History TearJerker / KillLaKill

** Rei gets [[spoiler:[[DevourTheDragon absorbed as a sacrifice by Ragyo to complete Shinra Koketsu]] in Satsuki's place,]] and simply stands by and resigns to it, making you realize just why she was so unconcerned with [[spoiler: Nui's threat to her in the previous episode...she knew full well that she was going to die anyway.]]
*** But Rei [[spoiler:she got spit out after Shinra Koketsu was torn to pieces.]]

*** Not to mention Ryuko's [[spoiler: BSOD when she thinks she's murdered Mako. She is absolutely devastated when she made the strike as Mako makes the aforementioned expression WHILE her high pressure blood is spraying all over Ryuko. Thank god it was Senketsu who took the hit.]]

** The notion that Ryuko [[spoiler: was so devastated at having almost killed Mako, that she rips off a dress whose fibre's are stitched to every inch of her skin and body. When she tears it off, she's entirely red and blood is raining down everywhere. She openly screams how she's in excruciating pain but the real tear jerker is that she says she DESERVES IT for how she's been treating her loved ones while brainwashed.]]

* Gamagoori [[spoiler: having seemingly died protecting Mako from Lui. Every ally present reacts strongly to it and Mako is the most emotionally wrecked she's ever been, her eye holes literally turn into high pressure water gushers.

** The look of horror and betrayal on [[spoiler: Mako's face as she is nearly cut down by Ryuuko. Had Senketsu not tanked that hit with perfect timing...]]

** Rei gets [[spoiler:[[DevourTheDragon absorbed as a sacrifice by Ragyo to complete Shinra Kotetsu]] in Satsuki's place,]] and simply stands by and resigns to it, making you realize just why she was so unconcerned with [[spoiler: Nui's threat to her in the previous episode...she knew full well that she was going to die anyway.]]

** Ryuko's reaction when [[spoiler:Senketsu disintegrates]]. She's gasps, all background music stops, and the most heart-rending scream you've ever heard is torn out of the poor girl's throat.

* Nui and Rei's situation at the very end of the penultimate episode is very disenheartening.
** Rei gets [[spoiler:[[DevourTheDragon absorbed as a sacrifice by Ragyo to complete Shinra-Kotetsu]] in Satsuki's place,]] and simply stands by and resigns to it, making you realize just why she was so unconcerned with [[spoiler: Nui's threat to her in the previous episode...she knew full well that she was going to die anyway.]]
** Nui has regained a good deal of her composure but still very clearly traumatized from [[spoiler: the loss of her arms.]] Then Ragyo [[spoiler:creates Life Fiber prosthetics]] for her, but explicitly says she only did it so that Nui will be more effective in battle, and does it in a way that mirrors [[spoiler:her predation of Satsuki and Ryuuko]] and Nui is [[http://31.media.tumblr.com/5ac10894535228a4be6d14fae0337d23/tumblr_n2ryx6W8zt1qd1q2so1_500.png visibly discomfited]] by her actions. Then Nui laments how her [[spoiler: new arms]] don't give her the dexterity she used to have, but that they will do for this last task she has been assigned by Ragyo.
* Episode 24: Senketsu's fate. [[spoiler:After absorbing Shinra-Koketsu, he can't withstand its extreme energy and starts to dissolve. However, using the last of his strength, Senketsu shields Ryuko from planetary reentry, with some parting words:]]
--> '''Senketsu''': [[spoiler:The time comes when a girl outgrows her sailor uniform. From now on, wear whatever you want. Clothing that is cuter than I.]]
** Ryuko's reaction when [[spoiler:Senketsu disintegrates to ash]]. You hear her gasp, all background music stops, and the most heart-rending scream you've ever heard is torn out of the poor girl's throat.

** Ryukos reaction when [[spoiler: Senketsu dies.]] You hear her gasp, all background music stops, and the most heart-rending scream you've ever heard is torn out of the poor girls throat.

* YMMV to the utmost, but Nui and Rei's situation at the very end of the penultimate episode is very disenheartening.

* Episode 24: Senketsu's destiny. [[spoiler:After absorbing Shinra-Koketsu, he can't withstand its extreme energy and starts to dissolve. However, using his last strength, Senketsu shields Ryuko from planetary reentry, with his final words being, "Feel free to wear cute clothes, ones who are cuter than me."]]

* Senketsu destiny, after [[spoiler: Ryuko and Senketsu absorbs Shinra Kouketsu in the space]] he didn't withstand the quantity of energy, and starts to dissolve, using the last energy he has left [[spoiler: Senketsu protects Ryuko as they return to the planet]], his last words [[spoiler: feel free to use cute clothes, ones who are more cut than me]]

*** Nui's character in general is really a mother-lode of [[FridgeHorror Fridge Depressant]] if you're willing to look back at her scant background details and allow some empathy: [[spoiler:She wasn't just infused with Life Fibers as a newborn, she was incubated in an artificial womb of them that made her merge with them as a fetus. Soichiro was nowhere to be seen when she was being gestated and showed no recognition toward her when they fought, so he likely wasn't involved with her life in any fashion, and certainly he had been driven off long before Nui could have developed enough to recognize or remember him later in life, and she grew up completely under Ragyo's sole care, with all the horror that implies. She has no true good relationship with any other character whatsoever, with Rei and Ragyo being aloof taskmasters that only step in to help her when danger to her could result in danger to their cause, and all other characters being either enemies or mindless slaves. She is the only character to actually suffer permanent scarring and loss of limb throughout all the action in the series. She was brought up to believe that she was completely different and separate from humanity, that the Life Fibers and the facilitation of their reproduction cycle is her raison d'etre, and that her only value was in her abilities as a tailor, and when she both loses her arms and finishes the "Ultimate Kamui", her usefulness has culminated in her and her master's eyes, and there is nothing left and nowhere to go for her, and she when muses on how she could be killed in the final battle between humans and Life Fibers, she not only looks ready for the prospect, but relieved by it.]] She has the worst of both Satsuki and Ryuuko's entwined DarkAndTroubledPast combined into one whole, turned UpToEleven, and stripped of all the counterbalancing positive experiences and influences that gave them the initial perspective and strength to challenge their mother. Her entire character arc is reminiscent of [[AvatarTheLastAirbender Princess Azula]]'s descent into madness from abandonment in her series' finale, except Nui has always been mad since she never even had the illusion of anyone actually loving her, resorting to deliberately driving people, especially those she expresses genuine interest or desire to connect with like Satsuki and Ryuuko, to hate her because that's the only kind of care she's ever understood, and there's no one in-universe who would actually feel, let alone show, her any pity.

*** Nui's character in general is really a mother-lode of [[FridgeHorror Fridge Depressant]] if you're willing to look back at her scant background details and allow some empathy: [[spoiler:She wasn't just infused with Life Fibers as a newborn, she was incubated in an artificial womb of them that made her merge with them as a fetus. Soichiro was nowhere to be seen when she was being gestated and showed no recognition toward her when they fought, so he likely wasn't involved with her life in any fashion, and certainly he had been driven off long before Nui could have developed enough to recognize or remember him later in life, and she grew up completely under Ragyo's sole care, with all the horror that implies. She has no good relationship with any other character whatsoever, with Rei and Ragyo being aloof taskmasters, and all other characters being either enemies or mindless slaves. She is the only character to actually suffer permanent scarring and loss of limb throughout all the action in the series. She was brought up to believe that she was completely different and separate from humanity, that the Life Fibers and the facilitation of their reproduction cycle is her raison d'etre, and that her only value was in her abilities as a tailor, and when she both loses her arms and finishes the "Ultimate Kamui", her usefulness has culminated in her and her master's eyes, and there is nothing left and nowhere to go for her, and she when muses on how she could be killed in the final battle between humans and Life Fibers, she not only looks ready for the prospect, but relieved by it.]] She has the worst of both Satsuki and Ryuuko's entwined DarkAndTroubledPast combined into one whole, turned UpToEleven, and stripped of all the counterbalancing positive experiences and influences that gave them the initial perspective and strength to challenge their mother. Her entire character arc is reminiscent of [[AvatarTheLastAirbender Princess Azula]]'s descent into madness from abandonment in her series' finale, except Nui has always been mad since she never even had the illusion of anyone actually loving her, resorting to deliberately driving people, especially those she expresses genuine interest or desire to connect with like Satsuki and Ryuuko, to hate her because that's the only kind of care she's ever understood, and there's no one in-universe who would actually feel, let alone show, her any pity.

*** Nui's character in general is really a mother-lode of [[FridgeHorror Fridge Depressant]] if you're willing to look back at her scant background details and allow some empathy: [[spoiler:She wasn't just infused with Life Fibers as a newborn, she was incubated in an artificial womb of them that made her merge with them as a fetus. Soichiro was nowhere to be seen when she was being gestated and showed no recognition toward her when they fought, so he likely wasn't involved with her life in any fashion, and certainly he had been driven off long before Nui could have developed enough to recognize or remember him later in life, and she grew up completely under Ragyo's thumb, with all the horror that implies. She has no good relationship with any other character whatsoever, with Rei and Ragyo being aloof taskmasters, and all other characters being either enemies or mindless slaves. She is the only character to actually suffer permanent scarring and loss of limb throughout all the action in the series. She was brought up to believe that she was completely different and separate from humanity, that the Life Fibers and the facilitation of their reproduction cycle is her raison d'etre, and that her only value was in her abilities as a tailor, and when she both loses her arms and finishes the "Ultimate Kamui", her usefulness has culminated in her and her master's eyes, and there is nothing left and nowhere to go for her, and she when muses on how she could be killed in the final battle between humans and Life Fibers, she not only looks ready for the prospect, but relieved by it.]] She has the worst of both Satsuki and Ryuuko's entwined DarkAndTroubledPast combined into one whole, turned UpToEleven, and stripped of all the counterbalancing positive experiences and influences that gave them the initial perspective and strength to challenge their mother. Her entire character arc is reminiscent of [[AvatarTheLastAirbender Princess Azula]]'s descent into madness from abandonment in her series' finale, except Nui has always been mad since she never even had the illusion of anyone actually loving her, resorting to deliberately driving people, especially those she expresses genuine interest or desire to connect with like Satsuki and Ryuuko, to hate her because that's the only kind of care she's ever understood, and there's no one in-universe who would actually feel, let alone show, her any pity.

*** Nui's character in general is really a mother-lode of [[FridgeHorror Fridge Depressant]] if you're willing to look back at her scant background details and allow some empathy: [[spoiler:She wasn't just infused with Life Fibers as a newborn, she was incubated in an artificial womb of them that made her merge with them as a fetus. Soichiro was nowhere to be seen when she was being gestated and showed no recognition toward her when they fought, so he likely wasn't involved with her life in any fashion, and certainly he had been driven off long before Nui could have developed enough to recognize or remember him later in life, and she grew up completely under Ragyo's thumb, with all the horror that implies. She has no good relationship with any other character whatsoever, with Rei and Ragyo being aloof taskmasters, and all other characters being either enemies or mindless slaves. She is the only character to actually suffer permanent scarring and loss of limb throughout all the action in the series. She was brought up to believe that she was completely different and separate from humanity, that the Life Fibers and the facilitation of their reproduction cycle is her raison d'etre, and that her only value was in her abilities as a tailor, and when she both loses her arms and finishes the "Ultimate Kamui", her usefulness has culminated in her and her master's eyes, and there is nothing left and nowhere to go for her, and she when muses on how she could be killed in the final battle between humans and Life Fibers, she not only looks ready for the prospect, but relieved by it.]] She has the worst of both Satsuki and Ryuuko's entwined DarkAndTroubledPast combined into one, turned UpToEleven, and stripped of all the counterbalancing positive experiences and influences that gave them the initial perspective and strength to challenge their mother. Her entire character arc is reminiscent of [[AvatarTheLastAirbender Princess Azula]]'s descent into madness from abandonment in her series' finale, except Nui has always been mad since she never even had the illusion of anyone actually loving her, resorting to deliberately driving people, especially those she expresses genuine interest or desire to connect with like Satsuki and Ryuuko, to hate her because that's the only kind of care she's ever understood, and there's no one in-universe who would actually feel, let alone show, her any pity.

