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Oyasumi Punpun

Alternative Titles

Japanese: おやすみプンプン
English: Goodnight Punpun
German: Gute Nacht, Punpun
Spanish: Buenas noches, Punpun
French: Bonne nuit Punpun
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Information

Type: Manga
Volumes: 13
Chapters: 147
Status: Finished
Published: Mar 15, 2007 to Nov 2, 2013
Genres: Drama Drama, Slice of Life Slice of Life
Theme: Psychological Psychological
Demographic: Seinen Seinen
Serialization: Big Comic Spirits
Authors: Asano, Inio (Story & Art)

Statistics

Score: 8.981 (scored by 216782216,782 users)
1 indicates a weighted score.
Ranked: #152
2 based on the top manga page. Please note that 'R18+' titles are excluded.
Popularity: #8
Members: 515,234
Favorites: 58,067

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Volumes: /13
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Synopsis

Punpun Onodera is a normal 11-year-old boy living in Japan. Hopelessly idealistic and romantic, Punpun begins to see his life take a subtle—though nonetheless startling—turn to the adult when he meets the new girl in his class, Aiko Tanaka. It is then that the quiet boy learns just how fickle maintaining a relationship can be, and the surmounting difficulties of transitioning from a naive boyhood to a convoluted adulthood. When his father assaults his mother one night, Punpun realizes another thing: those whom he looked up to were not as impressive as he once thought.

As his problems increase, Punpun's once shy demeanor turns into voluntary reclusiveness. Rather than curing him of his problems and conflicting emotions, this merely intensifies them, sending him down the dark path of maturity in this grim coming-of-age saga.

[Written by MAL Rewrite]
BackgroundOyasumi Punpun was originally serialized in Young Sunday, but moved to Big Comic Spirits on October 20, 2008 (47th issue). It received a Jury Recommendation at the 13th Japan Media Arts Festival Awards in 2009.

The series was published in English as Goodnight Punpun by VIZ Media under the VIZ Signature imprint in seven omnibus volumes from March 15, 2016, to September 19, 2017. It was also published in Italian by Panini Comics from April 14, 2011, to July 31, 2014; in French by Kana from February 3, 2012, to November 7, 2014; in Spanish by Norma Editorial from October 29, 2015, to October 29, 2016; in Brazilian Portuguese by Editora JBC from December 2018 to July 2019; and in Polish by Kotori from September 27, 2019, to October 29, 2021.

Characters

God
Supporting
Ass Hamburger
Supporting
Shimizu, Kou
Supporting
Hoshikawa, Toshiki
Supporting
Yaguchi, Takao
Supporting

Reviews

Mar 4, 2026
Goodnight Punpun is often described as a story about depression. That is true on the surface. But I see it as a story about hope, or more precisely, about survival. Not loud or dramatic hope, but the kind that barely survives at the lowest point of a person’s life.

The manga is built around damage, trauma, guilt, and the slow process of becoming an adult. It shows how family, religion, love, and expectations shape a person. Depression is central, and at times it is heavy and difficult to read. Still, even in its darkest moments, there is Hope, somewhere.

The ending makes this clear. Lines like “I ...
Sep 19, 2025
Mixed Feelings
I started this manga back in senior year of high school and stopped around volume 8. I wasn't sure why until I finished this manga today, it's most likely because I wasn't ready for it, hell I still wasn't. My mindset has been on a steady downfall (reference to my favorite Inio Asano manga) since graduating and I've steadily felt like I'm losing control on my own life. But I think this manga has made me realize I just need to live long enough to gain that control back.

This manga is truly unlike anything I've ever read, I've never not enjoyed something so much to ...
Jan 26, 2026
I am unable to express or describe this mass of ugliness. If you haven't read this manga, my advice is to stay away from it because it will destroy you just as it destroyed me.

Who would have imagined that my love for manga and stories in general would turn against me and bring me to this state?

The philosopher Émile Cioran said: "A true writer must stir up pain, even inflict it; a writer must pose a danger."

And that's exactly what Asano did; he put the reader in a difficult situation, put them in danger.

Personally, I empathized deeply with the characters, and this is one of ...

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