Puella Magi Madoka Magica/Tear Jerker



As a Deconstruction of the Magical Girl genre it is no surprise that Puella Magi Madoka Magica would have Tear Jerkers. Yeah, it's that kind of show.

"Sayaka: "I'll never be able to hold him with these arms, or kiss him with these lips...""
 * in Episode 3, as well as any mention of it in the subsequent episodes. Madoka crying the next morning during breakfast because she's so lucky to be alive is particularly heartwrenching.
 * For This tropette,  got her, as it was seen as.
 * This tropette is rewatching the series. In Episode 6, when Madoka and her mother talks into the night and her mother asked to grow up faster so they can to drink alcohol together... *sniff* I've shed a few tears.
 * Becomes even sadder when you consider what happened in the final episode. *sob*
 * Scenes with Madoka and her family become tearjerkers when you watch the end and  Not to mention, in this Crapsack World these are the only times we ever see a parent-child interaction since the rest of the girls' parents are either dead or missing: Mami's and Kyoko's parents are dead , Sayaka's are never shown   and Homura is implied to be an orphan as no mention of her parents is ever made.
 * Episode 7, beginning with My god, she is so broken here.

""I've been such a fool...""
 * It's one thing to lose the one you love to someone else, quite another to believe you can't have him/her anymore because something's happened to you that you fear would Squick that person out, and hence you feel "unlovable". Disabled and disfigured people can probably relate easily.
 * After Sayaka contracts and . This is what ultimately in Episode 8.


 * This has been extremely hard for this troper. Aforementioned quotation, along with  even though this troper expected it.
 * Eri Kitamura, Sayaka's voice actress, said in an interview that she and Aoi Yuki (Madoka's voice actress) sobbed during the episode's recording.
 * At the beginning of the episode, Madoka tries to convince Sayaka to stop fighting recklessly, resulting in the latter snapping at her for claiming to sympathize with her while doing nothing and tells her to become a Magical Girl if she really wants to understand what she's going through before storming off. This scene is tragic for a couple of reasons: 1) Up to then, Sayaka had been admant about Madoka not contracting which shows just how much the stress of being a Magical Girl have really gotten to her. 2) There's also Madoka's Heroic Self-Deprecation which only gets worsened after this.
 * Also from episode 8, Homura's absolutely heartbreaking breakdown after she
 * Aaand of course made Harsher in Hindsight (see Episode 10 below).
 * Episode 9.
 * The image shown at the end of the episode while the song plays is devastating too. They are both submerged underwater. Sayaka, unconscious, is drowning and Kyoko holds her hand and looks at her with a faint smile. They're going down together. It perfectly captures the events of the episode. And this troper is about to cry just writing about it.
 * In the manga only: after
 * The image shown at the end of the episode while the song plays is devastating too. They are both submerged underwater. Sayaka, unconscious, is drowning and Kyoko holds her hand and looks at her with a faint smile. They're going down together. It perfectly captures the events of the episode. And this troper is about to cry just writing about it.
 * In the manga only: after
 * In the manga only: after

"Homura: Those words must make very happy. ...I'm jealous.
 * ALL of Episode 10.
 * For this troper, Homura's  was the worst part.
 * This troper cried throughout the entirety of episode ten.
 * Episode 4. After, Madoka swears that she'll never forget her (since Magical Girls don't leave a body if they die in the witch's barrier, and   had nobody to remember her by). That by itself is depressing, but the exchange after that is even harsher in retrospect:
 * This troper cried throughout the entirety of episode ten.
 * Episode 4. After, Madoka swears that she'll never forget her (since Magical Girls don't leave a body if they die in the witch's barrier, and   had nobody to remember her by). That by itself is depressing, but the exchange after that is even harsher in retrospect:

Madoka: I won't forget you, either, Homura! I'll never forget how you saved us that day!"


 * It's also Heartwarming in Hindsight:
 * Not to mention that the episode turns pretty much everything involving Homura in the previous episodes into an epic Tear Jerker.
 * Episode 10 manages to take even the peppy opening theme, 'Connect' a tearjerker...simply by using it as the ending instead.
 * This troper found the theme to be on the verge of Tear Jerker from the very first episode. The song has never sounded peppy to me. It always carried a despairing, sorrowful tone. This combined with the imagery (see: page image) and the lyrics to form a lump in this troper's throat. With later revelations, it became a full blown Tear Jerker.
 * It also provides a retroactive Tear Jerker. . Remember their conversation in episode 3?
 * This Troper watched the whole series. Episode 10 was my favorite.
 * Episode 11: Near the end of the episode...
 * The music that plays during the scene takes this from a tearjerker all the way up to just plain heart wrenching.
 * I'm broken crying
 * It's not so much the as it is the reality behind it.
 * The conversation between Madoka's mother and teacher in this episode, especially combined with the conversation between Madoka and her mother in episode 6. It really hits home how unfair it is that the characters have to suffer so much, when they're basically still children. These are not the stakes they should be playing with.
 * Episode 12.
 * The conversation between Madoka's mother and teacher in this episode, especially combined with the conversation between Madoka and her mother in episode 6. It really hits home how unfair it is that the characters have to suffer so much, when they're basically still children. These are not the stakes they should be playing with.
 * Episode 12.
 * Episode 12.


 * What, just there? This tropette was sobbing when.
 * Not to forget the scene with.
 * And a few moments later, and we know Homura remembers, when
 * The fact in itself that.
 * True story: this troper went into the series and managed to keep a completely straight face and barely teared up throughout the entire series, all the entries above included.  Then she broke down in tears, still does every time she sees that scene, couldn't stop crying for a while, and still cries upon every rewatch during every scene with . That is how powerful that moment was, in light of the rest of the episode.
 * The one scene that never failed to tear this tropette up was the one with the green-haired girl who Madoka saved. Just looking at her, all alone and sobbing in despair, had so much emotion in it, and makes you think of how many things like that are still happening in the world.
 * This tropette almost made it all the way through the episode only tearing up, but made her sob.
 * Oddly enough, this troper found
 * The drama CD Memories of You, especially the ending.
 * The third drama CD, Farewell Story, gives us the details on the past relationship between Kyoko and Mami and it's really heartwrenching even on observation alone.
 * It's more tragic when considering the fact that
 * And it kind of makes sense on why.
 * There's also the scene with.
 * The upcoming PSP game reveals
 * Now you can watch it in action! Poor  She needs a hug. Badly.
 * And poor.
 * You thought those were bad? Good news! You can even turn  into a witch now!
 * Now you can watch it in action! Poor  She needs a hug. Badly.
 * And poor.
 * You thought those were bad? Good news! You can even turn  into a witch now!
 * You thought those were bad? Good news! You can even turn  into a witch now!


 * The fanvids and other fan-content for Madoka also have their sorrow-filled moments.
 * Case in point: 魔法少女に花束を, or more commonly, A Bouquet of Flowers for a Magical Girl (English Subtitles). KOKIA's powerful vocals coupled with the abstract, symbolic imagery will fill you with sadness. The simple little glimpses of Madoka breaking into tears makes you simply want to join her in crying. The sequel, 私の太陽, translated as My Sun, once again leverages KOKIA's voice and the imagery of Homura visibly breaking down over missing Madoka, and will make your tears into a waterfall.
 * This third video, 【まどかマギカ】水底のマギカ【KOKIA】, featuring "I Believe" by KOKIA, will make you weep for Sayaka and Kyouko.
 * This fan rendition of Madoka's Goddess theme from episode 12 will tug at your heart, especially more so if you've watched the episode.
 * This award-winning AMV, Mahou Shoujo Requiem, combines its powerful lyrics with some of the more emotionally powerful moments, all but certain to make you realise you still have a few more tears to shed. Little wonder it won so many "Best Of" awards from so many anime conventions.
 * Rolling Homura is so fitting to poor Homura's plight, you just want to hug her and cry for her. You'll still cry for her sake when Madoka hugs her in your stead in the end.
 * This epically edited MAD called Walpurgisnacht, initially comes off as a Crowning Moment of Heartwarming, showing a much less bleak possible route Homura's many time loops. However, things don't end well...
 * Simon and Garfunkel's "Scarborough Fair" is already a rather poignant song. Add PMMM to it and you will have something in your eyes. "She once was a true love of mine..."
 * The show's seeming message that if something's too good to be true, it probably is; even if you only want to selflessly help someone (or humanity in general). Also the Family-Unfriendly Aesop that helping others may only hurt you, and that idealistic belief in The Power of Love, The Power of Friendship and The Power Of Heart most certainly will. ("Silly Rabbit, Idealism Is for Kids!", quoth the Urobutcher.) Yes, those philosophies are arguably correct at times, but they're still extremely depressing.

"You sound really bummed out there. But I can help you cheer up.

Just make a contract with me, and I can ease your pains forever."

/人 ◕ ‿‿ ◕人\