| What is the most depressing anime of all time in your opinion? |
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| Berserk? Or at least the Berserk OVAs? Welcome to the NHK! was pretty depressing |
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| Welcome to the NHK +1, goes in pretty deep, but it isn't really depressing. Texhnolyze is crushingly nihilistic. For manga though, oh boy there's the ever-so-praised oyasumi punpun, the start was a great character study but it devolved into pure depression, as in the MC was basically depressed for the sake of being depressed. the actions he makes are quite questionable as well. there's also 'I sold my life for 10000 yen a year', but it's quite short. |
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| If Our Happy Hours gets animated it will be number 1 for sure. |
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Playay said: I haven't seen it but perhaps Tonari no Totoro is. lol no I'd say Steins;Gate, Grave of the Fireflies or even Tokyo Magnitude 8.0 |
| plastic memories was pretty depressing i guess |
| From what i've seen, I'd say ChäoS;Child is the most depressing. It really play with the characters psychological, and even us watchers. Honorable mentions: Plastic Memories ef: A Tale of Memories Attack on Titan's character backstories I Want To Eat Your Pancreas Your Lie in April |
  "ꜱᴛʀᴇɴɢᴛʜ ᴏꜰ ʜᴇᴀʀᴛ, ᴡʜᴇɴ ᴜɴɪᴛᴇᴅ, ɪᴛ'ꜱ ʙᴀʀʀᴇᴅ ʙʏ ɴᴏ ᴅᴏᴏʀ..." -Aigis |
| Grave of the Fireflies to me. I have been planning to rewatch it for a while but I just can't bring myself to do it. Even the memory of it makes me feel blue. |
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| Still Watamote or Saikano Or maybe My Sister Momoko |
One Piece episode 914 & 915 & 1027 were a mistake and 957 brought the salvation - FMmatron |
| Probably Boku no Hero Academia. I cried almost every time deku cried:'( |
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| Definitely Grave of the Fireflies it's all the more depressing because it's so realistic |
| Probably Your lie in april or Banana fish? Banana fish's environment is so dark and creepy, the ending is quite sad, it's one of my favorite anime but I can't watch it again ^^ |
| definitely girl's last tour, although the protagonists are happy girls, the world and the setting are very depressing. neon genesis evangelion, I guess. kino no tabi is mostly depressing because of its tragic stories. |
 a wise user of MAL said: Just to clarify, adaptations should absolutely stand on their own |
| Devilman Crybaby - left be depressed like no other anime did. Nana - It's a painful watch/read as it's so realistic and you can do nothing but watch the characters ruin their lives with some decisions. Perfect Blue - very dark. |
    ⸢ if you meet your god, tell him to leave me alone. ⸥ ベルセルク |
| Kenpuu Denki Berserk. The ending is pretty depressing. |
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| Anne no Nikki Romeo x Juliet Nana Orange - Akatsuki no Yona OVA (about the back story - man I was SOBBING about much as when I read it in the Manga, really well adapted and it still breaks my heart and makes me sad just thinking about it. _.) tbh sailor moon also had quite a lot of sad parts for me personally especially during the end of the stars series,also cried here and there during while watching FMAB. Wouldn't call the whole part depressing tho just a few moments obviously. Air was also sad at least from what I remember? Or maybe that part was only in the Manga I really cannot recall other than that it made me sad. |
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Playay said: Oh shit I'm mentioning wrong movie I thought it's that movie Pardon me What's the japanese title for Grave of the Fireflies lol And imma say Maquia here for other depressing anime Sounds more fitting yes (by the way it's Hotaru no Haka) |
| Everything's depressing in ashita no joe. The characters, the setting, the plot, the music, the ending, everything. |
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School days was pretty terrible and filled with incest/rape/murder. I do not remember incest or rape (unless you refer to the scene of kotonoha and makoto's friend, but there is hardly any talk about that), I think that incest is only in the visual novel |
a wise user of MAL said: Just to clarify, adaptations should absolutely stand on their own |
| 1. Orange 2. Rainbow Those are two VERY good and also VERY depressing anime. (Especially Rainbow, which I HIGHLY recommend and is my favorite anime of all time. Please check it out!) |
| Kimi ga Nozomu Eien or Gundam Iron-Blooded Orphans |
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| Welcome to the NHK made the situation and vibe very depressing. |
 just wanna feel wanted by someone other than the police 😫 |
emilszl said: Welcome to the NHK! for sure. Sits with me to this day caprisan said: Welcome to the NHK made the situation and vibe very depressing. Wasn't the ending there really positive and hopeful? Well i would definitely say Berserk (the three movies or 1997 doesn't really matter) or Texhnolyze which has one hell of a soul crushing ending. |
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Mullerio said: emilszl said: Welcome to the NHK! for sure. Sits with me to this day caprisan said: Welcome to the NHK made the situation and vibe very depressing. Wasn't the ending there really positive and hopeful? Well i would definitely say Berserk (the three movies or 1997 doesn't really matter) or Texhnolyze which has one hell of a soul crushing ending. Not when best boy (YAMAZAKI) got a bad ending despite carrying the show. |
