Chobits/Tear Jerker


 * A serious Tear Jerker moment comes when
 * For this troper, Chii's entire story wasn't nearly as tearjerking as the backstories of Takako Shimizu (, and the owner of Tirol, who
 * The latter has a particular pang when you realise it's not too far from watching a spouse suffering from a case of dementia.
 * There was also the story about Minoru's big sister and Yuzuki.
 * Or when Udea's robo-alzheimer-affected robocom-wife sacrifices her life in a last moment of clarity to safe him from being flattened by a truck.
 * Oh, it is worse if you think
 * But remember "He didn't want them to be governed by the Three Laws Of Robotics".
 * Ningyo-hime. Just... Ningyo-hime. The song itself is sad, but it has even greater impact when paired with the above example of Ueda and his wife. Even worse, this song can be taken as Chii's song to Hideki, or song to, in which case the tearjerker factor gets taken Up to Eleven.