I REALLY enjoyed this. I spent a majority of the time with this volume giggling out loud; there was one part that had me nearly in tears by the time the joke's punch line landed.

The premise is pretty simple: an infamous ex-Yakuza is now a house husband while his awesome wife works hard to provide for them. The jokes are simple, and each chapter feels like a short story landing the same joke but they're all done in such charming and funny ways.

I was very upset when I finished reading Volume 1 and couldn't find Volume 2 anywhere. I literally left the park I was reading at to visit two different Barnes and Noble AND my local comic shop and nobody had Volume 2 in print. Even Amazon has Volume 2 for $5 more than the actual price, for some reason?? Guess I'll read it in digital format and get the physical copy when it's available again.

I can't WAIT to keep going and I can't wait to get started on the anime too!

This was honestly quite a delight, with the worst thing about it being that title.

Punderworld re-imagines Hades and Persephone's story as one of two awkward people trying to figure out how to be with the person they kinda sorta have had a crush on for 200 years, give or take. There's something silly and relatable about this, from Hades's awkward conversation with Zeus about his crush, to Persephone's attempts at having a conversation with her mother that just end up sounding like a teenage girl yelling at her mom about how she just doesn't get it!

Throw in some well-meaning meddling from Zeus, some adventurous shenanigans, and this volume sets up a cute story.

The art is charming all the way through, Sejic does some lovely work from the characters to the scenery. I love the design of Hades and Persephone, and how even the speech bubbles are special depending on the character talking. The color work is really lovely as well.

Review copy provided by Edelweiss for review! Punderworld comes out August 31, 2021.