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* ''[[Oyasumi Punpun]]'', the most depressing slice orof life this side of ''[[Grave of the Fireflies]]'' and ''[[AIR]]''. The [[Art Style Dissonance|art dissonance]] where the titular Punpun (and only him) is drawn as a crude bird caricature doesn't help either.

* ''[[Grave of the Fireflies]]'' also havesuffers itfrom running onthis. The plot can be resumedsummarised inas "Two siblings became orphans in the [[Second World War|II World War]] -devastated Japan, and then [[It Gets Worse]]". Like ''[[Precious]]'' below and other adaptations of [[Misery Lit]], it can get extremely uncomfortable to watch, speciallyespecially since its [[Take That, Audience!]] tone and its infamous [[Downer Ending]] has entered [[It Was His Sled]] territory among anime fans and movie buffs. The highest irony is that it was premiered in a double feature with the ''much'' [[Lighter and Softer]] film ''[[My Neighbor Totoro]]''... as a way to help '''''Totoro''''' find an audience.<ref>It ''made'' sort of sense in context, as ''GotF'' was based inon a famous book while ''Totoro'' was a riskier film with no precedent at all, but it still feels jarring. It's like if [[Pixar]] made a faithful adaptation of ''[[Pedro Paramo]]'' to go in a double functionfeature with ''[[Coco]]''</ref>