Gakuen Alice/Tear Jerker


 * The entire latest arc of the Gakuen Alice manga, from about chapter 90 on, made this troper bawl like a baby. First, Hotaru's older brother . Then, the main characters go back in time to observe how Mikan's parents met. This culminates in   SOB.
 * Far earlier on, there was a tearjerker that basically amounted to: