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* Manga/SayonaraZetsubouSensei is chock-full of this, particularly when the title character keeps trying to commit suicide in outlandish ways (starting less than a minute into the first episode), and even has a little notebook of students who can commit suicide with him. Not to mention he owns a suicide kit that he'll often offer to other people who he thinks are in despair. Said kit contains numerous methods and devices used to kill oneself, his will, ink and quill for a SuicideNote, and a "[[CrossesTheLineTwice Best]] [[TakeThat of]] Music/{{Enya}}" [[http://i.imgur.com/7ZobM1H.jpg CD.]]
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* Manga/SayonaraZetsubouSensei ''Manga/SayonaraZetsubouSensei'' is chock-full of this, particularly when the title character keeps trying to commit suicide in outlandish ways (starting less than a minute into the first episode), and even has a little notebook of students who can commit suicide with him. Not to mention he owns a suicide kit that he'll often offer to other people who he thinks are in despair. Said kit contains numerous methods and devices used to kill oneself, his will, ink and quill for a SuicideNote, and a "[[CrossesTheLineTwice Best]] [[TakeThat of]] Music/{{Enya}}" [[http://i.imgur.com/7ZobM1H.jpg CD.]]
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* In second case of ''Manga/{{QED}}'', Touma is presented with a case of dead debtor in a closed room. All the suspect (who had the key of the room) had motives to kill him. However, in the end, it's revealed that all the suspect (which are related in some ways) ''thought'' their loved one was the one who killed the jerk, and so, engaged in {{Zany Scheme}}s to protect their loved ones. The punchline is that the jerk was killed by ''accident'', [[spoiler:which was arranged by the deceased creditor, who wants to protect the suspects, which are her daughter, her daughter's fiance and her loyal butler]].
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* In second case of ''Manga/{{QED}}'', Touma is presented with a case of dead debtor in a closed room. All the suspect suspects (who had the key of the room) had motives to kill him. However, in the end, it's revealed that all the suspect suspects (which are related in some ways) ''thought'' their loved one was the one who killed the jerk, and so, engaged in {{Zany Scheme}}s to protect their loved ones. The punchline is that the jerk was killed by ''accident'', [[spoiler:which was arranged by the deceased creditor, who wants to protect the suspects, which are her daughter, her daughter's fiance and her loyal butler]].
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* There exists a ''Dragon Ball Z'' figure of Yamcha in his trademark [[spoiler: dead]] pose, and a Chiaotzu backpack depicting him [[spoiler: about to self-destruct]].
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* There exists a ''Dragon Ball Z'' ''Anime/DragonBallZ'' figure of Yamcha in his trademark [[spoiler: dead]] [[spoiler:dead]] pose, and a Chiaotzu backpack depicting him [[spoiler: about [[spoiler:about to self-destruct]].
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* Lint from ''Manga/RiseOfTheOutlawTamer'' is constantly and cheerfully reassured by his companions that he can be healed even if he suffers (insert graphic depiction of death or serious injury here) because one of them is a healer who can cast BackFromTheDead.
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* Lint from ''Manga/RiseOfTheOutlawTamer'' ''Literature/RiseOfTheOutlawTamerAndHisSRankCatGirl'' is constantly and cheerfully reassured by his companions that he can be healed even if he suffers (insert graphic depiction of death or serious injury here) because one of them is a healer who can cast BackFromTheDead.
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* The ''Literature/{{Durarara}}'' manga features "manga torture" conducted by otaku [[TortureTechnician torture technicians]]. It involves having the victim selecting a manga, and then they get tortured by a means taken from that work. What truly makes it Black Comedy is how the torturers declare that, really, [[NewMediaAreEvil the content of the manga has absolutely nothing to do with it]]. They're just sick, sick people who, if they weren't otaku, would have had other interests -- interests that they would be equally good at turning into demented tortures.
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* The ''Literature/{{Durarara}}'' manga features "manga torture" conducted by otaku [[TortureTechnician torture technicians]]. It involves having the victim selecting a manga, and then they get tortured by a means taken from that work. What truly makes it Black Comedy is how the torturers declare that, really, [[NewMediaAreEvil the content of the manga has absolutely nothing to do with it]]. They're just sick, sick twisted people who, if they weren't otaku, would have had other interests -- interests that they would be equally good at turning into demented tortures.
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* ''LightNovel/HumanityHasDeclined'' is a bright, happy and cheerful series about humanity dying out through declining birthrates. The unnamed protagonist is resigned to the fact that most of the people she interacts with have had an IQ bypass.
