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[Dark Magician]

First things first, I must apologize if a topic like this has already been posted, but I wasn't able to locate it.

In just about anything with a good story behind it, there are often times where the main protagonists or (sometimes) antagonists will be faced with a scene that causes the said character emotional turmoil or stress. Sometimes this could be the death of someone who's close, loss of faith or a goal, realization of a horrible truth, or complete and utter failure. However, if written in the right way, these scenes can also have a strong impact on the reader or viewer as well, provoking sadness, anger, or sympathy. So in this thread, I'd like to ask if there has been a certain scene that has kind of affected you in that way.

1. The death and funeral of Maes Hughes (FMA)
2. The death of Nina and Alexander Tucker (FMA)
3.

Spoiler

The death of the Going Merry

(One Piece)
4. The death of Spike Spiegel (Cowboy Bebop)
5. The death of Haku (Naruto)

P.S. If the scene that you're mentioning hasn't been aired or circulated yet, please mark it with a spoiler.

Okay, anyone else?

[Pyrii]

In no particular order

• Spoiler

  Kuu's flight and Rakka's reaction
  (Haibane Renmei)
• Rakka's wings bursting from her back (Haibane Renmei)
• Spoiler

  Misuzu's Death
  (AIR)
• The Battle of Gosroth (Crest of the Stars)
• The Truth and merging of sakura world (Tsubasa Chronicle)
• The full story of the Incident and The Gate (FMA)

I know it's 6, and i could put down more moments too.

[TheOrangeNightmare]

Well, I don't watch very many depressing animes or anything, but here's...three?

Haku's death (Naruto)
Elie's almost-death (Rave Master) <--I know, I'm weak
Lotsa parts in Spirited Away

Does JoD secret ending count?

[MidgitLD]

Are we limited to just anime and manga?

[Envy]

Ah, there's so many...

1. In Breath of Fire III when Rei, Teepo, and Ryu got separated.
.......

Spoiler

And when Ryu had to kill Teepo at the end of the game.

2. Kisshu's death (Tokyo Mew Mew anime)
3. Jet's death (Avatar)
4. Ryu's (almost) death (Breath of Fire V)
5.

Spoiler

Elina's death

(Breath of Fire IV)
6.

Spoiler

Mina transforming into the Great Bird instead of Nina

(Breath of Fire II)

Maybe I'll think of more later

[InTheNightlight]

I found these scenes REALLY sad...

1. Cosmo's death scene(Sonic X) *I still cry when I watch that scene... *

Spoiler

2. Mirage Mew's death(The Mastermind of Mirage Poke'mon)

3. Lucario's death(Lucario and the Mystery of Mew)
4. Cloud VS Sephiroth in Final Fantasy VII: Advent Children when

Spoiler

Kadaj dies

and 5. Metal Sonic's death in Sonic The Movie(I don't know why, but I almost cry when I watch that scene)
EDIT2: Atlas's death in Astro Boy 2003

Not sure if video games count but...

Sonic's Death(Sonic The Hedgehog Next Gen)...well AT LEAST THE CUTSCENE WHERE EVERYONE MOURNS IS SAD! The ACTUAL death was just stupid.

Spoiler

Sora's supposed 'death' in Kingdom Hearts

And of course, another reason Cloud despises Sephiroth beyond belief,

Spoiler

Aeris's death(Aerith in the Kingdom Hearts Series) in Final Fantasy VII

EDIT: Okay, NOW I'm just being stupid. HOW DID I NOT ADD THE TRUE JOD ENDING AS ONE!? I'm on a NiGHTS FORUM for goodness' sake!

[Pyrii]

3. Lucario's death(Lucario and the Mystery of Mew)

SPOILER TAGS! DAMNIT! I just downloaded the pokemon movies (JAP) and was slowly going through them ;_;


No-one's bothered with manga yet, sorry for the quick-scan, but yeah, here we go:
Mahoromatic Manga: http://filestore.pixel-dragon.com/maho-small.jpg

[Rhapsody]

1. The death of Sonic the Hedgehog in Sonic X, season 1 (japanese version)

2. Shadow the hedgehog saying "I am Shadow... Shadow the hedgehog!!!" in Sonic X right before they play "Live and Learn" (japanese version)

3.

Spoiler

The death of Darkrai in Pokemon 12: Rise of Darkrai

4. Dark super Sonic in Sonic X (had nightmares for a week after seeing that)

In games, because I can't think of more Anime ones...

5. THE MOST EPIC END TO A LEGEND OF ZELDA GAME EVER in WindWaker, when Link flips up and IMPLANTS his sword into Ganon's head

6. The intro to Shadow the Hedgehog GCN (terrifying with the gun and such!)

in Movies...

7. The 'magic pencil trick' by the Joker in Batman: The Dark Knight

And that's all.
EDIT: The end of the first Pokemon Mystery Dungeons (blue/red). It was pretty depressing for a game with limited animation. Also, Shadow in the Jap version of Sonic X ep. 73. He said "Time to Die!" while standing menacingly by Cosmo's bedside, and then tries to kill her.

[ayamemaiden]

The death of Ash in the first Pokemon movie.

And who can forget Aeris?

[MidgitLD]

1. Darc getting his wings ripped off in Arc the Lad: Twilight of the Spirits
2. Kharg growing wings in Arc the Lad: Twilight of the Spirits
3. The 16th Colossus in Shadow of the Colossus
4. The ending of the Shadow of the Colossus

5. The 'social experiment' on board the ferries in The Dark Knight

That's about all I can think of right off the top of my head.

[Dark Magician]

I can't believe that I neglected Jet and Aeris. Here are some others...

- The final scene between Axel and Roxas on the Twilight Town Clock Tower in Kingdom Hearts 2. Even though I could't understand much of what they were saying (since it was in Japanese), I still could feel what was going on.

- The final battle between the .hackers and Morgannain both .hack//SIGN and the PS games,

Spoiler

the death of Aura

, and

Spoiler

the revival of Mia/Macha/Maha

- The death of Cosmo in the Japanese version of Sonic X

- The death of Bellemere from One Piece.

- When Kuwabara was going to punch his science teacher for changing Kuwabara's answers on a test.

I haven't seen anyone else do one for books yet...

- When Ron Weasley returns in Harry Potter... and Hermione does something that makes herself one of my new favorite characters.

[Rhapsody]

The death of Ash in the first Pokemon movie.

Of course. I almost cried when I saw that scene eight years ago.

[Sage]

Here's a few of my favorites (In no particular order and from various sources):

The N1 Final between Netto/Rockman and Enzan/Blues and

Spoiler

Rockman's deletion by Pharoahman

- Rockman.EXE (Anime)
How Dr Weil assumed control of Neo Arcadia - Mega Man Zero 3 (My jaw hit the effin' FLOOR O_O() )

Spoiler

Helen playing NiGHTS's song for her mother

- NiGHTS: Journey of Dreams
KITT begging Michael to help him as he is destroyed in an acid pit - Knight Rider Season 3, "Junkyard Dog"

Spoiler

Lumine revealing himself as the true perpetrator of the 8th Maverick uprising, and that HE manipulated Sigma, not the other way around

- Mega Man X8

I love a good plot twist. ^^

[Masterweaver]

I'm... not that familiar with manga, but in the Bungie game "Oni," Shinatama (a pink-haired little robogirl) gets kidnapped, hooked up to an electric generator for painful interrogation, has her self destruct remotely activated, is zombified to act as a defense against the person she considers sister, and is shot in the face.

Yeah... innocent, eight-year-old girl... excuse me...

[Maki Izumii]

Hm.
I'd have to say..
-The ending of Princess Mononoke
-Bleach: The day before Orihime leaves to be captured by the Arrancar. It gave me respect for her. (Because her monologue was one of the best confessions ever)
- The second last level of Gitaroo Man
- The ending of Ouran High School Host Club
- The last part of Slayers Next (Only because I think LinaxGourry is the cutest coupling in anime history)

There aren't really 5 of my favourites or anything, just another 5 to add to the pot

[TRiPPY]

Am i weird for finding the dance off between Ulala and Evila at the end of SC5 tear jerking in a joyful way? laaaame lol.

[animejosse]

This video.

[InTheNightlight]

The death of Ash in the first Pokemon movie.

Oh, yeah. I haven't seen that movie in a LONG time, but yeah, that death is REALLY sad. I always cry during that scene.

[Noctourne Wonderland]

The last three volumes of Pita-Ten are saaaaaad. Spoiler tagged to prevent end spoilage.

