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Jan 31, 6:29 PM
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I am myself a person that gets very emotional a lot when watching basically any show, even crying sometimes for kind of weird reasons like a great OST, insane animation or little characters moments that would normally not make anyone else cry.
So what are your thought on this type of anime experience? I also left a list with every time I've cried when watching an anime or reading a manga and how many times respectively:

  • Demon Slayer (5)
  • Naruto
  • The Promised Neverland
  • Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood (3)
  • Steins;Gate 0 (2)
  • A Silent Voice <Shape of Voice>
  • Your Name
  • Kaguya Sama
  • To Your Eternity (3)
  • Link Click (4)
  • Haikyuu (2)
  • Fruits Basket (3)
  • Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann (2)
  • One Piece (17)
  • Vinland Saga
  • Kingdom (5)
  • Horimiya
  • Mushoku Tensei (2)
  • Frieren (12)
  • Hunter x Hunter (2)
  • Blue Spring Ride
  • Blue Box
  • Dandadan
  • Legend of the Galactic Heroes (10)
  • Violet Evergarden (14)
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Jan 31, 6:34 PM
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It's pretty normal to cry when watching an anime that is supposed to make you emotional, I think so.
Jan 31, 6:52 PM
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I am a softie while watching anime so there's a lot, I even teared up in the end of first episode of Violet Evergarden, but the title which broke me the most, I don't keep the track of such stuff as you do, so perhaps I would assume it is Diamond of Ace as that has quite a bit of episodes and each opponent team were made very nicely and I cared for both teams, for both of their reasons and their players which made me tear/cry at some scenes.
Jan 31, 6:57 PM
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I think when an anime can touch your emotions and even make you tear up from it then it's good. Personally, I like those type of shows.
Jan 31, 7:10 PM
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I don’t cry very often at anime as I’ve usually read the manga beforehand and so I’m prepared for the emotional scenes (and have already cried whilst reading it).

But, I have cried for anime movies before, in a public cinema no less. Your Name and Suzume in particular I recall getting very emotional over. Such beautiful animation and powerful, emotionally charged scenes around the climax of the story are when set me off. Pass the tissues!
Jan 31, 7:22 PM
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Like I said in another recent thread, I like it when a story is emotionally touching and makes me cry.

In this vein, I'm no stranger to having some tears, when some really heartstrings-tugging or heartwarming story event happens. And it's a very good thing when it does.

I never counted how many times I cried to things, but as far as I know, those series that made me cry -- or more broadly, made me feel intense emotions -- tend to get higher scores.
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Jan 31, 7:39 PM
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I have to ask: do you keep a log of every time you cried? Or can you count these moments from memory?

As for myself: yes, I shed tears now and then. For me, it's easier to get emotional from anime, compared to other media.

I also cry from somewhat unusual reasons. I actually don't cry that much watching overtly sad shows like Anohana or Your Lie in April...
Jan 31, 7:44 PM
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Not gonna lie, I always tear up at the end of K-on.
Jan 31, 8:15 PM
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I have to ask: do you keep a log of every time you cried? Or can you count these moments from memory?

As for myself: yes, I shed tears now and then. For me, it's easier to get emotional from anime, compared to other media.

I also cry from somewhat unusual reasons. I actually don't cry that much watching overtly sad shows like Anohana or Your Lie in April...
@perseii I personally keep a log of every time I've cried with any piece of media ever, I just filtered out everything that wasn't anime because this is MAL XD. Unlike you, "tear baiting" or overtly sad animes do tend to make me cry a lot but there have been exceptions like Grave of the Fireflies (which I didnt really like).
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Jan 31, 8:18 PM

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I am a softie while watching anime so there's a lot, I even teared up in the end of first episode of Violet Evergarden, but the title which broke me the most, I don't keep the track of such stuff as you do, so perhaps I would assume it is Diamond of Ace as that has quite a bit of episodes and each opponent team were made very nicely and I cared for both teams, for both of their reasons and their players which made me tear/cry at some scenes.
@Zettaiken Yeah, Violet Evergarden destroyed me several times, I am looking forward to watching the movie.
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Jan 31, 8:19 PM
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Your Name got me, I will admit although they managed a happy ending. The finale' of Cowboy Bebop comes close, but not quite because all the battle before it had me too amped up. LOL. World's End got me in the first episode ( Damn THAT song!). So did to your Eternity though Season 2 kind of ruined the fine Melancholy Season 1 had going for it. Wolf's Rain is one that also ripped my guts out, well the OVAs did anyway. The Series is open ended. ( Crunchyroll needs to fix that and get ALL of it!).
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Jan 31, 8:25 PM

