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The List - 10 Tearjerkers That'll Empty the Tissue Box

octopodpie wrote:

CrownKlown wrote: Dam, no love for shoujo works here I guess because having seen pretty much every Key work none of them got more than a meh out of me, maybe the last scene of Air, but Full Moon was said. Regarding Now and then, honestly that show is more disturbing than sad, same with Grave. These are shows that put something in solely for the sake of getting certain emotions from you, but are not genuinely sad due to the forced feelings of the work. I don't think I've ever heard the opinion that Grave of the Fireflies feels forced. The rendition of average citizens, children, trying to survive during war conditions outside of society rang pretty true to me.

It is forced, it exploits children, albeit fictional ones, by putting them in a situation that could have easily been shown through adult point of view simply to make a message. Same with now and then, a lazy writer will use children, which tend to easily illicit emotions from others a lot more easier than adults and teens. Hell animals are the same thing. Killing a puppy is more likely to ellict emotions of sadness in many than a full grown man being shot in a battle field.

So I do find it contrived because I am sure the writers/creators of Grave could have easily got the same message across without using children.

And if you have Grave and Now and then , then why not sky crawlers? That is a film about children being pitted against each other in battles to the death in stimulated warfare for the amusement of the populace with the story focusing on one particular group where the kids have died over and over again.

As much as I loved AnoHana, I couldn't cry over the end of that series. The ending where spoiler[the friends are standing around and crying in an overly-dramatic manner] felt really forced, and it kind of took me out of the quiet sadness that the series was tinged with.

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I'd still take the scene from Clannad After Story that everyone's been talking about as the #1 scene from a Key title.

I wouldn't disagree with you at all if not for spoiler[the author completely retconning that entire event (as well as everything Tomoya went through post-Nagisa's death)]

It was definitely a strong scene for sure.

It is forced, it exploits children, albeit fictional ones, by putting them in a situation that could have easily been shown through adult point of view simply to make a message. Same with now and then, a lazy writer will use children, which tend to easily illicit emotions from others a lot more easier than adults and teens. Hell animals are the same thing. Killing a puppy is more likely to ellict emotions of sadness in many than a full grown man being shot in a battle field.

So I do find it contrived because I am sure the writers/creators of Grave could have easily got the same message across without using children.

I've never officially said that he's died. At this point, I can tell you that I'm not sure if he's alive or dead.
I think probably rather than being yelled at for killing Spike, I think ... people are more upset that I might
make a continuation.

It is forced, it exploits children, albeit fictional ones, by putting them in a situation that could have easily been shown through adult point of view simply to make a message. Same with now and then, a lazy writer will use children, which tend to easily illicit emotions from others a lot more easier than adults and teens. Hell animals are the same thing. Killing a puppy is more likely to ellict emotions of sadness in many than a full grown man being shot in a battle field.

So I do find it contrived because I am sure the writers/creators of Grave could have easily got the same message across without using children.

And if you have Grave and Now and then , then why not sky crawlers? That is a film about children being pitted against each other in battles to the death in stimulated warfare for the amusement of the populace with the story focusing on one particular group where the kids have died over and over again.

Uh... why was Real Folk Blues included in this list? Seriously? Spike's ending was left open-ended intentionally, Watanabe even mentioned this specifically by stating that even he is unsure if Spike lives or not.

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I've never officially said that he's died. At this point, I can tell you that I'm not sure if he's alive or dead. I think probably rather than being yelled at for killing Spike, I think ... people are more upset that I might make a continuation.

Not exactly a tear-jerking ending.

Now, Gundam 0080 and it's tragic conclusion? My good god above, you have to be inhuman to not get all teary eyed with that one. Even non-mecha fans agree that it's one of the saddest series out there. Not sure how it could have been neglected.

Fushigi Yuugi spoiler[Nuriko's death]

It is forced, it exploits children, albeit fictional ones, by putting them in a situation that could have easily been shown through adult point of view simply to make a message. Same with now and then, a lazy writer will use children, which tend to easily illicit emotions from others a lot more easier than adults and teens....

So I do find it contrived because I am sure the writers/creators of Grave could have easily got the same message across without using children.