Devilman/Tear Jerker


 * In the original Devilman manga, this editor was both Squicked and misty-eyed when . Now you know where CLAMP got their ideas for  in X 1999.
 * Almost as intense is when Akira is visited by his cheeky little friend Sachiko from his old neighborhood. In an almost Elfen Lied -like inversion to all the horror, they playfully flirt almost to the point of disturbance (heavily hitting that old cultural barrier), with maybe-tweener Sachiko taunting Miki that she and Akira are 'almost lovers', and it gets Miki's dander up. But all is innocent, and he sees her off to the train station. Then all goes to hell, though not as much as , like anything really could. Aboard the train, Sachiko and the other passengers   Akira then receives a phone call telling him  . Akira kills the demon   responsible, but not before seeing   At her urging, Akira recognizes their fate and sees past the demon's taunts   And for all this, it is only a light prelude or foreshadowing of horrors to come.
 * The final battle of Siren, when Kaim comes to here aid is both touching and heart tearing. She may be the villain of the arc out to kill the hero, but she and Kaim are shown sympatheetically. This is cemented when
 * Aside from being High Octane Nightmare Fuel, the deaths of  is more than worth mentioning. That
 * From Amon manga there are.
 * and pretty much everything after that from 5th chapter of Strange Days.