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Tear Jerker / Mobile Suit Zeta Gundam

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  • Four Murasame's death in the episode "Forever Four", remembered as one of the best episodes of the Gundam franchise. In fact, a certain death scene in Gundam SEED Destiny (Stellar's) was basically copied from this very scene.
    • Made more heart wrenching by Kamille's Death Wail.
  • Another tear jerker for this series is when Kamille kills his "little sister" Rosamia. She was basically mindscrewed by the Titans and only wanted a normal life; Kamille felt bad when he killed her, because he wanted to see her have a normal life in the end. What really makes it hit home is her last words, "Brother, I've found you."
  • The next to Four's death was when Kamille's mother, Hilda, was killed. He was trying to save her and just about did, then Jerid has to shot her capsule exposing her to the vacuum of space without a space suit on. It's a tear jerker because it happened right in front of Kamille, not to mention she may have been a Missing Mom but she still cared for him way more than her Jerkass husband.
  • Emma Sheen's death, which comes right after the sacrifice of the Radish and Henken Beckener's demise. The saddest part of her death is how Kamille lingers in the room with her. You can really see his hesitance in leaving her body there and the way he turns back to her as he opens the door is the saddest thing in all of Zeta Gundam and is perhaps the saddest launch announcement ever.
  • It's easy to forget in among all the heroic deaths in episode 49, but the death of Jerid Messa is just depressing. To see a character, even a villainous one, who's been with us since the first episode, who we've learned to sympathise with, die such a pointless, meaningless death, is honestly pretty heartbreaking, especially since he wasn't that bad compared to the rest of the Titans.
    "If it wasn't for you Kamille..."
  • Episode 45: Between Apolly's death and Fa's talk with Emma after her showdown with Reccoa, where Fa blames herself for not being able to kill her...
  • The final scene in the show hits home HARD. Fa finding Kamille alive, only to realize he's been brain damaged by Scirocco. Just seeing her expression sort of sums up the show...
  • Bright's teary moment when he's given a tape that contains a message from Mirai, Hathaway and Cheimin, where they encourage him to keep going on.

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