Goodnight Punpun Omnibus, Vol. 2

Goodnight Punpun Omnibus #2

by Inio Asano

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 to go far away with his true love. He wants to find some porn. But Punpun's life is about to unravel...

Genres: Manga, Comics, Graphic Novels, Fiction, Coming Of Age, Drama, Slice Of Life

424 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 2007

About the author

Inio Asano (浅野いにお, Asano Inio) is a Japanese cartoonist. He is known for his character-driven stories and his detailed art-style, making him one of the most influential manga author of his generation.
Asano was born in 1980 and produced his first amateur comics as a teenager. His professional debut happened in 2000 in the pages of the magazine Big Comic Spirits. Since then, he has collaborated with most of the major Japanese magazines of seinen manga (comics for a mature audience). Among Asano's internationally acclaimed works are: the psychological horror Nijigahara Holograph (2003-2005); the drama Solanin (2005-2006); the existentialistic slice-of-life Goodnight Punpun (2007-2013); the erotic A Girl on the Shore (2009-2013); the sci-fi Dead Dead Demon's Dededede Destruction (2014-2022).

Reviews

[Miranda · Rating 3 out of 5]

Man, everyone in this series needs some antidepressants and major therapy.

[daph pink ♡ · Rating 2 out of 5]

I don't know about dark?? But this manga is boring.

Edit :- it's been 4 months now and i can't seem to forgot this series i think i might give it another chance.

[H · Rating 2 out of 5]

"Beastiality or necrophilia, which would you rather do?"

Everyone in this manga needs therapy. Or any mental aid, anything will help at this point. WHO ASKS THAT? ESPECIALLY AT LIKE 12 YEARS OLD?? I swear to god, there is not one sane person in this manga.

"If I were a man, I'd bend her over and slip it to her good!"

Is that supposed to be a compliment?? Especially to someone you barely know?? Do people take that as compliments?? Please tell me no.

"...Or even let me see, you know, inside her underwear."

WHY IS THE END GOAL ALWAYS SEX OMFG. WHY DOES EVERYONE THINK HAVING SEX MEANS YOU GUYS ARE GOING TO BE TOGETHER FOREVER. AND THAT THE FIRST THING YOU DO WITH A GIRLFRIEND IS FUCK HER. ON TOP OF THAT YOU'RE LIKE 12, WHY ARE YOU THINKING OF THIS. God, I'm so done with PunPun, he's so desperate to fuck Aiko but he doesn't do shit, honestly if you're going to be like that just forget about her, it's been two fucking years and you couldn't even look at her, just forget it.

"If I win... then Aiko is mine for life!"

Yaguchi, this guy is a literal angel compared to the other people in this manga. One of the only sane and likeable characters other than Seki. Honestly he's way too good for Aiko and he deserves so much better. BUT AIKO DOESN'T REALIZE SHE WON WHEN SHE DATED HIM, she's getting mad at him for being in the tournament but he's literally competing for her. He has a serious injury but he's competing for her. On top of that he said he'd drop everything for her, BUT NOOOO THAT'S NOT ENOUGH, AIKO WANTS A BOYFRIEND TO LOCK UP IN HER BASEMENT.

"That pale skin looked like it would crumble at a touch... and produced in me a chemical reaction."

Yuichi, you disgusting fuck. God I have lost all patience for this man, YOU WERE 28 FUCKING YEARS OLD, AND SHE WAS A 16 YEAR OLD MINOR. THAT'S NOT OKAY. AND THEN YOU MAKE OUT WITH HER AND ONLY STOP WHEN YOUR HANDS ARE UP HER ASS, AND YOU REALIZE SHE'S WET??? So if she wasn't, you would have continued??? Because that makes it so much better, of course of course.
And then we have the Killing Stalking scene, girl is literally watching through the closet as he fucks his girlfriend. Honestly, I felt so bad for the girlfriend, she wasted so many years of her life with stupid ass Yuichi who only likes underage kids. And then on top of that everyone's calling her ugly? Leave her alone, compared to some of the other psychotic horror looking characters she's gorgeous.
AND THEN IT HAPPENS WITH MIDORI WHO'S 8 YEARS YOUNGER THAN HIM. At least she isn't a minor, but I'm questioning her sanity with her falling in love with an old bald pedophile. You hung out with him twice, and that was enough to cancel out his past??? Alright sweetie. She's wasting her life, hanging out with Yuichi. The only reason he doesn't commit suicide everyday is because he wants to touch young girls. That is literally his one and only will to live. And when he gets tired of them and kills himself, you'll have to start all over again and find a new boyfriend. Because Yuichi can't commit to anything, but will do shit like propose anyways.

Nobody in this manga can commit to anything and they don't try in the slightest, but then they're all so desperate. I think the only course of action for them here is for them to rot in their rooms until they die, or to get therapy. Serious therapy.

[Alan · Rating 4 out of 5]

The second volume ramped everything up. There is a lot of depression and a dash of blatant nihilism. Of course, you may be able to put a lot of it down to misguided first loves and hormones, but I am not sure if that covers it all. Regardless, what a gripping narrative that is oh so familiar for so many. What a unique way to tell the story. I need to keep thinking about this...

[Kesa · Rating 3 out of 5]

I like Punpun's God.

[Ariana ⁺˚⋆｡ · Rating 3 out of 5]

Dear God everybody in this book needs therapy （*゜ー゜*）

[Phu · Rating 5 out of 5]

Sau những sự kiện vừa buồn cười vừa đau thương của Vol.1, Vol.2 với bối cảnh cậu bé Punpun đã trở thành học sinh cấp hai.
Mình hoàn toàn hài lòng với mọi thứ đang phát triển (dù moi-thứ- thật-tồi-tệ). Mình hoàn toàn thích Seki, nhìn thấy cặp đôi Seki và Shimizu cưng thật sự và mình muốn biết thêm về họ.

Mình cũng hoàn toàn nhận thấy độ "dark" của câu chuyện bắt đầu tăng dần, những khía cạnh tình yêu và dục vọng của nhân vật bắt đầu thể hiện rõ. Nhân vật người chú Yuuichi mang đến cho mình một cảm giác nặng nề, câu chuyện của Yuuichi thật ngột ngạt.
Mối quan hệ giữa Punpun và Aiko thật khó xử, đứng trước giữa những lựa chọn khó xử như thế thì đâu mới là giải lựa chọn đúng? Làm thế nào để ta tìm được một người sẳn sàng từ bỏ mọi thứ để yêu mỗi ta? Làm thế nào để sống?



Vị thần mà họ gọi là "Chúa" có thật sự tồn tại không? Sao "Chúa" không giúp đỡ họ đưa ra một biện pháp? Con người đôi khi thật khó hiểu và tàn nhẫn. Thật đau lòng.

[Nikki in Niagara · Rating 4 out of 5]

This is difficult for me to really discuss, as the book really makes my mind spin. It's dark, vulgar and trippy. Punpun's story continues and by the book's end, he is high school age. He goes through normal events for this age of teen boys but he suffers extreme depression, talks to an imaginary head he calls "God" and is generally doom and gloom about everything. This volume has a side story telling the background of his uncle, how he starts dating again and the woman moves in with them. Punpun's uncle is a major depressive and his past with women is totally whacked out. I still find it very hard to identify with these characters (Punpun and his family) simply because they are drawn as bird-like stick figures. The sex scenes are plain creepy. However, I find the whole story so dark and deep, it is utterly compelling... go figure. The volume ends with a life or death situation and I cannot help but continue to read on.

[Maria · Rating 5 out of 5]

BLOWN AWAY. WOW this is super DARK and mature. I love all the characters so much (YAGUCHI!!! YUICHI!!), their misfortunes made me cry like a baby. Inio Asano is a genius. 100/10.

[Whitney Jamimah · Rating 5 out of 5]

Oh Punpun, I haven’t wanted to just hug and love a character this much since Jude St. Francis in A Little Life. I just want this boy to speak up for himself and find happiness. I was hoping as Punpun got a little older things would get better but they’ve definitely got worse and I have a sad feeling that we’re on this train for the long haul. What hurts my heart more than anything is there are real people who suffer like Punpun does that aren’t just manga characters. I wish happiness and peace to anyone reading my review who needs it.

