Reviews tagging 'Toxic friendship'

Goodnight Punpun, Vol. 1 by Inio Asano

3 reviews

rnbhargava's review

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny mysterious reflective sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.75

This is quite good, it’s characterized through the view of the title character who is a small child so he doesn’t quite fully comprehend the severity of the things going on around him. It’s fascinating and kind of heartbreaking. I wonder where it will go in the other 6 volumes.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Toxic relationship, Toxic friendship, Fire/Fire injury, Blood, Bullying, Classism, Alcoholism, Injury/Injury detail, Misogyny, Sexism, Gaslighting, Self harm, Medical trauma, Mental illness, Violence, Sexual content, Stalking, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Grief, and Medical content

There are scenes that amount to suggesting or showing domestic violence and pornography. This isn’t a book for children. One could argue this isn’t fully suitable for younger teens too.

immaculate's review

dark emotional funny reflective fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

great start to the series rip to punpun tho

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Domestic abuse, Physical abuse, and Suicide attempt

Moderate: Fatphobia, Gaslighting, Murder, Pedophilia, Toxic friendship, and Child abuse

Minor: Medical content and Sexual content

wends_nblw's review against another edition

dark emotional sad tense

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

1.0

god this shit was so boring. by the end, i didnt even care about the characters except for the love interest .

like i dont care about the pedophilic uncle's romance or how he cheats. i really don't! or the abusive friendships that go on!

asano seems to talk through his characters and the characters themselves are so one-dimensional ; it hurts. while punpun , aiko , and yuuichi have depth , it leaves nothing left for the other characters. it's good if you wanna focus on punpun's fucked up life story but it didnt live up to the hype that everyone gave it. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape, Sexual assault, Suicidal thoughts, Child abuse, Domestic abuse, Murder, Physical abuse, Sexual content, Suicide, Toxic friendship, Toxic relationship, and Sexual violence

Moderate: Alcoholism, Fatphobia, Pedophilia, and Sexual harassment