Prétear/Tear Jerker


 * in Prétear. Specially when
 * To make things worse, right before that we had . How... ironic, to say at least. And coupled with the aforementioned scene, a BIG ASS tear jerker.
 * In the second-last episode, we get  We're shown clip after clip of them pulling on the vines surrounding her, calling her name. Even when Takako physically attacks them with lightning, and they've been pulling on regenerating vines for a long time, they still don't give up. And when you consider   were comic relief characters it deals an even bigger blow.
 * There's also the scene in the final episode after Himeno and Hayate merge to battle the Tree of Fenrir and rescue Takako. Hayate repeatedly takes blows for Himeno until ultimately she is pinned down and unable to move, begging him to stop shielding her; he refuses to stop, and ends up sacrificing himself to protect her, using the last of his strength to cut her free before he collapses, then telling her to escape.
 * Before that, there's also the scene where . The particular piece of BGM that plays during that last moment makes things even worse. Let's just say most of the final episode is a Tear Jerker, until the True Love's Kiss.
 * Especially the True Love's Kiss scene, with "Please, let me see that smile again..."