This video was private for over a year because I felt I was too revealing about myself and my personal struggles. However, I decided that, ultimately, the video has a positive message: "I don't like where I'm heading and I want to find a better place." At the time of making this video, I was going through a truly dark time but luckily-nearly 6 years later-I have found that better place. I generally love myself and have become someone I hope those around me can be proud of. Am I super vulnerable in this video? Yeah. Do I worry people on the internet will use that against me? Maybe. Still, I think the message of this video is worth it-mostly because of where I am today. If you are struggling mentally and emotionally like I was, please give yourself some earned love and respect. Also I pronounced Punpun wrong in 2016, just like a true American, but I don't anymore. Give me a break lol
I only just found out about this manga a few days ago and finished it yesterday. I went into it knowing absolutely nothing about it. I just typed "unconventional manga" on Google because I was bored and wanted to read something different. I found a recommendations thread pointing me towards it and things went from there. For the first dozen or so chapters, I simply thought this was simply a goofy story about a little bird kid's life with a bunch of black humor. As the story progressed however, and as Punpun got older, I found myself relating to him (and his uncle) more and more than I'd like to admit. As the manga started to transition into its second half I could finally see what this story was about. The way Punpun's mental state began to deteriorate and warp into many different forms is done fantastically. The way the story describes his depression, his feelings of worthlessness, and his suicidal thoughts really struck a chord with me. And the fact that he was a crudely drawn bird caricature that stuck out in a world of realistic looking and marvelously detailed humans somehow added to the feel of the story rather than detract from it. I guess it was because it was easier to put myself into his shoes that way. Oyasumi Punpun definitely took me off-guard, and I'm glad to have found out about this manga the way I did. Because the impact it left on me probably would have been lessened if I had even an inkling of what this story was going to be about right from the get go.
Punpun is...truly special...god, I'm getting emotional just writing that, great video, I've been looking for someone that touches on this manga like you did, my experience was pretty much a copy+paste, thanks
It's my THE most favourite manga of all time. It's not the best thing to say but even though Punpun's life is so much worse I've found him so relatable at times. It has some the most real and human characters in any fiction I've read. Truly a masterpiece.
Punpun's story is very difficult to relate to and, frankly, it's the kind of story that puts salt in your wounds. Even though I can't relate to it as much these days, I still really appreciate it
I just finished this. How raw and real and relatable the characters are stunned me, the artwork was mesmerizing, and it consistently made me face my own demons that I've been running from. Just so beautiful.
I found this manga when I was in a very bleak place in my own life. It was in the tail end of the pandnemic, i think. Around the end of 2021 when I started reading the manga. I found it by pure chance, having seen an amv using the song "my time" by bo en. I was prepared for a painful experience. Anything that could make me feel something in that haze of grey deplression i was spirriling in. What i really got was another thing entirely. When thinking of a painful, powerful moment it comes like a gutpunch. Something that strikes a chord, so to speak. Punpun's moments were not like that. Punpun's moments were more like the slow, agonising twist of a knife, and I could only stand there helpless as the story bled out in front of me. This feeling hit its peak for me in the triangle phase. The manga always has a penchant for reflecting the worst parts of yourself but seeing punpun just meander through life with no purpose scared me, scared me because I was existing like that and it was so awful just seeing that reflected on the pages of the manga. The neat thing about punpun is, with all the detail and care put into the art it kind of forces you to take it in. Having triangular punpun in all his simplistic glory juxtaposed against these really captured the feeling of feeling like a stagnant passenger while life just moves on without you and I hated it. I hated it so much. The manga was always really beautiful, whether in writing or in art, despite how miserable it got. Even when it kept getting darker, none of the pages lost their sheen, the characters were still people, flawed majorly fucked up people but people nevertheless, and the art still had this beautiful kind of fragile sense of care engraved into it and it was these moments that kept me going back to see the end even if it left a pit in my stomach. It clicked, i think for me, when, towards near the end of the manga, a character talks about how mundane and ultimately pointless a whole outing was. But also said, that he would take these pointless outings and moments anyway. And it clicked for me that yeah. Life is a series of ultimately pointless events most of the time, and it can be painful. But its worth going through life to cherish these little moments of happiness and mundanity and just life. You dont need to have some kind of grand purpose. There is none. Living is a painful affair, but the manga made me crave it anyway. Its been a year since then. Things have improved. Sometimes it still hurts. Sometimes my chest threathens to burst under the weight of whatever im feeling. But im alive. I can feel. I am no longer an empty polygon meandering through life. Great video, the intro scene paired with motion picture soundtrack did things to my emotions ;-;
You did a very good job in explaining the greatness of Oyasumi Punpun. It really is a powerfull story. As you said it teaches, warns and amazes the reader at the same time and still manages to be quite realistic. Great video! Nicely done, keep it up my dude
Very insightful and fascinating video. I like how you managed to admit your own problems and related them to this manga, even if I wasn't actually looking at the video to avoid spoilers since I never read the manga.
It's never too late to grow and learn. That's one thing that I had to learn. I wronged a ton of people throughout my teens and burned literally dozens of bridges because I was so incredibly toxic. Sometimes you gotta take what you can from the experience and move on.
Oyasumi punpun is just... Painful. I read a bit every few months but - i can't read it all the way through because it feels like emotional self flagellation at times.
Radiohead is a good choice for such a manga as Punpun. Especially Motion Picture Soundtrack. Captures the melancholy beauty and essence of Punpun perfectly.
I just finished this manga, after reading it over two nights. I share your views on what Oyasumi Punpun made me feel and think on things that have happened in my life, and I things still feel and deal with. Personally I liked that the story didn't really have a silver lining, the ending did kind of leave me wanting more, even if it did not continue in its negative themes (though I suppose I always feel like that when it comes to things I've enjoyed.) It was a great tragedy, I feel the second half of Oyasumi Punpun will stick with me for a long time.
I was also in a dark place but i got out of it now. I still sometimes tend to almost go back but I try my best not to. The thing is as a manga enthusiast I wanna read this but after about 10 chapters I decided to stop as I thought it would pull me back to the dark. So I'm not sure whether I should read it or not. But what do u think
punpun is going to have LC in my country one side of me really want to get into it because i know i would love it but other side of me is scared. i've been depressed for 1-2 years now and my worst symptoms is inhedonia(happy chemical stop working so I don't feel "real" pleasure about years now) I'm scared that even if I have courage to read it I would feel absolutely nothing about it. This might seems like not a big deal and I should atleast try but you know being unable to joy things which used to make you joyful are make it so hard to try a new thing again. Sorry for dumping my feelings idk i should post it or not maybe i'll delete later. THANKS FOR YOUR GOOD CONTENTS BTW!
Ive been searching forever the song at 5:00. Its so beautiful and i cant find it anywhere. I dont know what else to do. If someone knows it please tell me! Sorry for my bad english, im Argentinian.
I tried Shazam, comments, understand the lyrics. EVERYTHING! Its so frustrating. Amazing review btw :) I also loved Punpun and related to the tragic story as well.
This video was private for over a year because I felt I was too revealing about myself and my personal struggles. However, I decided that, ultimately, the video has a positive message: "I don't like where I'm heading and I want to find a better place." At the time of making this video, I was going through a truly dark time but luckily-nearly 6 years later-I have found that better place. I generally love myself and have become someone I hope those around me can be proud of. Am I super vulnerable in this video? Yeah. Do I worry people on the internet will use that against me? Maybe. Still, I think the message of this video is worth it-mostly because of where I am today.
If you are struggling mentally and emotionally like I was, please give yourself some earned love and respect.
Also I pronounced Punpun wrong in 2016, just like a true American, but I don't anymore. Give me a break lol
it is such a good vid
Well, thank you :)
I only just found out about this manga a few days ago and finished it yesterday.
I went into it knowing absolutely nothing about it. I just typed "unconventional manga" on Google because I was bored and wanted to read something different. I found a recommendations thread pointing me towards it and things went from there.
For the first dozen or so chapters, I simply thought this was simply a goofy story about a little bird kid's life with a bunch of black humor. As the story progressed however, and as Punpun got older, I found myself relating to him (and his uncle) more and more than I'd like to admit. As the manga started to transition into its second half I could finally see what this story was about.
The way Punpun's mental state began to deteriorate and warp into many different forms is done fantastically. The way the story describes his depression, his feelings of worthlessness, and his suicidal thoughts really struck a chord with me. And the fact that he was a crudely drawn bird caricature that stuck out in a world of realistic looking and marvelously detailed humans somehow added to the feel of the story rather than detract from it. I guess it was because it was easier to put myself into his shoes that way.
Oyasumi Punpun definitely took me off-guard, and I'm glad to have found out about this manga the way I did. Because the impact it left on me probably would have been lessened if I had even an inkling of what this story was going to be about right from the get go.
thanks for sharing! I think it's important to be honest with what and who we relate to. This world needs more empathy.
Glad you enjoyed Punpun!
> Motion Picture Soundtrack
> Instant like
radiohead + punpun is big depresso
Punpun is...truly special...god, I'm getting emotional just writing that, great video, I've been looking for someone that touches on this manga like you did, my experience was pretty much a copy+paste, thanks
It's my THE most favourite manga of all time. It's not the best thing to say but even though Punpun's life is so much worse I've found him so relatable at times. It has some the most real and human characters in any fiction I've read. Truly a masterpiece.
Punpun's story is very difficult to relate to and, frankly, it's the kind of story that puts salt in your wounds. Even though I can't relate to it as much these days, I still really appreciate it
I just finished this. How raw and real and relatable the characters are stunned me, the artwork was mesmerizing, and it consistently made me face my own demons that I've been running from. Just so beautiful.
I found this manga when I was in a very bleak place in my own life.
It was in the tail end of the pandnemic, i think. Around the end of 2021 when I started reading the manga. I found it by pure chance, having seen an amv using the song "my time" by bo en.
I was prepared for a painful experience. Anything that could make me feel something in that haze of grey deplression i was spirriling in. What i really got was another thing entirely.
When thinking of a painful, powerful moment it comes like a gutpunch. Something that strikes a chord, so to speak. Punpun's moments were not like that. Punpun's moments were more like the slow, agonising twist of a knife, and I could only stand there helpless as the story bled out in front of me.
This feeling hit its peak for me in the triangle phase. The manga always has a penchant for reflecting the worst parts of yourself but seeing punpun just meander through life with no purpose scared me, scared me because I was existing like that and it was so awful just seeing that reflected on the pages of the manga.
The neat thing about punpun is, with all the detail and care put into the art it kind of forces you to take it in. Having triangular punpun in all his simplistic glory juxtaposed against these really captured the feeling of feeling like a stagnant passenger while life just moves on without you and I hated it. I hated it so much.
The manga was always really beautiful, whether in writing or in art, despite how miserable it got. Even when it kept getting darker, none of the pages lost their sheen, the characters were still people, flawed majorly fucked up people but people nevertheless, and the art still had this beautiful kind of fragile sense of care engraved into it and it was these moments that kept me going back to see the end even if it left a pit in my stomach.
It clicked, i think for me, when, towards near the end of the manga, a character talks about how mundane and ultimately pointless a whole outing was. But also said, that he would take these pointless outings and moments anyway. And it clicked for me that yeah. Life is a series of ultimately pointless events most of the time, and it can be painful. But its worth going through life to cherish these little moments of happiness and mundanity and just life. You dont need to have some kind of grand purpose. There is none. Living is a painful affair, but the manga made me crave it anyway.
Its been a year since then. Things have improved. Sometimes it still hurts. Sometimes my chest threathens to burst under the weight of whatever im feeling. But im alive. I can feel. I am no longer an empty polygon meandering through life.
