History TearJerker / KuboAndTheTwoStrings

** During the scene where she's lucid, when Kubo tries to give his grandfather and aunts the benefit of the doubt, it's Sariatu who emphasizes that they're nothing but [[YouMonster monsters]] who won't hesitate to steal him away from her forever. She says it in such a desperate tone, as though she can't emphasize enough that Kubo's relatives are anything ''but'' good people. And then, there's her [[MyGodWhatHaveIDone regretful expression]] when she sees she's scared her son with this very idea.

** During the scene where she's lucid, when Kubo tries to give his grandfather and aunts the benefit of the doubt, it's Sariatu who emphasizes that they're nothing but [[YouMonster monsters]] who won't hesitate to steal his remaining eye and take him away from her forever. She says it in such a desperate tone, as though she can't emphasize enough that Kubo's relatives are anything ''but'' good people. And then, there's her [[MyGodWhatHaveIDone regretful expression]] when she sees she's scared her son with this very idea.

* Although it's DramaticIrony that he's merely unconscious, when Beetle saves Kubo from the Garden of Eyes, it seems as though the boy drowned. He gives the out-cold Kubo to Monkey who desperately begs the boy to [[PleaseWakeUp wake up]], then quietly breaks down into tears assuring him he'll be okay. Since she's really Kubo's mother, it's [[AdultFear sobering]] how scared-to-death Monkey must've been to see her son unconscious like that.

* Monkey revealing to Beetle that she is SecretlyDying, not just from her battle wounds, but mostly because the [[YourDaysAreNumbered the magic that keeps her alive is fading]]. She [[AdultFear fears that Kubo will be alone once the magic runs out]], not to mention he'll be devastated to lose her after just learning she's his mother reincarnated in a new form.

** During the scene where she's lucid, when Kubo tries to give grandfather and aunts the benefit of the doubt, it's Sariatu who emphasizes that they're nothing but [[YouMonster monsters]] who won't hesitate to steal his remaining eye and take him away from her forever. She says it in such a desperate tone, as though she can't emphasize enough that Kubo's relatives are anything ''but'' good people. And then, there's her [[MyGodWhatHaveIDone regretful expression]] when she sees she's scared her son with this very idea.

** In the Junior novel, it describes that whenever Kubo's mother tells him to never stay out after dark, it makes Kubo feel completely alone, as though he were beside himself.

* The state of the Beetle Clan Castle. There might've been a time when once, it stood as a promising home for Hanzo and his family. Now, it's only a ramshackle building, overgrown and falling apart. It's just a shell of what could've been Kubo's proud home. This place is also where one of the Sisters reveals Beetle's true identity, ''Hanzo''. Upon learning who he is, Monkey looks over, with a saddened expression, at the man who used to be her beloved husband. Kubo is just as heart-broken to realize what's become of the father he was denied all these years. And Beetle? He too is a bit devastated that he was once the greatest samurai who ever lived, and ''he couldn't remember''.