In a comment forum dedicated to anime, fans have immersed themselves in a passionate debate about the animes that have made them cry the most. This phenomenon highlights the deep emotional impact that some works of anime can have on viewers, leaving a lasting mark on their hearts.
Crying is a powerful emotional response that can be triggered by a variety of factors in an anime series. From heartbreaking moments to unexpected plot twists, well-crafted stories and vividly developed characters can evoke a wide range of emotions in viewers.
An anime series that manages to touch the heartstrings of viewers does so through a combination of narrative and visual elements. Moments of great emotional impact are often supported by careful world and character building, as well as masterful direction and moving music.
Crying in response to an anime series reflects not only the creator’s ability to tell a compelling story, but also the medium’s ability to connect deeply with viewers. When a series manages to evoke genuine tears, it is a testament to the power of art to generate empathy and resonate with universal human experiences.
- «CLANNAD and Angel Beats!. I can’t listen to CLANNAD’s ending song without shedding a tear, and Angel Beats! It’s an absolute tragedy about lives that ended too quickly.».
- «Violet Evergarden, without a doubt».
- «CLANNAD After Story is the saddest series I have ever seen».
- «A Silent Voice is very good and I just watched it again to hurt myself emotionally again».
- «The Wolf Children movie».
- «CLANNAD After Story had me in its grip, even as a grown man, crying in my room. You have to have seen CLANNAD if you want to have an even greater emotional impact. Also Spice And Wolf made me cry quite a bit in the past».
- «Surprised that no one has mentioned Maquia: When the Promissed Flower Blooms. The story is very focused on family and that always catches me».
- «Cyberpunk: Edgerunners».
- «I still have to hold back tears every time I hear that song from Cyberpunk: Edgerunners».
- «Toradora!».
- «AnoHana, Assassination Classroom and Angel Beats! are the ones I can remember».
- «I cried for three hours straight watching the latest episodes of Assassination Classroom. It’s probably one of my favorite series».
- «The drop in quality after the first season of Tokyo Ghoul will make you cry more than any other anime».
- «The Dangers in My Heart. And it’s not because it’s sad. It’s because the show does a ridiculously good job of making you care about the characters. I don’t think I’ve ever been so emotionally invested in the relationship of two characters before. It’s also because it’s not just a romance. There are many things that can be related to childhood, and Ichikawa’s journey towards personal growth is very powerful. Also, the OST is phenomenal».
- «To Your Eternity, especially the first season. STEINS;GATE, Pandora Hearts, Gintama».
- «The CLANNAD series, of course.».
- «The fireflies’s grave».
- «To Silent Voice, I really can’t tolerate bullying of disabled people».
- «Plastic Memories».
- «The Fruits Basket remake is too good».
- «I don’t really cry, I cry, but as silly as it sounds, My Hero Academia has made me teary-eyed on more than one occasion. Not for the sad things really. Just for the inspiring moments».
- «Your Name, A Silent Voice, and the end of Cyberpunk: Edgerunners, and many others that have already been said, such as Violet Evergarden».
- «Haibane Renmei, Clannad After Story, Wolf Children, Kotaro Lives Alone, Girls Last Tour».
- «If you want to cry every episode, watch Violet Evergarden. I sobbed like a baby every episode.».
- «A Place Further Than the Universe, March Comes in Like a Lion, Clannad, I Want to Eat Your Pancreas».
- «Assassination Classroom».
- «A Silent Voice, A Silent Voice, Anohana».
- «I wasn’t emotionally prepared for the end of Angel Beats!».
- «None compare to Clannad when it comes to making you cry. I will die on this hill».
- «Made in Abyss».
- «I’m surprised by the lack of Full Metal Alchemist».
- «I’ve watched most of the anime mentioned in the comments with a straight face (don’t get me wrong, I love them all, but not to the point of making me cry), but the latest episode of “The Pet Girl of Sakurasou” never fails to make me cry».
- «Eureka Seven drove me crazy when I was younger, especially the OPs, Flow; Days, Home Made Kazoku; Shounen Heart, great series».
- «Oddly enough, Code Geass. I didn’t expect the ending to hit me so much, I cried more than any other anime I’ve ever seen.».
- «Personally, I have never shed a tear watching ‘Your Lie In April’ or any of the highly recommended anime like ‘A Silent Voice’ etc. But one that caught my attention, which is one that I’ve never really seen anyone mention is ‘Weathering With You’».
- «Violet Evergarden will always make me cry».
- «86: Eighty-Six».
- «I always sob like a baby during different parts of the last five episodes of Neon Genesis Evangelion depending on where I am in my life.».
- «Frieren, Kotaro, One Piece, A Silent Voice, any Makoto Shinkai movie, and some Ghibli movies».
- «Oshi no Ko had a couple of moments».
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