I've never cried of laughter so much with an anime... And few have also made me cry just as much of sadness. That anime makes you so happy just to stab you when you least expect it. Truly a bittersweet, very silly and beautiful ode to life, kindness and comradery.
I’ve rewatched Violet Evergarden a lot, and it never fails to make me cry. Even with the character you only get one episode or a small section of the movie with, you feel for them. You hurt because they hurt. But even without these side characters, you have Violet whose story alone is enough to make grown men weep. And let’s not forget how fucking gorgeous the anime is. Every single character, scene, background, even the fights are masterfully done. I may be a stranger on the internet to whoever’s reading this, but trust me when I say, Violet Evergarden is worth the watch and the tears
One thing I particularly love is that it simultaneously breaks the viewer's heart and puts it back together again. Had it only been the sad moments, it would've just been bleak, but the reason the show is so successful at making the audience cry is that it's both very heartbreaking _and_ very heartwarming.
Literally just had my GF watch Edgerunners this week. We both cried out eyes out at the ending and then she nearly immediately decided we have to do a cosplay lmao
@@LuisSierra42 David and Lucy are brutally relatable to myself and my girlfriend respectively in terms of backgrounds and motivations. Watching characters you can empathize and relate to go through what David and Lucy did for each other fucking destroyed us simply because it felt far more personal.
God, _Violet Evergarden_ wrecked me in a way that few other stories ever have. I would watch it in the morning before I got to work and the episode with the young daughter angry at her mother for writing letters instead of spending time with her caused me to ugly sob into my pillow and temporarily go blind from the tears. It's a fucking masterpiece, and I'll say the movie is a good watch too, though not quite as good as the show.
The devastation wrought by Edgerunners is so complete that just seeing some of the characters in this got me emotional again. "I Really Want to Stay at Your House" sometimes comes on in my music mixes and I will start crying before I recognize what the song is. It is designed to make you fall in love, each character finding a place in your heart before their fate turns them daggers.
For some reason I totally didn't get into it. What do people love about it? I did love that one episode where they lashed out at the commander, though.
@@floriankubiak7313 One reason is that the show was very well-timed: it was a show about a nation throwing its marginalized under the bus during a crisis that released in 2021. Another reason is that it has a compelling plot and characters and has a lot to say about war, trauma and dehumanization.
About five years ago, during a certain lockdown, I made the mistake of binge watching Anohana. There were tears and there may have been chocolate wine involved.
Just being reminded of Tokyo Magnitude 8.0 got me crying a bit. My home city of Seattle is also vaguely due for "the big one" so it's easy to imagine myself or the people I love in similar situations that makes it hit that much harder. I have nieces about the age of the protagonists and the thought of them going through this makes my chest hurt. Of the anime on this list I've personally seen, it absolutely deserves the number one spot for heartbreaking.
Edgerunners grabs you by the collar, looks you dead in the eye, and tells you how it's gonna end. But in the words of Rainier Wolfcastle, "the goggles do nothing" - you simply cannot be fully prepared
I find crying over sad fiction can make a sad reality a bit more bearable, personally. But even if you don’t go that route, I hope things turn around for you soon!
The first time I ever cried with any media was with Violet Evergarden, it helped me learn that painful happy memories from lost beloved people is the shortcut to my emotions.
One of the things that I think really makes traumatic anime like Violet Evergarden work is that they are both heartbreaking and heartwarming. If you took it or one of these other shows and just played the sad moments, it would just be bleak and it wouldn't resonate; there needs to be just enough joy and healing for the audience to really care. In short: contrast is important.
I'm glad that H-Manga Metamorphosis by Shindo L never got an anime adaptation. It's just so dark, edgy and horrific?😱😟😢😭👎💔🥀💀☠️ Everything that happened to it's main protagonist Saki Yoshida was just sad and tragic. It's a shame that she couldn't at least have a boyfriend like Rentarou Aijo (100 Girlfriends Manga). Also fictional characters like Takumi Musashino (TSF Monogatari), Tenka Momose (Girl Crush), and Ju-kyung Lim (True Beauty) are seriously lucky that they never suffered the same fate as poor Saki.