just wanna feel wanted by someone other than the police 😫 |
| Mahou Shoujo madoka magica for anime and berserk for manga |
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| Houseki no Kuni The anime shows you the start of Phos' descent, the manga shows the rest of the journey. |
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Weird pick but Full Metal Alchemist (2003) + its movie always stands out to me as the saddest. I still can't get over how badly done the ending is, I would have liked them to give it a solid ending and to answer all the doubts that the anime left, maybe that way it would be much more recognizedBesides its themes of loss and consequences, it dealt with systemic racism & genocide in a way I haven't seen in other anime before and in a much more grounded way than Brotherhood. And I don't think a single character ended up with a happy ending without having truly lost something. |
a wise user of MAL said: Just to clarify, adaptations should absolutely stand on their own |
| Welcome to the NHK , this show wasn't only about being Hikikomori but giving false hopes about being success twice |
| Хайде, хайде, хайде, това е първата зона, брато, първа зона, първа зона, добре, добре, добре, това става тук горе, отива тук горе, само спокойно, само спокойно... Ха, отдясно е, навсякъде отдясно отдясно къде е дясното ти о да добре добре добре тихо мълчаливо не успях да се съсредоточа върху това ЕХ ТЪПАК КОГАТО СИ БАВНО БАВНО ... ой е путката на моето момиче прасе куче, аз Чувствам се добре, о, мамо, *шамар*, какво е това госпожице татко- |
| Oregairu-Well, anyone have to pick it. |
| "When they're alive, you can enjoy watching them struggle. When they're dead, you can enjoy tearing out their guts. Tales are things you get to enjoy twice." |
| I think either Shigatsu or Clannad has been the most depressing journey I've been through. |
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| This is a FAQ coming up every 4 weeks. I answered it several times already, here are links to my posting in the respective threads. https://myanimelist.net/forum/?topicid=1873583&show=0#post23 https://myanimelist.net/forum/?topicid=1895050&goto=post&id=61920815 https://myanimelist.net/forum/?topicid=1865315&show=0#msg60744491 And the best, top 15 style, answer was https://myanimelist.net/forum/?topicid=1859427&show=0#msg60502034 When making the list, I hadn't watched this anime yet, which easily goes into the top 5. https://myanimelist.net/anime/529/Saishuu_Heiki_Kanojo |
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| That i've watched, probably Nana. It's not an entirely depressing ride, most of it had me on my toes, but episode 34 onwards, I was a depressed mess. |
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| Evangelion and Mirai no Mirai can both be painful to watch |
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Playay said: Um, no. That's one of the most wholesome and conflict free anime ever made. Makes Non Non Byori look like a meldramatic action thriller.I haven't seen it but perhaps Tonari no Totoro is. |
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| If I had to pick one it would be welcome to the nhk. Second place goes to Devilman Crybaby. |
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howlisbae said: plastic memories was pretty depressing i guess in what way was it depressing? plastic memories wasnt depressing 1 bit so please dont even start |
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| One I haven't seen mentioned here: No Game No Life Zero, the prequel movie to NGNL. That movie crushed me and left me emotionally destroyed as no piece of media, anime or otherwise, has ever been able to do (except for the volume of the light novels it was adapted from, that one hurts like hell too). It wrecks you. |
| NHK or 5 Centimeters per Second. Texhnolyze is up there as well |
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Silvana00 said: sekaiwaKIREI said: Depressed for the sake of being depresses? I can see you have no idea what is depressionWelcome to the NHK +1, goes in pretty deep, but it isn't really depressing. Texhnolyze is crushingly nihilistic. For manga though, oh boy there's the ever-so-praised oyasumi punpun, the start was a great character study but it devolved into pure depression, as in the MC was basically depressed for the sake of being depressed. the actions he makes are quite questionable as well. there's also 'I sold my life for 10000 yen a year', but it's quite short. no idea what depression is? do you know how fucking stupid you look when you make assumptions about other people without even knowing them? i was clinically depressed for four years because of trauma, and i still can't forget that trauma to this day. i know perfectly well what depression is, oyasumi punpun did not depict depression well for the MC in the 2nd half of the manga. it was done well only in the beginning chapters, with the uncle. so much of the manga gave time to pointless side characters, that we rarely ever got to see any depth in terms of punpun's mental state, only some hollow words. it's so unbelievably pretentious, but still gets so much praise. it's a shame, because i do enjoy nihilistic works that go into depression, but punpun didn't do that. the second half was more those crazy people on the side and romance, more than going into punpun's mental problems. i'm not going to shit on you if you like punpun, but for the record, don't assume what people do or don't know, because you probably don't know the first thing about them. |
sekaiwaKIREIFeb 25, 2021 11:25 AM
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