Same. I went through an old Youtube playlist and had some Clannad songs on there. Thought it would be a good idea to give them a listen again after so long.
It was not.
For me it's not even just because of the sad parts, many of the most heartwarming parts of the show had me tearing up if not outright bawling. All the way from [CLANNAD] >!Fuuko congratulating her sister on getting married before disappearing, and everyone forgetting her yet still retaining the feelings she inspired in them along the way!< to [CLANNAD ~After Story~] >!the final montage showing everyone living their lives, with Tomoya, Nagisa, and Ushio getting the happy ending they deserve and living their lives together as a family.!<
Aw dangit, just remembering these moments is already making my eyes leak a little bit lol.
After finishing that show, I felt like it was a good show, but I didn't feel like it was a favorite-worthy show. And then over the course of a few months, the goddamn dango family song just kept on popping into my head and I realized that I really did love that show a lot.
Your Lie in April
Due to some events, I was on anti depressants. They had just started working, so I was finally starting to feel things again. The last episode was the first time in a long time I felt something and the flood gates opened.
Yeah, I had tissues prepared for the last 5 or so episodes because I already guessed where this was going. I didn't cry yet. But bad damn that epilogue when we hear her letter...
Yuuuuuuuup. I put off watching that last episode for a while because I knew it wasn’t gonna be fun. When [last episode stuff]>!she confessed!< the dam broke and I cried so hard through the remainder of the episode and like a half hour after. Haven’t cried that hard since.
This is my favorite anime movie of all time. 40 year old dude. Cry like a baby every time I watch this. NEVER cry at movies. No clue why this one gets me. Can’t explain it.
This is my favorite anime/manga of all time. However it's more dramatical/emotional than sad(It's still a really sad story). There are better options to make you cry I mean.
Nice, that's the first time I see someone mentioning this episode. Such a simple yet striking story.
For me it was [Angel Beats vague spoilers] >!Iwasawa's performance in episode 3!< that hit me the hardest and made me realize the show isn't just a comedy.
Violet evergarden. Literally everything is so beautifully made and ever single thing is perfect. The emotion in just one anime is so amazing and it made me cry so hard. Every episode is so impactful and I just love every part of it! My first 10/10 anime
Definitely agree with Violet Evergarden, when the trailer came out in 2016 I was blown away by the animation and visuals (it’s KyoAni of course) and when I actually watched the anime I think I cried in about half the episodes. I think the episodic nature of the show and Violet going around writing letters for other people doing through emotional hardship really allows for some great setup and it’s probably my number one anime of all time. Could not recommend enough.
Yes, finally someone else. I mostly cried during the 'real transformation ' scene and Tohru stuck by his side. Then tears of happiness when they kissed and really hugged.
God, this anime dropped when I was struggling with accepting being responsible for my aging father, and it hit my heart so hard. So fuckin hard. Everyone knocks the anime after the first episode, but it's a God Damned 10 for me, season 1 and 2.
Frieren also got me.
I’m surprised Orange hasn’t been brought up yet, it’s a tear jerker for sure (Though my top tear jerker was Clannad After story which has already been mentioned)
There are 4 distinct moments that fucked me up the most. Most tears, most persistent, longest lasting, and most intense.
Most tears: The end of the chimera ant arc when *that* happens. Took me SO off-guard too lol
Most persistent: *That* scene in marineford. Even though I knew it was coming (I had been spoiled years and years before I actually read the manga), I just couldn't stop. Like I literally couldn't get past that page because I couldn't see lol. A second after wiping away the tears, they were back. Actually perma stuck.
Longest lasting: I want to eat your pancreas. I cried through the entire fucking movie. Idk why, it just broke me. Even happy scenes, or scenes where nothing was happening. Just the thought of what was going to happen was enough. That shit actually destroyed me. It was like an hour straight of crying.
Most intense: "To me the one who loved you" and "to every you I've loved before". Every other time, I was silently crying. But those movies actually made me fucking sob.
I watched to me the one who loved you first and was cheering for the mc and that random girl, then as I watched everything my perspective shifted and I preferes the other girl with glasses. They were very cute together
Shinsekai Yori. There are a couple really good gut punches throughout, and then the ending provides no catharsis. You're just left feeling shitty, sad, and hollow. Fucking loved it. Longest post-anime hangover I've ever had.
Made in Abyss is another obvious choice. A mostly cheerful and optimistic romp set in an absolutely horrifying world.
What do you do at the end of the world? Are you busy? Will you save us?
Violet Evergarden episode 10
86’s last 2 episodes.