Punpun had got me all emotional today.

[Shannon · Rating 3 out of 5]

I feel like I'm missing something.

I kept seeing this on so many lists about how dark and serious and depressing it is and I'm like ... it's just a boring drama with a lot of people that kinda suck? I don't even find it that sad tbh.

This also probably only bothers me, but I hate this girl on a visceral level:



I don't even remember her name and she never speaks but she's always drawn in the same pose with the same expression. Whenever I see her in the background it just fills me with rage for some reason.

I also hate the kid with snot always coming out of his nose and his stupid grin. And the friend of the uncle who shows his teeth and doesn't say anything but waves his hand back and forth. Some of the facial expressions and character designs in this are just really unappealing and annoying.

That being said ... I obviously keep reading so there must be something here that's bringing me back. Or maybe I'm hoping this will take a turn and actually get really dark and depressing.

2.5

[Mon · Rating 3 out of 5]

Empiezo a tomarle cariño a la historia. Me cuesta tomarle cariño al protagonista porque tengo cierto spoiler que me lo impide, pero hasta el momento no me cae mal.

[Plagued by Visions · Rating 4 out of 5]

The first volume felt a bit disjointed in terms of what the story would become, or what it was attempting to do, but in this volume, the themes and overall tone have begun to gel, and the form the story is taking is equal times monstrous as it is touching. This is a dissonant set of moods and experimental storytelling that somehow works cohesively, and I’m really looking forward to seeing what comes next!

[akacya ❦ · Rating 4 out of 5]

2025 reads: 205/300

this is the second volume of the goodnight punpun omnibuses.

a lot has changed for punpun. he used to be an average kid, but now, his parents are divorced, his love wants to kill him, and “God” is being mean to him and telling him to do bad things.

i read the first volume over a year ago, but as this is a story that is hard to forget, i had no problem jumping right back into punpun’s life. punpun, unfortunately, continues to struggle with mental illness. definitely depression, but with some of the comments from “God,” i wondered if it might be OCD as well. i thought these were represented in a way that could be realistic to many people, while still staying consistent with how punpun’s story is portrayed through the visual format. in this volume, we also got a lot more of his uncle’s backstory, which was pretty interesting, but made me skeptical. i hope we can continue to explore that in future volumes.

[Ester · Rating 3 out of 5]

Empiezan los problemas 🫣

[Michelle · Rating 3 out of 5]

Actual rating: 3.5 stars

Man, I want to like this title more than I do. I usually don't mind stories that are bleak and depressing, but Asano takes it to a whole 'nother level. I'm no prude, but the side-story about Punpun's uncle made me so uncomfortable I could hardly stand it (no wonder the guy is so depressed).

I did like this more than the first volume and the ending left me intrigued enough to want to read on, but this is seriously so messed and discomfiting - even just the way the (human characters) are drawn is skeevy and makes me uneasy (the homeroom teacher in particular creeps me out). I get that that's the point and that a good book/comic isn't measured by how comfortable a reader feels while reading it, but wow. I see the greatness here, but I can't say I'm enjoying the ride.

[KillerBunny · Rating 5 out of 5]

Reread, even better than the first one. The uncle story always hit like a brick.

[ari · Rating 4 out of 5]

im so overwhelmed and sad. every single character in this series needs professional help

[Angie Ospino · Rating 5 out of 5]

"𝘚𝘢𝘣𝘦𝘴 𝘲𝘶𝘦 𝘤𝘳𝘦𝘰, ¿𝘗𝘶𝘯𝘱𝘶𝘯? 𝘓𝘢 𝘴𝘰𝘭𝘦𝘥𝘢𝘥 𝘦𝘴 𝘱𝘢𝘳𝘵𝘦 𝘥𝘦 𝘭𝘢 𝘷𝘪𝘥𝘢 𝘥𝘦𝘴𝘥𝘦 𝘦𝘭 𝘱𝘳𝘪𝘯𝘤𝘪𝘱𝘪𝘰 𝘥𝘦 𝘭𝘢 𝘩𝘶𝘮𝘢𝘯𝘪𝘥𝘢𝘥, 𝘯𝘶𝘯𝘤𝘢 𝘱𝘰𝘥𝘳á𝘴 𝘥𝘦𝘴𝘩𝘢𝘤𝘦𝘳𝘵𝘦 𝘥𝘦 𝘦𝘭𝘭𝘢. 𝘠 𝘯𝘰 𝘪𝘮𝘱𝘰𝘳𝘵𝘢 𝘭𝘰 𝘮𝘶𝘤𝘩𝘰 𝗊𝗎𝖾 𝘭𝘢𝘴 𝘱𝘦𝘳𝘴𝘰𝘯𝘢𝘴 𝘭𝘰 𝘪𝘯𝘵𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘦𝘯, 𝘴𝘦 𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘪𝘳𝘢𝘯 𝘭𝘰𝘴 𝘶𝘯𝘰𝘴 𝘤𝘰𝘯 𝘭𝘰𝘴 𝘰𝘵𝘳𝘰𝘴, 𝘯𝘶𝘯𝘤𝘢 𝘴𝘦 𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘦𝘯𝘥𝘦𝘳á𝘯 𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘱𝘭𝘦𝘵𝘢𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘦. 𝘌𝘯𝘵𝘰𝘯𝘤𝘦𝘴, ¿𝘦𝘯 𝘲𝘶𝘦 𝘴𝘦 𝘴𝘶𝘱𝘰𝘯𝘦 𝘲𝘶𝘦 𝘤𝘳𝘦𝘦𝘯?"

Este segundo volumen me ha gustado muchísimo más que el primero.

[Nastassja Riemermann · Rating 3 out of 5]

As with the first volume of this series, I'm really not sure what I think of the book. It's very dark, which isn't a problem for me, but if nothing else I'm constantly feeling like on some level I'm not really understanding what I'm reading...

Unrelated to my rating, I can't get over how distracting (and not in a good way) Mama Onodera's "breasts" are. Sometimes I try to think if them as being wings to make myself less annoyed by them.

[maria · Rating 4 out of 5]

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After reading Goodnight Punpun Vol.1 a little while ago, I knew this was a story that I wanted to continue reading. It's weird and strange and perfect for my reading tastes. Bring on volume 3!

[faustyna。 (lekkidramat) · Rating 3 out of 5]

przerażająco mocno rozumiem odczucia bohaterów w pewnych momentach. ten tom zdecydowanie zachęcił mnie, by kontynuować tę serię.

[Bookbringer · Rating 1 out of 5]

Dnf at page 280.

[Maria Cecilia · Rating 3 out of 5]

Sei lá, eu odeio homens

[Karmander · Rating 4 out of 5]

Yuichi is one of my least favorite characters in this series, so his backstory is not the most enjoyable to go through but I still really love this volume. I appreciate the emphasis on the maturing minds of punpun and his friends as he navigates the confusing world around him. I especially appreciate the exploration of faith in this series and seeing punpun struggle with his own faith and understandings of the spiritual world as he grows up is extremely relatable to me. I appreciate the view of extremely flawed humans presented in this series… it does not hold back on emphasizing the dark consequences our choices have the power to inflict on our lives.

[Jessica · Rating 3 out of 5]

I have a hard time getting through this novel because it's dark. Its a good read, but very depressing. I read some reviews, which helped me put into perspective that our main character is dealing with depression (along with some other characters in our side-story). It IS one of those books that has the potential to reach out and save someone as it shows that you're not alone. I also think that it is one of those novels that changes you---or just leaves you with thoughts long after you're finished.

[Kelly Dashiell · Rating 5 out of 5]

Oh Punpun. I just want to swaddle you.

[Olivia · Rating 5 out of 5]

just as horrible and unsettling as the first one :)

[Raissa Fabretto · Rating 4 out of 5]

4.5

A cada volume vou me envolvendo mais com a história de Punpun e querendo muito lhe dar um abraço. Um mangá cheio de sensibilidade.

[Nikola · Rating 3 out of 5]

¿La historia del tío?, sinceramente no me ha gustado ni interesado, prefiero centrarme en los desamores de Punpun ✨