The Twelve Kingdoms/Tear Jerker

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  • The Twelve Kingdoms has the death of Rangyaku, Enho's maid. Seeing Youko's reaction that bordered on an Heroic BSOD as she cradled her dead body and realized that the poor girl did her best to his the Seal of Kei, which ultimately got her killed didn't help.
  • Also, Suzu's story. Poor, poor Suzu. Made even worse when her best friend Seishuu first loses his sight ("Sister... I cannot see anything... I think I'm dying!") and few later dies in Youko's arms. Seeing Suzu find his corpse and then weep while holding him...
  • And when Shoukei stops an innocent man's unfair execution by throwing stones at the killers. What makes it a Tear Jerker is why she's doing that: she recalled the peasant woman's story about her son being killed for doing exactly the same thing.
  • Yuka wasn't the most likeable character, but her goodbye to Youko as she returns home and her talk with Youko's mother Ritsuko were pretty sad for me.
  • There's also Shoryuu's backstory as a Japanese fallen nobleman. Specially when his supporters come to help him ion battle, Naotaka (his human name) screams at them to not come close... and they're totally massacred immediately afterwards.
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