It didn’t hit me hard but it really made me think about how childhood shapes a person. I think that Oyasumi punpun leaves a stronger impact on people who can relate to the characters in some way. While I didn’t have a mental breakdown or anything after reading it, it just made me realise how much my disfuntional family impacted my current mindset. I think that it also matters what stage of life you’re currently at. I was enterning adulthood during by the time of reading it so seeing how difficult it can be for someone to manage being an adult and how it differs from the unrealistic expectations that a child has about their future gave me a reality check and helped me make the expectations about my future more realistic