Anime/Manga Saddest Anime Death?

This thread will obvious contain spoilers.

What was an anime death (permanent, in this case) that made you feel very upset? I actually cried when Ash died at the end of Banana Fish, and Mae's death remains to be one of the most upsetting deaths in anime history for me. & Sasha (Attack on Titan)'s death was really upsetting to me, too, I really liked her, and her death pissed me off.

(Please be serious when answering this thread, btw.)

One Anime I hold dear to me is Code Lyoko. It's a low budget French Anime(one of its authors went on to do Oban Star Racers so CL is Anime in my book) and while the main protagonists cheated death on numerous occasions(basically to the point of becoming a meme back in the day before they were a thing), one scene cemented its place forever in my memory. The second to last Episode entailed what would be the final battle with the Antagonist or a Computer Program named Xana. It's creator happened to be the Father of one of the protagonists and they had found a way to destroy Xana once and for all. Unfortunately, they ran into a snag or problem when attempting to do so and the Father, in front of his Daughter, opted to sacrifice himself in order to destroy the program he had created. That sacrificial act is nothing new in Anime or other forms of Media(Star Wars comes to mind for me) but her Father was all she had since her Mother was missing and presumed dead after being kidnapped(and she is an only child). It was an unexpected outcome and yet they foreshadowed his demise earlier in the Episode since the Daughter had a dream about it and initially didn't want to go through with the plan out of fear. That made the Father's demise all the more painful.

There have been a lot of really sad deaths in anime and it's really hard to pick just one. I think a really sad death that most people might overlook though comes from Violet Evergarden. Not the one responsible for the entire plot of the show though, rather there is an episode later on in the show where a single mother with a terminal illness dies, leaving her child behind. That episode was brilliantly written and was definitely one of the most heart-wrenching parts of an already pretty damn sad show.

gimmepie said:

There have been a lot of really sad deaths in anime and it's really hard to pick just one. I think a really sad death that most people might overlook though comes from Violet Evergarden. Not the one responsible for the entire plot of the show though, rather there is an episode later on in the show where a single mother with a terminal illness dies, leaving her child behind. That episode was brilliantly written and was definitely one of the most heart-wrenching parts of an already pretty damn sad show.

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YESSS! Violet Evergarden is my favourite anime and this episode absolutely destroyed me. I spent a good half an hour crying after initially watching it. It was beautifully done and watching the daughter read the letters was the most touching thing!

Spoilering this just in case! These may not be the saddest per se but these deaths hit me the hardest.

Greed's second death (FMAB)
Spike(Cowboy bebop)
Kikiyo's second death (Inuyasha)
Fu(FMAB)
Lust(FMA03)

clannad: afterstory, anohana spoiler!!!

Percy said:

clannad: afterstory, anohana spoiler!!!

Spoiler:

nagisa's death destroyed me (from clannad: afterstory)
literally made me stop watching it for a few weeks. i knew something miserable was about to happen before her death since the atmosphere of the anime is taking an ominous turn. i braced myself but it wasn't enough. ;-;. and add up their daughter's death. and then okazaki called out to nagisa for help while holding ushio's unconscious body. god, i'm crying again

there's a lot more deaths I found sad, such as honma's (from anohana). i watched that hide-and-seek scene with blurred eyesight because of the tears :(

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I almost mentioned AnoHana but then I thought, does that technically count as a death?

gimmepie said:

I almost mentioned AnoHana but then I thought, does that technically count as a death?

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i count it as a death. well, a second one maybe?

Percy said:

i count it as a death. well, a second one maybe?

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It had the same sort of impact anyway.

Wow, today's probably the most fitting time to say it. JoJo Part 5 spoilers inbound.

Spoilers (?) for Assassination Classroom.

Saddest anime death for me was in Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann...

I'd probably say Iggy in Jojo's bizarre adventure: stardust crusaders. Either that or kakyoin. I never came so close to actually crying for either of them. Shut up I just can't handle dog deaths in any form of media... But kakyoin was a different case. I'd always liked him from episode one, as well as his stand. Btw fuck avdol. When he came back after faking his death, he turned into an asshole, what with all the "tsk, tsk".

tbh, every death that occurred in JoJo's Bizarre Adventure. Jonathan, Caesar, Kakyoin, Iggy, Avdol...and dare I say it...



...I miss them all. I wish that they were still alive.

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I think the only anime death that I might have cried at is:

Clannad: After Story spoilers:



I basically expect a death in anything with significant action, and my reaction in those is usually "Oh damn. They just killed that dude," rather than one of sadness.

One Piece spoilers

Myslef. As I'm in an endless death loop.