| Have you watched an anime which you thought would make you cry based on what most people said but it didn't? For me such an anime was Your name. Okay anime but I can't find a single reason to cry while watching it or at it's ending. The ending was a happy one, why would you cry? Well it's understandable if they are tears of joy. |
 The end of an era. Thank you Wit, Mappa and Isayama. Feeling half happy, half sad. Kawaii waifus and precious best girls <3333 |
| I also agree on Your name, I enjoyed it but it didn’t really made me cry, and Tenki no ko is another example. |
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| Yeah, it has to be Your Name. I didn't cry and didn't even feel like crying the whole movie, and honestly, I don't know which part of the movie people would even cry about. |
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| Your Name and Grave of the Fireflies. |
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| Nah. I don't rely in other people's emotions, especially when it comes to sentimental stuff. I almost never feel "moved" anyway, so I don't expect too much. |
 The days have gone down in the West behind the hills into shadow. |
Kotonoha no Niwa is what immediately comes to my mind lol. I still don't get what was so sad about that anime movie.  |
| Oshi No Ko first episode was a perfect example of this. I went and watched some anime reactors overreacting and crying at this episode as if they just lost a relative... while I was just bored :| I tend to be sad or cry at scenes that bring emotions or nostalgia without forcefully trying to make you cry. A recent example is Heavenly Delusion episode 8, where the character starts to cry outloud with sad piano music playing in the background. The scene was sad enough and didn't need extra words or extra sobbing from the characters to convey the emotions, but, it works on most anime fans I guess... It kinda ruined it for me, while the manga actually made me cry because it felt more subtle and sober. |
| Clannad after story and other key anime. |
| Violet Evergarden. Forcing tearjerkering for characters we barely knew. |
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| Like the few others who said Your Name, I also agree It might just be me who doesn't get sad often watching shows/movies, but it's kinda hard to feel sad for characters I barely know about |
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astui said: in my opinion, everyone won't feel like that only the ones who are suffering from issues and mental health problems feel that way. that anime makes you face the bitter reality in a way that makes you feel depressed especially if you're a kind of person who constantly runs away from their problems, that anime is like a reality check and it sucks. i felt the same after watching eva but it also gave me motivation to start working on myself and stop running away, that is the main reason eva has so many fans, it might not be the greatest story of all time but it holds a special place for many people. and if you can relate to shinji in any way than everything just hits harder.Evangelion, i guess..? did not feel depressed, shattered, broken, shocked after finishing it as majority claims |
The end of an era. Thank you Wit, Mappa and Isayama. Feeling half happy, half sad. Kawaii waifus and precious best girls <3333 |
| Silent Voice , I adore it and love and even connect very much with the characters as mirrors sometime but I don't actually consider it sad , like it's not Shakespearean tragedy . Your Name a pretty above average story but isn't sad at all , its just plain romance with body switching and a good story , but how is it sad .If someone here tells his/her real story of heartbreak or something like that it would be more sad than this . Grave of Fireflies was tragic , it gave a strong feeling of like you are attending a funeral of your acquaintance , so yeah somewhat sad . your lie in April and I want to eat your pancreas :- Well honestly just because your lover dies it isn't that sad especially when you are a high school student , personal battles of the characters give a good character growth to them but isn't that sad , with tragic backstory and stuff . Coming from India , we actually have some films based on the same concept , and they have used the "DRAMA" enoughly to Make and average viewer cry , Indian movies excels in utilising such emotions . Charlotte and Angel Beats more than said are mostly comic lol . I don't cry on watching anything tbh , but the most saddest anime movement for me was Koro Sensei's Death , I got too attached to the characters though |
Tristar_ShinobiJun 17, 2023 12:47 AM
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| Shiki was a totally wholesome anime. |
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| Anohana was frickin dumb , horrible and cringe af . I don't get what tf is so emotional about this thing . I just cringed at every fukin episode . So damn much overrated anime with one dimensional characters. Actually a wannabe love polygon rip-off |
Complex Stories are basically sleeping pills . Helps to get some sleep . |
| Apart from Your Name, Violet Evergarden. Finally seeing some people being objective about it. The story is a 4/10 at best, and there was only one good episode (which didn't make me cry either). I don't cry with anime, but Violet Evergarden didn't even manage to make an emotional impact on me. The protagonist is overrated too, her development is boring and not even that good, and the other characters were completely forgettable except for their ridiculously ostentatious names. |
Radical_Orion said: Yeah, the music was terrible and manipulative in that scene, and I honestly laughed. Oshi No Ko first episode was a perfect example of this. I went and watched some anime reactors overreacting and crying at this episode as if they just lost a relative... while I was just bored :| I tend to be sad or cry at scenes that bring emotions or nostalgia without forcefully trying to make you cry. A recent example is Heavenly Delusion episode 8, where the character starts to cry outloud with sad piano music playing in the background. The scene was sad enough and didn't need extra words or extra sobbing from the characters to convey the emotions, but, it works on most anime fans I guess... It kinda ruined it for me, while the manga actually made me cry because it felt more subtle and sober. |
| i want to eat your pancreas, I have heard from many people that they found the film very sad. I found everything that happened towards the end far too random. |
| Both Clannad After Story and Your Lie in April tried a bit too hard to be sad and I found it rather cringe because they didn't deliver enough plot for me to care about the characters. |
| A silent voice and anohana, honestly its comedy but not like hahaha kind of funny but so bad its hilarious to laugh at kind of funny for how much dogshit they really are. |
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| Your Name and Tenki no Ko. Both are okay but not great, and they surely aren't sad. |
"Nobody could laugh at someone who's trying their hardest" -Machio- |
| Anohana and Kimi no Na wa, not sad at all |
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| Same about Your Name. It is a movie with a conflict, like 99% of media, and its conflict was not particularly dreary or hopeless, and was resolved by the end. Yeah. I can get being emotionally invested in the film, but it is not an unpredictable film because it is not unconventional. I Want To Eat Your Pancreas came across a bit too self-serving. This term is hackneyed, but Sakura is very much a manic pixie dream girl, or far too much like one. Sorry, but the friendship was so one-sided and meaningless to watch. I understand wanting a relationship with someone like Sakura, but it is very much a selfish depiction of one. |
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| Clannad. Some friends had started anime and would everyday pester me to watch Clannad, that it was very good, but very sad. While I agree that it is good I dont think it is the saddest one out there. |
| AnoHana, Your Name, Erased, Angel Beats, A Silent Voice, I Want To Eat Your Pancreas. |
| Easily Clanned, it's a major reason why I hate it. Anybody that finds it sad must have watched it when they were young and hadn't developed emotionally, because it cheats its way to bring emotion out of the audience. The music it uses, characters crying about the most mundane things most of the time, cute characters with tears streaming down their face. I find it very hard to accept that any adult actually thinks this show is sad, it doesn't earn it. |
| I never saw Kimi no Na wa as a "sad" movie, I always thought of it as an emotional film that makes you cry, but not necessarily because it's sad. There are various reasons why someone might cry, and sadness is just one of them. That being said, an anime that tried to be sad and failed for me was Angel Beats. I think it was because of the high expectations I had for the anime, since all the lists I looked at claimed it was the saddest anime of all time in the universe. |
| If you're a fanboy, please don't waste my time. Watch more movies, please. Kafka, Fu Xuan, Jingliu, Topaz and Huohuo. |
| grave of the fireflies. while i enjoyed it, the 'sadness level' was overhyped |
