Why do you people hate Punpun again? I'm re-reading it for the first time in years and it's a pretty good manga

Why do you people hate Punpun again? I'm re-reading it for the first time in years and it's a pretty good manga.

It's really fucking overrated. Dedede is way better in my opinion.

It got popular

It doesnt have a happy end so a specific portion of Sup Forums think its shit and pretentious.
Its still something that everyone should read.

"We" don't. There are people who liked it and people who didn't, it's an even split really.

I think in general Sup Forums just doesn't read manga. Aku no Hana is another example of a great "pretentious" series that got too popular so now it's hated.

>you people

lurk more

This. Look at any godamn show that gets any kind of mainstream exposure at all and you will find plenty of hate on Sup Forums.
Popularity on Sup Forums has almost nothing to do with quality.

Ruined Christmas.

>you people

>you people

Fuck off and lurk more.

what would you rate it?

7/10 the childhood arc was better than the second half.

a 7 or a 8. It is good, but it is not the best thing ever as some hipsters would you led you to believe.

A lot of unnecessary shit like the cult that led nowhere by the end of the manga. Even the side characters that were on said cult were wasted. The whole cult shit felt like filler.

Its the other way around for me
I got bored in the childhood arc and eventually put on hold for months by its end. I picked up again and got into the teenage/adult arcs and finished it in a matter of days

I wouldnt say i normally see it praised as a 10/10, so the argument of its overrated seems odd to me.

The cult was relevant in the Shimizu and Seki storyline though. To put it bluntly it was sensationalism taking hold of a mind filled with crap. Cries of POOP FOR THE POOP GOD and kids with shit for brains eating it up.

The into to v12 illustrates well how self-aware I think the whole affair was. How enjoyable it was to read is an entirely different matter.

1/2

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Punpun threads are usually dead the moment they start. Lurk moar yourself, nerd.

This board is contrarian to the core

If a PSA anime about not drowning became popular this board would be a wash with the health benefits of inhaling water.

>Punpun threads are usually dead the moment they start.

Well the manga is over, there isn't really that much to discuss.

I think it's the popularity. I love Punpun, personally. Waiting for the official volumes to be released in English.

That's because It's already been discussed to death here, there's no point in further discussion. Again, lurk more.

I think there are 3 more omnibuses left until it's complete. I bought the first couple, and they seem readable, if a little unwieldy.

Yeah, there's three left. I already have the first four. Compared to the fan translations it seems a little toned down, but I think that's to be expected.

I own the first three, but I haven't read them yet because I usually prefer to read manga on my laptop. Do they not say "fuck" or "shit" in the omnibuses? Did they censor any panels?

Panels aren't censored when there's nudity, but any appearance of the word "fuck" seems to be gone compared to the fan translations I've downloaded. Most other swear words are there, though.

The only good stuff from that shitty plot.

Most people like it though

I still think tho, that the whole cult shit could've been just left out. It was not fun to read and ended up going nowhere. Only drags down the overall quality of the manga

Yeah, the whole "good vibrations:" thing made for a good meme years ago, but everything to do with that cult is terrible and forgettable.

Aku no Hana was actually trash, though, and I say this as someone who mostly reads manga.

I like it. It has a typical anime artstyle and does what it wants to do fairly well. Inside Mari was trash if you want to talk about manga that actually is over hyped, absolute garbage. At least Aku no Hana is coherent with its plot. And those are from the same mangaka.

I'm curious what is so bad about Aku no Hana in your opinion. It's not perfect, but it's definitely not trash.

Avant-garde Yumeko > Aku no Hana > Inside Mari > everything else

This is a fact.