Natsume's Book of Friends/Tear Jerker


 * Natsume Yuujinchou has tearjerkers aplenty from the very first episode onwards. The sensitive are advised to watch with a wad of kleenex at the ready.
 * Even people who don't cry often would be advised to keep a few kleenex handy.
 * For example, the second episode with the
 * And the first episode, Hishigaki calling for Reiko, all alone and crying. Or the youkai who.
 * And then there was that part in Episode Six where Natsume cries upon seeing the photograph of the bird Youkai girl he'd grown attached to, finally getting to be with the human she had so badly wanted to meet all her life, if only for a few hours before she vanished.
 * The Zoku episode with Gen and Sui... Just... watch it. Particuarly
 * Natsume comforting Gen in the same episode.
 * Any moment where Natsume feels less like an outcast and more like he has a place where he actually belongs doubles as both this and a CMOH. Seriously, just, his absolute bewilderment at actually belonging...
 * This Troper also finds that part in the sequel series, episode either, where.
 * What makes this even more heartbreaking is that
 * Tama-chan refusing to eat, and Natsume's realization why. Segues into a Crowning Moment of Awesome shortly after.
 * The kitsune boy in the manga getting his name turned down, and believing he's useless again.
 * The firefly spirit saying goodbye to the man she loved, in the manga, and then dying.
 * Of course, the guy used to love her too, and his Anguished Declaration of Love when he could no longer see youkai was equally heartbreaking.
 * Actually, any given chapter of the manga has probably made this troper burst into tears at some point.
 * Natsume and Reiko's life in general. For Reiko, she couldn't trust humans OR youkai and spent the days picking fights to fill the void. It's shown later that while humans called her a freak, because of her strength, even the youkai called her an omen of disaster. At least Natsume eventually found friends among both youkai and humans, but it's implied Reiko never really had that. Although Natsume's life up until that point was harsh as well.
 * From the third episode of season one, there was a youkai who took human form so that she could talk to Natsume and comfort him by pretending that she was a human that could see youkai as well. However, once Natsume found out that the woman he thought was like him was actually a youkai...
 * The first episode of the third season, Reiko discovering that
 * The third episode of the third season has an elementary school classmate of Natsume's come and ask for his help in identifying if that girl he's been seeing is a youkai or not.
 * Early on in the third series, Natsume witnesses a cute winged Youkai being violently killed by a ravening face. This deeply upsets him, enough that he's still remembering it and being bothered by it episodes later -- even after sealing the youkai that did it.  Then he meets the woman who was bonded with that winged youkai, who has sworn revenge against   for what they did. She did some serious damage in her rampage, but it's hard not to feel sorry for her when she's doubled over on the ground sobbing for her lost friend.
 * Basically, the entire third season seems to have amped up the quantity of Tear Jerker moments
 * In episode 7 of season 4, both Tanuma and Natsume are filled with insecurities and when they finally admit their insecurities, you can just feel and hear the emotions in their voices. This brings them even closer than before and for Natsume is a big step forward in their friendship. This trope teared up.