Originally posted by Scribble
I totally get that, but I never felt that way about Punpun at all — the art is beautiful, and there are moments of bittersweet beauty in the narrative, but there's nothing beautiful in the way Punpun's own trauma and bad mental health are portrayed. It's very harsh and realistic. I think it purposefully deconstructs that whole idea imo, and personally for me it really woke me up to my own romanticising of my own issues and forced me to actively confront reality a bit more.I read it at one of the true low-points in my life and honestly without it idk what I'd have done, it was almost like a piece of art was sitting me down and calmly saying, "Is this what you want? Is this fun, or romantic? Maybe now is the time for change, before you get so caught up in yourself that you start hurting yourself and the people around you."
I found it an antidote to the whole notion of romanticising mental illness
I think it's incredibly cool that it connected with you the way it did. Right on, brother.
Originally posted by Quincythis is literal perfection
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