Yu Yu Hakusho/Tear Jerker



Yu Yu Hakusho has a great deal of Tear Jerker moments. What do you expect from a show that deals with the afterlife, and begins with the hero being a corpse?

"Genkai: Toguro:"
 * Generally any time this music plays, which is during most of the events that are listed below.
 * Allow us to tell you what happens at Yusuke's wake in the first episode:
 * Keiko is crying. Even though Yusuke was a Jerkass and a total pervert to her, she considered him her best friend.
 * Kuwabara comes in screaming How Dare You Die on Me! and saying he's The Only One Allowed to Defeat You. He breaks down and has to be dragged out blubbering by his toadies.
 * Then comes the school principal, who comes in and laments the waste of potential that Yusuke's life, as it has closed at that point, has come to represent.
 * It's at that point that Atsuko, Yusuke's mother, breaks her Heroic BSOD and joins in the water works.
 * Then the kid and his mother come in. Both pray before Yusuke's casket and the kid thanks him. The real jerker comes afterward. The little kid asks his mom if he can play with Yusuke tomorrow, apparently having no grasp yet that he's not coming back. (Obviously this proves untrue, but no one knows that yet.)
 * And of course, the ENTIRE first half of the episode has been spent showing us what a dick Yusuke was. He did NOTHING to make us care all that much for him up to the point when he saved that kid whatsoever, and yet it STILL manages to tear your heart right out when you realize just how much he meant to those around him. It's tearjerking, but at the same time it's a punch to the guy to anyone who's ever felt like their life had no meaning - a feeling everyone has had once or twice.
 * death.  but this troper still can't watch it straight through without tearing up.
 * For this troper, the truly heartwrenching part of that scene is Yusuke trying to prevent it, and getting thrown around like a rag doll, pressed into the ground, and given a "The Reason You Suck" Speech for his efforts.
 * didn't make this troper cry at first. He was upset and angry but didn't cry...Untill he turn the page to see a picture of and underneath a picture of *Sob*
 * And there's the fight against Dr. Ichigaki's team,
 * To elaborate a little, throughout the first half of the fight, Ichigaki's team can only say "Kill!"
 * Don't forget Kuwabara's anguish over ..
 * It's not just Kuwabara, Kurama, and Hiei's reactions. Nearly everything contributes to this entire episode being a sobfest. And Puu? The adorable little bird-like creature that represents Yusuke's inner self? Since he's an extension of Yusuke, that means
 * Many of Mitarai/Seaman's scenes. The poor guy...
 * Specially when he tells the others about the utter horrors that he saw in . It's even a tear jerker in story, as we see the guy horribly break down while speaking, then everyone is stunned and poor Keiko is moved to tears (pictured above!).
 * Kurama's Shoot the Dog moment with Amanuma . Kurama was left with only two options, either win the game which will result in the death of a little kid, or intentionally lose and allow Sensui to have his way. There was no Take a Third Option and too much was at stake, so Kurama was forced to intentionally psyche Amanuma out, letting him know that he's going to die if he loses and there's no way out of it. The viewer is then treated 10 heartwrenching minutes of seeing the kid completely breakdown, begging for his life despite knowing full and well that there's no escape. Damn.
 * . This troper had had it spoiled, and so watched in Japanese first...and still cried both times.
 * Team Ichigaki, as well as the fact that the doctor was such a Complete Monster.
 * "Kill..." "Kill..." "Kill... us..."
 * The entire exchange between Genkai and Toguro
 * The entire exchange between Genkai and Toguro