Why did Punpun turn into a Triangle? - Oyasumi Punpun

Discussing why Punpun turned into a triangle / pyramid.
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Oyasumi Punpun / Goodnight Punpun by Inio Asano

[gottacannonfast]

And then he turned himself into a 🔺️. Funniest shit I've seen

[leighahughes]

I see it as how he views himself in certain situations. Pun pun is obviously human and everyone else sees him as normal, but he views himself as the the bird like drawing. In the moment he turned into the pyramid was he felt really low in himself, viewing himself as nothing but a simple triangle. I’m not sure if this makes sense it definitely makes more sense in my head

[nitinpriyadarshi]

I read somewhere that it had something to do with the three stars in the night sky whose names I can't remember which was referenced in the first chapter where punpun's dad teaches him about astronomy. The three stars represent Punpun, Aiko and Sachi like a kind of love triangle...

[Mohammad-kmkw]

The way I interpreted the triangle was it was a reflect of PunPun’s depression of his mundanity. He was living the most simple life and not in a fulfilling way. He barely did anything, he would go work his part time job, come home and eat. He was barely doing the things he needed to life. So I felt like the simple shape of the triangle was a reflect of his simple meaningless unchanging existence that he was living it

[spaceghostseb]

it’s pun puns simplest form and the most secure shape as in a form hes hiding stuff away from people like how when they described his state as “cold” and another form of the simplicity of depression

[rayz]

Please continue doing punpun videos, because if I’m being honest most of the stuff in punpun went over my head and I was planning to re-read it soon, so these videos really help

[gabrielaalexis]

Getting a tattoo of punpun falling out of the tetrahedron next week, I interpreted that panel as punpun literally falling out of that state you described because of his new found friend. Super stoked to get it done

[crossedstar]

I think it shows Punpun blocking everything, walling himself from showing feelings and letting others in. Also from this point onwards Punpun changes forms constantly so its also the beginning of his decreasing mental stability.

[EsfingeCinza]

You deserve so much attention! Amazing content, sharp opinions and Nice editing. Well, I think that even If the author did not intentionally tried to change Pumpum's appearance to match his mental state, probably some unconscious factor may have influenced the form he took as he changed. And well, the three-sided pyramid is a sharp and angular figure no matter from where you look at it, and it clearly hides or 'closes' something inside itself. I also think it has the effect of fitting into other pyramids, which reflects Pumpum's clear desire to "fit in" and with other people.

[CalippoShots]

The expression of the triangle, which reminds us to a pervert, made me interpret the whole thing as if punpun just got so goddamn depressed he was only able to see women as things to fuck. This has happened to anyone who has experienced a big depression or trauma, sometimes seeking validation in sex, not being able to experience any kind of love or feelings towards a person who you know you would have loved if you had met them before your depression. So the expression in punpun's triangle is this funny, pervy thing, but in reality what hides beneath it is just pure darkness and a big void that is close to a point of no return.

[pinkamenadiannepie]

I thought punpun was a pyramid because the triangle is the strongest shape, and although he was in a hard place, it wasn't the hardest he would be in, signifying multiple sides and ways that his pain is conveyed, giving punpun's pain dimension and turning him into a 3 dimensional triangle, namely, the triangular based pyramid.

[tenno]

This channel is so underrated, great video!

[romeoiervasi]

I always interpreted pun pun becoming a triangle as him losing his identity. He’s gave up his personality, his interests and his dreams and traded it for the monotony of a “regular” life in order to hide from his trauma and the horrible things he’d done in his past.

[proplayerggs]

Plot twist : The Artist just too lazy to draw the character

[angeloma]

So my whole 2020-2021 is basically PunPunrism

[Hypercecil]

I really enjoy the Punpun videos. There isn't alot of content for it and your thoughts on it is really profound

[ismorezro]

the same.. I've been in situations that I want to "turn off" my feelings.. become a thing, and it shows in the interaction with Sachi clearly. he wants to look and feel flat, then the shape changes back to the usual, thanks to her making him uncomfortable.. symbolism is used a lot by Asano. just finished Punpun 2 days ago and I need to at least write to a corner of the internet about my silly opinion just because.. thankful that these places exist tbh.

[BlackTarnished]

Me personally, I thought that punpun turning into a triangle was him trying to fit in

[xecydez]

As an (ex)artist, sometime the design, shape, color, line, space, element and composition doesn’t really have any deeper meaning

But with all that said, every thing we decided to put it in our work does have personal meaning or we ‘feel’ like it should represent something in someway

[CruzzzControl]

By that time in the manga he closed himself off and he was just going through the motions. Wake up, go to work, come home, sleep, repeat. He was in his simplest form, living his simplest life. No surprises, just surviving. Not living mind you, just surviving. It isn't until he gets complimented on his narrative story that he poofs back into the form that we have followed him through the entire time. Which is when you could say he re-found his purpose