History TearJerker / HunterxHunter

** And meanwhile, [[spoiler:Killua (who only manages to arrive after Pitou is already dead)]] can barely do more than watch in despair while all of this happens. [[Including when Pitou's body attacks again, and Killua pushes Gon out of the way, but Gon's arm still gets sliced off in the process... only for Gon to remain unnaturally calm about it, implying that he's become a DeathSeeker. Killua has to watch his best friend break and almost die, and he can do little more than shout at him to stop.]]

* [[spoiler: Kite's death]], made even worse by Gon's complete denial of the possibility of his death, especially when it was obvious from the get go [[spoiler: Kite had long since died and had been turned into a puppet by Pitou.]] The audience is painfully aware of this which [[spoiler: makes Gon's complete breakdown at the AwfulTruth all the more tragic.]]

** [[spoiler: What's worse is that after going on a RoaringRampageOfRevenge, he's completely broken both physically and mentally. In fact, he was nearly on his deathbed after fighting Pitou]]

* [[spoiler: Kite's death]], made even worse by Gon's complete denial of the possibility of his death, especially when it was obvious from the get go [[spoiler: Kite had long since died and had been turned into a puppet by Pitou.]] The audience is painfully aware of this which [[spoiler: makes Gon's complete breakdown at the AwfulTruth all the more tragic.]]
** [[spoiler: He's technically revived as a Chimera Ant, but the person himself is still dead]]
* After [[spoiler: Kurapika kills Uvogin]], he falls to his knees and holds his head in horror. The next time we see him, he goes to his hotel room, and starts to chant the Kurata prayer slowly, traumatized. [[TheWoobie Poor guy]].

* If the entire annihilation of a clan wasn't enough alone, the horrible manner at which the Kurata were massacred is absolutely '''heartwrenching'''. [[spoiler: Families were forced to sit, facing each other, as they were stabbed and beheaded one-by-one. Pureblood members of the Clan had their eyes gouged out. Children, wives, and husbands were tortured in front of their beloveds to illicit feelings of despair and rage from their victims in order to turn their eyes an even more startling shade of scarlet.]] This was the destruction of an entirely innocent race of people, at the hands of monsters.

* Alluka's SplitPersonality Nanika spends most of the time giving Alluka her CreepyChild cred. [[spoiler: Then, after it's revealed that Nanika likes Killua enough to do whatever he says without any of the [[BeCarefulWhatYouWishFor wish restrictions]] as long as it's a direct order, Killua tries to seal Alluka's power away by ordering Nanika to never come out again. Cue the creepy, blank-eyed Nanika breaking down and crying until she complies, and then Alluka angrily chastising Killua for making her cry until he agrees to take it back.]]

* During the arc where Gon goes to the Zoldyk household, the BattleButler Canary stops them from progressing any further. Gon attempts to get over the line she sets, but she effortlessly [[CurbStompBattle knocks him away with her cane.]] He keeps getting knocked back over and over and ''over'' again, just to make it through, and she's having none of it. By the time sunset hits, she actually worries about his health and questions why he'd be stupid enough to keep crawling to the gates when he just won't pass, and all Gon answers with is the fact that Killua is his [[HeterosexualLifePartners friend.]] Just when we think that she's going to have a change of heart and let him pass... [[spoilers: Luckily, she survived the whole thing.]]

* During the arc where Gon goes to the Zoldyk household, the BattleButler Canary stops them from progressing any further. Gon attempts to get over the line she sets, but she effortlessly [[CurbStomBattle knocks him away with her cane.]] He keeps getting knocked back over and over and ''over'' again, just to make it through, and she's having none of it. By the time sunset hits, she actually worries about his health and questions why he'd be stupid enough to keep crawling to the gates when he just won't pass, and all Gon answers with is the fact that Killua is his [[HeterosexualLifePartners friend.]] Just when we think that she's going to have a change of heart and let him pass... [[spoilers: Luckily, she survived the whole thing.]]

--> [[AC:'''Kurapika:''']] (reflecting) [[spoiler:''Pairo... It looks like my journey is finally ending. But, where will it take me? [[YouCantGoHomeAgain People to greet me or welcome me, or a place to come back to... I don't have anything like that at all'']].]]

