Reviews tagging 'Mental illness'

Boa noite, Punpun by Inio Asano

7 reviews

fraugremlin's review against another edition

dark emotional sad medium-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

5.0

A cruel and depressing coming of age story following a young boy through his childhood and adulthood. A good read if you can watch someone suffer

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Content Warnings

Minor: Sexual content, Mental illness, Suicide, Murder, Domestic abuse, Death, and Rape

crystalannew's review against another edition

funny sad fast-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Domestic abuse and Sexual content

Minor: Mental illness and Suicide

dunkin_ma_knuts's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny reflective sad tense medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Suicide attempt, Mental illness, and Domestic abuse

unfocusedcuriosity's review against another edition

dark emotional sad slow-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Mental illness, Suicide attempt, Physical abuse, Domestic abuse, and Violence

rnbhargava's review against another edition

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.

justinlewry's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional hopeful fast-paced

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

3.5

Today, the autumn light seemed very soft. And if he stayed like that with his eyes closed... maybe he'd evaporate like water, and the he could fly wherever he wanted.


This is a collection of the first 2/13 volumes in the PunPun series. This series has been on my radar for years because of the unique character design, but I never knew anything about the plot so I went in with no expectations. Despite being a mostly silent protagonist, so much of the titular PunPun's personality is expressed in his art style- that is the best part of this book.
The narrative balances its unexpectedly heavy themes with moments of joy and levity. For the most part, I really enjoyed reading this, but I'm not sure if I will pick up the other omnibus'.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Mental illness and Domestic abuse

lilybear3's review against another edition

dark emotional tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Domestic abuse, Injury/Injury detail, Mental illness, Murder, Physical abuse, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide attempt, and Toxic relationship

Moderate: Alcoholism and Murder