History TearJerker / OsamuTezuka

The god of all anime and manga Creator/OsamuTezuka. All of his more famous works were [[WhatDoYouMeanItsForKids aimed towards children, right]]? There's no way that he'll put in [[TearJerker stuff that's so depressing, that will turn even adults into a mess of tears]], right? Heck, his works that aim [[Manga/{{Adolf}} towards]] [[Manga/{{MW}} older]] [[Manga/{{Phoenix}} viewers]] [[WhatDoYouMeanItsNotForKids probably aren't that bad either]]. [[TemptingFate I'm all out of tissue paper]], [[SchmuckBait but I think I'll give some of this anime of his a watch...]]

* And the manga, some episodes of the sixties series, the eighties remake was built on this, and even the slightly fluffier 2009 remake is brutal in some parts, [[spoiler: using friggin' ''Toto'' to boot.]] It's safe to say the purpose of the series is to reduce you to a blubbering mass of tears.
** Really makes you feel worse if you watch the 1989 ED with [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YFd3XoEnF4A Leo/Kimba and Lyra/Kitty]] [[http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-T5svVOWdN-0/VCiT0pwd_sI/AAAAAAAACrE/MPGy2mPr-DU/s1600/Leo_Lyra_Cubs.jpeg as downright adorable cubs]], [[HarsherInHindsight considering what happens to them in the end of the manga and movie.]]

** Heck, the villain's death. [[spoiler: He's literally kept alive by hatred, so feeling love and friendship for the first time kills him. And while it sucks for him to be dying, he admits that for the first time in his life, he feels good and likes it!]]

* One chapter had a medical student whose entire family had died of cancer and whom was also dying of cancer. His goal was to successfully treat one cancer patient before he died. In the end [[spoiler: he succeeds, but when the operation is over, it's revealed that he died at some point in the middle of the surgery and ''[[SugarWiki/MomentOfAwesome miraculously completed it anyway]]''. Black Jack notes that he died [[GoOutWithASmile with a smile on his face]], having accomplished his goal, and comments "He's probably bragging about it to his family right now."]]

* Pretty much anything by Creator/OsamuTezuka has at least one moment that could do this. His lifework, ''Manga/{{Phoenix}}'', has about two TearJerker moments per volume.
** In ''Future'', Rock's final, almost flippant acceptance of his death turning a surprisingly heartwrenching [[GoOutWithASmile Go Out With A Laugh]] (even though you're crying) moment; plus Yamanobe's eternity of solitude and failure, followed by the realization that really, all he can do is dump the genetic beginnings of life into the ocean and hope it does something on its own.

** The Inescapable Cycle of Karma thing can be pretty hard to grasp, both from an in-universe and a meta-perspective. The fourth or fifth time you see someone suffer or die unnecessarily because it is their fate to suffer or die, you may have to take a break to mop up your tears/curse the futility of living.

* Real life: Tezuka's last words, spoken to a hospital nurse who was trying to move his sketchbooks out of the way: "I'm begging you, ''let me work!''"

* Real life: Tezuka's FamousLastWords, spoken to a hospital nurse who was trying to move his sketchbooks out of the way: "I'm begging you, ''let me work!''"

** Really makes you feel worse if you watch the 1989 ED with [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YFd3XoEnF4A Leo/Kimba and Lyra/Kitty as downright adorable cubs]], considering what happens to them in the end of the manga and movie.

* One chapter had a medical student whose entire family had died of cancer and whom was also dying of cancer. His goal was to successfully treat one cancer patient before he died. In the end [[spoiler: he succeeds, but when the operation is over, it's revealed that he died at some point in the middle of the surgery and ''[[SugarWiki/MomentOfAwesome miraculously completed it anyway]]''. Black Jack notes that he died [[GoOutWithASmile with a smile on his face]], having accomplished his goal, and comments "He's probably bragging about it to his family right now."]] *Sniff*.

** Really makes you feel worse if you watch the 1989 ED with [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YFd3XoEnF4A Leo and Lyra as downright adorable cubs]], considering what happens to them in the end of the manga and movie.

