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GOODNIGHT PUNPUN Part Three
* STORY THUS FAR... Punpun, somehow, has become an unexceptional middle school student. CAST OF CHARACTERS a PUNPUN ONODERA Formerly known as Punpun Punyama. A choco pie-loving young man. MAMA ONODERA Punpun's mother. Her personality remains unchanged post-divorce. YUICHI ONODERA Mama's younger brother. Thirty-three years old. Lives with Punpun. AIKO TANAKA The girl Punpun loved in elementary school. They have had absolutely no contact for two years. © KOMATSU Punpun's classmate. A proud natural righty and member of the, badminton team. SEKI Punpun's classmate. Has a slightly alcoholic father. SHIMIZU Punpun's classmate. Childhood friend of Seki. a THIS GUY Varsity member of the badminton team. YUGAMI The lawyer ’ i handled Mama's divorce. GIRL IN THE COFFEE SHOP Uncle Yuichi thinks he remembers her from somewhere...?! CONTENTS Chapter 24 e Chapter 25 o Chapter 26 o Chapter 27 Chapter 28 o Chapter 29 © Chapter 30 Chapter 31 0 Chapter 32 0 Chapter 33 Chapter 34 © k ft * *
poino well IN SCHOOL POESN'T MEAN A THINS- IF I'M NOT ACTUALLY USINC- MY BRAIN. XT'S MY CHOICE TO MAKE, SO JUST LEAVE ME ALONE. TELLINS YOU, BASER ON MY OWN EXPERIENCE, GO TO HIOH SCHOOL ANP THINK ABOUT SEKI, THE WORLP ISN'T AS EASY AG YOU THINK IT IS. THE REALLY SMART KIPS MANASE TO HAVE PRIENPS AND STAY ON TOP OF THEIR CLASSES.
SHOULDN'T ASSUME YOUR EXPERIENCE IS RELEVANT TO EVERYONE. OR ARE YOU SAYINO THAT SMART OROWN-UPS ARE JUST GOOD AT CHANOINO THE SUBJECT? TALKINO ABOUT
AAARGH! ABOUT OBVIOUS AARGH!
STUPID, yOU'RE STUPID, WE'RE ALL STUPID... wny DON'T THINGS SHIMIZU / WHEN WE L. / WERE IN ORADE SCHOOL, you ^ USED TO S/\y S THAT you \ COULD SEE . \OOD, RIOHT?
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believed that Aiko Tanaka, the girl with the small warm hands, was his destiny. However, this young man... ...who had nurtured his love very patiently for more than two years...
PINNER? AS YOU CAN SEE, I'M MAKING IT RIOHT WHERE'S PUNPUN?/ HE'S BEEN IN HIS ROOM EVER SINCE HE COT HOME FROM SCHOOL. WH/ IS HE SUCH A POWNER? HE BRINOS ME POWN TOO/ HAVE YOU BEEN PRINKINO AOAIN?
But that was impossible. ...to pretend that he hadn't seen what he saw.
"If Aiko is happy, that's all that matters... Punpun decided to forget everything
TOVAY I PRESENT TO YOU THE UNEXPECTEP RBALLY LOVE YOU! ...BUT IT'S ANOTHER TREACHEROUS PINNER HOUR HERE... SO HOW'S WORK? ARE you HAVINO
"I wonder if Aiko has done stuff like kissing already. /£ "Maybe they've already
It covered the usual banal subjects— the Yomiuri Giants and outer space. The letter was from Punpun's dad, who had returned to Fukushima Prefecture and security guai at the water department.
I SHOULP hAve cone TO PRIVATE SCHOOL.
.Misti; I'M NOT INTERESTS IN...
"Aiko is not the worst." ..Punpun said to himself.