History TearJerker / SaintSeiya

*** Nope, it actually shows [[OlderAndWiser how much she has grown from back then.]] Which Seiya himself acknowledges ''at the start of the original manga/anime''. Therefore, how [[SpoiledBrat she treated them as dogs as a kid]] but [[UndyingLoyalty is ready to go through Hell and Heaven for them as a teenager]] [[CharacterDevelopment makes]] [[FridgeBrilliance perfect sense]]. And refusing to acknowledge because [[TheScrappy she's not a popular character]] [[WhatMeasureIsANonBadass might be... what's actually "kinda messed up"]], one could say.

* Cassios' death in the Sanctuary arc. Seiya might be TheScrappy of the series, but even then [[IronWoobie you bawl]] ''[[IronWoobie with him]]'' when he calls Cassios ''his friend'' (despite the other hating him, only pulling his HeroicSacrifice for Shaina and ''telling Seiya so'' before he dies) and tearfully [[PleaseDontLeaveMe begs him not to die.]] And in the anime, it's made even worse when Shaina finds out what happens from Aiolia (Cassios's BrainwashedAndCrazy murderer, who [[MyGreatestFailure heavily regrets what he has done even when it's not completely his fault)... and she bawls too.]]

** Deathmask being rejected by his Cloth in the first place. At some point in the past he was a loyal Saint of Athena, but in time his constant interactions with the dead have made him grow into [[MightMakesRight believing power is justice]] and care almost nothing about everything else while still protecting humanity from other threats... And then one day, when he's following the orders of the Pope, his Cloth suddenly abandons him and forces him to face the truth of his actions.
*** The novel ''Gigantomachia'' makes this worse by showing he still had some good in himself, [[BadassTeacher training Mei in the ways of the Saints]] and arguably making him the strongest of Kido's children [[PetTheDog without imposing his skewed morality on him]]. And then one day Deathmask went for the Sanctuary to fight Saori's Saints, died, and without him Mei went and [[DemonicPossession got himself possessed by Typhon]].

** Even more so in the anime, where the scene is '''brilliantly''' paced and set. First, we have Shunrei praying for Shiryu's sake in Rozan, focusing on sending her best wishes to him; her kind words [[ThePowerOfLove ''actually reach Shiryu'', who's about to lose ''everything'' in the fight.]] Then Deathmask starts using his PsychicPowers, locates Shunrei (who is [[NeutralFemale totally defenseless]]), and [[{{Flight}} begins lifting her up in the air]] ''several'' meters above the Rozan cascade, giving a truly chilling EvilLaugh as poor Shunrei struggles and Shiryu screams at him to stop. Then the ([[HellIsThatNoise really creepy]]) BackgroundMusic ''completely stops''... and Shunrei lets out a cry as [[DeathByFallingOver she plummets to what's surely her death]], with Shiryu '''screaming''' in horror [[ForcedToWatch as Deathmask forces him to see]] how he kills his [[ChildhoodFriendRomance adoptive sister/prospect girlfriend]], and he can't do anything about it. And it's ''even worse'' because of both the [[SugarWiki/HeartwarmingMoments really cute flashback at the start of the episode, where we find out their shared backstory]] ''and'' for the massive, [[SugarWiki/MomentOfAwesome awesome, and heartbreaking scene that follows]], one where [[BewareTheQuietOnes the always kind, honorable and quiet]] [[ScreamingWarrior Shiryu]] ''[[UnstoppableRage TOTALLY LOSES HIS SHIT]]'' and launches the mother of [[RoaringRampageOfRevenge Roaring Rampages Of Revenge]] against Deathmask]]. Kudos to the anime team for giving us this heartbreaking and beautifully done scene.

** Moreover, in the anime Shiryu regains his sight after literally sending Deathmask to hell. And he's in tears because Shunrei died for it. Which is followed by a tear jerker [[SugarWiki/HeartwarmingMoments of a happier kind when we find out that [[BigDamnHeroes thanks to Dohko]], poor Shunrei's actually alive and kicking.]]

** Even more so in the anime, where the scene is '''brilliantly''' paced and set. First, we have Shunrei praying for Shiryu's sake in Rozan, focusing on sending her best wishes to him; her kind words [[ThePowerOfLove ''actually reach Shiryu'', who's about to lose ''everything'' in the fight.]] Then Deathmask starts using his PsychicPowers, locates Shunrei (who is [[NeutralFemale totally defenseless]]), and [[{{Flight}} begins lifting her up in the air]] ''several'' meters above the Rozan cascade, giving a truly chilling EvilLaugh as poor Shunrei struggles and Shiryu screams at him to stop. Then the ([[HellIsThatNoise really creepy]]) BackgroundMusic ''completely stops''... and Shunrei lets out a cry as [[DeathByFallingOver she plummets to what's surely her death]], with Shiryu '''screaming''' in horror [[ForcedToWatch as Deathmask forces him to see]] how he kills his [[ChildhoodFriendRomance adoptive sister/prospect girlfriend]], and he can't do anything about it. And it's ''even worse'' because of both the [[SugarWiki/HeartwarmingMoments really cute flashback at the start of the episode, where we find out their shared backstory]] ''and'' for the massive, [[SugarWiki/MomentOfAwesome awesome, and heartbreaking scene that follows, one where [[BewareTheQuietOnes the always kind, honorable and quiet]] [[ScreamingWarrior Shiryu]] ''[[UnstoppableRage TOTALLY LOSES HIS SHIT]]'' and launches the mother of [[RoaringRampageOfRevenge Roaring Rampages Of Revenge]] against Deathmask]]. Kudos to the anime team for giving us this heartbreaking and beautifully done scene.

* Shiryu's death, whereas he uses the forbidden Rozan Proud Dragon Lord on Shura, because he too will die along with him. As he and Shura ascend into the sky everyone realizes it's Shiryu who is leaving them. Seiya and the squad start weeping and Shun tearfully cries out Shiryu's name. Then the scene goes the Ancient Peaks where Shunrei desperately asks Roshi if the comet in the sky is really Shiryu, with his silence confirming it. Upon hearing this she falls on her knees and starts sobbing and then to add more pain to it, we finally see that even the stoic Roshi too, is crying heavily for the loss of his student who he also sees as his own son.

** Also, Shaka's HeroicSacrifice and using the last bit of his energy to send a message to Saori. She breaks down in tears.

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[[caption-width-right:287:It's hard not to want to hug him when he's [[IronWoobie like this]]...]]

** Even more so in the anime, where the scene is '''brilliantly''' paced and set. First, we have Shunrei praying for Shiryu's sake in Rozan, focusing on sending her best wishes to him; her kind words [[ThePowerOfLove ''actually reach Shiryu'', who's about to lose ''everything'' in the fight.]] Then Deathmask starts using his PsychicPowers, locates Shunrei (who is [[NeutralFemale totally defenseless]]), and [[{{Flight}} begins lifting her up in the air]] ''several'' meters above the Rozan cascade, giving a truly chilling EvilLaugh as poor Shunrei struggles and Shiryu screams at him to stop. Then the ([[HellIsThatNoise really creepy]]) BackgroundMusic ''completely stops''... and Shunrei lets out a cry as [[DeathByFallingOver she plummets to what's surely her death]], with Shiryu '''screaming''' in horror [[ForcedToWatch as Deathmask forces him to see]] how he kills his [[ChildhoodFriendRomance adoptive sister/prospect girlfriend]], and he can't do anything about it.]] And it's ''even worse'' because of both the [[SugarWiki/HeartwarmingMoments really cute flashback at the start of the episode, where we find out their shared backstory]] ''and'' for the massive, [[SugarWiki/MomentOfAwesome awesome, and heartbreaking scene that follows, one where [[BewareTheQuietOnes the always kind, honorable and quiet]] [[ScreamingWarrior Shiryu]] ''[[UnstoppableRage TOTALLY LOSES HIS SHIT]]'' and launches the mother of [[RoaringRampageOfRevenge Roaring Rampages Of Revenge]] against Deathmask]]. Kudos to the anime team for giving us this heartbreaking and beautifully done scene.

* Shiryu's death, whereas he uses the forbidden Rozan Koryuha on Shura, because he too will die along with him. As he and Shura ascend into the sky everyone realizes it's Shiryu who is leaving them. Seiya and the squad start weeping and Shun tearfully cries out Shiryu's name. Then the scene goes the Ancient Peaks where Shunrei desperately asks Roshi if the comet in the sky is really Shiryu, with his silence confirming it. Upon hearing this she falls on her knees and starts sobbing and then to add more pain to it, we finally see that even the stoic Roshi too, is crying heavily for the loss of his student who he also sees as his own son.

** Even more so in the anime, where the scene is '''brilliantly''' paced and set. First, we have Shunrei praying for Shiryu's sake in Rozan, focusing on sending her best wishes to him; her kind words [[ThePowerOfLove ''actually reach Shiryu'', who's about to lose ''everything'' in the fight.]] Then Deathmask starts using his PsychicPowers, locates Shunrei (who is [[NeutralFemale totally defenseless), and [[{{Flight}} begins lifting her up in the air]] ''several'' meters above the Rozan cascade, giving a truly chilling EvilLaugh as poor Shunrei struggles and Shiryu screams at him to stop. Then the ([[HellIsThatNoise really creepy]]) BackgroundMusic ''completely stops''... and Shunrei lets out a cry as [[DeathByFallingOver she plummets to what's surely her death]], with Shiryu '''screaming''' in horror [[ForcedToWatch as Deathmask forces him to see]] how he kills his [[ChildhoodFriendRomance adoptive sister/prospect girlfriend]], and he can't do anything about it.]] And it's ''even worse'' because of both the [[SugarWiki/HeartwarmingMoments really cute flashback at the start of the episode, where we find out their shared backstory]] ''and'' for the massive, [[SugarWiki/MomentOfAwesome awesome, and heartbreaking scene that follows, one where [[BewareTheQuietOnes the always kind, honorable and quiet]] [[ScreamingWarrior Shiryu]] ''[[UnstoppableRage TOTALLY LOSES HIS SHIT]]'' and launches the mother of [[RoaringRampageOfRevenge Roaring Rampages Of Revenge]] against Deathmask]]. Kudos to the anime team for giving us this heartbreaking and beautifully done scene.

* Same goes when Shiryu [[EyeScream gouges his own eyes out to defeat Algol]] (whose weapon, the Medusa shield, [[TakenForGranite petrifies you on sight]]) and save the petrified Seiya and Shun, and they both bawl when they realize what happened]]. Made worse in the anime, when at the end of the episode, they're told that the doctors couldn't save Shiryu's sight, and Seiya screams in utter despair as he falls into an HeroicBSOD.

** Even more so in the anime, where the scene is '''brilliantly''' paced and set. First, we have Shunrei praying for Shiryu's sake in Rozan, focusing on sending her best wishes to him; her kind words ''[[ThePowerOfLove actually reach Shiryu'', who's about to lose ''everything'' in the fight.]] Then Deathmask starts using his PsychicPowers, locates Shunrei (who is [[NeutralFemale totally defenseless), and [[{{Flight}} begins lifting her up in the air]] ''several'' meters above the Rozan cascade, giving a truly chilling EvilLaugh as poor Shunrei struggles and Shiryu screams at him to stop. Then the ([[HellIsThatNoise really creepy]]) BackgroundMusic ''completely stops''... and Shunrei lets out a cry as [[DeathByFallingOver she plummets to what's surely her death]], with Shiryu '''screaming''' in horror [[ForcedToWatch as Deathmask forces him to see]] how he kills his [[ChildhoodFriendRomance adoptive sister/prospect girlfriend]], and he can't do anything about it.]] And it's ''even worse'' because of both the [[SugarWiki/HeartwarmingMoments really cute flashback at the start of the episode, where we find out their shared backstory]] ''and'' for the massive, [[SugarWiki/MomentOfAwesome awesome, and heartbreaking scene that follows, one where [[BewareTheQuietOnes the always kind, honorable and quiet]] [[ScreamingWarrior Shiryu]] ''[[UnstoppableRage TOTALLY LOSES HIS SHIT]]'' and launches the mother of [[RoaringRampageOfRevenge Roaring Rampages Of Revenge]] against Deathmask]]. Kudos to the anime team for giving us this heartbreaking and beautifully done scene.

* Same goes when Shiryu [[EyeScream gouges his own eyes out to defeat Algol (whose weapon, the Medusa shield, [[TakenForGranite petrifies you on sight]]) and save the petrified Seiya and Shun, and they both bawl when they realize what happened]]. Made worse in the anime, when at the end of the episode, they're told that the doctors couldn't save Shiryu's sight, and Seiya screams in utter despair as he falls into an HeroicBSOD.

* [[spoiler: Cassios' death]] in the Sanctuary arc. Seiya might be TheScrappy of the series, but even then [[IronWoobie you bawl]] ''[[IronWoobie with him]]'' when [[spoiler: he calls Cassios ''his friend'' (despite the other hating him, only pulling his HeroicSacrifice for Shaina and ''telling Seiya so'' before he dies) and tearfully [[PleaseDontLeaveMe begs him not to die]].]] And in the anime, it's made even worse when [[spoiler: Shaina finds out what happens from Aiolia (Cassios's BrainwashedAndCrazy murderer, who [[MyGreatestFailure heavily regrets what he has done]] even when it's not completely his fault)... and she bawls too.]]
* Same goes when Shiryu [[spoiler: [[EyeScream gouges his own eyes out]] to defeat Algol (whose weapon, the Medusa shield, [[TakenForGranite petrifies you on sight]]) and save the petrified Seiya and Shun, and they both bawl when they realize what happened]]. Made worse in the anime, when [[spoiler: at the end of the episode, they're told that the doctors couldn't save Shiryu's sight, and Seiya screams in utter despair as he falls into an HeroicBSOD.]]

* '''[[BigNo NOOOOOO!]]''' '''[[SayMyName MASTER!]]''' '''[[PleaseDontLeaveMe DON'T LEAVE ME]]!'''. Oh, [[spoiler: Hyoga]]...
* Cancer Deathmask's attack on [[spoiler: Shiryu's PatientChildhoodLoveInterest Shunrei]] during his fight against Shiryu. Now, THAT was merciless!
** Even more so in the anime, where the scene is '''brilliantly''' paced and set. First, [[spoiler: we have Shunrei praying for Shiryu's sake in Rozan, focusing on sending her best wishes to him; her kind words ''[[ThePowerOfLove actually reach Shiryu]]'', who's about to lose ''everything'' in the fight.]] Then [[spoiler: Deathmask starts using his PsychicPowers, locates Shunrei (who is [[NeutralFemale totally defenseless]]), and [[{{Flight}} begins lifting her up in the air]] ''several'' meters above the Rozan cascade, giving a truly chilling EvilLaugh as poor Shunrei struggles and Shiryu screams at him to stop. Then the ([[HellIsThatNoise really creepy]]) BackgroundMusic ''completely stops''... and Shunrei lets out a cry as [[DeathByFallingOver she plummets to what's surely her death]], with Shiryu '''screaming''' in horror [[ForcedToWatch as Deathmask forces him to see]] how he kills his [[ChildhoodFriendRomance adoptive sister/prospect girlfriend]], and he can't do anything about it.]] And it's ''even worse'' because of both the [[spoiler: [[SugarWiki/HeartwarmingMoments really cute flashback]] at the start of the episode, where we find out their shared backstory]] ''and'' for the [[spoiler: massive, [[SugarWiki/MomentOfAwesome awesome]], and heartbreaking scene that follows, one where [[BewareTheQuietOnes the always kind, honorable and quiet]] [[ScreamingWarrior Shiryu]] ''[[UnstoppableRage TOTALLY LOSES HIS SHIT]]'' and launches the mother of [[RoaringRampageOfRevenge Roaring Rampages Of Revenge]] against Deathmask]]. Kudos to the anime team for giving us this heartbreaking and beautifully done scene.
** Moreover, in the anime Shiryu [[spoiler: regains his sight after literally sending Deathmask to hell. And he's in tears because Shunrei died for it.]] Which is followed by [[spoiler: a tear jerker [[SugarWiki/HeartwarmingMoments of a happier kind]] when we find out that [[BigDamnHeroes thanks to Dohko]], poor Shunrei's actually alive and kicking.]]
* In anime filler, [[spoiler: a seriously wounded Ikki is about to let himself die at the hands of Agora and Shiva, Shaka's disciples, but then he feels a small hand touching his own. He opens his eyes and sees that Helen, a NaiveEverygirl [[KickTheDog that his opponents had thrown into a volcano as a cruel and twisted mercy kill, after her grandfather had been killed by the soldiers sent to lure him out]], was actually ''alive'' and struggling to not fall into the lava pit. ''While still calling out to Ikki''.]] Touched by this, Ikki gathers his HeroicResolve, [[spoiler: rescues the little girl from danger]] and fights back, soon earning ''yet another'' SugarWiki/MomentOfAwesome.

