Sometimes, truly heartbreaking anime moments can be found in the comedy genre. Comedy can be a tough genre to tackle. The writers want the audience to be happy and laugh as they watch the series unfolding, but they also want viewers to connect with the characters and care about them.
Here are some of the saddest anime moments and scenes that show just how emotional an anime series can be. 14. Captain Erwin Smith (Attack on Titan) Who could forget an iconic hero like Erwin Smith in Attack on Titan?
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Some of the most memorable moments from Anime wither they were sad, epic or completely surprising. The Top Ten. 1 Goku's Sacrifice to Defeat Cell from Dragon Ball Z. Being the sore loser that he is Cell makes himself big in an attempt to blow up the earth, Goku doing the only thing he can do uses his teleport ability to transport Cell ...
To add insult to injury, Itachi explained that the Akatsuki wanted Naruto in front of Sasuke, implying to Sasuke that his power was nothing compared to Naruto. Such a great moment. This is probably the saddest anime moment ever in my opinion.
While anime fight scenes serve to ramp up the tension and heat things up with eye-catching action , they aren’t always the most memorable scenes and moments in an anime’s run.
Sabo (One Piece) For a while, viewers thought that Luffy and Ace were the only two brothers. But then we got more backstory, which revealed another who was thought to be dead long ago. Sabo’s reunion with Luffy is a heart-touching moment, one that even lessens some of the pain that came from Ace’s death.
Assassination Classroom is the story of delinquent students who are tasked with killing their teacher (Koro-Sensei), who happens to be an alien creature that’s threatened to destroy the planet in a year.
Kite and Pitou. Kite is a pro Hunter with a very peculiar Nen ability called Crazy Slots. It allows him to summon different kinds of weapon based on the number given by the Slot. Though he was one of the strongest and best-composed Hunters in the series, his death by Pitou left viewers and fans shocked.
Master Genkai is the one who taught Urameshi his way of fighting monsters in Ghost Fighter. Her death at the hands of Taguro triggered Urameshi’s emotions—along with his newly acquired power given by Master Genkai. A bittersweet moment.
In Seven Deadly Sins, Escanor is one of the strongest characters—he’s even on par with the Captain (Meliodas) and some of the Ten Commandments. His physical and magical abilities that grow with the sunrise are what make him so formidable.
No, Asta isn’t dead! But the scene where he’s told that he can never use his arms again? That was a tough one.
Full Metal Alchemist: Brotherhood has retained its place as one of the best anime of all time, and it's easy to understand why. This story has a perfect mix of intrigue, action, romance, and comedy with hopeful and heartbreaking moments woven in between. The most heartbreaking moment in the anime has to have been the death of one of the greatest side characters of all time, amplified by the guilt of the two main protagonists he was trying to help.
Yet, at the end of the series, Otonashi confesses his feelings for Angel, wanting to stay in the Afterlife and help her complete her duty, and is subsequently turned down as she moves on due to finally being able to thank her heart donator, Otonashi. It hurts.
Mob Psycho 100 is an amazing anime where the main protagonist's growth doesn't come in the form of greater fighting power. Rather, it comes in the form of something a bit closer to home for fans, that being emotional growth. Mob is so overpowered that he has locked his emotions deep inside so as to not lose control of his powers and accidentally hurt someone. So, in season 2 of the anime, Mob has been making some great progress towards unlocking those emotions, and every fan is excited and rooting for him.
Tragically, both of his parents are burned alive, and the episode ends as Mob finds out and completely loses control. It's the type of episode that shoves a dagger right in the soft spot of your heart—but viewers may find some comfort in the events of the following episode.
So, when Luffy's brother, Ace, is captured by the World Government, fans knew Luffy would rescue him—and he does! Luffy saves the day right before Akainu shoves a lava fist right through Ace 's gut while he's protecting Luffy, and the surprise is completely heartbreaking, especially when you see Luffy's later reaction.
Angel Beats starts out as a very light-hearted and amusing anime that is fun to watch despite the darker sort of setting. Thus, when the anime takes a turn towards the depressing side, the contrast is crippling. By the end, fans are yearning for a return to the light-hearted and happy.
Leloche, the main protagonist of Code Geass, sacrifices just about everything important to him to change the world for the better. His love interests, his morals, and even the sanctity of his relationship with his sister are sacrificed for him to finally becoming the ruler of the entire world.
Sometimes, truly heartbreaking anime moments can be found in the comedy genre.
In the season one finale, Kaguya's father forbids her from going out with her friends to see the fireworks display. She has been hyping up this event and now all her hopes for the evening have been shattered. However, she successfully sneaks out and the viewer has a second to feel happy for her.
Unfortunately, the fireworks display ends by the time she arrives, and she cannot find her friends. Kaguya breaks down and begins to cry , having missed out on the event she had been looking forward to for so long.
In the second half of the first season, it is revealed that Rikka's father died three years before the series began . This leads to an emotion-filled "showdown" between Rikka and her older sister, Toka, in which the latter tries to help the former confront the death of their father and come to terms with it.
Oreimo spends the first season building up to a relationship between the protagonist, Kyosuke, and his younger sister, Kirino. On top of that, the title translated to English reads "My Little Sister Can't Be This Cute," leading viewers to believe the series is heading toward a romance between siblings.
Real Girl starts off as a romantic comedy, about an unpopular high schooler na med Hikari who begins dating the overly popular Iroha from his class, with the one caveat being that she is moving away in six months. However, it is eventually revealed that Iroha is actually due to undergo brain surgery that will make her lose her memories.
My Little Monster 's love story avoids other romance anime cliches by having its main characters, Haru and Shizuku, confess to each other early on, rather than spending the entire series building up to the confession. Instead, the series explores their relationship as they try to figure out how they feel about each other and how they make one another better people.
Ryuuichi was left to fend for himself and his baby brother Katoro when Morinomiya Academy's chairwoman, Youko Morinomiya herself, decided to take them in. All she asked for in return was Ryuuichi's babysitting services.
Finding a group of people to mesh well with can be stressful, especially as a high schooler, but K-On! encompasses how great it can be when you do find that group of friends that share your interests and bring you the utmost joy.
The series lead, Uramichi Omota, is one of the hosts of a children's morning show. Now, that may sound very cheerful and heartfelt, but Uramichi has a tendency of keeping it a little too real with the kids on the "Together with Mama" show.
New Game! is based in the office of an all-female video game company. The series picks up right from when the main protagonist, Aoba Suzukaze, joins the Eagle Jump team. She is a young girl fresh out of high school, unsure of herself and her talents, but with the help of her friends, both old and new, she manages to come into her own.
Ouran High School Host Club is a wild ride right from the start. Haruhi Fujioka finds herself in a sticky situation when she ends up owing money to the all-boys host club at her school. They come to an agreement she'll repay them, but in order to do so, she has to pretend to be a boy and join the host club as its seventh member.
Wotakoi is the telling of a sweet, awkward, and funny love story. Old childhood friends, Hirotaka Nifuji and Narumi Momose find out they work at the same office when, Nifuji exposes Narumi for being an otaku, though he didn't know it was meant to be a secret.
The series is set in Wagnaria restaurant. It is being run by an overly laid-back manager who tries but fails, to keep the peace between all of his staff, because they can't help but get themselves into all sorts of weird and fun trouble.