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* In the original ''[[Yu-Gi-Oh (anime)|Yu-Gi-Oh]]'' manga, Yugi once had someone who had a gun to his face set himself on fire and kill himself. Joey (Jonouchi) was involved in a vicious street gang, that beat the crap out of him, and almost murdered him and Yugi. Tea (Anzu) was almost blown up by a terrorist. People got into vicious fights. People got offed now and then. In later adaptations of the franchise, everybody just [[Serious Business|plays cards]].
** ''[[Yu-Gi-Oh! GX (anime)|Yu-Gi-Oh GX]]'' is Lighter and Softer than its predecessor up until season 3.
* ''[[Fate/kaleid liner Prisma Illya|Fate Kaleid Liner Prisma Illya]]'' is a ''[[Magical Girl]]'' manga set in an [[Alternate Universe]] ''[[Fate/stay night]]'', a universe where none of the main characters have surviving parents, siblings often attempt to murder each other out of jealousy, and Ilya {{spoiler|is a [[Not Growing Up Sucks|nineteen year old homonculus who looks ten]], and will die of [[Clone Degeneration]] before she is twenty}}. She also has an odd sorta sexual/mostly familial relationship with her stepbrother Shirou. In ''[[Fate/kaleid liner Prisma Illya|Fate Kaleid Liner Prisma Illya]]'', everybody's parents are still alive, Ilya is a normal thirteen year old with the expected life span, and evil is defeated by turning into [[Magical Girl|magical girls]] using Zelretch's Kaleidostick. Incidentally, Ilya still has an odd sorta sexual/maybe family relationship with her stepbrother Shirou. [[Chick Magnet|This is probably Shirou's own fault.]]
** Not quite to the same degree, but the manga adaptation of ''[[Fate/stay night]]'' itself is leaning in this direction. It was already focusing mostly on the 'Fate' route of the visual novel, which is notable for being the most idealistic of the three routes, but then went even further by {{spoiler|removing the multiple rapes and other trauma in Sakura's backstory, and humanizing and sparing the life of Shinji.}}
** Meanwhile, ''[[Fate/hollow ataraxia|Fate Hollow Ataraxia]]'' acknowledges that all the [[Fate/stay night]] stuff happened. It just doesn't dwell on it.
** And now we have ''[[Carnival Phantasm]]'', which is a straight-up [[Gag Series]].
* As both series are intended to be comedies to the core, it would be inaccurate to claim that either version of ''[[Ranma ½]]'' is [[Darker and Edgier]] then the other. The anime version can still be seen as Lighter and Softer then the manga. Not only does it lack|Fate Kaleid Liner Prisma Illya the somewhat darker storylines that the [[Rumiko Takahashi|author]] created after the anime was cancelled... which includes, among other things, a [[Villain of the Week]] whose father was technically killed by ''Genma'', Ranma meeting his mother—and then being threatened with [[Seppuku]] because [[Jerkass|Happosai]] dressed him in girl's clothes, Ranma being trapped in female form by a group of more powerful and much more vicious martial artists, and Akane being kidnapped, near-drowned and then changed into a doll, an almost fatal experience, over Jusenkyo... but also removes several of the more [[Comedic Sociopathy]] moments from shared storylines. Examples of this include Akane's viciously vindictive speech to Ranma after the first Nekoken incident, Happosai's attempt to murder what he believes is baby [[Embarrassing First Name|Pantyhose]] [[Arrogant Kung Fu Guy|Taro]] because he thinks Taro will become an even better [[Panty Thief]] then himself, and the ending of the Hypnotic Mushrooms story, which in the anime ends with a gag and in the manga ends with Akane surrounding herself with weapons to use against Ranma if he "tries something" while Ranma gives her a [[Deadpan Snarker]] response.
* ''[[Magical Girl Lyrical Nanoha ViVid|Magical Girl Lyrical Nanoha Vi Vid]]'', which is in sharp contrast with the [[Darker and Edgier]] ''[[Nanoha Force]]'', the other Season 4 manga of ''Nanoha''. To start with, there are no villains after two volumes, with the closest one being Einhart Stratos, who quickly became a more friendly rival after her first appearance ended with her getting [[Defeat Means Friendship|befriended]]. No looming threat to [[The Multiverse]], no undercurrents of a [[Government Conspiracy]], just Vivio having fun with her friends, joining a magical combat sports tournament, and maybe rekindling a [[Reincarnation Romance]] [[Girls Love|with Einhart]].
* The first manga adaptation of ''[[Darker than Black]]'' has much more stylized and less detailed art, a significantly less dark storyline, and does not share the original's [[Deconstructor Fleet|determination to find every trope it can and kill it]]. The [[Properly Paranoid]], [[Stoic]], [[Badass]] [[Anti-Hero]] lets someone who knows who he is go back to her everyday life even though his survival hinges on maintaining his secret identity, the [[Differently-Powered Individual|superpowered]] [[Lack of Empathy|sociopaths]] are less involved in the plot than a former test subject with normal emotions and no [[Power At a Price|remuneration]] whose main motivation is love, [[Generic Cuteness]] is in effect to such a degree that some characters are hard to recognize, and male characters who were [[Mr. Fanservice|already attractive]] were turned into [[Bishonen]]. Somebody coming to the main series or [[Interquel|second manga]] from this is going to be ''[[Jack Bauer Interrogation Technique|v]][[No-Holds-Barred Beatdown|e]][[Mook Horror Show|r]][[Combat Pragmatist|y]]'' [[Dark and Troubled Past|s]][[Child Soldiers|u]][[The Corps Is Mother|r]][[Phlebotinum War|p]][[The Man Behind the Man|r]][[Punch Clock Villain|i]][[Gray and Grey Morality|s]][[A World Half Full|e]][[Overly Long Gag|d]].
* Japanese fans of ''[[Lupin III]]'' were quite nonplussed when ''[[The Castle of Cagliostro|The Castleof Cagliostro]]'' hit theaters, as Miyazaki had made the normally-obnoxious Lupin and his cohorts unrecognizably ''nice''. The film originally flopped at the box office. It took the passage of years, and fans who were able to see the movie on its own merits, for it to gain the popularity and critical acclaim it has today.
* The ''[[Getter Robo]]'' 70's anime series removes the batshit insane elements the original manga had. Ryouma becomes a virtuous, [[Hot-Blooded]] straightforward hero, while Hayato becomes the archetypical 'cool guy' loner... all in high school setting. They're still [[Hot-Blooded]], though. But just try to compare that version to the latter closer-to-manga versions (Shin vs Neo, Armageddon, NEW)... where they're both [[Ax Crazy]] [[Sociopathic Hero]]es with the side order of [[Hot-Blooded]].
* The 1972 anime adaptation of ''[[Devilman]]'' was considerably Lighter and Softer in comparison with the original manga: Lots of changes to the story were made, the violence and nudity were considerably toned down, comic relief was included, and the most of the character who{{spoiler|died at the end of the manga are still alive in the last chapter of the first anime series, which also has a [[Bittersweet Ending]] instead of the tragic conclusion of the manga.}}
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== Fan Works ==
* ''[[Decks Fall, Everyone Dies]]'', a Film Fic of ''[[Moulin Rouge! (2001 film)|Moulin Rouge!]]'' using the ''Yu-Gi-Oh: The Abridged Series'' characters, tones down the Duke's character (and the depression of rest of the plot) considerably.
* ''[[South Park Monogatari]]'' tones down the swearing slightly and has little to no innuendos whatsoever.
* The [http://archiveofourown.org/series/9224 "Daycare 'Verse"], a series of [[Alternate Universe]] modern-setting ''[[X-Men: First Class|X Men First Class]]'' [[Slash Fic]]s. In it, Charles Xavier runs a daycare for [[Kid Fic|mutant toddlers]], and [[Magneto|Erik Lehnsherr]] is his [[Jerk with a Heart of Gold]] engineer boyfriend (instead of a [[Woobie, Destroyer of Worlds]] [[Nazi Hunter]]-turned-terrorist). Instead of [[Fantastic Racism]] and imminent nuclear war, the main hazards in the characters' current lives seem to be annoying coworkers and getting set on fire by a mutant preschooler with [[Power Incontinence]] issues.
* ''[http://www.fanfiction.net/s/6933825/1/Pony_Space Pony Space]'' A ''[[My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic|My Little Pony Friendship Is Magic]]'' and ''[[Dead Space (series)|Dead Space]]'' crossover, while it does have much of ''Dead Space'''s horror and the psychological effects of the Marker, Necromorphs rarely show up (twice as of 14 chapters), and it keeps much of MLP's light hearted tone.
* In the ''[[Death Note]]'' [[Crack Fic]] ''[[All You Need Is Love]]'', [[Sadist Show|basically Death Note the]] [[Sitcom]], there are much fewer deaths of series regulars and Light/Kira is much more mentally stable in this ficverse "sticking to a diet of murderers and rapists" and doesn't [[Jumping Off the Slippery Slope|jump off the slippery slope]].
* ''[https://archiveofourown.org/works/31492754?view_full_work=true Mars Attacks: Simpsons]'', a crossover of ''[[The Simpsons (animation)|The Simpsons]]'' and ''[[Mars Attacks!]]'', while Gnard Martian Aries takes his job serious, Loki often find some ways to create antics. Kang and Kodos have join the citizens of Springfield to deal with the Gnard Martians with the Pace Martians being on notice about the threat. Yet, even Gnards, Veles and Hades, tells their prisoner that it wasn't personal what they're doing to her, it was business.
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* Many thrash metal bands went in this direction around the time of the grunge explosion, partially to keep up with the times and partially because the bandmembers themselves were growing tired of the musical style they were playing. During the last decade, however, this has been subverted by many of these same bands.
** [[Testament]] subverted this trope after their "Lighter and Softer" ''The Ritual'' flopped. ''Demonic'', in particular, borders on being a full-blown death metal album.
* Played with [[BTS (band)|BTS]] at several points of their career.
** Subverted with ''Love Yourself: Her'', the album that followed the philosophically charged ''Wings''. It begins as a softer album full of [[Silly Love Songs]], but the songs gradually turn into [[Obsession Song|obsession ones]], and after the mid-point skit the tone becomes darker and [[Lyrical Dissonance|sometimes dissonant]].
** ''Be'', the album that the group created as a result of the lockdowns and cancelled tours because of the Covid-19 crisis to soothe themselves and their fanbase, is very much softer and hopeful than their previous release ''Map of the Soul: 7'', an album created to celebrate their 7th anniversary and as such explored the positive and negative parts of their carreer until then.