabond and berserk. Asano is one of the authors I think who's really trying to infuse literary merit into manga and he's really effective at it. Punpun is his magnum opus thus far, but I think you see the extremely human and powerful style he has throughout his works and I think it sort of legitimizes the medium in a way that there's someone like him who takes it so seriously
Its nice to see good reccomendations in these comments. I've read most of the stuff being talked about and I totally agree
This was a great description of the story, 👍
To the point of Punpun being this creature, I still don
I feel like pun pun what what pulled me out of my depression, I read it and decided that “ I don’t want to indulge in my own misery, I don’t want to be like the characters in this series”. I feel like that’s genuinely what pulled me out of my spiral.
Truly a masterpiece, hugely influential manga for me. Loved your analysis :)
Been waiting for this one‼️‼️‼️
This was a nice suprise! I just reread Punpun last week. Happy to hear someone share some excited rambling.
My recommendations would be
Real by Takehiko Inoue
Nana by Ai Yazawa
Yotsuba&! by Kiyohiko Azuma
And also want to shout out these 2 manga that I saw other people mention:
The flowers of Evil and Solanin
Oh man, what an intro.
Unfortunately I’ll have to wait a few weeks to watch the rest because… I just ordered the entire series.
Speaking of which, If you want to buy a physical manga again, use rightstuf anime. All their mangas are discounted, and you can save a lot of money if you buy a big haul. (The reason I bought punpun just now was because there was a sale where it cost me around 120 bucks total)
For recommendations, I haven’t read too much manga, but 2 I’ve been reading and enjoying are:
-Tokyo ghoul: a fantasy series that’s really interesting so far. The world and action is really cool and I can’t wait to see where it goes.
-blue period: a drama/coming of age series about a protagonist about a character finding passion in art. I’ve read the beginning, and was immediatley captivated by it.
Now go for "takopii's original sin" for that sadness chain train
Loved this chatty video! Goodnight punpun is my absolute favorite manga and I can't wait to reread it soon.
I really love inio asano's writing.
In some way murakami's writing reminds me of his ( part of the reason why I adore murakami ).
As for recommendations here are some great mangas I've come across that you might enjoy :
1- the land of lustrous ( the art style might be difficult to get into but it's something similar to punpun but with a pinch of fantasy)
2-mob psycho 100 (again! the art style is a bit underdeveloped but the story is fantastic)
3-blood on the tracks ( fantastic artworks and story, twisted but fantastic)
Inio Asano is one of the most interesting manga artists around rn, I finished another work of his, Nishigahara Holograph, a couple weeks ago.
Definitely recommend that too.
In case you wanted to read more dark and depressing stuff I really recommend reading "Land of the Lustrous" by Ichikawa Haruko (97 chapters so far)
The way main character grows thorough the series is just so well written (especially in the context of the world he lives in)
+ the artwork, although not the type to be flashy (unlike Berserk or Punpun), really well expresses the emptiness that carries on thorough the story
Seeing what phos has become from beginning to end is just so sad...
This was a great review of one of my favorite series and you should do a part two
I’ve never seen you before but Oyasumi Punpun is my favorite manga and I’m very happy you loved it. Good luck on the reading!
My recomendations:
-Happines by Shuzo Oshimi / Number of chapters : 55 Finished
-Slam Dunk by Takehiko Inoue / Number of chapters : 278 Finished
-Real by Takehiko Inoue / Number of chapters : 93 Hiatus
I would love for you to read land of the lustrous and see what you can take from the story it’s amazing storytelling, very beautiful manga with a very very VERY unique world and main character !
As someone who has never read a manga, I found this video absolutely fascinating. I totally resonate with your comments about not understanding certain elements of the story - I've found that often, books with confusing or inscrutable elements end up living in my mind for much longer, gnawing away at my brain until I am in a place to confront or revisit them. The best fiction gives the reader questions, not answers. And I find that in revisiting a text with new eyes, I might find some answers - but always new questions as well. If reading is a dialogue, rereading is a conversation.
I don't have any manga to recommend, but I will recommend my beloved "Madame Bovary" - a conversation I keep returning to and seeing anew.
One of the best pieces of art or media I’ve ever seen as well. It’s beauty and horror are truly crushing.
Was really looking forward for this video! Really glad to see your manga journey and your excitement with your reading discoveries. People who like reading and dismiss mangas and other medias are really missing out great stories! Have you already read a book called "No Longer Human" by Osamu Dazai? It kinda remembers me of Punpun (meaning that both are really depressing lol)
Oh and also for manga recommendation: Monster by Naoki Urasawa! Couldn't recommend it enough
Piggybacking off this comment to recommend the "no longer human" manga that conveys the original story perfectly while being illustrated by junji motherfucking ito
I recommend Beastars by Paru Itagaki :) another dark human drama (with animals). And Vagabond, but I'm sure that's on your list already.
Also, I think it's interesting to read Solanin, the manga Asano wrote before Punpun. Much of Punpun is kind of an attack on that type of feel-good story that Solanin was (though it's still plenty sad, haha). The manga Sachi writes while Punpun is off on the murder roadtrip is literally Solanin--you can see it in the scene where Punpun encounters this guy talking shit about it. Asano is very metafictional in all his work, and cynical about the manga industry as a whole.
Man is getting more cultured by the day. Btw love the vids you make on manga. Very well written, informative and entertaining.
I finished this manga 2 months ago during a hard time in my life... And your AMAZING video makes me want to re-read it again, keep going dude ❤️👏
Two relatively short reads I can suggest are Goodbye Eri by Tatsuki Fujimoto and Three Days of Happiness by Miaki Sugaru. One kinda unknown one is Basara by Tamura Yumi. It’s an adventure-romance with a strong female lead and one that isn’t often discussed
1) Blame! (Just read it for the art, absolute master class in drawing, composition & architecture)
2) Aku no Hana (kind of in the same vein as PunPun)
3) Koe no Katachi (Not gonna spoil anything cuz I believe it's best enjoyed going in blind. Also has an amazing movie adaptation)
You’ll definitely LOVEEEE ‘My broken Mariko’ it’s self-contained and one of my fav mangas of all time
currently on the second volume of the series but i will definitly come back to this
when you mentioned you were gonna read Punpun in your haul video I was like "Oh god this is this dude's like 7th manga what are we doing to this poor man?"
Beastars gives a similar feeling but slightly more optimistically. It's odd that stories that can leave us hollow are remembered so fondly
FINALLY! One of the "booktubers" that recently started mangas has read my favourite series.
I'm glad you liked it that much.
Even tho it's a small and insignificant portion of the story, my favourite part, the one that resonated with me the most was when Punpun started to live alone and his days were all boring and...alone. Sad and alone with his thoughts in his apartment. The silence only broken by the...ehm sounds of his neighbours.
I don't know why, but that made me change my way of living, even tho I wasn't living a life nearly that bad
Anyway, as others have said, you'll probably like Dead Dead Demon's dededede Destruciton by Asano too
Perfect timing for this video to pop in my feed since I finished reading Punpun yesterday. I’m actually really disappointed I didn’t like it seeing as it’s so highly praised, but I’m glad I finally read it, and it’s nice seeing the perspective of someone who enjoyed it. Plus now I don’t have to get the expensive omnibus editions. I think I might have actually liked it more if I had read it when I was a depressed teenager, lol. There’s a manga called Onani Master Kurosawa that’s pretty similar to PunPun, I used to love it but upon rereading recently it I realized while I still like it, it didn’t really hit the same. Maybe I’ve just grown out of it lol. Idk.
As for recommendations; I know you’re going to choose the most popular ones but I still want to give my personal picks. Fullmetal Alchemist is my highest, the story and characters are amazing. It’s about two brothers performing an alchemy experiment to bring back their dead mother, but it goes wrong and they lose their limbs/bodies in the process. The main plot is focused on them trying to get their original bodies back. I haven’t actually read the manga yet but the anime is phenomenal (Brotherhood, which follows the manga) so I just have to recommend this absolute classic.
Another one is Death Note. I’m really shocked hardly anyone recommended this, esp in your first manga video. It’s an amazing psychological thriller and a must read/watch. I recently picked up the beautiful Black Editions and will be reading it for the first time after being a fan of the anime for 10 yrs (I’m late, I know.) Personally I’d say it should be anyone’s first manga/anime but I’m a little biased.
Also I’ve not seen anyone say Mob Psycho 100 yet, the art is a bit mediocre at times but it’s kind of charming and it has a great story and characters. It’s about a kid with psychic powers working for a con artist who pretends to have them. It’s funny at times but can also be heart wrenching, I suggest giving it a try.
If you’re into horror definitely check out Junji Ito. Uzumaki is my favourite work of his but most of them are amazing tbh.
If you’re looking for shorter manga, the single volume All You Need is Kill is great if you love scifi and time loop stories. Takopii’s Original Sin is one similar to Punpun, fair warning though it made me cry. Look Back is also great, even if you didn’t enjoy Chainsaw Man, Fujimoto just has that great ability to create gut-punching stories.
These manga videos are super fun to watch, it’s interesting seeing a newcomer’s perspective. Keep it up :)
P.S Have you watched any anime?
PPS. You may not need it since you haven’t read much manga yet, but the site MyAnimeList is good for keeping track of manga you’ve read or want to read. Don’t be fooled by the name, it has a dedicated manga section too.
Sorry for the absurdly long comment lol
I literally finished this series a couple of days ago. People say this series is depressing and I think the process of reading can be. It pretty much reminds you of every painful memory you hold, at least it did for me. The story spirals into absurdity to the point where I felt like the last two volumes were almost completely allegorical, so whatever you take from it, is what it is I guess. When I finished it I felt some kind of new appreciation for life.
It was a beautiful (dark) story, I fully agree. I'd recommend '''The man without talent'' - by Yoshiharu Tsuge, it's a stand-alone and the title spoke to me. It's about a middle-aged man/dreamer with a family, and he loses his drive for his passion and consequently takes on entrepreneurship of self-made jobs that make zero sense.
we all aren’t
peace mate! love your deep dives into manga, that's how I stumbled upon you in the first place. hopefully you'll go on and try out new stuff, it's a great journey to witness!
personal favorites to try out include dorohedoro (chef's kiss worldbuilding & complete), green blood (manga western w/ beautiful brutality), assassination classroom (the most insane japano-esque manga imo, spoilers: you're gonna cry regardless) or if you're a fan of spirally horror, I recommend anything by junji ito (like uzumaki)
GL&HF!
edit: sorry that this comment ain't so much specifically bout pun pun, still keep up the great work!
Yooooo i love your video soooo much!!!!!! There's nothing like punpun out there, still one of if not THE best manga I've ever read.
Maybe my circumstances make me bias towards it because i read this when my parents divorced without telling me anything, and when i told my ex about it she just brush it off. I decided to read this because the MC looks cute and i need something to distract myself. oooh boy how wrong i am.
This manga made me dig a deeper hole towards depression to the point of i need to stop reading midway for a week and recollect to stop myself doing anything stupid because i can relate to some of the story beats. But at the same time, this manga gave me strength to come out of that hole i dug myself, and saved me from depression.
The other thing i want to mention is i disagree about punpun living is a happy ending. The way i see it, the last thing punpun wants is keep on living, but because from the starts punpun keep shaping himself from his surroundings, in the end he form himself by his people around him wanted him to keep on living. Being dead is the only thing that can give him solace and peace. He keeps on living is a torture, eternal hell, not the happy ending it seems to be. But hey at least that's how i feel and it's good to see someone with different opinions.
I hope you read this comments haha 😂
Oyasumi Punpun is one of my favorite stories ever told but I very rarely recommend it to people considering how depressing it can get
I would recommend Solanin, also by Inio Asano. I personally liked Solanin more than PunPun, as I felt that I resonated more with the characters and overall story of it. Regardless of that, it’s an amazing read. A very touching and meaningful story with Asano’s signature amazing artwork, I highly highly recommend it to anyone, especially if you’re in your early-mid twenties.
First off, GREAT VIDEO. I love your points and i can’t wait to see you dive deeper into it at a later date.
Judging from the comments and your taste and videos recently here’s a list combining the two along with my reccomendations:
1.) GTO- Your current choice right now and honestly a superb one, you’ll enjoy this a lot
2.) Urasawa Work: (Monster/20th Century Boys)- Urasawa’s mystery/thriller writing is master class, theres an argument to be had for it being close to the best. The main antagonist, Johan in Monster, is compared to Griffith along with others as the best antagonist’s in manga. 20th Century boys has the same level of depth but in a grander scale and I personally like Monster as a story more, but 20th Century Boys for Friend.
3.) Vagabond- This is to completely the trifecta of “The classic sadboy seinen of Berserk/Vagabond/Punpun” The art alone is what makes this great but thematically it’s an excellent read too
4.) Vinland Saga- Great twist on a manga right now. I won’t say too much about it because it’s ongoing, but it’s absolety stellar with the art as well. Great characters, with great arc, and great storytelling. Definitely pick this up.
Thanks to everyone for the reccomendations. I definitely got some from your comments and I hope you all have good reads and a good life ahead.
Adding another rec you may like: Mushishi. Its also does a lot of exploration of human nature and the like but through the lens of JPN style folklore. If you're open to it there is a wonderful 26 ep anime adaption you can try as well.
Anyway recalling your first manga vid and the Beserk one and it just reinforces why I alway try to get an idea of the type of shows or books or genre someone is into when they come to me looking for anime or manga recs. You're taste are clearly most suited towards seinin based materal and I'm glad the intial dive through shounen didn't discourage your exploration of JPN comics!
I recommend Monster, which is by Naoki Urasawa, the same author as 20th century boys, and Death Note, which is a less complex, non-battle battle shonen (the characters have mind battles instead of actual fights). Edit: Vinland Saga as well
Death Note definitely has my curiosity so that may be one soon
@@colorlesswonderland glad to hear that, it’s not too long but it’s a very fun ride.
I think you should read land of the lustrous!
It’s a nice contrast from the realistic goodnight pun pun and berserk art style, and it’s a shorter read
I need you to read Vagabond. There's something magical about it that's just stuck with me for years and who doesn't love a badass samurai?
I'm honored to see you took my recommendation! Super proud of you for going through one of literature's most emotional coasters!
Also, what's funny is you pronounced Aiko perfectly every time, but Punpun is pronounced "Poon poon."
I'm writing a 4000 word essay for school comparing how Oyasumi Punpun and Catcher in the Rye explore Loss of Innocence and Adulthood through their protagonists. My draft is due tomorrow and I've been struggling to work on it, but your video has given me a burst of motivation.
I just started reading this series (Its okay I dont mind spoilers) and I was just so invested in the first volume. I was so confused and out load so many times said “wtf” because of the portrayal of adults.
My recommendations are a bit varied but I think everyone should give them a shot.
1. Bakuman - Same creators as death note about two boys who become manga creators in shonen jump. Every arc is their struggle in the industry to tackle a different series. Its a FANTASTIC way to show how hard writing for the medium actually is.
2. Vinland Saga - The obvious pick. I read this series alot this year and it became my favorite over time. Great depiction of both historical fiction, the use of the theme of war and overall another unbelievable coming of age story that isn’t afraid to take risks in order to tell the story.
3. Silent Voice - shortest series out of the three and the most grounded in reality. Coming of age story again about a deaf girl and the boy that used to be her bully. Great visuals really highlight the way the main character views the world and the people around him. Very relatable especially to those that aren’t too out going or think the best of people.
I knew you'd enjoy it! My favorite manga ever besides maybe Monster, great video!
I loved the intro
I had a mini panic attack reading the last part, I was so invested in the story. Punpun's dream was depressing as fuck, I cried like a little girl, Aiko deserved better.
Even though Punpun's adulthood was shown kinda bleak, my favourite part of the manga was the relationships he made when he grown up, not only because I feel like I've met those kind of people in real life, but also I personally can relate the way he interacts with them and how those relationships goes through hardships and despite that, they stay alive
Your not alone pun pun
Ok, I just literally finished reading this right now, and let me tell you if you're suffering from depression thinking about suicide don't you matter this story was hard to put down all the facial expressions all the heart that went into this is what I needed to think positively about my life it's always hard but those days will pass I connected with pun pun alot in this story from his obsession with his childhood love something that hit me right in the feels cause I too suffer(ed) from that it sucks that some people you love will move on and have lives meanwhile your stuck in the past and thinking of what if ands or buts I've been thinking like that for a long time but I think this great manga helped me out this is a read for letting things go and speak up to the ones you love tell them how you feel hug your loves one's because like the shooting stars that they see as kids will fade like you and me this is a eye opener thanks to the author some people might not like this story but for the struggling this is a way to think of how life really is beautiful and that things go on weather you deal with your problems or don't if
And to whoever is reading this, you're NEVER ALONE. THERE IS HELP AND PEOPLE OUT THERE THAT CARE ABOUT YOU. DONT BE A SHUT IN !!! I HOPE YOU FIND WHAT YOUR LOOKING FOR IN LIFE AND FIND PEOPLE TO CARE ABOUT
SORRY FOR THE LONG COMMENT BUT THANK YOU PUN PUN AND SWEET DREAMS AIKO
I'm going to buy these just because it's so good I have to own them what a ride
The first time I read Punpun when I was 15 years old. It's been 5 years now, I re-read the story once a year. And each time reading it like a new psychological experience. You know, this is a backstory that what we get out of it depends on our soul, age, enlightenment and maturity.
"Skip and Loafer" is great story about empathy, understanding and the character reactions to ones own feelings!
Also much, much lighter story compared to Punpun loll
I was just going to comment Skip and Loafer as well!! I love how the story tends to subvert popular tropes and just tugs at the heartstrings!
Aww hell yeah! I didn't expect to see some skip and loafer recommendations
It's so pureee. The new chapter getting kinda interesting tho
You should definitely read Monster by Naoki Urasawa.This manga make me look at people in a different way.
THANK YOU!
I really appreciate your content.
I started my manga journey just as you did for the most part. I got Kaiju 8, Dorohedoro, Blame, Vinland Saga, and MadK.
I found you by searching for reviews on Kaiju #8 just a week after reading it.
It is an ok Manga, but I knew there had to be deeper and more meaningful stories out there.
I have spoiled this story for myself through TH-cam.
But I'm purchasing the physical manga ASAP!
I can't express in adequate term's, but I feel so much love for PunPun. The dude just wanted to make everyone happy.
Until it broke him.
The author brings to light the reality that most people don't want to address. Lots of people do have to live with depression and poor mental health. The story is brave and bold. I worry that I may bre slightly obsessed for the moment haha
Brotato.....
I almost forgot 🤦♂️
My suggestions.......
Vinland Sage, Vagabond, or maybe Fire Punch.
The Acting at the start of the video is a masterpiece