* Speaking of the special chapters, [[spoiler:the sheer contrast between [[CheerfulChild the child]] [[WideEyedIdealist Kurapika]] used to be and [[AloofAlly the person]] [[ThePowerOfHate he is now]]]], also serves to drive home just how much of an impact the massacre has had on [[LastOfHisKind his life]] and [[HeWhoFightsMonsters his mental state]], and how much he has lost from there. [[spoiler:His return in the Zodiac arc a few chapters later doesn't help things. The way he has shut himself from his friends and everything, going from eagerly reading and dreaming about the outside to practically isolating himself in a dark room with the Scarlet Eyes he has collected, seems to imply this has become an extremely unhealthy obsession that's consuming everything in his life, which is deeply depressing.]]
** -> '''Kurapika:''' (reflecting) [[spoiler:''Pairo... It looks like my journey is finally ending. But, where will it take me? [[YouCan'tGoHomeAgain People to greet me or welcome me, or a place to come back to... I don't have anything like that at all]].]]

* Speaking of the special chapters, [[spoiler:the sheer contrast between [[CheerfulChild the child]] [[WideEyedIdealist Kurapika]] used to be and [[AloofAlly the person]] [[ThePowerOfHate he is now]]]], also serves to drive home just how much of an impact the massacre has had on his life and his mental state, and how much he has lost from there. [[spoiler:His return scene in the Zodiac arc 3 chapters later doesn't help things.]]
-> Kurapika: [[spoiler:''(thinking while sitting alone in a dark room, facing all the Scarlet Eyes he has collected)'' People to greet me or welcome me, or a place to come back to... I don't have anything like that at all.]]

* Speaking of the special chapters, [[spoiler: the sheer contrast between [[CheerfulChild the child]] [[WideEyedIdealist Kurapika]] used to be and [[HeWhoFightsMonsters the person]] [[ThePowerOfHate he is now]] ]], also serves to drive home just how much of an impact the massacre has had on his life and his mental state.

** Which makes Kurapica's quest for vengeance and Gon's outrage over the Phantom troupe murdering people even when they know full well how much it hurts to lose someone even more understandable and poignant.

** Which makes Kurapica's quest for vengeance and Gon's outrage over the Phantom troupe caring only about one of their own even more understandable and poignant.

** Which makes Kurapica's quest for vengeance, and Gon's outrage over the Phantom troupe caring only about one of their own even more understandable and effective.

* [[spoiler:The Chimera Ant King's death, especially with the pure black panels fitting his dying dialogue, which makes his death even sadder. It's almost a Japanese WhenTheWindBlows.]]

* [[spoiler: Kite's death]], made even worse by Gon's complete denial of the possibility of his death, when it's very obvious that he's not coming back.

** Which makes Kurapica's quest for vengeance and Gon's outrage over the Phantom troupe caring only about one of their own even more understandable and effective.

** Which makes Kurapica's quest for revenge and Gon's outrage over the Phantom troupe caring only about one of their own even more effective.

* The events of chapters 304-307 in ''HunterXHunter''. Seeing the KidHero ''break'' and give in to rage and despair is heartwrenching.

* [[spoiler: The Chimera Ant King's death, especially with the pure black panels fitting his dying dialogue, which makes his death even sadder. It's almost a Japanese WhenTheWindBlows.]]
* If the entire annihilation of a clan wasn't enough alone, the [[HighOctaneNightMareFuel horrible]] manner at which the Kurata were massacred is absolutely '''heartwrenching'''. [[spoiler: Families were forced to sit, facing each other, as they were stabbed and beheaded one-by-one. Pureblood members of the Clan had their eyes gouged out. Children, wives, and husbands were tortured in front of their beloveds to illicit feelings of despair and rage from their victims in order to turn their eyes an even more startling shade of scarlet.]] This was the destruction of an entirely innocent race of people, at the hands of [[CompleteMonster Complete Monsters]].

* If the entire annihilation of a clan wasn't enough alone, the [[HighOctaneNightMareFuel horrible]] manner at which the Kuruta were massacred is absolutely '''heartwrenching'''. [[spoiler: Families were forced to sit, facing each other, as they were stabbed and beheaded one-by-one. Pureblood members of the Clan had their eyes gouged out. Children, wives, and husbands were tortured in front of their beloveds to illicit feelings of despair and rage from their victims in order to turn their eyes an even more startling shade of scarlet.]] This was the destruction of an entirely innocent race of people, at the hands of [[CompleteMonster Complete Monsters]].

* [[spoiler: The Chimera Ant King's death, especially with the pure black panels fitting his dying dialogue, which makes his death even sadder. It's almost a Japanese WhenTheWindBlows.]]

* [[spoiler: The Chimera Ant King's death, especially with the pure black panels fitting his dying dialogue, which makes his death even more pathetic. It's almost a Japanese WhenTheWindBlows.]]

* After [[spoiler: Kurapika kills Uvogin]], he falls to his knees and holds his head in horror. The next time we see him, he goes to his hotel room, and starts to chant the Kurata prayer slowly, traumatized. [[TheWoobie Poor guy]].