** [[spoiler: Though it's subverted because [[BatmanGambit Ikki actually had planned to get his senses taken away from Shaka in order to awaken his seventh sense,]] but still his reactions were definitely genuine.]]
** Also the scene afterwards where Ikki sacrifices himself in order to take out Shaka. All the Bronze Saints have woken up and see that Ikki is prepared to die for them. With Shun crying and begging him not to go and Ikki can only give a few words of encouragement to him before he and Shaka finally are taken out by the explosion of Ikki's cosmo only leaving behind the Virgo cloth and Shun, heartbroken, staring back at its reflection.
** Turned into a more heartwarming scene afterwards as Shun gets over it and understands the sacrifice Ikki made for them and moves forward with this head up while remembering Ikki in their memories.
* Lots of people decry the Asgard Saga as pure {{wangst}}y {{Filler}}, but it has many genuinely good tear jerkers. [[spoiler: Thor's backstory and his first encounter with Princess Hilda, as well as his last words when he aknowledges his loss and begs Seiya to help the BrainwashedAndCrazy Hilda return to her senses. Fenrir's backstory as a whole; Freya attempting to make Hagen pull a HeelFaceTurn and ''failing'' as well as her reaction to his death (even ''Hyoga'' cries); Volker's SuicideByCop at the hands of Mime ''and'' Mime's reaction when he finds out the truth about him; Sid and Bud's CainAndAbel backstory as well as Sid telling Bud that he ''always'' knew they were SeparatedAtBirth and ''always'' loved him, ultimately to die together frozen in an embrace when they abandon the palace; Siegfried's HeroicSacrifice for his beloved Hilda from the Bronze Saints and Poseidon's Siren Sorrento, Seiya's HeroicBSOD when he thinks he killed her, Hilda recalling her MindRape at the hands of the Nibelung Ring as she invokes Odin's power...]]
* [[spoiler:Shiryu's death,]] whereas he uses the forbidden Rozan Koryuha on Shura, because he too will die along with him. As he and Shura ascend into the sky everyone realizes it's Shiryu who is leaving them. Seiya and the squad start weeping and Shun tearfully cries out Shiryu's name. Then the scene goes the Ancient Peaks where Shunrei desperately asks Roshi if the comet in the sky is really Shiryu, with his silence confirming it. Upon hearing this she falls on her knees and starts sobbing and then to add more pain to it, we finally see that even the stoic Roshi too, is crying heavily for the loss of his student who he also sees as his own son.

* And what about [[spoiler: Shaka's HeroicSacrifice/ [[SuicideByCop Suicide by Saint]] in the Hades chapter?]]
** Also, [[spoiler:Shaka's HeroicSacrifice and using the last bit of his energy to send a message to Saori.]] She breaks down in tears.
* On that note, [[spoiler:Saga's, Camus' and Shura's first Athena Exclamation--they knew they'd be shunned by the rest of the Saints, and would go down in history as unconscionable brutes, but they STILL did it anyway to complete their mission. They cast away their honor as Saints, to do what they had to do.]] I teared the hell up, man.
* Sanctuary arc. Seiya and Shiryu. [[spoiler:Seiya and Shiryu feel Shun's Cosmo explode, and then they realize that Shun [[HeroicSacrifice has pretty much sacrificed his life to save Hyoga's]].]] They're appalled and almost in tears, and so are the viewers. And even more tearfully, in the anime [[spoiler:Hyoga arrives in the middle of the CurbStompBattle that Milo is giving them, [[PietaPlagiarism with Shun's comatose body in his arms]], and explains what happened. Then he urges them to get up, go to the next Temple and carry Shun with them, which they do.]] All my tears, and all the audience's. Even Milo can't help but stare in silence, visibly moved by the gesture even though he does not quite lose his composure.
** In regards to the last point... [[spoiler:The next Temple? Sagittarius's. The Sagittarius cloth subjects Seiya, Shiryu, Hyoga and the now awake Shun to a SecretTestOfCharacter, and once they pass it, they find Aiolos's last will... one in which he asks all of the Saints of the future to take care of Athena.]] If you can ignore the [[{{Narm}} way their tears are animated]], it's one of the most beautiful and heartbreaking moments ''ever'' of the series.

* In the Hades arc, Shun [[spoiler:throttled Hades from inside his body so Ikki can kill the god along with him]]. Ikki's flashback of his cry-baby brother growing up into a saint worthy of Andromeda's name as he [[spoiler:tearfully attacked him]] is heartbreaking.

* When Ikki is summoned to Hades' chamber and has the opportunity to kill Hades himself by killing his host body, [[spoiler: which is Shun]], Ikki is actually shown to hesitate. Ikki, who doesn't have any compunctions about harming women, or as many restrictions on killing as the other Saints; Ikki, who had no problem killing a perfect illusion of his brother in the Poseidon Arc, and was also fine with digging into Shun and taking out Hades in an illusion, hesitated when he was given the chance to [[spoiler: kill his own brother]]. Hades even mocks him for this before defeating him.

* Many melodies from the series are Tear Jerkers on themselves, making the [[ManlyTears emotional moments]] of the series even sadder. Some examples are [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bOAutXVDsGY Inside a Dream]], [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_wp5WFFxfns Asgard´s Brothers and Sisters]], [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XNDs2D2cpio For the Lovely Earth]] and [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tl-2WpUaWVA Athena Revived]] .
* In the anime, when Moses and Asterion hold Marin hostage and almost kill Seiya when he tries to rescue her, Moses gets ready to kill him and mockingly tells him to say hi to "his older sister". ([[spoiler:Marin ''isn't'' Seiya's long-lost sister Seika, but that won't be revealed until much later]]) Seiya's increasingly desperate thoughts before he goes HeroicSecondWind on Moses and kills him fit ''perfectly'' here: