The Renegades (novel)/Tear Jerker

Remember that there are unmarked SPOILERS ahead. Read at your own discretion.
"Mizuko: ...Ryo...Ryoji? I've found it, Shichi. And I'll come home."
 * Vito getting slapped around is extremely hard to read. Especially as Elaine as no reason to hit him about and is just doing so for the sake of being a total bitch. She tends to punch him in the stomach and slap his face... The way he struggles back up to meet her gaze is enough to bring tears to the eyes.
 * Shichi is certainly pissed off about this and reacts in a totally awesome way.
 * Shichi's past. Let's reilliterate;  He brings most of the readers along with him.
 * Mizuko's "Smile" speech, and her pronoun usage. Mizuko is sad that she can't accomapany the team to visit the Disk One Final Boss and asks Shichi what he thinks she should do to help, he replies "Mizuko, all I need to make me strong is your smile. You'll keep smiling for me, right?" and she does smile throughout the battle, even when, Shichi's desperately injured and it looks like everyone's going to die, though it strains her visably and she's crying rivers. Also, she's a Third Person Person, so speaks as such, but she tells Shichi that when she "finds what she's looking for" she'll use the "I" pronoun. Shortly after he   four simple words that she yells are enough to move everyone to practical tears; "...I!... I love you, too!"
 * Mizuko's
 * Which makes things harder on Ryoji; he fell into an Angst Coma and had to have those memories erased, so he couldn't make true to  final wish. When he realises, he falls into a... wait. Is he a Hero or Villain...?
 * Also, Ryoji's Ironic Echo when Mizuko realises who he is.
 * Mizuko's reaction, also, is heartbreaking.


 * Keeping in mind that Ryoji still doesn't know what any of that means. When he realises, though, it's a major Tear Jerker.
 * Shichi discovering that it was actually Vito, the man he'd recently forgiven for all of his sins, that killed his beloved sister and mother, and possibly his father as well. It doubles as awesome and nightmare fuel, but seeing Shichi so utterly broken is horrible... and then his reaction...
 * To reiterate: When Shichi finds this out, he starts to hallucinate, badly, and he imagines his little sister telling him that she and his mother could only rest easy once Shichi killed Vito, so Shichi just lets go and finds Vito... Before trying to tear him apart with his bare hands, no powers, and very nearly succeeding.