History TearJerker / BittersweetCandyBowl

* Chapter 102 finally gives us a look into Lucy's mind following her suicide attempt; while she sleeps over at Augustus's house, she has a dream about all of her former friends showing no sympathy for her--hell, her version of Sue even calls the whole thing "[her] drama", and Mike shows up just to tell her nobody cares about her anymore, showing she still does care about his opinion. But the real meat is when ''Alejandro'' appears; looks like she didn't just forget "Confrontation" happened after all.

* Anytime [[{{Tsundere}} Lucy]] loses [[DoggedNiceGuy Mike]], she has a heartrending emotional breakdown. It really shows just how attached she's become to him over the years. However, the single saddest moment happens in [[http://taeshilh.deviantart.com/art/Chapter-51-A-Distance-Apart-152537276?q=gallery%3Ataeshilh%2F390207&qo=6 Chapter 51 "A Distance Apart"]] when [[spoiler: Lucy finally admits her love for him, and he rejects her.]]
* There have been other tearjerkers besides the one above. How about some of Daisy's CorruptTheCutie moments during the Awakening arc? In Rising Temperature, being humiliated by [[http://www.bittersweetcandybowl.com/c39/p3.html Katie]] and two in this [[http://www.bittersweetcandybowl.com/c39/p10.html page]]? [[spoiler: Mike feels guilty for ignoring Daisy and Daisy is all alone, even though she does have her friends.]]
* Mike and Abbey's fight regarding the former neglecting Daisy in favor of spending time with Lucy. Abbey loves Daisy, but he's painfully aware that she loves Mike and is angry that Mike can't take the time to at least try to be a more attentive friend with her, to the point of him nearly getting into a fist fight with Mike despite his tendency to only use violence to be a BullyHunter. Likewise, Mike [[spoiler:foreshadows his frustration with his friendship with Lucy and eventual hatred for her,]] gets enraged at Abbey's accusations, and fights back. Considering how the two of them are the nicest members of the cast, it's jarring to see the, fight like this, particularly when Molly comes and begs them to stop fighting.

* In the "December" arc, [[spoiler:Mike finally ''[[TheReasonYouSuckSpeech tears into]]'' Lucy over [[DoubleStandardAbuseFemaleOnMale everything]] she's done to him, culminating in him declaring his undying hatred for her.]] The worst part, [[spoiler:he then reveals he ''never'' saw her as a friend.]]
** [[spoiler: He then proceeds [[HeWhoFightsMonsters to take it WAY too far]], especially considering that [[CharacterDevelopment Lucy's behavior has improved,]] and his unnecessarily cruel words to her [[TookALevelInJerkass leave the reader with a strong desire to punch him in the face.]] Even a constant victim of abuse for so long like himself isn't supposed to break her to the point where she's ''[[VomitDiscretionShot physically ill]]''. Poor Lucy...]]
* "At Loose Ends" show more of Abbey's DarkAndTroubledPast, specifically, his final straw with his father, how he became a woman-protector, and [[spoiler:his mother's death]]. All in the middle of the fucking Christmas season.
* "Just Beautiful" is relatively lighthearted...until [[spoiler:Lily chases off Mike, who decided to try apologizing to Lucy for his [[HeWhoFightsMonsters recent]] [[TookALevelInJerkass behavior]].]] Not really that sad, since [[spoiler:he was only doing so on Sandy's advice]], but then [[spoiler:She and Lucy have to tell Yashy the truth behind Mike's [[LongDistanceRelationship status]].]] Jesus!

* "Total Recall", wherein at the end of the Junior Prom, where Paulo, Matt, and Jordan do some definite male bonding, [[spoiler:they get caught ''right'' into a car accident.]]
* "Trapped," where Augustus has his origins with Alejandro told, and we run into a girl named Melanie... who is in an abusive relationship with Alejandro. [[spoiler: On page 25, she reveals that the scholarship she wants is specifically to get away from Alejandro, and her breakdown over it is ''painful'' to watch.]]

