INIO ASANO

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story and Art by INIOASANO

GOODNIGHT PUNPUN
Part One
CONTENTS

Chapter 1 e
Chapter 2 o
Chapter 3 o
Chapter 4 o
Chapter 5

Chapter 6

Chapter 7

Chapter 8

Chapter 9

Chapter 10

Chapter 11

Chapter 12
 Today,
Punpun was
terribly
depressed
about going
to school...

...because
Miyo,
the class
sweetheart,
was
transferring
 WHAT STUFF
VO you WANT
TO PO WHEN
you OROW UP?
you ALL HAVE
SOMFTHINQ
you WANT TO
PO, RIOHT?
PREAM Bl^?,
EVERyONE/

BECAUSE
PREAMS
ARE FREE'

BUT PONT
FOROET TO
BE REALISTIC
ABOUT yOUR
ABILITIES ANP
FINANCIAL
NEEPS.

OTHERWISE
yOU'RE IN FOR
SOME SERIOUS
PISAPPOINT-
MENTS IN
 l0Z-(IKD07
i I

'HAS
JU6T
K\VPm!

IS ms
THE my
YOU &0
HOME?

W/!\NT
TO WALK
TOGETHER?
FINI6HEP
MINE LIKE
THAT.

BECAUSE I'M
TO BE
AN ACTRESS,
A SINGER OR
A MOPEU/

...IN A PEW
YEARS WE'LL
RUN OUT
UNLESS WE OP OIL, THE
ALL MOVE ENVIRONMENT
TO ANOTHER WILL BE
PLANET, IT'LL PESTROYEP ANP
BE OVER POR EARTH WILL BE
HU/VIANITY. UNINHABITABLE?

PIP YOU
KNOW
THAT?.'
 But he And as he
fought pondered the
back the kind of adult
tears. he would grow
up to be, Punpun
forgot the way
home and almost
started to cry.
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Punpun's
He had never dream
actually played was to
baseball
play pro
before, but it
made Punpun I baseball.
feel good to see
his father
enjoying the
live broadcasts.

But
sometimes
Punpun
found himself
questioning
whether that
really meant he
wanted to play
' baseball.

.../VWKE6
ME WANT TO
HOW HIT A HOME
CANWa RUN IN BEP
TONIOHT/
8BOUT,
YOU
fPIOT?!
 KNOW WE
HAVE BEER
THAT BB^R
IN THE
'HAS PAW
FOR WITH FRIPOE/
MONFy I
BARmPl
youvF
BBBU UN-
FMPLOyEP
?ORA
YBAR!

YOU'VB
ABRBAVY
WAR youR

QUOTA
FOR THF
NIOHT/

...TRANSFER
ANP LEAVE
you ouys/

yOU'RE I PIPN'T
My WIFE.' THINK
you 5HOULP THEWP FIRE
BE MORE ME FOR
SAyiNO NO/
SyMPATHETIO/

Punpun
was
used to
days like
these.
 r THIS 16
Auomv
TH6 TIMS...
VES/ LOOK,
SEE THAT
TRIANliJLE INI
THE EASTERN!
SKy? i

THE
STAR AT
THE VERY
TOP IS VEOA,
INI THE LYRA
CONSTELLA¬
TION.

W m iSiSB
Uncle Yuichi Yuichi was
was his there to
mother's
younger
brother
and lived in
Ofuna with

12
PUNPUNi WE'RE uom
lAU&UA&B
ARTS FOR
THE FIRST
HOUR/

VJRAT'S
THE Being called
MATTBR? on with no
warning made
Punpun a
little nervous.

EVER/ONE
RS.AV THEIR
ESSA/S TO
THE CLASS
/ESTERPA/
MORNINS.

50 NOW
LET'SHEAR
yOURS.
 kVO/^/

AHHHli

you
MATTER SHOULQ
WHAT!! fCNOOOW
 PUT IT'6
UNFAIR TO
/VWKE AN
EXCEPTION.
RIOHT?
 Punpun's dream
was to become
a space expert
and help people
emigrate to
another planet.

Gicade
a Vo ce^eaccv, ou>cec
LouV o

;\trrsrj
...Aiko was
watching!

so embar¬
rassed, he
felt like he
was going

6PEAK UP
SO m CAH
All HEAR/
 Punpun
was
deep in
thought.

IPW He
wondered
if helping
mankind
was so emigrate
confused. to another
planet was
...he wasn't an impossible
dream for him.
even sure if
he wanted
to become a
space expert
anymore.
 These were ...and Aiko's
the thoughts so hand felt
that crossed small. soft and
Punpun's warm...
mind.

...to let ...that And

go of her he didn't he also
hand. want... thought...
 "But no
matter
what
happens..

mmi
lEii^iri |pi
liMB
 I had a di'ea'Xn
wh^n I was youn^. /
(AUd even tiow that^
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GOODNIGHT PUNPUN
Part One

INIO ASANO
 Today
was a
happy
COOP day, a
/WORNINO
day to
PUNPUN.
celebrate.

CAN you
HELP MB
UNPACK?

P/ARTty yOUR
My MOM AND I
PARENTS ARB TALKED IT
aerms tired OVER, AND I'LL
OF THEIR BE LIVINO
UNEMPLOyEP HERE FOR
SON LIVING A WHILE.
/\T HOME,
. BUT-

ANYWAY

AW/M? ...JUST PUT

THE SMALL
BOXES IN
yOUR PAP'S
OFFICE.

Chapter 4
 FACT, 6HE
f SHE'S AUM06T HAS
ALWA/S TOO MUCH
COMPLAININir ENERSy...
THAT THE
HOSPITAL /VIEALS
ARE TOO SMALL
OR THAT IT'S
BORINO HERE
I AT NIOHT /

YOUR
^0£ you

|r1-
MU6T
MOM WILL BE MRS.
BE ABLE TO PUN-
00 HOME y/A/VW'6
love his
mother

Punpun...

BBINO- HER
USUAL
PIPFICULT
 CAK I TAKB
AAONEy
FROM My
USE THAT
PAUOHTFR
MONEy FOR AND 60N'IN'
THE BABy
ON THE

OH yEAH,
I HAVE
 I Gu^ee
HE'6 BEf N
LONEUy
6INCE AAOM
PIEI?.
HE'S V;
BECOME f
NICE IN HIS L
OLP /AOE. f

HE USEP
TO BE SO
H/\RPHE/\PEP.
I WAS
APRAIP
OF HIM.

THANK
you.'
 IF you
' ReMBMBBR
THISONFFOOP,
YOU'U HAYF
ALONGANQ
HFALTHYUFF!
 I IF YOUR
HUSBAND
UYFS TO BF
AHUNDRBD
BFCAUSFOF
THIS, DON'T
HOLD MS
RFSPONSIBUF!

X( I y
^ WM^ TO

YOU C/\N ERRAMP

WALK worn

C/\N'T YOU, K
PUNPUN?

WH/\T'6
TH/^T?

"Do you know

when Dad is
coming home?"
Punpun asked
his uncle.
 "Dear God,
dear God,
tinkle hoy"
was a chant
Uncle Yuichi
had taught
Punpun three
years ago.
 A'AW My
NOWS
&omA
com
HOME
SOON...

A-mv
ACTUALLY

...I HAVE
AN UPSET
6TO/VWCH

(HHOfiO) I
 6TUPII?.

merev
54TURt?/\/.

WHAT'LU
WE PC>?
HOW /\BOUT

SHIMIZU'S
NOT WORTH
IT ANYMORE.
WE'RE
WRITINO
HIM OFF/
 WI6H I
COULV &0
60MEWMERE
TOO.

LET'S
JUST
LEAVE
THEM
ALONE.

' THAT
RERUN OF
THE SHOW
WITH
SHIMUTAKU'S
OONNA START
 DOESN'T DIPPED IN
RE/\UUy FILL
you UP, FONDUE...
DOES IT?

BELIEVE
IN
FINDING
 "Is it Punpun
possible for mustered
your brain up all his
to melt and courage and
0? THAT
squirt out asked...
HAPPENING,
of a weird BUT I
place?" A65UME
60.

I 6EE...
SO
WORRY, THAT'6
WHAT'6
PUNPUN,
&0\H&
YOU
ON.
WON'T
PIE.

THERE ARE
THIN06 IN
THE WORLP
I'YE OOT
YOU KNOW
60ME BOOK6
NOTHING
YOU CAN
ABOUT.
BORROW
60 YOU CAN
REAP UP
ON THEM.
 I SOME¬
PON'T SEE THING'S
/ANVTHING. MOVING UP
THERE?

