The Unbreakable Vow of Goodnight Punpun (Punpun/Sachi/Aiko Story Breakdown)
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- Опубліковано 4 чер 2024
- A condensed retelling and discussion piece on the manga Goodnight Punpun regarding the characters Punpun, Sachi, and Aiko.
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0:00 Intro
1:27 Part 1: I, Punpun, Take You, Aiko
15:55 Part 2: To Have and to Hold
28:14 Part 3: From This Day Forward
45:20 Part 4: For Better, For Worse
1:08:00 Part 5: To Love and to Cherish
1:22:13 Part 6: 'Till Death Do Us Part
1:45:30 Conclusion (Punpun)
2:01:56 Conclusion (Sachi)
2:11:04 Conclusion (Aiko)
2:29:55 Final Thoughts
Additional Sources:
Asano interview about Goodnight Punpun - mangabrog.wordpress.com/2014/...
Asano Interview on Getting Started in the Industry - mangabrog.wordpress.com/2015/...
Asano's workplace interview - mangabrog.wordpress.com/2015/...
Asano's thoughts on Solanin - www.animenewsnetwork.com/inte...
Tanabata anime history - • Tanabata Story with En...
Tanabata BG - otakuusamagazine.com/the-ange...
Future Aiko Tanabata illustration - asano_inio/status...
(BG music in order)
{Intro}
The City (Evening) [Animal Crossing: City Folk]
Here We Are [Undertale]
{Part 1}
The Voice Someone Calls [Persona 3]
Afternoon Break [Persona 3]
New Days [Persona 4]
This Strange Feeling [Persona 3]
Tartarus Level 4 [Persona 3]
Pizza & Bowling [Silent Hill 2]
Escape [Corpse Party]
Alone [Persona 4]
Mary's Twin [Silent Hill 2]
True [Silent Hill 2]
{Part 2}
Ditching the Detective [Silent Hill 3]
Planning at the Motel [Silent Hill 3]
Urban Noise [Parasite Eve]
Battle b2 [SMT IV]
Vincent the Pest [Silent Hill 3]
Becoming Turbid [Corpse Party]
Meeting Vincent [Silent Hill 3]
{Part 3}
Uninvited Guests [Silent Hill 3]
Heaven's Night [Silent Hill 2]
Youthful Lunch [Persona 4]
Lost Innocence [Silent Hill 2]
Hikawa [SMT III: Nocturne]
Hospital Predators [Silent Hill 2]
A Will for Revenge [Silent Hill 3]
Danger is Imminent [Sonic Adventure]
Evil Appetite [Silent Hill Origins]
Drops of Shame [Silent Hill 4]
{Part 4}
Missing Perspective [Parasite Eve]
It's Raining Somewhere Else [Undertale]
Another Medium [Undertale]
I'll Face Myself [Persona 4]
Fearful Experience [Persona 3]
Reverie [Persona 4]
Solitude of Frenzy [Corpse Party]
Enduring Bonds [Persona 3]
An Unpleasant Premonition [Persona 3]
A Sad Return Home [Silent Hill 3]
Joy [Persona 3]
{Part 5}
Kabukicho [SMT III: Nocturne]
Pool Insect [Corpse Party]
Wish Ending (Part 1) [Silent Hill 2]
Laura Plays the Piano [Silent Hill 2]
Rescue [SMT III: Nocturne]
Reverse Hills [SMT IV]
The Forest Trail [Silent Hill 2]
Strange Annex [Corpse Party]
Daddy's Revenge [Silent Hill 2]
Terminal [SMT IV]
{Part 6}
Alleycat [Persona 5]
Memories of the City [Persona 3]
Chapter 3 - Main BGM [Corpse Party]
Max's Passion - Mona [Max Payne 2]
Insecticide [Silent Hill Origins]
Drowning [Silent Hill Origins]
Lazy Afternoons [Kingdom Hearts 2]
The Final Showdown [Corpse Party]
Maria's Purpose [Silent Hill 2]
Combing Town West [Silent Hill 2]
Fortunate Sleep Noone Disturb Her Dead [Silent Hill 4]
Failing Maria [Silent Hill 2]
Save Screen [Silent Hill 3]
Wishful Thinking [Silent Hill 2]
{Conclusion (Punpun)}
Aboveground Urban Area C [SMT IV]
Domain [SMT IV]
{Conclusion (Sachi)}
Reasoning [Persona 4]
Ikebukuro [SMT III: Nocturne]
{Conclusion (Aiko)}
Out of Phase [Parasite Eve]
Ginza Underground District [SMT IV]
Troubled [Persona 3]
Story Music Box [Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island]
Aboveground Urban Area A [SMT IV]
{Final Thoughts}
Gymnopedie No. 1 [Erik Satie]
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0:00 Intro
1:27 Part 1: I, Punpun, Take You, Aiko
15:55 Part 2: To Have and to Hold
28:14 Part 3: From This Day Forward
45:20 Part 4: For Better, For Worse
1:08:00 Part 5: To Love and to Cherish
1:22:13 Part 6: 'Till Death Do Us Part
1:45:30 Conclusion (Punpun)
2:01:56 Conclusion (Sachi)
2:11:04 Conclusion (Aiko)
2:29:55 Final Thoughts
Dude just wanna say you’re quickly becoming one of my favorite UA-camrs. You cover a lot of the same stuff I’m into, and go into really good detail. And these long form videos are a godsend for me helping me get through my 12-14 hour work shifts. Keep up the great work man! But don’t burn yourself out either!
