Higurashi no Naku Koro ni/Heartwarming

"Rika:, were you listening to what Mion said? We don't play Old Maid. Just Old Geezer. laughed it off as being the same but it is a completely different game. After all, if one adds the missing card that is taken out in a game of Old Geezer, it becomes a game without losers. Rika: After adding, our missing card, the world became a world free of losers. It is the height of folly to purposely take one card out of the game. This world doesn't need a loser."
 * During the Atonement Arc, the support Rena's friends give her after they find out that Rena . They tell Rena that she could have and should have come to them for help, and they make themselves come to terms with how Rena responded to her situation. Lastly, Rena's friends help her Of course, they should have, but they got most everything else right.
 * In Minagaroshi Rika has finally found out who killed her. In a CMOA she refuses to be drugged so she"ll remember who it is that kills her this time, and as she's being butchered alive the spirits of her friends who died protecting her in this arc surround her and promise to help next time. This troper was in tears watching this.
 * The end of the last arc, as it is the only arc where
 * Rika really puts it in perspective in a way that warms this tropers heart evey time he hears it.
 * Rika?

"Keiichi: "I will never distrust you, no... I will never doubt a friend, ever again.""
 * At the very end, when The relentless tension of the entire series to this point makes that simple act very satisfying.
 * At the very very end
 * This one also crosses over with Crowning Music of Awesome but Dear You -- Bond certainly deserves a mention here. (Spoiler warning, though. But the impact is bigger once you've finished the series.)
 * This devoutly Anglican troper knows a vicar who is a fan of When They Cry (no, really, I do). Said vicar has said that part of him genuinely believes that after the end of this universe, Dear You -- Bond is the song that will be sung in the Heavenly Jerusalem.
 * Minagoroshi-hen, where Keiichi decides that if they can't then the help of  must be the trick. Bonus for Rena when there's too many of them to fit the typical conference room: "Please arrange a larger room... It's the room that should be adjusted for US."
 * When even that doesn't work, Keiichi gets even more support by rallying . When this catches the attention of, Keiichi personally threatens her before humbling himself, to beg for her help. is impressed enough to actually lend her support, and  turns out to help as well, even setting up signs on the side of the road to beg motorists to help. Finally,  The shot of
 * The properly named "Kokoroiyashi-hen", aka Heart Healing Chapter. It's even post Kai.
 * Shion  brings Keiichi lunch when he's on the brink of passing out. She tries to apologize for her sister, but Keiichi tells her to tell Mion to not worry about it, as it was part of the club, and she leaves with a smile. The visual novel is more detailed in this scene, as Keiichi is almost brought to tears every time he takes a bite. It's almost romantic, but it shows how much   cares for him.
 * When
 * The scene right before that when
 * In Meakashi-hen, although it is an early sign that Shion has Hinamizawa Syndrome, when Shion first hears the extra step and belives that it's Satoshi, after a mental conversation with him saying that he'll stay with her and lend her his strength. I couldn't help but think how heartwarming that was, even after thinking "Oh shit, Shion's going insane"
 * Rena confessing her feelings for Keiichi in the last OVA. Rival shippers may not find it cute, but the scene certainly is both cute and funny (Rika shows her dislike of romance), with all the blushing.
 * The last episode of Higurashi no Naku Koro ni has
 * There was also, in Minagoroshi-hen, where . This troper still tears up a little every time he remembers it.
 * The alternate ending, Miotsukushi-hen also has this really sweet scene where Keiichi, in answering an interrogation by Rika, recounts how he gained forgiveness from and then goes further and lets Rika know that he remembers when . The scene that ensues brought both Rika and this troper to tears.
 * Speaking of Tsumihoroboshi-hen, there's two of these within the same episode: when Keiichi confesses to his Nakama about the toy gun incident (to which Mion tells him that there's nothing wrong with hiding embarassing parts of your past and Satoko reassures him that he's a great guy with nothing to be ashamed of), and when he apologizes to Mion for :


 * There's a part towards the end of Matsuribayashi-hen where the group thinks that has been killed, and Satoko calls her her "Nee-Nee", admitting that she thought of her as a surrogate sister, which causes Mion to embrace her and break down. The effect is enhanced by the knowledge that in Watanagashi-hen and Meakashi-hen,.
 * I'm only putting this here because there's no "Crowning Moment of Cute" page: Akasaka first meets Rika. "Nipaa~" SHO KYUUT!!
 * How about the change in the opening credits of Kai? All season we've seen Rika stop, turn around, and wave at the camera towards the end.  Awwwww...
 * In the Watanagashi-hen manga, Keiichi starts crying after because he thinks that   He refuses to   Cue Rena hugging him and saying
 * In Minagoroshi-hen, the fact that when Rika suggests siccing the Yamainu on Satoko's uncle to keep her safe Irie is willing to go through with it, despite Takano pointing out that this could endanger his career. At first it just sounds like the drastic action so often taken in Higurashi, but then you realize that beneath the perviness and the claims of needing to keep Satoko alive to further his research on Hinamizawa Syndrome, Irie really, really cares about her.
 * The last Kira OVA features a much younger Rika who somehow ended up in the present. The scenes between her and . Cue "awwwws."
 * Onikakushi-hen, the gang's "punishment" for Tomitake.