Akira/Tear Jerker


 * There's the death of poor, which happens right when it seems things may start getting better and as he happily goes towards  , calling out to him and asking if he remembers him from the past. And right when he's extending his hands to touch the kid he's so happy to see again...   No wonder   and, in few words, It Gets Worse.
 * Then there is the . She had zero to do with his condition. On the contrary, she loves him and genuinely cares for him, despite him being a royal prick.
 * Made even worse in the manga, where
 * When the Colonel is reintroduced in the second half of the story, one of his former soldiers recognizes him and salutes to him. The Colonel dismisses him, as he cannot help anymore.