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Apr 11, 2022 10:11 AM
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I'm by no means a shounen expert but from what I've seen, Naruto had some of the lamest comedy and jujutsu kaisen had the best among them.

Haven't watched Gintama yet. I've heard it's pretty funny.

I'm not sure if OPM counts as shonen, (I think it's seinen) but it was also really funny

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Apr 11, 2022 10:13 AM
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Great Teacher Onizuka is a shounen and I felt it was very funny.
Apr 11, 2022 10:18 AM
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From what I've watched:
Best: Jojo and One punch man
Worst: Don't know, maybe KnY?
Apr 11, 2022 10:23 AM
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I dont particularly hate comedy in any shonen but gintama and Saiki k seems to have the best comedy.
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Apr 11, 2022 10:24 AM
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Sword Art Online is the funniest thing that humans have created
Apr 11, 2022 10:24 AM
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Best is JoJo, the worst is Kimetsu no Yaiba with the worst duo ever (Zenitsu and Inosuke)
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Apr 11, 2022 10:29 AM
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Urusei Yatsura and Gintama are my favorites.
From more traditional battle shonen, I find Dragon Ball and Fairy Tail to be very funny.
As for the worst, I think Fire Force had some terrible comedic timing, JJK's comedy was very forgettable and the first season of Saiki K just... didn't work for me.
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Apr 11, 2022 10:36 AM
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I think gintama and kochikame has best comedy, don't know about worst

Tendo_GM said:
Sword Art Online is the funniest thing that humans have created

I get that you hate sao
You don't need to announce this in every thread.
Or you just can't read the title of this thread.
Apr 11, 2022 10:37 AM
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All of the big hit shounen usually have good servisable comedy, but for a more specific comedy I would go with Sakigake!! Otokojuku, I love to see those manliest men getting into all types of stupid hilarious situations lol.

As for worst comedy nothing comes to my mind at the moment.
Apr 11, 2022 10:46 AM

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Have not watched Gintama, but I feel like it'd make me lol.

Best: OPM
Worst: FMAB

OPM has great humor, except it's actually tagged as seinen.
Definitely agree on FMAB, I actually started watching that and couldn't make it through one episode.
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Apr 11, 2022 10:48 AM

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- If we only talk about battle shounen comedy
best: JoJo
worst: I trust those who say Demon Slayer even though I dropped it before I could see it with my eyes

- if we talk about every shounen comedy
best: Saiki K
worst: Nichijou
Apr 11, 2022 10:49 AM

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OPM is a seinen manga, not shounen

I guess Ranma 1/2 might be the funniest anime to come out of a shounen manga
Apr 11, 2022 10:50 AM
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Funniest: ranma1/2, saiki k
Unfunny: Dr. Stone
Apr 11, 2022 10:57 AM

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Idek what the best I've seen is. Probably GTO or Golden Boy
The worst is easily Jojo tho
Apr 11, 2022 10:59 AM

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Sakuta002766 said:
Tendo_GM said:
Sword Art Online is the funniest thing that humans have created

I get that you hate sao
You don't need to announce this in every thread.
Or you just can't read the title of this thread.

Wtf are you talking about?
I gave the most serious and honest answer to the question
Apr 11, 2022 11:00 AM

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Best: JoJo and OPM
Worst: Kimetsu No Yaiba
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Apr 11, 2022 11:02 AM

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The best is probably Urusei Yatsura or SKET Dance.
The worst is Noragami or Daily Lives of High School Boys.
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Apr 11, 2022 11:03 AM
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In terms of comedy, Gintama is at the top. Cannot say which one was worst
Apr 11, 2022 11:05 AM

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Best: JoJo, mob psycho 100
Saiki k


worst: fmab, naruto, demon slayer, fire force, gintama, one piece, tokyo revengers
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Apr 11, 2022 11:10 AM

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Best: Mob Psycho 100
Worst: Full Metal Alchemist Brotherhood
Apr 11, 2022 11:20 AM

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best - soul eater
worst - kimetsu and jjk
Apr 11, 2022 11:23 AM
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Gintama has got best comdey no doubt about that..
Some People will disagree with that and that's because one must have a vast knowledge of japanese culture, customs, current events during which the episodes were released, history of japanese civil wars, know about J-dramas and celebrities' personal life to fully understand all the gags, puns and jokes.. of course vast knowledge of lots of 80s, 90s anime is essential to fully enjoy the parodies...

Worst comedy has to be shaman king... The MC sounds and behaves like he is high af... He is a shaman so might as well be, none of his jokes make any sense and feels like rambling of a stoner...
 

Apr 11, 2022 11:29 AM

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Mob psycho and opm have the best. Worst could be any of them.

Apr 11, 2022 11:48 AM

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Shounen is a broad category, but just using the shows listed by other people above

Best: Saiki Kusuo
Worst (tied): One Piece and Gintama.

People like to act like Gintama requires knowledge of a bunch of obscure references, but even though it drops a bunch of names for the hipster crowd, it's hardly ever funny even if you understand them. People who like Gintama must really just love all the potty humor, every time a character farts or says shit or pee, or when the dozen or so one-joke wonders do their skit over and over again for 200 episodes. And that's the same problem with One Piece. Usopp and Brook literally have one joke (like how many times can you make a skeleton pun?) and Luffy and Sanji/Zoro/Nami just play the same funny/dumb guy and straight guy manzai duo where Luffy does the same stupid thing, and people yell at him for it.

