It's funny because you can actually die easily no matter what in a NG+ if you are not careful. This is what makes Dark Souls funny for me.
I was doing PvP in Darkroot Garden, being constantly invaded by Black Phantoms of the Forest Covenant and the usual Darkwraith. When I got a break from that I went to get some more Gold Dust from the shrooms... Got my face punched so hard I died because I was too careless.