Comedy vs Drama. Which would you get rid of?

[EXBadguy]

Definitely Comedy for me, to me most of the comedy in Z wasn't really funny except the Ginyu Force and some of Buu saga fillers. Though I wouldn't want it to be super melodramatic as other anime series, I'd say I just want the drama to be Frieza/Cell saga-like.

EDIT: Fuck it, some comedy can stay, as long as it's appropriate, but I still want 85% of the comedy GONE!

[Gyt Kaliba]

What's always made Dragon Ball work so well is that it's a great mix of both of those things. Certain arcs might lend themselves a bit more to comedy (Pilaf, Boo, etc.), whereas others lend themselves a bit more to action and drama (Freeza, Cell), but even in the midst of those arcs there tends to be moments of the other quality too. The Pilaf arc still had some pretty tense moments where it seemed our heroes weren't going to succeed; the Boo arc has the entirety of humanity eradicated as well as the Earth itself; Freeza's arc still has stuff like the Ginyus, and Goku biting Freeza's tail; and the Cell arc still has stuff like Trunks' awkwardness around his younger mother.

So for the long run, I couldn't choose. To lose one entirely is to lose practically half of what makes Dragon Ball tick.

[B]

There are a number of great comedies with hints of drama. There is no great drama with zero comedy or laughs.

[Chuquita]

I wouldn't get rid of either. They're both needed.

[Soppa Saia People]

Nethier I just want it to know when to be jokey and when to be serious.

[Dbzfan94]

Without either of them DB wouldnt be what it is.
Both need to stay imho. DB's drama is fine, it's much better than the overdone sobstory angst done in other modern shonen.

[Neo-Makaiōshin]

None of them, like other mentioned before, getting rid of one is getting rid of 1 part of the series identity.

[FutureProtagonist]

You don't have to get rid of either, just make sure that there's a consistent tone. Comedy doesn't belong during serious moments, serious moments don't belong during lighthearted scenes, generally. Sometimes you can get some extra funny by combining the two, but it has to be clever.

[dbzfan7]

Dragon Ball needs both, but without a doubt it's stronger with Drama than it is with comedy. Dragon Ball's comedy is pretty hit and miss. It's charming sometimes, while other times...er...kinda grating. I'd say Dragon Ball is best with physical gags....that aren't Roshi perv scene #389620.

[fadeddreams5]

I don't mind comedy... if it's funny and doesn't cut away from the action/tension. Comedy works (for me) when it subverts expectations. Watching Beerus fap off to a sundae, Mr. Satan lying or getting fake diarrhea, Chi Chi showcasing her perpetual mood swings, Roshi being a pseudo-sex offender, or Vegeta wave his finger and claim he will surpass "Kakarot" is too predictable and completely unfunny. Seeing weird aliens do awkward dances is not funny (it would be if they were imposing). Vegeta becoming a chef could have been funny if the joke was set up better, but it just came out as random and cringey to me. Beerus and Goku bumping heads and going "ow ow ow" is not funny. Gotenks' antics were never funny. "Ping Ping" is not funny!


*twitch*


Anyways, I actually made a similar topic before. I definitely lean towards drama. History of Trunks and the Bardock Special were great and prove the series could work just as wonderfully without comedy. If we get rid of drama completely, on the other hand, we get a usual uneventful Super episode.

[MajinMan]

Recently there have been a lot of topics discussing the serious side of Dragon Ball but this is something I really don't understand. Just getting rid of something for the hell of it seems unnecessary. I'm sorry that the series started off as a pure comedy and evolved into something great. "Super srs time deebeezee" was not how the show began nor was it how it ended. If I were to choose, I'd say get rid of the drama because the comedy came first.

[Cipher]

Removing either would really kill what Dragon Ball is.

[rereboy]

Without both Dragon Ball isn't Dragon Ball.

[ABED]

There are a number of great comedies with hints of drama. There is no great drama with zero comedy or laughs.

I don't recall any in Schindler's List.

Getting rid of the comedy in DB would make it cease to be DB. Gun to my head, if i had to choose, I would get rid of the drama.

[Ree]

drama, no contest.
we have a good idea of what would happen without comedy in the Cell arc...it sucked.
we have a good idea of what would happen without drama in the First DB hunt arc...it was good.

[Doctor.]

Gotenks' antics were never funny

You're boring.

[fadeddreams5]

Gotenks' antics were never funny

You're boring.

He's an annoying bloody twit, my ol' chap.

Fusion Reborn had a lot of lol moments for me. That was a pretty clever movie.

Oh, and I f'ing love One Punch Man. I'm not a dry old prude with no sense of humor!

[Lord Beerus]

You can't really have one without the other. Dragon Ball needs comedy just as much as it needs drama.

[TheUltimateVegito]

Without either of them DB wouldnt be what it is.
Both need to stay imho. DB's drama is fine, it's much better than the overdone sobstory angst done in other modern shonen.

Amen to that!

[Soppa Saia People]

Gotenks' antics were never funny

You're boring.

I know, I've never understood why people hate Gotenks, personal I think he's funny.