Anime and Manga/Heartwarming



The Japanese know what's scary, and what is either heartwrenching, hilarious, or awesome. However, they also know how to make you feel warm and fuzzy.

Series with their own pages:

A-E

 * A Certain Scientific Railgun
 * AIR
 * Ah! My Goddess
 * Ai no Kusabi
 * AKB49: Ren'ai Kinshi Jourei
 * Amagami
 * Angel Beats!
 * Angel Sanctuary
 * Angelic Layer
 * Aquarion Evol
 * Aria
 * Arpeggio of Blue Steel -Ars Nova-
 * Attack on Titan
 * Axis Powers Hetalia
 * Hetalia Bloodbath 2010
 * Hetaween 2011
 * Hetalia Bloodbath 2011
 * Azumanga Daioh
 * Baccano
 * Baka to Test To Shoukanjuu
 * Bakuman｡
 * Battle Royale
 * Beelzebub
 * Ben-To
 * Berserk
 * The Big O
 * Binbou Shimai Monogatari
 * Birdy the Mighty
 * B Gata H Kei
 * Black Butler
 * Black Lagoon
 * Bleach
 * Blue Exorcist
 * The Borrower Arrietty
 * Cage of Eden
 * Cardcaptor Sakura
 * Cardfight Vanguard
 * A Certain Magical Index
 * A Certain Scientific Railgun
 * Change 123
 * Chibisan Date
 * Chihayafuru
 * Chobits
 * Chrono Crusade
 * Ciel the Last Autumn Story
 * Clannad
 * Code Geass
 * Code Geass: Nightmare of Nunnally
 * Crayon Shin-chan
 * Coyote Ragtime Show
 * Daily Life with Monster Girl
 * D.Gray-man
 * Dance in The Vampire Bund
 * Darker Than Black
 * Deadman Wonderland
 * Death Note
 * Denpa Onna to Seishun Otoko
 * Detective Conan
 * Devilman
 * Don't Meddle With My Daughter
 * Dragon Ball
 * .hack//Quantum
 * .hack//Sign
 * Digimon
 * Digimon Adventure
 * Digimon Adventure 02
 * Digimon Tamers
 * Digimon Frontier
 * Digimon Savers
 * Digimon Xros Wars
 * Digimon Xros Wars: The Young Hunters Leaping Through Time
 * Durarara!!
 * Eden of the East
 * El-Hazard: The Magnificent World
 * Eureka Seven
 * Eureka Seven AO
 * Excel Saga
 * Eyeshield 21

F-J

 * Fairy Tail
 * The Familiar of Zero
 * Fate/stay night
 * Fate/kaleid liner Prisma Illya
 * Fate/Zero
 * Fist of the North Star
 * 5 Centimeters Per Second
 * FLCL
 * Fractale
 * Franken Fran
 * Freezing
 * Fruits Basket
 * Fullmetal Alchemist
 * Full Metal Panic!
 * Fushigi Yuugi
 * Full Moon o Sagashite
 * Gankutsuou
 * Gantz
 * GetBackers
 * Gintama
 * Ginga Densetsu Weed
 * Gosick
 * Grave of the Fireflies
 * Great Teacher Onizuka
 * Guilty Crown
 * Gungrave
 * Gankutsuou/Heartwarming
 * Gunslinger Girl
 * Gun X Sword
 * Haibane Renmei
 * Hajime no Ippo
 * Haiyore! Nyaruko-san
 * Hanasaku Iroha
 * Haruhi-chan
 * Haruhi Suzumiya
 * Hayate the Combat Butler
 * Heaven's Lost Property
 * Hell Girl
 * Hellsing
 * Hidamari Sketch
 * High School DxD
 * Highschool of the Dead
 * Higurashi no Naku Koro ni
 * Umineko no Naku Koro ni
 * Howl's Moving Castle
 * Hyakujitsu no Bara
 * The Idolmaster
 * Initial D
 * Inuyasha
 * Iris Zero
 * Is This a Zombie?
 * JoJo's Bizarre Adventure
 * Jormungand
 * Jungle wa Itsumo Hale Nochi Guu