*** Nui's character in general is really a mother-lode of [[FridgeHorror Fridge Depressant]] if you're willing to look back at her scant background details and allow some empathy: [[spoiler:She wasn't just infused with Life Fibers as a newborn, she was incubated in an artificial womb of them that made her merge with them as a fetus. Soichiro was nowhere to be seen when she was being gestated and showed no recognition toward her when they fought, so he likely wasn't involved with her life in any fashion, and certainly he had been driven off long before Nui could have developed enough to recognize or remember him later in life, and she grew up completely under Ragyo's thumb, with all the horror that implies. She has no good relationship with any other character whatsoever, with Rei and Ragyo being aloof taskmasters, and all other characters being either enemies or mindless slaves. She is the only character to actually suffer permanent scarring and loss of limb throughout all the action in the series. She was brought up to believe that she was completely different and separate from humanity, that the Life Fibers and the facilitation of their reproduction cycle is her raison d'etre, and that her only value was in her abilities as a tailor, and when she both loses her arms and finishes the "Ultimate Kamui", her usefulness has culminated in her and her master's eyes, and there is nothing left and nowhere to go for her, and she when muses on how she could be killed in the final battle between humans and Life Fibers, she not only looks ready for the prospect, but relieved by it.]] She has the worst of both Satsuki and Ryuuko's entwined DarkAndTroubledPast combined into one, turned UpToEleven, and stripped of all the counterbalancing positive experiences and influences that gave them the initial perspective and strength to challenge their mother. Her entire character arc is reminiscent of [[AvatarTheLastAirbender Princess Azula]]'s descent into madness from abandonment in her series' finale, except Nui has always been mad since she never even had the illusion of having loving companions, and there's no one in-universe who would actually feel, let alone show, her any pity.

** Rei gets [[spoiler:[[DevourTheDragon absorbed as a sacrifice by Ragyo to complete Shinra-Kotetsu]] in Satsuki's place,]] and simply stands by and resigns to it.
** Nui has regained a good deal of her composure but still very clearly traumatized from [[spoiler: the loss of her arms.]] Then Ragyo [[spoiler:creates Life Fiber prosthetics]] for her, but explicitly says she only did it so that Nui will be more effective in battle, and does it in a way that mirrors [[spoiler:her predation of Satsuki and Ryuuko]] and Nui is visibly discomfited by her actions. Then Nui laments how her [[spoiler: new arms]] don't give her the dexterity she used to have, but that they will do for this last task she has been assigned by Ragyo.
*** Nui's character in general is really a mother-lode of [[FridgeHorror Fridge Depressant]] if you're willing to look back at her scant background details and allow some empathy: [[spoiler:She wasn't just infused with Life Fibers as a newborn, she was incubated in an artificial womb of them that made her merge with them as a fetus. Soichiro was nowhere to be seen when she was being gestated, so he likely wasn't involved with her life in any fashion, and certainly he had been driven off long before Nui could have developed enough to recognize or remember him later in life, and she grew up completely under Ragyo's thumb, with all the horror that implies. She has no good relationship with any other character whatsoever, with Rei and Ragyo being aloof taskmasters, and all other characters being either enemies or mindless slaves. She is the only character to actually suffer permanent scarring and loss of limb throughout all the action in the series. She was brought up to believe that she was completely different and separate from humanity, that the Life Fibers and the facilitation of their reproduction cycle is her raison d'etre, and that her only value was in her abilities as a tailor, and when she both loses her arms and finishes the "Ultimate Kamui", her usefulness has culminated in her and her master's eyes, and there is nothing left and nowhere to go for her, and she when muses on how she could be killed in the final battle between humans and Life Fibers, she not only looks ready for the prospect, but relieved by it.]] She has the worst of both Satsuki and Ryuuko's entwined DarkAndTroubledPast combined into one, turned UpToEleven, and stripped of all the counterbalancing positive experiences and influences that gave them the initial perspective and strength to challenge their mother. Her entire character arc is reminiscent of [[AvatarTheLastAirbender Princess Azula]]'s descent into madness from abandonment in her series' finale, except Nui never even had the illusion of having loving companions, and there's no one in-universe who would actually feel, let alone show, her any pity.

