I know comedy is very subjective and stuff but how do you gauge that certain comedy series satisfied you?
Personally i don't express emotions at all like for the saddest of sad scenes I don't cry and I don't laugh at jokes much either.
So the way i see comedy is way to pass time in a good way, like when I watched Saiki Kusuo time flew by like nothing, every episode felt like 5 minutes long to me and it gave me very satisfactory feeling when I finished it.
So how does comedy work for you guys?
I really like it when jokes are unnecessary and over the top more than I do when they're in gag format. The most I've laughed to anime has been to shows not tagged as comedy.
In middle school, it was all about dirty humor. Words such as penis, dick, and other vulgar words would always get me to laugh but now, I don't even crack a smile and I think people who find them funny as immature. Now as I grow older, I enjoy "boring" or "innocent" comedy. I don't know how to describe it but basically humor or the comedy from Daily Lives of High School Boys. Mostly things that most people don't find funny because it's boring or pure, I like that kinda stuff. But not anime-related comedy, I do enjoy the show, Impractical Jokers, very much
I like surreal/absurdist comedy like Mighty Boosh and Key & Peele. That's why humour in Asobi Asobase worked pefectly for me - I regularly rewatch some scenes and they are still funny.
I think that Ishozoku Reviewers was about as pure comedy as it gets.
Comedy to me, as an Austalian born Englishman, is all about being clever. It is not about ecchi, or dirty, but the cleverness behind the joke.
A joke can be dirty, but if it does not contain a cleverness about it, it is just a dirty joke. There must be a deeper thoughtful truth present in the joke that makes it truly worthwhile.
And it is often that thoughtful truth that brings the comedy to life.
Sort of like what the court jester in ancient England used to do - use a truthful remark to bring out the balance in an accusation.
Comedy requires an element of truth and circumspection in order to be able to laugh at oneself, even if it is through the pain of other people's circumstances.
That's what makes it great.
idk about you but the closer a girl gets to looking like ronald mcdonald, the more aroused i become. CAV
where can we cast our eyes to @PoruMairu who thinks of himself a member of the true church. Helion.
"comedy" in anime is very hit or miss for me. i prefer when it's subtle and not the main focus of a series. there is some comedy, like oregairu, where it doesn't actually make you laugh out loud per se, but rather full of little chuckles and snickers (at least for me). i prefer that to some of the over the top/exaggerated stuff that is meant to make people die of laughter (depending on the person ofc).
Irony and cringe are easily the top for me. I hate convoluted jokes because they detract from the point unless they're implemented by a mastermind.
Honestly, if I ever want to laugh immediately, I just look at people closely. There's always a breathing (hah, get it?) joke among a group of people if you look close enough.
Also, thinking that "dirty" humour is immature is just nonsensical. People's humour comes from experience. Your brain dictates what you like so whenever you encounter something fresh, it clings to it. Since I'm a master of my mind, I value all dirty jokes by their own merit.
If I laugh then that is comedy. I laugh at almost anything be it surreal, absurdist, vulgar, especially about race and ethnicities, jokes about romanians vs hungarians are the best. I hate forced comedy like when a guy says something that he doesn't think it's funny but the majority thinks is funny so he tells the joke anyway. It's hard to explain.
I like when things are super weird and nobody questions it.
Like the father cat in Azumanga Daioh or Elizabeth in Gintama. These creatures are just... there...
If life ain't just a joke
Then why are we laughing?
I'm not really that specific about comedy... in terms of anime, I love comedy anime (that I've seen) and I plan to watch more. Any sort of comedy works, as long as it's not insanely offensive or harmful to someone. I find that humorous rivalries between characters make me laugh. Y'know, those characters who are rivals and usually end up yelling at each other or fighting, even in the most inappropriate of situations?
I really liked Saiki K as well...
I also like relatable comedy. I'm probably not going to laugh at a joke, say, about how hard it is to have a dick or something, because I don't have a dick, y'know?
TDLR: I'm pretty open to most comedy although I will laugh more at certain things
Besides Saiki for anime, the witty irony of people like Boileau, Courier and Proust, the humor hidden behind serious statements of Stendhal or the neologisms and play on words of Céline ("tellement qu'on n'en veut pas", "faut être osé", etc) and Joyce ("Lewd's Carol"), the change of register in literature works best for me.
"Now, just as Mme. d’Arpajon was making for one of these staircases, a strong gust of warm air made the jet of water swerve and inundated the fair lady so completely that, the water streaming down from her open bosom inside her dress, she was soaked as if she had been plunged into a bath. Whereupon, a few feet away, a rhythmical roar resounded, loud enough to be heard by a whole army, and at the same time protracted in periods as though it were being addressed not to the army as a whole but to each unit in turn; it was the Grand Duke Vladimir, who was laughing wholeheartedly upon seeing the immersion of Mme. d’Arpajon, one of the funniest sights, as he was never tired of repeating afterwards, that he had ever seen in his life. Some charitable persons having suggested to the Muscovite that a word of sympathy from himself was perhaps deserved and would give pleasure to the lady who, notwithstanding her tale of forty winters fully told, wiping herself with her scarf, without appealing to anyone for help, was stepping clear in spite of the water that was maliciously spilling over the edge of the basin, the Grand Duke, who had a kind heart, felt that he must say a word in season, and, before the last military tattoo of his laughter had altogether subsided, one heard a fresh roar, more vociferous even than the last. "Bravo, old girl!" he cried, clapping his hands as though at the theatre. Mme. d’Arpajon was not at all pleased that her dexterity should be commended at the expense of her youth. And when some one remarked to her, in a voice drowned by the roar of the water, over which nevertheless rose the princely thunder: "I think His Imperial Highness said something to you." "No! It was to Mme. de Souvré," was her reply." Proust, Sodom and Gomorrah.
"Or, au moment où Mme d’Arpajon allait s’engager dans l’une des colonnades, un fort coup de chaude brise tordit le jet d’eau et inonda si complètement la belle dame que, l’eau dégoulinant de son décolletage dans l’intérieur de sa robe, elle fut aussi trempée que si on l’avait plongée dans un bain. Alors non loin d’elle, un grognement scandé retentit assez fort pour pouvoir se faire entendre à toute une armée et pourtant prolongé par périodes comme s’il s’adressait non pas à l’ensemble, mais successivement à chaque partie des troupes ; c’était le grand-duc Wladimir qui riait de tout son coeur en voyant l’immersion de Mme d’Arpajon, une des choses les plus gaies, aimait-il à dire ensuite, à laquelle il eût assisté de toute sa vie. Comme quelques personnes charitables faisaient remarquer au Moscovite qu’un mot de condoléances de lui serait peut-être mérité et ferait plaisir à cette femme qui, malgré sa quarantaine bien sonnée, et tout en s’épongeant avec son écharpe, sans demander le secours de personne, se dégageait malgré l’eau qui mouillait malicieusement la margelle de la vasque, le grand-duc, qui avait bon coeur, crut devoir s’exécuter et les derniers roulements militaires du rire à peine apaisés, on entendit un nouveau grondement plus violent encore que l’autre. « Bravo, la vieille ! » s’écriait-il en battant des mains comme au théâtre. Mme d’Arpajon ne fut pas sensible à ce qu’on vantât sa dextérité aux dépens de sa jeunesse. Et comme quelqu’un lui disait, assourdi par le bruit de l’eau, que dominait pourtant le tonnerre de Monseigneur : « Je crois que Son Altesse Impériale vous a dit quelque chose. – Non ! c’était à Mme de Souvré », répondit-elle." Proust, Sodome et Gomorrhe.
i do not have a particular jokes around that i want but even dark humor like i read on 4chan /a/ when the KyoAni arson broke out i laugh on jokes like "i guess they got fired" so if there is hell *puns* im sure i will go there
As long as a show is able to make me laugh I consider it good comedy. My satisfaction would be directly correlated to how much it made me laugh.
Pretty simple logic, I don't see the point in over-analyzing it. The method of reaching the objective doesn't matter as long as the objective was reached.
I used to think of myself as a connoisseur of the art of comedy or whatever (and I am, mind you). But, at the end of the day, nothing makes me laugh more than an unexpected Hagrid "cock!" comment from a dumbass Youtube poop video.
Comedy is the unexpected I think, lol. Or the absurd, like in a weird Monty Python sketch.
Honestly at this point, anything that isn't American comedy.
“Loddfafnir, listen to my counsel: You will fare well if you follow it, It will help you much if you heed it. If aware that another is wicked, say so: Make no truce or treaty with foes.” - Havamal 127
Anything that makes you laugh can be considered comedy.
Yes, it is completely subjective indeed. In my case, it doesn't always need to be something too intricate. Like for example, these comedies from the 2000s era that a lot of people consider vulgar, but I still find some of them pretty funny at times.
There are also times when a joke makes people laugh because of how unfunny and stupid it actually is.