History TearJerker / TheSongOfSaya

* The EverybodyDies ending. It's arguably the best ending for the world at large, since both Fuminori and Saya are dead now, but it's also the saddest, as every character in the game is dead except for Koji, who's still rendered irreversibly traumatized and suicidal.
** The scene where the dying Saya caresses the dead Fuminori's cheek, while Koji smashes her over and over again with a steel pipe, screaming at her to get away from him. It makes you feel awful for both of them; Saya for obvious reasons, and Koji because even after his entire world has turned upside down, he still loves Fuminori - his best friend - and feels the need to protect him, ironically, from the very monster that had kept him going.

* Suzumi, by all appearances a loving family man and friendly neighbor, killing his wife and child (especially the child, who runs from him in terror). No one is safe and no one gets a good ending.

** Except maybe Fuminori in the ending wherein Earth is conquered by Saya's children, and even that's still some good TearJerker.

* Suzumi, by all appearances a loving family man and friendly neighbor, killing his wife and child (especially the child, when she's walking upstairs). No one is safe and no one gets a good ending.

* The EverybodyDies ending. It's arguably the best ending for the world at large, since both Fuminori and Saya are dead now, but it's also the saddest, as every character in the game is dead except for Kouji, who's still rendered irreversibly traumatized and suicidal.
** The scene where the dying Saya caresses the dead Fuminori's cheek, while Kouji smashes her over and over again with a steel pipe, screaming at her to get away from him. It makes you feel awful for both of them; Saya for obvious reasons, and Kouji because even after his entire world has turned upside down, he still loves Fuminori - his best friend - and feels the need to protect him, ironically, from the very monster that had kept him going.

* Suzumi, by all appearances a loving family man and friendly neighbor, killing his wife and child (especially the child, when she's walking upstairs) ...No one is safe and no one gets a good ending.

* The themes of the game itself are quite depressing. Due to Saya being an {{Eldritch Abomination}} and Fuminori's nightmarishly distorted senses, both of them are surrounded by people who they cannot or can barely tolerate interacting with. Both are completely alone in a hostile and alien world. They fall in love, and it forms a bond that is truly unbreakable. Even in the midst of all the {{Nightmare Fuel}}, {{Nausea Fuel}}, and {{Moral Event Horizon}}-crossing, they somehow manage to stay sympathetic characters. Of course, considering the [[CosmicHorrorStory genre]], there's really only one way it can end. Bonus points for the Second Ending's {{End of the World As We Know It}} being completely overshadowed by Saya's goodbye, ''even though said goodbye is what causes the End.''

* Suzumi, by all appearances a loving family man and friendly neighbor, killing his wife and child (especially the child, when she's walking upstairs)...No one is safe and no one gets a good ending.
** Except maybe Fuminori, in the ending wherein Earth is conquered by Saya's children, and even it's still some good TearJerker.

* The EverybodyDies ending. It's arguably the best ending for the world at large, since both Fuminori and Saya are dead now, but it's also the saddest, as every character in the game is dead except for Kouji, who's still rendered irreversibly traumatized and suicidal. Also the scene where the dying Saya caresses the dead Fuminori's cheek, while Kouji smashes her over and over again with a steel pipe, screaming at her to get away from him. It makes you feel awful for both of them; Saya for obvious reasons, and Kouji because even after his entire world has turned upside down, he still loves Fuminori - his best friend - and feels the need to protect him, ironically, from the very monster that had kept him going.

* The EverybodyDies ending. It's arguably the best ending for the world at large, since both Fuminori and Saya are dead now, but it's also the saddest, as every character in the game is dead except for Koji, who's still rendered irreversibly traumatized and suicidal. Also the scene where the dying Saya caresses the dead Fuminori's cheek, while Kouji smashes her over and over again with a steel pipe, screaming at her to get away from him. It makes you feel awful for both of them; Saya for obvious reasons, and Kouji because even after his entire world has turned upside down, he still loves Fuminori - his best friend - and feels the need to protect him, ironically, from the very monster that had kept him going.

* The EverybodyDies ending. It's arguably the best ending for the world at large, since both Fuminori and Saya are dead now, but it's also the saddest, as every character in the game is dead by the end of it except for Koji, who's still rendered irreversibly traumatized and suicidal. Also the scene where the dying Saya caresses the dead Fuminori's cheek, while Kouji smashes her over and over again with a steel pipe, screaming at her to get away from him. It makes you feel awful for both of them; Saya for obvious reasons, and Kouji because even after his entire world has turned upside down, he still loves Fuminori - his best friend - and feels the need to protect him, ironically, from the very monster that had kept him going.

* The "Bad" End, although it's probably best for the world at large along with the EverybodyDies ending: Fuminori chooses to return to the way he was before his accident. His senses and morality are restored, but he is locked away in a sanitarium, probably for the rest of his life, for murders he didn't commit and no way to prove otherwise. [[CryForTheDevil And although she committed unforgivable acts, one can't help but feel sad when Saya vists Fuminori in the hospital to say goodbye, particularly when she starts crying after Fuminori's]] LoveConfession.
** He also starts crying when he calls the police out of sheer relief for being able to hear a human's voice again.
* The EverybodyDies ending. It's arguably the best ending for the world at large, since both Fuminori and Saya are dead now, but it's also the saddest as every character in the game is dead by the end of it (except for Koji, who's still rendered irreversibly traumatized and suicidal). Also, the scene where the dying Saya caresses the dead Fuminori's cheek, while Kouji smashes her over and over again with a steel pipe, screaming at her to get away from him makes you feel tragic for both of them. For Saya for obvious reasons, and for Kouji because even after his entire world has turned upside down, still, in the end, he really loved Fuminori - his best friend, feeling the need to protect him, ironically, from the very monster who had kept him going.

* The "Bad" End, although it's probably best for the world at large along with the EverybodyDies ending: Fuminori chooses to return to the way he was before his accident. His senses and morality are restored, but he is locked away in a sanitarium, probably for the rest of his life, for murders he didn't commit and no way to prove otherwise. [[CryForTheDevil And although she committed unforgivable acts, one can't help but feel sad when Saya vists Fuminori in the hospital to say goodbye, particularly when she starts crying after Fuminori's LoveConfession.]]

* The "Bad" End, although it's arguably best for the world at large along with the EverybodyDies ending. Fuminori chooses to return to the way he was before his accident. His senses and morality are restored, but he is locked away in a sanitarium, probably for the rest of his life, for murders he didn't commit and no way to prove otherwise. [[CryForTheDevil And although she committed unforgivable acts, one can't help but feel sad when Saya vists Fuminori in the hospital to say goodbye, particularly when she starts crying after Fuminori's LoveConfession.]]

* The "Bad" End, where Fuminori chooses to return to the way he was before his accident. His senses and morality are restored, but he is locked away in a sanitorium, probably for the rest of his life, for murders he didn't commit and no way to prove otherwise. [[CryForTheDevil And although she committed unforgivable acts, one can't help but feel sad when Saya vists Fuminori in the hospital to say goodbye, particularly when she starts crying after Fuminori's LoveConfession.]]

* The "Bad" End, where Fuminori chooses to return to the way he was before his accident. His senses and morality are restored, but he is locked away in a sanitorium (probably for the rest of his life) for a crime he didn't commit. [[CryForTheDevil And although she committed unforgivable acts, one can't help but feel sad when Saya vists Fuminori in the hospital to say goodbye, particularly when she starts crying after Fuminori's LoveConfession.]]

* The fate of Yosuke and his family[[note]]while he does rape Saya, he only did it because he was mind-controlled by her[[/note]], particularly the whole scene where Yosuke kills his daughter. It's even more poignant by the fact that by all appearances he was a kind, well-meaning family man.

* The fate of Yosuke and his family[[note]]while he does rape Saya, he only did it because he was mind-controlled by her[[/note]], particularly the whole scene where Yosuke kills his daughter. It's even more poignant by the fact that by all appearances he was a loving, well-meaning family man.

* The fate of Yosuke and his family[[note]]while he does rape Saya, he only did it because he was mind-controlled by her[[/note]] - particularly the whole scene where Yosuke kills his daughter, which is all the more poignant because by all appearances he was a loving, well-meaning family man.