History TearJerker / FairyMusketeers

* Episode 32, full stop. [[spoiler: Worried that Randagio will be thrown in the dungeon by Cendrillon for constantly screwing up his orders, the Bremen gang willfully turn themselves into Nightmarens. When Randagio takes them to attack the heroes, however, it turns out that their bodies aren't compatible with the transformation, and they begin breaking down. Shirayuki tells Randagio that she and Akazukin can reverse the transformation with a healing spell and turn them back to normal...[[LaserGuidedAmnesia at the cost of their memories.]] Randagio reluctantly tells them to go through with it, and they do. Sure enough, when the Bremen gang come to, they've lost their memories, and they don't even recognize Randagio. The poor cat is left bawling his eyes out, trying to get them to remember, but is persuaded to let them go by Hamelin and Souta.]] Seriously, poor Randagio needed a hug after that episode.

* The end of episode 36, ''and how''. [[spoiler: Souta has finally reunited with his mother, Sayo - also known as Sylphine - who's been [[BrainwashedAndCrazy Brainwashed And Crazy]] as Trude this entire time. Not only that, she's revealed to have been one of the original Seven Sages who originally sealed Cendrillon. However, the reunion gets cut short by Cendrillon downright torturing Akazukin and friends before Sylphine pulls a [[HeroicSacrifice Heroic Sacrifice]] and is blasted into a void by Cendrillon, who [[YouHaveOutlivedYourUsefulness declares that she has no use for her now that she's no longer Trude.]] This causes Souta to suffer a massive [[HeroicBSOD Heroic BSOD]] and [[EmotionalPowers his key power awakens as a result]], which is what Cendrillon was trying to do in the first place. Sylphine ''does'' get better in the penultimate episode, but still...]]

* The end of episode 36, ''and how''. [[spoiler: Souta has finally reunited with his mother, Sayo - also known as Sylphine - who's been [[BrainwashedAndCrazy Brainwashed And Crazy]] as Trude this entire time. Not only that, she's revealed to have been one of the original Seven Sages who originally sealed Cendrillon. However, the reunion gets cut short by Cendrillon downright torturing Akazukin and friends before Sylphine pulls a [[HeroicSacrifice Heroic Sacrifice]] and is blasted into a void by Cendrillon, who [[YouHaveOutlivedYourUsefulness declares that she has no use for her now that she's no longer Trude.]] This causes Souta to suffer a massive [[HeroicBSOD Heroic BSOD]] and [[EmotionalPowers his key power awakens as a result]], which is what Cendrillon was trying to do in the first place.]]
** The reactions from the rest of the cast to [[spoiler: Sylphine's [[HeroicSacrifice Heroic Sacrifice]]]] are just as sad. Shirayuki is left speechless, covering her mouth in shock, and Ringo lets out a [[BigNo Big No]] as Cendrillon laughs in everyone's face. Aside from Souta's own reaction, though, the most heartbreaking has to be King Ferdinand's reaction, if only by the way he [[SayMyName says Sylphine's name in shock.]] It doesn't sound just like voice acting - ''He sounds utterly broken''.

* Cendrillon's backstory. [[spoiler: [[UsedToBeASweetKid She was once a sweet girl from Fandavale named Maleen,]] who fell in love with a boy from Elde. Of course, being from different worlds, the two had to separate, but promised to see each other again. However, by the time Maleen is able to return to Elde and meet him again, she finds out that he's completely forgotten about her and is with another girl. The revelation causes her to make a [[FaceHeelTurn Face-Heel Turn]] [[StartOfDarkness and become a witch.]] One day, when a large band of villagers attempt to arrest her for her crimes, she retaliates and attacks them in turn. Then she sees her former lover among the crowd, and she accidentally hits him with a blast of magic, killing him in the process. Even sadder is that he knows that he forgot about her, and ended up [[TakingTheBullet taking the blast]] for the villagers, believing it to be [[RedemptionEqualsDeath his punishment for forgetting about her]]. This causes Maleen to go completely off the deep end and transform into Cendrillon, further solidifying that the original, sweet Maleen is gone forever.]]

* [[spoiler: Hansel finally breaking out of Cendrillon's mind control in episode 33 is both this and a CrowningMomentOfHeartwarming.]]

* Cendrillon's backstory. [[spoiler: [[UsedToBeASweetKid She was once a sweet girl from Fandavale named Maleen,]] who fell in love with a boy from Elde. Of course, being from different worlds, the two had to separate, but promised to see each other again. However, by the time Maleen is able to return to Elde and meet him again, she finds out that he's completely forgotten about her and is with another girl. The revelation causes her to make a [[FaceHeelTurn Face-Heel Turn]] [[StartOfDarkness and become a witch.]] One day, when a large band of villagers attempt to arrest her for her crimes, she retaliates and attacks them in turn. Then she sees her former lover among the crowd, and she accidentally hits him with a blast of magic, killing him in the process. Even sadder is that he knows that he forgot about her, and ended up [[TakingTheBullet taking the blast]] for the villagers, believing it to be [[RedemptionEqualsDeath his punishment for forgetting about her]]. This causes Maleen to go SanitySlippage completely off the deep end and transform into Cendrillon, further solidifying that the original, sweet Maleen is gone forever.]]

* Cendrillon's backstory. [[spoiler: [[UsedToBeASweetKid She was once a sweet girl from Fandavale named Maleen,]] who fell in love with a boy from Elde. Of course, being from different worlds, the two had to separate, but promised to see each other again. However, by the time Maleen is able to return to Elde and meet him again, she finds out that he's completely forgotten about her and is with another girl. The revelation causes her to make a [[FaceHeelTurn Face-Heel Turn]] and become a witch. One day, when a large band of villagers attempt to arrest her for her crimes, she retaliates and attacks them in turn. Then she sees her former lover among the crowd, and she accidentally hits him with a blast of magic, killing him in the process. Even sadder is that he knows that he forgot about her, and ended up [[TakingTheBullet taking the blast]] for the villagers, believing it to be [[RedemptionEqualsDeath his punishment for forgetting about her]]. This causes Maleen to go completely off the deep end and transform into Cendrillon, further solidifying that the original, sweet Maleen is gone forever.]]

** The reactions from the rest of the cast to [[spoiler: Sylphine's [[HeroicSacrifice Heroic Sacrifice]]]] are just as sad. Shirayuki is left speechless, covering her mouth in shock, and Ringo lets out a [[BigNo Big No]] as Cendrillon laughs in everyone's face. Aside from Souta's own reaction, though, the most heartbreaking has to be King Ferdinand's reaction, if only by the way he [[SayMyName says Sylphine's name in shock.]] It doesn't sound just like voice acting - ''He sounds utterly broken''.

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* Episode 32, full stop. [[spoiler: Worried that Randagio will be thrown in the dungeon by Cendrillon for constantly screwing up his orders, the Bremen gang willfully turn themselves into Nightmarens. When Randagio takes them to attack the heroes, however, it turns out that their bodies aren't compatible with the transformation, and they begin breaking down. Shirayuki tells Randagio that she and Akazukin can reverse the transformation with a healing spell and turn them back to normal...[[LaserGuidedAmnesia at the cost of their memories.]] Randagio reluctantly tells them to go through with it, and they do. Sure enough, when the Bremen gang come to, they've lost their memories, and they don't even recognize Randagio. The poor cat is left bawling his eyes out, trying to get them to remember, but is persuaded to let them go by Hamelin and Souta.]] Seriously, poor Randagio needed a hug after that episode.

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