GR/iNTEP,
YOU'RE
STILL /I
CHILP. EUT

discovered
a new
 IP IT
RP/iLUy
you IS A NIPW
SURE ARE PUNPT...
irREEPy,
THIS
COULP BE
A ^REAT
...IT'LL BE
PISCOVERy/
CALLEP
PLANET
PUNPUN.'

Do you
think I'll
win the
Nobel
Prize?!"
But Punpun
had a hard
time finding
a chance
to speak to
Aiko.
 HEY,
HARUMli

THAT MEAN
TMEy'LU WAS
START HANlir- SONOPA
IN(J OUT TELUINO
TOOETMER HARUMI THAT
. SHE LIKES
NOW?
\ HIM?

ABUy.
ISN'T THAT
OBVIOUS?
THEy'VE
LIKED EACH IF YOU
OTHER AAAKF m
FOREVER. A/WD, I'UU
BREAK
YOUR NECK/

Chapter 7 ^
 That If that
question was the
consumed case,
Punpun. how did
Aiko feel
about
him?

REALl-y,
KIPS THESE
VMS kVS.
SUCH
WHINERS.

I'M
&on&
CUT TO
TAKE C/\RE
OF SOME IVE PIS-
THINOS.
SO REST INFECTEP
FOR /A BIT, THE /\RE/\.
THEN 00
B/ICK TO
 PUNPUN,
DID YOU KNOW
THAT 50N09A
TOLU HARUMI
6HE LIKED
I LOOK, j
HIM? SIR, A I
.RAINBOW'/'

ii5S pflrixasfp
THE/'RE
(50IN<JT0
TOy(06HIWW
AMUSEMENT
PARK OVER
SUMMER
BREAK, JUST
THE TWO OP
. THEM.

SO
LUCKY
...BUT I
WISH I IT
COULD 00 DOESN'T
F/\R AWAiy, HAVE TO
BE AN
WHERE
AMUSEMENT
THERE'S
PARK...
NO ONE
AROUND.
Punpun was Just how
at a loss long did
for words, Aiko mean
wondering by "forever
about it. and ever"?
 IT'S
EMB/\RR/;6SIN&-
UHH.
SHE DOESN'T
W/INT PEOPLE
TO KNOW.

WHAT?

SHE'S THE
ONE WHO
SAID SHE WE DIDN'T DO
LIKED ME, A THINO, AND
SO WHAT PIP I OOT PUMPED
SHE EXPECT IN HALF A PAX
0IRL6 FROM ME? ANX OTHER
ARE QUESTIONS?
SCARX.
 I mm.
WITH you I'VE MAP
0Uy6 TOO,
OP COURSE.
IT WITM
&IRL6/

IT'6 JU6T /
ME ANP Y
THE PWC/
 YOU HAVE
BIG BOOBS.
WHAT CUP

K
 NOT THAT
I WAS
NO. IN
UNHAPPY
FACT, I
WITH MY
SHOULP
UFB.
SAY THAT
I WAS
ORATeFUL
 MYFATHBR
QFPICAWP MOST
OF HIS UFS TO
HIS WOR^, ANQ
MYMOTHSR
OIUGSNTUY
RAIS SO HSR
KIPS.
MYOLPBR
SISTSR
MARRISP
A CMU
SERVANT
LAST
THIS HAPPY
MONTH.
FAMILY UPS
WITH NO
WORRIES...
IT'S AS
FRAGILE AS
PAPIER-MACHE.

ILLNESS,
ACdPENTS,
NATURAL
PtSASTERS,

ONLY GOP
KNOWS WHEN
MISFORTUNE
WILL STRIKE.

MY PAP
REVREP,
HESAIP...

NEVER
KNOWING WHEN
YOU'LL GET
KNOCKEPPOWN
ANP GRASPING
PESPERATELY AT
WHAT LITTLE JOY
ANP HOPE YOU
CAN FINP....
CAN THAT REALLY
BE HAPPINESS?
ANP.
 IPON'T
UNPBR-
JWN'T
STAN9!
UNPBR-
STANQ!

I'M NOT
QANCING
8BCAUSB
I'MMAU!

I'M
CONBBSSING
8BCAUSB
I WANT
SOCIBTY TO
QUBSVON
WHAT
HAPPINBSS
 I've ALSO
ueFTsoMe
CASH, BNOUGH
TO Be WORTH
YOUR
COURAOe. I

SOI
WANT YOU
TO FINQ THe
BOQieSANO
UeAKITTO
THeMewA.

