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I cried in 5 out of 6 episodes of Takopi’s Original Sin. The me of 2020 wouldn’t believe it.
First time it happened was on completing Violet Evergarden the Movie on late 2021. Haven’t cried for more than 10 years prior to that, and it was the first I did so because I’m very happy for Violet.
What’s yours?
First time? No idea. Maybe one of those iconic sad moments from Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood. Most recent was LOOK BACK though. What an emotional movie.
Fruits Basket. “Rice ball!”
Quite possibly Elfen Lied, but not for anything in the show itself. It’s kind of an edgelord relic for violating every taboo it can get away with.
But the fucking gorgeous OVA, “Lilium,” has an extended version… which I did not realize I was listening to. So when the choral section continued past where the Gustav Klimt references would have ended at two minutes, I was not prepared. Admittedly this video also continues into the much-less-effective instrumental and music-box versions. The web is an archive the way a grocery store is a food museum.
If we’re counting anything short of outright weeping… yeah, Eva-01 going feral. A wave slapping against a van, and whats-her-name covering her face.
Lilium has an even bigger impact if you contrast the lyrics with the manga - because unlike the anime, the manga shows themes like: “what’s even a human being?”, “does evil come from nature or nurture?”, “is redemption even possible?”.
…and the lyrics are basically a prayer for redemption, I’ll coarsely translate them here:
The mouth of the just will repeat wisdom And his tongue will utter the evidence (i.e. declare judgment) Blessed the man who endures temptation Since he was tested, he'll get the crown of life Oh Lord, [you are the] source of goodness Oh Lord, [you are] divine fire, have mercy [of us] Oh, so holy, so serene So benign, so delightful, the one believed to be the Virgin (Mary) Oh, so holy, so serene, so benign, so delightful Oh, lily of chastity
It fits perfectly once you identify Lucy with the sinner: she knows she’s guilty, and she’s asking God for redemption. With Kouta intervening in her favour, always showing compassion, much like the Virgin Mary would do in Christianity.
I was not aware there was a manga.
I’ve always been partial to the men’s choir acapella version.
Probably Gintama, I don’t know exactly at what point. I definitely remember watching Gintoki vs Takasugi and having to rewind because I couldn’t see shit through my tears.
First one I can recall was Trigun with the church scene. What beautiful guitar, too. One of my favorites in general.
Clannad Afterstory
Probably not the first, but… Edward.
takopi got an anime? sick
my first was anohana
GreenKnight23@lemmy.world 21 hours ago
can’t remember the first time. but I can tell you when I cried the hardest.
To Your Eternity.
the whole first season was a cry fest.
when the boy died, it broke something inside me. he tried the best he could, and it was still not enough. when the little girl was practically tortured and sacrificed. I had to pause the episode and bawl for like 30 minutes.
I cried so much that my wife asked me the next day why my eyes were all red and puffy.
it’s the only story that inflicted serious psychological damage to me. it took me a year to work through the damage, and even now I’m misty-eyed remembering everything.
I was going through some really rough times at work with an abusive boss and my emotional state was probably not very stable. watching human suffering just…broke something in me.