Case Closed/Tear Jerker

Detective Conan has a general policy of making its large amount of murderers sympathetic and Asshole Victims. As a result, this series is full of tear-jerking Motive Rants--among other potentially sentimental stuff. Just a few examples:

Most of them are thanks to filler episodes, as proof that fillers aren't necessarily bad.

"It's all as the detectives said! Everything about was in the note. I couldn't forgive them! But still... I loved him madly! Because he came back for me! And he always helped and encouraged me after losing my parents. And he even accepted to marry me!."
 * The case of a certain Anti-Villain of the week in a (Filler) case, "The Murder in the Mountain Villa!": he was the pupil and ghost writer for the Victim of the Week (a very eccentric murder mystery author who dressed up as a vampire) and said writer used to pay for his Ill Girl younger sister's hospital bills in exchange for the guy's hard work.  Conan himself lampshades the trope as he thinks
 * Seiji Asou in Moonlight Sonata-- the tear jerking part is not the motive rant on how he took revenge for his murdered family, but the fact that after that he.
 * Hiroki Sawada of the Non-Serial Movie The Phantom of Baker Street is Deus Angst Machina to tear jerking levels: Child Prodigy who was a bit too much for Japanese schools to deal with, two separate Parental Abandonments, and his stepfather, despite recognizing his ability, deprived him of socialization-- and a later case of his DNA tracking his stepfather provoked the latter's In the Blood response-- which culminated in his pretty epic suicide in th movie's opening-- at the age of 10.
 * 's Broken Pedestal episode, "The Ski Lodge Murder", where, and she had to relay Conan/Shinichi's deductions (which he sent to her through a hidden microphone). Seeing   shake and cry as she "resolved" the case, with Conan mentally kicking himself as he tells her what happened... sniffff..
 * When Ran said "I wish you were Shinichi" at Conan's face, not knowing the truth about his identity. His reaction just makes it worse.
 * A number of the Poor Communication Kills examples are particularly tragic, especially when a misunderstanding leads to the death (sometimes at one's own hands) of a loved one. (Most notably the case where )
 * A girl rejecting her friend's confession because she knew that her other friend loved him.
 * The anime episode where
 * The case involving Miyuki Hyuuga, a Sexy Secretary whose parents were killed by her boyfriend Hideomi (who came from the rich family that Miyuki was working for), when he was a teenager and she was only 6 years old, since he and his friend Mitsuaki caused the fire in which Miyuki's parents died. However, Hideomi felt guilty and returned for little Miyuki, saving her and becoming badly burned in the process. . Then Miyuki Little did he know that
 * Then, when, she took a pot supposedly filled with gasoline and got ready to burn herself to death. Then came her Motive Rant:

""I've already waited ten years... so another ten will be just fine.""
 * Then her suicide plan is botched (there was no gasoline, only water), and breaks down even more. ("Why, why, why? His fire lit so easily, so why doesn't mine?!") Luckily, the chairman appeared and asked  to live for Hideomi, as   would've wanted her to.
 * And it's really not helped by
 * The case in which a lady named Kyouko Takahata killed her brother-in-law, Soejima, because she blamed him for the death of her older sister. It actually turned out that the sister had died... of illness, and that she and Soejima really loved each other. And by the time Kyouko heard her sister's phone message in which she told her how happy she had been in her married life, it was already too late.
 * In episode 605, the murderer  commit a crime for the sake of   The saddest part is that
 * Also, made worse because
 * For one that isn't a Motive Rant? Look no further than one
 * Made even better/worse by the next episode...
 * It was probably worse in the anime, where two versions of the episode exist. The case actually happened rather early on in the manga, and it was possibly the first one that actually had a sad and grim ending. Not aware of where this was going, the anime producers had Akemi survive. So, on watching it, you might probably think it's a mistake in the airing order... and then, wham, downer ending.
 * There were two Tear jerker cases coming right behind the other in season 5:
 * First, the "Great Writer's Disappearance Case" (episodes 116-117): The famous novelist Nitaro Shinmei and his wife have been missing for a while, apparently in retirement as he sends his scripts and novels to his editor via mail. Their daughter Kaori goes to Kogoro and Co. so they can decipher a series of strange code messages, which hint that the Shinmeis have actually been held hostage all the time.
 * The "Naniwa Murder Case" (episodes 118 to 119): It was already hard to see, but the worst/better comes in the end...  And then, It Gets Worse...   Really, really strong stuff, and not even the usually horrible Latin-American dub could kill the emotions.
 * From the Stranger In Ten Years OAV, one single phrase is enough to open the waterworks:

"Conan/Kogoro:"
 * flashbacks before he finally found her just makes it worse.
 * Arguably the whole of Stranger In Ten Years. It took me weeks to shake off the downer feelings it leaves behind.
 * The murder when a girl kills her sister, as we find out, for marrying the man she loved, despite her feelings. However as we quickly find out,  Just seeing the agony of realizing what she'd done was enough to send chills down your spine and make one misty-eyed.
 * Seeing Jodie break down in the car after.
 * Then there's one of the saddest episodes ever; two partners owning a small TV shooting company, who are obviously in love, ask Kogoro to star in their show. Later the  is found dead in his apartment. Suspicion immediately  . Instead, it turns out that  . Conan's line through Kogoro's mouth makes the man break down in tears ... and the audience, too *sniff*

": There's not a single person on Earth that deserves to die like that. I'm not saying that I forgive for the crime she commited... (closes  's eyes) But when someone dies, it means that someone else's heart is stricken with grief. Even if I'm the only one in grief, that's more than enough..."
 * The Detective Koshien case's end in the anime has a really heartbreaking moment: when, explains why  . Not only we see flashbacks of  , but then we have
 * One from almost the beginning:  in Billionaire Birthday Blues:


 * The case introducing Tooru Amuro, with Kogoro's school friend Raita Banba. The night before his wedding, the bride, Hatsune Kamon, burns to death in her car. He's a suspect. Raita and Hatsune shared everything: Not only could they tell what the other was thinking even they were being silent, but they had the same birth date, same blood type, and they'd even been rescued from the same fire as infants and were both adopted.
 * A minor one, but in the fifth movie, Sonoko styles her hair like Haibara, which surprises Conan and causes him to blush. Sadly, Ayumi watches from the car and is about to cry, that she doesn't have pretty hair. Poor girl.
 * The Kimono Goddess Filler case has a surprisingly powerful scene in the beginning, where  aka   climbs to a building's roof in her university campus... and after sadly staring at the skies, she throws herself off and dies. Beatifully done, and really heartbreaking.