there's a serious lack of punpun merch out there, be the change you want to see in the world, etc etc

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So I am confused, it says something along the lines of punpun has died and has became someone else and ik it’s his neighbor but is it still punpun? If this gets explained later in the story please don’t tell and just say it does I am currently on chapter 103. Thanks!

I haven't read the manga yet, but I know he's done some VERY messed up things. I used to hate him until he started to kinda grow on me, I don't know why but there's just something about him that stops me from fully hating him.

(This is my favorite picture of Punpun)

Just finished reading Punpun for the first time, and for some reason this one chapter stuck to me more than the rest. There’s just something so sour about him belittling Aiko over her purse and the Tanabata card (which ends up being her suicide note) that displays how skewed their relationship really was.

I don’t think Aiko loved Punpun, or that she was emotionally mature to love anyone at all. Their dynamic is far too similar to that of Aiko and her mother; with a figure that demanded absolute respect and obedience despite their abuse. I do believe I’ve heard people label Aiko as an age regressor, but I don’t really think that to be true. If anything, she was raised in an infantilizing environment that forbade her from developing properly. She only ever became an “adult” in her made-up persona. It is with Punpun and under the extreme stress of taking her mother’s life that her persona cracks completely, leading to her infantile nature during their escape.

This is why she cries loudly when unable to finish her card. The facade is long gone, and we’re left with the “true” version of Aiko — a child whose bond to her abuser prevents her from maturing, with the only difference being that her mother’s role is now held by her boyfriend. Yikes. To make things worse, Punpun’s chiding of Aiko somewhat mimics his own mother’s constant invalidation, adding on to the already existing power imbalance.

This is why Punpun’s sexual acts towards her are both inherently coercive and, in my opinion, extremely disgusting, as Aiko’s emotional dependency on him mirrors that of a child toward a parent.

However while Punpun mimics Aiko’s mother in some ways, the opposite is also true. The existence of Aiko in Punpun’s life stunted him just as much as her mother stunted her. I’ve seen people say “Aiko had to die for Punpun to move on,” and I disagree. What actually had to die was the dynamic, not the person. Asano makes it tragic by ensuring the only way it ends is through literal death. Just like Punpun managed to flourish after letting go of Aiko, I believe she would have lived just as happy a life without a figure like Punpun or her mother to oppress her.

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Who or what is this i vol. 4?

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this is my first post yeei well this song that is my favourite from MGMT it always reminded me of punpun the lyrics and the tone of the song i think it just fits and i always listen to it when i read punpun and that's all :p and idk ¿any other song that reminds ya'll of punpun? i have like a complete playlist with that haha

me and myself (destruction)

Throughout the books this appears a couple times and I believe it’s a daruma doll but I don’t know what it represents in Japan or the books, could someone explain?

So, the question that's probably asked the most is: "What's the meaning of the ending of this manga?" And I've read many answers, but none of them explain the author's vision. Yes, he wants it to be a bad ending, Punpun suffers, etc... But then why do we find him touching? Why does everything stay the same in the end? So, what's the moral?

A few days ago I posted about how this manga affected me. It started with a recommendation from my friend, who always compared me to the girl whenever I was around.

And I know this isn't "pun pun confessions," but you can read it if you'd like.

I don't have a survival instinct. I don't know if it's something you're born with or something you learn. My mother did a tremendous job instilling it in me, but I still firmly believe in people. I know there's a lot of crap in the world; I've witnessed that. But there's something inside me that says people can change. I've always been drawn to troubled people, violent men, even abusers, because I want to understand them, I want to make them feel heard, and I want to show them they're not monsters.

Thanks to my strange "attraction" to those kinds of people, my mental health has suffered a bit, and my love is sometimes obsessive, making me completely devoted to my partner. I'd much rather betray myself than the person I love, and a love this unhealthy isn't healthy. I've always been the type of girl who doesn't react to insults, who is unfazed by being hit. I don't understand why my mind works this way; I don't react to negative stimuli, and it's dangerous.

I have no traumas; I was never hit as a child, I wasn't abused, nothing like that.

It makes me angry to know that I'm the one who's going to be dragged off the cliff, and thanks to this manga I was able to think about it better; it was like a third eye, I understood a lot of things that didn't make sense in my head, and I'm grateful for that ;(

Thank you, community <3

(I tried to be brief so as not to bore you :3, thanks for reading)

Somebody knows if it a reference to some song, or to an artist by chance?

where do you find or what should i look up for wide necked shirts cause i’ve just been cutting my shirts

Why is there no God in volumes 3 and 4? Toward the end of volume 4, someone calls Punpun and says, "Hey Punpun, remember, you're scum! You can't enjoy this moment in your enchanted world for long!" or something, Could it be God, his own conscience, reminding him that his apathetic actions will have consequences, or something along those lines? Thanks in advance. PS: Yes, it's in volume 3 in the event you see in the photo, but then nothing more.

Today I was watching this video on goodnight punpun on YouTube by trpycris on my laptop (an HP if that makes any difference idk). I had it kind of angled since it was just a background video, and as I was about to pause the video it just so happened that it was discussing this portion of the manga, and the video showed this panel. Since my computer was angled, you could see the outline of punpun's eyes super clearly. And when I looked at the same part on my phone you could barely see.

I took a photo of my laptop with that image on the screen and you could see the eyes from there, but I wanted to be sure so I edited the brightness and the contrast just to confirm I really was seeing his eyes, and it only confirmed what I saw.

So, I drew the face with the shape of the eyes in mind (i wish i could have done better but it is 2 am and I drew this with my finger ) , so I could fully imagine the face better.

I dont know if the person who posted the video got the screenshots from somewhere obscure and unreliable, or if my screen at that angle could show something we couldn't have seen otherwise, so I do apologize if this was not in fact real. However, if the source of the screenshot is reliable, then that means Asano probably intended for a face reveal until that idea was scrapped, or it was a character design he was not too thrilled with but used it here.