Saiki Kusuo also has a small cast of one-joke wonders, but luckily it knows when to stop recycling jokes.
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Apr 11, 2022 11:49 AM
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HUh? I thought Naruto was actually kinda funny sometimes :(

Best: Death Note (even though Death Note isn't meant to be funny)
Worst: I only found out recently that Demon Slayer had comedy in it...
Must've been pretty bad if I couldn't even tell lol.
Apr 11, 2022 12:00 PM

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Best could be mob or opm, worst is either kny or fmab. Shame since fmab is so good but it's hard to enjoy when it's a serious scene then out of nowhere they hit you with the 11958th joke about ed's height
Apr 11, 2022 12:14 PM

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Comedy is subjective so I don't know but my personal favorite is Kintama

As for worst, idk man but Demon Slayer be lackin hard
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Apr 11, 2022 1:23 PM

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The best ones: Gintama (*_*) , Norgami (because of Yato, I find him hillarious) and Inuyasha (It is just the perfect amount of comedy in the right situations)

Worst ones: Demon slayer, Naruto, JJK, and One piece (They try too hard to be funny, it doesn't feel genuine)
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Apr 11, 2022 1:39 PM

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easily gintama and kny ( kny tries to hard and isn't funny at all.)


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Apr 11, 2022 1:53 PM

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The best new one is spy x family.

Worst is dunno probably kny.
Apr 11, 2022 1:53 PM

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Best: Saiki K
Worst: Kimetsu no Yaiba
Apr 11, 2022 1:56 PM
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I would say the best (from what i've watched, I haven't watched that much of Gintama) would be something like saiki k, one punch man, mob psycho, or JJK.
In terms of worst from what i've seen either Naruto or Demon slayer, since the comedy just feels lazy and like an afterthought for when they are not fighting.
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Apr 11, 2022 2:12 PM
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Jojo has the worst comedy. Partly because of the insufferable fans.
Apr 11, 2022 2:32 PM
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Best: Gintama
Worst: Jujutsu Kaisen
Apr 11, 2022 3:16 PM

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worst is probably hunter x hunter and jujutsu kaisen
Apr 11, 2022 4:18 PM

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Best is Mob Psycho 100.
Worst is Vanitas no Karte and Bleach
Apr 11, 2022 4:26 PM
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Best: JoJo's Bizarre Adventure

Worst: FMAB, Haikyuu!! & Demon Slayer
Apr 11, 2022 4:36 PM
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Best: nozaki-kun (no one mentioned this? really?), saiki kusuo, barakamon.

Worst: demon slayer (the comedy part is so bad even though comedy in jjk isn't good either it doesn't bad enough to ruin the enjoyment unlike kny.)
Apr 11, 2022 4:40 PM

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Funniest: Saiki K and Gintama

Unfunniest: Seraph of the End
The whole thing was just filled to the brim with utterly unimaginative jokes, and even with it being my 7th anime I could tell the comedy sucked.




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Apr 11, 2022 6:07 PM
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If you genuinely laugh at shounens your sense of humour is weird.
Apr 11, 2022 6:18 PM
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Gintama is best
And Demon slayer and fmab are sooo bad at comedy
Apr 11, 2022 7:12 PM

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Best: Dragon Ball, Naruto, Black Clover and Ranma 1/2
Worst: Demon Slayer and Jujutsu Kaisen
Apr 11, 2022 7:28 PM
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Best: sket dance, Gintama and JoJo's
Worst: FMAB, demon slayer and Tokyo revengers
Apr 11, 2022 7:35 PM
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Best would have to be Gintama by far, and worst I couldn't really tell you because when it comes to comedy most of them are just pretty average really lol.
Apr 11, 2022 8:21 PM

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The best is probably Urusei Yatsura or SKET Dance.
The worst is Noragami or Daily Lives of High School Boys.


I didn't even know Daily life of Highschool boys counted as shounen. I thought it was comedy and SoL. Found it pretty funny though.
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Apr 11, 2022 8:23 PM

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Illinois said:
If you genuinely laugh at shounens your sense of humour is weird.


I never said anything about laughing at them lol. Also, I never said shounen had the best comedy. Most shonen have really bad comedy that's why I asked which one had the best and worst among them.
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"Everything I've witnessed... This whole system you have built has always rejected me. Now I'm ready to reject it. That's why I destroy. That's why I took this power for myself. Simple enough, yeah? I don't care if you don't understand... That's what makes us... Heroes and Villains."
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Apr 11, 2022 8:25 PM

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Jojo has the worst comedy. Partly because of the insufferable fans.


Jojo fans seeing something even remotely similar to the series anywhere else: IS THAT A JOJO'S REFERENCE?!? 😳
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"Everything I've witnessed... This whole system you have built has always rejected me. Now I'm ready to reject it. That's why I destroy. That's why I took this power for myself. Simple enough, yeah? I don't care if you don't understand... That's what makes us... Heroes and Villains."
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Apr 11, 2022 8:27 PM
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DeonX said:
Illinois said:
If you genuinely laugh at shounens your sense of humour is weird.


I never said anything about laughing at them lol. Also, I never said shounen had the best comedy. Most shonen have really bad comedy that's why I asked which one had the best and worst among them.
Well in that case, all of them are equally unfunny.
Apr 11, 2022 8:27 PM

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DeonX said:
I thought it was comedy and SoL.

You did ask a question about comedy. Though now that I think about it, I'm not entirely sure what demographic it was made for. If "Gangan Online" counts as a shounen magazine, that makes Monthly Girls Nozaki-kun the best shounen comedy.
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best comedy: Those who hunt the elves. hilarious and underrated. Also. FMA. Despite focusing mainly on being an epic adventure anime, It has great comedy. Of curse, plebs are not prepared for that.

worst: probably Urusei Yatsura. infuriating mess. Fortunatly Rumiko improved it with Ranma 1/2.
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