Heartwarming / Dragon Quest V

• Early on, the child hero and Bianca go ghost hunting at Uptaten Towers. They get captured and a bunch of skeletons are going to cook them. One of them refuses, and the other's threaten him that the "scythe of Hell" will reap him if he doesn't. If you go back to the kitchen after this, you'll see that the one who felt bad became a human soul again; so he'll go to a peaceful afterlife with the other good ghosts after the heroes clear the stage.
• Pankraz lifting the child hero onto his shoulders to show him the river on the way to Coberg. It really shows how close the father and son are to each other.
• The wedding scenes, no matter which bride you pick.
• The hero's daughter asking her dad to hold her hand when it's dark or high up.
• Meeting Bianca again after all those years.
• The reunion with his wife after being separated by ten years of being Taken for Granite.
  • If you're taking Parry with you at that time and you Party Chat just afterwards, you'll see the normally talkative Kid Hero spurting "Mom...! Mom...!", at a loss for words and probably holding back tears.
• Returning to your Doomed Hometown and finding it restored to life as if it had never changed.
• Listening to your children cry when they're born after the game makes you wander around in the halls while you wait.
• After Mada is killed, if you return to town and talk to your party, Debora has this to say.
  Debora: Your mother remained strong right up to the end. I think she's the first person I've ever met who I genuinely admire. I'm going to use her as a role model from now on and become stronger. I won't be beaten!
• Talking to your wife before you face the final boss has each of them give a different speech, with Debora's being especially poignant.

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