Fruits Basket/Tear Jerker

"Kyo: (speaking about ) Are you saying it's my fault?
 * The last TV episode of Fruits Basket, and also the part with Momiji talking about his mother, which they later topped with his sister Momo -- whose plea to get to know Momiji even made Tohru bawl. Hatori's backstory has also managed this on many people.
 * And Kisa's backstory!
 * . And the Kyoko/Katsuya backstory made this troper bawl. Actually, she bawled at pretty much every bit of backstory. But especially  and Kyoko/Katsuya.
 * What about the last few episodes of the anime when ? This troper watched them all in the same day and was sobbing pretty much the whole time.
 * Hatori.
 * The tears cried over Hatori's flashback in episode 8 of the anime completely sold Fruits Basket as a quality series.
 * Three things for me; Hatori's expression when Kana leaves. He's still stoic but tears are streaming down his face. Then, Kana revealing that her crush on Hatori was "one-sided". I literally felt like shouting "NO KANA! HE STILL LOVES YOU!" Lastly, there's the Fridge Horror of the effects of Akito mind raping Kana. Allegedly, after the ordeal, she spent all of her time sobbing and blaming herself for Hatori's eye injury, no matter what Hatori or Mayu said to her. Don't get it yet? Kana was driven to clinical depression.
 * Despite the number of undeniably heartbreaking parts in this manga, this troper also found themselves crying quite a few tears of joy as well, particularly, , and.
 * The grandaddy of them all: the origin of the series title made this troper huddle in a little weepy ball.
 * "A rice ball... doesn't belong in a fruits basket". GAH! ;-;
 * I still cry when I remember Hanajima's backstory.
 * For this troper, it was the line
 * The most tearjerking moment in the series IMO was the end of Chapter 135, full stop. First, we hear Kyoko's . Tear-jerking enough, right? No way. In the final pages   At this point, this troper broke down at her computer and many nearby family members felt it necessary to inquire about her mental health.
 * Her death gets worse and worse the longer the story goes on. At first you may be sad about it, but it's more on Tohru's behalf. And then you learn more and more about her, about what an amazing person she was and how many lives she's changed.
 * The very last pages of the manga where we see an older Kyo and Tohru as well as family photos made this troper bawl Tears of Joy
 * When Tohru sat by her mother in the hospital. Of course, this scene shortly flashed during Momiji's painful flashback.
 * Katsuya's death. Got even worse when all his relatives started badmouthing Kyoko.
 * Then we have  M-my heart.
 * The true story of the Zodiac curse.
 * And especially in retrospect, when you realize just how extraordinarily unfair the Cat's lot has been since then.
 * Yuki's flashback to his childhood, late in the series.
 * "I have no redeeming features."
 * Nobody's going to mention Rin's backstory? That tugged my heartstrings just as much as Momiji's story.
 * What about Kyo's backstory?!

Kyo's Father: Yes, that's right! You better admit that you  "

"Kyo's Father: You've ruined my life! All because brought you into this world! Because you were born!"
 * How about this?


 * This Troper had many moments when he felt like crying but Ritsu's backstory did it the most for him. It just hit so close to home, since this troper had to go through similar things. No wonder Ritsu became my favorite character afterward.
 * It really amazed me through the whole part just how accurately Tayaka portrayed people who are depressed and have low self-esteem. I have had the same internal monologue many times in my head, I really wish Ritsu had a bigger part later on because he was a wonderfully written character.
 * How about when ? They're all crying, and the narration combined with those images... complete bawlfest.
 * Oh God yes, especially as
 * Uotani's backstory. Her mother left her family, her father became an alcoholic, and feeling completely abandoned, Uotani joined a gang. Only when she met Toru and Kyoko she managed to get better.
 * As if that wasn't sad enough, later when Uotani gets rejected by.
 * Machi's backstory. I can relate to it so well. She was pushed to perfection to the point that she barely managed to develop a life or any interests of her own.
 * Seconded so much. Takaya makes some of the most relatable characters I've ever seen in anything, despite it being a story about a family that turns into animals when they get hugged.
 * The entirety of Chapter 121, and 122 after that.
 * Even though Tohru lost her mother and her dad dad at a young age and was left alone she decided to live on her own in a tent so as to not burden others and manages to have hope. THAT alone is a tearjerker.
 * And let's not forget chapter 122 of the manga, which is this from the beginning to the end. Right after ...   Not only , but it's followed by   This might be one of the most powerful chapters in Shoujo manga in years, period.