History Narm / Manga

* The Tower of Conviction arc in the ''Manga/{{Berserk}}'' manga had a group of inquisitors who were turned into "angels" via demonic magic. They were interesting characters with angelic wings, a threat to Guts and his group, an interesting study on the nature of religious dogma and true miracles... wait, did that guy just shout '''''GOD CANNON''''' as he attacked? Seriously? '''GOD CANNON'''? Way to make a torturous inquisitor who had previously been ''shown'' torturing people laughable, guys.
** That particular character has a head shaped like a cube, which in itself can be amusing. The "'''''GOD CANNON'''''" wouldn't have been too bad if ''all'' of his attacks were formatted "GOD (SOMETHING)," but there is some slight variation. "'''''GOD'S BREATH'''''" and "'''''GOD'S HAND'''''" weren't bad, but "'''''GOD'S PRESSURE'''''" was a bit ridiculous.

* The official English translation of the ''LightNovel/TrinityBlood'' manga often uses some very... questionable translations for dialogue and sound effects. It kind of ruins the drama when the vampires insist on using YeOldeButcheredeEnglishe every time they speak, ''especially'' with [[TheScrappy Ion Fortuna]]. The fact that he keeps insisting on addressing himself as "we" really lessens whatever drama they were going for. The sound effects are just as bad; in the Gunmetal Hound chapters, a dude getting shot in the head apparently warrants the sound effects "Bonk" and "Splat". [[InherentlyFunnyWords BONK AND SPLAT, GUYS.]] There's also an entire panel, right in the middle of a tense, fast-paced fight scene, used to translate the large japanese sound effect as "a cold wind blows". [[FlatWhat What.]]

** Although it helps that the compiled volumes usually get rid of the tag lines.

* The (for some controversial) manga ''Kodomo No Jikan'' is an odd example of this trope, as it's not any particular scenes that are {{narm}}y, but the greater elements in the series as a whole. The series is mostly a drama about elementary schoolgirls growing up, but with LoliconAndShotacon {{fanservice}} mixed in. Those who read it to the end generally confirm that it focuses more on the drama and issues later on (and becomes a lot better in the process), but the initial chapters make it difficult to take seriously when it comes across as melo-dramatic, thus many readers drop it before it even really starts.

!!Manga with their own Narm pages.

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[[caption-width-right:300:[[BlindIdiotTranslation THIS ISN'T AN EVIL GUYS]] ]]

* ''Manga/{{Fourteen}}''. Even the description of the plot puts this manga in narmtopia. The manga takes place in the future in a chicken meat growing factory, where a lump of chicken flesh transforms into a supermutant chicken man named "Chicken George". ([[NamesTheSame Yes,]] [[Series/Roots1977 really.]]) He goes on a mission to take revenge on humanity for ruining the planet. This was written by the author of the creepy horror manga "Manga/DriftingClassroom".

* There's a scene in the ''Manga/GetBackers'' manga where ActionGirl Himiko just finished an emotional fight, defeating the guys [[spoiler:who killed her new friend Miyama, who had just asked her to use her perfumes and witchcraft to save the Kiryuudo.]] As soon as she sees Ban next, she jumps into his arms and hugs him in distress. Even if we ignore the lingering ClothingDamage, the gratuitous panty shot while she's flying in mid-air ''kills'' any emotional effect the scene might have had. Except immature giggling.

* There's a scene in the ''Manga/GetBackers'' manga where ActionGirl Himiko just finished an emotional fight, defeating the guys [[spoiler:who killed her new friend Miyama, who had just asked her to use her perfumes and witchcraft to save the Kiryuudo.]] As soon as she sees Ban next, she jumps into his arms and hugs him in distress. Even if we ignore the lingering ClothingDamage, the gratuitous PantyShot while she's flying in mid-air ''kills'' any emotional effect the scene might have had. Except immature giggling.

->'''Miura''': It's definitely a serious scene, where he's really angry, and [[CarFu it]] would otherwise be [[SugarWiki/MomentOfAwesome cool]]... but with an otter...

->'''Mashiro''': [[LampshadeHanging Hiramaru-san was serious, but we laughed anyway.]]