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Your Name got me, I will admit although they managed a happy ending. The finale' of Cowboy Bebop comes close, but not quite because all the battle before it had me too amped up. LOL. World's End got me in the first episode ( Damn THAT song!). So did to your Eternity though Season 2 kind of ruined the fine Melancholy Season 1 had going for it. Wolf's Rain is one that also ripped my guts out, well the OVAs did anyway. The Series is open ended. ( Crunchyroll needs to fix that and get ALL of it!).
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@Sheol01 Yeah, that is why I never finished season 2 of To Your Eternity. I felt that the tone and mood that I loved so much about season 1 was completely lost (I will probably watch the last 3 episode whenever season 3 comes around though). Also, it is really amazing that you are such an "old" anime fan. Do you have any recommendations for older animes before the 2000s?
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To be honest, I cried the first time I watched Food Wars, but it wasn't because I was sad, it was because I was laughing too hard.
Jan 31, 8:50 PM
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It's not the anime that makes you cry but what they represent to you.
Humans are creatures made of memories and experiences. Anime speaks to your subconscious, when you watch an anime, a movie, a book your mind continuously makes associations, comparisons, goes to "take" something that is in your memories, in your life experience.
There are people who are very skilled in this process of "substitution" and "insertion" and people much less.
The anime character lost his grandmother as I lost her! and here I go with personal memories and emotions buried inside of me.
And there are people who instead do not have the ability to insert themselves and reflect themselves in the characters and fantasy lives.
Many writers, directors and authors go exactly in search of this thing because the more the viewer reflects himself in the character the more the work is appreciated because the viewer feels it personal and linked to it.
You are probably a person who has qualities like those of actors and RPG activities.
Also keep in mind that in real life there is no "soundtrack", while in movies and anime it is designed specifically to stimulate the senses, music on certain people can have very strong emotional impacts.
Jan 31, 9:16 PM

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Good writing is supposed to make you feel things. Often through characters, but also sometimes through music and direction. If something is interesting and/or engaging, I often find myself responding to events with a wide range of emotion. I would say this is the goal of any good writer. It's part of why I love the medium tbh
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@perseii I personally keep a log of every time I've cried with any piece of media ever, I just filtered out everything that wasn't anime because this is MAL XD. Unlike you, "tear baiting" or overtly sad animes do tend to make me cry a lot but there have been exceptions like Grave of the Fireflies (which I didnt really like).
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I personally keep a log of every time I've cried with any piece of media ever

Huh. I guess it's like keeping a diary?

I did say I didn't like "tear-baiting" very much, but I now realize that's not always true...

Grave of the Fireflies is one of those movies that absolutely destroyed me, but then again I saw it as a child. Shame you didn't enjoy it very much.

I also got teary from Violet Evergarden, which many people accuse of "tear baiting" but personally didn't really think it was. I think most people talk about the mother's letter episode or the movie's ending, but what really got me choking up was the ending of the season, Violet's letter. That sequence was just so beautiful, painful and hopeful. That's the kind of scenes I usually respond to, rather than straight-up sad scenes.
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DarkFirefly72 said:
I personally keep a log of every time I've cried with any piece of media ever

Huh. I guess it's like keeping a diary?

I did say I didn't like "tear-baiting" very much, but I now realize that's not always true...

Grave of the Fireflies is one of those movies that absolutely destroyed me, but then again I saw it as a child. Shame you didn't enjoy it very much.

