Punch Drunk Love Vol. 1

Punch Drunk Love #1

by Moscareto, Okdong (Illustrator)

Get this Mature-rated Boys’ Love webtoon/manhwa in English print for the first time! A full-color romantic comedy about a soft man hoping for some hard love…and maybe getting it from the new guy at work.

Seon-woo knows he’s painfully average in every way, but he can’t help pining for the hot new manager at work, Tae-moon. There’s no way to tell if Tae-moon is even into men, or if he’s the kind of dominant lover that submissive virgin Seon-woo yearns for in his deepest fantasies. All that changes when Seon-woo catches a glimpse of Tae-moon's phone notifications during a meeting. Those steamy messages coming through confirm everything Seon-woo’s hoped for. He just needs to convince Tae-moon to give in to a night of passion, where Seon-woo will prove he can take anything Tae-moon throws at him…and then some!

Genres: Manga, Manhwa, Romance, LGBT, Yaoi, Queer, Graphic Novels

296 pages, Paperback

Published February 13, 2024

Reviews

[Bookishrealm]

YOOOOOO.....

This was WILD. I feel like this was on the same level as The Dangerous Convenience Store, but the constant miscommunication made it HILARIOUS. Granted, I'm not a huge fan of miscommunication, but the way it was handled in this story made complete sense. I can't wait to get my hands on the second volume.

[Camila T 🍉]

The OTT MC, the second hand embarrassment, the clothes, the miscommunication 😂😂😂😂 it’s so good
Also, the chibis are so cute 🥺🤏

[✨Meli the bookworm✨]

This is the third collab between Moscareto and Okdong, and at this point I know whatever they work on is simply ✨magic✨. Seon-woo is my fav manhwa dork, and I am vicariously living through him, rooting for him to get all his depraved sex fantasies fullfilled. You go, boy! Show everyone that nerds can get all their kinky dreams come true too.😍🥰💗

Also, super excited to know there is gonna be a 3rd season!!🥳🥳
In my mind, they are doing it for me!!🥰

[Calista]

This is a Korean Office romance story. We follow Seon-Woo who enjoys being ordinary with an ordinary life. He has an ordinary accounting job. The thing not ordinary about him is that he has a crush on his boss.

The plot at the beginning is pretty thin. Still, this is the perfect thing to read after my heart was crushed yesterday seeing the death of democracy. This bit of fluff is a little balm as we descend into madness. I figure I have until January 20th to live free, so I'll read what I want while I can. My days are numbered.

Seon-Woo has a meeting with his boss Tae-Moon where he sees a personal text confirming the boss is into guys. So he blurts out to his boss that he wants to have sex with him. So, it all starts.

I think Seon-woo is crazy, but I like him. I haven't decided about Tae-Moon yet. What's funny about Tae-Moon is how he overthinks everything. He doesn't understand that Seon-Woo is innocent and just has a crush. Tae-Moon thinks he's subtly blackmailing him and so on.

Anyway, the story is simple and it was a lot of fun. Very entertaining. A few moments I wasn't crying since this election

[Rebecca]

This was hilarious and ridiculous and I loved it. This could very easily have been creepy, but the author takes these recognizable tropes of miscommunication and manipulation and goes wild with them.

[Frank Chillura (OhYouRead)]

YES YES YES YES YES!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Office BL for the ultimate win! And to top it off, this was completely smutty almost BDSM. I didn’t know whether I was blushing or getting all sweaty from the heat.

I love when the MC doesn’t know how hot they are or with a little bit of a makeover, they become drop dead gorgeous. Seon-woo is that beach!!! He’s the creep, nerdy guy with no friends who is completely head over heels for office hottie Tae-moon. When he finds out that his crush is into guys, he shoots his shot… only problem is, it’s at the complete wrong time and comes off as more of a blackmail situation instead.

I need Tae-moon to realize that Seon-woo is the perfect man for him and them to ride 🍆 off into the sunset. 😂

This was 2hot2handle! Loveeeeeeeeed!!!!

[Amber]

Great sex
Great art
Funny character dynamics

That's all I really hope for when reading a Yaoi.

The characters aren't my favorite as just stand-alone characters, but I do love their dynamic. We don't spend too much time getting to know them as individuals in this volume, but I am hoping that in the second volume we will. I like this idea that their miscommunication is what makes them a healthier couple? It's interesting to say the least. I am looking forward to how this will play out.

It is on the spicy side!

So, if you are looking for something light and fluffy and were drawn to this art style just be prepared.

[rory (jess' version)]

they took the miscommunication to a whole another level

[Clare]

This is the most random miscommunication ever. Also, somebody PLEASE save Seon-Woo from his fashion choices

[Morgan ♓︎]

4.5 - lighthearted, sexy, and funny!! I usually don’t like mean love interests or miscommunication in romance, but both tropes actually work well in this story

[Sol]

What a horrific waste of paper.

