Tokimeki Memorial/Heartwarming

The Tokimeki Memorial series is renowned for being at the far end of the idealistic side of the Sliding Scale of Idealism Versus Cynicism, and thus for running with sweet and heartwarming romance: as such, expect to see a lot of heartwarming moments in that franchise. Here's a list of those:

Tokimeki Memorial franchise in general

 * Basically every Happy Ending that doesn't fall in Crowning Moment of Funny is this. Especially if Tears of Joy from the character who got her/his feelings reciprocated by the protagonist are involved, as in the case of.
 * Also, nearly every character in Tokimeki Status during Valentine's Day.

Tokimeki Memorial 1

 * Shiori and the protagonist's Double Birthday Event, where they reminisce on the toy ship he offered to her in their childhood days.
 * Saki's "Tears of Joy" Event, when she cries of happiness after you and the base-ball team she's the manager of wins the Koshien. The scene is particulary memorable, as the game uses a special crying sprite for Saki not reused anywhere else in the game.
 * Saki's Sick Episode special event, where she falls ill during the 3rd day of the School Trip, and you stay at her bedside during the 4th day. The sweet music box BGM and Saki's "If only I could be ill like this more often..." line she unconsciously slips out make the scene even more adorable.
 * Ayako sleeping on the protagonist's shoulder, and saying "I love you" in her sleep if you don't wake her up, in her special Date Event at the Planetarium. Her peaceful and cute face during the scene adds to the "awwwwwww" factor as well.
 * Mira's Christmas Party event, where she shivers from the cold and the protagonist offers her his coat. She takes her arm to "give some warmth", and then a few days later, she gives him back the coat, . Considering she is the , seeing her being so close to the protagonist is an adorable view to hold.
 * Likewise, discovering Mira being  (such as in the main game, in drama tracks like her monologue in Volume 2 of Nijiiro no Seishun Forever, and the OVA), and   (as shown in Tabidachi no Uta) really adds a lot to her character.
 * The ending of the Shiori Route in Tabidachi no Uta doubles as Crowning Moment of Awesome, as . AWWWWWWWWW.
 * The final line of Nijiiro no Seishun 's Perfect Ending, which doubles as a Title Drop for the game's Leitmotif, as : "Anata ni deaete yokatta" (= I'm so glad I've met you).

Tokimeki Memorial 2
"Protagonist: Let's go back together, Yae-san?
 * The Blooming Stories Drama CD series are living and breathing this. Each CD has 3 Drama Tracks, placed in a order such as their contents show the evolution of the girl's feelings towards the protagonist: the first track takes place at the beginning of their relationship; the second track is when the girl has fallen in love with the protagonist; and the third track is after she has confessed her feelings to him. The heartwarming contents varies with the girls, with for example Mei having a Sand in My Eyes Onion Tears scene, or Kaori gradually believing back in The Power of Trust.
 * As a whole, the "Futari Dake no X-Mas" (A Christmas for just the two of us) special events for each girl are made of heartwarming, meant to show how much the two characters have fallen in love with each other. It's a different kind of heartwarming scene depending on the girl ( for Hikari,   for Kaori,   for Kaedeko, or   for Homura for example), but they'll make you go awwwwww.
 * KAORI YAE. That girl is the epitome of Crowning Moment of Heartwarming in Tokimeki Memorial 2. A lot of her Special Events ooze with those, especially the ones occuring after She's Back from her Heroic BSOD. Special mention go to the following Events:
 * "The person I can believe in", which doubles as Crowning Moment of Awesome for the protagonist:

Kaori: ...Didn't I told you to don't mind about me anymore?

Protagonist: I heard that well. But, you didn't give me a reason that'll convince me to do so.

Kaori: It's that, I don't want to trust in you...!

Protagonist: Did I do something that hurt you, Yae-san?

Kaori: No no, so far you haven't done something like that... But I have the feeling that one day, surely, that'll happen.

Protagonist: So, by acting like this, this means you're giving up, even before you'll know if you can trust in me.

Kaori: ...(Ah!)

(Cue the game's Leitmotif variant occuring when a character overcomes his/her hurdles)

Protagonist: ...Yae-san, let's go back together?

Kaori: ...Yes."

"Kaori: That's why... That's why, I'm like this cherry tree. Unable to bloom... Just a bothersome being...
 * "Late-blooming Cherry Tree - Resolution", THE mandatory Event of her storyline, where she finally reveals her Backstory to the protagonist (again doubles as Crowning Moment of Awesome for him):

Protagonist: That's not true ! After all, that tree is blooming. It's just blooming a little later than the others.

Kaori: But... Even if it's blooming...

Protagonist: It's fine if it's blooming late. Even if it were to hurry and bloom, if it doesn't produce a nice color and smell, it would mean nothing.

Kaori: ...(Ah!)

