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Setefanus Suprajitno
Petra Christian University
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Onodera Punpun’s Changing Forms: A Reflection of Emotional and Psychological Growth in Oyasumi Punpun Michelle Carolina Wahyudi; Setefanus Suprajitno
Kata Kita: Journal of Language, Literature, and Teaching Vol. 14 No. 1 (2026)
Publisher : Institute of Research and Community Outreach - Petra Christian University

Show Abstract | Download Original | Original Source | Check in Google Scholar | DOI: 10.9744/katakita.14.1.62-70

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Oyasumi Punpun by Inio Asano is a slice-of-life manga that explores psychological depth through its protagonist, Onodera Punpun. This study examines the symbolic meanings behind Punpun’s eight changing forms and how they reflect his emotional and psychological states. The visual contrast between Punpun and other realistically drawn characters sparked interest in exploring these forms. Using Erikson’s Psychosocial Development Theory, Punpun’s growth is categorized into school age, adolescence, and young adulthood. Semiotic analysis is also applied to interpret the connotations, denotations, and myths behind each form. The findings show his transformations mirror inner struggles, childhood reflects innocence and dependency, adolescence shows identity confusion through three distinct forms and young adulthood presents emotional turmoil and eventual acceptance. These symbolic shifts reveal how manga effectively portrays mental health and emotional development.
From Family Rupture to Chosen Intimacy: Character Trajectories and Social Marginalization in Niezi (Crystal Boys) Yuling Chen; Setefanus Suprajitno
Kata Kita: Journal of Language, Literature, and Teaching Vol. 14 No. 3 (2026)
Publisher : Institute of Research and Community Outreach - Petra Christian University

Show Abstract | Download Original | Original Source | Check in Google Scholar | DOI: 10.9744/katakita.14.3.%p

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This paper examines Bai Xianyong’s Niezi (Crystal Boys) through the trajectory from family rupture to chosen intimacy, focusing on how homosexuality becomes the immediate trigger of family rupture and how sexual-minority characters reorganize belonging after leaving home. Rather than treating family rupture as a neutral background condition, the study reads it as a socially produced break activated when same-sex desire becomes visible within the family and allied institutions. The study asks how the novel narrativizes family rupture, and how the three main characters, Li Qing, Xiao Yu, and A Feng, construct alternative intimacy after that rupture under conditions of social marginalization. Methodologically, the paper combines close reading, thematic coding, and comparison across characters. Drawing primarily on Barnwell’s discussion of family estrangement and Weston’s theory of chosen family, while integrating Foucault’s account of discipline, Link and Phelan’s conceptualization of stigma, and Butler’s theory of gender performativity in the analysis, this paper argues that chosen intimacy functions as a mode of survival that is shaped by unequal access to space, resources, and recognition, thereby revealing the social marginalization of homosexuality in the Taiwanese context represented in the novel.
Co-Authors Abigail Welby Junuslie Deanya Parahita Nauraputri Dewanto Jeremy Kayne Valiant Jessica Angelina Kevin Jonathan Merry Indah Santosa Michelle Carolina Wahyudi Vanessa Cicilia Halim Vania Valencia Verenia Vivian Yip Yogie Rukwanda Yuling Chen