TP YOU'RB
WATCHING
THIS vioeo
NOW, I've
PROBABLY
ALRBAPY
ICILLet?
MYSBLF.
152
 ...AW THAT'S
WHY WE WANT
EVERYONE TO
HAVE A HAPPY
ANP HEALTHY
LIFESTYLE.

WE'RE NOT
PEPPLINO
SOME
STRANOE
RELIOION.

IN FACT,
WE BELIEVE
THE SUSPICIOUS
NATURE THAT LEP
YOU TO SUCH A
CONCLUSION IS
PROOF OF YOUR
POOR HEALTH. ON YOUR
SHIRT
IS YOUR
WHAT?
 A CA6E O?
TEN BOTTLES
IS $32 PER
BOTTLE,
MUCH
CHE/IPER/

POCTOR
HAS PROPUCT
PILIOBNTUy ' IS REALUy,
IMBUEP REALUy
BVBRy BOTTLE
WITH
POWER...

POW^R
vote rwt
POCTOR
H4V^?/
 He remembered his
father's words,
"Curry has to be mild.
And if you grate in
some apple, it makes
it even milder and
irresistible for someone
like me who prefers a
subtle flavor."
 home for
more than
a month.

Uncle Yuichi
Punpun said he
worried had been
that his 'transferred
father away for
would miss
the Japan
Baseball
Series.

Punpun
felt a
rush of
loneliness.
 That's the
chant Uncle
Yuichi had
taught him.

Howdy,
Punpun! Did
you want
something?

"Will Dad
be home
in time for
the Japan
Series?"
S2 « w
 IT'S PINS
WITH MS IP
YOU BSLISVS
YOUR 00U>
WILL SMB
YOU!

3Ur I'M
SAYIUG- YOU
eUOULVU'T
6H0VS YOUR
BELISP5 OH
OTHER
PEOPLE/

you'RS
SO J-JUST
ANXIOUS COMPARE IT
ANP TO WATER
you'RE WOUNP PROM youR
LONEty, UP. PAUCET...
AREN'T
 I6NI'T
THAT HOW
HUAAANI
NATURE
WORK6?/

THE WORLP
OVERFLOWS
WITH SADNESS
BECAUSE OF
PEOPLE LIKE
you.

EVER/
THREE
SECONDS,
A CHILD
DIES FROM
HUNOER
SOMEWHERE
IN THE
WORLD,

I'M JU6T A
PI50U5TIN0 YOU'RE
' AAACHINE THAT ' RIOHT.'
AND THE '
CONTINUOUSLY
ENVIRONMENT
PROPUCES IS NEARLy
OARBAOE ANP DESTROyEP...
SHIT.'
kmm, \

That was
the chant
Uncle Yuichi
had taught
Punpun
three years
ago.
170
 In a drastically
uncharacteristic
manner, Punpun
dashed after her.
 As he ran,
he forgot
why he was
running, but
he kept at it
with all his
might.
 PIPFERENT
PIRECTION
TMH THE
TIME WE
WALKEP HOME
, TOGETHER.
 5/\y
SOME¬
THING.

I 6AIP, S^y
SOMETHING/
 Punpun
proudly
declared,
"I'll win the
Nobel Prize.
Then we can
go and live
on Planet
Punpun!"
.Punpun "Where is
asked Kagoshima
Aiko. anyway?"
 6AVEP
UP 60 I PCN'T
TO WORK
LIKE A
TECHNIQUE YOU
6HQWEP ME
PIPN'T WORK.
 if \

/}
nVi
CAH UO
JYTHINO/

ARB YOU
{?ONNA STOP
YOURSBIP rAim& uou-
TOGETHER. eeusB?

3Y THE
mY, CAH
YOU LOAK
ME 60ME
MONEY?
KNOWN
I'M
YOU SINCE
HAVINO
KINPER-
A ROUOH
OARTBhi...
TIME
RIOHT
 BELIEVE
EVERYTHIN^^
PEOPLE
TELL you/

PUNPUN

H4RUMIN,
PUNPUN 15
 WEIRP G-UY
WHO CUT IN
AW TAlKeV
ABOUT
THE MI60
FACTOR//

THAT'6 >
RIOHT...
HE SAIP
THERE'S CASH
THERE EQUAL
TO OUR
COURAOE...

