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SEKI, yOUR PAMIIV owns a BENTO BUSINESS, RIOHT? PON'T 00 POKING AROUNP WITHOUT My PERMISSION— IT'S SO RUPE... r you 1 SHOULP'VE TAKEN OVER THE BUSINESS ANP BEEN GOOV TO YOUR k PARENTS, i OH RIOHT, ’ THAT'S NEVER OOINO TO HAPPEN IP yOU'RE APRAIP , OP PIRE. you N HAP yOUR OIRLPRIENP'S STOVE SWITCHEP TO ELECTRIC, RIOHT? MAVBE WE SHOULP TATTOO "NO OPEN PLAMES' ON youR POREHEAP. ANP THE BENTO BUSINESS POLPEP TEN yEARS AGO.
"BUT... "I'M NOT "JUST I'VE FINISHED, FOR NEVER SO I TOPAX ACTU- PON'T ALLV WANT TO F/N/SHEP SHARE IT ANy OF yET. THEM." "CAN I "HEy BR/NG WHEN My CAN I FR/ENP REAP NEXT THE T/ME?/" REST?! "MyMOM *YOU’RE WORKS IN THE TH/S FACTORy BENTO TOO, so Guys WE'LL FROB- K/P, ABLySEE R/GHT? EACH OTHER AGAIN.
I'LL BE I'M I... WAITING!" GO/NG TO TAKE OVER *OF COURSE, By THE TIME I'M PONE, WE MAyBOTH BE GROWN-UPS." My PAP'S BENTO BUSINESS. « ' 'HT' VA I. k’ t|QC ^ 4 j jg||
ANR THEN WHAT? EVER SINCE THAT FACTOR/ WENT BUST... SHE ' PROBABLY WOULPN'T HAVE REMEMBERER ME AN/WA/. ...MY LIFE HAS BEEN EVEN MORE OUT OF SYNC. PATHETIC EXISTENCE SORRY, SHIMIZU.. ...WHERE NOTHING OOES AS PLANNER, NOT EVEN WORTHY OF BEINO SNUFFER v OUT. I RON'T SEEM TO REMEMBER YOU VERY MUCH. Mlliil
YEAH... ...ALL THIS IS PAST THE STATUTE Op LIMITATIONS. PON'T WANT TO BE TIEP POWN BY OLP MEMORIES. I PON'T CARE IP IT'S A POREION COUNTRY. ...PAR AWAY. IT JUST NEEPS TO BE PAR AWAY. SUMMlllZUUUUU.
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THE WORLD YOU'RE LOOKING AT NOW... IT'S NOT A BLACKOUT OR SHUT DOWN. IT'S AS AWESOMELY COMPLETE AS IT CAN a P t e r 1 3 4 SUT HOW OREEDY ARE YOU THAT YOU STILL THIRST FOR A NEW WORLD...? THE ERA OF THE INDIVIDUAL IS NEARINO AN END. WE ARE MOVINO INTO THE ERA OF THE GROUP! ACTUALLY, I PRAISE THAT. ...THIS WORLV IS... ...JUST TOTALLY AWESOME!
/ WE MG\C ^ WARRIORS 1 WILL BE 1 ELEVATED TO THE SOUL LEVEL AND WILL INSCRIBE OUR HARMONY IN > THEAKASHIC RECORDS. A ON JULY ...WHEN THE RIVERS OF MILK AND HOPE CROSS, X WOULD BE HAPPY IF YOU REMEMBER US.
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THERE ^ AREN'T ANY HOSPITALITY JOBS, BUT THERE'S FARMWORK. THE TOURISM AOENCY IS RUNNING A CAMPAIGN TO RECRUIT YOUNO PEOPLE. I KNOW SOMEONE WHO HAS A PAIRY FARM, SO IF YOU WANT, X CAN INTRODUCE YOU RIOHT , AWAY.
THE POUCE HAVE IDENTIFIER THE PORY AS THAT OF MITSUKO TANAKA, ACE 41... THE PORY | SHOWER SIGNS OF STRANGULATION, AS WELL AS SEVERAL STAP WOUNDS TO THE APDOMEN. POLICE ARE INVESTIGATING IT AS A HOMICIDE. ADDITIONALLY, MS. TANAKA'S CAR WAS FOUND ABANDONED IN KAGOSH1N\A.. ...AND HER 20-YEAR-0LD DAUGHTER A1KO IS IWSSING. THE POLICE ARE INVESTIGATING FOUL PLAY OR A POSSIBLE CONNECTION TO THE CASE.
GOODNIGHT PUNPUN inioasano Part Twelve BACKGROUND ASSISTANTS: Satsuki Sato Hiro Kashiwaba Ran Atsumori COOPERATION: Kumatsuto Yu Uehara
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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 series Subarashl Sehal. available in English from VIZ Media as What a Wonderful World! His other works include Hikari no Machl (City of Light), Nijigahara Holograph and Umibe no Onna no Ko (A Girl on the Shore), as well as solanin, also available from VIZ Media.
GOODNIGHT PUNPUN Volume 6 VIZ Signature Edition Story and Art by IN 10 ASANO OYASUMI PUNPUN Vol. 11.12 by Inio ASANO © 2007 Inio ASANO All rights reserved. Original Japanese edition published by SHOGAKUKAN. English translation rights in the United States of America, Canada, the United Kingdom and Ireland arranged with SHOGAKUKAN. Translation #JN PRODUCTIONS Touch-Up Art & Lettering $ ANNALIESE CHRISTMAN Design * IZUMI EVERS, FAWN LAU Editor PANCHA DIAZ The stories, characters and incidents mentioned in this publication are entirely fictional. No portion of this book may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means without written permission from the copyright holders. Printed in Canada Published by VIZ Media, LLC RO. Box 77010 San Francisco, CA 94107 10 9 8 7654321 First printing, June 2017 vjiz meraa www.viz.com VIZ. SIGNATURE I PARENTAL ADVISORY GOODNIGHT PUNPUN israted M for Mature and is recommended for ages 18 and up. I Contains violence and sexual situations.
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