Clannad (visual novel)/Tear Jerker: Difference between revisions

* Yusuke Yoshino's got a bit of Tear Jerker {{spoiler|combined with Fridge Horror. Pop star whose career dies after he takes to singing about the plight of the sick and dying? What does that say about us? It gets worse when you consider that he was driven to drugs specifically BECAUSE he cared.}}

* Oddly enough the ending song, [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qvzCmV3_12c Dango Daikazoku], while fairly happy in actual content, also evokes sadness for some reason.

*** It also comes back when {{spoiler|Tomoya invokes the [[Reset Button Ending]]. Cue to both Nagisa and Tomoya singing the ''Dango Daikazoku'' song to newborn Ushio}}. [[Mapi-chan|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 {{spoiler|visit him in the hospital to convince him to have the operation on his leg. It goes as far as Ryou talking about marrying him and having a family. As touched as he is, when he mourns over the fact of losing it, what does Ryou say next?}}

** Awwwww ;_;...

* The ending of Kotomi's arc also did it for others. "Father... Mother... Welcome home."

** The {{spoiler|Teddy Bear in the suitcase}} is a huge one. {{spoiler|Your plane is going to crash and you and your wife are going to die. You have a suitcase that will most likely make it through the crash in one piece and you can either save potentially world changing research or the gift you promised your daughter for her birthday; the last gift she would ever get from you. What do you do? You make sure that your baby girl gets her [[Precision F-Strike|goddamn]] gift no matter what!}}

** 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 {{spoiler|the OP with all the Nagisa images}} on the next episode is heartbreaking. Way to twist the knife there [[Kyo Ani]].

** Remember Nagisa's parents? Yeah, those comic relief ones. Watch this episode.

 

'''Akio''': {{spoiler|Even with all hope gone, I'll still help you. I'll be here until you stop crying. [[Cry Into Chest|So it's all right now.]]}} }}

* The return of a certain song in Episode 20. {{spoiler|"Daddy, can you sing Mommy's song?"}}

** Which, like [[Final Fantasy XIII|another game]], is more sadder when you know what happens to {{spoiler|Nagisa}}

** For this troper, it was Tomoya finally snapping after {{spoiler|visiting his father in prison.}} His marriage proposal lightened the mood, but not before he bloodied his knuckles and Nagisa struggled to calm him down.

** I'll do you one better: the whole damn show.

*** Yes. ''The whole damn show.''

** {{spoiler|He did kill himself in a way. After his daughter died, he just laid there in the snow, holding her until he froze to death.}}

* 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." {{spoiler|When they get back together in the ending [[Crowning Moment of Heartwarming|this troper cried different tears]]}}

* [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZB40_Vxd2Fw 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]], {{spoiler|Kotomi's parents died in a plane crash and the thought of another loved one dead freaked her out}}.