Tender Tears: Difference between revisions

{{quote|''Once, indeed, the Tin Woodman stepped upon a beetle that was crawling along the road, and killed the poor little thing. This made the Tin Woodman very unhappy, for he was always careful not to hurt any living creature; and as he walked along he wept several tears of sorrow and [[Tears of Remorse|regret]].''|''[[The Wonderful Wizard of Oz]]''}}

 

 

Opposite [[Manly Tears]] are '''Tender Tears''', where the character weeps more than most people because of the exquisite tenderness of her heart. [[Double Standard|More frequent for women than for men]].

* Misaki from ''[[Junjou Romantica]]''. In the first episode he starts crying because his brother Takahiro insensitively announces his engagement to Akihiko who is in love with him (which Takahiro is unaware of). And this after Akihiko molested Misaki when he found out about his feelings for his brother, the boy is definitely sensitive.

* Subverted in ''[[Ouran High School Host Club]]''. We see Hikaru, Kaoru, Honey, and Tamaki are all able to cry on cue... until Haruhi finds they're using eye-drops. It's played straight in Tamaki's case, though—he doesn't need eye-drops to get the tears flowing.

* [[The Messiah|Allen Walker]] of ''[[D.Gray-man]]''. Also [[Action Girl|Lenalee Lee]], whenever any of her [[Nakama]] die. D.Gray-man being the series [[Nightmare Fuel|it is]], however, it's hard to say if the same would still be true in less traumatic circumstances.

* Gau from ''[[Nabari no Ou]]'' cries when he meets Raikou for the first time, when Raikou tells him about his past, when he gets slashed by Raikou, when he intervenes in {{spoiler|Raikou and Yukimi}}'s fight, when he calls Yukimi on the cellphone, when {{spoiler|Raikou gets stabbed}}, etc, etc...