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?
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?
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
Major punpun spoilers
Huh. I didn’t find that part odd when I read it. I just assumed it was a make shift gag. Honestly I wasn’t shocked by it much since I thought the story could only go in that direction from there. I was worried the author would give us the boring “everyone dies” ending but pleasantly surprised by what we got instead.
I personally really liked the ending.
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Her death isn’t the issue I have but the makeshift gag in her mouth. I’ve never heard of anyone gagging theirself before hanging theirself. Maybe I’m just uninformed by how people usually go about doing that. The rest of the ending I thought was fine. That whole part just felt out of place. If I was going to hang myself I wouldn’t even think of gagging myself let alone using my underwear to do so. Especially if I knew my boyfriend would immediately find me. Again I could just be uninformed.