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| Not just Anime. Pretty much any media that is supposed to be "Sad and depressing" doesn't really have an effect on me. They never give me a reason to care about the characters, and their suffering is always either self inflicted or contrived BS that makes no sense. Sometimes the show goes out of its way to make me NOT like the characters, making them horrible people that I would want absolutely nothing to do with IRL, to add to the drama and "edgy-ness" which makes me even more apathetic towards (or even cheer for) their suffering/deaths. --- The only shows that make me cry or at least have an emotional reaction (Excluding the emotional reaction of wanting to punch the main character in the face for being an idiot/asshole) are comedies and mostly light-hearted stuff. Because the sad bits contrast with the mostly light-hearted nature of the series, and because they actually give me time and a reason to like the characters and care about what happens to them. Finding out that a character watched all of their friends die before they joined the main cast is more shocking and sad when it happens in a comedy than it is in a show called "That time when all of my friends died and it was very sad ๐ข" |
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| for me it was grave of the fire flies... it was sad... but a bit too obvious. and for me a big part of something making me cry is the music, and grave of the fire flies, barely had any good songs. for me it had the same affect as reading about a really terrible historical event. it's sad, it's horrible, but I didn't really have any emotional investment in it. |
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kusairo said: Well! it portrays the theme of distance like every other Makoto Shinkai Movie, Kotonoha no Niwa is what immediately comes to my mind lol. I still don't get what was so sad about that anime movie. Voices of a distant star: spatial & temporal distance 5 centimeters per second: physical & emotional distance Your name: spatial distance "Garden of Words" stands apart from these works as it delves into the subject of age and generational distance, a topic that remains somewhat controversial even in real-life contexts. This poignant moment of their embrace serves as an affirmation of the profound respect they have developed for each other and signifies Yukino's acceptance of how Takao's presence saved her through the time they spent together. Furthermore, it acts as a bittersweet farewell to Yukino, as she subsequently relocates to her hometown. |
  ๐๐ช๐๐ซ๐ฎ ๐๐ฎ ๐ฝ๐ป๐ฒ๐ฎ๐ญ ๐ฝ๐ธ ๐ต๐ฎ๐ช๐ฟ๐ฎ ๐ช๐ผ ๐ถ๐พ๐ฌ๐ฑ ๐ถ๐ฎ๐ถ๐ธ๐ป๐ฒ๐ฎ๐ผ ๐ธ๐ฏ ๐ธ๐พ๐ป๐ผ๐ฎ๐ต๐ฟ๐ฎ๐ผ ๐๐ฒ๐ฝ๐ฑ ๐ฎ๐ช๐ฌ๐ฑ ๐ธ๐ฝ๐ฑ๐ฎ๐ป ๐ซ๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ช๐พ๐ผ๐ฎ ๐๐ฎ ๐ด๐ท๐ฎ๐ ๐ธ๐ท๐ฎ ๐ญ๐ช๐ ๐๐ฎ ๐๐ธ๐พ๐ต๐ญ๐ท'๐ฝ ๐ซ๐ฎ ๐ฝ๐ธ๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ฝ๐ฑ๐ฎ๐ป ๐ช๐ท๐ ๐ถ๐ธ๐ป๐ฎ |
SAT_KUMAR said: I agree. I don't like Makoto Shinkai's works, and that includes the most revered 5 centimenters per second. While being brilliant in the animation department, he's mostly a simpleton when it comes to storytelling. Kotonoha no Niwa, in my opinion, is his best work, the one in which he achieved cohesion between script and imagery. I didn't find it sad -as I said, I'm pretty apathetic-, but it was satisfactory.kusairo said: Well! it portrays the theme of distance like every other Makoto Shinkai Movie, Kotonoha no Niwa is what immediately comes to my mind lol. I still don't get what was so sad about that anime movie. Voices of a distant star: spatial & temporal distance 5 centimeters per second: physical & emotional distance Your name: spatial distance "Garden of Words" stands apart from these works as it delves into the subject of age and generational distance, a topic that remains somewhat controversial even in real-life contexts. This poignant moment of their embrace serves as an affirmation of the profound respect they have developed for each other and signifies Yukino's acceptance of how Takao's presence saved her through the time they spent together. Furthermore, it acts as a bittersweet farewell to Yukino, as she subsequently relocates to her hometown. I'm a foot fetishist and right now, while I type this, I'm a bit drunk, so take my comment for what it's worth. |
CronosmuJun 18, 2023 4:25 AM
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APolygons2 said: Graveyard of the fire flies is an interesting film as it's Isao Takahata's take on a cynical, and at times ironical, novel. Unlike Black Rain by Masuji Ibuse, which is basically a chronicle of the atomic aftermath (one of the great novels regarding this topic), the original Hotaru no Haka is the story of a guy in the wake of his youth amidst the nuclear dissaster. Takahata decided not to foccus on the darkest elements of the original novel, which included incest ideation, and instead opted for a rather tame retelling of a historical tragedy through the lesne of a pair of siblings forced to survive by themeselves.for me it was grave of the fire flies... it was sad... but a bit too obvious. and for me a big part of something making me cry is the music, and grave of the fire flies, barely had any good songs. for me it had the same affect as reading about a really terrible historical event. it's sad, it's horrible, but I didn't really have any emotional investment in it. |
The days have gone down in the West behind the hills into shadow. |
SAT_KUMAR said: kusairo said: Well! it portrays the theme of distance like every other Makoto Shinkai Movie, Kotonoha no Niwa is what immediately comes to my mind lol. I still don't get what was so sad about that anime movie. Voices of a distant star: spatial & temporal distance 5 centimeters per second: physical & emotional distance Your name: spatial distance "Garden of Words" stands apart from these works as it delves into the subject of age and generational distance, a topic that remains somewhat controversial even in real-life contexts. This poignant moment of their embrace serves as an affirmation of the profound respect they have developed for each other and signifies Yukino's acceptance of how Takao's presence saved her through the time they spent together. Furthermore, it acts as a bittersweet farewell to Yukino, as she subsequently relocates to her hometown. Thank you for the explanations ๐ I do get that loneliness can be sad, but I just barely know enough about those two characters and their backstories for me to really feel sad for them at all. I just don’t know who these characters are on a deeper level. Maybe their sadness is legit and understandable, but if I remember correctly, the movie never showed me enough of what happened in their lives for me to feel sorry for them. I wasn’t with those two characters on their journey, and I never got to see and experience their ups and downs in life prior to their crying scenes in the end. |
| Agreed on Your Name. I also disagree with people who just condense Evangelion as being 'depressing'. I think it's actually a pretty hopeful story overall. |
kusairo said: Well, when you asked what was so sad about this anime movie, I explained it to you. What makes someone cry is subjective after all. Additionally, it's worth noting that most of Makoto Shinkai's movies are not necessarily intended to make you cry, but rather evoke a bittersweet feeling of melancholy. Thank you for the explanations ๐ I do get that loneliness can be sad, but I just barely know enough about those two characters and their backstories for me to really feel sad for them at all. I just don’t know who these characters are on a deeper level. Maybe their sadness is legit and understandable, but if I remember correctly, the movie never showed me enough of what happened in their lives for me to feel sorry for them. I wasn’t with those two characters on their journey, and I never got to see and experience their ups and downs in life prior to their crying scenes in the end. |
| ๐๐ช๐๐ซ๐ฎ ๐๐ฎ ๐ฝ๐ป๐ฒ๐ฎ๐ญ ๐ฝ๐ธ ๐ต๐ฎ๐ช๐ฟ๐ฎ ๐ช๐ผ ๐ถ๐พ๐ฌ๐ฑ ๐ถ๐ฎ๐ถ๐ธ๐ป๐ฒ๐ฎ๐ผ ๐ธ๐ฏ ๐ธ๐พ๐ป๐ผ๐ฎ๐ต๐ฟ๐ฎ๐ผ ๐๐ฒ๐ฝ๐ฑ ๐ฎ๐ช๐ฌ๐ฑ ๐ธ๐ฝ๐ฑ๐ฎ๐ป ๐ซ๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ช๐พ๐ผ๐ฎ ๐๐ฎ ๐ด๐ท๐ฎ๐ ๐ธ๐ท๐ฎ ๐ญ๐ช๐ ๐๐ฎ ๐๐ธ๐พ๐ต๐ญ๐ท'๐ฝ ๐ซ๐ฎ ๐ฝ๐ธ๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ฝ๐ฑ๐ฎ๐ป ๐ช๐ท๐ ๐ถ๐ธ๐ป๐ฎ |
| Grave of the Fireflies (Hotaru no Haka) comes to mind given what I now know about the intent of the film from Isao Takahata with the generational gap between those who lived through World War II and the then-modern youth of the 1980s. |
| Surprised nobody has yet mentioned 86, I'd rather cry on Your Name or Violet than this shit. |
| yeah for sure..... angel beats. goddamn boring and goddamn disapointing, who wanna cry to that? |
| Sonic X is basically an isekai |
kusairo said: Oh yes. Rather than sad, it made me uncomfortable...with the foot fetish.Kotonoha no Niwa is what immediately comes to my mind lol. I still don't get what was so sad about that anime movie. |
| Grave of the fire flies I still enjoyed it but didnt cry also angel beats |
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| I don't remeber feeling sad for Angel Beats. |
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| Your Name is not that sad but a heartfelt romance. AnoHana was just predictable. Oshi no Ko's first episode was just... Meh. Some of Clannad and Little Busters routes but their final scenarios are just great. Violet Evergarden movie was just... Garbage. Even though I like the TV. |
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