How much humor do you like in your manga? (Assuming that it's the type of humor that you like)

Question: How much humor (that you like) do you typically like in manga?
Choices:
None. Stay serious, bro. - votes: 198 (1.5%)
Just a little. The occasional humor is good. - votes: 2285 (17.2%)
Moderate. A good amount but not lots. - votes: 6038 (45.5%)
Medium. Half-filled with humor. - votes: 3297 (24.8%)
Prominent. Humor is the focus. - votes: 888 (6.7%)
Chock-full of it! Comedy first, and I don't care if there's no story - votes: 568 (4.3%)
There were 13274 total votes.
The poll ended: February 19th 2011

Last edited by lambchopsil at 12:18 pm, Feb 19 2011

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I put none. The fact is that most of the comfy in manga is not my type of comedy. The whole extremely disfigured drawings over dramatic expressions, doesn't work too often, in my opinion. That being said, few manga can pull it off quite well and I enjoy it. Usually that's because comedy is a main focus, not some random snippet here and there which is was most manga is plagued with sadly.

First post in over eight months! Whoo!

Well, comedy is among my favorite genres, but it's not like I want it to be present in every manga I read. If it's present I enjoy it, if not, as long as the manga is still interesting I will read it. A good laugh is always enjoyable for me.


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I agree with the majority; moderate humor is enough.

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"There is nothing either good or bad, but thinking makes it so" (from Hamlet, Wm. Shakespeare; Act II, scene ii)

(Even though the quote above is from Hamlet, I first saw it in a Final Fantasy Versus XIII trailer on YouTube ^o^)

I went for moderate.

Nothing's worse than too many forced jokes in comedy.

Only a liitle, as a means to put some light-hearted moments into an otherwise serious manga.
I'm no fan of manga purely centered on comedy as they usually involve a fair amount of puns and those lose a lot of impact during the translation as they have to be explained before you can get them.

Last edited by Dissidence at 5:11 pm, Feb 12 2011

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I went for just a little, probably because some of the comedy mangas I read usually end up as hit or miss.

It depends on the manga. I can't give a definite answer since I read so many genres, but I voted moderate to even it out between series I read with comedy and without comedy.

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I voted just a little. I like to read more serious or somber stories, but there still needs to be some humor or the characters don't seem real and the more subtle the better.

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" 9 years and 163 days later, 2% of my body cells are still in love with her"

According to my stats... half.

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"Officially, this machine doesn't exist, you didn't get it from me,
and I don't know you. Make sure it doesn't leave the building."

Since we are assuming it's my type of humour, I'd say half. If there was a manga that caters to my funny side with a silver platter I would love it, but too much of a good thing can be a bad thing, so I wouldn't want to overdo it.

It depends on what I'm reading. Sometimes it's better to be serious, but I do love comedy in the series that aren't so serious.

I like serious plot with a little humor.
Can't attach to manga with a lot of humor

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Picked just a little.

Somewhat restrictive poll, since I like to read
humour as well as serious drama, but I prefer both
more when the other one is not present at all.
When I want humour, I sure as hell want it as much as possible,
but when I want to read some bittersweet melodrama, I prefer
it absent, unless it is used as a dying whisper to
display affection.

I answered medium.

Most of the series I own are romantic comedies, and many of those are about 50-50. I have a few just plain comedy series, and a few super serious ones, and those are good too when I want a departure from the norm. I think it depends on the humor though. Even if a series has the right balance between humor and seriousness, if the jokes are bad, cliched or repetitive then I'd prefer less of them.

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