Violations of Cooperative Maxims in Humor Genre Anime

This study examines violations of Grice's Cooperative Maxims in the anime Danshi Koukousei no Nichijou and how these violations contribute to humor formation. The Cooperative Principle, consists of four maxims: quantity, quality, relevance, and manner [3]. While these maxims aim to ensure effective communication, deliberate violations can create comedic effects. This study employs a qualitative descriptive method with observation and note-taking techniques to analyze dialogues between the main characters: Tadakuni, Hidenori, and Yoshitake. The findings indicate that the most frequently violated maxims are the maxim of relevance and the maxim of quality. These violations are associated with humor techniques such as misunderstanding, irony, and embarrassment, based on the classification [2].