I’m so 😊
bro made a 2.5 hour long video about a manga, you need to be blessed by the youtube algorithm sometime soon
Yes 🙌
It is.This video is in my youtube recommendation
Done
I loved this
Agreed.
Making PunPun a goofy bird thing might unironically be the most brilliant thing this series could have ever possibly done. Because the subjectmatter is so absurdly dark that just the fact that there's this stick figure bird dealing with all of this stuff inherently adds moments of levity, like when he acts differently and you get a human body with the reveal of the head. That's hilarious, but it's also genuinely both sad and fascinating the second you stop to think about what's happening. And then as it goes on they keep warping it in a lot of really crazy interesting ways.
Having him be this dark foreboding horned figure that reverts to his usual look for just long enough to throw Aiko off before doing what he does might unironically be one of the best metaphors for the way abusive/toxic partners manipulate people close to them that I've ever seen. You want to see him get better and you want to see him turn back, but the second it happens you can just feel that something's wrong, and by the time it clicks they're already back to being the super destructive person they were before. Just simply fantastic stuff.
I just recently got into this manga, going in fully dark, and I legit thought he was just some figment of imagination, but later I figured it was just how he saw himself and his family, but the reveal it was all written later by them in the future, I was like "oh snap". Going back to watch this video, it's even more heartbreaking knowing this is legit people
Bojack Horseman does the same thing! 🥰 They use animals along humans to shed some light on some really, really messed up events.
@@planetezra I disagree, punpun & family were only drawn in this absurd sense
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Yeah it's brilliant because otherwise noone would read it.
The unfortunate part concerning Aiko is that Punpun realizes he will forget her eventually and move on. Something he doesn't necessarily dread nor really concern about. He even tells her he's sorry at the end of the dream sequence with her walking away as a way of showing that she's significantly becoming less and less apart of his life and he's moving forward with Sachi. He even asks if that's what she sounded like or what she truly looked like.
Aiko's story is to unfortunate since although her dream was achieved by being with Punpun till the end of her life. She had a horrible life and the one opportunity she had to become something more or at least escape it for a little bit, lead to her creating a forced relationship with Punpun. A fleeting dream that they hoped would never end until one of them took the final step to end it all.
i interpreted it more like at this point and time in his life he has no choice but to move on. not really that he doesn't care but that he realizes now life still continues on. Through eyes perceiving a lighter note I saw it as him finally being at peace with things at least in that moment. Maybe it's not going to stay like that but he's been thinking and pondering, there is no more aiko in this world and you can no longer dwell on the things of the past even if you want to because no good comes from it. Whether or not he continues on the this foreword thinking is another aspect of his life life we don't know.
That scene at the end is one of my favorites and possibly the most touching to me personally because I felt all the same leaving someone I didn't want to but knowing life will move with or without me. It's knowing what you've done knowing you can't change it, but trying to move on. Trying to accept things as they are.
Thank allah I read this before watching this omds
I was thinking the same thing. it's just frustrating because if you can relate, you know it takes much longer to forgive, forget, let go, and move on than what is framed in the manga. Hell, even when you're healed, the emotional scars remain, but that would be too much to ask of the manga to portray all of that madness in reasonable time.
@@superninja12125 its heavily implied that he wasn't able to get over it and still in the process of grieving, there was also the fact the he was deliberately trying to hide his darker and more damaged nature from those around him near the end by going full circle after everything that had been done and assuming the meek and harmless personality of the chicken character we saw through the majority of the manga which is another way that we know what happened fucked him up pretty bad, nothing really changed in the end he made a bunch of decisions while trying to change himself for what he thought was the better by trying to be above the meek persona he invented for himself but in the end it all blows up in his face and he's left to deal with it all as a more experienced version of that quiet and isolated kid he always was, the ordinary world is what saved him and so he's become committed to it even if its not what he wanted he has no other options and he's essentially forced down the path of an average life with the benefits of a girl he never fully appreciated loving him no matter what and a kid to raise who loves him just as much.
“Aiko is a terribly tragic heroine that deserved better”……yup. That’s what hit me the hardest.
Great video.
it really confuses me why some people hate her
@selene some people misunderstand her dreams or just misunderstood the story, I'm assuming. We're all people broken in our own ways, how one traces the cracks will help you understand someone else's pains but will never truly tell you what it meant to overcome those truths of the reality that broke you.
😭😭😭😭
@@elyly Because they live cushy, easy lives free of any actual problems, and so don't understand what abuse and childhood trauma can do to a person.
😭😭😭😭😭😭
Me, reading manga: Ah, yes, this is what misery tastes like.
Me, listening to the interpretations about Aiko and Sachi's relationships with Punpun: The misery has a new dimension.
1k likes with no reply, lemme fix that
I still cant shake the fact that Yuuchi said he wasn't mad at punpun for what happened between Midori and punpun, essentially blaming him for being taken advantage of. Surely it had an effect on punpun.
I think him not blaming him says quite the opposite, that he doesn't blame him. I'm sure he'd be mad at him had he actually blamed him for it
“You reap what you sow” Yuuchi probably sees it as that.
Poor baby literally cried during it that hurt me so much
@@maddieboo2297 my heart broke when more and more tears appeared.
Yuichi I don't think was blaming him at all.
The total opposite, I think.
Yuichi was taking full responsibility of that, maybe a bit unjustly, given that even though Yuichi acted in a certain way, Midori decided to take that in the wrong way and deliberately hurt punpun. Yes, we reap what we sow, but at a certain point, our responsibilities become intertwined. I think it's very hard to find a specific blame.
But in this case, punpun was actually not to blame, and Yuichi saw and said that.
Aiko destroys me. I understand feeling so desperately alone, and not being able to find anyone as a child who will do anything about it when you're suffering in the open. I learned by the time I was 12 that there was no one in my family who would protect me from the harshness of the real world and I retreated inward for the most part. I wanted so much for someone to swoop in and fill that void where the love was supposed to go, make it all better. I still struggle a lot but I'm fortunate in that I found a loving and supportive husband with endless patience. I was never beaten or worse but I know what it feels to be utterly without hope, and god, there are so many Aikos and Punpuns out there. Don't turn a blind eye if you see a child in pain.
She needed support and therapy, she needed an adult in her corner, but no one ever came. Punpun couldn't have helped her with this obviously, and I think they both just idealized each other as children as a survival mechanism for trauma.
Yes. All of this.
I see myself in Aiko. I was so lonely, so unloved, so *_desperate_* for someone to save me as a child....but no one ever came.
Aiko is the first female manga character that i cried like a child ( I've read berserk btw)😭😭😭😭😭
atleast u have a gpod family
in Aiko's case , only if she was with Yaguchi , she could've had a happy life
punpun was already a problem himself tbh
I want to hug you
Kindness is something that can help alot of people with mental issues
Part 5 is incredibly accurate with my life.
I was an Aiko. I managed to get away. But my sister stayed behind and almost killed our mom. Our mom did attacked her first, but the build up of rage and anger just overwhelmed my mom.
What
@@johnnyaugust5015
What I am saying is that I was someone toxic who latched onto anyone who would give me attention/love me like punpun.
I hope you're sister is in a better situation
i wish you the best, no one should have to grow up like that
333rd 👍
Hope that your mother can no longer affect the two of you like she had in your youths as the two of you are now.
Time to get depressed over Goodnight Punpun again!
amen brother
Most of if not all of these characters could have benefited from regular visits to a competent therapist!!!
Decades ago, and maybe even now, I was not emotionally ready to digest the story to its fullest. I deeply appreciate the lenght in which you went to make it so much more easier to comprehend the nuances of each character.
Awesome video!
Punpun ran from 2007-2013 wym decades
"decades" bitch this series ran just over a decade ago
@@attilamert6973 16-10 years ago ok... 1 to almost 2 decades
I have to bring this up because you didn't, and it is part of our bird-boy's mental development. Punpun grows up to be a much less sympathetic person in his quest for sex. The obsession with just getting laid after the death of his mother is where we start to see Punpun really lose control of his life. That woman he randomly met while pretending to be "Takashi"? His only thoughts about her after she agreed to talk to him for a bit was "show me your v*****". When visiting the mom, Punpun's attention is drawn to the fact she's not wearing underwear as he watches her drag herself away. The manga makes a point to show this, even seeming to imply he's comparing her vag to street lights and reflectors. Clearly, his perversion plays a bigger role in his personal story than we're talking about.
His sex obsession is the bomb that lit off all the misery
@@kk_cinevlogs it also blew up on Aiko
@@kk_cinevlogstotally agree
That was ONE HELL of an emotional rollercoaster, it was like listening to a full on movie
It's incredible how much meaning you're able to derive from this one manga.
I like to think the reason why aiko is not stable with her attitude is because she never had the actual chance to do what she wanted to do. Her mom controlled, abused her
Her attitude as a kid was a product of her psychological defense kicking in, to play along her mother's mood.
"If you betray me i'll kill you" i can easily imagine her mom threaten.
Her mom did just that
I understand this was the way things were supposed to go, but I can’t help but feel so deeply angry for aiko. Everyone had failed her. She had told punpun her mom was abusive yet he believes the best idea is to go back to her moms house. To me it also feels like aiko is treated as some sort of stepping stone for punpun to get on with his life. She died loving him and not wanting to burden him. Arggghdhh why
Perhaps he could’ve recorded the mother, taken it to a trusted adults/an adult to report to the authorities (if nothing happens, escalate to calling superiors), but with her mother gone, what happens to Aiko? Foster system? Does she have relatives to live with, and are they decent people, _or like her mother?_
Either way, Punpun would be gambling on Aiko’s future here, though she may not have had much to lose in the first place, so he may only need to ask permission from her before attempting this. And hopefully, with any luck, that adult wouldn’t be someone who’d instead stay silent, tell the mother of the recording, and leak it to a place where her classmates can find it, but rather does what’s expected of and entrusted for them to do, with no deviation that would compromise Aiko in any way aside from the inevitable gamble, as that’s the best effort that I see that Punpun could do as he was then, provided that he could entrust himself to enact this plan without significant errors and get access to a recording device to put the plan into motion in the first place.
Remember punpun didn't even try to stop her when she stabbed Aiko in abdomen
He only reacted after his" god"showed up and straight up killed her
Punpun is partly responsible for all her misery
@@bensoncheung2801 say whatever about pun pun , but Aiko's suicide will always be his fault forever
@@kk_cinevlogs ???
@@bensoncheung2801 i mean that leaving someone with high suicidal thoughts alone
Not to mention the abuse he gave her scarred her psychologically
Punpun will always have to carry that guilt forever (imo)
Aiko was a relatable character to me as someone who has grown up with a abusive mother as well. You recognize that most people do not understand you and that there is a lot of experiences you will never have that many people see as normal. So I understand her clinging onto a relationship she thought would "save" her so to say.
Omg I hope you're doing better.
Keep moving mate
I feel sorry for the 3rd grader who wrote fan mail to Asano early on asking when Punpun would gain magical abilities 💀
please tell me this is fake 😭
@@thelivinghydraera he featured fan mail he’d received at the start of a few of the chapters
@@r0man767 Damn I definitely skipped over it. I’ll go and check it for myself lol, thanks
i saw that when i bought the physical copy and remembered the toby, age 3, alcoholic meme
I’m a mail carrier and I could only listen to this video because I’m obviously on route but this video was flawless I have already read pun pun but your script and editing multiple gave my goosebumps and at one time even almost made me cry thank you
I kinda shared various of Punpun's experiences. Being kissed by someone when kid, the joy and mistery of "love", wild imagination during childhood, ability to entertain oneself in the aloness. Had a narcissitic father and manipulative mother. Continuous abandonment issue. Had no consistent or long term friend. Changing romantic partners that tend to be toxic. Had been sexually assaulted and both physically and verbally by older strangers but having no parents or figure of authority to voice out my concerns or fears.
Before reading this manga. I had terrible, psychotic thoughts just like Punpun. I went to therapy and in the middle of therapy, I then read Punpun. Thank God I'm in the middle of therapy while reading this. I'm not sure how else I'd turn out to be.
Stay safe and be kind to yourselves.
and be kind and help those around u who share same pain
Hope you are doing better and i wish you a lovely live
punpun is like the personification of my anxiety induced intrusive thoughts
Trauma induced
This manga can easily turn a good happy day into something unrecognizable
Kind of unreal how well you've put together these themes and ideas from the manga. I must've read the whole thing like 5 times by now and I don't think I could've done the same, and your take on some scenes and concepts is really cool. Thx for a great essay.
Aiko's ending hit me hard. I cried for awhile
I didn't cry but it made me so sad I got sick to my stomach
I miss her so much :(
@@mgmtw1688 same I don't think a character death has hit me like that
Yeah 😢😢😢😢 I've never felt this much dread , my only saving was reading berserk
EDIT : even thinking abt that ch139 and 145 .......😭😭😭😭😭😭
Imagine if Inio Asano, Naoki Urasawa and Hideo Yamamoto did a collaboration and make a manga together, it would be the darkest, most tragic yet beautiful most well written story ever written and with characters with godly development, it would be insanee.
Itd be a slow burn mystery for sure
When I was 14 I started to read this manga and had spiraled into essential dread, after reading the chapter about what his uncle gf did to punpun and I just couldn’t pick it back up cause I started to question reality, then I skipped to the end of the manga and saw that aiko hung herself I just cried my eyes out for a couple of weeks. I love this manga and really related to a hurtful T it’s still in my reading list but I still haven’t muster up the courage to read it again
You can revisit it on your own time, this would def be too heavy/traumatizing for a 14 y/o to read. Take care of yourself and pace yourself with heavy topics like this 🙏🏽
I think Sachi is a really important character to the story. I felt like yes I was sympathetic with Aikos home life situation (coming from a verbally abusive household that Ive got out of) and could understand her need to escape but dragging Punpun in, I just still dont know how I feel about that. And then towards the later chapters, she needed more than what Punpun could provide for her and Punpun brushing her off just made me have complex emotions about this manga. He was already a different person shaped by the abuse of the other people in his life. While this doesnt excuse the actions of what hes done to others.
Seki is probably my second favourite character.
I also forget that midori gave him the letters and now I hate her even more that I did.
This manga is one of the most complex stories out there.
I only ever saw snippets of Punpun as reaction images, seeing now that there is such a devastating story behind it, is really surprising. A good surprise though, I might check the manga out in the future :)
Why watch a deep dive into the themes without reading the story first .
I’m genuinely curious. I’m sad you won’t get to experience it properly now
@@Crybaby-MediaDon't worry, I guess it does seem odd. I watched a video instead of reading because the dark themes really don't do my mental health any good at the moment. I'm struggling right now with my own life and reading stuff with similar topics is dragging me into a spiral, learned that the hard way :')
Hearing it through a third person adds a distance I can stomach (though it did haunt my thoughts for quite some days). I also love hearing people talk about media they are passionate about and love manga in particular so I was curious :)
I fear "experiencing it the proper way" would've caused more harm than good to me at this moment.
@@fuchsfarbenI hope you're doing better. Wish you all the best and many good things
@@cottonfluff1317 thank you so much :)
1:41:40 cannot be translated to audio narrative any better. reminds me when i lost my dear pet puppy to parvo in front of my very own eyes when he breathed his one last long breath after numerous short breaths. i carried my pup from the vet clinic and walked back to my home kilometers away. i guess that also gave me time to reminisce before my dad and i buried him near my home.
Sachi is one of my favorite characters (obvious after seeing my icon) and I just think what's incredibly important to know about Oyasumi Punpun is that Asano Inio's decision to make Punpun continue to live life was not because living was easy, but because living after all the trauma was a much stronger challenge than dying. Inio initially wanted to make Punpun just jump onto some traintracks, but he thought it wasn't the most difficult ending. Sometimes living is harder. And the brilliant part of this all is Sachi's entire character provides this perplexing dichotomy of self-made living/independence versus the consequences that go on with living so much for only yourself. She's brilliant, she's introduced so early on in the manga too, as the chubby artist that no one recognizes right before the milky way scene with all the children witnessing the sky prior to the warehouse burning down. She's unrecognizable in those early chapters and its because she is truly introduced into the manga later, when she's an adult who has chosen to have plastic surgery on all her features. She's "self made" both metaphorically and literally, choosing even her body parts and the way she appears, and clawing her way through life with her own hands. It's so important that she's in the story because there are glimpses of true happiness between her and Punpun, but they come at the cost of codependence and the inability to move Punpun's immovable, crippling self-esteem issues. He's trying to move on and for a moment, in the snow, they are happy. Only for him to digress, unable to truly accept this kind of growth because he cannot identify his own contributions to "growing" at all, when Sachi's the one who was brilliant and he was simply riding off her.
Once Aiko is reintroduced, Punpun's digression is eminent, and whatever is made of their growth is shattered. But its clear that Sachi will still live, if she must, and if she has to. And once Punpun's insanity stint with Aiko comes to an end, with Punpun essentially swallowing Aiko in a darkness that both of them manifested since being together, he hopes to die all the same. To follow Aiko and be in her world. But that's not how life works. That's not how progression works. Sachi's parallel story where she goes on a long trip to discover parts of Punpun's life makes it feel almost like an unraveling of why Punpun was bound to destroy himself, but also what kind of person he was up until then. He had been living, after all, even if it was hard. So after Sachi reunites with Punpun she says it's a selfish wish, that he's hers and hers alone. But that's the thing. If Sachi represents living life and grabbing it in your own hands, then she is Punpun's reminder that he /must/ continue to live. As miserable as he is now, as impossible it is to live now, he can and he will and he does. By the end of Punpun, living on is the single most natural thing to do, even if it seems like it's the most difficult choice to make. The last chapter ends with Punpun's old childhood friend becoming a teacher and teaching children in the same way he was taught when he was a kid, it's so brilliant because it's so natural. You see glimpses of Sachi, Punpun and co, living their life but only seeing their relationships externally, as his friend confesses to Punpun that he really did miss Punpun when he had to move away. And now they are just memories to each other, nothing more. But that's what's beautiful. Even if living is hard, it is also easy. Life goes on.
I am so glad that u wrote all these encapturing the reasons why it is important to live for both sachi and punpun....when i read the manga for the first timem i used to have active suicidal thoughts, and the panel where aiko hangs herself is still sth that's stuck with me...i used to have really worse mental breakdowns upon being reminded of her, bt i still remember how afer completing the last chapter, seeing punpun to continue living afterwards, gave me a reason to live in a pessimistic manner, i realized thro him that life continues regardless of what happened to us, and we 'can' still continue to live if we want, it's upto us totally whether we 'want' to live or not...bt ywah- one thing is i couldn't forgive punpun for not saving aiko..there was this pannel when aiko asked him "You are gonna kill me right?" And punpun didn't utter a single word...that panel destroyed me...i despised him more than anyone and i dunno how many mental breakdowns i had abt this particular situation...bt now, after almost 2-3 yrs reading it, i realize punpun was just as damaged as aiko, and it's is really sad that aiko couldn't be saved, bt punpun himself was too messed up to fix aiko...in the end, i would say that oyasumi punpun made me realize what human life is truly meant to be like, i made me want to continue in an absurd way, not the motivation sorta way, bt thro pointing out the harsh realities of human life, despair, pessimism, loneliness, really low self esteem and bunch of others, that despite all these things, despite all the immatured and insecured people surrounding us and every possible discouragement there could be, we can still continue to live as human being, not to find any ulterior motive or whatsoever, bt solely for the sake of living, living is not to obtain any meaning or superiority, bt the act of continuing to live itself is the meaning of life...goodnight punpun is all i could ask for during my hardest and darkest times, not a surface level shallow motivation, bt a projection of so called 'failed lives' or people who don't have much bright future aspects...i have always wondered abt punpun when people talk abt all those highly achieving people around us, when they use them as example to lead a life, i always thought it takes even greater strength ti live like punpun and sachi, about gradually accepting that u r not some extra ordinary being or sth, that u r ordinary and pretty average and yet got to live, not to fulfil any dream, bt to sole continue to live..this is what makes me believe in living life ...this is what genuine strength and human characteristic...bt i think i shall nvr move on from losing aiko....i just can't, as she reminds me of the meaningless suffering of human life...that aiko couldn't get a single opportunity to get better....
@@arminislam6805 my answer to this is that you're not required to move on from grief. you just choose what it does to you. be good to yourself, even if it's the hardest to do
I love, love, love how you narrate punpun. I never read any of it, but your videos work so well with each other- closing gaps and making the story of punpun seem incredibly well crafted. Incredibly good work on your part, makes me want to read the manga for myself, too
I don’t know how to feel about this series. I’m incredibly depressed. Have been for about 8 years now. Just a video like this kinda rocks me to my core, since I’m also a 20 something that deals with the emotional struggles Punpun dealt with. I want to read it, but can I handle it? I dunno. I watched bojack horseman with the same level of apprehension, as well as a silent voice. I’ll try, but I don’t think I’ll regret dropping the series if it gets too heavy. At least now. Great analysis. Cheers.
@Bnjmn Vi Britannia god bless.
i would say now that if you approached a silent voice with apprehension, you should most likely not read this. there is no light at the end of the tunnel in the story and to be honest, the constant traumatic events and philosophical/religious debates probably aren’t the best for your mental health given that the way they’re integrated into the story is very heavy. if you’re really committed to reading it, go for it! but like many others have said in the comments, it’s pretty rough mentally. even i had points where i felt a bit empty and kinda teared up and i’m nowhere near as mentally gone as i used to be.
what reasoning did punpun give for why aiko HAD to go tell her mother about the move? i feel like if he didnt force her to that, the story wouldve ended just fine long ago
I asked the same thing! My theory is that since he had a very strenuous relationship with his mom, he assumed that Aiko wanted to say goodbye since she still lived with her mom.
Unfortunately people who suffer abuse from their parents at times still have their inner child wanting to say goodbye to their abuser. You can tell Aiko was set to leaving without a word (especially when she’s been planning to run away as a child) but she felt like Punpun had a point and went with it. I could be wrong but man I wish they just ran off without a care of making peace.
@@kippylily yeah, youre right. so many victims have different responses and i tend to forget that. for me, im so adamant about getting as far away from my abusers as possible, but i often forget that some people dont have the same response as me... thank you for bringing that up. sometimes there isnt a reason for why we do things, we just hope they happen differently and don't realize that isnt always the end result. man, this story is gutwrenching
Because he's a broken person who lacked empathy. He likely knew what Aiko's mother would do to her, but didn't care.
Huh I personally interpreted it as punpun’s subconscious guilt about his own mother. Yeah, he was never on good terms with her, but some part of him probably regretted seeing his mom passing away without ever making amends (especially upon finding out that she was the one who wrote the letters all along). Maybe in aiko, he saw a small chance to redeem himself via her settling things with her own mother - which obviously went completely sideways as he doesn’t know the extent of the mother’s abusiveness.
Thanks for this detailed breakdown of the manga. Best video that's appeared in my feed in ages.
I've read Punpun many times and it holds alot of personal significance to me because I can relate to him as a character. Like Punpun and Aiko, I, too, am holding on to people from my past. I'm always thinking of that particular person who I lost touch with. Similar to Aiko, she was being abused, which only escalated after her parents divorced and she moved to a different area. She sought help from me, but being just a young boy I never could really do anything meaningful and that weighed on me heavily. However, unlike punpun by the end, I still haven't forgotten her after almost 10 years. I regret having failed her and losing touch despite how important she was to me. Like punpun, I also relied on the memory of her to get me through rough times. I want to see her again one day, talk with her again. I can very well do that if I wanted to, but I won't because I'm scared. I'm scared of tarnishing those memories I hold so dear, scared of ruining that idealized image I have of her. She probably doesn't think about me and has moved on. There's a good chance she's an entirely different person and meeting her again wouldn't make me happy. Moving on and forgetting is difficult. If you're reading this, thank you and take care.
Well if u can contact her, try to, but as a friend and well wisher imo , holding all those guilt and regrets will only affect u psychologically like how punpun got affected
Don't idealized anyone in life bcoz in the end our idols are also humans , they even feel guilt sadness pain , this will only lead to disappointment
Still u can atleast try to be for her as a friend
This is just my opinion
I got love on first sight at someone, and now has obsession towards her, trough this day I still have hidden feelings for her but I wanna move on already, but it's difficult, especially that back then she has a relationship with my friends, the only thing that will cure me from this is having new love with someone and not seeing the girl again, but it won't be easy for this year since we're still in the same school together and the possibilities are high that we will stumble upon and ignore each other as if we haven't known each other, just seeing her tbh used to hurt, but I will continue to fight this feelings, I hope I have a sachi in my life like punpun
@@koppii2 I also wish you the best
I stumbled on this video on accident, but then I really sat and watched this whole two and a half hour long video on a series I have never read before. But you were such a good narrator that I couldn’t bring myself to pause the video at all
The funny thing that you said that Sachi seems to be Asano's mouth piece more, Sachi kind of looks like him too, I think.
Holy hell now that u mention it he does i cant unsee it now
I'm glad there's such an in depth telling of this story because dude, knowing about this for a decade and now age 27, I still refuse to read it. I love what it is, and I know itll hit waaayyy too home for me sadly.
Shit makes me cry, even seeing this gut punched me
The endearing aspect of Punpun is his impressionability. He can't face something difficult alone, otherwise he takes the form of that very difficulty. Reminds me of a comment from the big Berserk video where Loli says Guts tends to walk down difficult paths when traveling alone. The pride and egos of others circumstance leave him feeling alone in such difficulties.
The critical moments that test this are the women who get close to Punpun. Every single one of them feel terrible after realizing they have hurt him. I personally believe that to be a major element in why Aiko ended her own life. The hang glider sequence in ch.138 suggests this to be the case. The glider in the sky (P) are admirable, but the glider (A) must return to the ground "Where it belongs." She comments on feeling a lonely future ahead, leading her to attempting to get some vulnerability out of Punpun one last time. It fails...
Involving him in the difficulty of her mother turned him into her. She's lost everything now, thus has no reason to live. Terrible, but being fiction, I think I could add a thought excercise here. Let's say Aiko never died, blah blah police, jail, whatever, I'm not a writer. Now imagine ch.145 as Aiko returning a year later to rekindle things again, but Punpun listens to what she asks and realizes he can't go through with it, rejecting her. Sachi has already shown him the Milky Way and much more, now he questions if him and Aiko ever saw it in the first place. Being turned down, she leaves him alone, and he can live on.
Sadly, Asano steps on this interpretation with the last few panels, but yeah. A man can dream.
I had never heard of this manga before and after listening to a re-telling of the Berserk manga, this video was recommended to me. I thought I was gonna check it out real quick and move on but I immediately got hooked. Thank you for all the effort you put into this video and for letting more of us experience such an amazing story! ❤️
Was it Daniel Greenes series? I just commented that he should read Punpun. Oddly enough Berserk and Punpun are very similar series in my opinion
@@Crybaby-Media I mean they do have the same target demographic
"the past doesn't control you as long as you have a future"
Thank you for that 🙏
Absolutely love oyasumi punpun. This is a great delve into these characters, props. Its astonishing how much is missed from the original work in just covering what you did, and skipping out on some of the impactful panels and dread that the gradual build ups and contrast which the parallel characters of childhood friends presented throughout. Love the manner in which self perception is portrayed through the broken mirror Punpun is, reflecting his environments through his emotional experience of the world. WOnder how much Assano inserted himself into Punpun and Sachi. Great video and love the depth you put into it
I have no idea how this doesn’t have more attention. I stayed for the entire duration of this video and I would gladly do the same for future content that you will produce. You have a very captivating way of speaking and overall, the quality of this video is top tier. May the UA-cam algorithm bless you one day friend, you deserve more views.
tinkle tinkle hoy!
edit: okay, i was going to let this be my only comment in response because this manga has always been deeply personal to me, but playing the twilight town theme over aiko and punpun at the beach broke me. this was an excellent essay, as always, and you continue to make me think about this manga almost ten years after i've read it. thank you.
Two hour deep dive of one of my favorite Mangas of all time. By one of the best deep dive channels in manga medium to do so. IT MUST BE CHRISTMAS! Thank you for this Lex, I'm glad to see you uploading again!
So sad that not even one person reccomended them to go to therapy/see a psychologist.
Especially the adults and teachers.
I know Punpun does some terrible things but I get the sense Aiko may have manipulated him to some degree. I feel like she only took an interest in him after he revealed his mental vulnerability. She used him so she could feel strong enough to stand up to her mother. At the same time though Punpun unfairly blames Akio for pretty much everything and is down right toxic. Maybe they manipulated each other, I don't think either one is a bad. Maybe I just relate to Punpun too much and am biased.
Punpun and Aiko kinda of switch their behaviours to when they escape,Punpun becomes the overly commited one while Aiko is the hesitant one.
No you are completely right. Neither Punpun or Aiko is a hero, and both of them deserve our sadness and understanding. That’s the beauty of Punpun. There is no villain. Everyone is doing what they can, as best they can.
They both used each other.
It’s an honest reflection of two people in love with severe mental illnesses. How abuse and trauma can ruin so many people
If you unironically relate to punpun you need help
Definitely my new favorite video on Punpun. The analysis is really helpful, and the extra insight is brilliant.
i am so excited to watch this, your creativity and the ability to analize every little aspect of the manga and the psychology of the characters in these videos is unmatched for me, i really appreciate these
havent even gotten close to the halfway point in this video and this video and channel is already criminally underrated, theres so much work and care put into this video!! i havent gotten around to finish punpun so this is greatly appreciated to help digest it
Absolutely amazing. I've binged all of your Punpun videos after reading through it in one sitting. I'm not going to ramble on about how I feel about it, I just want to thank you so much for putting all of these incredible videos together :)!
This is such a well put together video. Oyasumi punpun is a series that is so important to me, and i Iove seeing these long video essays about it.
Man I love and respect the amount of effort you put into this video. I just finished pun pun and having this reccomended to me right after finishing it solidified how great this damn series was. Great work bro keep it up!