Great video, the intro scene paired with motion picture soundtrack did things to my emotions ;-;
It's a shame more people haven't read this. Best seinen manga I've ever read.
You did a very good job in explaining the greatness of Oyasumi Punpun. It really is a powerfull story. As you said it teaches, warns and amazes the reader at the same time and still manages to be quite realistic. Great video! Nicely done, keep it up my dude
thanks man! I appreciate the kind words.
Punpun rhymes with spoonspoon
Very insightful and fascinating video. I like how you managed to admit your own problems and related them to this manga, even if I wasn't actually looking at the video to avoid spoilers since I never read the manga.
Glad you think so! If you ever read it, hope you enjoy it. ^^
Loved the video. I know it wasn't the focus but you concisely put into words how I too felt about NHK.
huh, that's weird. YT didn't notify me about your comment. Anyways, thanks! Glad you liked it.
Punpun made me think of my past mistakes and I've attempted to apologise to those I've been negative to.
It's never too late to grow and learn. That's one thing that I had to learn. I wronged a ton of people throughout my teens and burned literally dozens of bridges because I was so incredibly toxic. Sometimes you gotta take what you can from the experience and move on.
Oyasumi punpun is just... Painful. I read a bit every few months but - i can't read it all the way through because it feels like emotional self flagellation at times.
Radiohead is a good choice for such a manga as Punpun. Especially Motion Picture Soundtrack. Captures the melancholy beauty and essence of Punpun perfectly.
I read it listening to A Moon Shaped Pool. And when I reached *THAT* part at the end Glass Eyes was playing. Now I can't listen to it without crying
Valentín Torres Great art combined
I just finished this manga, after reading it over two nights. I share your views on what Oyasumi Punpun made me feel and think on things that have happened in my life, and I things still feel and deal with. Personally I liked that the story didn't really have a silver lining, the ending did kind of leave me wanting more, even if it did not continue in its negative themes (though I suppose I always feel like that when it comes to things I've enjoyed.) It was a great tragedy, I feel the second half of Oyasumi Punpun will stick with me for a long time.
I was also in a dark place but i got out of it now. I still sometimes tend to almost go back but I try my best not to. The thing is as a manga enthusiast I wanna read this but after about 10 chapters I decided to stop as I thought it would pull me back to the dark. So I'm not sure whether I should read it or not. But what do u think
punpun is going to have LC in my country one side of me really want to get into it because i know i would love it but other side of me is scared. i've been depressed for 1-2 years now and my worst symptoms is inhedonia(happy chemical stop working so I don't feel "real" pleasure about years now) I'm scared that even if I have courage to read it I would feel absolutely nothing about it. This might seems like not a big deal and I should atleast try but you know being unable to joy things which used to make you joyful are make it so hard to try a new thing again. Sorry for dumping my feelings idk i should post it or not maybe i'll delete later. THANKS FOR YOUR GOOD CONTENTS BTW!
It's okay, thank you for sharing. I hope you can find a solution that helps you :)
So Punpun is a cautionary tale.
TheKrigeron to sum it up, yeah. Punpun's a very impactful cautionary tale, for myself anyways.
I’m a simple man, I hear Motion picture soundtrack, I like and subscribe.
Something in the way
Ive been searching forever the song at 5:00. Its so beautiful and i cant find it anywhere. I dont know what else to do. If someone knows it please tell me!
Sorry for my bad english, im Argentinian.
I have wanted to find it as well actually, but I have no idea what song it is. sorry!
I tried Shazam, comments, understand the lyrics. EVERYTHING! Its so frustrating. Amazing review btw :) I also loved Punpun and related to the tragic story as well.
SpookyCreepy12 thank you! I'm glad you liked it. If you find the song, let me know!
Where you at?
dead as fuck
NinjaMushi RIP I'll miss you
not a fan of the ending of punpun
I cringed so hard when you pronounced punpun as "panpan" please dont do that
I haven't in nearly 4 years, chief