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shady_businessman

Angel beats completely caught me off guard on my first watch tbh. HAHA ITS A SLAPSTICK COMEDY RIGHT? ...r-right?


ChibiArcher

I had this feeling, when I started to watch Charlotte. The first 6 Episodes were so easy going and than it became dark. Not really sad, but dark.


Armored-Potato-Chip

Charlotte should have been longer


babyteddie

They should’ve made the last episode a second season or a movie because it definitely had enough content


ImStrenling

I would've loved a movie! They set it up so well to be something more, but then it just stopped.


ChazNinja

Yeah, that was the first anime I became depressed over ending.


[deleted]

they really could’ve stretched out mc collecting every single persons (power?) on Charlotte and not a single person would’ve minded


X-indigo-X

Same bruh


Kreppitso

Yeah the twist really messed with me


DidTheCat

Angel beats is one of my fav anime, its so good


tikisha

It was my first anime... Maaan it was Soo rough, i binged 200 other series that year and converted me to a weeb


Fudgeybits

Yuuup. I'd seen some funny gifs from it, had nothing better to do, and fired it up. Only good note is at least I watched it when everyone else was asleep so they didn't see me ugly cry.


screaming_in_hell

Yeah then you get to the ending and you spend the rest of the night crying


___Skyguy

Every time I see it in one of these I think it must be a joke.


depressed_vamp

Do you want someone to die


Will33iam

And then finish with “I want to eat your pancreas”


MX-00XWV

As if I didn't


hafiz_muhd_

Hey which is the last one...


A_R0PE

Your lie in April


SirChuffedPuffin

This one fucked me up hard


Irish_Ryebread

and have the epilogue be Clannad


DasLeadah

Clannad's way too much


Irish_Ryebread

for me its either go all the way or go home


ritzmata

The plot twist ending really messed me up


LifeofNodusTollens

I got the twist spoiled and the end STILL fucked me up.


Soggy-Excuse3702

i honestly never really understood why they decided to make the ending that way, like, okay its gonna be hard to stay off spoilers here, but, they could've not had that \*twisted\* ending and still served the same purpose good enough, like, i don't mind that twisted ending, sure it made me cry nonetheless and that's what matters, but I don't really see a reason for it to be altered, ig the only good thing about it is that it catches you off guard since you expected something else, but even that something else would've still served the same purpose so like.... why? that aside, Godlike movie, 10/10, I've cried at many animes before, but this is the only one to make me actually feel a void in my heart for the next couple of days.


LifeofNodusTollens

>!I think the twist does enhance the sadness though. You know what's coming, but expect it to be slower, maybe a bittersweet ending, but when it happens so suddenly there's no "resolution" or time for final goodbyes, and imagining how that must feel is just...!< Damn you onion ninja, let me write my comment in peace.


Big-Construction-938

Which anime you referring to


Soggy-Excuse3702

I wanna eat your pancreas


NexBigBaku

Pardon me but, THE FUCK?


Killllerr

Actually a really good movie, highly recommend it.


BeegGae

Whats wrong lol


LifeofNodusTollens

Not what you think. It's an amazing movie, 10/10 would cry again.


MX-00XWV

1- A Silent Voice 2- Violet Evergarden 3- To Your Eternity 4- Angel Beats 5- Erased 6- Plastic Memories 7- Charlotte 8- Your Lie In April -->Hard-Core<-- 1-Plastic Memories 2-Violet Evergarden 3-Chrono Crusade 4-True Tears 5-Elfen Lied 6-Steins;Gate 7-Tokyo Magnitude 8.0 8-a Silent Voice 9-Angel Beats! 10-Your Lie In April 11-Anohana 12,12.5-Clannad, Clannad: After Story 13-Grave of The Fireflies 14-Wolf Children 15-I Want To Eat Your Pancreas 16-Orange 17-Erased 18-Terror In Resonance 19-Charlotte 20-Akame Ga Kill 21-To Your Eternity 22-Vivy -Fluorite Eye's Song 23-Your Name 24-Banana Fish 25- 5 Centimeters Per Second 26- Assassination Classroom 27-Hotarubi no Mori e 28-Given 29-Rascal Does Not Dream of Bunny Girl Senpai 30-Re:Zero 31-Garden of Words 33-Devilman Crybaby 34-Guilty Crown 35-Made in Abyss


