Clannad (visual novel)/Tear Jerker



Clannad, Dear, GOD, CLANNAD....

Kyoto Animation seems to enjoy making the first arc as tear-inducing as possible, which is simple enough for a Key Visual Arts game. "Ryou:"
 * Case in point: The ending of Fuuko's arc in Clannad. This troper was in tears upon hearing  Clannad may not have as many Tear Jerkers as other anime, but damm it has the most tear jerking ones.
 * In Fuko's arc, there was one particular scene that got me; it was when Sanae started to . What made it worse was that she knew it was happening, and was inconsolable, on the floor, asking through her tears  ... It's ramped Up to Eleven when you notice that Sanae is basically acting like a newly-blind person reaching out to someone she knows is there, but of course can't see anymore before she breaks down. Dammit, TV shows shouldn't be able to do this to me.
 * Whenever Nasiga is reminded of how she may lose her memory of Fuuko eventually, she holds onto her like a teddy bear! *sniff*
 * The Japanese version of that scene is especially heart-wrenching thanks to Kikuko Inoue's superb performance.  It was a very hard scene to watch for me, personally.
 * Only thing that might top that that I can think of is when, the morning after their impromptu party with, Tomoya and Nagisa wake up--and wonder what the two of them had been doing there.
 * It's even worse when you remember that It was at that moment when this troper completely lost it.
 * Another Fuko moment, though more in a tears of joy sense, is And this is only capped by.
 * Nagisa the character is basically a Tear Jerker with legs. She's a shy, timid, ill girl from a happy family who is gentle to a fault, gets emotional easily, has unclear ambitions, sings an old children's song that no one appreciates, and occasionally gets so sick that she has to skip a good chunk of school, which leads to her having to stay back a year. Twice. While seeing all her other friends graduate and leave her. It explains a lot when the whole show is about her. Poor thing...
 * Not to mention Ichinose Kotomi. She's basically every element of Tear-Jerking Nagisa has Taken Up To Eleven. Let's see...she's about forty times as shy, timid to the point of being incapable to so much as hear anyone but Okazaki,, much less speak with anyone. She's just as gentle, being the only female love interest who doesn't actively force anything on Okazaki. She also sings an old childhood song...in an attempt to have her  And since she's so shy/smart no one's approached her in that time except Okazaki, she's been alone in her grief for all those years as well. To further twist the knife   Broken Bird indeed.
 * Yusuke Yoshino's got a bit of Tear Jerker
 * Oddly enough the ending song, Dango Daikazoku, while fairly happy in actual content, also evokes sadness for some reason.
 * Just wait till you see who sings it to whom in ~After Story~.
 * It also comes back when . This Troper was crying tears of joy when that scene occurred.
 * Probably would have killed myself if he hadn't reset.
 * Kappei's arc in the Visual Novel where Ryou and Tomoya


 * Awwwww ;_;...
 * The ending of Kotomi's arc also did it for others. "Father... Mother... Welcome home."
 * The is a huge one.
 * Misae's arc in Clannad ~After Story~. "I'm sorry I couldn't be with you until the end of the festival."
 * Episode 16 of ~After Story~, namely, the part where
 * This troper was so heartbroken by the end of the episode, that he thought he was going to die from uncontrollably crying for five minutes straight.
 * Heck, just watching on the next episode is heartbreaking. Way to twist the knife there Kyo Ani.
 * I'm not entirely sure that does it justice. This Troper still breaks down in tears over the OP, God, that music...
 * Want to make it worse (or better, depending on how much you like the feeling)? Read the lyrics. "Making breakfast for three" . ..
 * This Troper has only cried twice watching anything, the first was when he was five watching The Land Before Time,, and at the end of this episode, watching the preview. He thought Tomoyo was going to become like his father, and almost couldn't bare to see how.
 * Episode 17 was equally unbearable. All the cutsie anime antics could barely cover up the fact that Tomoya is still recovering from a Heroic BSOD  That, and
 * Episode 18 got this troper, who laughed at the ending of Grave of the Fireflies, to burst into uncontrollable tears for the next five minutes. Just...
 * This troper lost it when
 * The whole second half of Episode 18 is the ultimate combination of Crowning Moment of Heartwarming, Tear Jerker, and it drives the whole spirit of the anime straight into your heart. It truly has the potential to change your view on life forever. (It did to me)
 * This troper agrees it did change her view on life.
 * This troper found himself holding tears almost whole episode (18). Once it ended it wasn't possible to hold them anymore... Literally collapsed... Major Tear Jerker... You have been warned.
 * What broke it for this troper was how damned cathartic the whole thing was, given its  . This troper found he couldn't move for at least half an hour.
 * Episode 19 was equally heartwarming.
 * Remember Nagisa's parents? Yeah, those comic relief ones. Watch this episode.