The god of all anime and manga Creator/OsamuTezuka. All of his more famous works were [[WhatDoYouMeanItsForKids aimed towards children, right]]? There's no way that he'll put in [[TearJerker stuff that's so depressing, that will turn even adults into a mess of tears]], right? Heck, his works that aim [[Manga/{{Adolf}} towards]] [[Manga/{{MW}} older]] [[Manga/{{ThePhoenix}} viewers]] [[WhatDoYouMeanItsNotForKids probably aren't that bad either]]. [[TemptingFate I'm all out of tissue paper]], [[SchmuckBait but I think I'll give some of this anime of his a watch...]]

* Quite a few scenes involving music count for this. For instance here's [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vnrSEJyQduM Snowene/Eliza's poem.]] For context, this plays as a very young Kimba swims from the only comfort he's ever known as his mother drowns. Yet the poem itself....[[CrowningMomentofHeartwarming manages to make the scene painful and uplifting at the same time.]] Done ''again'' when Kimba [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d0LiFZUIaHs sings to his dead father's pelt trying to find inner strength.]]

* One chapter had a medical student whose entire family had died of cancer and whom was also dying of cancer. His goal was to successfully treat one cancer patient before he died. In the end [[spoiler: he succeeds, but when the operation is over, it's revealed that he died at some point in the middle of the surgery and ''[[CrowningMomentOfAwesome miraculously completed it anyway]]''. Black Jack notes that he died [[GoOutWithASmile with a smile on his face]], having accomplished his goal, and comments "He's probably bragging about it to his family right now."]] *Sniff*.

The god of all anime and manga Creator/OsamuTezuka. All of his more famous works were [[WhatDoYouMeanItsForKids aimed towards children right]]? There's no way that he'll put in [[TearJerker stuff that's so depressing, that will turn even adults into a mess of tears]] right? Heck, his works that aim [[Manga/{{Adolf}} towards]] [[Manga/{{MW}} older]] [[Manga/{{ThePhoenix}} viewers]] [[WhatDoYouMeanItsNotForKids probably isn't that bad either]]. [[TemptingFate I'm all out of tissue paper]], [[SchmuckBait but I think I'll give some of this anime of his a watch...]]

The god of all anime and manga OsamuTezuka. All of his more famous works were [[WhatDoYouMeanItsForKids aimed towards children right]]? There's no way that he'll put in [[TearJerker stuff that's so depressing, that will turn even adults into a mess of tears]] right? Heck, his works that aim [[Manga/{{Adolf}} towards]] [[Manga/{{MW}} older]] [[Manga/{{ThePhoenix}} viewers]] [[WhatDoYouMeanItsNotForKids probably isn't that bad either]]. [[TemptingFate I'm all out of tissue paper]], [[SchmuckBait but I think I'll give some of this anime of his a watch...]]

* Pretty much anything by OsamuTezuka has at least one moment that could do this. His lifework, ''Manga/{{Phoenix}}'', has about two TearJerker moments per volume.

* The laughing classmate anime adaptation. Or basicaly everytime a mention of his past friends is made.

The god of all anime and manga OsamuTezuka. All of his more famous works were [[WhatDoYouMeanItsForKids aimed towards children right]]? There's no way that he'll put in [[TearJerker stuff that's so depressing, that will turn even adults into a mess of tears]] right? Heck, his works that aim [[{{Adolf}} towards]] [[{{MW}} older]] [[{{ThePhoenix}} viewers]] [[WhatDoYouMeanItsNotForKids probably isn't that bad either]]. [[TemptingFate I'm all out of tissue paper]], [[SchmuckBait but I think I'll give some of this anime of his a watch...]]

''KimbaTheWhiteLion''

''{{Unico}}''

* Pretty much anything by OsamuTezuka has at least one moment that could do this. His lifework, ''{{Phoenix}}'', has about two TearJerker moments per volume.

* His take on the life of the ''{{Buddha}}'' lives and breathes TearJerker moments. You'd think after eight double-thick volumes it would get old and {{Narm}}-y. You'd be wrong.

* Pretty much anything by OsamuTezuka has at least one moment that could do this. This troper is fairly certain that his lifework, ''{{Phoenix}}'', has about two TearJerker moments per volume.

''BlackJack''

** In ''Future'', Rock's final, almost flippant acceptance of his death turning a surprisingly heartwrenching [[GoOutWithASmile Go Out With A Laugh[[ (even though you're crying) moment; plus Yamanobe's eternity of solitude and failure, followed by the realization that really, all he can do is dump the genetic beginnings of life into the ocean and hope it does something on its own.

** His take on the life of the ''{{Buddha}}'' lives and breathes TearJerker moments. You'd think after eight double-thick volumes it would get old and {{Narm}}-y. You'd be wrong.

The god of all anime and manga OsamuTezuka. All of his more famous works were [[WhatDoYouMeanItsForKids aimed towards childeren right]]? There's no way that he'll put in [[TearJerker stuff that's so depressing, that will turn even adults into a mess of tears]] right? Heck, his works that aim [[{{Adolf}} towards]] [[{{MW}} older]] [[{{ThePhoenix}} viewers]] [[WhatDoYouMeanItsNotForKids probably isn't that bad either]]. [[TemptingFate I'm all out of tissue paper]], [[SchmuckBait but I think I'll give some of this anime of his a watch...]]

''Unico''

''Phoenix''
* Pretty much anything by OsamuTezuka has at least one moment that could do this. This troper is fairly certain that his lifework, ''Phoenix'', has about two TearJerker moments per volume.
** His take on the life of the Buddha lives and breathes TearJerker moments. You'd think after eight double-thick volumes it would get old and {{Narm}}-y. You'd be wrong.

* One chapter had a medical student whose entire family had died cancer and whom was also dying of cancer. His goal was to successfully treat one cancer patient before he died. In the end [[spoiler: he succeeds, but when the operation is over, it's revealed that he died at some point in the middle of the surgery and ''[[CrowningMomentOfAwesome miraculously completed it anyway]]''. Black Jack notes that he died [[GoOutWithASmile with a smile on his face]], having accomplished his goal, and comments "He's probably bragging about it to his family right now."]] *Sniff*.

* One chapter had a medical student whose entire family had died cancer and whom was also dying of cancer. His goal was to successfully treat one cancer patient before he died. In the end [[spoiler: he succeeds, but when the operation is over, it's revealed that he died at some point in the middle of the surgery and ''[[CrowningMomentOfAwesome miraculously completed it anyway]]''. Black Jack notes that he died [[GoOutWithASmile with a smile on his face]], having accomplished his goal, and comments "He's probably bragging about it to his family right now."]] *Sniff*.

* One chapter had a medical student whose entire family had died cancer and whom was also dying of cancer. His goal was to successfully treat one cancer patient before he died. In the end [[spoiler: he succeeds, but when the operation is over, it's revealed that he died at some point in the middle of the surgery and ''[[CrowningMomentOfAwesome miraculously completed it anyway]]''. Black Jack notes that he died [[GoOutWithASmile with a smile on his face]] and comments "He's probably bragging about it to his family right now."]] *Sniff*.

* One chapter had a medical student whose entire family had died cancer and whom was also dying of cancer. His goal was to successfully treat one cancer patient before he died. In the end [[spoiler: he succeeds, but when the operation is over, it's revealed that he died at some point in the middle of the surgery and [[CrowningMomentOfAwesome ''miraculously completed it anyway'']]. Black Jack notes that he died [[GoOutWithASmile with a smile on his face]] and comments "He's probably bragging about it to his family right now."]] *Sniff*.

* One chapter had a medical student whose entire family had died cancer and whom was also dying of cancer. His goal was to successfully treat one cancer patient before he died. In the end [[spoiler: he succeeds, but when the operation is over, it's revealed that he died at some point in the middle of the surgery and [[CrowningMomentOfAwesome '''miraculously completed it anyway''']]. Black Jack notes that he died [[GoOutWithASmile with a smile on his face]] and comments "He's probably bragging about it to his family right now."]] *Sniff*.

* One chapter had a medical student whose entire family had died cancer and whom was also dying of cancer. His goal was to successfully treat one cancer patient before he died. In the end [[spoiler: he succeeds, but after the finishing the operation, it's revealed that he died at some point in the middle of the surgery and [[CrowningMomentOfAwesome ''miraculously completed it anyway'']]. Black Jack notes that he died [[GoOutWithASmile with a smile on his face]] and comments "He's probably bragging about it to his family right now."]] *Sniff*.

* The ending of ''Unico and the Island of Dreams''. While the villain is soundly defeated and everyone returns to normal, Unico is swept away to another land, never to see his friends on the island again. And keep in mind, ''he gets his memories erased'' whenever he's sent off to a different land!

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