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* ''LightNovel/HumanityHasDeclined'' ''Literature/HumanityHasDeclined'' is a bright, happy and cheerful series about humanity dying out through declining birthrates. The unnamed protagonist is resigned to the fact that most of the people she interacts with have had an IQ bypass.
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* ''Anime/WelcomeToTheNHK'' certainly was advertised as this and generally works well like this, although it works better as a comedy to some than to others.
* The ''LightNovel/{{Durarara}}'' manga features "manga torture" conducted by otaku [[TortureTechnician torture technicians]]. It involves having the victim selecting a manga, and then they get tortured by a means taken from that work. What truly makes it Black Comedy is how the torturers declare that, really, [[NewMediaAreEvil the content of the manga has absolutely nothing to do with it]]. They're just sick, sick people who, if they weren't otaku, would have had other interests -- interests that they would be equally good at turning into demented tortures.
* The ''LightNovel/{{Durarara}}'' manga features "manga torture" conducted by otaku [[TortureTechnician torture technicians]]. It involves having the victim selecting a manga, and then they get tortured by a means taken from that work. What truly makes it Black Comedy is how the torturers declare that, really, [[NewMediaAreEvil the content of the manga has absolutely nothing to do with it]]. They're just sick, sick people who, if they weren't otaku, would have had other interests -- interests that they would be equally good at turning into demented tortures.
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* ''Anime/WelcomeToTheNHK'' ''Literature/WelcomeToTheNHK'' certainly was advertised as this and generally works well like this, although it works better as a comedy to some than to others.
* The''LightNovel/{{Durarara}}'' ''Literature/{{Durarara}}'' manga features "manga torture" conducted by otaku [[TortureTechnician torture technicians]]. It involves having the victim selecting a manga, and then they get tortured by a means taken from that work. What truly makes it Black Comedy is how the torturers declare that, really, [[NewMediaAreEvil the content of the manga has absolutely nothing to do with it]]. They're just sick, sick people who, if they weren't otaku, would have had other interests -- interests that they would be equally good at turning into demented tortures.
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* In second case of Manga/{{QED}}, ''Manga/{{QED}}'', Touma is presented with a case of dead debtor in a closed room. All the suspect (who had the key of the room) has had motives to kill him. However However, in the end, it was it's revealed that all the suspect (which are related in some ways) ''thought'' their loved ones one was the one who killed the jerk, and so, engages engaged in ZanyScheme {{Zany Scheme}}s to protect their loved ones. The punchline is that the jerk was killed by ''accident''. [[spoiler:Which ''accident'', [[spoiler:which was arranged by the deceased creditor, who wants to protect the suspects, which are her daughter, her daughter's fiance and her loyal butler]].
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* Most anything Tsutomu Mizushima directs, such as ''Manga/YouAreBeingSummonedAzazel'', ''Anime/MagicalWitchPuniechan'', and ''LightNovel/BludgeoningAngelDokuroChan''.
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* Most anything Tsutomu Mizushima directs, such as ''Manga/YouAreBeingSummonedAzazel'', ''Anime/MagicalWitchPuniechan'', and ''LightNovel/BludgeoningAngelDokuroChan''.''Literature/BludgeoningAngelDokuroChan''.
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* In ''Anime/CyberpunkEdgerunners'', newcomer Julio starts his first job with David's crew full of confidence and boasting about how ready he is. He then spends the majority of the job cowering in fear as the rest of the crew actually handles the combat. After all of the enemies are dead, he suddenly regains his confidence long enough [[spoiler:to run straight into a landmine, getting completely atomized into a giant blood stain]]. The absolute suddenness of it with the situation surrounding it is just as likely to be hilarious as horrifying. [[spoiler:In the aftermath, Julio's own family ridicules his death, not surprised in the least that his own foolishness got him killed]].
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* In ''Anime/CyberpunkEdgerunners'', newcomer Julio starts his first job with David's crew full of confidence and boasting about how ready he is. He then spends the majority of the job cowering in fear as the rest of the crew actually handles the combat. After all of the enemies are dead, he suddenly regains his confidence long enough [[spoiler:to run straight into a landmine, getting completely atomized into a giant blood stain]]. The absolute suddenness of it with the situation surrounding it is just as likely to be hilarious as horrifying. [[spoiler:In the aftermath, Julio's own family ridicules his death, not surprised in the least that his own foolishness got him killed]].killed]].
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* ''Manga/HappyKanakosKillerLife'', being about an assassin, has many jokes revolving around death.
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* ''Manga/HappyKanakosKillerLife'', being about an assassin, has many jokes revolving around death.death.
* In ''Anime/CyberpunkEdgerunners'', newcomer Julio starts his first job with David's crew full of confidence and boasting about how ready he is. He then spends the majority of the job cowering in fear as the rest of the crew actually handles the combat. After all of the enemies are dead, he suddenly regains his confidence long enough [[spoiler:to run straight into a landmine, getting completely atomized into a giant blood stain]]. The absolute suddenness of it with the situation surrounding it is just as likely to be hilarious as horrifying. [[spoiler:In the aftermath, Julio's own family ridicules his death, not surprised in the least that his own foolishness got him killed]].
* In ''Anime/CyberpunkEdgerunners'', newcomer Julio starts his first job with David's crew full of confidence and boasting about how ready he is. He then spends the majority of the job cowering in fear as the rest of the crew actually handles the combat. After all of the enemies are dead, he suddenly regains his confidence long enough [[spoiler:to run straight into a landmine, getting completely atomized into a giant blood stain]]. The absolute suddenness of it with the situation surrounding it is just as likely to be hilarious as horrifying. [[spoiler:In the aftermath, Julio's own family ridicules his death, not surprised in the least that his own foolishness got him killed]].
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* In episode 16 of ''Anime/GundamBuildDivers'', there's a bag of dog food listed as "Blu Duel", referencing the Blu Duel Gundam's ignoble death in ''Anime/MobileSuitGundamSEEDCE73Stargazer'' at the fangs of some Keroberus [=BuCUE=].
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* In episode 16 of ''Anime/GundamBuildDivers'', there's a bag of dog food listed as "Blu Duel", referencing the Blu Duel Gundam's ignoble death in ''Anime/MobileSuitGundamSEEDCE73Stargazer'' at the fangs of some Keroberus [=BuCUE=].[=BuCUE=].
* ''Manga/HappyKanakosKillerLife'', being about an assassin, has many jokes revolving around death.
* ''Manga/HappyKanakosKillerLife'', being about an assassin, has many jokes revolving around death.
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* The bulk of the comedy in ''Manga/Zombie100BucketListOfTheDead'' is built on the absurdity of enjoying yourself in the middle of the ZombieApocalypse. Akira and his friends are way happier now than they were in their previous lives slaving away to meet corporate and societal expectations.
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* The bulk of the comedy in ''Manga/Zombie100BucketListOfTheDead'' ''Manga/Zom100BucketListOfTheDead'' is built on the absurdity of enjoying yourself in the middle of the ZombieApocalypse. Akira and his friends are way happier now than they were in their previous lives slaving away as to meet corporate and societal expectations.
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* The bulk of the comedy in ''Manga/Zombie100BucketListOfTheDead'' is built on the absurdity of enjoying yourself in the middle of the ZombieApocalypse. Akira and his friends are way happier now than they were in their previous lives slaving away to meet corporate and societal expectations.
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* Most anything Tsutomu Mizushima directs, such as ''Manga/YouAreBeingSummonedAzazel'', ''Anime/DaiMahouTouge'', and ''LightNovel/BludgeoningAngelDokuroChan''.
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* Most anything Tsutomu Mizushima directs, such as ''Manga/YouAreBeingSummonedAzazel'', ''Anime/DaiMahouTouge'', ''Anime/MagicalWitchPuniechan'', and ''LightNovel/BludgeoningAngelDokuroChan''.
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* Most anything Tsutomu Mizushima directs, such as ''Manga/YondemasuYoAzazelSan'', ''Anime/DaiMahouTouge'', and ''LightNovel/BludgeoningAngelDokuroChan''.
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* Most anything Tsutomu Mizushima directs, such as ''Manga/YondemasuYoAzazelSan'', ''Manga/YouAreBeingSummonedAzazel'', ''Anime/DaiMahouTouge'', and ''LightNovel/BludgeoningAngelDokuroChan''.
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* In one of the ''Manga/OnePiece'' Q&A segments, a reader asks why there's such a high mortality rate on mothers in the story. Oda responds "Because the opposite of adventure is mother"
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* In one of the ''Manga/OnePiece'' Q&A segments, a reader asks why there's such a high mortality rate on mothers in the story. Oda responds "Because the opposite of adventure is mother"mother"
* In episode 16 of ''Anime/GundamBuildDivers'', there's a bag of dog food listed as "Blu Duel", referencing the Blu Duel Gundam's ignoble death in ''Anime/MobileSuitGundamSEEDCE73Stargazer'' at the fangs of some Keroberus [=BuCUE=].
* In episode 16 of ''Anime/GundamBuildDivers'', there's a bag of dog food listed as "Blu Duel", referencing the Blu Duel Gundam's ignoble death in ''Anime/MobileSuitGundamSEEDCE73Stargazer'' at the fangs of some Keroberus [=BuCUE=].
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* There exists a ''Dragon Ball Z'' figure of Yamcha in his trademark [[spoiler: dead]] pose, and a Chiaotzu backpack depicting him [[spoiler: about to self-destruct]].
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* There exists a ''Dragon Ball Z'' figure of Yamcha in his trademark [[spoiler: dead]] pose, and a Chiaotzu backpack depicting him [[spoiler: about to self-destruct]].self-destruct]].
* In one of the ''Manga/OnePiece'' Q&A segments, a reader asks why there's such a high mortality rate on mothers in the story. Oda responds "Because the opposite of adventure is mother"
* In one of the ''Manga/OnePiece'' Q&A segments, a reader asks why there's such a high mortality rate on mothers in the story. Oda responds "Because the opposite of adventure is mother"
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* Most anything Tsutomu Mizushima directs, such as ''Manga/YondemasuYoAzazelSan'', and ''LightNovel/BludgeoningAngelDokuroChan''.
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* Most anything Tsutomu Mizushima directs, such as ''Manga/YondemasuYoAzazelSan'', ''Anime/DaiMahouTouge'', and ''LightNovel/BludgeoningAngelDokuroChan''.
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* Some of the ''SD Gundam'' skits featuring Lalah Sune [[spoiler: as a ghost]] has her appear [[spoiler: with a beam saber shoved in her head]].
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* Some of the ''SD Gundam'' skits featuring Lalah Sune [[spoiler: as a ghost]] has her appear [[spoiler: with a beam saber shoved in her head]].head]].
* There exists a ''Dragon Ball Z'' figure of Yamcha in his trademark [[spoiler: dead]] pose, and a Chiaotzu backpack depicting him [[spoiler: about to self-destruct]].
* There exists a ''Dragon Ball Z'' figure of Yamcha in his trademark [[spoiler: dead]] pose, and a Chiaotzu backpack depicting him [[spoiler: about to self-destruct]].
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* Most anything Tsutomu Mizushima directs, such as ''Manga/YondemasuYoAzazelSan'', and ''LightNovel/BludgeoningAngelDokuroChan''.
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* Most anything Tsutomu Mizushima directs, such as ''Manga/YondemasuYoAzazelSan'', and ''LightNovel/BludgeoningAngelDokuroChan''.''LightNovel/BludgeoningAngelDokuroChan''.
* Some of the ''SD Gundam'' skits featuring Lalah Sune [[spoiler: as a ghost]] has her appear [[spoiler: with a beam saber shoved in her head]].
* Some of the ''SD Gundam'' skits featuring Lalah Sune [[spoiler: as a ghost]] has her appear [[spoiler: with a beam saber shoved in her head]].
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* ''Manga/FirePunch'' often dips into black comedy, usually through the sometimes ridiculous situations characters find themselves in. However, it's probably for the best, because if not for those moments, the story would be unrelentingly bleak with humanity on its last legs as the world freezes over. Plus all the death, much of which is caused by the main character.
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* Manga/SayonaraZetsubouSensei is chock-full of this, particularly when the title character keeps trying to commit suicide in outlandish ways (starting less than a minute into the first episode), and even has a little notebook of students who can commit suicide with him. Not to mention he owns a suicide kit that he'll often offer to other people who he thinks are in despair. Said kit contains numerous methods and devices used to kill oneself, his will, ink and quill for a SuicideNote, and a "[[CrossesTheLineTwice Best]] [[TakeThat of]] Music/{{Enya}}" [[http://i.imgur.com/7ZobM1H.jpg CD.]]
* In ''Manga/{{X1999}}'' Seishiro and Fuuma joke about how they won't be able to enjoy the ice cream from the nice ice cream shop in Shinjuku while watching the Shinjuku area being destroyed.
* Anime/CatSoup or Nekojiru-sou was a show that had a reputation for being a combination of cute but dark.
* ''Manga/TheKurosagiCorpseDeliveryService'', both due to the bizarreness of the setting; the main characters ship corpses around for a living in return for being allowed to loot the corpse's material possessions (and the occasional karmic payoff) by the souls of the deceased, but also from [[DeadpanSnarker the way they deal with said job]].
