Speed Grapher/Tear Jerker: Difference between revisions

** Shinzen Tennouzou was a [[Evil Matriarch|terrible bitch]]. Kagura's absolutely ''heartbroken'' reaction to {{spoiler|Suitengu killing her}}, as well as {{spoiler|Shinzen realizing in her last moments that her hate of Kagura and the whole world was based on a lie}} ''and'' [[Break the Cutie|Shinzen's backstory]] {{spoiler|as a shy young actress who lost ''everything''}} still made me cry.

* A [[Crowning Moment of Heartwarming]] that doubles as a minor Tear Jerker occurs when Suitengu handsomely rewards his [[Punch Clock Villain|four dedicated servants]] and tells them to leave before he enacts his final plan. [[The Dragon|Tsujidou]] and Makabe quietly refuse his request and tell him that they owe him their lives and that they're staying by his side until the end, followed by a painful scene in which they say goodbye to their friend Niihari, knowing that they'll never see each other again.

* Suitengu's entire backstory. It's [[Your Mileage May Vary|completely open to interpretation]] on whether or not he's a sympathetic villain, but there's no doubt that he's the male version of a [[Broken Bird]]. To clarify, {{spoiler|his parents fell into debt with criminal elements and hanged themselves, leaving the adolescent Suitengu and his sister to the mercy of the mobsters. Suitengu was sold to an army as a mercenary slave and forced to kill and experience horrors for years, with the only light at the end of the tunnel being the thought of being released from service and finding his little sister again. Then on his last mission, he's blown apart while attacking a biological weapon research facility. Scientists recover his infected body and turn him into a Frankensteinian abomination. After he escapes, he tracks down his little sister (see the first entry for that)}}. After all of that, it's not surprising that he turned into a cold hearted killer.

* [[Anti-Villain|Miharu.]] [[The Woobie|Oh, Miharu.]]

 

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