Great video! I'd love a follow-up video with anime to cheer you up! Also, I never thought I'd see one of my favourite youtubers talk about one of my favourite mobilegames!
After watching Violet Evergarden, I immediately watched Keijo. Yea I watched that show because I needed a palate cleanser to not feel depressed after that.
A Place Further Than The Universe was building up to a moment that I wasn't ready for. Shirase wasn't ready for it either. As she sees where her mother was and what happened in Antarctica we see that all of the funny moments, all of the penguins and all of the joyous bonding was leading up to a moment that would break our hearts just before the girls could go home. The Girls Are Not Alright!
It's really easy for me to cry over fiction but boy, I've never watched or read anything remotely close to how broken every episode of *VIOLET EVERGARDEN* left me until the movie that left me satisfied! 10/10 🛐
I still have yet to watch the movie because I thought the way the anime ended was perfect (spoilers below) with Violet knocking on the door of that house and having a surprised smile, leaving the audience wondering if it's the major on the other side of the door or not. I thought it was perfect because we don't need to know that; we just need to know that Violet is happy and moving forward with her life.
As soon as I saw the video topic, I knew Now and Then, Here and There would be on the list… not to say it’s my favorite on the list/top reccomend, just it definitely fits the prompt more than anything I could name
I remember watching Japan Sinks 2020 the day it came out. Binged the whole thing in an evening and I was sobbing inconsolably by the time it was over. This show does NOT fuck around, be warned.
Violet Evergarden is essentially animated art that borrows into your soul and spends the rest of your Earthly existence telling you traumatic war stories. I haven't even finished watching it, and I can't get it out of my mind.
If someone has seen VE and you just say "the episode," they'll immediately know which one you're talking about. That is how horrific that single damn episode was
Tenth? I didn't even get as far as the second episode before I started crying. For me, what made the show work was that it was both heartbreaking and heartwarming. All these characters have their tragedies, but they also begin to heal and move forward. It really is a story of healing.
To this day I can't bring myself to watch Violet Evergarden again... I love it and it's so beautifuly made... but there is one episode that, if you're a parent, you most likely can't watch more than once. I sure can't.
I love how it has 2 scenes of a character getting cornered. And slowmo plays, setting up the hero saving them last second. But it doesn’t happen. We love bonfires guys 😊.
Honorable mention to anything and everything by KEY Visual Arts. The anime adaptations can be hit or miss quality-wise, but they _will_ get you to a good cry or two at some point duing their runtime.
And for anyone wondering, this is the VN studio that brought you: Kanon Air Clannad Little Busters Angel Beats Charlotte Kud Wafter Planetarian Rewrite And more that I'm probably blanking on.
I think Place Further than the Universe is the first time I saw a show that made me happy cry. That scene when they’re running through the city just hit me, and that’s not even the only scene that did it either.
Edgerunners's tragedy doesn't just lie in in the series itself. No, the worst part is it's a common story among those of us that have played various campaigns of Cyberpunk (or Shadowrun if you want to go more fantasy in your dystopian future) before even 2077 got announced in 2012. If you think the digital adaptation wasn't powerful enough and thought that they couldn't possibly have that much phallic prosthetics in the tabletop, we have t-shirts if you survive initiation...
Many people mentioned Angel Beats and I absolutely agree. Funniest depression I've ever experienced. I've watched it many years ago but every time I remember it I have this urge to giggle and shed tears at the same time. Highly recommend. One I weirdly enough I've seen nobody mention despite having been quite popular is Your Lie In April. Amazing in terms of music and depiction of a rising professional musician's life, trauma, abuse and making you incapacitated in your room crying. 10/10 I cannot look at Snoopy the same way ever again after this.
