Goodnight Punpun, Vol. 1

Synopsis

A dark coming-of-age tale where slice-of-life slices back. This is punpun onodera’s coming-of-age story. His parents’ marriage is falling apart. His dad goes to jail, and his mom goes to the hospital. He has to live with his loser uncle. He has a crush on a girl who lives in a weird cult. Punpun tries talking with god about his problems, but god is a jerk. Punpun keeps hoping things will get better, but they really, really don’t. Meet punpun punyama. He’s an average kid in an average town. He wants to win a nobel prize and save the world. He wants the girl he has a crush on to like him back.