K-O

 * Kaichou wa Maid-sama
 * Kaiji
 * Kaiketsu Zorori
 * Kanon
 * Kara no Kyoukai
 * Kare Kano
 * Katekyo Hitman Reborn
 * Kikaider
 * Kiki's Delivery Service
 * Kimi ni Todoke
 * King of Thorn
 * Kinnikuman
 * Koi Kaze
 * K-On!
 * Kirby: Right Back at Ya!
 * Laputa: Castle in the Sky
 * Legend of Galactic Heroes
 * Liar Game
 * Liar Game: Roots of A
 * A Little Snow Fairy Sugar
 * Lucky Star
 * Lupin III
 * Lupin III: The Secret of Twilight Gemini
 * Magical Girl Lyrical Nanoha
 * Magical Girl Lyrical Nanoha
 * Magical Girl Nanoha A's
 * Magical Girl Lyrical Nanoha Strikers
 * Magico
 * Magi: Labyrinth of Magic
 * Maka-Maka
 * Makai Senki Disgaea
 * Mahou Sensei Negima
 * Mai-Otome
 * Mariasama ga Miteru
 * Maria Watches Over Us
 * Martian Successor Nadesico
 * Mawaru Penguindrum
 * Mazinger Z
 * Great Mazinger
 * UFO Robo Grendizer
 * Medaka Box
 * Memories of Emanon
 * Mermaid Melody Pichi Pichi Pitch
 * Metropolis
 * Michiko to Hatchin
 * Mirai Nikki
 * Mitsudomoe
 * MM!
 * Mobile Fighter G Gundam
 * Mobile Suit Gundam 00
 * Mobile Suit Gundam Age
 * Mobile Suit Gundam SEED
 * Monster
 * Monster Rancher
 * Mujin Wakusei Survive
 * My Lovely Ghost Kana
 * My Neighbor Totoro
 * Mai-HiME
 * Mythical Detective Loki Ragnarok
 * Nadia: The Secret of Blue Water
 * Naruto
 * Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind
 * Noein
 * Neon Genesis Evangelion
 * Rebuild of Evangelion
 * Nichijou
 * Noir
 * Onani Master Kurosawa
 * One Piece
 * One Piece Film Strong World
 * Oniisama e...
 * Only Yesterday
 * Ore no Imouto ga Konna Ni Kawaii Wake ga Nai
 * Ouran High School Host Club

P-T

 * Pandora Hearts
 * Panty & Stocking with Garterbelt
 * Paranoia Agent
 * Patlabor
 * Pet Shop of Horrors
 * Petite Princess Yucie
 * Pluto
 * Ponyo on the Cliff by the Sea
 * Pokémon
 * Pokémon: The First Movie
 * Pokémon: The Movie 2000
 * Pokémon 3
 * Pokémon 4Ever
 * Pokémon Heroes
 * Pokémon: Jirachi Wishmaker
 * Pokémon: Destiny Deoxys
 * Pokémon: Lucario and The Mystery of Mew
 * Pokémon Ranger and The Temple of The Sea
 * Pokémon: The Rise of Darkrai
 * Pokémon: Giratina and The Sky Warrior
 * Pokémon: Arceus and the Jewel of Life
 * Pokémon: Zoroark: Master of Illusions
 * Pokémon the Movie: Black And White
 * Pokémon: Mewtwo Returns
 * Pokémon Special
 * Popotan
 * Pretty Sammy
 * The Prince of Tennis/Heartwarming
 * Princess Mononoke
 * Princess Princess
 * Princess Tutu
 * Puella Magi Madoka Magica
 * RahXephon
 * Ranma ½
 * Revolutionary Girl Utena
 * RIN-NE
 * Rosario + Vampire
 * Sailor Moon
 * Saint Seiya: The Lost Canvas
 * Saiyuki
 * Sakende Yaruze
 * Sakura Taisen
 * Samurai Champloo
 * School Days
 * School Rumble
 * S-CRY-ed
 * Serial Experiments Lain
 * Shakugan no Shana
 * Shaman King
 * Shinryaku! Ika Musume
 * Shitsurakuen
 * Shugo Chara
 * Simoun
 * Skip Beat!
 * Slayers
 * So Ra No Wo To
 * Soul Eater
 * Spirited Away
 * Star Driver
 * Strawberry Panic!
 * Summer Wars
 * Tales From Earthsea
 * Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann
 * The World God Only Knows
 * Tiger and Bunny
 * To LOVE-Ru
 * Toradora
 * Togainu no Chi
 * Toriko
 * Trigun
 * Tsukihime
 * Tsuritama
 * 20th Century Boys

U-Z

 * Umineko no Naku Koro Ni
 * Until Death Do Us Part
 * Urusei Yatsura
 * Uzumaki
 * Vampire Hunter D
 * Vampire Knight
 * Vandread
 * Violinist of Hameln
 * Virgin Night
 * Wakfu
 * Wedding Peach
 * Whisper of the Heart
 * Wolf's Rain
 * Words Worth
 * The World God Only Knows
 * Working!!
 * Xam'd: Lost Memories
 * Xenosaga
 * xxxHOLiC
 * Yotsuba&!
 * Yuru-Yuri
 * Yuugen Kaisha
 * Yu Yu Hakusho
 * Yu-Gi-Oh!
 * Yu-Gi-Oh! GX
 * Yu-Gi-Oh! 5D's
 * Yu-Gi-Oh! Zexal
 * Zatch Bell
 * Zettai Karen Children

OTHERS
"Fumu: "Everyone loves you, Kirby!""
 * Angelic Layer:  It still makes me weepy, especially after all that happened to her to get there.
 * The last episode of the Aria series has [[media:alicia-akari-hug.png|Alicia comforting her trainee Akari]], who has difficulty accepting her senpai's retirement. Despite their obvious feelings for each other throughout the series, scenes like that are actually rather rare. Later in the same episode there is the retirement ceremony against the magnificent backdrop of New Venice, with the emotional moment when Alicia hands Akari her oar and thus her position.
 * In Asatte no Houkou the flashback in episode 8 was very touching aswell.  Well, actually pretty much most of Asatte no Houkou. It's a very heart-warming series.
 * While Asu no Yoichi is alight with moments of awesome, funny and heartwarming due to the nature of the manga, this one (and that whole chapter) really outdoes the others.
 * In Corrector Yui, Freeze may have gone from an efficient Corruptor to a ditzy Corrector, but
 * And also, the episode where
 * Despite Fuan no Tane being a horror manga, the story Message is actually rather sweet.
 * GaoGaiGar's last TV series episode, featuring The Power of Love, and
 * After rescuing Miyako and pacifying the spirits, the sky clears and the cast gathers together in a happy final scene with all of their problems neatly resolved in Ghost Hound.
 * It's kind of subtle, but before that, when Taro is in the hospital and Makoto is having family troubles, Masayuki is the one who goes and spends some time with them. Later he helps rescue a classmate from bullies. This doesn't seem like much until you remember Masayuki's backstory. He is trying so hard to start over and be a good friend, despite his own issues. It's sweet.
 * The ending of Gunbuster:
 * Not on the same scale, but still: the scene in episode 5 where we hear the girls at the Academy calling for Coach Ohta -.
 * No matter how horrific the contents (or perhaps, because of them), this troper's always been touched by the opening of Gunslinger Girl, when Henrietta smiles and jumps toward the sky. You really have to see it for yourself.
 * To This Troper, the most heartwarming moment took place when seemingly shoots herself and  desperately tries to stop her. She then reveals that she used a blank round and says that she'd never kill herself while he loves her as much as he does.
 * Well, that depends on how you interpret that scene.
 * In Initial D, the dog-kicking, dirty-playing Jerkass road racer Shingo
 * Junjou Romantica is packed full of these, but my personal favorites are when Miyagi takes Shinobu to his first love's grave to tell her that he has fallen in love again, when Hiroki sends Nowaki flowers and when Misaki finally, finally manages to tell Usagi that he loves him.
 * In Kamichu!!, Yurie has to find the couple who once were regular visitors of a now-abandoned beach - and later she finds out that they are . The sweetest part is when she transfers her divine power to them by kissing them on their foreheads.
 * What about episode 15, probably the most heartwarming episode in a series made of nothing BUT heartwarming, cute, and fluffies. On Valentine's Day, THE ENTIRE TOWN, humans and gods, apparently all know about Yurie's crush on calligraphy club-president Ken-chan (except for Ken-chan, of course) and all of them, particularly the women-folk, support her and help her to confess her love to him on the big day. Yurie's friends help her make chocolate; on her way to school, she has old ladies wishing her luck and telling her to do her best; her classmates subtly gossip around Ken-chan about how cute, helpful, and popular Yurie is; Mitsue and Tama bring Yurie the chocolate when she forgets. When Yurie approaches Ken-chan on the roof
 * A sweet one is in episode 6. Yurie is suffering from a fever, and receives a get-well charm. It has an odd effect on her, causing her to leave her body and float through the town. She uses it to check up on everyone, and of course her love interest Ken. Since no one can see her, she just sits next to him and watches him with the most adorable smile on her face.
 * Not to mention that every episode has, at least, one of these. Even if it's not very strong.
 * Prince of Tennis has two memorable ones. Like when the first thing Eiji went to after his match against Higa was his doubles partner. But it doesn't compare to the Anime's season finale, where Ryoma.
 * Kiddy Grade has a lot.
 * The entire first half of episode 16, alongside being a huge (and very genuine) Tear Jerker.
 * The entire second half of episode 20, again alongside being a huge (and very genuine) Tear Jerker.
 * The Reveal in episode 22.
 * 's final moments in episode 24.
 * The actions of in episode 24.
 * This troper found episode 51 of the Kirby anime to be one big Crowning Moment Of Heartwarming for every character. Except possibly Dedede and Escargon.
 * This troper found episode 51 of the Kirby anime to be one big Crowning Moment Of Heartwarming for every character. Except possibly Dedede and Escargon.