(Cue the game's Leitmotif variant occuring when a character overcomes his/her hurdles)

Protagonist: Yae-san, it's fine if you bloom at your pace.

Kaori: ...Thank you. My decision is made. ... !

Protagonist: Good.

(Outside the park)

Kaori: Thank you for today. At last, I've...

Protagonist: The real battle begins now, Yae-san.

Kaori: Yes, you're right.

Protagonist: Well then, shall we go home ? I'll take you back home.

Kaori: Yes."

"Kaori: How beautiful...
 * The Sick Episode event, where Kaori visits the protagonist at his home when he's ill, and lovingly feeds him with mikan (tangerine) lumps she prepared for him;
 * The 3rd Year School Festival Event, where, if you choose to do a Tea Shop attraction, she'll cheerfully and happily . And then there's the camp fire scene just after...

Protagonist: Yes...

Kaori: Thank you...

Protagonist: Eh, about what?

Kaori: If I was able to be with everyone and have fun with them like this during this School Festival, it's thanks to you.

Protagonist: ? What do you mean by this?

Kaori: No no, it's all right, if you don't understand. For now, I just...

Protagonist: You just?

(Kaori blushes)

Kaori: I just want to be like this a little more, and silently gaze at the flames... Together with you.

Protagonist: Yes..."


 * And then there's the Epilogue of the novel she's the heroine of, Anata o Shinjiteru, and more specifically its very last lines: see the Quotes section of the He's Back page for their English-translated version. The heartwarming is absolutely overflowing when finishing the novel on those lines.
 * Hikari's 2nd Year Birthday event, if you saw the "It's the one who calls others 'idiots' who's one" Childhood Event, and if you offer her a Glass Dolphin figurine. The sweet BGM adds to the heartwarming of the scene as well.
 * Hikari's 3rd Year School Festival Event, where . The scene when   is positively adorable.
 * Kaedeko's Event where, so the scene is very powerful and poignant.
 * Mei, being a cute Tsundere, has a good share of adorable Events. Among them are:
 * "First Food", where the sheltered girl discovers for the first time fast-food, invited by the protagonist;
 * "Flower-picking": the sight of a blushing Mei with a beautiful Flower in Her Hair is aaaaaaw-inducing;
 * "You are my only slave", showing her Clingy Jealous Girl side (and embarrassing herself in front of everyone with this);
 * and "Mei's memories", occuring if the protagonist met her in Childhood Mode:.

Tokimeki Memorial: Girl's Side 1

 * The ending confession scenes run on this, but Sakuya Morimura's in particular brought the warm fuzzies (for this troper, at least). You just can't say no to a boy who  and.

Tokimeki Memorial: Girl's Side 2
"Teru: I finally understand that I should just throw away this stupid pride. It can't be helped that it's uncool, that it's pathetic. Because I only think of you... I have no hesitations any more. That's the real me."
 * The most heartwarming moments from Itaru Hikami's route are related to his membership in the Student Council; after his overly confrontational campaign speech during the first year gets him booed down by his classmates, thanks to the heroine's influence he manages to better express his ideas and get elected in the second year. In the third year, if the heroine is on the council with him, she finds him staying late at school working on timetables for the rest of the council, and they have a quiet moment in which Itaru displays his committment to the other students and the heroine is able to support him by staying to help.
 * Even more heartwarming, at the end of the third year Itaru prepares to step down as Student Council President. He assumes that the younger students will have their own ideas about how to run the council, and he's visibly moved when his juniors surprise him with a bouquet and heartfelt thanks for all of his work over the past two years, promising to live up to his example and confirming not only the difference he's made as Student Council President but how far he's come from the guy who only managed to alienate his classmates that first year.
 * Katsumi Shiba has one if the heroine is the manager of the baseball club: he spends the first year and part of the second wistfully watching the baseball team practice, feeling unworthy of joining them due to an incident in middle school. During one of their games against another school, however, the pitcher starts playing dirty, and Shiba finds the heroine near tears. His response is to join the baseball club midgame and step up to bat, ignoring the pitcher's trash talk and proceeding to win the game even though he hasn't played in at least a year and a half, finally starting the process of getting over his past mistakes.
 * He has another during the school play at the third-year culture festival when he departs a little from the script to tell the heroine about how much it's meant to him that she's supported and believed in him.
 * All of the endings qualify, of course, but Teru Saeki's deserves special mention - especially following his concerted effort to push the heroine away a month prior - as he finally resolves for himself who the real Teru is and what he wants, and gives the heroine the key to his grandfather's cafe to hold onto until the day they're ready to re-open it together.

"Itaru: I want a love that will change me. I'm very self-aware now, to the point that I hate myself for being an incomplete person. But once you set your rules, you can't really back down from that... That's why I want to be influenced. I want to be transformed by this love."
 * After the heroine asks him about love, Itaru Hikami gives the subject some serious thought and eventually comes back with an answer: