History YouAreNotAlone / AnimeAndManga

* This trope is '''''the point''''' of ''Anime/{{Vandread}}''. The overarching {{A|nAesop}}esop of the series is that no matter how tough things seems to be, they can always be overcome with the help of [[ThePowerOfFriendship friends]]. The GrandFinale takes it to its natural epic conclusion by having thousands of warships warp in around the main cast as they prepare to take on a whole enemy armada with just one CoolStarship and an oversize robot, all of them requesting to fight at their side. It is revealed that these are the fleets of all the planets (with a sufficiently advanced technology) [[GondorCallsForAid that the heroes have visited throughout the series and whose inhabitants they've impressed with their actions and words]].

* ''Anime/GaoGaiGarFINAL'' has the main hero Guy ready to DropTheHammer on Pisa Sol, a veritable sun, only to discover that there is no way he can take this thing out on his own. He then receives the energy of every other G-Stone in the series and realizing that he is in fact '''not''' alone, ''he crushes a star''.

* ''Anime/{{Shelter2016}}'': Shigeru may be long gone and Rin herself my be the only person in the virtual world, but Rin doesn't believe herself to be alone; she still has the memories of her and her father living together, as well as tangible proof of her father's undying love in the form of the spaceship that sustains her. Considering that, Rin remains hopeful for the future.

* Happens a few times in ''LightNovel/ACertainMagicalIndex'', like with Misaka during the sisters arc, [[spoiler: as she's about to go essentially commit suicide to make the researchers believe that her clones didn't have enough worth to be killed in the Level 6 shift project, Touma shows up and saves the day.]]

* Major theme in ''LightNovel/InvadersOfTheRokujyouma'' as the major relationship conflict between the [[ChasteHero Koutarou]] and the [[UnwantedHarem Invaders of room 106]] is his CommitmentIssues due to the [[ParentalAbandonment death of his mother]]. All of them in some form or anther let him know that they will not disapear on him. He also tells this to DarkMagicalGirl Maki which solidifies her HeelFaceTurn.

* The Theme song of ''LightNovel/RentalMagica'' says the trope.

* One of the main plot points of ''LightNovel/SwordArtOnline'', specifically the "Mothers Roasrio" arc. [[spoiler: In spite of dying of a Terminal Case of AIDS, even when Yuuki pushed Asuna away, Asuna helps her realize this, even up until her death, which is considered to be the most heartbreaking moment of the series.]] The anime even has a song with this called [[http://youtu.be/b2krgRnNG68 You Are Not Alone]].

** The thing that makes this moment so exceptional is that, despite all his good intentions, Kaneda's aloofness and somewhat abrasive personality were in a lot of ways the ''[[PoisonousFriend reason]]'' for Tetsuo's horrible domination/insecurity issues, which in turn was the reason for his [[JumpingOffTheSlipperySlope flying leap from the slippery slope]]; Kaneda being the one to reassure him and [[spoiler:hold his hand as he dies]] meant enough for Tetsuo to initiate [[spoiler:''[[DeityOfHumanOrigin the birth of a new universe]]'']].

** The driving force behind that whole ''saga:'' [[spoiler:Robin had been on the run from the World Government for 20 years, betrayed time and again, and she had given up living when Luffy saved her from death. She joined the crew, and for the first time she could remember, she was happy. Then they run into the people who caused her suffering, with the same GodzillaThreshold attack that destroyed her home island and everyone else on it aimed at the Straw Hats. She surrenders to them, while appearing to betray the Straw Hats, and accepts death to save them. When the Straw Hats find out, they rush through a tsunami, beat down an army of Marines and Agents, and ''declare war on the World Government, which is over 170 countries worldwide'', before they even have a decent chance of getting Robin back. All of that just to prove that no matter what difficulty they would face, no matter what burden she carried, they would always come for her, and would never betray her over her "burden". Instead, they chose to make her burden ''their'' burden. It's the only time we ever see Robin, who's about as close to TheStoic as the Straw Hats get, break down in tears, having finally realized that after ''so long'', she had finally found her place in life.]]

* In ''Anime/DotHackSign'' [[spoiler:this is a major message given to Tsukasa from Subaru, Mimiru, and eventually Bear.]]
* A rather heart-wrenching example comes at the end of the ''Manga/{{AKIRA}}'' manga, wherein the resident [[InferioritySuperiorityComplex insecure]] [[BewareTheSuperman power-mad]] [[BigBad psychic overlord]] Tetsuo is able to [[spoiler: AscendToAHigherPlaneOfExistence]] when his childhood companion [[JerkWithAHeartOfGold Kaneda]] reassures him that, for all of [[PoorCommunicationKills the misunderstandings between them]], all he ever ''intended'' was to be his friend.

** The thing that makes this moment so exceptional is that, despite all his good intentions, Kaneda's aloofness and somewhat abrasive personality were in a lot of ways the ''[[PoisonousFriend reason]]'' for Tetsuo's horrible domination/insecurity issues, which in turn was the reason for his [[JumpingOffTheSlipperySlope flying leap from the slippery slope]]; Kaneda being the one to reassure him and [[spoiler: hold his hand as he dies]] meant enough for Tetsuo to initiate [[spoiler: ''[[DeityOfHumanOrigin the birth of a new universe]]'']].

** Keiichi and Rika spend the better part of an episode talking this message into Satoko's head as an essential part of getting her to help herself out of her [[EvilUncle uncle's]] abuse (the village's lingering resentment of her family, which is eventually stamped out, along with the understandable strain she is under, Satoko feels completely alone in her struggle). [[spoiler:It works. [[KillEmAll Then they all die]]]].

** ''Anime/YuGiOhGX'': At the start of his duel against Darkness in his true form, Juudai's worried that he's all alone, since all of his friends have been taken into Darkness's world. Suddenly, there's a voice we haven't heard in almost twenty episodes and Yubel wants to know what is this alone he's talking about being? She's always with him! And he just smiles, glad to hear her backtalking him (as she apparently does off-screen).

* ''Anime/InazumaEleven'': Over the course of the story, Shirou Fubuki constantly angsts about how the team doesn't need him as a defender but as a striker (or more specifically, they need his deceased brother Atsuya, so his SplitPersonality [[SplitPersonalityTakeover starts taking over]]). It's not until he finally understands that his father's words about "becoming the perfect player" was to rely on his teammates and work together. To drive the point home, right before the SplitPersonalityMerge occurs, Atsuya's voice in his head tells him "That's right, big brother. You're not alone."
* ''Manga/InuYasha'': [[DefrostingIceQueen Kagura]] is fatally poisoned by Naraku after a HeelFaceTurn[=/=]HeroicSacrifice and believes she is going to [[DyingAlone die alone]]. Suddenly, in front of her stands the last person she expects to see, [[ImpliedLoveInterest Sessh]][[DefrostingIceKing oumaru]]. They share a brief exchange in which [[OutOfCharacterMoment he actually tells her that he came there for the sole]] [[LetThemDieHappy purpose of seeing her]]. He tries to save her with [[HealingShiv Tenseiga]], but he [[NoBodyLeftBehind cannot]]. He asks her if she is leaving, to which she responds that she is and she happily [[IDieFree fades]] [[DyingAsYourself into the wind]], glad that she was able to see him one last time.

** In Erza's past, after she moves to Fairy Tail, Gray wanted to fight her, despite everyone's refusal. When he found her sitting by a river, Erza says she likes being alone, unsure of what to say, Gray sits by her side, unwilling to leave or fight her.

* ''Anime/SenkiZesshouSymphogear'' combines this trope with CueTheSun. [[spoiler: [[BigBad Finé]] seems to be holding all the cards. [[BrokenAce Tsubasa]] and [[HeelFaceTurn Chris]] each pulled their own HeroicSacrifice, and [[TheHero Hibiki]] is in a massive HeroicBSOD with DullEyesOfUnhappiness. Then she hears her friends inside the school singing the school's anthem. This leads to a HeroicSecondWind, ClimacticBattleResurrection, and EleventhHourSuperpower, all in one scene.]]