"Gale Glory: "King killed my wife, and on top of that, he left me alone and unable to see my kids. For ten years I hated him for it. I wanted nothing more than to kill him with my own two hands...but you know...you may not believe this...but I still think of him as my best friend. It's not how much time you spend together, laughing, enjoying life that matters. Once you're best friends, no matter how much you grow to hate each other, detest each other...deep down inside, you'll always be best friends. I just can't bring myself to kill him. If doing this makes him happy...I'll let him do it as long as he feels like it, this one last time.""
 * In the second episode of Kurau Phantom Memory, Kurau suddenly grabs Christmas and takes off into the air with her, after Christmas says she wants to be able to fly as well. The imagery of Kurau happily holding her long-awaited "pair" while flying over the city and Christmas' cheery response is a pleasure to watch -- but also quite foreboding.
 * Actually what did it for this troper was the end of the first episode, when Christmas appears and Kurau quietly weeps with joy.
 * As might be expected from the title, Mahoraba ~Heartful Days have many moments like this, but the best one comes in the climax of episode 22.
 * Maka-Maka is overall astonishingly touching for a Hentai Porn with Plot series. But a highlight is when after a miserable birthday spent with her Jerkass Guy of the Week, Nene thinks Jun has forgotten her. Then Jun calls just to thank Nene for being born (and invite her out to party).
 * Minami-ke's tedious and mediocre second season (Okawari) redeems itself somewhat with the unexpectedly well-done last episode, in which Kana and Chiaki plead with their older sister Haruka not to study abroad, leading to a warm (although somewhat clingy) display of sisterly love.
 * And then some familiar music comes in -- and you realize it's the first season theme. Even if you like Okawari, it's a satisfying callback.
 * Najica Blitz Tactics, mostly being one heck of a Fan Service-overloaded Panty Shot vehicle, actually manages to pull off a very sweet scene in which android Lila closely observes Najica's changes of posture and mimics them, just like a child would do - or perhaps a lover. It's just so darn cute, which also gets commented on by one character who watches this.
 * Lila does a lot of that. My favourite is the hilarious bit where she drops a plate and the noise shocks Najica into realizing something, for which she says thanks -- so Lila starts dropping all the other plates one by one. Her childlike behaviour and bond with Najica are the real selling points of the show.
 * Rave Master: After he's defeated, Gale Glory lets the half-dead King hit him over and over again and gives one few genuinely touching Power of Friendship speeches that this troper ever read,


