Follow TV Tropes

This is based on opinion. Please don't list it on a work's trope example list.

Following

Tear Jerker / Nabari no Ou

Go To

  • Early on, Yae discovers that Katō, her assistant of six months was actually The Mole. Katō himself is clearly remorseful, given that he genuinely loved his environment. Fortunately, they're able to patch things up when he rescues her.
  • Episode 18
    Yoite: Save me...I don't want to die...I want to disappear...Please erase...My existence...and every thing that I've lived...Because I never existed from the beginning...
  • The final scene of the anime.
  • Chapter 50, combined with Heartwarming Moments. Even the author cried while drawing that chapter.
    • The immediate aftermath of Chapter 50. The pain Yukimi is obviously going through can be rather wrenching to read - the same goes for Miharu's reaction, especially his Not So Stoic breakdown. "I didn't want to erase that person's existence... because I wanted us to live together... so why did I choose this..." "If that person's memories or remembrance were left, I would surely... not be able to live..." And then he claws at his throat. And bursts into tears.
  • Chapter 61 is both this and a Heartwarming Moment.
  • The final chapter of the manga. The color pages in the middle of the chapter with Miharu finally reuniting with Yoite are just plain heartwrenching.
  • Raimei's reaction when Kouichi dies. And on that note, Shijima's last words to Miharu:
    Shijima: Take care of granny.
  • The second ending of the anime, which features Miharu and Yoite doing cute things like sleeping on each other's shoulders at a train station and holding hands in a grassy field, all set to a mellow, nostalgic-sounding tune. On its own it's very sweet, but in the context of the show it becomes heartbreaking.

Top