"Akio:

Sanae:

Akio:"


 * The return of a certain song in Episode 20.
 * Kyo Ani and Key are sadistic bastards. Episode 21:
 * Earlier on for this troper was Tomoya's marriage proposal to Nagisa.
 * Which, like another game, is more sadder when you know what happens to
 * For this troper, it was Tomoya finally snapping after  His marriage proposal lightened the mood, but not before he bloodied his knuckles and Nagisa struggled to calm him down.
 * Let's just agree on the entire ~After Story~
 * I'll do you one better: the whole damn show.
 * Yes. The whole damn show.
 * No. The game, the show, the manga and everything else in between.
 * Everything related to Clannad (No matter how small) definitely counts.
 * To show you just how tearjerking it is, it moved to a Heroic BSOD, and at times, nearly this close to crying. And all he did was watch 3-4 clips (.). When he talked to a friend about this, he summed the show up in these lines: "." His response was perfect, almost a mirror to Psyga, mind completely blown. When he spoke of  he had this to say: "Broken Heart? Screw that, if I were him, I would have killed myself." And when Psyga told him about the  he thought Psyga was making it up. That is the power of Clannad.
 * I agree with your friend. Tomoya's life is one massive Player Punch!
 * Tomoyo's route in the game is unusual in that Tomoya and her hook up quick and you're lured into a sense of peace with Tomoyo waking Tomoya making him lunch and helping him study in between sessions of sweet nothings and kissing...then the game destroys this by apparently the entire student body working to break them up; and they do. The most painful part? Watching Tomoya return to his old ways punctuated with the heart-wrenching line "and now the last thing Tomoyo gave me...is gone."
 * Thanks to watching the movie, this troper stopped watching ~After Story~ after episode 15. And when he finally decided to watch the whole show from start to finish he found even funny or heartwarming parts to be tear-jerkers thanks to knowing  without knowing about the grand finale. In particular: in Fuko's first appearance after her arc Nagisa asks if they've met before and fuko says that she doesn't have to remember now since they will meet natually someday   and every time Nagisa promises to be with Tomoya forever.
 * Kotomi's breakdown upon seeing a bus accident. Serious props to the voice actor- this was the scene that made me realize that the series was worth watching.
 * It's Less Disturbing in Context,.
 * About that? Less Disturbing in Context? More like in-story Harsher in Hindsight!
 * For me, the parts that really made me cry were Tomoya's father's arc (it made me wanted to call my parents and tell them how much I love and appreciate them), the moment when father and daughter hugged each other for the first time, and when Tomoya  (perhaps the most tear jerking moment in the entire series, less so in the game since its a lot more powerful to hear Tomoya's voice.) Essentially though, everything in After Story after and including
 * This troper actually cried more on Tomoyo After's ending. When, after 5 years  And I was actually a supporter of Tomoyo x Tomoya.
 * After watching this show, listening to some of the music such as Distant Years, Snowfield, The Places Where Wishes Come True II, Uminari, and Nagisa's Theme will make you cry.
 * Think that's sad? Listen to this mash-up after watching the series.
 * This troper actually cried more on Tomoyo After's ending. When, after 5 years  And I was actually a supporter of Tomoyo x Tomoya.
 * After watching this show, listening to some of the music such as Distant Years, Snowfield, The Places Where Wishes Come True II, Uminari, and Nagisa's Theme will make you cry.
 * Think that's sad? Listen to this mash-up after watching the series.