* The splintering of the main group of friends. Before the Acapulco arc, the main clique used to be a rather tight-knit group of friends (especially the main protagonists Lucy and Mike), and despite all of the vitriol that they give each other, always had each others' backs, even willing to risk their lives to save each other when in dangerous perils. Come Sophomore year, the circle of friends slowly corrodes as internal grudges and bottled-up emotions rise and {{Love Triangle}}s come forward. The absolute destruction of Mike and Lucy's friendship (with the latter being PutOnABus) was a very critical hit to the group's stability, and even when [[spoiler:Lucy came back]] in Chapter 95, the situation did not get any better. Makes it even more tragic when you realize that every single member of the group is guilty of doing something that unwittingly shatters not only their individual friendships with one another, but their entire TrueCompanions group as a whole.
* [[spoiler:Chapter 95 has us see Lucy's suicide attempt in gruesome, heartrending fashion. She decides to jump off a building after we're treated to a few pages of her self-loathing internal monologue. And we see her jump too... and watch her not only survive the attempt, but also ''realize'' she survived, is bleeding out, and can barely move. It's a good thing Augustus came when he did...]]
* Chapter 96 doesn't stop the pain train for anyone. While it's more reasonably light-hearted, the end of it has Mike get [[LaserGuidedKarma exactly what's coming to him]] from [[spoiler:Lucy]]. With Mike pussyfooting around so much, it should have been a glorious moment, but the end and the intermission, where all the guilt culminates in him and he breaks down in tears, feels otherwise.
** Even in the light-hearted moments there's still a bit of sadness. As Mike's facing the last opponent in dodgeball, he can't quite shake off all of the [[spoiler:violent antics Lucy did to him]].
* Paulo's chances with [[spoiler:Lucy]] sink hard during Chapter 97. Even though he feels like she didn't use him, [[spoiler:Lucy]] tries to beat into his head that the pair was ''never'' going to happen, and their one moment was an act of desperation.

* The entirety of Chapter 100, as the main group of friends ends up completely and utterly demolished. Paulo tries to help Mike with his problems with [[spoiler: Sandy]], resulting in Mike [[spoiler: slamming Paulo's face into the lunch table]]. Embarassed, Paulo runs away only to bump into [[spoiler: Lucy hanging out with Augustus. Paulo then lets loose at Lucy for hanging out with the guy who molested Daisy, and starts to confess all of his feelings for her. All that Lucy says however is that she doesn't care, not about Paulo, not about her friends.]] Meanwhile, [[spoiler: Sue chases after Mike, confronting him over what he did earlier and tries to get him to open up about what's going on, but ultimately causes him to furiously snap at her when she asked if the issue was about Sandy (which was correct in the first place). He tears at her, complaining that the group never cared about his problems or about his relationship with Sandy, and always favored Lucy and gave her special attention. Poor Sue can only lament at how toxic and unpleasant Mike has become lately and could do nothing but walk away from him.]] If you add in [[spoiler: Abbey sitting at another table, and Mike's friends getting mad at him for what he did]], then the friend group has never been worse off.
* Chapter 102 finally gives us a look into Lucy's mind following her suicide attempt; [[spoiler:while she sleeps over at Augustus's house, she has a dream about all of her former friends showing no sympathy for her--hell, her version of Sue even calls the whole thing "[her] drama", and Mike shows up just to tell her nobody cares about her anymore, showing she still does care about his opinion. But the real meat is when ''Alejandro'' appears; looks like she didn't just forget "Confrontation" happened after all.]]

* It's a small moment, but in Chapter 105, Lucy finally reveals why the pets haven't returned home with her. It's especially harsh when she tells Sue that Yashy is still so heart-broken that he doesn't want to see Mike ever again.

* Chapter 103 is a mostly light-hearted chapter, but it gets way darker near the end, as Lucy reveals that Augustus is staying at her place, only for Daisy to give her a [[ReasonYouSuckSpeech]] due to jealousy of her getting all the attention. This causes Lucy to snap and scream at Daisy that she ''never'' wanted any attention, and she storms off. The chapter ends with Daisy and Mike talking about how much of a mess everything has become, only for Mike to make things worse by telling Daisy that it has been ''weeks'' since Sandy last contacted him. While we were always aware that Mike was having issues with Sandy after the events of Model Girlfriend, it was this moment that truly showed how much of an issue it has become.

* Chapter 102 finally gives us a look into Lucy's mind following her suicide attempt; [[spoiler:while she sleeps over at Augustus's house, she has a dream about all of her former friends showing no sympathy for her--hell, her version of Sue even calls the whole thing "[her] drama", and Mike shows up just to tell her nobody cares about her anymore, showing she still does care about his opinion. But the real meat is when ''Alejandro'' appears; looks like she didn't just forget "Confrontation" happened after all.]]

* The entirety of Chapter 100, as the main group of friends ends up completely and utterly demolished. Paulo tries to help Mike with his problems with [[spoiler: Sandy]], resulting in Mike [[spoiler: slamming Paulo's face into the lunch table]]. Embarassed, Paulo runs away only to bump into [[spoiler: Lucy hanging out with Augustus. Paulo then lets loose at Lucy for hanging out with the guy who molested Daisy, and starts to confess all of his feelings for her. All that Lucy says however is that she doesn't care, not about Paulo, not about her friends.]] Meanwhile, [[spoiler: Sue chases after Mike, confronting him over what he did earlier and tries to get him to open up about what's going on, but ultimately causes him to furiously snap at her when she asked if the issue was about Sandy (which was correct in the first place). He tears at her, complaining that the group never cared about his problems or about his relationship with Sandy, and always favored Lucy and gave her special attention. Poor Sue can only lament at how toxic and unpleasant Mike has become lately and could do nothing but walk away from him.]] If you add in [[spoiler: Abbey sitting at another table, and Mike's friends getting mad at him for what he did]], then the friend group has never been worse off.

* The entirety of Chapter 100, as the main group of friends ends up completely and utterly demolished. Paulo tries to help Mike with his problems with [[spoiler: Sandy]], resulting in Mike [[spoiler: slamming Paulo's face into the lunch table]]. Embarassed, Paulo runs away only to bump into [[spoiler: Lucy hanging out with Augustus. Paulo then lets loose at Lucy for hanging out with the guy who molested Daisy, and starts to confess all of his feelings for her. All that Lucy says however is that she doesn't care, not about Paulo, not about her friends.]] Meanwhile, [[spoiler: Sue chases after Mike, confronting him over what he did earlier and tries to get him to open up about what's going on, but ultimately causes him to furiously snap at her when she asked if the issue was about Sandy (which was correct in the first place). He tears at her, complaining that the group never cared about his problems or about his relationship with Sandy, and always favored Lucy and gave her special attention. Poor Sue can only lament at how toxic Mike has become over the past few days and could do nothing but walk away from him.]] If you add in [[spoiler: Abbey sitting at another table, and Mike's friends getting mad at him for what he did]], then the friend group has never been worse off.

* The entirety of Chapter 100, as the main group of friends ends up completely and utterly demolished. Paulo tries to help Mike with his problems with [[spoiler: Sandy]], resulting in Mike [[spoiler: slamming Paulo's face into the lunch table]]. Embarassed, Paulo runs away only to bump into [[spoiler: Lucy hanging out with Augustus. Paulo then lets loose at Lucy for hanging out with the guy who molested Daisy, and starts to confess all of his feelings for her. All that Lucy says however is that she doesn't care, not about Paulo, not about her friends.]] If you add in [[spoiler: Abbey sitting at another table, and Mike's friends getting mad at him for what he did]], then the friend group has never been worse off.

* The entirety of Chapter 100, as the main group of friends ends up completely and utterly demolished. Paulo tries to help Mike with his problems with [[spoiler: Sandy]], resulting in Mike [[spoiler: punching Paulo in the face]]. Embarassed, Paulo runs away only to bump into [[spoiler: Lucy hanging out with Augustus. Paulo then lets loose at Lucy for hanging out with the guy who molested Daisy, and starts to confess all of his feelings for her. All that Lucy says however is that she doesn't care, not about Paulo, not about her friends.]] If you add in [[spoiler: Abbey sitting at another table, and Mike's friends getting mad at him for what he did]], then the friend group has never been worse off.

--> '''Paulo:''' I want off this shitty ride.

* The splintering of the main group of friends. Before the Acapulco arc, the main clique used to be a rather tight-knit group of friends (especially the main protagonists Lucy and Mike), and despite all of the vitriol that they give each other, always had each others' backs, even willing to risk their lives to save each other when in dangerous perils. Come Sophomore year, the circle of friends slowly corrodes as internal grudges and bottled-up emotions rise and {{Love Triangle}}s come forward. The absolute destruction of Mike and Lucy's friendship (with the latter being PutOnABus) was a very critical hit to the group's stability, and even when Lucy came back in Chapter 95, the situation did not get any better. Makes it even more tragic when you realize that every single member of the group is guilty of doing something that unwittingly shatters not only their individual friendships with one another, but their entire TrueCompanions group as a whole.

* Paulo's chances with [[spoiler:Lucy]] sink hard during Chapter 97. Even though he feels like she didn't use him, [[spoiler:Lucy]] tries to bet into his head that the pair was ''never'' going to happen, and their one moment was an act of desperation.

** Even in the light-hearted moments there's still a bit of sadness. As Mike's facing the last opponent in dodgeball, he can't quite shake off all of the [[spoiler:violent antics Lucy did to him]].