Hey! I just finished the vid, tbh it always destroys me to come back to the story told in the manga. I never really saw that much content about it and just chatted about it with some friends, and by the casualties of life, this video appeared just when I finished rereading it. I gotta say, you deserve a much bigger following than the one you have today. I guess the way you put things during the video really helped me recollect my emotions and thoughts on it. I really just wanted to thank you for making the effort to give us people of the internet the experience I've just had watching this. I hope you become more well known and gain a bigger audience. You really deserve it. Thanks a lot, man.
Completed the manga a month ago appreciated it on how it portrayed the event but now watching this all together in a pile is "killing" me. Kudos to the work 👍
1:23 good lord my jaw hit the floor that music fit so well
can’t wait to dig into this monster of a video dude, thanks for all the work!!!
This entire video was an amazing experience, thank you, genuinely
You did such a great job covering the story, the themes and expressed it beautifully through your editing. I read this maybe a year ago and forgot a lot of what happened but you managed to recapture how I felt originally reading it with your recap alone. I hope you carry on making content, I will be there to watch!
Been waiting for this video 🥹 keep up your great work!
Saw the notification for this video and my day immediately got better! Love your work dude!
Thank you for this! A very well thought out analysis.
so glad pun pun is still relevant and you made such an incredible video on it tysm
This is amazing, thank you so much for your hard work!
Oh my gosh, this is so long awaited and it’s a 2 1/2 hr long video
BLESS 🤩
The best video breakdown I've seen on Punpun. 👏🏻 I loved especially that you highlighted the various split interpretations and hidden details of how human emotion/expression/intentions from all of the main characters can be viewed from different perspectives, whether for good/bad/gray motives or not. Some I was aware of in the story, but a good amount went over my head that you perfectly cleared up and made me think more with some closure. This is truly my favorite manga series for how unique the story and art is that makes you think about the reality of human nature, and you presented the summary of it with grace.
the gradual pacing to see punpun’s actual self is mind-blowing wtf
awesome video
Love this whole video, perfect to listen to for the night shift. Thanks for all your time and effort put into making this!
my guy was BUSYYYY; was waiting for this for quite a bit.
Spectacular work! This video Made me feel better about myself. Thank you.
You deserve more subscribers man. I hope this blows up!
This about to be a whole movie, so I made sure to bring my popcorn lol. Great work Lex
This is an incredible interpretation and analysis! Thanks for all the hard work. :)
Bro the way you explained everything made me watch the whole like I love it
This is a brilliant reading and editing of the story man bravo
you're simply awesome with this videos,keep up the good work
After binging your channel I have to say your analyses are top notch can't wait for the next vid
Great vid, thank you for making this
Punpun truly did change me. A part of me hopes that future generations will find this beautiful work, and be inspired at the very least, but another part of me doesn't want to be as broken as i was when I finished reading it.
I’m glad I watched this all the way through
12/10, subscribed
thank you for your effort, don't want smaller channels to go unnoticed.
This was incredible to watch. I have so many feelings and feel so........i don't know how I feel.
Incredible video. You deserve all your likes and subs.
thank you for making this, i hope youre doing well
One of the biggest takeaways I got from all of this was when his uncle says that "People getting together just to lick their wounds is an ugly sight" and that is exactly what became of Punpun and Aiko. Both horrifically broken people that have staked this belief that somehow the other is the key to fixing their lives for the better, only for the two to drag each other so far down it kills Aiko and ruins Punpun's life. They both saw adults as failures and useless as children, they both hated themselves, hated the lies, and even in their time together where they licked each others wounds came to resent each other. Like his uncle said, they became ugly as their wounds inside and out became infected and got worse. There was so much wrong that it was fate for them to fail each other. Genuinely one of the most tragic things I've ever read
Thank the algorithm gods for letting me stumble on this amazing video! Chef's kiss! I've been dying to reread this series but honestly have been too timid to relive how this manga made me feel at the time of completing it. Hats off to the tremendous amount of work you put into this video!! Dont mind me taking a peak around at your other works~
Been waiting for this
This felt like an important thing for me to have listened to.I can't thank you enough for that
This was an amazing video!
i’m so glad i’m subscribed to you
Thank you for making this video
Great vid on a great story man, thank you
I've been marathoning your videos lately. I'm shocked you don't have more subscribers! Keep up the good work 😊!
I love and appreciate you!
I read this for the first time earlier this year. No manga has ever been able to reach into my soul and rip it the way this one did. It gave me a lot to think about regarding my own life and past circumstances.
I listened to a story time of this manga before and it really made me think about love and life in a completely different way and I really enjoyed this story
This is a fantastic psychoanalysis!
I really enjoyed your breakdown of the characters, especially with Punpun & Yuuchi's crossovers, during the conclusion portion of your video.
10/10
Also, your use of Silent Hill 2 Music and other psychological horror games is fantastic. I really added to the mood of this video :)
I'm going to keep it short. Thank you so much for making this video.
just discovered your channel. incredible work. looking forward for more manga deep dives!
Holy crap dude, this must've been a beast to edit. You did a spectacular job though!
Awesome video! Thank for you creating this video!!!
I will now be depressed
Part 6 will forever stay in my mind