Spoiler

-A major character is revealed to be a demon

-A major character commits suicide

-Two major character's parents die

-The above two major character's GRANDparents die

-A little girl is bullied

-A friendly demon dies

-A friendly angel loses her cuteness

-The main character loses his ability to see angels

-The main character WAS IN LOVE with the cute angel whom he can no longer see

Happy, isn't it?

[Zero-Shift]

There is very, very little that can make me cry. That being said, in my entire life there has only been one thing in anime that ever got the waterworks going.

One Piece - During the Drum Island arc when they were showing Chopper's background, there were a couple things that got me crying pretty bad. The first was when Chopper came back to Hiruluk with the mushroom. The other was when Hiruluk died.

[Nemoide]

The episode of "A Little Snow Fairy Sugar" in which there is a flashback to Saga's mom dying.
Also a lot of other things Sugar but that is the only specific example I can think of off the top of my head.

[Lenneth]

Well, for me it's the story arcs of Higurashi no naku koro ni that focus on Satoko and Rika the most, and a looooooot of moments in the 3 Episodes of Xenosaga. Also Avatar: The last Airbender, has its moments too>.<

[InTheNightlight]

This video.

*cries into pillow*

[Lady Spritzy]

(Wow, first post in a while... I'm such a junkie...)
first, the video that animejossie posted. good thing i'm in my room and no one can see me biting my thumbs while trying not to cry.
also the fake death of shadow at the end of Sonic Adventure 2. and i even knew he wasn't dead.
then,

Spoiler

death/disappearence of emerl at the end of sonic battle

also, the very end of the yu-gi-oh millenium world series where

Spoiler

yugi beats atem, who says the awesome line "Stand up, the winner shouldn't be on his knees

the death of

Spoiler

Vincet

in Bizenghast #4
and pretty much the entirety of The Green Mile (both the movie and the book) i don't care if books/movies aren't allowed in this topic, every time i go back and read it, or watch it on tv, i cry like a little kid.

[Saifer Dracondrali]

This video.

That was a cute vid dang that Dr. Mario theme is catchy, lol
But don't think me heartless for laughing... (at the theme... not the show... but I didn't cry)
None of these made me cry but they got me choked up pretty well...
1. Mia

Spoiler

Transforming into Macha and having to kill her after a very emotionally draining scene

in .hack//quarantine (God, I still shake like a leaf and get choked up just thinking about that scene... do yourself a favor and GET THIS GAME and find out what happens in there...)
2. The Boss dieing in MGS3 (It was beautiful... but so sad...)
3. .Hack//G.U. when Alkaid

Spoiler

get's PK'd and goes comatose due to AIDA and shares a touching scene with Haseo

(another beautiful moment... the music alone was enough to break you... BandaiNamco loves to mess with my fav. characters, huh?)
Aeris's death never really got to me :/
Red XIII rocks anyways

[Meggiemaccat]

Yeah, that first Pokemon movie was fantastic, and Lucario was just Old Yeller material. I don't believe I ever outright cried at anything that happened in a show, but then it's hard/takes something specific to make me cry. I came close, though, and here're a few more that nearly brought me to tears.

Wizardmon's death in the first Digimon series. Then I kept waiting for him to be reborn in Primary Village in season 2 (digimon never really die, according to the English version, despite what I'm gonna say next), but when he did reappear... he was still gone... Gatomon tearing up made me tear up, myself. ;-;

Various points in Howl's Moving Castle, including the ending. I remember walking out of the small theatre I first saw it in feeling happier than I remember ever feeling with a movie.

And of course there's Spirited Away; I still wonder if they ever see each other again.

Then there was Darkrai's death and (this is only a spoiler if you didn't stick around after the credits)

Spoiler

his reappearance

.

There's more, but a) I can't remember all of them at the moment, and b ) they'd all probably take up quite a bit of space.

For someone who doesn't cry much, I'm a real sap. XD

[tinfoil]

I was sad at the end of Digimon Tamers. Why did they have to leave?!

[Saifer Dracondrali]

I had no idea so many people were still into Digimon...
Well in that case I might as well share this bit of information in case you didn't know...
Bandai announced a Digimon world online (so far ps3 exclusive)
Now to keep this post on topic...
4. When my dreamcast broke goodbye Skies of Arcadia...
5. When my Sega Genesis was fried by lightning O_O... thus no more Sega consoles...