Goodnight Punpun, Vol. 4 [Paperback]

A dark coming-of-age tale where slice-of-life slices back.

This is Punpun Onodera’s coming-of-age story. His parents’ marriage is falling apart. His dad goes to jail, and his mom goes to the hospital. He has to live with his loser uncle. He has a crush on a girl who lives in a weird cult. Punpun tries talking with God about his problems, but God is a jerk. Punpun keeps hoping things will get better, but they really,reallydon’t.

Punpun is on his own now.

His mom is dead and his dad is useless.

When he’s not working crappy part-time jobs, he spends most of his time on the floor of his room.

But buck up, Punpun! It’s only for the rest of your life, right?Inio Asano, a bona fide earthling, was born in Ibaraki, Japan, in 1980. In 2001, his short story “Uchu kara Konnichiwa” (Hello from Outer Space) won the first Sunday GX Rookie Prize. Later, GX published his seriesSubarashii Sekai, available in English from VIZ Media asWhat a Wonderful World!His other works includeHikari no Machi(City of Light),Nijigahara HolographandUmibe no Onna no Ko(A Girl on the Shore), as well assolaninandGoodnight Punpun, also available from VIZ Media.