* ''Stink Bomb'', from the Anime/{{Memories}} trilogy, plays the death of tens of thousands of people and the [[TheTokyoFireball destruction of Tokyo]] by a biological weapon for laughs.
* ''Anime/WelcomeToTheNHK'' certainly was advertised as this and generally works well like this, although it works better as a comedy to some than to others.
* The ''LightNovel/{{Durarara}}'' manga features "manga torture" conducted by otaku [[TortureTechnician torture technicians]]. It involves having the victim selecting a manga, and then they get tortured by a means taken from that work. What truly makes it Black Comedy is how the torturers declare that, really, [[NewMediaAreEvil the content of the manga has absolutely nothing to do with it]]. They're just sick, sick people who, if they weren't otaku, would have had other interests -- interests that they would be equally good at turning into demented tortures.
* Appears occasionally in ''Anime/ParanoiaAgent'' -- most noticeably the episode titled "Happy Family Planning", about a group of people trying to kill themselves after making an internet suicide pact.
* A few of the games the gang plays in ''VisualNovel/HigurashiWhenTheyCry'' counts as this. Once they talked about what they would use if they were to kill someone and how. Another time Mion sent everyone to look for body pieces at the dump. Knowing the series, this is usually foreshadowing or a plot point.
* For the most part, ''Anime/AngelBeats'' invokes ImmortalLifeIsCheap. This means that a lot of presumed deaths, particularly the DwindlingParty scenes in episodes 2 and 8, are played for laughs.
* ''Anime/OruchubanEbichu'' was outright designed to push the envelope as to what could be aired in the [[UsefulNotes/{{Japan}} Japanese]] late night slot. As said in its entry, Ebichu has a long tendency of interrupting the protagonists ''in flagrante delicto''...
* ''Anime/CrayonShinChan'':
** The Creator/FUNimation dub hints at this in the episode "Brotherhood of the Grovelling Allowance:"
--->'''Shin:''' ''[after listening to depressing music]'' Will you buy me a shotgun, dad?\\
'''Hiro:''' Sorry, I'm broke.
** In another episode, Mitzi warns a misbehaving Hina, "You're lucky we're not in UsefulNotes/{{China}}, or you'd be in a dumpster right now!"
** The references to Penny's sister Caitlin, who "lives in the lake" now.
** Another example, the episode "Penny's Mom Abhors Shin."
%%* ''Manga/DetroitMetalCity'' at its best/worst.
* ''Manga/FistOfTheNorthStar'' has [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=po77bJk1DdI this]]. Made even funnier when you apply FridgeLogic and realize it's not EpicFail on the mook's part but ''Kenshiro's own brand of DarkComedy at work''.
* ''LightNovel/HumanityHasDeclined'' is a bright, happy and cheerful series about humanity dying out through declining birthrates. The unnamed protagonist is resigned to the fact that most of the people she interacts with have had an IQ bypass.
* In second case of Manga/{{QED}}, Touma is presented with a case of dead debtor in a closed room. All the suspect (who had the key of the room) has motives to kill him. However in the end, it was revealed that all the suspect (which are related in some ways) ''thought'' their loved ones was the one who killed the jerk, and so, engages in ZanyScheme to protect their loved ones. The punchline is that the jerk was killed by ''accident''. [[spoiler:Which was arranged by the deceased creditor, who wants to protect the suspects, which are her daughter, her daughter's fiance and her loyal butler]].
* ''Manga/TheVoynichHotel'' has this in '''spades.''' Murder; frequent attempted suicide; the Yakuza, criminals, and all sorts of unsavoury (and sometimes demonic) characters... It makes horrific things [[SlidingScaleOfComedyAndHorror horrifically funny!]]
* ''Manga/GugureKokkurisan'' has its moments. Notable is Kokkuri [[SuicideAsComedy putting up a noose]] in Kohina's backyard when he realizes he has absolutely no friends, or a light producing a rainbow after refracting off of Inugami's arterial spray. And it's all PlayedForLaughs.
* Most anything Tsutomu Mizushima directs, such as ''Manga/YondemasuYoAzazelSan'', and ''LightNovel/BludgeoningAngelDokuroChan''.
* In ''Manga/{{X1999}}'' Seishiro and Fuuma joke about how they won't be able to enjoy the ice cream from the nice ice cream shop in Shinjuku while watching the Shinjuku area being destroyed.
* Anime/CatSoup or Nekojiru-sou was a show that had a reputation for being a combination of cute but dark.
* ''Manga/TheKurosagiCorpseDeliveryService'', both due to the bizarreness of the setting; the main characters ship corpses around for a living in return for being allowed to loot the corpse's material possessions (and the occasional karmic payoff) by the souls of the deceased, but also from [[DeadpanSnarker the way they deal with said job]].
* ''Stink Bomb'', from the Anime/{{Memories}} trilogy, plays the death of tens of thousands of people and the [[TheTokyoFireball destruction of Tokyo]] by a biological weapon for laughs.
* ''Anime/WelcomeToTheNHK'' certainly was advertised as this and generally works well like this, although it works better as a comedy to some than to others.
* The ''LightNovel/{{Durarara}}'' manga features "manga torture" conducted by otaku [[TortureTechnician torture technicians]]. It involves having the victim selecting a manga, and then they get tortured by a means taken from that work. What truly makes it Black Comedy is how the torturers declare that, really, [[NewMediaAreEvil the content of the manga has absolutely nothing to do with it]]. They're just sick, sick people who, if they weren't otaku, would have had other interests -- interests that they would be equally good at turning into demented tortures.
* Appears occasionally in ''Anime/ParanoiaAgent'' -- most noticeably the episode titled "Happy Family Planning", about a group of people trying to kill themselves after making an internet suicide pact.
* A few of the games the gang plays in ''VisualNovel/HigurashiWhenTheyCry'' counts as this. Once they talked about what they would use if they were to kill someone and how. Another time Mion sent everyone to look for body pieces at the dump. Knowing the series, this is usually foreshadowing or a plot point.
* For the most part, ''Anime/AngelBeats'' invokes ImmortalLifeIsCheap. This means that a lot of presumed deaths, particularly the DwindlingParty scenes in episodes 2 and 8, are played for laughs.
* ''Anime/OruchubanEbichu'' was outright designed to push the envelope as to what could be aired in the [[UsefulNotes/{{Japan}} Japanese]] late night slot. As said in its entry, Ebichu has a long tendency of interrupting the protagonists ''in flagrante delicto''...
* ''Anime/CrayonShinChan'':
** The Creator/FUNimation dub hints at this in the episode "Brotherhood of the Grovelling Allowance:"
--->'''Shin:''' ''[after listening to depressing music]'' Will you buy me a shotgun, dad?\\
'''Hiro:''' Sorry, I'm broke.
** In another episode, Mitzi warns a misbehaving Hina, "You're lucky we're not in UsefulNotes/{{China}}, or you'd be in a dumpster right now!"
** The references to Penny's sister Caitlin, who "lives in the lake" now.
** Another example, the episode "Penny's Mom Abhors Shin."
%%* ''Manga/DetroitMetalCity'' at its best/worst.
* ''Manga/FistOfTheNorthStar'' has [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=po77bJk1DdI this]]. Made even funnier when you apply FridgeLogic and realize it's not EpicFail on the mook's part but ''Kenshiro's own brand of DarkComedy at work''.
* ''LightNovel/HumanityHasDeclined'' is a bright, happy and cheerful series about humanity dying out through declining birthrates. The unnamed protagonist is resigned to the fact that most of the people she interacts with have had an IQ bypass.
* In second case of Manga/{{QED}}, Touma is presented with a case of dead debtor in a closed room. All the suspect (who had the key of the room) has motives to kill him. However in the end, it was revealed that all the suspect (which are related in some ways) ''thought'' their loved ones was the one who killed the jerk, and so, engages in ZanyScheme to protect their loved ones. The punchline is that the jerk was killed by ''accident''. [[spoiler:Which was arranged by the deceased creditor, who wants to protect the suspects, which are her daughter, her daughter's fiance and her loyal butler]].
* ''Manga/TheVoynichHotel'' has this in '''spades.''' Murder; frequent attempted suicide; the Yakuza, criminals, and all sorts of unsavoury (and sometimes demonic) characters... It makes horrific things [[SlidingScaleOfComedyAndHorror horrifically funny!]]
* ''Manga/GugureKokkurisan'' has its moments. Notable is Kokkuri [[SuicideAsComedy putting up a noose]] in Kohina's backyard when he realizes he has absolutely no friends, or a light producing a rainbow after refracting off of Inugami's arterial spray. And it's all PlayedForLaughs.
* Most anything Tsutomu Mizushima directs, such as ''Manga/YondemasuYoAzazelSan'', and ''LightNovel/BludgeoningAngelDokuroChan''.