Both of our main characters are some of the most insufferable people I've ever laid eyes on and this entire thing is built on miscommunication after miscommunication. Literally my worst nightmare for a plot.

Our ML literally verbally sexually harasses his boss at work as if that isn't an abhorrent crime (it's played for comedy but I was extremely grossed out), and the text is right -- he IS a creepy loser whose one silver lining in life is sexualizing and objectifying his boss in his thoughts. If he were a real person I would think he is a massive fucking weirdo. But our love interest is also a rude, horrible prick who says shit like "I don't do safe words" and constantly berates and insults other people in his head. He's an insufferable dom. And why doesn't this idiot have a work phone or have notifications for Grindr silenced during his work day? Is he stupid?

I hate both of them. I can't wait to never think about this again.

[⭐️]

UMMM WTF THIS WAS SO HOT AND HILARIOUS!!!! The MC is a complete dirty virgin sub and he gets in a situation where the dom thinks that everything he’s doing is humiliating so the MC would leave him alone LOL. But the dom top loves the way the MC looks without glasses and scruffy fluffy hair GUHHH READ IT ITS SOOO FUNNY

Fave BL of the year and one of my new faves of all time!!!

[Cassandra]

Sometimes, I think to myself I really should read the summaries on the back of books before I read them. This was errotica. Not really much plot at all which is fine but erotica isn't my fav. At this point both MCs are pretty awful and I don't know how I feel, the library has more so I will probably pick up the next one and decide how I truly feel in the near future.

[Ray M.]

This was overall very light-hearted as both main characters end up in a sexual relationship due to a misunderstanding....

There's actually a lot of misunderstanding here, so uh.... if you don't like that, don't read it, but it was pretty funny.

The brown-haired ML is not my cup of tea, but maybe he'll get better in the future..

Either way I like it enough to continue it.

[havies_tea]

love these silly freaks sm

[Leah]

Review for full series.

Ok, why was this silly manga the BEST yaoi I have read in literal years! Like the MC is a silly unhinged man (the clothes 💀) but like there was character development, poignant discussion of the reality of queer love in Korea, correction of improper kink discussion, ACTUAL HEALTHY COMMUNICATION TO RESOLVE MISCOMMUNICATION. ahem. Yes. This, I think, went beyond simple BL to queer story in many ways. It healed a bit of my toxic top trauma (like when does the top ever have insecurities about his place in the relationship??? and they actually get addressed). Seriously, if you can handle the second hand embarrassment from the MC, then you need to read this.

[Lid]

Esta historia BL pisa el límite del acoso con un personaje que es MUY especial. No es que sea un nerd y ya, es que tiene unos kinks que se le va. Es absurda hasta decir basta y da MUCHA vergüenza ajena. El prota no conoce el límite y lo sobrepasa una y otra vez. Pero aún así y todo, te engancha por ver hasta dónde va a llegar este y por el salseo, que es buenísimo.

Lo más increíble es que a pesar de todo llega a mostrar una relación muy cuqui y fangirleadora y hasta mensajes de amor propio.. Sigo flipando. No tengo claro si es una historia que recomendaría o no pero si te pica un poco la curiosidad, ve a por ella nada más que por flipar, es posible que te quedes.

* Leído hasta el 50% de toda la historia, después desconecté y no sé si seguiré.

[Michelle Easton]

I’m cackling so hard because this first volume is the epitome of the tag, plot what plot. I hope we get some plot in the next volume, and that this miscommunication gets solved asap.

[Tschuli]

me: lets read some smut
PDL: *has me dying of laughter the entire time* (the smut was still good, but the humour was what really got me)

[Pastels Passions]

cover does not match contents and i lowkey cannot stand the one character

[Francis Dominic]

Oh I was giddy and giggling and kicking my feet from the start. This was such a fun read. The dynamic of the two is so funny! I was audibly cackling at home. These two just need to trust each other but I truly hope Mr.TAE MOON falls fast and falls deeply!

[Heather]

No thanks. After a certain point I skimmed to the end and can 100% say this is not for me.

[Star]

That was a book i read

[Shan]

This is PURE COMEDY GOLD, absolutely hilarious! I wanted to cry from the embarrassment I felt reading this.. There wasn’t a single chapter where I didn’t laugh or cringe. What an utterly wild and crazy story.

[Soy]

I NEEDED to read something light and cute after reading Dark Heaven, and this is PERFECT!!

I love a dumbass x dumbass pair HAHAHA probably one of the funniest BLs i've read recently. I love the silly miscommunication.

[Q]

Seriously hilarious, I havent laughed this much reading a webtoon in ages

[Ehlana]

My favorite everything!!!

[Autumn]

This was silly and spicy and just a good time. I definitely want to get vol 2 and see how things play out.

[Jennica Rae]

the little chibi characters are so cute when they come up. anyways if you saw i read this.. um NO YOU DIDNT

[Poisonivy_Seastars]

The comedy and the misunderstandings were so— 😭😭