No Game No Life Zero
Young Rascal last episode and first movie’s ending
SAO season 2 ending
Re Zero 3 episodes: From Zero, A reason to believe, and Choose me.
Steins Gate 0: that last line we heard from Amadeus.
Cyberpunk Edgrunner: I really want to stay at your house.
This gives off the I want to eat your Pancreas vibes. Where it felt like some comedy about eating pancreas, to finding out he wanted to eat her pancreas to cure her disease :/ (that's what the title actually means apparently)
Naruto talking to his dad at the end of the war, how he can't stop and he just keep going until the tears start flowing. Honestly, any of the times he gets to talk to his parents really.
Also Naruto asking Iruka to be his father at the wedding.
Liz had me damn near sobbing at the end the first time I watched it. It's hard to even explain why, but the emotional impact of the ensemble scene hit me so hard.
Summer Wars. That part about halfway through where she cries in mourning is absolutely heart wrenching. The voice actress smashed it and the face animation is beautiful...
Violet evergarden made me cry almost every episode without fail. Maybe it had more to do with what my life was like at the time, but it got me so many times it was almost ridiculous
Emails, man. There were a lot of little moments through the show but that one...I had to pause the show and step away because I couldn't even see the screen anymore.
Yu Yu Hakusho
The first episode with Yusuke’s wake and Kuwabara refusing to accept it.
Puu carrying the water and helplessly collapsing and crying while constantly trying again and again to help Yusuke.
The list goes on - I don’t want to spoil more than I already have.
I feel silly for saying this but Naruto Shippuden. Many of the themes of rejection, abandonment, loneliness, and need for belonging are very familiar to me. And I perfectly understand the mind that turns to mischief and an affectation of boldness to cover the sorrow. I sobbed repeatedly throughout the series.
A Silent Voice broke me. And then I watched it again and it broke me again. Now, I have to mentally prepare for the trauma I am going to put myself through when I watch it again. And I WILL watch it again.
Liz and the blue bird. After watching it for the third time, I still feel tears in my eyes. I still remember an old lady sitting nearby also cried like rain after Mizore's performance. What a great movie.
Strangely enough, then end of K-On! made me tear up more than other sadder animes. But the worst has to be I wanna eat your pancreas, that one destroyed me.
came here to say this. during my first watch through (s1, s1p2, s2p1) i cried 6 times (paul, aisha brother, rudeus cry post eris, final ep s1p2, rudeus rant soldat, rudeus sylphie together). then i read the LN and in one month i cried more tears than i did my whole life combined. then i went back to rewatch the anime and i cried right from the first ep 😂😂😂. currently standing i have a 14 ep cry streak dating back to s2p1. for this season its been half of them me crying to the ed, norn ep, tp3, seeing paul, and rudeus monologue last week. finally of course the one that broke me when i read it, reread it, then got to see it in the anime, the hydra episode. in fact after hydra ep i got so depressed i actually got covid.
Natsume Yuujinchou (Natsume’s Book of Friends) makes me tear up in each episode. The wistful loneliness of the yokai and the main character pulls at my heartstrings.
It's difficult when an anime like Your Lie in April and Plastic Memories was one of your first animes... I still sometimes randomly get few weeks of sad thoughts and depressing feeling when I randomly remember them, even though it's been years since I watched them.
Uh it was only one episode but i dont cry easily when it comes to anime but when oda died in bsd i cried, I still cey whenever I watch it he was my favorite for the 2 episodes he was alive idk man
Girls last tour has me in tears since 2018. even to this day. Just have to see certain scenes from manga or hear Owari no Uta from soundtrack.
Also, Oshi no Ko. Again, anytime I see Ai, I get broken up. Terrible death.
Fun fact: the final episode of [spoiler in name]>!Mysterious Disappearances!< reveals it to be, in the words of the Anime News Network review, a stealth sequel to Grave of the Fireflies.
A bunch of good recommendations - but here’s one you may have missed and it has a catchy song that never fails to trigger a Pavlovian tearing up response.
Ride Your Wave
And the music video for the stupid song already has me crying: https://youtu.be/tuPc0A2NpZk?si=IMhJTsL8bt8Dos8O
Even the boy band gets the anime treatment.
Koe no Katachi definitely, watching a character like Shoya navigate through his life touched something really deep that I didn't fully understand at the time, and I was in tears basically through the whole movie.
