The Familiar of Zero/Tear Jerker


 * Second season: The episodes dealing with the Queen's Lost Love, the . She wants so badly for him to, but in the end we find out that it's just . The mini-arc ends with her giving his body an Anguished Declaration of Love. Given her role in the series so far, this seems to be a prime example of Break the Cutie.
 * Second season finale: Most scenes following the reveal that
 * When Siesta realizes that The poor girl suffers a Heroic BSOD as a result.
 * A second later, the full meaning of what Julio said hits Louise
 * There's a very brief Hope Spot when the brightly shining falls out of Louise's robes...
 * Finally, there's the scene afterwards back at the Academy, where all of the named characters appear to be in feeling varying intensities of depression, largely dependent upon how close they were to .  is the worst off, staying confined in her dark room, having apparently done nothing but cry since her return from the war.
 * The music that starts just as Saito charges down the hill, sword in hand. Can you place it? That's right, it's a slow, sad, beautiful piano version of the OP, "I Say Yes".
 * Tabitha's past. Oh Good, poor Tabby's past.
 * The music that starts just as Saito charges down the hill, sword in hand. Can you place it? That's right, it's a slow, sad, beautiful piano version of the OP, "I Say Yes".
 * Tabitha's past. Oh Good, poor Tabby's past.