* "Scanslations" (which is to say, translated manga scans - the comic equivalent of Fansubs) suffer from this when the translators do not originally speak English (or whatever language the scanslation is in), are overly literal, or just don't care. One particular instance comes from a scanslation of an early issue of the ''Manga/FullMetalAlchemist'' manga in which the otherwise touching and poignant segment of Ed and Al Elric being forced to be midwives for a delivering mother is ruined by the line "THE BABY'S BEEN BRONED!" (sic). That same page also has "time to the wash the baby" and "becasue".
** From a ''Manga/NegimaMagisterNegiMagi'' scanslation: the climax of a dramatic conversation is flattened by the main character saying, "Stop trying to pull the WOLL over my eyes!" ARGH. Come on guys, check your spelling.

** One ''Manga/DGrayMan'' scanslation translated "The Musician" as "[[TheCasanova The Player]]." Way to break the drama, guys. Arguably even funnier because that particular character could probably score with anyone in the series, [[EvenTheGuysWantHim male]] or [[ChickMagnet female]], if he tried.

-->"It's slowly dancing this way!"

* In Waq Waq, during Shio's fight with Leo, there are two major bits of Narm while Shio is considering what he can do compared to what Leo can do.

* Chapter 387 of ''Manga/InuYasha'' (which is in volume 39), in the translation by [[Creator/VIZMedia Viz]], includes this dialogue:
-->'''Ryujin:''' "You're harboring Toshu, aren't you?! Then I'll slice you all to ribbons!"
-->'''Inuyasha:''' "Oh yeah? I like ribbons. So try it!"
** The Norwegian translation falls into this by first showcasing the Japanese names of the attacks and having the translation between the panels, only to have them translated for the rest of the volume for some reason. As with the ''Manga/FullmetalAlchemist'' does the Norwegian versions of the words not sound nearly as threatning falling into this. It was cancelled at the 22nd volume.

* At the end of the Future Arc in ''Manga/Reborn2004'', Kikyo was talking about how [[spoiler: the Funeral Wreaths were not just "normal humans," and how Byakuran had brought them up to greatness in this parallel world]], and then Xanxus tells him to shut up and [[http://www.mangahere.com/manga/katekyo_hitman_reborn/v30/c281/9.html does this]]. It really shouldn't have been funny.

** After Tsuna epicly punches Daemon Spade several yards underground, the next panel is simply "YOU BASTARD!" coming from the hole created. I laughed.

* As a result of BlindIdiotTranslation, the ''[[DarkAndTroubledPast Switch]] [[ILetGwenStacyDie Off]]'' arc of ''Manga/SketDance'' turns Kazuyoshi Usui [[MySiblingWillLiveThroughMe (Switch)]] and [[VictoriousChildhoodFriend Sawa]] [[LiterallyLovingThyNeighbor Yamauchi's]] mutual LoveConfession into one. In the Japanese version when Kazuyoshi tells her that [[AnguishedDeclarationOfLove he loved her]], she breaks down and reveals that she loved him too, thus clearing the ImaginaryLoveTriangle Kazuyoshi had in his mind, but due to the death of Kazuyoshi's litle brother Masafumi, she is so traumatized that she has to [[StarCrossedLovers move]] to a different town (because he was killed right [[ForcedToWatch in front of her eyes]], by a psychotic girl who originally wanted to kill Sawa herself, leading to SurvivorsGuilt and ItsAllMyFault). Due to the {{Scanlation}} translating this conversation rather [[BlindIdiotTranslation literally]] (ditto for the English subbed anime version), this moment is ruined as it becomes:
-->'''Kazuyoshi''': I loved you.
-->'''Sawa''': [[ItsAllAboutMe Me too!]].
-->''(Runs away crying)''
* Sorry, [[Manga/NegimaMagisterNegiMagi Tsukuyomi]]. Seeing you make [[http://www.mangafox.com/manga/mahou_sensei_negima/v32/c293/8.html the face on the right top side of the page]] completely ''killed'' the drama of the tense scene you had just been in. ('''SPOILERS!''') We ''do'' know the SexIsViolence deal going on with a BloodKnight DepravedBisexual like you, and that ItMakesSenseInContext... but for some of us, it's ''still'' funnier than it should be.

-->'''Chao:''' "Ohohoho. When you act cool in a cute costume, it just doesn't convince people!"
-->'''Setsuna:''' "Be quiet!"