 * At the end of the series when Haru is revived. When the characters wonder how thats possible (along with their own survival as many had sacrificed themselves in the final battle). They find out the planet itself had saved them as thanks for saving the world
 * ROD the TV has a very touching moment when Hisami finally decides to say farewell to Anita before she moves back to Hong Kong. Their relationship was sort of an island of normalcy in Anita's crazy life, so it's quite chilling when.
 * What about Wendy and Joker's ending? That made me go "awwwww."
 * As did the scene in Nenene's apartment after  when.
 * How the three sisters met was heartwarming to the MAX.
 * And any time there's a Three Sisters Vote!
 * In particular, the one in episode 11 (IIRC): all of the votes in the early episodes are for comic relief, but it comes as a Meaningful Echo when they vote unanimously to rescue Nenene even at the risk of their own lives.
 * Revolutionary Girl Utena: The game of badminton between the Duellists make this troper tear up every time.  And, of course:
 * Don't forget the scene in the movie, when
 * Saikano has countless heartwarming scenes between the tearjerking scenes, most notably the end of the first half of episode 1 when Shuji and Chise agree to give love another go, the end of episode 10 when Chise finally returns to Shuji and they run away from their unhappiness together, and the ENTIRE first half of episode 11! (Of course, it can't last.)
 * The very, final end of the show, after.
 * In the final ep of Samurai Pizza Cats tough-as-nails Polly Esther breaks down when she realizes that Speedy- who she usually yelled at for goofing off or being slow delivering pizzas- is risking his life to stop a comet from crashing into Tokyo. The thought that he might not come back alive finally leads her to look beyond his faults and admit her feelings at last, crying out loud, "I love him so!" Awww!
 * The entire third part of the fifth episode of Shinryaku! Ika Musume, titled "Won't You Keep It?" The segment manages to end on a tear jerking note, but that doesn't change the fact that the rest of the story of Eiko and Mini Ika is a complete and utter joy to watch.
 * Sorcerer Hunters: The end of the anime. *sniff* The Power of Friendship is a beautiful thing.
 * In the manga version, Marron's flashbacks of Carrot saving him from bullies, and how that inspired him to become the person he is today. Also, Chocolat's two-volume flashback explaining how she and Tira came to live with Carrot and Marron's family and why Carrot means so much to her now.
 * Chris Thorndyke may have annoyed the living heck out of 80% of the viewing audience but this troper still wells up when she watches the end of the second series of Sonic X and Sonic takes him running one last time, before he has to do the whole return to his own world forever thing. It's summed up in the fact that Sonic cries for the first time pretty much ever in that continuity, and the kid gets the tears in his face. That you never see Sonic's eyes just makes it worse.
 * Similarly, in Sonic X, Cream's reunion with her mother.
 * Sonic X again. During the episode Last Resort, Amy makes Sonic a bracelet out of shells to protect him when he's around his weakness, water. Instead of being all put out the way he usually is when Amy makes a romantic gesture, Sonic can only stare at her in surprise. The look on his face, coupled with the look on Amy's, is absolutely adorable.
 * Add this to the fact that after the bracelet is smashed, and Amy is convinced it's lost, the episode ends on a scene with Sonic, watching the water and wearing the repaired bracelet. Awww.
 * The ending to Episode 52, Memories of the Wind.  But it works so well that I was "awww"ing throughout.
 * The very last episode of Speed Grapher is just...beautiful. There's nothing else to say. It will bring people to tears.
 * The Stoic Meia comforting newcomer Misty in Vandread and caring for Ezra's baby Karu (AKA "Pyoro II").
 * Especially that part where Meia throws herself into open space without a spacesuit because that's the only way to conserve enough air in the escape pod for Karu to survive.
 * Later in the series Bart befriends a Littlest Cancer Patient named Shirley, whom makes a small felt doll in his likeness,.
 * The final scene of the series.
 * The Wallflower in the latest manga chapter, after 20-odd chapters of She Is Not My Girlfriend and 73 of What Is This Thing You Call Love?, Kyohei . Cue High Pressure Nosebleed from the recipient and Squee from male and female fans alike. We can only hope it sticks.
 * There's also a storyline in an earlier volume where Kyohei is forced to stay in the hospital and makes friends with the spirit of a beautiful young Bishounen trying to find a hidden love letter he wrote for his sweetheart years ago. With help from Sunako and Kyohei, the ghost finds the letter and gives it to his aged sweetheart, who is Kyohei's nurse and a very touching moment is felt. However, the reunion is sadly cut short when the ghost passes on over to the afterlife.
 * Yokohama Kaidashi Kikou has a beautiful scene in which an emotional Alpha watches an area with pretty underwater streetlights, accompanied by the woman who patched her up after she got struck by lightning earlier in the series.
 * And the final strip: So very, very sweet.
 * The whole damn series is this trope incarnate. Which is odd, because it takes place After the End.
 * The very last scene in the final TV episode of Jungle wa Itsumo Hale Nochi Guu. Despite the rest of the episode essentially being as nonsensical as the rest of the series, that one final scene made this troper drain half a box of Kleenex--first watching it, then thinking about it for almost an hour afterward.

