Thread:Arima no megane/@comment-25787298-20160513113337/@comment-27247962-20160604124735

But that's just how it is, Advocate!

A comedic series is dull. And I occasionally enjoy one if it's really ridiculous (like Sakamoto), but only comedic touches in serious stories tend to genuinely be funny. Comedy for the comedy gets really boring and all the cliches if you've seen them 1000x, it gets really dull. Humans want happiness, search for the happy things in every miserable situation and we like to smile, that's how we are. So if you make a story that miserable, a simple joke will make us burst out in laughter, because we've been looking for that small shimmer of happiness and positivity all this time. That doesn't work in a comedy, so we are much more critical when we watch or read those. At least I am. Doest that make a bit of sense?

So take Code Geass for example, one of the more serious animes out there, but it's comedy was scarce but on point every time, even making me laugh out loud. I like a lot of comedy, but the stories labeled as comedy, should rather be labeled 'random', because they come with the most ridiculous set-ups to try and make you laugh. But every set-up even if it's original goes according to the list of cliché's.