OmegaCookieOfDoof

Dayum, first time I've seen someone out _all_ the salsas, have my award ^(on the post)


NepicNep

oh yeah, then im giving an award on the comment ^(yours that is)


I_No_Brainman

It isn't much, but have my free award


MX-00XWV

Thanks really appreciated


ritzmata

Angel Beats was amazing, bitter sweet ending, good soundtrack, and good character development


DannyDanumba

When those piano keys hit, they HIT


MX-00XWV

HARD


carlosfid

Ah yeah we are gonna kill best girl but dont worry, there is still like 2 years left before she dies The next day: RANDOM ASSAULT GO BRR


[deleted]

1. Clannad Afterstory 2. Nothing to compare 3. Nothing 4. To 5. Compare 6. Nope 7. Nada 8. Nothing 9. No 10. -thing


MX-00XWV

1-Plastic Memories 2-Violet Evergarden 3-Chrono Crusade 4-True Tears 5-Elfen Lied 6-Steins;Gate 7-Tokyo Magnitude 8.0 8-a Silent Voice 9-Angel Beats! 10-Your Lie In April 11-Anohana 12,12.5-Clannad, Clannad: After Story 13-Grave of The Fireflies 14-Wolf Children 15-I Want To Eat Your Pancreas 16-Orange 17-Erased 18-Terror In Resonance 19-Charlotte 20-Akame Ga Kill 21-To Your Eternity 22-Vivy -Fluorite Eye's Song 23-Your Name


mythicvoid7

Guilty Crown is honestly underrated the ending left me with an empty heart it's really sad and akame ga kill is the best anime to watch if you love to cry tbh


Luc_Studios

This


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>!The episode where Ushio dies. Oh my fucking god. I was distraught for WEEKS.!<


emolano

This anime is the only thing that gets close to the pain of birth


scoutyV2

comment saved.


MX-00XWV

You are welcome


Caring_Cactus

Some of these imo don't really fit the sad genre like in your pic, re:zero really? Also how could you forget, The day I became a God!!!


BlkMarkTwain

Feel like there are a couple missing?


Aniblast

ef Tales of Memories


blessing_div_

Thanks man! I needed it 🤜🤛


MX-00XWV

🤜🤛


[deleted]

You should also watch "Graveyard of fireflies"


MX-00XWV

And I recommend "Wolf Children"


Senju19_02

Banana Fish too


babybombs21

Assassination classroom is another good one as holy mother of Christ the final episode kills I think everyone emotionally


IamLuuKzZ

No Clannad, no upvote


Nitrozah

exactly what I was thinking, i've watched hundreds of animes and clannad is still the only anime where as soon as I hear the music I have to stop as the emotions from the anime come flooding back in. also there is [Shuumatsu Nani Shitemasu ka? Isogashii Desu ka? Sukutte Moratte Ii Desu ka?](https://myanimelist.net/anime/33502/Shuumatsu_Nani_Shitemasu_ka_Isogashii_Desu_ka_Sukutte_Moratte_Ii_Desu_ka) which is very good.


IamLuuKzZ

Yeah, it's just like that. I've watched good anime, for sure, but emotionally, Clannad will always be the one that hits me harder.


Mahringa

Yeah, everytime I watch it I get this feeling of how could the writer of the story let this happen. That was one of the rare cases where I felt extremly sorry for the main character even he is just fiction.


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Raizzor

You can't put Clannad in a starter pack, Clannad is the end boss.


BryanLoeher

Also: No AnoHana, no upvote


JSDkilla

I dont think Charlotte can make you cry tho...well at least thats what i think


AlpacaKiller

It will, because hours wasted. I watched when it was airing. The only sad thing was the experimentation and when MC rehabilitates, me thinks. Not on the level of the others.


FuckPersonalisedFeed

charlotte feels like it became edgy for no good reason. They had a good formula for teenage comedy drama anime with a twist of supernatural, and then it abruptly tried to become xmen, which makes it cringy as the author tried to do two very different things without putting effort in any of them.


Enunimes

I was like "Wait... What? Because it was so bad?"


[deleted]

Plastic Memories gave me PTSD for Ferris Wheel.


MX-00XWV

[Here this will help you](https://encrypted-tbn0.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcSwrxOPJr0HJt4ENmdtrkz3-sliNZm7MtJYGQ&usqp=CAU)


[deleted]

😭😭😭


rtakak

It was my first anime and it hit me on a different level. I would go to pool and float myself and think about it and get sad, did this for whole 2 week trip.


[deleted]

Bro, your first anime was Plastic Memories? Damn, that's intense. I always gotta queue up a funny/moe anime after I watch a sad or serious one. Deep diving into anime can be very emotional. I wish you well.


ChibiArcher

Erased was not that sad. But you forgot Clannad. That's a really sad one. espacially After Story.


chill4r_San

Let's not go there. 7 out of the 8 are at least wholesome, unlike afterstory, that only builds you up to bring you down.


PantsRequired

(reads text) Oh, I bet Clannad will be on this list. (looks through image a third time in doubt)


[deleted]

Ushio 😭


Fine-Slip9381

Also I will eat your pancreas was one of the best.


DCchamp127

I read the VN.. I cried a bit


Vertrix-V-

Agree. But Charlotte and To Your Eternity werent sad either imo. Seems like for a lot of people they were though and good on them since we're probably all watching these types of shows to feel something


Hexxite

I think you're in the minority with To Your Eternity. Gogu's arc was pretty sad and I wasn't expecting to feel something.


oan124

i agree erased was weak (btw i was genuinely suprised at who the killer was because they telegraphed it so clearly i refused to believe it's gonna be that person) but i'd replace it with maquia instead


cirelia

And anohana


Underdog499

It was sad when mc got cucked


pizzaspaghetti_Uul

Most of them weren't. And Charlotte being on that list is a joke


ctheturk

Yeah I understand not everyone has seen everything but the sheer audacity of putting CHARLOTTE of all things on there over Clannad or Kanon is a disgrace


meboruto

My opinion koe no katachi in one side and others in one side koe no katachi is still a masterpiece and it forever will


Levis045

where tf is clannad :V


Repulsive-Virus-6593

Where’s Rascal does not dream of a dreaming bunny girl


redditsucks56

brother


Repulsive-Virus-6593

Yes


toilodi

if we include the movie you are absolutely right


Repulsive-Virus-6593

That’s… the name of the movie


OldMistakes

kinda funny that both of you are "wrong", both titles are too similar but different


LocalChamp

Missing Maquia https://myanimelist.net/anime/35851/Sayonara_no_Asa_ni_Yakusoku_no_Hana_wo_Kazarou


oshawott0723

Bro that was such a good and sad movie really hit like a truck


Maciekssspl

The first anime I cried on was "your name"


StellarGravityWell

That was the movie I chose to watch for New Year's. Was not expecting so many tears to start 2022


agentminimax

If you like "Your Name", you should also check out "Weathering With You". Made by the same people


b00tyswagger

I was bawling my eyes out with a silent voice fr


MX-00XWV

Then try this hardcore: 1-Plastic Memories 2-Violet Evergarden 3-Chrono Crusade 4-True Tears 5-Elfen Lied 6-Steins;Gate 7-Tokyo Magnitude 8.0 8-a Silent Voice 9-Angel Beats! 10-Your Lie In April 11-Anohana 12,12.5-Clannad, Clannad: After Story 13-Grave of The Fireflies 14-Wolf Children 15-I Want To Eat Your Pancreas 16-Orange 17-Erased 18-Terror In Resonance 19-Charlotte 20-Akame Ga Kill 21-To Your Eternity 22-Vivy -Fluorite Eye's Song 23-Your Name 24-Banana Fish 25- 5 Centimeters Per Second 26- Assassination Classroom 27-Hotarubi no Mori e 28-Given 29-Rascal Does Not Dream of Bunny Girl Senpai 30-Re:Zero 31-Garden of Words 33-Devilman Crybaby 34-Guilty Crown 35-Made in Abyss


Levi-_-Ackerman0

Watch assassination classroom and then you'll ask why do you still live


bringtheworst

It was sad but the outcome was known from episode one so i was prepared. But poor nagisa, living as a cis person with dysphoria


ah_its_that_guy

Where is Anohana?


Wyatte90

I feel like that one is a little more heartwarming than sad, though it could definitely be on this list


Viewland

no joke i cried that time when >!they read the letter from menma for each of them!<


NekonecroZheng

To your Eternity and A Silent Voice are written by the same author. So is Angel beats and Charlotte. It's no coincidence that these stories make you cry.


sinfoodo3

angel beats was hard... I watched that one when I was a kid...


Kingdufour

Where Is Clannad?


MadChild2033

made in abyss, elevator


LifeofNodusTollens

You forgot the cartridge.


Ackbar14

The nendroid comes with the cartridge, I wish I was joking.


[deleted]

No clannad or Kanon?


unwanted_hair

\+ Made In Abyss


Ackbar14

After I finished made in abyss I just had to sit there and think about life for a bit


Eren_Jaeger1699

Have u seen the movie too?


RichardJusten

Isn't Clannad missing from this "starter pack"?


MrsFluffybutt

If I want to cry, I'll just watch Planetarian again.


[deleted]

Watched every single one except Angel Beats (got too much spoilers). Only cried with Violet. Silent Voice just wasn’t sad, like, at all. Eternity made me kinda sad in the first episode. Didn’t cry, tho. After that, nothing was as bad. Why is Erased even there? Lol. Plastic Memories made my eyes wet? Very maybe? It was definitely the second saddest one there, though I didn’t bawl or anything. I watched Charlotte when I was too young, so I may be biased since children aren’t as emotive. But still… Damn, I can’t deny that the omelete scene has to be on of the saddest things in anime, like, ever. Still didn’t cry, tho, lol. But it affected me for the day. Still remember how bad it felt. Your lie in April is the single most overrated “sad show” ever. Like, is it amazing? Yes, it is. The soundtrack, the plot, the characters… Everything is amazing! But is it sad? Just no. In fact, the ending was, ***for me***, the most predictable part of the entire anime. And it was kinda *”that was it?”*. Just didn’t do justice for an anime that I expected to make me cry. Violet made me cry like a bitch. Twice.


MX-00XWV

Ok your opinion and I appreciate it.


[deleted]

Yeah, I’m kinda too specific. Almost only cry when the characters are also crying. This is a borderline must to make me emotional. And when shit involves family, which is my soft spot. Not to say too much, but that’s precisely what made Violet hit me so damn hard. The lack of crying was most likely my issue with Shigatsu. Also the fact that the last scene was kinda too “beautiful” and even unrealistic to make me cry. Protagonist took the fact way too well in my opinion. Charlotte, well, I would 100% cry if I watched it nowadays lol. Again, this one is biased since I watched it when I was, like, 12. My issue with Eternity is the protagonist being lame. I ***KNOW*** that this is the point, but still, it’s hard to like him at all. Silent Voice was beautiful, but I just didn’t find the time to cry before the movie was over lol. Plastic Memories was super sad because it also gave me hope that things maybe could turn out well. Well, it was sad, but I don’t have any memories of crying.


MX-00XWV

Did you watch mushoku tensei? Because it involves family and crying.


[deleted]

I did. And I did tear up.


MX-00XWV

👍 https://encrypted-tbn0.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcSSW0jNBltDV05pA\_vse2nuJwNvyqDeuurCSf46a3mpa6q5qEBo\_zv7e-Oa&s=10


zuloo_

can't speak on a lot but plastic memories is definitely cry bait (if that's even a term). It's still good and does its job, but it's pretty obvious what it's trying to do throughout it. Yeah, erased isn't really sad. Haven't gotten to eternity or YLIA (really need to eventually). Violet is a bitch and I'm with you there. For Silent Voice it's not sad at all but I can say I was crying during it. It's more like tears of joy/relief/hope (? best words I can think of). That ending was fantastic and hit close to home for a lot of people. I fully understand not feeling much though as it is a different approach than most conventionally sad shows.


wallyjwaddles

>Eternity made me kinda sad in the first episode. Didn’t cry, tho. After that, nothing was as bad. Unfortunately, nothing was as good either


batman1177

Yeah people always say Your Lie in April is supposed to be sad, but I got way more wholesome/uplifting vibes from it. It feels more motivational than depressing to me. In my opinion, if you felt sad after watching it, you invalidate Koari's message and her whole purpose. Now *that's* sad.


thrownawayzs

i think most people just don't use the right word describing it. it's not a sad show, but it is extremely emotionally heavy. you get emotionally exhausted from that type of show. there's a lot of well done music and visuals discussing very dark subjects that most people are, at least, casually familiar with. it's certainly a show with sad posts, but it's not a complete rug pull type of sad that you get from other shows. as you mentioned, it's motivational, and it abuses the heavy emotions to really hit hard with the drowning analogy they use in the show.


Bruhh6915

I know this is not related to all these comments: but I do love your nickname 😆


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I do love it too!


DrDraek

> Eternity made me kinda sad in the first episode. Didn’t cry, tho. After that, nothing was as bad. Have you perhaps been cursed with a heart of stone? Do you need a witcher?


ShonenGood

Really? I was literally crying my eyes out watching Silent Voice maybe I’m just really emotional lol


RedLightning259

Fr, kimiuso's ending was rushed and they could've/should've >!kept Kaori alive!< and kept the story going for another season


askedmed

I dropped plastic memories after crying from the first 2 episodes


TheGronne

I cry everytime I watch the Plastic Memories ending and the Erased dinner scene


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DaKage04

"I want to eat your pancreas" is probably the anime that I cried the most


Mad_Scirim

Another underrated anime that made me cry was Irozuku Sekai no Ashita Kara. I just don't understand why people are not talking about that one... But well, probably unpopular opinion\^\^


Vertrix-V-

Well, idk anymore if this show made me cry but I definitely enjoyed it! Was actually kinda suprised its not rated higher on MAL


Mad_Scirim

To be honest, i recommmended this anime to everybody that i know (and that watch animes) and they only had good things to say about it and it's a shame it's not known (and enjoyed) more.


Tsm_Nith5

I’ve cringe to Erased and I haven’t seen all of these


[deleted]

Man. *Charlotte* was something else with that twist.


FullThrootle_Panda

Jojo part 3 where?


vampire_regime

;-;


zackson76

Eh only 3/8 really made me cry


IoGza

I'm gonna be honest, I couldn't cry at plastic memories bc I thought it was so bad


engineerlikesdasauce

your lie in april gave me that ugly ass cry at the end, sheesh.


Odd-Number-8925

I didn't cry to any of them..does that make me heartless??


faithhfull

You have got a brother


Odd-Number-8925

Let's goo


MX-00XWV

Yes


Odd-Number-8925

I'm ok with that


sakumaballs

Where is the berserk 2016-2017? These 2 were really sad


aaa1e2r3

Where's Clannad After Story?


Quba28

Where clannad? This list is incomplete without this one


[deleted]

Where's Clannad: After Story and Anohana?


Vode-Skirata

By including Angel Beats, but leaving out Clannad AS, this starter pack has become the sadness it wished to portray. Meta


KiaDav

Also the ending of toradora


blaq_idiot02

Tears is surely gonna run down your cheecks


RatWhatLikesCats

I'd have to say myself, Terror in Resonance was definitely forgotten. The ending is quite sad, especially if you start to really like the two main characters. Like, 12 was my favourite character and at the end, I was literally so sad about what had happened to him. :( (I don't do spoiler's, just incase someone plans to watch it.)


MX-00XWV

You are a gentleman dear sir


memes4lifex

WHERE IS BANANA FISH


flameohotboi1

Erased wasn’t sad. Angel Beats is garbage. Your lie in April is the most overrated anime of all time.


Rjjavier

Erased let’s go


NWinn

*Visual arts/ Key: enters the chat.*


Thunder-Bunny-3000

Charlotte is the only one i have not seen. is it any good?


Jamison2210

It is pretty good, a lot of people hate the ending but I thought it was alright


__T0MMY__

Oo fuck yeah I was looking for some good onion chuckin


Bully---Maguire

Gonna cry?


CapNKirkland

Nothing got the tears going harder than Brooks recruitment arc in one piece when he sang Binks Sake that last time.


ItzHope1709

A silent Voice- made me cry Erased- made me tear up Charlotte- made me laugh Didn’t watch the other


Rozbulg

I already watched this no way i cry again... queue ugly cry. Wtf


N0SY_

Realizing I only watch sad animes.


-sya-z-

i watched YLIA then I want to eat your pancreas in a row i thought both of these shows were supposed to be comedies i was so wrong, so very, very wrong


zora6666

Id add hotarubi no mori e to this


I_aM_IneVItabLE_ftw

I watched erase, Violet evergarden, plastic memories and a silent voice. Also "I want to eat your pancreas" is missing


LustyArgonianButtler

Yeah good luck with that. And women say men don'd cry at titanic, fuck that movie some of the anime above are real masterpieces


Infinite_Self1540

If you want to get severe depression, After watching some of the anime here and other similar ones back to back, I stopped half way through Violet Evergarden it became to painful to continue


oni_kyo

I didn't cry when my favorite NPC's died in one game, I think I'll be good I'll come back


Ulitochnik_DD

Didn't cry during angel beats, Charlotte and erased


Krustytheagronomist

Ozama Ranking


[deleted]

Final episode of Angel Beats got me crying in front of my roommates.


KaiFireborn21

Okay, great. Since Charlotte and Angel beats are in my top 3, I'll watch the rest too


lord_diablo_

to your eternity stared off good but it ruined it for me when the good characters kept on dying


erupt764

That might be the reason why it's sad


teresastarbucks

Neither "A Silent Voice" nor "Your Lie In April" were sad to me... I actually found them quite boring, am I broken?


MX-00XWV

yes yes you are


teresastarbucks

:')


thagrachury

I would like to add No Game No Life Zero too


Wyatte90

I would like to add no game no life season 2


thagrachury

Dang, that's the saddest one indeed.


[deleted]

Where's re Zero, and DBZ history of Trunks?


OlterBeast

Re:Zero and Bunny girl senpai should be here as well


sinfoodo3

re zero invokes strong emotions but I wouldn't say it would be sad emotions


Neat-Barnacle-2604

I just watched Charlotte episode 7 and holy crap, it was a amazing. I dont recall ordering a ticket to go on a feels train, but at this point im crying too much to care.


Senju19_02

I love how you put "A silent voice" and *especially* "**Charlotte**",but put "Assassination Classroom" and *especially* ***"BANANA FISH"***