Is Pun Pun really that rough? I've only read Solanin last week and thought it was pretty great, and while the story had it's sad moments, I felt the ending was full of hope for Meiko. The writing is amazing though, and scarily relatable. I did buy the first volume of Pun Pun but haven't gotten into it yet. The Pun Pun bird seems so adorable lol
Ask Messi.
Pun Pun made me physically wretch at one point and no work of fiction has ever done that.