KOAMTSU.
IF...
WHAT IP
THERE'S, LIKE,
A MILLION
BUCKS? WHAT
wouLP you
BUY WITH IT?
 At that
moment, a
lightbulb YOU 6AIU IT
WAS JUST
went off in
A
Punpun's
head.
 Because if
they found
money at
the factory...
 WE'RE JUST
VOn& A PARE/
WE'RE &OmA
CHALLENGE
EACH OTHER/
 TO
THE

FB6TIVAL!

I'LL &0
W4TCH THE
P/\RE.
-O^o
GOODNIGHT PUNPUN inioasano
Part One

BACKGROUND ASSISTANTS: Yuki Toribuchi

Satsuki Sato
CG ASSISTANT: Hisashi Salto
COOPERATION: Kumatsuto
Yasumasa Iwama
GOODNIGHT PUNPUN
Part Two
Chapter 13 @

Chapter 14 @ ^

Chapter 15 @

Chapter 16 @

Chapter 17 @

Chapter 18 ®

Chapter 19 @

Chapter 20 @ •

Chapter 21 @

Chapter 22 ®

Chapter 23 O CONTENTS
 Punpun
realized
something
awful.

c
h
a
P
t
e
r
13

"I really
need to
pee!!"
 ^LBMBSITARY
6CROOL

SOMETIMES HUH,
THE lOCAL SORRy.
PUNKS COME
HERE TO WAUB
SEX, WHICH
TOT/flLUy PISSES
, ME OFF.

THE SICN WHAAT?/

SAYS "NO WH/\T ARB
TRESRASSINO,' you AVI
BUT I'VE SC4REP OF?
NEVER SEEN IT'S OK^y/
ANYONE,
YOU KNOW,
\ OFFICIAL.

ARE YOU
POINO
HERE...?
 But he To be
looked for honest,
the bodies Punpun
and money really
with wanted
everyone to go
else. home.
 WONPER
IF IT WAS
A HOAX,
AFTER AUU?

Hlfj|Rnm
WKi/.mtnKs^m
Hflun

.</

i'y •^:i#?|
1
IT OVER
I i’*.
? S'SBKl, \
’ VO you 1
THINK IT
A/WNIPE6TEt??
THE
OWNER'S...
 THERE'S
NOTHIN^/

AM/BE IT'S
TIME TO
OlVE UP?

YOU CM
OET ON THE
ROOF FROM
OUT HERE.
 moA,
moA,
moA!
mAT
ARB YOU
vom,
6BKI?
YOU'LL
START
A FIRE.
 The man
approached so
very slowly that
Punpun couldn't
tell how much
time passed.

But he had
a feeling that
the man was
trying to tell him
something.
TH^R^'6
(K FIR^/
 16 THERE
A MEPIUM IN
THI6 NEI^^H-
BORHOOP?
 And the Punpun had
thought that no clue what
he might die was going
there made on.
his mind go
completely
blank.

He
heard
that very
•PI
But the
man's
hoarse
clearly. whisper..
Punpun
was...
 .../NAFEW HEy,
yEARS WE'LL RUN P/P yOU
 iiiim / woRRy,
/ T'LL FINP
. ANOTHER
/ JOB
J BUT WE SOON.
EHOULP USE
THIS OPPOR- .
TUNiry FOR y
PON'TBAy THE THREE OF
TH/N3B US TO GET TO ]//
RNOW EACH
U/<E THAT
WHEN you \\ BETTER!
\//
/ \y/
REEH OF
ALCOHOL!

f TNEyER
BHOULPVE
HAP A KIP!
T BHOULP
HA^E L/yEP,
My LIFE I
FORME! (
 KNOW you
SHOULDN'T
COME THIS
FAR sy
yOURSELF!

youR \
MOM ANO '
OAP ARE
PESPERATELy
LOOKING FOR
you RIGHT

HE
yES, yES. ^ WON'T
I KNOW STOP
you WERE CRyiNG,
LONELyANP GEEZ.
WORRIEP
ALL By
\yOURSELF.
 IF you \
GET
LONELy
yOUIUBT I
CHANT TH/S j
SPELL. /
 Looking
unusually
serious,
God spoke
to Punpun.
 If, no matter Punpun,
how much here’s
people need what God
each other thinks.
and hurt each
other, there’s Humans,
still no such as long as
thing as perfect they live,
understanding, have an
then what emptiness
on earth can inside them
you believe in? that can
Just kidding— never be
lighten up! filled.

