Gintama/Tear Jerker


 * Gin's speech about "carrying a heavy weight on a long journey" in chapter 13 can definitely induce Manly Tears.
 * There's a reason why this troper and her friends call Okita's sister Mitsubaaaaaawww... damn you, Gintama!
 * This Troper, who normally is laughing very hard whenever she watches this anime, had tears in her eyes when she saw that episode. She also thought that Kagura's fight against Abuto during the Yoshiwara Arc was very heartwrenching.
 * Oh God, the Mitsuba arc... This Troper was close to bawling like a baby. Seeing Okita, who is normally a deadpan snarking sadist *bawls*
 * The end of the Itou Arc.
 * The end of episode 211 with the Four Devas of Kabukichou clashing thanks to Jirocho's attempt to take over. He and Otose knew one another in the past, and now he needs her out of the way.
 * The moments leading up to the end were terrible too.




 * The reunion of, damn you Gintama.
 * There are plenty of smaller ones in the short two to three episode arcs as well. At the end of episode 108, a short story about an orphan, Kyoujirou, taken in by a group of Yakuza, he dies by the grave of the leader who he considered a father, believing until just before the end that he had failed to protect the people important to him. Of course, as soon as Gin-chan manages to convince him otherwise, he is fatally shot.
 * There's an earlier one (episode 73) about a man and a bear cub he raised, only for him to be forced to kill it later when it becomes infected by a disease and goes rampaging in a mad fit.
 * Before that, when Sougo asks the Yorozuya to investigate the illegal underground fighting ring, the top fight turns out to be a kindhearted father to orphaned children who wants to try and start a new life. Just as he sets out to escape Edo and start over, the Tendo sect (who are behind the ring) have him killed. The following scenes with his last words and the children tearfully asking Gintoki to help them in exchange for their treasures (read children's trinkets) is touching in a heartwrending way.
 * Seemingly subverted then played straight in episode 130.
 * Hasegawa's EXISTENCE.
 * Danzo Tobita's backstory.
 * Tama 305's Heroic Sacrifice.
 * We finally get to see . Under the horrible circumstances that Gintoki,