Umineko: When They Cry/Tear Jerker



Be warned. Umineko is eight games of murder, mystery and hardship. The faint of heart should have a tissue (and a bucket) ready at all times.
 * In the third arc of Umineko No Naku Koro Ni,  final death in the third arc was absolutely heartbreaking, especially watching her essentially get her dreams that had kept her so... cheerful in the first two arcs get completely smashed.
 * And in the fourth arc, when Rosa  That scene by itself was heartbreaking in the original Visual Novel, but it's worse in the anime for two reasons: First, because Maria tries to calm her mother down by   trying to remind her of the good times they shared together, and her mother doesn't remember. Second, we get a flashback of Maria and Rosa walking together happily right after
 * Maria herself underlines this in the scene where she . "But Sakutaro won't be fixed, right? Because Mama, who created Sakutaro, won't accept him. Mama also created me and won't recognise me. So the broken Maria won't be fixed either."
 * Second arc:  God damn you, Beatrice. GOD. DAMN. YOU.
 * This Troper thought it was an epic moment for Beatrice though. It showed how much of a Troll she was.
 * Then we have their  in the third arc, where George and Beato   ...ugu...
 * The ending of the fourth arc can be seen as a huge Crowning Moment of Awesome for Battler...but after playing through Chiru, think about what the context behind it really means...then it suddenly becomes a LOT more sad.
 * The fanmade version of it does an excellent job of turning the scene into the Tear Jerker it really is (better than the anime, I must add).
 * In Umineko No Naku Koro Ni Chiru,  With the Character Development in that arc, it really is hard when


 * And then there is the song that accompanies it. BAAAAWWW.
 * Or the music box version which manages to turn the song into even more of a Tear Jerker by including  during the interval, adding to the impact behind the lyrics.
 * The Play Station 3 remake also uses this version of the song to intensify the drama even further.
 * Battler's reaction to all of this isn't very much fun to watch, either. He's usually pretty liberal with the Tender Tears, but watching him go to pieces swinging between How Dare You Die on Me! and It's All My Fault is brutal.
 * Now try watching the scene in episode 6  Instant buckets of tears
 * Thank You For Being Born. Play it during any sad scene anywhere and you'll become a sobbing mess. Even the last preview for the anime manages to do so with this.
 * I'm pretty sure I'm alone on this, but there was this one line in the epilogue of Episode 5 where Bernkastel or Lambdadelta offhandedly reveals that It's weird, but even though I don't usally get emotional in the slightest over things like this, and even though they never really made an impression on me as characters, that one thing just got to me, you know?
 * From the same arc;  The music playing during that scene, while breathtakingly beautiful, raises the Tear Jerker level Up to Eleven.
 * This Troper is surprised that no one has mentioned  yet. That fact that even   seemed to be at least mildly affected by it should tell you something.
 * The few minutes before his death in the fifth arc are worse; after is killed, he is shown as stable and supporting of his wife as she falls to pieces. Later, he retires to an "empty" guest-room under the pretense of getting some rest, talks to himself in his normal cheerful way for a few moments...and then falls onto the bed, sobbing uncontrollably. It's both startling and heartbreaking, especially considering his character's attitude up until then.
 * 's narration makes it a lot worse, considering she's in just as terrible a situation, Duel Tear Jerker for the both of them, then.
 * Ange's Image Song captures her heartache and sorrow a little too well. Because I can't accept that I've lost everything, please...come back somehow...
 * That translation is actually wrong. The real translation is instead of "because I can't accept that I've lost everything," it's "I don't care if I lose everything, so, please..." The line before that references a "burning pain." Sob.
 * A lot of moments in a fourth arc qualify. First, Ange's past and story is particularly painful to read through- especially when right after a scene in which we see Ange happily playing with the stakes and Maria, we are treated to a scene when she gets bullied by her classmates in such a painful way that is already heart-rending, but then she reaches her breaking point, and demands from the stakes to kill them- when they can't and try to explain, she Second, the entire scene where Maria   really shows just how broken and tragic they both are in their own ways, in particular if we buy the interpretation that.
 * Three words :  For some reason, this Troper is always moved to tears by that line.
 * The manga makes the former scene even worse.
 * However,  was so artificial that it pushed the deal from Tear Jerker to Narm for some.
 * The First Twilight in Legend. were bad enough, but. ..
 * In that same scene in EP 1,
 * Also the way Hideyoshi obfuscates the relationship in front of Eva and comforts George by saying "Whoever gave that to her must have made her real happy..."
 * EP 6, right after
 * EP 7,
 * The third arc, Beatrice's Not that we didn't see it coming, of course. Then Virgilia turns out to be
 * EP 6 also has Kanon reflecting on his life and the bonds he's made with the family--especially the unpersonable ones like Kinzo, Natsuhi, and Krauss; and the ones he doesn't get along with, like Gohda--while.
 * EP 7,  Also, the true reason behind the epitaph and what happens once it's solved.
 * The grand ending of the series in EP 8, in which, complete with reunion scene and Call Back to EP 3. I think my heart just broke in the best possible way.
 * EP 7,
 * Averted later in EP 8 when
 * EP 6, The man is a jerk, but This Troper can't be alone in feeling sorry for
 * EP 5:
 * EP 8: Most of the scenes unlocked by solving the quizzes.
 * Also in EP 8, both the Trick and the Magicending, the magic ending in particular. Of course warning for major spoilers.
 * What makes this series so heart-wrenching is that once you've been through one and a half episodes, you begin to realize that each and every Moment of Awesome and most Heartwarming Moments will inevitably be followed by some horrible tragedy that screws over EVERYTHING achieved in previous awesome/heartwarming moment(s).
 * After watching EP 7, this part in EP 4 can be this in Hindsight.
 * EP 5:  I couldn't get past that line for at least 5 minutes.
 * This scene in EP 2.Your average Together in Death scene, but preceded by a brutal moment when
 * EP 5:  I couldn't get past that line for at least 5 minutes.
 * This scene in EP 2.Your average Together in Death scene, but preceded by a brutal moment when