Have many moments, which is unsurprising considering the nature of the series.
- Ann's mother Miwako committing suicide and the aftermath. One can't help but feel for Ann when she throws her hourglass at her picture at the funeral and yells at her, "You betrayed me!" Her crying in her grandmother's arms doesn't help. And then said grandmother also has a breakdown later on, blaming herself because she told Miwako to get a hold of herself when she really meant to tell her to do her best. Shows how awful someone can feel when one of their last words to their dead loved one weren't at all nice.
- Ann's distress while contemplating whether to return to Tokyo or not - she doesn't want her dad to be lonely but also doesn't want to leave everyone in Shimane behind, especially Daigo. When she does decide to return, she has a rather bittersweet farewell with Daigo.
- Shika first finding out she was the product of her mother's affair.
- When Kaede makes a careless comment on how similar Fuji is to Miwako, which absolutely freaks Ann out and makes her worry that Fuji might suffer the same fate as her mother.
- Ann and Daigo breaking up. Especially Daigo's devastated reaction, and Ann pretending she doesn't love him anymore when she's in fact only doing it because she loves him too much and thinks he'll be happier without her.
- When Shika writes another letter to Ann and ends it with "My Brother really, really loves you." Ann tears up after reading it since at that point she's drifted apart from him, and they break up not long after receiving the letter.
- In the chapter "Winter Age 26 - Prayer" (chapter 15), Ann visits the beach and nearly dies after accidentally cutting herself with glass. She dreams of her 12 year old self running after her mum, only to be stopped by Daigo. She then wakes up to her grandma crying and giving a You Are Not Alone speech.
- In the Epilogue chapter (chapter 16), Ann and Daigo finally get back together after all their troubles. Definitely a Tears Of Joy moment.
- In an omake in volume 9 where it shows Fuji receiving a Christmas present from Ann who by then has broken up with Daigo, and at the end he thinks to himself, "God, Buddha, Santa, if you exist... please give me a future with her." A bit of a Fridge Tearjerker because you know exactly that he won't get one with her.
- In the last bonus chapter in volume 10, set at when Daigo is about 30, he recalls to his primary school teacher how devastating it was for him to come across a nearly-dying Ann at the beach and possibly face losing the love of his life.
