Angel Beats/Tear Jerker



...It's written by Jun Maeda...what did you expect?

"Otonashi:"
 * This series has quite a few Tear Jerker moments, considering everyone's already dead and they all had shit pasts when they were alive, but episodes 3 and 10 get special mention out of a million. Episode 10 especially because it gets you out of nowhere with   Even girls will cry manly tears, if they don't flat-out bawl - the men have already shed their fair share.
 * Episode 10.
 * The ending of episode 6 definitely qualifies.

" : It's okay. You've done enough. You don't have to suffer by yourself anymore. Thank you for thinking about us for so long, Onee-san!"
 * Also, the end of episode 12.  It does NOT help that the depressing ending theme plays over this exchange.

"Naoi: I don't want to see any Womanly Tears!"
 * And the fifth episode as well. If you didn't at least feel a little bit sad, YOU HAVE NO SOUL.
 * Unless you're a Yuri hater, her origin story in the second episode. It's especially bad if you have younger siblings.
 * Otonashi's origin story also qualifies.
 * Especially the part that is told in Episode 9.
 * The end of episode 10 with that, especially with that sad song playing in the background. Damn you, Maeda!
 * The end of episode 12 when.
 * In episode 13,
 * Must.... choke... back.... Manly Tears!

"Even if I'm alone, I'll go on, even if I want to die/I can hear your voice, saying, "You mustn't die"/Even if it's tough, even if I cry in loneliness/Deep in my heart, I feel warmth/Cycling and flowing, the times change/I can't recall what happened anymore/But if I try closing my eyes, there's someone's laughter/Somehow that's my most precious treasure"
 * The very end,
 * The final episode is by far the worst.
 * The parts of the third episode that focuses on Iwasawa. * sniff*
 * Hopefully you're reassured,
 * Then again, who says it's the truth?
 * Keep in mind,
 * If we are to believe, then we can (hopefully...) assume she's right.
 * Ichiban no Takaramono, the insert song played during two of the saddest scenes in the whole show. Which is saying something.
 * Ichiban no Takaramono, the insert song played during two of the saddest scenes in the whole show. Which is saying something.


 * The Credits of the last episode. If you have somehow kept a dry eye through all of Episode 13, this will be the final nail in your coffin.   .   Bravo, Key.
 * For me, it was the scene when Otonashi fills out his organ donor card. The way he still keeps going, even though he's pretty much already gone.
 * That moment when you realize what has been staring you in the face all along: That's right  is a Foreshadowing Tear Jerker.
 * And then realize the commercial break eyecatch is a heartbeat monitor.
 * Or that the title