Today, Punpun felt very much alone. ...he'd have been better off being alone from the start.
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THE W5T TIME I W/\6 HERE, I THINK IT \NA6 A RAMEN 5H0R WONPER WHEN TH/^T WA6...? IT'S WHEN My SISTER me IN THE MIPPUE OP HER PIVORCE AHP THINPS WERE PRETTy CHPiOTIC, SO A LITTLE OVER TWO yE/iRS
LAWSUIT com^&!
WELU, WE'LL TALK TO THE COACH ABOUT IMPROVING THE OLP TRAPITION6 THIS VEAR. CAN WE OET INTO THE OYM ANP HAVE A AAATCH? BOREP OF PRACTICE 6WIN06... you CUVS BUT THAT 6AIP, THE BASICS ARE IMPORTANT. SO FOR NOW, JUST PO PRACTICE . SWINOS. y ...IPWE'P SAIPTHATTO UPPERCLASSMEN WHEN WE WERE FIRST-yEARS, WE'P HAVE COTTEN THE CRAPKICKEP y k OUT OP US. / BUT KOMATSU IS PRACTICING WITH THE H-HEEEy, OLPER KOAAATSU IS PIFFERENT, OKAy? , THAT'S TRy BEING ON THE RECEIVING ENP OF HIS S/VIASHES/ HE'S SERIOUSLV A PEMON.
But... Punpun had joined the badminton club because Komatsu had said, "It looks like it'll be fun." ...without seeming to try... ...Komatsu improved... ...but he ...and decided Punpun to act found it like it hard to didn't take... matter.
OKAWy, WE'RE PONE FOR TOP/iy/ yE/iRS, START CLEANING
"It's Aiko!!
GOODNIGHT PUNPUN inioasano Part Two BACKGROUND ASSISTANTS: Yuki Toribuchi Satsuki Sato CG ASSISTANT: HIsashI Saito COOPERATION: Kumatsuto Yasumasa Iwama
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INIO ASANO a bona fide earthling, was born in Ibaraki, Japan, in 1980. In 2001, his short story “Uchu kara Konnichlwa” (Hello from Outer Space) won the first Sunday GX Rookie Prize. Later, GX published his series Subarashi Sekai available in English from VIZ Media as What a Wonderful World! His other works include Hlkarl no Machl (City of Light), Nljlgahara Holograph and Umlbe no Onna no Ko (A Girl on the Shore), as well as solanln, also available from VIZ Media.
GOODNIGHT PUNPUN Volume 1 VIZ Signature Edition Story and Art by IN 10 ASANO OYASUMI PUNPUN Vol. 1, 2 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 > FAWN LAU Editor tj- 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 the U.S.A. Published by VIZ Media. LLC PO. Box 77010 San Francisco, CA 94107 10 9 876 543 21 First printing, March 2016 ¥ VJIC meDia VtZ. St6mrUKt PARENTAL ADVISORY ,I GOODNIGHT PUNPUN is rated M forMature ^ atrd is recommended for ages 18 and up. I Contains violence and sexual situations. ii