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Do you hold back tears when there are sad anime moments
Oct 27, 8:21 PM
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So far, I've always held back tears at every sad anime moment and managed not to cry. Honestly, I'm used to that in life too, even during painful surgery. I can't remember the last time I cried.

The reason I don't cry is because I don't want to worry those around me. However when watching anime, it's simply because I'm embarrassed :)

But my perspective changed a bit yesterday. When I was with my friend on the train, he was crying while watching Takopi. When I saw that, I thought, 'Ah, he probably enjoyed the anime more than I did.'
It's so cool to be able to be honest with yourself, even in public. Unlike someone who holds back tears because of embarrassment (myself).

*Ps. Too bad my friend is male. If he were female, it could have been a memorable moment. What a shame XD
Frans001Oct 27, 8:24 PM
Oct 27, 8:38 PM
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No, I don't hold back if I'm in my room alone and no one can hear me. Would I cry, maybe if I love it, but no one will be around when I do it.
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Oct 27, 8:48 PM
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I try to, but I always fail. My famous words are always "I'm not gonna cry, I'm fasho not gonna cry".


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Oct 27, 9:21 PM
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I do my best not to cry, because crying is messy and tiring work. I don't always succeed.

Of course I try much harder to hold back when I'm in public, because it's embarrassing. But I don't judge other people for crying from anime. Unless they're sobbing uncontrollably and making a scene.

I just avoid the situation in the first place. Watching Takopi on the train is... a choice.
Oct 27, 9:40 PM
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Reply to perseii
I do my best not to cry, because crying is messy and tiring work. I don't always succeed.

Of course I try much harder to hold back when I'm in public, because it's embarrassing. But I don't judge other people for crying from anime. Unless they're sobbing uncontrollably and making a scene.

I just avoid the situation in the first place. Watching Takopi on the train is... a choice.
@perseii
perseii said:
I do my best not to cry, because crying is messy and tiring work


Probably holding back tears is much more tiring.

perseii said:
I just avoid the situation in the first place. Watching Takopi on the train is.


I find it funny too hahaha. But honestly Its true that think my friend is cool being able to do that on the train. I don't know what the other passengers think tho.
Oct 27, 9:50 PM
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No, there's no need, unless I'm watching it with someone else.
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Oct 27, 9:50 PM
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Takes a lot for me to cry in the first place, because a lot of the moments people cite as sad don't resonate with me or I find it predictable. But when it does, I lose control and turn into the Jim Carrey version of the Grinch after he has an epiphany about the Whos and Christmas.
Oct 27, 9:52 PM
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I try to, but I always fail. My famous words are always "I'm not gonna cry, I'm fasho not gonna cry".
@JayDaAnimeLord I managed to hold it because my house is small and no privacy.
I rather die than crying in front of the family.

strangely, this mentality still carries over even though I'm not at home ( alone )
Oct 27, 9:54 PM
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@perseii
perseii said:
I do my best not to cry, because crying is messy and tiring work


Probably holding back tears is much more tiring.

perseii said:
I just avoid the situation in the first place. Watching Takopi on the train is.


I find it funny too hahaha. But honestly Its true that think my friend is cool being able to do that on the train. I don't know what the other passengers think tho.
Frans001 said:
Probably holding back tears is much more tiring.

Not for me, I don't think. Probably because once I break, I tend to go full ugly-cry with the hiccups and all. None of this "tears silently streaming down" business. I feel completely drained afterwards.

Frans001 said:
But honestly Its true that think my friend is cool being able to do that on the train.

I admire his self-confidence, for sure. As long as he enjoyed the anime and doesn't feel mortified about crying, good for him.
Oct 27, 11:04 PM

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These days I try to avoid sad anime moments, for me anime should be about making people feel better and happier
Yesterday, 12:12 AM

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heres an idea...how bout not being sad little pussies and butch up

& tell ur friend to stop being such a pussy bitch beta-cuck


watch darker more mature action anime
Yesterday, 12:15 AM
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I try to, I don't think I've ever outright cry during an anime seeing that sad, but I have gotten misty-eyed. 😭
Yesterday, 12:34 AM

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These days I try to avoid sad anime moments, for me anime should be about making people feel better and happier
@RainyEvenings I think it's unavoidable unless you see the spoilers.
It's true that anime should make people feel better & happier and to make that happens some anime need sad moment or ending.


I recently watch hamatora & Canaan. for me the ending is very bad because it's forced to be happy.
Yesterday, 12:41 AM

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heres an idea...how bout not being sad little pussies and butch up

& tell ur friend to stop being such a pussy bitch beta-cuck


watch darker more mature action anime
@ItachiDeltaForce I don't know what's darker mature actions anime is....

my friend is big fans of shounen show and one piece. Even some of one piece episode make him cry.

I think crying when watching anime is not symbol of weakness. He just enjoy the show to the fullest.
Yesterday, 1:05 AM

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I'm not crying,but I do feel sad.I'm just not the kind of person who cries.
Yesterday, 1:15 AM

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Not expressing your emotions hurts you, like the Icon of manly men Kenshirou at the end of HNK 1 tells to the mountain of manly muscles Raoh, who already on his own has an incredible tendency to cry and show his emotions the way not even the crybaby by profession Usagi Tsukino did in Sailor Moon. Also, not necessarily crying is due to sadness, it can be an expression of joy and contemptation of beauty, like the episode of Mahou Tsukai Sally centered around this very concept AND like the mother of my wife Elena from Star Twinkle Precure tells her.
Yesterday, 1:41 AM

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Reply to AnimeEnjoyer2357
I'm not crying,but I do feel sad.I'm just not the kind of person who cries.
@AnimeEnjoyer2357 Just like you, I'm not someone who's easily touched. But there are some anime scenes that are incredibly sad and hard to hold back tears.
Example death note episode 25
Yesterday, 3:03 AM

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Reply to Frans001
@RainyEvenings I think it's unavoidable unless you see the spoilers.
It's true that anime should make people feel better & happier and to make that happens some anime need sad moment or ending.


I recently watch hamatora & Canaan. for me the ending is very bad because it's forced to be happy.
@Frans001 Trickster: Edogawa Ranpo "Shounen Tanteidan" yori and hamatora are so similar I mix up some of scenes.
Yesterday, 3:13 AM

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If I'm alone, then I might start crying. Otherwise, I'm trying to hold it back and cry later.
Yesterday, 6:52 AM

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No, but sad moments only sometimes make me tear up.
Yesterday, 7:50 AM

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Reply to Frans001
@ItachiDeltaForce I don't know what's darker mature actions anime is....

my friend is big fans of shounen show and one piece. Even some of one piece episode make him cry.

I think crying when watching anime is not symbol of weakness. He just enjoy the show to the fullest.
Frans001 said:
Even some of one piece episode make him cry.



lmao.....im sorry, crying over episodes of one piece? iv never heard anything more pathetic
Yesterday, 8:20 AM

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It's not easy to make me cry and it depends on the anime. Koe no Katachi didn't make me cry at all, but Re:Zero did a ton. I also never watch anime in public, so I've no problem of embarrassment.
Yesterday, 11:21 AM

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Reply to ItachiDeltaForce
Frans001 said:
Even some of one piece episode make him cry.



lmao.....im sorry, crying over episodes of one piece? iv never heard anything more pathetic
@ItachiDeltaForce no comment about that because I didn't watch one piece yet myself.
Yesterday, 12:22 PM

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Reply to Frans001
@ItachiDeltaForce no comment about that because I didn't watch one piece yet myself.
@Frans001 unless of course this (thread) is one big troll on your part
Yesterday, 6:44 PM

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I don't see the point of holding back though?

I'm literally this guy (minus the fact I'm not black).
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12 hours ago
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Some dark anime always find a way to enter my heart but at the end of the day I hold up my tears 😢

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