History TearJerker / SaintSeiya

* In the anime, qwhen 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:

* Lots of people decry the Ansgard 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 FamousLastWords 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...]]

* The death of Pandora on the Hades arc in front of Ikki's gaze; it's worse by the fact that they are beginning to get chummy; keep in consideration that this is something that 1. Never happens with Ikki; and 2. Happens to a girl that is beautiful. Damn! none of those guys is going to be able to have a girlfriend EVER!

* In the anime, qwhen 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 HeroicSecondWing on Moses and kills him fit ''perfectly'' here:

* 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]] .

[[caption-width-right:287:If you don't want to hug [[TheScrappy him]] when he's [[IronWoobie like this]]...]]

* Capricorn Shura's death wasdeeply sad. Watch the episode and weep, if only for his commendably tragic HeroicSacrifice after realising everything he'd ever believed in was a lie.

** In regards to the last point... [[spoiler: the next Temple? Saggitarius'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.

*** Nope, it actually shows [[OlderAndWiser how much she has grown from back then.]] Which Seiya himself aknowledges ''at the start from 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 aknowledge because [[TheScrappy she's not a popular character]] [[WhatMeasureIsANonBadass might be... what's actually "kinda messed up"]], one could say.
* 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]]

* Was no-one else in tears when the twelve best things about Saint Seiya died (again)? I mean, there's a brief CrowningMomentOfHeartwarming when Aiolos and Aiolia are reunited and all the Gold Saints are back avec their Cloths...and then they make the unanimous decision to die together for [[TheHero Seiya]] [[FiveManBand co.]] to get to Elysium. I was sobbing.
** Capricorn Shura's death was,deeply sad. Watch the episode and weep, if only for his commendably tragic HeroicSacrifice after realising everything he'd ever believed in was a lie.

* This is only anime filler, but I sniffle whenever I see the scene where [[spoiler: a seriously wounded Ikki is about to let himself die by 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 rivals had thrown into a volcano 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'' CrowningMomentOfAwesome.
* Lots of people decry the Ansgard 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 FamousLastWords 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...]] Fuck, I'm tearing up right now. Hope you're happy. T_T

** Capricorn Shura's death was, this troper felt, deeply sad. Watch the episode and weep, if only for his commendably tragic HeroicSacrifice after realising everything he'd ever believed in was a lie.

** Also, [[spoiler: Shaka's HeroicSacrifice and using the last bit of energy to send a message to Saori.]] She breaks down in tears. So did I.

** Shiryu VS Algol Perseus, oh my. [[spoiler:Shiryu blinds himself so that Perseus's stoning power does not work against him. As he's being curb-stomped by Perseus, suddenly Shiryu, for a fleeting moment, can see his enemy's silhouette... being framed by a glowing statue of Athena herself. Shiryu cries "My goddess, you have not forsaken me!" and proceeds to DESTROY Perseus.]] Seiya and Shun are saved, then they break down in tears when they see the sacrifice he made. If you don't break in tears with them, you are made of terser stuff than I, my friend.

*** Nope, it actually shows [[OlderAndWiser how much she has grown from back then.]] Which Seiya himself aknowledges ''at the start from 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 aknowledge because [[TheScrappy she's not a popular character]] [[WhatMeasureIsANonBadass might be... what's actually "kinda messed up"]], one could say.

** 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 for 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 [[TeleportersAndTransporters 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]]) background music ''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]], [[AdultFear and he can't do anything about it]].]] And it's ''even worse'' because of both the [[spoiler: [[CrowningMomentOfHeartwarming really cute flashback]] at the start of the episode, where we find out their shared backstory]] ''and'' for the [[spoiler: massive, [[CrowningMomentOfAwesome awesome]], and heartbreaking scene that follows, with [[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, Shiryu [[spoiler: regaining 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 [[CrowningMomentOfHeartwarming of a happier kind]] when we find out that Dohko [[BigDamnHeroes *did* manage to save Shunrei]].]]

* [[spoiler: Cassius' 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 Cassius ''his friend'' (despite the other hating him, only pulling his HeroicSacrifice for Shaina and ''telling Seiya so'' before he dies) and tearfully begs him not to die]]. And in the anime, it's made even worse when [[spoiler: Shaina finds out what happens from Aiolia (Cassius's BrainwashedAndCrazy murderer, who [[MyGreatestFailure heavily regrets what he has done]] even when it's not completely his fault)... and she bawls too.]]

* Cancer Deathmask's attack on [[spoiler: 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 for 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 [[TeleportersAndTransporters 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]] background music ''completely stops'' and Shunrei lets out a cry as she plummets to what's surely her death, with Shiryu '''screaming'' in horror [[ForcedToWatch as Deathmask forces him to see]] how he kills adoptive sister/prospect girlfriend, [[AdultFear and he can't do anything about it]].]] And it's ''even worse'' because of both the [[spoiler: [[CrowningMomentOfHeartwarming really cute flashback]] at the start of the episode, where we find out their shared backstory]] ''and'' for the [[spoiler: massive, [[CrowningMomentOfAwesome awesome]], and heartbreaking scene that follows, with [[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, Shiryu [[spoiler: regaining his sight after literally sending Deathmask to hell.]]

* Cancer Deathmask's attack on [[spoiler: Shunrei]] during his fight against Shiryu. Now, THAT was merciless!!!

*** Nope, it actually shows [[OlderAndWiser how much she has grown from back then.]] Which Seiya himself aknowledges ''at the start from 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]] [[CharacterdDevelopment makes perfect sense]]. And refusing to aknowledge because [[TheScrappy she's not a popular character]] [[WhatMeasureIsANonBadass might be... what's actually "kinda messed up"]], one could say.

** Which is kinda messed up, considering that she treated them as dogs when they were just kids.

* The death of Pandora on the Hades arc in front of Ikki's gaze; it's worse by the fact that they are beginning to get chummy; keep in consideration that this is something that 1. Never happens with Ikki; and 2. Happens to a girl that is beautiful. Damn! none of those guys is going to be able to have a girlfriend EVER!

* The death of Pandora on the Hades arc in front of Ikki's gaze

* Lots of people decry the Ansgard 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 FamousLastWords 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, Siegfried's HeroicSacrifice for his beloved Hilda, 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...]] Fuck, I'm tearing up right now. Hope you're happy. T_T

* 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 fitting for Andromeda's name as he [[spoiler:tearfully attacked him]] is heartbreaking.

** In regards to the last point... [[spoiler: the next Temple? Saggitarius'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 regards to the last point... [[spoiler: the next Temple? Saggitarius'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 [[TheProtectorate 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.

[[caption-width-right:287:If you don't want to hug [[TheScrappy him]] when he's [[IronWoobie like this]], you truly are heartless.]]

* Same goes when [[spoiler: 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 [[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!]]''' '''DON'T LEAVE ME!'''. Oh, [[spoiler: Hyoga]]...

** Lots of people decry the Ansgard 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 FamousLastWords 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, Siegfried's HeroicSacrifice for his beloved Hilda, 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...]] Fuck, I'm tearing up right now. Hope you're happy. T_T

* Shiryu VS Algol Perseus. [[spoiler:Shiryu blinds himself so that Perseus's stoning power does not work against him. As he's being curb-stomped by Perseus, suddenly Shiryu, for a fleeting moment, can see his enemy's silhouette... being framed by a glowing statue of Athena herself. Shiryu cries "My goddess, you have not forsaken me!" and proceeds to DESTROY Perseus.]] Seiya and Shun are saved, then they break down in tears when they see the sacrifice he made. If you don't break in tears with them, you are made of terser stuff than I, my friend.
** Made worse in the anime version. [[spoiler: It looks like there'll be a breather as Shiryu is being operated on and we meet the Steel Saints. Then Saori and the saints go see how is Shiryu doing... and are told that Shiryu survived his injuries, but has been permanently blinded.]] Seiya's screams of despair as he goes into an HeroicBSOD are ''heartbreaking''.

* Also, [[spoiler: Shaka's HeroicSacrifice and using the last bit of energy to send a message to Saori.]] She breaks down in tears. So did I.

* And what about [[spoiler: Shaka's HeroicSacrifice/ [[SuicideByCop Suicide by Saint]] in Hades?]]

* Was no-one else in tears when the twelve best things about Saint Seiya died (again)? I mean, there's a brief CrowningMomentOfHeartwarming when Aiolos and Aiolia are reunited and all the Gold Saints are back avec their Cloths...and then they make the unanimous decision to die together for [[TheHero Seiya]] [[FiveManBandand co.]] to get to Elysium. I was sobbing.

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** Shiryu VS Algol Perseus. [[spoiler:Shiryu blinds himself so that Perseus's stoning power does not work against him. As he's being curb-stomped by Perseus, suddenly Shiryu, for a fleeting moment, can see his enemy's silhouette... being framed by a glowing statue of Athena herself. Shiryu cries "My goddess, you have not forsaken me!" and proceeds to DESTROY Perseus.]] Seiya and Hyoga break down in tears when they see the sacrifice he made. If you don't break in tears with them, you are made of terser stuff than I, my friend.
** Made worse in the anime version. [[spoiler: It looks like there'll be a breather as Shiryu is being operated on and we meet the Iron Saints. Then Saori and the saints go see how is Shiryu doing... and are told that Shiryu survived his injuries, but has been permanently blinded.]] Seiya's screams of despair as he goes into an HeroicBSOD are ''heartbreaking''.
** And what about [[spoiler: Shaka's HeroicSacrifice/ [[SuicideByCop Suicide by Saint]] in Hades?]]

* [[spoiler: Cassius' death]] in the Sanctuary arc. Seiya might be TheScrappy of the series, but even then you bawl ''with him'' when [[spoiler: he calls Cassius ''his friend'' (despite the other hating him, only pulling his HeroicSacrifice for Shaina and ''telling Seiya so'' before he dies) and tearfully begs him not to die]]. And in the anime, it's made even worse when [[spoiler: Shaina finds out what happens from Aiolia (Cassius'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 [[spoiler: 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 [[spoiler: at the end of the episode, they're told that the doctors couldn't save Shiryu's sight and Seiya has an HeroicBSOD.]]

* This is only anime filler, but I sniffle whenever I see the scene where [[spoiler: a seriously wounded Ikki is about to let himself die by 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 rivals had thrown into a volcano 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'' CrowningMomentOfAwesome.

** Lots of people decry the Ansgard Saga as pure {{wangst}}y {{Filler}}. There is... [[spoiler: Thor's backstory and his first encounter with Princess Hilda, as well as his FamousLastWords 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, Siegfried's HeroicSacrifice for his beloved Hilda, 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...]] Fuck, I'm tearing up right now. Hope you're happy. T_T

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

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