History TearJerker / AsurasWrath

* In Episode 8, Asura finishes most of Kalrow's minions and is smacking one of the last ones repeatedly in the face, with his Burst gauge filling up with every hit. Then, he hears sobbing behind him, and he turns to see the nameless girl repeatedly beating one of the other soldiers' corpses with a rock over and over again in angry frustration after seeing what they did to her village. Just looking at her makes Asura's entire Burst meter empty as something finally does show up to quell his rage. He stops the girl and tells her that he understands how she feels.
* "[[AwardBaitSong In your Belief]]". [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=loTcZHoIYfQ all of it]] is crowning music of tear jerking.

* In the fight against Augus, near the end of the battle on the moon, when Augus is [[UpToEleven flinging Asura from the moon to the earth with his extendo-sword]], Augus is trying a NotSoDifferent on Asura, when it doesn't stick, and Asura [[OhCrap gets impaled on the sword]], Augus asks why he and Asura or different, and right after that we get a short flash of Asura's daughter, Mithra, looking at the screen. In that brief second you see a young woman, looking downright ''helpless''. Just goes to show that 12,000 years of betrayal by the Seven Deities is not fun.

* [[AwardBaitSong In your Belief]]. [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=loTcZHoIYfQ all of it]] is crowning music of tear jerking.

** The chapter's ending offers neither respite nor solace. [[Olga's fleet is almost utterly obliterated, the land is left scarred and scorched for miles around, and in the center of it all, a demon-like Asura screams to the heavens in uncontrollable sorrow. For all the power he gained, he could not save anyone.]] His roar will echo in the player's ears long after the credits fade.

** Asura's complete breakdown afterwards as well. He's not simply angry or enraged, he's consumed by a horrible mix of grieving agony and [[RoaringRampageOfRevenge pure]], undiluted]] ''[[UnstoppableRage hatred]]''. His primal screams are mixed with horrified crying. At this point, Asura has truly lost ''everything'' in his life and for the first time in the game, ''[[PlayerPunch the player is just as enraged as he is]]''. As Asura turns towards the sky, [[spoiler:now taking on the fiery and demonic Berserker Form]], an achievement prompt sums it up: [[spoiler:"Heads Will Roll"]].

** Asura's complete breakdown afterwards as well. He's not simply angry or enraged, he's consumed by a horrible mix of grieving agony and [[RoaringRampageOfRevenge pure]], [[UnstoppableRage undiluted]] ''hatred''. His primal screams are mixed with horrified crying. At this point, Asura has truly lost ''everything'' in his life and for the first time in the game, ''[[PlayerPunch the player is just as enraged as he is]]''. As Asura turns towards the sky, [[spoiler:now taking on the fiery and demonic Berserker Form]], an achievement prompt sums it up: [[spoiler:"Heads Will Roll"]].

** Asura's complete breakdown afterwards as well. He's not simply angry or enraged, he's consumed by a horrible mix of grieving agony and pure, undiluted ''hatred''. His primal screams are mixed with horrified crying. At this point, Asura has truly lost ''everything'' in his life and for the first time in the game, ''[[PlayerPunch the player is just as enraged as he is]]''. As Asura turns towards the sky, [[spoiler:now taking on the fiery and demonic Berserker Form]], an achievement prompt sums it up: [[spoiler:"Heads Will Roll"]].

* Episode 21 settles the rivalry between Yasha and Asura in a heartbreaking way. [[spoiler: Quite suddenly, Yasha (with his mask again) starts fighting Asura, who is both mad and confused as to why he's doing so. The fighting escalates and Yasha is on the losing end. The climax comes as the two run to each other ready throw punches at one another as the scene plays in DeliberatelyMonochrome, SilenceIsGolden, and BulletTime, even [[TheDevTeamThinksOfEverything the reaction command for the punch]]. Yasha lets out a small smirk, Asura sees it, his eyes widen, and he stops himself at the last moment, command and all, before he connects the blow. Yasha's face mask breaks, his bandages reveal he has a gaping hole in his chest, and all he has is a [[GoOutWithASmile serene expression]] [[DiedStandingUp with his body frozen in an extended punch]]. His last words were "Go... Save Mithra... and the world."]]

[[caption-width-right:350: [-[[labelnote:Click here for spoilers]]http://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/the_girl_2910.png[[/labelnote]]-] ]]

* ''Episode 12: Gods of Death'' has one of the most tragically powerful scenes in the entire game. [[spoiler:We see the little girl who has followed Asura through the wastelands since his second revival running towards Asura as Olga gives the command to her fleet to bomb the village, followed by Asura awakening after the attack to find her body. Just seeing her body and Asura's reaction will likely bring a tear to most players' eyes.]]

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[[caption-width-right:320: "No more crying.....smile."]]

* [[http://www.andriasang.com/e/galleries/2011/09/02/asuras_wrath_screenshots/2132459892/ This screenshot]] of [[spoiler: Asura holding his dead wife bridal style in his arms]] is just heart wrenching to look at. But it also helps fuel his rage as well.
** [[spoiler: What makes it worse is that he's screaming her name, with a look of absolute ''sorrow'', we've seen Asura mad beyond believe, but we've never seen him sad up until now. Makes the rage he feels all the more justified.]]
* When Asura first awakes [[spoiler: after his betrayal by Deus, and witnesses [[CrapsackWorld the fruits of the Seven Deities' labors.]]]] He doesn't yell, he doesn't even sound angry. He simply looks at [[spoiler: his destroyed homeland]] and remarks on it in a surprisingly broken tone of voice.

* In the fight against Augus, near the end of the battle on the moon, when Augus is [[UpToEleven flinging Asura from the moon to the earth with his extendo-sword]], Augus is trying a NotSoDifferent on Asura, when it doesn't stick, and Asura [[OhCrap gets impaled on the sword]], Augus asks why he and Asura or different, and right after that we get a short flash of Asura's daughter, [[spoiler: Mithra, looking at the screen. In that brief second you see a young woman, looking downright ''helpless''.]] Just goes to show that 12,000 years of betrayal by the Seven Deities is not fun.
* Episode 12: Gods of Death. [[spoiler: That poor girl...]]
** [[spoiler: Made even worse by the fact that the Baby she was taking care of died with her, and in the Japanese version, Tomoyo Mitani's vocal version of In Your Belief makes the scene all the more tragically painful.]]
** And to truly strike the nail in the coffin, [[spoiler:During the credits the camera focuses on one soul that it's safe to assume it's the girl's, and it's only made worse when you realize that for all of her defiance and Asura's efforts, she'll be just another soul used to power Mantra.]]
** The real hammerblow is just the way that Asura is screaming while [[spoiler: in Berserker Form]]. He's not simply angry or enraged, he's consumed by this horrible mixture of grieving agony and pure, undiluted ''hatred''. Beforehand, you've seen him hurting, and you've seen him angry, but not both at the same time to such a horrible degree that he can't even think straight. And he just. Keeps. Screaming.
*** At times it even sounds like he's crying.
* Episode 15's recap with [[spoiler: Yasha feeling doubts for his cause after seeing a human father crying over his dead son's corpse.]]

[[caption-width-right:320:No More Crying.....Smile]]

** The real hammerblow is just the way that Asura is screaming while [[spoiler: in Berserker Form]]. He's not simply angry or enraged, he's consumed by this horrible mixture of grieving agony and pure, undiluted ''hatred''. Beforehand, you've seen him hurting, and you've seen him angry, but not both at the same time to such a horrible degree that he can't even think straight. And he [[HellIsThatNoise just. Keeps. Screaming.]]

** The real hammerblow is just the way that Asura is screaming while [[spoiler: in Berserker Form]]. He's not simply angry or enraged, he's consumed by this horrible mixture of grieving agony and pure, undiluted ''hatred''. Beforehand, you've seen him hurting, and you've seen him angry, but not both at the same time to such a horrible degree that he can't even think straight. And he [[HellIsThatSound just. Keeps. Screaming.]]

* Episode 12: Gods of death. [[spoiler: That poor girl...]]

* When Asura first awakes [[spoiler: after his betrayal by Deus, and witnesses [[CrapsackWorld the fruits of the Seven Deities' labors.]] He doesn't yell, he doesn't even sound angry. He simply looks at [[spoiler: his destroyed homeland]] and remarks on it in a surprisingly broken tone of voice.

** And then [[spoiler: you unleash the final BURST of the game.]]

** [[spoiler: Made even worse by the fact that the Baby she was taking care of Died with her, and in the japanese version, Tomoyo Mitani's vocal version of In Your Belief makes the scene all the more tragically painful.]]
** And to truly strike the nail in the coffin. [[spoiler:During the credits the camera focuses on one soul that is safe to assume it's the girl's, and it's only made worse when you realize that for all of her defiance and Asura's efforts, she'll be just another soul used to power Mantra.]]
** The real hammerblow is just the way that Asura is screaming while [[spoiler: in Berserker Form]]. He's not simply angry or enraged, he's consumed by this horrible mixture of grieving agony and pure, undiluted ''hatred''. Beforehand, you've seen him hurting, and you've seen him angry, but not both at the same time to such a horrible degree that he can't even think straight.

** Post final Blow against [[spoiler: Chakrvartin]], with [[AwardBaitSong In Your Belief]] playing:

---> '''Asura''': I...I couldn't bear to see you suffer!

---> '''Asura''': No more crying.
---> '''Asura''': My wrath.....is finally...[[TearJerker gone]].

* Chapter 22 has a subtle Tearjerker right at the start in the title: "A Life Well Lived." Just reading that title alone is warning enough that Asura [[spoiler: won't live through.]]

-> [[spoiler: '''Asura''': You were always a brother, never an enemy]]

-> '''Mithra''': Why do you have to act so recklessly!
-> '''Asura''': I...I couldn't bear to see you suffer!
-> '''Mithra''': (In tears) Stupid.
-> '''Asura''': No more crying.
-> '''Asura''': My wrath.....is finally...[[TearJerker gone]].

* When Asura tells Mithra "But you will survive," and then shoots past her. Her eyes widen in shock, and then her face twists in horrified grief, because she knows what her father is about to do. It's one of the most heartrending moments, simply due to the ''pain'' on her face. The rest of the ending has equal parts happiness and sadness, but that moment is just bawl-out-your-eyes, grief-stricken ''agony''.

** Chapter 22 has a subtle Tearjerker right at the start in the title: "A Life Well Lived." Just reading that title alone is warning enough that Asura [[spoiler: won't live through.]]

For a game that could be called I'm F*&%in' Angry: The Game, ''VideoGame/AsurasWrath'' sure likes to take your heart and twist it into knots. Use spoiler tags if necessary.