"Ifurita: "This is destiny, Makoto. If I had not undertaken this journey, I could never meet you, and that is why I am going...to meet you - because I had nothing until I met you, not even a single memory." Makoto "Then let me give you mine." [A Montage of Makoto's memories on Earth with Ifurita placed in them, at peace and happy, follows]"
 * Sister Princess: At the end of episode 20, when, as a Christmas present, the sisters.
 * The very final scene of Vision of Escaflowne has
 * Musical moment: Neko no Kimochi.
 * El-Hazard: The Magnificent World: As Ifurita prepares to enter the Eye of God in order to bring it back under control, and to close the Stable Time Loop which brought about the events of the series:


 * I always think of the final scene where Ifurita is all alone in the schoolyard, seemingly forever trapped out of her world and time. Suddenly, a slightly older Makoto materializes with her key staff as promised to rescue her and she joyously runs to join him and go home to the tune of a beautiful ballad.
 * The end of the final Episode of Abenobashi Mahou Shoutengai: Sasshi says Screw Destiny, finally renounces being a kid and wants to grow up for Arumi (meaning he'll face that they'll move away and that he'll lose his old environment) and
 * In Piano, Miu plays a waltz by Chopin for her friend Yuuki and gets her feelings across. It's actually quite rare that Miu performs a whole piece for somebody, even though the show is supposed to be about her piano playing.
 * Prétear has a bit of these. In the next-to-the-last episode, Himeno goes to rescue, managing to convince her that her family actually loves her and wants to know her true feelings -- while said family is attempting to save her as well, despite them not even having any magical powers to do anything against the enemy.
 * In episode 8, Himeno runs away from home after losing her powers, and spends time with Mawata, discussing her current feelings about being useless -- even agreeing with Mawata's statement that it's better to be alone, so that you won't be able to hurt anyone or to get hurt by anyone. As Himeno leaves Mawata, she encounters Hayate, who has been frantically looking for he
 * In Kill Me Baby, the comedy is based mainly around Yasuna annoying Sonya, usually resulting in Sonya hurting her. However, in episode 13,
 * Haru wo Daiteita: When Iwaki declares his love, he entwined his fingers with Katou and held them to his heart.
 * Bakemonogatari: