Reviews tagging 'Infidelity'

Boa noite, Punpun: No ginásio by Inio Asano

5 reviews

debbyisawesome's review against another edition

3.5

dark emotional sad slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: No

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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Volume 2 splits it focus between Punpun and his uncle Yuichi.

We get to see some of Yuichi's past, and it's dark and uncomfortable.   

Punpun continues to be depressed and confused about his life and what his future holds. 

Would have liked more Punpun and less of Yuichi's depressing and kinda gross storyline.  

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Sexual content

Moderate: Mental illness, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic relationship, Suicide attempt, Alcohol

Minor: Alcoholism, Bullying, Cursing, Infidelity, Panic attacks/disorders, Violence, Blood, Abortion, Injury/Injury detail

racooninurtrash's review against another edition

3.75

dark tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Pedophilia, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, Violence, Suicide attempt

Moderate: Infidelity, Pedophilia

Minor: Child abuse, Abortion

dawntin's review against another edition

4.25

dark emotional sad medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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This was considerably darker than the first volume, which was already pretty dark. A large chunk of this volume focused on Punpun’s uncle, Yuuichi, and his relationship with

a teenage girl he mentored as a pottery instructor. His flashbacks show how that girl’s mother was abusive, so that pretty sad. And although he had a girlfriend at the time, he was still attracted to that teenager. It turned out that the girl manipulated both him and his co-worker, so things got pretty messed up.

Besides that, there was a lot of teenage/middle schooler drama with Punpun and Aiko. Aiko got her first

boyfriend. Yaguchi is probably the most wholesome character so far and I actually like him a lot!

Punpun can be dramatic and whiny, but I don’t really blame him.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Child abuse, Infidelity, Physical abuse, Toxic relationship, Violence, Fire/Fire injury

Moderate: Abortion

rnbhargava's review against another edition

4.5

challenging dark emotional funny hopeful mysterious reflective sad tense fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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A large part of this volume is about an inappropriate relationship dynamic that the uncle undertakes while he was a pottery class instructor. Keep that in mind

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Alcoholism, Child abuse, Confinement, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Gore, Infidelity, Mental illness, Misogyny, Sexism, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Suicide attempt, Death of parent, Murder, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Fire/Fire injury, Gaslighting, Toxic friendship, Alcohol, Sexual harassment, Injury/Injury detail, Classism

There is content involving an adult and a teen that leads to inappropriate and dark things, there’s deaths or near deaths shown that are depicted in incredibly brutal fashion, even when we get back to PunPun in middle school there’s a kind of social psychological warfare between him and a classmate regarding someone significant from the first volume and a character causes great harm to himself. It’s a much darker volume. This volume might be too much for some people. I found it to be tough material but fascinating.

markwillnevercry's review against another edition

2.0

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I don't know. It felt better than the first volume, but that is a non-achievement. I think that it is weird that this is suddently about Punpun and his uncle, but maybe the writer just started to run out of ideas. I just hope it will be better later.

Title:

Page 416 (yeah, even tho it is volume 2 of omnibus)

Notes:

We love it when men decide for women who they should be with.

The objectification of women truly never stops here, huh.

If you wonder why this is tagged for racism, the same black character is used whenever there is just a random person, who appears on the screen if they are not just a blank space.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Alcoholism, Body shaming, Bullying, Child abuse, Domestic abuse, Infidelity, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Sexual content, Violence, Suicide attempt, Pregnancy, Fire/Fire injury, Toxic friendship, Alcohol, Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Genocide