* ''Manga/MadBull34'' usually gets a pass because of NarmCharm, but the second chapter of the manga is... special. A junkie going through withdrawal takes a neighbor hostage in his apartment. Aside from his being fat for a long-term heroin junkie, what he does with the girl is ridiculous. Facing out the window with shotgun in hand, he forces her to grab his testicles and squeeze as if she wanted to crush them - reasoning that such intense pain will take his mind off the whole "my desire for smack is driving me mad" thing. Whatever you're imagining, it's more absurd than that. Subsequent chapters feature their fair share of bizarre and hilarious content, but this is the, ahem, high point.

* The manga version of ''Anime/PuellaMagiMadokaMagica'' is ''not'' known for its subtlety. It shows in the very graphic consequences of the Witch hunts (like its version of [[spoiler: Mami Tomoe's death]])... and then it completely ruins the scenes that put [[ManipulativeBastard Kyubey]] in the light of [[BlueandOrangeMorality his inability to understand human concerns/standards]] ''and'' [[MagnificentBastard very crafty and effective manipulations]]. Considering that Kyuubey's "key" for this is his PerpetualSmiler, DissonantSerenity and FrozenFace traits, his [[http://i55.tinypic.com/106kap5.jpg "Nightmare Face"]] from the manga (which he pulls when [[spoiler: Homura calls him "Incubator"]]) comes off [[CardCarryingVillain more as ridiculously overblown]] than truly scary... if not downright '''stupid'''. [[AdaptationDecay Guess some things are just better done in animated form...]]

** In the sort-of prequel ''Manga/PuellaMagiOrikoMagica'', due to the art-style, some things are really hard to take seriously. For example, Yuma just saw her parents killed right in front of her, and she's wondering where she's going to go while Kyoko tries to disuade her from becoming a MagicalGirl. It's a really sad scene, until... [[http://www.mangareader.net/mahou-shoujo-oriko-magica/1/23 she makes this face]] (bottom right panel.) Damn it, Yuma.
*** Four manga chapters later, when Madoka is separated from Hitomi and Sayaka [[spoiler: during the witch attack on Mitakihara Junior High orchestrated by Oriko and Kirika]], [[http://www.mangareader.net/mahou-shoujo-oriko-magica/5/12 she makes almost exactly the same face.]] (bottom left panel). [[FlatWhat Wut.]]

* In the Manga/SoulEater manga, [[spoiler: Medusa's possession of Rachel Boyd's body]] loses a lot of its dramatic impact [[http://souleater.wikia.com/wiki/File:Medusa_possesing_Rachel.png when it looks like this.]]

* Viz's English translation for the Manga/DragonBall manga can be narmful in a different way from Creator/FUNimation's dub of the anime with its borderline PurpleProse and abuse... of... DramaticEllipsis.

* The [[VideoGame/SuperRobotWarsOriginalGeneration Record of ATX]] manga gives us [[http://www.mangahere.com/manga/super_robot_taisen_og_divine_wars_record_of_atx/c001/68.html this enemy operator]]. He looks like a weird cross between an EthnicScrappy and a MonsterClown, and the strange appearance of the other operator and the captain just makes the scene even weirder.

* From Tamayo Akiyama's SoBadItsGood Zyword, we get lots of hilarious dialogue (i.e, people screaming and no one representing them on the page, lots of cheesy nooos, and the classic one-liner: "But, what are the goddesses, really? What are the goddesses, and what is Zyword?")

--> "You kept it and didn't KILL (should be tell) anyone that she murdered our queen."
--> "DEATH TO THE DIRTY ONE!"

* Your milage may really, ''really'' vary, knowing what the subject matter is about but Keiji Nakazawa's art in {{Barefoot Gen}} can cause narm for some, due to how weird the characters expressions can be, but also how characters vocally say ''WAAAAAAH'' when ever they cry can ''really'' ruin scenes for some and ends up coming off forced.
* ''Manga/{{Golgo 13}}'': "Flagburner." It makes sense that someone angry with the Clinton administration would hire Golgo 13 to tip the scales of the 2000 Florida recount. It made a convincing, well-written thriller... up until the panel that showed the stylized Clinton having smiley anal sex in the Oval Office.

* In the Manga/{{Akira}} manga, [[spoiler: Lady Miyako]] succumbs to her wounds while fighting [[spoiler: Tetsuo]]. All in all, it's an appropriate and dramatic scene... except that she happens to collapse on a slanted piece of rubble, and a whole panel shows her body slowly sliding down.

* Sorry, [[Manga/MahouSenseiNegima Tsukuyomi]]. Seeing you make [[http://www.mangafox.com/manga/mahou_sensei_negima/v32/c293/8.html the face on the right top side of the page]] completely ''killed'' the drama of the tense scene you had just been in. ('''SPOILERS!''') We ''do'' know the SexIsViolence deal going on with a BloodKnight DepravedBisexual like you, and that ItMakesSenseInContext... but for some of us, it's ''still'' funnier than it should be.

* In ''Manga/BlackButler'' chapter 68 Ciel goes to a school where students have "butlers" which are called "fags". I laughed every time the word fag came up. "It's fag time!"
** This is overlapping with HaveAGayOldTime, as this was what the "butlers" were called in those days.

* ''Manga/{{Gyo}}'' is full of Narm. Pretty much everything from the second chapter onward can be construed as completely hilarious. Anything involving a shark is guaranteed funny, as is the fish in the garbage bag. The second volume is replete with scenes of [[spoiler: infected humans]] burping and farting everywhere, and even a death stench circus. One wonders how it is even possible to be scared by this, apart from the BodyHorror.
** The horrible disease's effects on humans are meant to come off as them being rotted alive and becoming bloated and full of gas like a days-old corpse, but the way it comes off is just them growing obese and flatulent (and in the anime adaptation, their skin turning green).

** From a ''Manga/MahouSenseiNegima'' scanslation: the climax of a dramatic conversation is flattened by the main character saying, "Stop trying to pull the WOLL over my eyes!" ARGH. Come on guys, check your spelling.
** A ''VideoGame/{{Touhou}}'' hentai doujinshi had [[CrackPairing Reisen and Youmu]] -- erm -- taking care of business, as it were. The whole thing suddenly spiraled into hilarity when Reisen discovered Youmu's ghost half and asked "how did it '''[[UsefulNotes/HowDoIUsedTense formed]]'''?" Whoops.

* At the end of the Future Arc in ''Manga/KatekyoHitmanReborn'', Kikyo was talking about how [[spoiler: the Funeral Wreaths were not just "normal humans," and how Byakuran had brought them up to greatness in this parallel world]], and then Xanxus tells him to shut up and [[http://www.mangahere.com/manga/katekyo_hitman_reborn/v30/c281/9.html does this]]. It really shouldn't have been funny.

* Creator/JunjiIto has a bad habit of making his longer series rather goofy as he runs out of fresh scares. For instance, ''Manga/HellstarRemina'' is terrifying, until the part where the Earth starts spinning at cartoonish speeds, which our heroes take advantage of by jumping across continents using the torque. And an army follows suit after them.

* The "Cleaning Out the Storage" strip in ''Webcomic/AxisPowersHetalia'' had [[TearJerker/AxisPowersHetalia a genuinely powerful and emotional plot]]. But when [[spoiler: England went into a TwistedKneeCollapse in front of America after being defeated]], the panel shot gives the impression that he was about to [[spoiler: give America head.]] Waaaaaaay to ruin the until-then very well-done drama, Himaruya.

* ''Manga/TheKurosagiCorpseDeliveryService'' has one during a chapter in which the group discovers that a parasite normally found in snails that bulges out their eyestalks and hijacks their mind to make them go up to high places and get eaten by birds[[note]][[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leucochloridium_paradoxum Leocochloridium Paradoxum]], if you're curious[[/note]] has adapted to use humans in the same way. While the final discovery of a victim with his eyeballs turned into humongous eyestalks is supposed to be horrific, it's also somewhat ridiculous, especially with the victim's expression and his line afterwards.
-->"I wanna be a biiiiiird!"

* ''Manga/SuperMarioKun'':
** Whenever someone swears (it happens ''[[ObligatorySwearing a lot]]'') in ''Super Mario-kun''.

** The alternate ending to the manga version is not nearly as poignant as ''EOE'' is, and it makes very little sense as well. The biggest PlotHole with it: [[spoiler:If Shinji remembers everything that happened to him before the world was reconstructed, why doesn't he recognize Asuka & Kensuke? Sure, ''Eva'' is a MindScrew, but there's a difference between mind screws and making ''no logical sense''.]]

* Although, to some, all manga can be construed as {{narm}}y, what can really ''kill it'' for fans and {{otaku}} alike, is when the magazine editors for which the manga is originally released take it upon themselves to add more to the suspense of the already CliffHanger-ish ending. By adding stupid tag-lines. The most EPIC, [[MindScrew MIND-BLOWING]] THING could happen, and ''snap'' the [[RuleOfCool coolness]] evaporates into {{narm}} for the reader. Just by adding a few simple words such as: [[Manga/{{Psyren}} "Rejection!"]] or they just plain [[CaptainObvious point out the obvious]] or ask stupid questions like "What will X do next!?" As you can imagine, it becomes quite tiresome when your favorite manga gets sorta ruined every single chapter.

* One particular scene in the ''Anime/NeonGenesisEvangelion'' manga is hard to take seriously. During the "End of Eva" scene where [[spoiler:Shinji is trying to snap Asuka out of her coma,]] instead of [[spoiler:the scene ending in Shinji jerking off to Asuka's comatose body, Asuka snaps out of it just long enough to go crazy and violently strangle Shinji]]. Perhaps this was Asuka's revenge for all the things Shinji does to her in End of Eva: "Now how do YOU like it!?"

->'''Miura''': It's definitely a serious scene, where he's really angry, and [[CarFu it]] would otherwise be [[CrowningMomentOfAwesome cool]]... but with an otter...

* In ''Manga/ThePrinceOfTennis'', specifically New Prince of Tennis, when Atobe evolves to get his X-ray vision, it's really not a CrowningMomentOfAwesome.

* In the second half of ''Manga/PrivateActress'', [[spoiler: [[BigBad Kana]]=/=[[EnfanteTerrible Satoka]] ]]'s villainy can be seen as this easily. The idea of [[spoiler:a girl no older than 15]] being [[VillainSue SO omniscient, dominant and powerful]] over the series's adults that [[spoiler: she easily drives a woman who's almost 10 years older to an overblown and melodramatic suicide]], tries to [[spoiler: make everyone believe that [[CastingCouch she slept with a man old enough to be her grandfather]] to get all kinds of publicity]], AND [[spoiler:gets a girl doused with acid to get her out of acting competition]], among several other things, stretches your WillingSuspensionOfDisbelief quiiiiite a bit. Specially since this series is supposed to be SliceOfLife and thus almost completely devoid of magic or supernatural elements to use as plot devices, which makes [[spoiler: Kana/Satoka]] ''even more'' ridiculous [[EvilIsPetty and not to mention petty as fuck]]. [[AdultsAreUseless What kind of adults are these?!]]

** You used to be so big...
* One particular scene in the ''Anime/NeonGenesisEvangelion'' manga is hard to take seriously. During the "End of Eva" scene where [[spoiler: Shinji is trying to snap Asuka out of her coma,]] instead of [[spoiler:the scene ending in Shinji jerking off to Asuka's comatose body, Asuka snaps out of it just long enough to go crazy and violently strangle Shinji.]] Perhaps this was Asuka's revenge for all the things Shinji does to her in End of Eva: "Now how do YOU like it!?"

** The alternate ending to the manga version is not nearly as poignant as ''EOE'' is, and it makes very little sense as well. The biggest PlotHole with it: [[spoiler: If Shinji remembers everything that happened to him before the world was reconstructed, why doesn't he recognize Asuka & Kensuke? Sure, ''Eva'' is a MindScrew, but there's a difference between mind screws and making ''no logical sense''.]]

* In one ''Manga/YuGiOh'' translation, a scanlator makes the questionable decision of having (normal) Yugi refer to Jounouchi's former friend and gang leader Hirutani as a "son of a bitch."
** Given the context and Yugi's character (he was a bit less of a cute panda and more of a normal teenager) in the beginning of the manga, this doesn't seem too narmy.
** Here's an example from the first seven volumes: so Yami Bakura has trapped everyone in that tabletop RPG game. Towards the end, the good Bakura manages to regain control over one of his hands, so Yami Bakura decides to deal with it by impaling his hand on one of the towers of the boardgame's castle, uttering the priceless but silly line "How do you like the taste of durable polyester, Hand?!" in the process. Even better (or worse, depending on how you view Narm) if you imagine the line being said with Creator/TedLewis's typical delivery for the character.