INIO ASANO
COOPilGHT mmm o story and Art by INIOASANO
GOODNIGHT PUNPUN Part One
CONTENTS Chapter 1 e Chapter 2 o Chapter 3 o Chapter 4 o Chapter 5 Chapter 6 Chapter 7 Chapter 8 Chapter 9 Chapter 10 Chapter 11 Chapter 12
Today, Punpun was terribly depressed about going to school... was transferring ...because Miyo, the class sweetheart,
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But he fought back the tears. And as he pondered the kind of adult he would grow up to be, Punpun forgot the way home and almost started to cry.
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