*** Nui's character in general is really a mother-lode of [[FridgeHorror Fridge Depressant]] if you're willing to look back at her scant background details and allow some empathy: [[spoiler:She wasn't just infused with Life Fibers as a newborn, she was incubated in an artificial womb of them that made her merge with them as a fetus. Soichiro was nowhere to be seen when she was being gestated, so he likely wasn't involved with her life in any fashion, and certainly he had been driven off long before Nui could have developed enough to recognize or remember him later in life, and she grew up completely under Ragyo's thumb, with all the horror that implies. She has no good relationship with any other character whatsoever, with Rei and Ragyo being aloof taskmasters, and all other characters being either enemies or mindless slaves. She is the only character to actually suffer permanent scarring and loss of limb throughout all the action in the series. She was brought up to believe that she was completely different and separate from humanity, that the Life Fibers and the facilitation of their reproduction cycle is her raison d'etre, and that her only value was in her abilities as a tailor, and when she both loses her arms and finishes the "Ultimate Kamui", her usefulness has culminated in her and her master's eyes, and there is nothing left and nowhere to go for her, and she when muses on how she could be killed in the final battle between humans and Life Fibers, she not only looks ready for the prospect, but relieved by it.]] She has the worst of both Satsuki and Ryuuko's entwined DarkAndTroubledPast combined into one, turned UpToEleven, and stripped of all the counterbalancing positive experiences and influences that gave them the initial perspective and strength to challenge their mother. Her entire character arc is reminiscent of [[AvatarTheLastAirbender Princess Azula]'s descent into madness from abandonment in her series' finale, except Nui never even had the illusion of having loving companions, and there's no one in-universe who would actually feel, let alone show, her any pity.

*** Nui's character in general is really a mother-lode of [[FridgeHorror Fridge Depressant]] if you're willing to look back at her scant background details and allow some empathy: [[spoiler:She wasn't just infused with Life Fibers as a newborn, she was incubated in an artificial womb of them that made her merge with them as a fetus. Soichiro was nowhere to be seen when she was being gestated, so he likely wasn't involved with her life in any fashion, and certainly he had been driven off long before Nui could have developed enough to recognize or remember him later in life, and she grew up completely under Ragyo's thumb, with all the horror that implies. She has no good relationship with any other character whatsoever, with Rei and Ragyo being aloof taskmasters, and all other characters being either enemies or mindless slaves. She is the only character to actually suffer permanent scarring and loss of limb throughout all the action in the series. She was brought up to believe that she was completely different and separate from humanity, that the Life Fibers and the facilitation of their reproduction cycle as her raison d'etre, and that her only value was in her abilities as a tailor, and when she both loses her arms and finishes the "Ultimate Kamui", her usefulness has culminated in her and her master's eyes, and there is nothing left and nowhere to go for her, and she when muses on how she could be killed in the final battle between humans and Life Fibers, she not only looks ready for the prospect, but relieved by it.]] She has the worst of both Satsuki and Ryuuko's entwined DarkAndTroubledPast combined into one, turned UpToEleven, and stripped of all the counterbalancing positive experiences and influences that gave them the initial perspective and strength to challenge their mother. Her entire character arc is reminiscent of [[AvatarTheLastAirbender Princess Azula]'s descent into madness from abandonment in her series' finale, except Nui never even had the illusion of having loving companions, and there's no one in-universe who would actually feel, let alone show, her any pity.

** Nui has regained a good deal of her composure but still very clearly traumatized from [[spoiler: the loss of her arms.]] Then Ragyo [[spoiler:creates Life Fiber prosthetics]] for her, but explicitly says she only does it so that Nui will be more effective in battle, and does it in a way that mirrors [[spoiler:her predation of Satsuki and Ryuuko]] and Nui is visibly discomfited by her actions. Then Nui laments how her [[spoiler: new arms]] don't give her the dexterity she used to have, but that they will do for this last task she has been assigned by Ragyo.

*** Nui's situation in general is actually a mother-lode of [[FridgeHorror Fridge Depressant]] if you're willing to look back at her scant background details and allow some empathy: [[spoiler:She wasn't just infused with Life Fibers as a newborn, she was incubated in an artificial womb of them that made her merge with them as a fetus. Soichiro was nowhere to be seen when she was being gestated, so he likely wasn't involved with her life in any fashion, and certainly he had been driven off long before Nui could have developed enough to recognize or remember him later in life, and she grew up completely under Ragyo's thumb, with all the horror that implies. She has no good relationship with any other character whatsoever, with Rei and Ragyo being aloof taskmasters, and all other characters being either enemies or mindless slaves. She is the only character to actually suffer permanent scarring and loss of limb throughout all the action in the series. She was brought up to believe that she was completely different and separate from humanity, that the Life Fibers and the facilitation of their reproduction cycle as her raison d'etre, and that her only value was in her abilities as a tailor, and when she both loses her arms and finishes the "Ultimate Kamui", her usefulness has culminated in her and her master's eyes, and there is nothing left and nowhere to go for her, and she when muses on how she could be killed in the final battle between humans and Life Fibers, she not only looks ready for the prospect, but relieved by it.]] She has the worst of both Satsuki and Ryuuko's entwined DarkAndTroubledPast combined into one, turned UpToEleven, and stripped of all the counterbalancing positive experiences and influences that gave them the initial perspective and strength to challenge their mother. Her entire character arc is reminiscent of [[AvatarTheLastAirbender Princess Azula]'s descent into madness from abandonment in her series' finale, except Nui never even had the illusion of having loving companions, and there's no one in-universe who would actually feel, let alone show, her any pity.

*** Nui's situation in general is actually a mother-lode of [[FridgeHorror Fridge Depressant]] if you're willing to look back at her scant background details and allow some empathy: [[spoiler:She wasn't just infused with Life Fibers as a newborn, she was incubated in an artificial womb of them that made her merge with them as a fetus. Soichiro was nowhere to be seen when she was being gestated, so he likely wasn't involved with her life in any fashion, and certainly he had been driven off long before Nui could have developed enough to recognize or remember him later in life, and she grew up completely under Ragyo's thumb, with all the horror that implies. She has no good relationship with any other character whatsoever, with Rei and Ragyo being aloof taskmasters, and all other characters being either enemies or mindless slaves. She is the only character to actually suffer permanent scarring and loss of limb throughout all the action in the series. She was brought up to believe that she was completely different and separate from humanity, that the Life Fibers and the facilitation of their reproduction cycle as her raison d'etre, and that her only value was in her abilities as a tailor, and when she both loses her arms and finishes the "Ultimate Kamui", her usefulness has culminated in her and her master's eyes, and there is nothing left and nowhere to go for her, and she when muses on how she could be killed in the final battle between humans and Life Fibers, she not only looks ready for the prospect, but relieved by it.]] She has the worst of both Satsuki and Ryuuko's entwined TragicBackstory combined into one, turned UpToEleven, and stripped of all the counterbalancing positive experiences and influences that gave them the initial perspective and strength to challenge their mother. Her entire character arc is reminiscent of [[AvatarTheLastAirbender Princess Azula]'s descent into madness from abandonment in her series' finale, except Nui never even had the illusion of having loving companions, and there's no one in-universe who would actually feel, let alone show, her any pity.

*** Nui's situation in general is actually a mother-lode of [[FridgeHorror Fridge Depressant]] if you're willing to look back at her scant background details and allow some empathy: [[spoiler:She wasn't just infused with Life Fibers as a newborn, she was incubated in an artificial womb of them that made her merge with them as a fetus. Soichiro was nowhere to be seen when she was being gestated, so he likely wasn't involved with her life in any fashion, and certainly he had been driven off long before Nui could have developed enough to recognize or remember him later in life, and she grew up completely under Ragyo's thumb. She has no good relationship with any other character whatsoever, with Rei and Ragyo being aloof taskmasters, and all other characters being either enemies or mindless slaves. She is the only character to actually suffer permanent scarring and loss of limb throughout all the action in the series. She was brought up to see the Life Fibers and the faciliation of their reproduction cycle as her raison d'etre, and that her only value was in her abilities as a tailor, and when she both loses her arms and finishes the "Ultimate Kamui", her usefulness has culminated in her and her master's eyes, and there is nothing left and nowhere to go for her, and she when muses on how she could be killed in the final battle between humans and Life Fibers, she not only looks ready for the prospect, but relieved by it.]] She has the worst of both Satsuki and Ryuuko's entwined TragicBackstory combined into one, turned UpToEleven, and stripped of all the counterbalancing positive experiences and influences that gave them the initial perspective and strength to challenge their mother. Her entire character arc is reminiscent of [[AvatarTheLastAirbender Princess Azula]'s descent into madness from abandonment in her series' finale, except Nui never even had the illusion of having loving companions, and there's no one in-universe who would actually feel, let alone show, her any pity.