We all have our favourite moments in Anime! They make us laugh, they make us cry, they make us want to go get out and do something! Anime shows can be at times very emotional and there are always moments in shows that we know will bring a tear to the eye. Maybe it’s just that overwhelming feeling of loss or overcoming the odds. Check out our 9 tearjerker anime moments that we just oh so love…
Oh, don’t get me started! This is a historic moment for any anime watcher. This Tearjerker Anime moment happens in Dragon Ball Z, during the Cell Saga. As Gohan is forced into a corner, he helplessly watches Cell’s “mini-me’s” attack his friends and family! In fear of his overwhelming power hidden within he holds back his anger. The peace-loving decapitated head of Android 16 conveys to Gohan that it was OK to be angry for the right reason, to defend good against evil.
Cell being amused by the conversation uses the opportunity to crush the head. Gohan sees red and finally the late Android 16’s words sink in – Gohan releases his next level of hidden potential. The Japanese version of this moment was a tearjerker with the music’s lyrics “Ore wa ore wo koete kuru” or “I will surpass myself”
This one goes back a while! A classic tearjerker Anime moment from a classic Anime, Bleach. Thanks to giving her powers away to a mere human being (Ichigo Kurosaki), Rukia has been sentenced to death for her crimes by her fellow Shinigami (Death Gods). But Ichigo doesn’t let this go, after hearing from his friend the “Sandle-Hat Man” Kisuke Uruhara, Ichigo is transported from the human world to the Seireitei (Soul Society) and fights through numerous Shinigami to save his friend.
The moment arrives when Rukia is about to be executed by a very large sword that manifests as a bird of fire. It flies towards her as she accepts her fate with her eyes closed. But nothing happens, she opens her eyes to see Ichigo holding back the firebird with his sword against his back “…Yo!” he says calmly. Alright, kinda cool.
Vivi, the Princess of Alabasta traveled with the Strawhat Pirates Crew during their time in the Alabasta kingdom. After they defeat the evil warlord Crocodile, the kingdom is saved and the citizens rejoice with the crew!
However, still being Pirates, the crew has to flee the island! Princess Vivi runs away from an important ceremony to bid farewell to the crew as they sail out to sea.
She says her goodbyes over a loudspeaker that could be heard by the entire kingdom including, the approaching marines! The Strawhat Pirates don’t respond to her goodbyes, because it’d show the marines that she was involved with pirates. Instead, the crew lift their sleeves to reveal an X on their arms. A mark that shows their identity as the Strawhat Pirates (Which they had used against a copycat shapeshifter earlier). Vivi understood what they meant, a very famous tearjerker Anime moment scene in the One Piece story.
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Honey and Clover: Kaoru and Shinobu get their father’s company back!
A personal favourite! Honey and Clover is an unexpectedly deep story with multiple storylines happening at the same time. Morita Shinobu, a crazy character in Honey and Clover is a seemingly ordinary University student, at Hamabi. However, he mysteriously disappears (Sometimes months at a time) and returns, often exhausted, full of money (Sometimes bags), and extraordinary Omiyage (gifts) like Croquettes.
Unbeknownst to his fellow classmates is that Shinobu and his older brother Kaoru had been saving money for many years together to complete their secret goal. As a child, their inventor father, Tsukasa Morita, owned a company that created various technology. One day Tsukasa’s kind-hearted business partner betrayed him by selling the company over to an American business person. They lose their offices, home, and shortly after their father died of depression … and then their mother too! The two young boys are left with nothing, but vengeful feelings.
For 10 years they saved and bought shares in their father’s ex-company. When they had enough shares, they took over in an epic scene of memories, revenge, and silence all in one scene. (I real tearjerker Anime moment I was watching when I happened to be peeling onions that day T_T)
Madara Uchiha, a one-man army that makes Rambo look like an insect. A weak insect, like those really small flies that buzz around your coffee. As Madara stands to converse with Kabuto through his reincarnated partner, he is asked to demonstrate the power of the Uchiha, as if it were his ‘Golden Days’. He launches into a rage, taking on every man, woman, and the thing that attacks him as if they were all his attackers are ragdolls, he plows through the crowd of 1000’s of Ninja attacking Madara all at once. The entire elements come into play, fire, water, wind, earth… a meteor.
