Katanagatari/Tear Jerker

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  • Konayuki's visits to the graves of her fellow villagers, where she drops her cheerful façade and tearfully admits how lonely she is, and that she only lied to Shichika and Togame so they would stay with her.
  • No matter what you say, the scene at the end of episode 7 with Nanami and Shichika as children eating watermelon under a tree is highly tear inducing. Baww.
  • "Chou...Chou...san.." Combined with Dying Alone and a fleeting fantasy about reuniting with her dead fiance, Oshidori gets a rather sad send-off as she sacrifices her life to buy her comrades time to escape from Emonzaemon.
  • The final words Togame's father said to her: "I love you very much."
  • Episode 11. The death of Pengin is horrifying. Then there's the ending...
  • Pretty much the entire first quarter of the last episode. Shichika's voice actor really carries the scene through. And then, before his fight with Emonzaemon, when Shichika is remembering his time with Togame.
    • The final narration sums it up with heart-wrenching clarity.