I’ve actively avoided reading punpun despite it’s reputation because I feel it might be too personally triggering for me, so I can’t give a take on it unfortunately. (But that’s also why I’ve been really curious about Inio Asano’s work for a while now)
Thats understandable. I can’t really summarize it briefly but it really lays bare how brutal shit can get in an “advanced” capitalist society. It is an “existentialist” capitalist realist work so expect mind-bending depression if you ever read it. Japanese manga authors, being Japanese, have that weird combination of western liberal and social conformist thought to varying degrees and it shows in their storytelling and worldview. This one is no exception.
I’ve actively avoided reading punpun despite it’s reputation because I feel it might be too personally triggering for me, so I can’t give a take on it unfortunately. (But that’s also why I’ve been really curious about Inio Asano’s work for a while now)
Thats understandable. I can’t really summarize it briefly but it really lays bare how brutal shit can get in an “advanced” capitalist society. It is an “existentialist” capitalist realist work so expect mind-bending depression if you ever read it. Japanese manga authors, being Japanese, have that weird combination of western liberal and social conformist thought to varying degrees and it shows in their storytelling and worldview. This one is no exception.