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Everyone has a crummy day from time to time, especially when things don’t go as expected or planned. There’s not much to do in those situations but try and get over it, which can be difficult in even the best of times. And if meditation or mindfulness can’t help smooth over the residual bad mood, a little humor can do the trick.
Comedy is near-ubiquitous in media for its handy ability to smooth over tense situations or add to character dynamics. While some series might have different genres at work, most of them will have at least a little bit of comedy.
10 One-Punch Man Offers Comedy & Action
After three years of doing 100 pushups, 100 sit-ups, 100 squats, and running 10 kilometers every day, Saitama thought he had become the hero he wanted to be. But despite that, he doesn’t feel any satisfaction from his hero duties… because he’s so strong he can defeat any opponent with just one punch.
One-Punch Man is chock full of lame villains with lamer backstories, pitiable rivals, and amusing banter. Since Saitama can take out any evil-doer with just one punch, readers can enjoy the comedy without worrying whether Saitama will come out on top.
9 Great Teacher Onizuka Contains Shameless Humor
Also known as GTO, this classic comedy manga was serialized in Kodansha’s Weekly Shonen Magazine from 1997 to 2002, so its humor is a bit dated. Nevertheless, GTO persists as a popular series and has sold over 50 million copies of the manga.
Eikichi Onizuka is a 22-year-old ex-biker gang member who’s got big ambitions but not much discipline. After a fateful run-in with a high school girl, Onizuka realizes his true calling: become a great teacher with useful life lessons instead of routine schoolwork.
8 Kaguya-sama: Love Is War Is The Quintessential Romantic Comedy
Although this series is a hit anime as of 2019, Kaguya-sama: Love Is War started as a manga serialization in 2016. Fans of the anime should definitely pick up this read since the manga contains all the major plot points of the anime while also including all the side content that typically gets missed in anime adaptations.
Student council president Miyuki Shirogane and vice president Kaguya Shinomiya are rumored to be dating, which isn’t true at all because the two refuse to confess. Instead, their aim is to make the other confess and win the war of love.
7 Asobi Asobase Is A Surreal Comedy
For those who need humor that’s a little weirder than the norm, Asobi Asobase is a great seinen comedy to pick up. It follows the lives of Hanako Honda, Olivia, and Kasumi Nomura and their activities in the Pastimers Club.
It’s not officially a club, of course, but it doesn’t stop the three girls from participating in various wild antics after school. Asobi Asobase is heavy on slapstick and gag humor, which gets outrageously out of hand considering the trio of protagonists are pretty mischievous.
6 The Way Of The Househusband Focuses On Absurd Humor
Although he’s got an intimidating face and an impressive tattoo, Tatsu still quit his job as a yakuza member to become pivotal support for his career woman wife, Miku.
This manga series is heartwarming at its core and its humor relies on juxtaposing Tatsu’s fierce yakuza appearance against the mundane daily chores of a housewife… or househusband. Tatsu takes his househusband duties as seriously as he took yakuza work, from cooking to daily grocery shopping.
5 Wotakoi Is A Relatable Romantic Comedy For Any Otaku
Wotakoi: Love Is Hard For Otaku is one of the best romantic comedies of the 2010s and is incredibly relatable for adults with anime, manga, and gaming hobbies. Narumi Momose coincidentally starts working at the same company as her childhood friend, Hirotaka Nifuji, who promptly reveals Momose as an otaku, much to her embarrassment.
Luckily, two other coworkers share otaku habits as well and the four of them enjoy each other’s company. Wotakoi is a heartwarming series with plentiful jokes about many aspects of otaku culture, including gaming, manga and anime, and cosplay.
4 Gintama Is Infamous For Its Gags & Parodies
Series creator Hideaki Sorachi worked on Gintama for 16 years with the final volume released in late 2019. The series relied heavily on gags and parodies for its jokes and Gintama became well-known for its bizarre humor.
In an alternate world during the late-Edo period in Japan, aliens attack the country with the shogun ultimately cowing before them. Meanwhile, bizarre samurai Gintoki Sakata works as an odd-jobs freelancer for Yorozuya (literally the “Anything Store”) and finds himself in the strangest situations while on the job.
3 My Next Life As A Villainess Parodies The Isekai Genre
When an ordinary Japanese high school girl awakens as the main antagonist of the most recent otome game she completed, she quickly figures out that her reincarnated form will die no matter what actions are taken in the game.
But she’s got the benefit of having a different soul, one that knows Katerina Claes’ fate and can take steps to change it. To do that, however, she needs to avoid all romance routes and help the people around her grow out of their villainous natures.
2 Haven’t You Heard? I’m Sakamoto’s Flawless Protagonist Generates Laughs
Sakamoto is the most popular and impressive person at his school, and it shows. No matter what situation Sakamoto finds himself in, he manages to make it out unscathed. Moreover, he’s kind, helpful, and generous to even the most despicable people he runs into, and everything he does has a sense of coolness and flair.
At the same time, he’s kind of a strange guy, although other characters think that just adds to his coolness. Haven’t You Heard? I’m Sakamoto is a hilarious gag series to pick up that’s sure to generate laughs.
1 Sket Dance Encapsulates Many Types Of Humor
From slapstick to gags to parodies and crossovers, the Sket Dance manga has innumerable comedic moments to have a good laugh at.
Bossun, Himeko, and Switch are members of the Sket-dan, a club that aims to promote social good by helping their classmates and the faculty of Kaimei High School with whatever ails them, no matter how absurd or obscure. This naturally invites a plethora of strange requests and situations that the Sket-dan try their best to solve, often with humorous outcomes.
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