Lots of good choices on this list. Though it is a full 26 Episode series, the first anime to give me 'the feels' , and actually make me cry when I first watched it, was Haibaine Renmei. From the creator of Serial Experiments Lain, it is a great and heart-wrenching series about loss, one's purpose in the world, and death.
Fun Anohana story: I watched it with my kid, my wife not really paying attention. We get to the climax of the story while my wife is at the store and she comes home to the two of us weeping and hugging on the couch with no clue WFT happened. Great show. 😂
to this day i wish for a grimgar season 2. such a highly underrated anime. the watercolor style is also a breath of fresh air from the more mainstream anime styles today
Tokyo Magnitudes 8.0 isn’t just heart wrenching. It’s absolutely ruinous if one has survived any sort of enormous natural disaster. An experience that is going to be more and more common, thanks to our esteemed leadership
Plastic Memories really broke me, even on the rewatch. I used so many handkerchiefs each episode. Probably the saddest and. most cruel romance I ever watched. But it is absolutely a great show. 10/10 for me
Barefoot Gen & Grave Of The Fireflies cover the same event, and both are worth watching. I would argue the Barefoot Gen manga lets you pace it better than the anime, as is inherent in any books/comics as the story only plays while you're actively reading.
My friend group has a kind of initiation ritual we call "the depression gauntlet" Basically it's where you watch angel beats, anohana and clannad back to back before you can join us at the con
Ironic that you mentioned Violet Evergarden in this because I just started watching it last night. Definitely going to look into some of these because they sound really depressing and good
Can't believe there's no mention of Madoka Magica on here since it's second sequel movie has been announced. Both the og anime and the movie Rebellion will ruin your weekend, especially if you watch them back-to-back since they aren't very long. Don't let the sparkles fool you: this is very much not a kids show. Technically not an anime, but anime inspired: RWBY has also broke me multiple times during it's 10 year run, more so than Madoka since it has aired more content and more consistently over the years. Don't believe people on the internet when they say it is bad; watch it for yourself and form your own opinion. It has gone through changes over the years, but the emotional weight has gotten deeper throughout each season in a way that I haven't seen from many shows, which is why it still means a lot to me 'til this day.
Now this is great timing. I just binged Your Lie in April in two days, I feel sad, depressed and I was just going to start looking for a new show to watch. :) I wonder if there's a show on the list that I haven't watched yet and your recommendation will make me continue my sad journey of sorrow and despair. xD
After I finished Anohana the first time, I legitimately just laid in bed sobbing for an hour. No media before or sinc has hit me that hard, and it's why it's my favorite
I already have a few of those titles in my plan to watch list (and I do want to watch them soon!) but I watched Vivy recently and was blown away by how good it was and how heart-wrenching & uncomfortably it was (not in a bad way). You get invested in the story, but you also cry when bad shit happens. Honestly, I loved the anime so much. I also watched Tokyo Magnitude 8.0 a decade ago I think, but now that I see this video, I really need to rewatch it. Violet Evergarden is my next watch. Thanks for this compilation that makes me want to cry my heart out.
Someday, someone will adapt the premise of the story which made me cry the hardest in the last few years. It was about an immortal who will always fully recover from death (and only the direct source of that death) and decides to keep it a secret, passing himself off as a “no power” superhero, his struggle to find a place where he fits, and how easy it was for him to hide that power when the people around him don’t realize how badly any of the things that happened to him both literally & metaphorically damaged him. It was also a pitch-black comedy which had me cackling right up until the last two chapters when his body was finally damaged so badly that it took him over a week to recover, everyone got very mad at him about going dark on them like that, and nearly 20yrs worth of built up trauma finally cracked (forcing them to face the truth of the situation, him to face the tragedy of his existence, and me to face the reality of all that happening to a boy so young that he normalized his own death long before he even became aware of superheroes.) I had to stop every other page, because I literally could not see the words in front of my eyes. It’s technically a fanfic, but the premise could be done independently. It’s on AO3 and is called “Banshee in a Well.” If, y’know, you feel like ruining your weekend with text instead of animation.
Surprised not to see Devilman Crybaby on here, choosing to watch it totally blind like ‘oh this is pretty short and I heard it was good’ messed me up bad. (I am commenting at the beginning of the video, maybe it gets an honorable mention, idk)
I supposed Made in Abyss ruining your whole existence is too much for those who want only their weekend ruined.
:D it is very special
Angel Beats. Show draws you in with comedy, before punching you in the gut and make you cry like a baby.
I've never cried of laughter so much with an anime...
And few have also made me cry just as much of sadness.
That anime makes you so happy just to stab you when you least expect it.
Truly a bittersweet, very silly and beautiful ode to life, kindness and comradery.
I’ve rewatched Violet Evergarden a lot, and it never fails to make me cry. Even with the character you only get one episode or a small section of the movie with, you feel for them. You hurt because they hurt. But even without these side characters, you have Violet whose story alone is enough to make grown men weep. And let’s not forget how fucking gorgeous the anime is. Every single character, scene, background, even the fights are masterfully done. I may be a stranger on the internet to whoever’s reading this, but trust me when I say, Violet Evergarden is worth the watch and the tears
One thing I particularly love is that it simultaneously breaks the viewer's heart and puts it back together again. Had it only been the sad moments, it would've just been bleak, but the reason the show is so successful at making the audience cry is that it's both very heartbreaking _and_ very heartwarming.
Literally just had my GF watch Edgerunners this week. We both cried out eyes out at the ending and then she nearly immediately decided we have to do a cosplay lmao
Edgerunners is good but it is not that good. I didn't cry at all when it ended probably because the characters were not properly developed
@@LuisSierra42 David and Lucy are brutally relatable to myself and my girlfriend respectively in terms of backgrounds and motivations. Watching characters you can empathize and relate to go through what David and Lucy did for each other fucking destroyed us simply because it felt far more personal.
@@LuisSierra42 same
My weekend is ruined enough . Lets make it worse
Ditto that
When your weekend is so cooked that you have to watch a video about what anime to watch to make your weekend bad in order to make it less cooked
God, _Violet Evergarden_ wrecked me in a way that few other stories ever have. I would watch it in the morning before I got to work and the episode with the young daughter angry at her mother for writing letters instead of spending time with her caused me to ugly sob into my pillow and temporarily go blind from the tears. It's a fucking masterpiece, and I'll say the movie is a good watch too, though not quite as good as the show.
left out the ultimate gut punch, Angel Beats
The devastation wrought by Edgerunners is so complete that just seeing some of the characters in this got me emotional again. "I Really Want to Stay at Your House" sometimes comes on in my music mixes and I will start crying before I recognize what the song is. It is designed to make you fall in love, each character finding a place in your heart before their fate turns them daggers.
As someone who binged Violet Evergarden and Magus Bride in the same weekend i know that feeling well.
HONOURABLE MENTION: 86 is a new trauma each episode
For some reason I totally didn't get into it. What do people love about it? I did love that one episode where they lashed out at the commander, though.
@@floriankubiak7313 I didn't like it either. I was mostly bored all the time and even fell asleep
@@floriankubiak7313 One reason is that the show was very well-timed: it was a show about a nation throwing its marginalized under the bus during a crisis that released in 2021. Another reason is that it has a compelling plot and characters and has a lot to say about war, trauma and dehumanization.
I loved 86 but I didn't find it that traumatic
One anime to make you feel better: the English dub of ‘Ghost Stories’
Classic gem that I just recently finished rewatching 👍
Jeff, I'm sending you my therapy bills.
your lie in April also packs a gut wrenching punch
Edgerunners being so bright and vibrant ambushes you with how nightmarish it gets
It's called cyberpunk for a reason.
Very surprised that the 86 didn't show up here.... its horribly tragic... i cried many times in that series.
Yeah, that show is definitely a masterpiece.
About five years ago, during a certain lockdown, I made the mistake of binge watching Anohana. There were tears and there may have been chocolate wine involved.
Oh you too?
I watched Anohana because of this channel back in like, 2016/2017 I think and thinking about it for too long STILL destroys me
Menma, we found you!
Just being reminded of Tokyo Magnitude 8.0 got me crying a bit. My home city of Seattle is also vaguely due for "the big one" so it's easy to imagine myself or the people I love in similar situations that makes it hit that much harder. I have nieces about the age of the protagonists and the thought of them going through this makes my chest hurt. Of the anime on this list I've personally seen, it absolutely deserves the number one spot for heartbreaking.
Edgerunners grabs you by the collar, looks you dead in the eye, and tells you how it's gonna end. But in the words of Rainier Wolfcastle, "the goggles do nothing" - you simply cannot be fully prepared
"Antarctica was with my mother when she was researching penguins right before she died."
I understood that reference
Oh sh** Jeff. You came right out with Grimgar. OK. Love you man. Best wishes to you and yours.
Oh come on. Just had the worst week of my life, culminating in a breakup less than an hour ago. RUclips’s algorithm is sick
I find crying over sad fiction can make a sad reality a bit more bearable, personally. But even if you don’t go that route, I hope things turn around for you soon!
The first time I ever cried with any media was with Violet Evergarden, it helped me learn that painful happy memories from lost beloved people is the shortcut to my emotions.
I know it doesn't meet the requirements of the video, but Clannad After Story utterly destroyed me.
Two other tearjerkers from KyAni : Kanon and Air. Thei main drawbak is their particular character design, which needs to get used to.
Another anime to worsen your weekend: To your Eternity.
Not an anime but Professor Layton and the Unwound future had me wrecked as a kid.
Same. What a beautiful story.
I've been waiting for a sequel this whole time
One of the things that I think really makes traumatic anime like Violet Evergarden work is that they are both heartbreaking and heartwarming. If you took it or one of these other shows and just played the sad moments, it would just be bleak and it wouldn't resonate; there needs to be just enough joy and healing for the audience to really care. In short: contrast is important.
Violet Evergarden will always be one of my favorite animes of all times. The story is just so beautiful.
Same. It was the fourth anime I watched, and, to this day, it is the only show that managed to make me cry during every episode.
I've seen half of these and can confirm they are enough to make a grown man cry
Violet Evergarden in the thumbnail is an instant click!
I'm glad that H-Manga Metamorphosis by Shindo L never got an anime adaptation. It's just so dark, edgy and horrific?😱😟😢😭👎💔🥀💀☠️
Everything that happened to it's main protagonist Saki Yoshida was just sad and tragic. It's a shame that she couldn't at least have a boyfriend like Rentarou Aijo (100 Girlfriends Manga). Also fictional characters like Takumi Musashino (TSF Monogatari), Tenka Momose (Girl Crush), and Ju-kyung Lim (True Beauty) are seriously lucky that they never suffered the same fate as poor Saki.
I immediately knew when I saw the title that “Now and Then, Here and There” was going to be included. I felt it in the pit of my stomach.
I wouldn’t wish grimgar on anybody man
Great video! I'd love a follow-up video with anime to cheer you up! Also, I never thought I'd see one of my favourite youtubers talk about one of my favourite mobilegames!
I didn't cry on those, but I cried on Your Lie in April and Clannad
If anyone watches any of these and needs another 12 episodes to put their heart back together again, highly recommend Buddy Daddies for that
Is it like a platonic anime version of the game Dream Daddy? (Father dating other fathers)
Even better, it's two assassins who BECOME fathers together (unfortunately they do not canonically date but it is heavily implied)
@@princessjellyfish98 Thank you!!
