Have you ever loved something, only to realize it’s a commercial flop or just obscure? What’s something that deserves more light than it got?
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Goodnight Punpun
It's a manga so if you are in the west it's already going to be obscure. It's also pretty messed up so it might not be for everyone, but if you are able to stomach it and read it, man is it amazing. It has very little anime bs that a lot of anime/manga suffer from; it's not a shonen, it's aimed at an older audience. It is very well written. The art is amazing. I could go on, but I think it's best enjoyed blind.
It's 13 volumes, but you can binge it in a day (not recommended). It has a lot of dialog so a lot more reading than most manga.
If you are not sure about the manga, read the first chapter. I think it sets the tone well for the rest of the series.
Like a lot of great things, I wish I could read the manga again for the first time.
I really enjoyed Punpun but the ending pissed me off. The way Punpun found Aiko and what was in her mouth felt like the author just ran out of ideas and wanted to go for pure shock factor. Kinda felt like a slap in the face after reading the whole thing. Everything else was really good. It just felt like one of those instances where the author wrote himself into a corner he couldn't get out of.
The visual depictions of Punpun in his extreme depressive state were exceptionally well done. I don't think I've seen a better visual depiction of that before. Finding out about Kou's mom made me tear up too. I have no idea if that's an actually accurate depiction of schizophrenia but that kid was especially tortured.
Overall I'd say 8/10 and I'll likely never read it again lol. Also Punpun and Berserk are the only 2 mangas in my local Barnes and Noble that are shrink wrapped lmao
What ?
"Manga" is the Japanese word for basically "comic". In the English speaking communities it generally refers to Japanese comics where the primary difference is that the panels are generally read right to left whereas the text inside (if it's been translated) is usually read in our typical left to right.
There's more cultural differences largely stemming from how in the West (or at least my experience here in America) comics were often considered for kids or niche nerd communities, whereas in Japan it's been more acceptable for a wider audience to read them for a longer time, but webcomics have been making the medium more accessible and thereby more acceptable for wider audiences so that stigma has been slowly being diminished.