I get that the story of Goodnight PunPun is supposed to be deep and complex but I just don’t see it that way lol Aiko literally did nothing wrong, PunPun was just a whiny narcissist.

As a child, I was obsessed with the boy who made many empty promises to me. He felt like my lifeline, and without him I saw no point in life. Finally getting him, my life didn't improve. He, and no other was enough to distract me from my hurt. After, I saught other people who were hurting like me. I despised happy healthy people, but finally getting help and surrounding myself with better people, I improved as a person. Aiko I relate heavily to, and hope that my future is a one that's alright.

Good channel man, most videos are beautiful with an meaningful message. Dont abandon it

I think I definitely need to reread the manga, I just remember the middle part being unbelievably slow and boring, the whole cult thing wasn’t hitting me at all, and as much as I enjoyed Saki and Punpun’s relationship, it felt so weird and out of place in such a dependent way. Even the ending chapters for as heartbreaking as they were didn’t hit me as hard.

this is the first book that made me actually cry a bit. Shit hit way to close to home

Pp: "anyway, heres my dead girlfriend"

Even the same old events play out similiarly in someone older than you. Life events just are always on repeat.

such a good interpretation good job!

Thoughts and brief analysis a few days after finishing Oyasumi Punpun-trying to get this heaviness off my chest: I understand why the author allowed Punpun to live in the end, but I still can’t stand the way things turned out for him. Punpun wreaked so much havoc, particularly in Aiko’s life, and it feels like he didn’t deserve any kind of resolution. Aiko, on the other hand, deserved so much more. Despite his father’s advice to never blame others for his problems, Punpun ended up doing exactly that-especially to Aiko. Their relationship was complicated, defined by a love-hate dynamic. Both of them knew Aiko only had Punpun, and Punpun believed Aiko was all he had too. So, despite the resentment that simmered between them, they stuck it out, tolerating each other's flaws. But Punpun was wrong-he had more than just Aiko. He had his friends, Sachi, and others who cared for him. It was selfish of him to disregard those people who genuinely tried to help him. Aiko’s last wish was simple: for Punpun to remember her and for them to see the Milky Way again, as they promised when they were younger. But in the end, he forgot her-her face, her voice-all of it faded from his memory in just a year. At the very end, he lied to her again, just as he had done so many times before, and that betrayal extended even into her afterlife. Punpun lived on, but it feels unfair. Aiko gave everything she had, and Punpun, in return, discarded it. To me, the fact that he gets to continue while she’s left with nothing makes it feel like he didn’t deserve the ending he got.

"Minimal violence" just til u see season 2

this is so beautiful.

I never understood why they didn't call the cops after what happened with Aiko's mom, they had a pretty good argument, but I guess you can't really think straight after something like that.

this was seriously a big train of emotions, their relationship together repairing and also deteriorating Literally cried at the end

I agree most of this until the last part. According to the mangaka, Punpun's ending is a sad and unhappy one because ex-gf prevented him from dying. In the end, he has to live with the guilt and grief of what happened to Aiko, even though he's slowly forgetting about her. Plus, living with your mistakes is so much harder. But it could also be interpreted that he has a happy ending cause we can. I think the mangaka was gone with however the readers introduced the story. But we also don't have to go with the author's interpretation. Everything that happened with Aiko was sad. If she had resources and a good support system, she could've at least survived, i think. That and if she could have left her mother. But leaving is easier said than done. I always thought the murder would help free here, and also because it was an accident (well, except after the second stabbing). I thought the two could be fine if it was reported since it was out of self-defense. But i guess in the end, Punpun decided to try and fulfill his promise and run away with Aiko to Kagoshima to try and fix everything. It's such a tragic ending for her, I wish her life could've been better

i love aiko so much. all she wanted was to escape from the abuse but the people in her life who was supposed to love and protect her ended up doing the opposite. been years since i've read this manga but her story still breaks my heart :'( may we never forget her

Mmm i wonder if you also heart my comment 🤔

Something I've heard someone say is the reason Aiko never smiled in Punpun's dream is because she knows, even this version of herself, that Punpun will forget her as Punpun never kept a single a promise made between the two instead always breaking the trust she went to put in him. Punpun is an awful person, much worse than Aiko I'd argue, but as you put he had people who accepted him no matter what while Aiko only had her mother and ultimately that's what made the difference, Punpun was in love with the idea he had of Aiko while Aiko was just in love with the idea of unconditional love which she sought through Punpun. Also I'm glad that you agree that the ending of Punpun is hopeful, I see so many people calling it a downer ending because the author said so but in reality I think that it's ultimately happy. I'd love to see a discussion on how the more human Punpun becomes the more inhuman his actions become because his character design through the series and how when he reaches he lowest points we see him lose his bird self to become a human eventually not even having a hidden head being fully revealed in bandages at his very lowest.

The silent voice music in background is absolutely perfect for this

when I was reading the finale I never saw punpun with his new friends and family. thought it was punpun waving to his friend. Doesn't help I never wore my glasses but idk how I never saw it

Bro just censored mama punpun boobs

Watching these videos about Frieren make me wanna appreciate the anime more, and watch it for the first time again omg

Beautiful story

I have not heard of Frieren

i feel like if people love aiko and hate punpun, they’re not reading the story properly or are simply not connected to humanity enough. both character, in-fact all, are really tragic as a result of traumas and inner turmoil that was beyond their control. it’s sad how they both turned out (by the way i don’t hate aiko. in fact, i don’t hate or love any character. i empathise with every single one of them)

stop saying the title in Japanese, it makes you sound pretentious

God the aiko dream at the end hurts me every time. That feeling of thinking back on your childhood but not being able to clearly remember someone. Not being able to recall the name of someone you had such fondness for when you were younger. It’s such a sad and hopeless feeling. Even when you try your hardest their face slowly slips away over the years and all you can remember is the way you felt about them…

It was a mistake reading this as my first manga

Aiko deserves justice

Beautiful analysis

prolly the most underrated channel ive ever seen like damn how you only have 300+ subs

No. Simply no. There are too many variables that affected PunPun and the actions himself took that this will probably not happen again. The manga is depressing and ends on a low note. I hate that. There are so many parts where its not relatable at all. Its depressing for the sake of it, but the justification feels so forced overall. I'll end it with the realest quote you'll be reminded of today: “Those that fail to learn from history are doomed to repeat it.” - Winston Churchill

censoring Mama's tiddies in crazy

He only issue is getting involved with punpun

0:03 I don't know what your censoring Pun Pun's mom's nipples aren't shown.

MID MID MID 10/10

a tragic portrait of borderline personality disorder and limerence

I had a very different reading. We see everything through Punpun's eyes. Not only does he attempt to absolve himself of his involvement with Aiko - intentional retcons that could be construed as too coincidental, such as making it so Aiko took responsibility for killing her mother rather than Punpun - he attempts to remove guilt of her from his mind entirely... only to bind himself to a mother with a son that isn't his. It's amazing how people overlook this and think Punpun is redeemable. It's like if Dostoevsky's Raskolnikov instead of confessing his sin by the ending, he doubles down and never confronts himself. Instead of accountability, Punpun self-editorializes - he tricks the reader into thinking of a stereotypical happy ending with Sachi. But we know better. We know Punpun's personality, his depression, his dark desires. We know it hasn't left him but he wants so badly to feel like he's on the path to healing. We see proof of Punpun's crimes in how he repeats the cycle of becoming a "guardian" to troubled girls. His internalized desire to self-actualize without actually taking accountability is on full display. It's why Inio Asano stated it wasn't a "happy" ending or wasn't meant to be interpreted as such.

This was such a good manga. I wish I could erase my memory and reread it again

I thought the same thing when I read that part. Goodnight Punpun is so heartbreaking and the ending was kinda bittersweet.

Its been 4 years since I've read this so i dont remember much, but people in this comment section are saying that "Punpun didn't love Aiko" as if he didn't say "I wanna make your life miserable" after getting to bed with her when they met again

The ending was not even a tinge of hopeful as you apparently made it look for some portions it was literally the most tragic ending PunPun could have ever got

Lol, "You reap what you sow", is totally the case with aiko and she totally deserved it what happened to her. And I feel sorry for punpun rather than aiko. Reread the story than you will understand, what I am saying is, if aiko hadn't come, and met punpun, punpun would have been playing with his friends like normal, but aiko made unreasonable request to go to kagashima, when they are literally kids, ofc punpun can't make her wish true and punpun got depressed, and again he made promise with yaguchi because of aiko and because of her toxic mindset, she pursued punpun and gave him hope, and punpun tried to cheat yaguchi, which further lead him to self loathe himself because punpun was kind and he liked yaguchi........... Poor punpun, he had a bad childhood, then had a crush on a toxic girl, then his father and mother got divorced and he was forced with a mother, that he didn't love because of her careless attitude and a coward father....... I mean punpun isn't that bad, I would Like to think for most of the chapter he tried to kind and considerate to others. And yes, punpun have faults but tried to overcome it but whenever he did or had a hope he only failed and at last failed but aiko didn't even tried to do something of her situation and just relied on punpun for help in last arc, and when punpun gave up everything for her sake, she constantly doubted his love and did I mentioned that for aiko love was a trade? Is that if you love me than I love you is a toxic mindset because it is based agreement and a agreement can be torn apart easily, hence she constantly doubted punpun or his love for her, which further frustrated punpun, and do not get started on punpun sexual frustration, man. And at the end of the story, even his child was his.........

A reporter asked the author about the story's ending he said, he wants the worst ending for pun pun, so he proceed to put chains(ex friends, a girlfriend and a child that not his) so he can never escape by killing himself The worst ending is punpun not dying 💀

i could fix her

The thing is that not all kids go through the same pain, some are born with a silver spoon, others have loving parents and sometimes perfect relationships from kindergarten really do exist… we just were never destined to find one. And that is what that scene represents to me, there is hope that not all lives will be as messed up as ours.

Their story reminds me of the song "Love the way you lie" both parts. Two broken people can never have a healthy relationship. Trauma bonding, literally.

Punpun is fantastic because of how many ways you really can look at it. Different people's insights into the story can tell you a lot about who they are as people. I don't think I could ever get everything I think about the series into words but a large theme I picked up on was guilt. We all have things we wish we could revisit and undo, but becoming fixated on these things will only make you miserable. It becomes a self fulfilling prophecy once you start telling yourself how awful you are because of something that you did in the past. Punpun's uncle is an example of this, where he would just stew in self hatred until he revisited the pottery shop. You cannot begin to move past prior mistakes and heal until you let go of that guilt. Punpun and Aiko is the key example though. Both of them thought that everything would be fine if they could just fix that one regret, but when they found that it changed literally nothing, and they didn't even really seem to like eachother that much, the disappointment was too much to bear (combined with the stress of being fugitives). In a way it was also ironic that if they had just gone back and confronted the consequences of their crime, they likely would have been able to argue self defence and receive lighter punishment. I think that may have been what ended up happening with Punpun anyway, haven't read in a while. Lol i could make one of these videos if I put my thoughts together more coherently.

History repeats itself

I never got that message at the final panels of the series but I understand where you are coming from!

What happened to her body, did those kids take her away? Im confused by that.