Buddy Daddies is maybe one of my favourite "raising a kid" animes!
After watching Violet Evergarden, I immediately watched Keijo. Yea I watched that show because I needed a palate cleanser to not feel depressed after that.
Angel beats is also worth a mention here
A Place Further Than The Universe was building up to a moment that I wasn't ready for. Shirase wasn't ready for it either. As she sees where her mother was and what happened in Antarctica we see that all of the funny moments, all of the penguins and all of the joyous bonding was leading up to a moment that would break our hearts just before the girls could go home. The Girls Are Not Alright!
I literally just watched episode 10 of Violet Evergarden yesterday 😭
It's really easy for me to cry over fiction but boy, I've never watched or read anything remotely close to how broken every episode of *VIOLET EVERGARDEN* left me until the movie that left me satisfied! 10/10 🛐
I still have yet to watch the movie because I thought the way the anime ended was perfect (spoilers below)
with Violet knocking on the door of that house and having a surprised smile, leaving the audience wondering if it's the major on the other side of the door or not. I thought it was perfect because we don't need to know that; we just need to know that Violet is happy and moving forward with her life.
As soon as I saw the video topic, I knew Now and Then, Here and There would be on the list… not to say it’s my favorite on the list/top reccomend, just it definitely fits the prompt more than anything I could name
I remember watching Japan Sinks 2020 the day it came out. Binged the whole thing in an evening and I was sobbing inconsolably by the time it was over. This show does NOT fuck around, be warned.
Violet Evergarden is essentially animated art that borrows into your soul and spends the rest of your Earthly existence telling you traumatic war stories. I haven't even finished watching it, and I can't get it out of my mind.
No chance anyone can get through the 10th episode of Violet Evergarden without ugly crying.
If someone has seen VE and you just say "the episode," they'll immediately know which one you're talking about. That is how horrific that single damn episode was
Don’t get me started. Even Episode 9 hurts as well especially once you are older and have kids (or trying to have kids).
Tenth? I didn't even get as far as the second episode before I started crying.
For me, what made the show work was that it was both heartbreaking and heartwarming. All these characters have their tragedies, but they also begin to heal and move forward. It really is a story of healing.
To this day I can't bring myself to watch Violet Evergarden again... I love it and it's so beautifuly made... but there is one episode that, if you're a parent, you most likely can't watch more than once. I sure can't.
Episode 9 right? Yea I get that feeling.
I never watched Boku No Pico, but i can see the trauma just looking at the face of people that did. Probably a different type of trauma though. 😅
Bold of you to assume I don’t already feel bad.
SAIKANO: The Last Love Song on This Little Planet (Saishuu Heiki Kanojo) really traumatized me. It made me go get therapy.
I know Devilman Crybaby is a nice, short heartbreaking anime that gets me every time.
I love how it has 2 scenes of a character getting cornered. And slowmo plays, setting up the hero saving them last second.
But it doesn’t happen. We love bonfires guys 😊.
Orb: On the Movement of the Earth made me cry the most. (yes, more than Anohana and Made in Abyss)
MB: Pronounces CD Projekt Red correctly
Me, a Polish person: Wait. That's illegal!
Honorable mention to anything and everything by KEY Visual Arts. The anime adaptations can be hit or miss quality-wise, but they _will_ get you to a good cry or two at some point duing their runtime.
And for anyone wondering, this is the VN studio that brought you:
Kanon
Air
Clannad
Little Busters
Angel Beats
Charlotte
Kud Wafter
Planetarian
Rewrite
And more that I'm probably blanking on.
I think Place Further than the Universe is the first time I saw a show that made me happy cry. That scene when they’re running through the city just hit me, and that’s not even the only scene that did it either.
Edgerunners's tragedy doesn't just lie in in the series itself. No, the worst part is it's a common story among those of us that have played various campaigns of Cyberpunk (or Shadowrun if you want to go more fantasy in your dystopian future) before even 2077 got announced in 2012. If you think the digital adaptation wasn't powerful enough and thought that they couldn't possibly have that much phallic prosthetics in the tabletop, we have t-shirts if you survive initiation...
The trauma will be WORTH IT! Love great anime regardless of how much it ruins my weekends
I'm just glad to see people talk about vivy more after it's season ended. 10/10 show
Remember boys and girls, it is okay to cry. Great video Jeff!
Isekai slow life is pretty cozy game, been playing it for a while, give it a chance!
Devlman crybaby laughing in the corner calling them all weak sauce
If episode 10 of Violet Evergarden doesn't make you tear up, then you're not human
Many people mentioned Angel Beats and I absolutely agree. Funniest depression I've ever experienced. I've watched it many years ago but every time I remember it I have this urge to giggle and shed tears at the same time. Highly recommend.
One I weirdly enough I've seen nobody mention despite having been quite popular is Your Lie In April. Amazing in terms of music and depiction of a rising professional musician's life, trauma, abuse and making you incapacitated in your room crying. 10/10 I cannot look at Snoopy the same way ever again after this.
Lots of good choices on this list.
Though it is a full 26 Episode series, the first anime to give me 'the feels' , and actually make me cry when I first watched it, was Haibaine Renmei. From the creator of Serial Experiments Lain, it is a great and heart-wrenching series about loss, one's purpose in the world, and death.
Watching this after the delightful "Flow", to simulate a speedball.
Oh... "Now and Then, Here and There" is only the second entry.
Oh no.
Fun Anohana story: I watched it with my kid, my wife not really paying attention. We get to the climax of the story while my wife is at the store and she comes home to the two of us weeping and hugging on the couch with no clue WFT happened. Great show. 😂
to this day i wish for a grimgar season 2. such a highly underrated anime. the watercolor style is also a breath of fresh air from the more mainstream anime styles today
Tokyo Magnitudes 8.0 isn’t just heart wrenching. It’s absolutely ruinous if one has survived any sort of enormous natural disaster. An experience that is going to be more and more common, thanks to our esteemed leadership
Plastic Memories really broke me, even on the rewatch. I used so many handkerchiefs each episode. Probably the saddest and. most cruel romance I ever watched. But it is absolutely a great show. 10/10 for me
You wanna talk about trauma anime? Barefoot Gen (ok it's a movie but still )
That movie traumatized me A LOT, it is NOT for the faint of heart
Barefoot Gen & Grave Of The Fireflies cover the same event, and both are worth watching. I would argue the Barefoot Gen manga lets you pace it better than the anime, as is inherent in any books/comics as the story only plays while you're actively reading.
I shed a tear watching this, some of these really did leave therapy warranting levels of damage
My friend group has a kind of initiation ritual we call "the depression gauntlet"
Basically it's where you watch angel beats, anohana and clannad back to back before you can join us at the con
Holy shit, an almost correct polish pronounciation of CD Project Red was not on my bingo today but I'll take it.
so you're telling me that if I want to know the story of my next Guilty Gear main, I'll need to cry over 8 episodes?
sign me up I guess
Ironic that you mentioned Violet Evergarden in this because I just started watching it last night. Definitely going to look into some of these because they sound really depressing and good
One day people will remember angel beats😢
I literally screamed when I saw Vivy on the list. The true sleeper hit!
Oh hey a new Mother's Basement.
*sees thumbnail...remembers Anohana*
...Imma need more weed for this one.
Nothing feels better than finishing an anime like these and just sitting with that empty feeling and process!
Thank you so much for pronouncing the name "CD projekt red" correctly - you're the only youtuber I watched who did
"Oh, Violet Evergarden, I've been meaning to watch that... Though, this is really making me want to watch Vivy again... Oh, hey, Vivy!"
Can't believe there's no mention of Madoka Magica on here since it's second sequel movie has been announced. Both the og anime and the movie Rebellion will ruin your weekend, especially if you watch them back-to-back since they aren't very long. Don't let the sparkles fool you: this is very much not a kids show.
Technically not an anime, but anime inspired: RWBY has also broke me multiple times during it's 10 year run, more so than Madoka since it has aired more content and more consistently over the years. Don't believe people on the internet when they say it is bad; watch it for yourself and form your own opinion. It has gone through changes over the years, but the emotional weight has gotten deeper throughout each season in a way that I haven't seen from many shows, which is why it still means a lot to me 'til this day.
Now this is great timing. I just binged Your Lie in April in two days, I feel sad, depressed and I was just going to start looking for a new show to watch. :) I wonder if there's a show on the list that I haven't watched yet and your recommendation will make me continue my sad journey of sorrow and despair. xD
After I finished Anohana the first time, I legitimately just laid in bed sobbing for an hour. No media before or sinc has hit me that hard, and it's why it's my favorite
i cry during the soul eater mosquito fight climax
Can you do 10 anime that make you smarter?
I have like 8 examens for the next two week and I really need some divines interventions
I already have a few of those titles in my plan to watch list (and I do want to watch them soon!) but I watched Vivy recently and was blown away by how good it was and how heart-wrenching & uncomfortably it was (not in a bad way). You get invested in the story, but you also cry when bad shit happens. Honestly, I loved the anime so much. I also watched Tokyo Magnitude 8.0 a decade ago I think, but now that I see this video, I really need to rewatch it. Violet Evergarden is my next watch. Thanks for this compilation that makes me want to cry my heart out.
47s ago is probably the fastest Ive ever seen a RUclips video drop
Thanks for arriving so early!
Dang Grimgar season 2 when?
S2 is finally getting to the big action part and it's already over QQ..
Someday, someone will adapt the premise of the story which made me cry the hardest in the last few years. It was about an immortal who will always fully recover from death (and only the direct source of that death) and decides to keep it a secret, passing himself off as a “no power” superhero, his struggle to find a place where he fits, and how easy it was for him to hide that power when the people around him don’t realize how badly any of the things that happened to him both literally & metaphorically damaged him. It was also a pitch-black comedy which had me cackling right up until the last two chapters when his body was finally damaged so badly that it took him over a week to recover, everyone got very mad at him about going dark on them like that, and nearly 20yrs worth of built up trauma finally cracked (forcing them to face the truth of the situation, him to face the tragedy of his existence, and me to face the reality of all that happening to a boy so young that he normalized his own death long before he even became aware of superheroes.)
I had to stop every other page, because I literally could not see the words in front of my eyes.
It’s technically a fanfic, but the premise could be done independently. It’s on AO3 and is called “Banshee in a Well.” If, y’know, you feel like ruining your weekend with text instead of animation.
Angel Beats has always fucked me up, personally. If i need a cry it's always my go-to
Higurashi no naku Koro ni is one that traumatizes everyone I suggest it to
Oh my god Grimgar mentioned in 2025? I need a season 2 NOW
Wandering Witch Elaina would have been a great pick, Re:Zero too.
I've seen about 5/10 of these anime and I standby your statements on all of them. Totally recommend.
I told my friends that Akame Ga Kill was a really wholesome fantasy 👍
the 2 that i will always remember are violet evergarden and Charlotte, both of those brought me to tears
Surprised not to see Devilman Crybaby on here, choosing to watch it totally blind like ‘oh this is pretty short and I heard it was good’ messed me up bad.
(I am commenting at the beginning of the video, maybe it gets an honorable mention, idk)
I was just thinking to myself "I'm having a great year so far" I miss hating life
11:02 We don't talk about Plastic Memories. 😢🎉
Tokyo magnitude 8.0 is such a hard anime to watch. I'm so happy that you loved it.
Violet Evergarden's final movie was responsible for one of the UGLIEST cries of my life. 10/10 would recommend.