I also got teary from Violet Evergarden, which many people accuse of "tear baiting" but personally didn't really think it was. I think most people talk about the mother's letter episode or the movie's ending, but what really got me choking up was the ending of the season, Violet's letter. That sequence was just so beautiful, painful and hopeful. That's the kind of scenes I usually respond to, rather than straight-up sad scenes.
@perseii Yeah, something like a diary I would presume.
Regarding people accusing shows ike Violet Evergarden of "tear baiting", I personally think it is a stupid argument. If the show manages to evoke poignant feelings in you it shouldn't really matter how "in your face" the sad story is, because it was well written in the first place. And if you don't like the show or the way it handles certain sad plot points then it shouldn't matter how much the anime wanted to "make you cry" in the first place. If something is good, it will be good, it really doesn't matter how they handle exposition, backstories, plot progression and whatnot.
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Pretty normal to cry over anime. Crying over Ost is fine to. Kny ep 19 wouldn't have made me cry if it wasn't for that soundtrack.
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Well, some people are simply very sensitive. There's nothing wrong with that.

I also cry sometimes, but it doesn't happen so often.



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I find it strange I can cry more easily from media while still overall have blocked up emotions.
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I don't cry at all watching anime, I even laugh at tear-jerking scenes sometimes.
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Can't really say anything about crying in general but shedding a few tears while reading kingdom is completely normal
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I cry easily if I'm emotionally attached to a show or its characters, or if the atmosphere and vibe just work.

I've cried many times while watching One Piece, that one Demon Slayer episode in Season 1, as well as the movie, Kyoto Animation shows, and more.
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I think most people cry when watching anime, me included and I'm someone who cries easily to a lot of things, and as others have mentioned good writing makes you feel things and whether it be anime, music or any other form of media its okay to cry. The most recent anime I have cried to would be dragon ball Z which is a show I've been enjoying and its coming to a close.



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I can't relate i don't cry when watching anime.
the only things that i feel are anger and libido.
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Anime has made me tear up a couple of times, unlike anything produced by the West
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Some anime like LoGH and Clannad After Story got me teared up before, I never sobbed because of anime though just teared up.

It's been a very long time since some anime made me teared up, anime nowadays aren't sad at all despite some of them have supposedly sobbing scenes.



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Honestly impressed that OP knows how many times they cried for each show, did you keep a tally as you were watching?

I do tend to get a manly lump in my throat, or shed a manly tear at climatic emotional moments, like when someone important dies (Rose of Versailles) or a couple finally get together (again Rose of Versailles), or even something like when the strawhat crew said goodbye to the Going Mary, man that had me in floods of tears, not even going to claim they were manly tears, I was blubbering like a baby.

I sometimes find that emotional music can provoke strong emotions, such as in Frieren or Aria, when you had the beautiful music mixed with sweet and sorrowful moments, almost melancholy.
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There's nothing wrong with that, if anything I wish I cried more with the media I consume. When I see people breaking down into tears watching stuff like Angel Beats' final scene, which I even agree is a great bittesweet moment and I understand why people cry watching it, but I end up just feeling sad for the characters in the scene rather than crying and stuff, I feel weird because the most common experience seems to be the viewer crying. When it comes to anime, I think the closest I ever got to crying would be with Chrono Crusade's final episode, I actually felt really bad after watching that one for the first time, probably the first time I've seen a "bad ending" to a story and I didn't know what to make of it back then, nowadays it's my all-time favorite anime ending.
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@fatesadversary Gurren Lagann is insanely hype, but the epilogue is one of the few things that has made me really hard sob.
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I've always despised sob stories.
I don't sob, but as I get older, I become more tearful.
I can't even remember which works I cried over because they just flood my eyes so easily.

The deeper the layers in «Made in Abyss,» the more it snatched me of clear vision and emotional stability.
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Honestly impressed that OP knows how many times they cried for each show, did you keep a tally as you were watching?

I do tend to get a manly lump in my throat, or shed a manly tear at climatic emotional moments, like when someone important dies (Rose of Versailles) or a couple finally get together (again Rose of Versailles), or even something like when the strawhat crew said goodbye to the Going Mary, man that had me in floods of tears, not even going to claim they were manly tears, I was blubbering like a baby.

I sometimes find that emotional music can provoke strong emotions, such as in Frieren or Aria, when you had the beautiful music mixed with sweet and sorrowful moments, almost melancholy.
@23feanor Yeah. I keep a tally. The thing is that I started watching anime in 2020 and because I knew that I am a persona that easily cries when experincing media in general I decided to keep track of it. This are also the times I've cried with non-anime content: The Last of Us, The Last of Us Part 2 (2), Avengers Endgame, Coco, Arcane (7), Soul (2), The Last of Us HBO (4), Persona 5 Royal, Dune 2, Avatar The Last Airbender (5), The Legend of Korra (9), Interestelar (4).
Apart from that, Frieren is just a modern classic, a mix of such compelling storytelling and masterful animation and soundtrack is very rare in any type of media.
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Fucking love tearing up to a good anime. I feel you on the OST part. But I'd say I don't get that emotional to that many anime but then I do get emotional even if there's just a really wholesome OST that tugs at your heartstrings or there's a sweet quote idk it's kinda mixed for me. For me some of them have been:

A Silent Voice (ending scene and that damn good OST)
Naruto (Although I don't like the series that much it sure has some really worthy tearjerker moments)
I want to eat your pancreas
AOT (Final Season, final part)
Your Name
Vinland Saga S2 (that final episode)
Look Back
Anohana: The Flower We Saw That Day (that final episode)
Assassination Classroom S2 (that final episode)
Cyberpunk: Edgerunners (depression max)
Demon Slayer (most demon death scenes)
Evangelion: 3.0+1.0 Thrice Upon a Time (that ending scene and ost)
Grave of the Fireflies (depression)
Josee, the Tiger and the Fish (storytime)
Megalobox 2: Nomad (that one episode)
Parasyte: The Maxim (that one episode)

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The only one is "Grave of the Fireflies".
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@23feanor Yeah. I keep a tally. The thing is that I started watching anime in 2020 and because I knew that I am a persona that easily cries when experincing media in general I decided to keep track of it. This are also the times I've cried with non-anime content: The Last of Us, The Last of Us Part 2 (2), Avengers Endgame, Coco, Arcane (7), Soul (2), The Last of Us HBO (4), Persona 5 Royal, Dune 2, Avatar The Last Airbender (5), The Legend of Korra (9), Interestelar (4).
Apart from that, Frieren is just a modern classic, a mix of such compelling storytelling and masterful animation and soundtrack is very rare in any type of media.
@DarkFirefly72 keeping a tally is fricking dedication dude. damn
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The only one is "Grave of the Fireflies".
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Feb 1, 8:19 AM

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@23feanor Yeah. I keep a tally. The thing is that I started watching anime in 2020 and because I knew that I am a persona that easily cries when experincing media in general I decided to keep track of it. This are also the times I've cried with non-anime content: The Last of Us, The Last of Us Part 2 (2), Avengers Endgame, Coco, Arcane (7), Soul (2), The Last of Us HBO (4), Persona 5 Royal, Dune 2, Avatar The Last Airbender (5), The Legend of Korra (9), Interestelar (4).
Apart from that, Frieren is just a modern classic, a mix of such compelling storytelling and masterful animation and soundtrack is very rare in any type of media.
@DarkFirefly72 wow, genuinely impressive. If the mood is right then I can be moved to tears fairly easily, although usually just a single tear wiped quickly away, not full on balling your eyes out crying (although did do that for the Going Mary farewell).

I wasn't including the usual suspects like ending of Anohana and last ep of Plastic Memories on the ferris wheel. Strangely enough I found Gintama often has some hard hitting moments where you get side characters who die and it hits way harder than you expect
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@PraneshChow every can of candy reminds me Setsuko 🚶‍♂️‍➡️
@DeonX Yeah, that movie was truly heartbreaking. I watched it 4 years ago and never thought I would cry over an anime. But this movie made me cry. This is why I hate war. I learned something special from it.
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Fucking love tearing up to a good anime. I feel you on the OST part. But I'd say I don't get that emotional to that many anime but then I do get emotional even if there's just a really wholesome OST that tugs at your heartstrings or there's a sweet quote idk it's kinda mixed for me. For me some of them have been:

A Silent Voice (ending scene and that damn good OST)
Naruto (Although I don't like the series that much it sure has some really worthy tearjerker moments)
I want to eat your pancreas
AOT (Final Season, final part)
Your Name
Vinland Saga S2 (that final episode)
Look Back
Anohana: The Flower We Saw That Day (that final episode)
Assassination Classroom S2 (that final episode)
Cyberpunk: Edgerunners (depression max)
Demon Slayer (most demon death scenes)
Evangelion: 3.0+1.0 Thrice Upon a Time (that ending scene and ost)
Grave of the Fireflies (depression)
Josee, the Tiger and the Fish (storytime)
Megalobox 2: Nomad (that one episode)
Parasyte: The Maxim (that one episode)

@DeonX I mean, 16 animes is still quite a few times that you've cried. I have friends that literally never cry when watching something (one of them as only cried for a deep dive Transformers YouTube video about a certain character that I cannot remember right now from the 80s TV Show).
The Evangelion rebuild movies are really amazing and not that much people talk about them imo.
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@DeonX I mean, 16 animes is still quite a few times that you've cried. I have friends that literally never cry when watching something (one of them as only cried for a deep dive Transformers YouTube video about a certain character that I cannot remember right now from the 80s TV Show).
The Evangelion rebuild movies are really amazing and not that much people talk about them imo.
@DarkFirefly72 I would say other than anime I don't think I've shed tears to any other medium/artform so many times. Hardly ever as a matter of fact. To each their own I guess. Someone's Transformers maybe the Silent Voice to them lol.

Oh yeah the Eva rebuild series is amazing (and a bit more clear than the series?)
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Feb 1, 10:37 AM

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I've never cried while watching anime. I did feel a bit of sadness during my first few months of watching anime. Now, i don't even feel sad about anything in anime at all.
Crying while watching is something i cannot relate to, but i think it's obviously very normal to get emotional over an art/story.
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@Sheol01 Yeah, that is why I never finished season 2 of To Your Eternity. I felt that the tone and mood that I loved so much about season 1 was completely lost (I will probably watch the last 3 episode whenever season 3 comes around though). Also, it is really amazing that you are such an "old" anime fan. Do you have any recommendations for older animes before the 2000s?
@DarkFirefly72 Oh heck yeah. Anything Pioneer made. OG Tenchi Muyo! El Hazard the Magnificent World, etc. Than there are great series like Dirty Pair, Slayers, etc. I'd say OG Starblazers, but sadly the animation really hasn't held up. Still, it's the show that made me an Anime' fan.
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I probably need to keep record of whenever I break down in tears over anime, because sometimes I don't even remember how much I cried since it happens too much. I'm very emotional about fictional stories (opposed to how closed up I am about real life), being able to laugh and cry over characters that don't really exist makes me feel at ease.

This generally only applies to when I watch anime by myself. Some tears are fine, but getting all sad and messed up isn't exactly something I want to show off to other people.

There are quite a lot of anime that make me cry pretty much no matter how often I rewatch them (sometimes even when I just rewatch certain scenes). A few favorite examples would be:
Violet Evergarden (episode 9)
A Certain Scientific Railgun (Saten's struggles and her relationship with Misaka cumulating in the Railgun vs. AIM Burst fight in episode 12)
Tamako Love Story (Last scene with Midori in the school and her short dialogue with Kanna)
Horimiya (last scene of episode 10 with Sakura in the student council room)
Love Live! Superstar!! (season 2 episode 9 between Sumire and Keke)
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Only Violet Evergarden and Wolf Children was able to melt my ice

Others, ehhhh
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That's good, all I feel is an ever lingering sense of despair masked momentarily by memes.
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i cry alot at anime- at epic scenes, funny scenes, sad scenes, happy scenes. basically, whenever theres a lot of emotion. i am an emotional guy deep down
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i dont think its bad. i was a mess when i watched gintama the final. maybe cried like 5 times lmao
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honestly i cried more watching anime than me just being sad (no crying) about death of relatives and some friends in real life ye im weird that way
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Glad to find another person crying so much over one piece as well haha. Especially wano for me. The intensity of the characters and what they stood for just brings out the tears like every other episode.
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Glad to find another person crying so much over one piece as well haha. Especially wano for me. The intensity of the characters and what they stood for just brings out the tears like every other episode.
@bryanyuchen Wano is definitely my favorite arc of One Piece. I still think that Marineford is a little bit better as an arc, but Wano is my absolute favorite.
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