Depraved Beauty - Oyasumi Punpun

Some people who read Oyasumi Punpun don't resonate with the psychology because they might be too young as this manga is for people over 17/18 or 20+. I heard some people say it is not worthwhile for anything? I would have to strongly disagree, it is worthwhile for people who resonance with the same mental illness and that the manga takes to an extravagant extent. "But it just risks people who have mental illnesses" I do not think it is a risk to mental health, say if you are struggling with mental problems and you come into contact with something that relates the same feelings your feeling like Oyasumi Punpun. It can be a real relieve to find out you’re not alone in whatever you're feeling and can give you some outlet to get out all the pent up emotions.

I got the idea after criticism of the manga and wanted to give my opinion so here it is. 

This Blog MAY Spoil The Manga For You

Goodnight Punpun is for depressed people and say once they finished this absolute masterpiece then are sad from the ending it can relieve the emotions also resonance close to your heart which ironically gives you more hope even if the manga is truly morbid. I don't think people are that gullible for it to warp their sense of reality because it's clear from the start the manga is a perversion of reality; same way an edgy teen uses edgy music to cope with life, it's the same situation. Everyone's mind is already perverse and if you told your closest friends what has went through your mind in last 24 hours they would not be friends (you would want to keep that a secret to your death bed and this manga is that in a story) Having stuff like that helps mentally disturbed people is better than them harming themselves or even taking their whole life.

Not every nihilistic anime/manga has to have a happy ending, purely conceptual tangents of insanity is an impressive topic to pull off to this perfection and an unique idea as Inio Asano did a different take on it. "But it isn't realistic. He doesn't move pass his past" well pall; I would have to disagree with you, Punpun does move past his tormented past but backwards which seeing something this distortion of depression is funny enough very pleasing to my eyes and beautiful in ironic sense. This manga is the so extremely realistic, the concept of the mangaka's psyche of meaninglessness and void is very presence throughout this and in real life it is not all sugar and raindrops, some people have miserable lives and die miserable. The east is way different from the west. Showing these feelings as a man is a taboo or even for anyone in Japan is taboo, deviants are thrown aside and left to struggle which is what I think he symbolises in the manga. People can relate to this just like people can relate to literally anything else even a blank canvas with a dot, not everyone sees it the same way as the left winged media does on any troublemaker and to assume everyone who likes this manga is a psycho is extremely ignorant which I've seen many people say.

Punpun himself is the epitome of mental illness, he has every mental illness from autism to psychopath tendencies. Which goes from least harm to most harm, is this a romanisation of mental illness? Well maybe but I do not think it inherently does that. It just a hot take itself by itself. People compare it to Neon Genesis Evangelion which in my opinion is a worse depiction of chaos and insanity/perversion because NGE is to me surface level story about a virgin who becomes the ultimate incel with daddy issue depression. Compared to a superior chad oyasumi punpun which is a clean cut encyclopaedia of mental health and what it can turn into, turned up to a million; it's clear that Punpun takes the cake. (Except End of Evangelion, that is better than punpun but not for the same reason).

A promise that all things have a happy ending is one of the taboo’s punpun breaks and shatters like a mirror dropping on to a floor, the lies that society forces you to believe that tomorrow will be brighter is no more than a delusion that punpun carries with him which he believed at some point and he sees how far he can go against society. When he is in too deep which is entertaining for me because this is like plane crash but if you had RTX raytracing (basically 4k) on it which is a eye candy for me. "The manga is a danger and creates psychopath", psychopaths can take motivation in anything like punpun sure it does bring a lot of overly edgy people who do romanticise this manga which is a problem in itself but look at any show that has similar topics to punpun like the ones you listed and you’ll find people also doing the same to them so the manga isn't the problem.

Almost all of people romanticise this manga harmful parts just doing it as an aesthetic or a persona, they aren't actually like this; if they are psychopaths, it isn't punpun's fault as they were more like that before reading it. The mangaka takes these ideas to be out of proportion to make people understand what others go through, just on a much higher level as that's what get through people's minds. Myself, I like stuff like this that takes it too out of the wazoo which is entertaining to me because taboo topics aren't really talk about that much so it is refreshing for me. Stories use exaggeration to be entertaining, to convey points as that is what get's it through the reader’s head if nothing were exaggerated then it would not be any fun or interesting for people to read so it isn't really a good reason to hate it.

"People don't talk about what punpun's portrays; for good reason!!" It is not portrayed in pop culture and media because we get people who thinks it harms others and romanticises it but in fact does the opposite because it gives light on the topic and makes the public more aware of what it can encompasses. How these haters view this is similar to social justice warriors that fight for others when it has nothing to do with them and ends up making something not dangerous harmful because if you voice a take that saying this is going to be harmful then more people are going to think it causes harm more or creates more harm than before anyone said anything about it.

The whole manga is a pure exaggeration in the essence of it. "Asano should of made punpun a better person". Now my opinion if punpun would of developed for the better, he would have moved from the premise of the manga which would of just came across as pretentious to appease to social normality that society tells you then would of been a contradiction. The manga sets this depraved tonality right from the start which a lot of people tend to miss or not pick up on and if it would just ended with sunshine and rainbows I think the whole premise of the manga would of failed flat on it's face and been not as successful as it is online because it would just not fit the whole manga.

"The manga is too much of a realist philosophy" Being a realist isn’t wrong, yes it is a harsh reality which everyone has to accept or not and seems like people who say this are far ignorant that they don't wish to accept the harsh realities of living. Seeing the whole world in this realism light is destructive in terms of the manga yes. Why? that’s the whole point of it, it is an forbidden take. Is it destructive having these views in real life? No, not inherently; it is a stage that everyone has to goes through and not everyone thinks to that degree the manga portrays as punpun is not actually human he is innocence that turned into malice destroying everything around him.

I've seen haters of this belittle people with depression or depression itself and some of them haven't reach that point of self-awareness for their life or have disregard for empathy and lack of maturity which I can't fault as this is a seinen for a good reason so someone who fits a shounen demographic might not like this manga as it is very mature and is about sensitive topics that used in sort of an offensive way if you look at but that is subjective. (People usually get these ponders of existentialism around 17/18) I like Punpun as everyone can see themselves in him, it takes a normal kid who goes through trauma throughout his childhood and prepubescent which is portrayed as the monster that he becomes. Builds up to the point until he becomes a deviant to society that started off depressed then derives into a pit of chaos which is an interesting psychological mind boggle that is below the surface a very deep, meaningful, and impactful story. This manga to some can be a guide on your psyche if they have what the main character has, it can be an eye opener like they just found someone who is just like them which can help mental health if they read it as a teen. This manga is a masterpiece which can show people who don't have mental illness what it can be like just at an over top exaggerated extent. Yes, it is shock content because it gets the point across how serious it can be.

Thanks for reading!!