...let’s Well,
stay Punpun
friends
 H^PN'T
STARTUP
FWININir, IT
MI^^HTVE

JU6T LIKE
THE POOP
60V SAW, 1
TRIER TO VO
THE RI(?HT

6T>ARTED
POURINi^/
The thought In spite of Even
almost made everything, Punpun could
him cry. he wouldn't understand
be able to the situation.
deliver on his
promise to
Aiko.
Pi7 'j*

..:^v':-y'-''S"
 But Aiko's
Punpun hand was
held soft and
tight to warm...
it.

For some "The sky is

reason, that so full of stars
thought it's about to
settled in overflow. I hope
Punpun's I get to see it
mind. again someday."
 SASSOON HIS
STATSmeNT, THS
80UISS0FAMAN
ANO TWO WOMBN
WBRBFOUNPIN
AN ABAN90NBQ
MtSO FACTORY.
THBYARe
BFUeYFQ TO
HAYS BBBN PBAP
FOR SBVBRAL
 THERE'S ' YOU
ABSOLUTEUy
CAN'T
NO SMOKINO
COME OUT
0UT6IPE
DE6I0NATEP HERE By
SMOKINO yOURSELF/
/AREAS/ ^

I'M NOT
BOTHERING
ANyONE.

WELU,
TO BE
HONEST

...I LIKE
THE VIEW
PROM HERE
But he knew that
no matter how
confused he was,
it wouldn't solve
anything, and he
was even a little
angry that
he couldn't be
anything but
confused.

320
"If I don't do
something...
 ' THIS IS
H/4PPENIN5
BARIIBR THAN
EKPECTEP,
BUT HARUMI'S
PARENTS
HAVE
PECIPEP...
...THAT HE'LL
TRANSFER
SCHOOLS
NOW, RATHER
THAN AT THE
START OP
NEXT TERM.
 VROOM
VROOM
^ROOOOhM

WHAT VO
YOU SAY AT
A TIME LIKE
THI6...?

I'M
NOT
REALUy
 For some
reason,
Punpun
felt very
lonely.

"Kagoshima
is far away,
and there's
no way we
can get there.
We're just
breaking a
promise?
"...NEXT *iF you
TIME, 5ETRAy
I’LL ME AGA/N...
X/LL
you."
 ...just ...was really Punpun...
Aiko and scared of
him. going to
Kagoshima...
...really, Aiko Probably...
really was also
scared. probably...

..."if Aiko "How

gets scared great would
and doesn't it be,"
come to the Punpun
meeting thought...
spot..."
 If that Maybe Aiko
was true, was home
how selfish right now,
could she shivering
be?! and eating
choco pies.
happening.

THAT'6 WHY
I'M ALWAYS
INI VBSPAIR!

The "Weeell,
thought you're just
of saying a coward,
that to her Aiko...
the next Nyah
time they nyahr
met lifted
Punpun's
spirits.
rr;\
wMMm
350
SAY
eom-
rm&!
 He ...was Thinking
thought agonizing about
he would for what Aiko
go crazy. Punpun. might be
thinking...
 PUNPUN'6
BE&NI IN
MOOD
UTEUy...
WONDER
IF ME'6
OK4y
SCHOOL
STARTS
TOAAORROW,
V RIOHT? j.

I'M SO
PROUD OF
you/ you
WANT TO
HELP WITH
THE RENT?

...WATCHINO
you ouys makes
ME WANT TO
OET My SHIT
TOOETHER...
 On the
first day
of the new
term, Aiko
came to
school as
usual.

360
PUNPUN/
 felt that
she should
just get it
over with.
IF YOU
WANT
SOtWc.'
Tm&
"I don't
want to
die...

"I'm
sorry..
 ...he was ...no But...
completely, matter
utterly how
alone. much he
cried...
 I'M SURE 0IRL6 ARE
THE/'RE PROM ALWA/S
60MPWHERP LIKE THAT.
PAR, PAR AWA/
AT THP PNP OP
THE UNIVERSE.

eo,l'ET’sSor
' EVER/
TIME I SPEAKING
LOOK AT OP, ARE you
THE STARS, USINO THE
TELESCOPE?
I THINK...

IP THERE'S
A PATEP SOMEONE
OUT THERE IN
THOSE MILLIONS Op
STARS, IS IT
POSSIBLE TO
EVER MEET...?" /
 ...a little Punpun's
more dad
down than seemed...
usual.

you KNOW,
BACK THEN > WTEL-y yOUR
I IMAOINBU PAP 6PENP6
THAT By NOW I'P AUU MI6 TIME
BE LIVING A RICH THINKING-
ABOUT THE
AND REWARDING
UNIVERSE.
LIFE SOMEWHERE
ON A fAUA'HAV ,
PLANET. A
USEP TO
BE INTO
SCI-FI WHEN
BUT NOW I I WAS
THINK THE yoUNOER.
FUTURE IS
SURPRISINOLy
mu
...it had And ...Dad
become Punpun was warm,
autumn realized and it felt
without that... good to
him hug him.
noticing.
 &0\U&!

IF 5HF
FOUNP OUT I
W46 W4ITINO
FOR you
AFTER SCHOOL,
WE'P HAVE
ANOTHER
ARGUMENT/
HA HA HA HA!
.is^.Cl«o,rCPi^et,+,on i

WHERE'S
WONPER
PUNPUN?
IP ME
WENT
HOME?

Chapter
 Punpun thought
about how no one
could possibly
understand what he
was going through,
and it felt like his
heart was being
squeezed.

He Always getting
was sick treated like a
of it! little kid...
 He
decided
he would
become a
grown-up,
starting
today.
 The world
stretched
far beyond
 4vv^ ,
I *'>*\»^ »(U-#*'Vv5xT>-''
like the
world after
iatf
humanity
had been
destroyed.
 Today,
Punpun
felt very
much
alone.
...he'd
have been
better off
being alone
from the
start.
408
 THE
IT'S WHEN WONPER W5T TIME
My SISTER me WHEN TH/^T I W/\6 HERE,
IN THE MIPPUE WA6...? I THINK IT
OP HER PIVORCE \NA6 A
AHP THINPS RAMEN 5H0R
WERE PRETTy
CHPiOTIC, SO A
LITTLE OVER
TWO yE/iRS
LAWSUIT
com^&!
 WELU, WE'LL
TALK TO THE
COACH ABOUT
IMPROVING THE
OLP TRAPITION6
THIS VEAR. CAN WE BOREP OF
OET INTO PRACTICE
THE OYM 6WIN06...
ANP HAVE A
AAATCH?

BUT THAT you

y ...IPWE'P
6AIP, THE CUVS
SAIPTHATTO
BASICS ARE UPPERCLASSMEN
IMPORTANT. WHEN WE WERE
SO FOR NOW, FIRST-yEARS,
JUST PO WE'P HAVE
PRACTICE COTTEN THE
. SWINOS. CRAPKICKEP y
k OUT OP US. /

BUT
KOMATSU
IS
PRACTICING
WITH THE
H-HEEEy, OLPER
THAT'S
KOAAATSU IS
PIFFERENT,
OKAy? ,

TRy
BEING
ON THE
RECEIVING
ENP OF HIS
S/VIASHES/
HE'S
SERIOUSLV
A PEMON.
 But... Punpun had joined
the badminton club
because Komatsu
had said, "It looks
like it'll be fun."

...but he ...and ...without ...Komatsu

decided Punpun seeming improved...
to act found it to try...
like it hard to
didn't take...
matter.
 OKAWy,
WE'RE PONE
FOR TOP/iy/

yE/iRS,
START
CLEANING
 "It's
Aiko!!
GOODNIGHT PUNPUN inioasano
Part Two

BACKGROUND ASSISTANTS: Yuki Toribuchi

Satsuki Sato
CG ASSISTANT: HIsashI Saito
COOPERATION: Kumatsuto
Yasumasa Iwama
INIO ASANO a bona fide earthling, was born
in Ibaraki, Japan, in 1980. In 2001, his short story
“Uchu kara Konnichlwa” (Hello from Outer Space)
won the first Sunday GX Rookie Prize. Later, GX
published his series Subarashi Sekai available
in English from VIZ Media as What a Wonderful
World! His other works include Hlkarl no Machl
(City of Light), Nljlgahara Holograph and Umlbe
no Onna no Ko (A Girl on the Shore), as well as
solanln, also available from VIZ Media.
GOODNIGHT PUNPUN
Volume 1
VIZ Signature Edition

Story and Art by IN 10 ASANO

OYASUMI PUNPUN Vol. 1, 2

by Inio ASANO
© 2007 Inio ASANO
All rights reserved.
Original Japanese edition published by SHOGAKUKAN.
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Canada, the United Kingdom and Ireland arranged with
SHOGAKUKAN.

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Design > FAWN LAU
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