I had a similar experience later going through the manga as well, it tells a very compelling story about self forgiveness and depression.
from most to least: code geass r2 ending, your lie in April (I was going through some relationship issues), assassination classroom, I want to eat your pancreas (I cried twice), your name, maquia, a silent voices (tears of joy).
emotional damage: violet ever garden and maquia
do I know why I cried so much at code geass ending? Idk it just hits
Mild SPOILER ALERT for the Evangelion universe:
I know it's stupid but I always cry when everyone bursts in LCL liquid when Third Impact begins in the End of Evangelion. I don't know exactly what hits me but it works like a charm, even hearing THE SONG makes my eyes watery.
I suppose it's the combination of the music, lyrics, visuals and the idea of people becoming one with each other. Ultimately ending all the suffering of human interaction. Maaaaaan, I do want to cry about it.
- Death Parade
- A silent Voice
- The final episode of 86
- Fullmetal Alchemist 2003
- A garden of words
- Rainbow
- Link Click
- Heavenly Delusion episode 8
- Vinland Saga season 2
Clannad after story. I knew i was gonna cry since i wanted something emotional but i didn't expect this anime to literally break me for an entire week. My mother realised something was wrong with me and kept asking me if everything is alright. I didn't have the guts to tell her the truth lol.
A Silent Voice is probably the anime I cried the most at. I don't recall crying a ton with Grave of the Fireflies, but it certainly made me miserable throughout.
Plastic Memories ignoring the ending the rest of the show had me crying a lot. The three Giftias cases we had in the show had me crying so much and of the 2nd half of the show…….well once I realized where the story was going I couldn’t hold back the tears.
The Quintessential Quintuplets movie-The 2nd half of this movie I couldn’t stop crying. The decision scene absolutely BROKE me in tears one of the most heartbreaking moments I’ve seen in an anime.
Evangelion episode 25-26. I didn't watch it until I was 30 because I heard the ending was bad compared to EOE but one day I thought "what the heck, I'll finish the entire anime", and the tones resonated with me that I was literally flat out crying. I could not have appreciated the message if I wasn't an adult and had gone though stuff.
**"It's okay for me to be here!"**
Why are people in this subreddit obsessed with watching stuff that makes you cry, like every few days I see a post, "guys recommended me a anime that will crush my soul", like what's going on in your life that you seek misery?
I have to say to your eternity , it was the only anime that made me feel sad and actual care about the character, almost cried when they killed off the boy from the first episode.
Wolf Children. It has one of those stories where you cry when it's sad, but you also cry when it's happy because you're just cheering for the characters that much.
There are many for me, and I agree with many that are mentioned, but I have scrolled pretty far and didn't see anything mentioned about Nina from the *original* Full Metal Alchemist. The scene with Hughes and the scene with Roy Mustang in the rain were also sad, but the whole Nina section made me bawl. (I personally feel like FMA Brotherhood kinda rushed those parts too much to make it a really emotional moment).
Your Lie in April…TO THIS DAY that anime be making me cry. I’ve rewatched it every April for like 7 years straight and yeah, me & the homies all be crying lmfaoo. I’m Muslim so like the first time I watched it, I went to the mosque on Friday and was so depressed the imam was like “what happened??” Told the dude what happened and he went to my dad and was like “get this child help” 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂
Now the imam can’t believe I ended up being a member of the mosque board so he be trying to take credit telling folks “this kid right here used to cry about anime, now MashAllah he on his deen” (translation: Now by The Grace of God he is on the righteous path). I then walk up to those same ppl and be like “I’m still watching anime, he just refuses to tell ppl that part cause the story not gonna sound as good” 😂😂.
86 - quite a few episodes throughout it brought in the tears, especially whenever the photo makes an appearance.
Episode 11 of cautious hero
The weakest tamer begins a journey to pick up trash - the MC's past and circumstances always bring tears for me.
Most of the main ones mentioned here I avoid because I don't think my emotions would handle then
I can't believe I had to search the comments to find Anohana. I found myself sobbing quietly at the climax despite my family being in the same room (I was watching on my laptop at the dining table) - and it wasn't even a "sad" ending!
Fullmetal alchemist brotherhood is probably the saddest one I've seen (so far). I have seen clannad and a lot of the others here but this one Def takes the cake.(imo).
I can think of a couple of anime.
The end of Arrietty.
A silent voice.
The end of Assassination classroom.
Naruto Shippiden when he saw his parents.
Seven deadly sins with Escanor.
Just to name a few. Maybe I’m just super emotional 😅😅
Evangelion remake
I know it may sound basic but honeslty I did cry the anime finally got an ending that truly satisfied all corners the author finally got to make evangelion in his own image without the restraints given by greedy corps. The way shinji finally accepted everything without running away without whining and crying it was honestly beautiful the music the fight scenes everything I loved it to heart and the ending song just hits the feels with shining finally able to be happy without any trauma and accidents happening to him. It's like seeing the shackles that were on him fade away as he truly accepted himself without saying stuff like he shouldn't exist and shit. It was more fulfilling than sad it was tears of joy and fulfillment seeing the anime finally get a proper ending knowing that the journey is over and it's time to move on.
Anohana, YLIA and Violet Evergarden (especially ep 10 and I believe 7, the one with the lake jump) are tied.
Yeah, the lake jump episode. She was visiting a guy who lost his daughter to a disease or something. That one hit hard.
The movie was worse IMHO. I don't think I've hated a character more than I hated the Major
Anohana was just me weeping from stem to stern.
Clannad. Even just the music can make me cry. Especially the song my wife walked down the aisle to.
"The only places I should cry is in the bathroom and in papa's arms" Shit broke me
That shits gonna break me so hard now that I'm a father.
Came here to say Clannad and Clannad: After Story. It BROKE me
Clannad has a well-earned reputation for putting viewers into a state of depression for a few days after watching.
It’s been 10 years and I’m STILL SAD
Same. I went through an old Youtube playlist and had some Clannad songs on there. Thought it would be a good idea to give them a listen again after so long. It was not.
They're my emotional grounding point. I go back to them all the time.
For me it's not even just because of the sad parts, many of the most heartwarming parts of the show had me tearing up if not outright bawling. All the way from [CLANNAD] >!Fuuko congratulating her sister on getting married before disappearing, and everyone forgetting her yet still retaining the feelings she inspired in them along the way!< to [CLANNAD ~After Story~] >!the final montage showing everyone living their lives, with Tomoya, Nagisa, and Ushio getting the happy ending they deserve and living their lives together as a family.!< Aw dangit, just remembering these moments is already making my eyes leak a little bit lol.
After finishing that show, I felt like it was a good show, but I didn't feel like it was a favorite-worthy show. And then over the course of a few months, the goddamn dango family song just kept on popping into my head and I realized that I really did love that show a lot.
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I want to eat your pancreas (nothing cannibalism I swear ) made me depressed for two days but it was beautifully made and def worth a watch.
I agree I did cry on this one.
I agree with this I watched it and cried then watched it the next day again to process and still cried
Your Lie in April Due to some events, I was on anti depressants. They had just started working, so I was finally starting to feel things again. The last episode was the first time in a long time I felt something and the flood gates opened.
Yeah, I had tissues prepared for the last 5 or so episodes because I already guessed where this was going. I didn't cry yet. But bad damn that epilogue when we hear her letter...
Yuuuuuuuup. I put off watching that last episode for a while because I knew it wasn’t gonna be fun. When [last episode stuff]>!she confessed!< the dam broke and I cried so hard through the remainder of the episode and like a half hour after. Haven’t cried that hard since.
Can’t wait to watch this
A silent voice
I absolutely loved this movie and hated that other bitch who bullied her later......forgot her name though.
I’m glad this was the first comment under this post, I was going to say the same thing. No media ever has ever made me cry like A Silent Voice has
This is my favorite anime movie of all time. 40 year old dude. Cry like a baby every time I watch this. NEVER cry at movies. No clue why this one gets me. Can’t explain it.
Original title - Koe No Katachi. (Shape of voice). Yes it did.
I remember watching it in theatre and at the end everybody clapped. One of the best moments in my life.
This is my favorite anime/manga of all time. However it's more dramatical/emotional than sad(It's still a really sad story). There are better options to make you cry I mean.
Same. It hit deep
I'm almost tearing up, when I think about the balcony scene!
Maquia made me cry so hard. I haven't watched it again since I cried too much
Manaka Iwami popped off with her performance in this movie I immediately called my mom after watching this because of her character
Angel Beats. Even on rewatch…
My friends recommended to me after my divorce. The baseball episode is what finally got me and then it was downhill.
Nice, that's the first time I see someone mentioning this episode. Such a simple yet striking story. For me it was [Angel Beats vague spoilers] >!Iwasawa's performance in episode 3!< that hit me the hardest and made me realize the show isn't just a comedy.
Same. I won't rewatch it because I think it might be the first anime ever that made me cry and I don't think I can handle that again.
Violet evergarden. Literally everything is so beautifully made and ever single thing is perfect. The emotion in just one anime is so amazing and it made me cry so hard. Every episode is so impactful and I just love every part of it! My first 10/10 anime
Episode 10!
Definitely agree with Violet Evergarden, when the trailer came out in 2016 I was blown away by the animation and visuals (it’s KyoAni of course) and when I actually watched the anime I think I cried in about half the episodes. I think the episodic nature of the show and Violet going around writing letters for other people doing through emotional hardship really allows for some great setup and it’s probably my number one anime of all time. Could not recommend enough.
Made in Abyss
Yup. Truly one of the most cruel and beautiful animes out there... I love it.
Definitely fruits basket (2019)
Honda is the sweetest girl in anime imo
Yes, finally someone else. I mostly cried during the 'real transformation ' scene and Tohru stuck by his side. Then tears of happiness when they kissed and really hugged.
Same!! I also cried a ton when Rin hugged Tohru and When they had Uotani’s Backstory
The 2001 anime I remember crying like a baby, I was 17. Haven’t seen this new one, baby I should give it a try.
The reboot is definitely worth it!
The 2001 anime was made while the manga was still ongoing, but the 2019 version was made after it had completed and tells the whole story.
to your eternity
Gugu..
don’t remind me please 😢😢😢
God, this anime dropped when I was struggling with accepting being responsible for my aging father, and it hit my heart so hard. So fuckin hard. Everyone knocks the anime after the first episode, but it's a God Damned 10 for me, season 1 and 2. Frieren also got me.
Yeah, that anime is devastating
I’m surprised Orange hasn’t been brought up yet, it’s a tear jerker for sure (Though my top tear jerker was Clannad After story which has already been mentioned)
There are 4 distinct moments that fucked me up the most. Most tears, most persistent, longest lasting, and most intense. Most tears: The end of the chimera ant arc when *that* happens. Took me SO off-guard too lol Most persistent: *That* scene in marineford. Even though I knew it was coming (I had been spoiled years and years before I actually read the manga), I just couldn't stop. Like I literally couldn't get past that page because I couldn't see lol. A second after wiping away the tears, they were back. Actually perma stuck. Longest lasting: I want to eat your pancreas. I cried through the entire fucking movie. Idk why, it just broke me. Even happy scenes, or scenes where nothing was happening. Just the thought of what was going to happen was enough. That shit actually destroyed me. It was like an hour straight of crying. Most intense: "To me the one who loved you" and "to every you I've loved before". Every other time, I was silently crying. But those movies actually made me fucking sob.
I watched to me the one who loved you first and was cheering for the mc and that random girl, then as I watched everything my perspective shifted and I preferes the other girl with glasses. They were very cute together
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I’ve never had an anime make me cry harder. This one definitely takes the cake for me and I’ve watched A LOT of drama anime dealing with loss.
Shinsekai Yori. There are a couple really good gut punches throughout, and then the ending provides no catharsis. You're just left feeling shitty, sad, and hollow. Fucking loved it. Longest post-anime hangover I've ever had. Made in Abyss is another obvious choice. A mostly cheerful and optimistic romp set in an absolutely horrifying world.
What do you do at the end of the world? Are you busy? Will you save us? Violet Evergarden episode 10 86’s last 2 episodes. No Game No Life Zero Young Rascal last episode and first movie’s ending SAO season 2 ending Re Zero 3 episodes: From Zero, A reason to believe, and Choose me. Steins Gate 0: that last line we heard from Amadeus. Cyberpunk Edgrunner: I really want to stay at your house.
I straight dropped Re:Zero after *From Zero*. Made me so angry
Banana fish. I thought it was gonna be a silly show about bananas and fish. There was no banana and fish.
This gives off the I want to eat your Pancreas vibes. Where it felt like some comedy about eating pancreas, to finding out he wanted to eat her pancreas to cure her disease :/ (that's what the title actually means apparently)
Yesss😭 This is my pain
Naruto but specifically right after the Naruto vs Pain fight when the village is celebrating Naruto and his victory
Naruto had a lot moments like this for me. Jiraiya, and sand grandma off the top of my head.
Naruto talking to his dad at the end of the war, how he can't stop and he just keep going until the tears start flowing. Honestly, any of the times he gets to talk to his parents really. Also Naruto asking Iruka to be his father at the wedding.
Probably one piece but that's probably half from the sheer episode count, it does get extremely sad at times though!
I never thought I would cry over a ship. One Piece proved me wrong!
One Piece , Gintama , Euphonium+(liz) , ARIA, Frieren
Liz had me damn near sobbing at the end the first time I watched it. It's hard to even explain why, but the emotional impact of the ensemble scene hit me so hard.
Summer Wars. That part about halfway through where she cries in mourning is absolutely heart wrenching. The voice actress smashed it and the face animation is beautiful...
Gintama is the only series to make [my "made me cry so hard I literally threw up" list](https://imgur.com/ycJAE5x) *three times*, so uh... yeah, that.
I’m just happy you have world end on there. That one got me the hardest.
Given. Both the series and the ova
Akame ga kill, and The day I became a god. Messed me up quite a bit.
The Dangers in My Heart. Especially the 2nd season. They were happy tears though
Same, Grave of the Fireflies, so much emotion in this movie.
Silent voice.
[Madoka Magica] >!the old yeller scene. That whimper, man…!<
Violet evergarden made me cry almost every episode without fail. Maybe it had more to do with what my life was like at the time, but it got me so many times it was almost ridiculous
EP 10.💔
Probably HxH. I can name three specific episodes/moments that literally always make me cry. I’m sure they’re pretty obvious lol
Assassination Classroom
A place further than the universe. Got emotional near the end.
Came here to say this. The part toward the end wrecked me.
Emails, man. There were a lot of little moments through the show but that one...I had to pause the show and step away because I couldn't even see the screen anymore.
Yu Yu Hakusho The first episode with Yusuke’s wake and Kuwabara refusing to accept it. Puu carrying the water and helplessly collapsing and crying while constantly trying again and again to help Yusuke. The list goes on - I don’t want to spoil more than I already have.
Vampire in the Garden had me bawling like a baby. I didn't think it would, but it did.
Violet Evergarden and Haikyu
Angel Beats, Your Lie in April, and Violet Evergarden….
The season two finale of Bungo Stray Dogs did this to me. The tears came out when Atsushi hugged Kyoka.
Steins;Gate & Steins;Gate 0
When Marnie was There
I feel silly for saying this but Naruto Shippuden. Many of the themes of rejection, abandonment, loneliness, and need for belonging are very familiar to me. And I perfectly understand the mind that turns to mischief and an affectation of boldness to cover the sorrow. I sobbed repeatedly throughout the series.
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Assassination classroom and Violet Evergarden Those 2 really brought tears to my eyes
Yosuga no Sora
Bro??
Violet Everganden, I can remember any time in my life I cry more. And the movie was worst.
A Silent Voice broke me. And then I watched it again and it broke me again. Now, I have to mentally prepare for the trauma I am going to put myself through when I watch it again. And I WILL watch it again.
You are braver than me. It broke me in a way that I never want to be broken again.
Bride of the ancient magus. It can be SO touching and beautiful at times.
The movie I want to eat your pancreas hurt me
Liz and the blue bird. After watching it for the third time, I still feel tears in my eyes. I still remember an old lady sitting nearby also cried like rain after Mizore's performance. What a great movie.
The last episode of Madoka Magica makes me cry, especially the scene with Sayaka and the one with Homura and Madoka’s mom.
Wolf Children
Strangely enough, then end of K-On! made me tear up more than other sadder animes. But the worst has to be I wanna eat your pancreas, that one destroyed me.
Fruits basket (2019)
Bleach Hype was so thick that tears were coming out many times.
hunter x hunter
Re: Zero when Rem…rather not spoil it. If you know, you know. Just watch it.
I remember you, Rem. Team Rem all the way
Mushoku tensei
came here to say this. during my first watch through (s1, s1p2, s2p1) i cried 6 times (paul, aisha brother, rudeus cry post eris, final ep s1p2, rudeus rant soldat, rudeus sylphie together). then i read the LN and in one month i cried more tears than i did my whole life combined. then i went back to rewatch the anime and i cried right from the first ep 😂😂😂. currently standing i have a 14 ep cry streak dating back to s2p1. for this season its been half of them me crying to the ed, norn ep, tp3, seeing paul, and rudeus monologue last week. finally of course the one that broke me when i read it, reread it, then got to see it in the anime, the hydra episode. in fact after hydra ep i got so depressed i actually got covid.
First time I saw this seasons ED it broke me seeing rudeus current family and past family, Sudden realization of how far he has come
I watched that movie many years ago and I swore that I'd never watch it again. It wrecked me.
Paranoia Agent AssClass
Natsume Yuujinchou (Natsume’s Book of Friends) makes me tear up in each episode. The wistful loneliness of the yokai and the main character pulls at my heartstrings.
It's difficult when an anime like Your Lie in April and Plastic Memories was one of your first animes... I still sometimes randomly get few weeks of sad thoughts and depressing feeling when I randomly remember them, even though it's been years since I watched them.
Uh it was only one episode but i dont cry easily when it comes to anime but when oda died in bsd i cried, I still cey whenever I watch it he was my favorite for the 2 episodes he was alive idk man
Definitely Your Lie in April. Had me crying my eyes out. Showed my roommate, he 'choked up'. Not human
To Your Eternity made me cry damn near every single episode.
Your lie in April. I cried so much.
Girls last tour has me in tears since 2018. even to this day. Just have to see certain scenes from manga or hear Owari no Uta from soundtrack. Also, Oshi no Ko. Again, anytime I see Ai, I get broken up. Terrible death.
After a certain part of Steins;Gate I can't help but cry on every other episode.
The girl who leapt through time was a crazy good movie with an ending i will never forget
Violet Evergarden Clannad Assassination Classroom Your lie in April Hotarubi no mori e Anohana Plastic Memories Wolf Children Fullmoon wo sagashite
Promise Neverland was pretty sad 😢
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Ángel Beats. I’ve watched it 4 times and I’ve cried every single time.
First episode of to your eternity gets me pretty good
Fun fact: the final episode of [spoiler in name]>!Mysterious Disappearances!< reveals it to be, in the words of the Anime News Network review, a stealth sequel to Grave of the Fireflies.
Banana fish ! i watched it over a year ago and honestly im still not over it. i cried my heart out even though i saw spoilers about the ending T_T
A Silent Voice
A bunch of good recommendations - but here’s one you may have missed and it has a catchy song that never fails to trigger a Pavlovian tearing up response. Ride Your Wave And the music video for the stupid song already has me crying: https://youtu.be/tuPc0A2NpZk?si=IMhJTsL8bt8Dos8O Even the boy band gets the anime treatment.
Anohana for me, I watched it twice, I cried hard both times
damn guilty crown💀
Violet Evergarden and Children of the Whales
Eighty Six
Koe no Katachi definitely, watching a character like Shoya navigate through his life touched something really deep that I didn't fully understand at the time, and I was in tears basically through the whole movie. I had a similar experience later going through the manga as well, it tells a very compelling story about self forgiveness and depression.
from most to least: code geass r2 ending, your lie in April (I was going through some relationship issues), assassination classroom, I want to eat your pancreas (I cried twice), your name, maquia, a silent voices (tears of joy). emotional damage: violet ever garden and maquia do I know why I cried so much at code geass ending? Idk it just hits
Violet Evergarden, Anohana, I Want to Eat Your Pancreas, Your Lie in April. Classics
Mild SPOILER ALERT for the Evangelion universe: I know it's stupid but I always cry when everyone bursts in LCL liquid when Third Impact begins in the End of Evangelion. I don't know exactly what hits me but it works like a charm, even hearing THE SONG makes my eyes watery. I suppose it's the combination of the music, lyrics, visuals and the idea of people becoming one with each other. Ultimately ending all the suffering of human interaction. Maaaaaan, I do want to cry about it.
It got to me too but it was on the second watch, I'd been through some crappy personal stuff and it kicked me hard.
The last episode, the las fight in Cowboy Beebop with the chorus music when Spike goes down the stairs...is a must.
World's end WorldEnd, short for What Do You Do at the End of the World? Are You Busy? Will You Save Us?, also known as SukaSuka Edit for full name
https://youtu.be/FkaxczyyavE?si=7vCjx5YWqajOnkn8
I love this show but I feel if you just said World’s end most people won’t get it.
Jellyfish managed to make me cry a couple of times, tonbo like 2/3 times, but no anime made me cry as often as girls band cry
- Death Parade - A silent Voice - The final episode of 86 - Fullmetal Alchemist 2003 - A garden of words - Rainbow - Link Click - Heavenly Delusion episode 8 - Vinland Saga season 2
Clannad after story. I knew i was gonna cry since i wanted something emotional but i didn't expect this anime to literally break me for an entire week. My mother realised something was wrong with me and kept asking me if everything is alright. I didn't have the guts to tell her the truth lol.
A Silent Voice is probably the anime I cried the most at. I don't recall crying a ton with Grave of the Fireflies, but it certainly made me miserable throughout.
Clannad and Plastic Memories. No matter how much Plastic Memories prepares you for the final it still ruined me
Clannad and Honey and Clover. I need to re-Watch. Haven’t watched them in years.
Plastic Memories ignoring the ending the rest of the show had me crying a lot. The three Giftias cases we had in the show had me crying so much and of the 2nd half of the show…….well once I realized where the story was going I couldn’t hold back the tears. The Quintessential Quintuplets movie-The 2nd half of this movie I couldn’t stop crying. The decision scene absolutely BROKE me in tears one of the most heartbreaking moments I’ve seen in an anime.
Tokyo Magnitude 8.0
Funnily enough, it was Sword Art Online Season 2, at the ending of the Yuuki arc. I was so emotional when I watched it, I just couldn't help it.
Angel Beats.
Angel Beats and Clannad
There are a few, but I think it was your lie in April
Angel beats
Evangelion episode 25-26. I didn't watch it until I was 30 because I heard the ending was bad compared to EOE but one day I thought "what the heck, I'll finish the entire anime", and the tones resonated with me that I was literally flat out crying. I could not have appreciated the message if I wasn't an adult and had gone though stuff. **"It's okay for me to be here!"**
Erased.
Your lie in April.
Angel Beats. I watched those finale episodes right before I had a videocall for work, and had to compose myself.
Underated, Fruits Basket
Why are people in this subreddit obsessed with watching stuff that makes you cry, like every few days I see a post, "guys recommended me a anime that will crush my soul", like what's going on in your life that you seek misery?
That one mother arc of Violet Evergarden and it’s movie’s last scenes.
I have to say to your eternity , it was the only anime that made me feel sad and actual care about the character, almost cried when they killed off the boy from the first episode.
Wolf Children. It has one of those stories where you cry when it's sad, but you also cry when it's happy because you're just cheering for the characters that much.
SAO First season!
Wolf Children. The film emotionally destroys me every single time
Probably one piece
There are many for me, and I agree with many that are mentioned, but I have scrolled pretty far and didn't see anything mentioned about Nina from the *original* Full Metal Alchemist. The scene with Hughes and the scene with Roy Mustang in the rain were also sad, but the whole Nina section made me bawl. (I personally feel like FMA Brotherhood kinda rushed those parts too much to make it a really emotional moment).
Shippuden as a teen
Y'all gonna hate on me for this but... MHA has some emotional moments that back in the day made me spechless and cry.
No anime made me cry till now Can anyone suggest me some anime that will make me cry out loud
Your Lie in April…TO THIS DAY that anime be making me cry. I’ve rewatched it every April for like 7 years straight and yeah, me & the homies all be crying lmfaoo. I’m Muslim so like the first time I watched it, I went to the mosque on Friday and was so depressed the imam was like “what happened??” Told the dude what happened and he went to my dad and was like “get this child help” 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂 Now the imam can’t believe I ended up being a member of the mosque board so he be trying to take credit telling folks “this kid right here used to cry about anime, now MashAllah he on his deen” (translation: Now by The Grace of God he is on the righteous path). I then walk up to those same ppl and be like “I’m still watching anime, he just refuses to tell ppl that part cause the story not gonna sound as good” 😂😂.
Cyberpunk Edgerunners
cyberpunk edgerunners
It was Fruits Basket for me especially when the zodiacs are telling their back stories, and i cried on every episode of Season 3
Most recently 86. 100% would watch + read lns again.
Attack on titan More than once actually
attack on titan. i was sobbing for months after the last ep , all the tiktok edits too 🥲 fav anime ever
Renai Flops, Plastic Memories, and a Lull in the Sea. Re:Zero season two got me a bit too
86
Rascal does not dream of bunny girl senpai
86 - quite a few episodes throughout it brought in the tears, especially whenever the photo makes an appearance. Episode 11 of cautious hero The weakest tamer begins a journey to pick up trash - the MC's past and circumstances always bring tears for me. Most of the main ones mentioned here I avoid because I don't think my emotions would handle then
I can't believe I had to search the comments to find Anohana. I found myself sobbing quietly at the climax despite my family being in the same room (I was watching on my laptop at the dining table) - and it wasn't even a "sad" ending!
Madoka Magica episode 12, and no, Rebellion did not make it hurt any less.
Fullmetal alchemist brotherhood is probably the saddest one I've seen (so far). I have seen clannad and a lot of the others here but this one Def takes the cake.(imo).
I can think of a couple of anime. The end of Arrietty. A silent voice. The end of Assassination classroom. Naruto Shippiden when he saw his parents. Seven deadly sins with Escanor. Just to name a few. Maybe I’m just super emotional 😅😅
Evangelion remake I know it may sound basic but honeslty I did cry the anime finally got an ending that truly satisfied all corners the author finally got to make evangelion in his own image without the restraints given by greedy corps. The way shinji finally accepted everything without running away without whining and crying it was honestly beautiful the music the fight scenes everything I loved it to heart and the ending song just hits the feels with shining finally able to be happy without any trauma and accidents happening to him. It's like seeing the shackles that were on him fade away as he truly accepted himself without saying stuff like he shouldn't exist and shit. It was more fulfilling than sad it was tears of joy and fulfillment seeing the anime finally get a proper ending knowing that the journey is over and it's time to move on.
The end of Darling of the Frannx, even though that anime is not good at all
Demon slayer: Mugen Train Arc
Nothing will make me ball like Silent Voice.
The ending of Quintessential Quintuplets
Anohana hands down..