History TearJerker / Pretear

* In the second-last episode "Warmth, Once More", we get Mayune, Natsue, Kaoru, and Himeno going to save Mawata from the Tree. We're shown clip after clip of them pulling on the vines surrounding her, calling her name. Even when Takako physically attacks them with lightning, and they've been pulling on regenerating vines for a long time, [[SugarWiki/AwesomeMoments they still don't give up]]. And when you consider Mayune and Kaoru were comic relief characters it deals an even bigger blow, as this time they're completely serious and dedicated to Mawata's salvation.

* In the second-last episode "Warmth, Once More", we get Mayune, Natsue, Kaoru, and Himeno going to save Mawata from the Tree. We're shown clip after clip of them pulling on the vines surrounding her, calling her name. Even when Takako physically attacks them with lightning, and they've been pulling on regenerating vines for a long time, they still don't give up. And when you consider Mayune and Kaoru were comic relief characters it deals an even bigger blow, as this time they're completely serious and dedicated to Mawata's salvation.

* From the first episode of the anime, Hayate's adamant refusal to find a new Prétear. We won't learn exactly why till much later.

--> '''Mean Girl''': (''talking to Yayoi'') You know her story don't you? Her father is a penniless drunk who married Ms. Mayuni's mother for her ''money''.

* The moment in "Unreaching Melody", when Sasame finds and confronts Takako. At first he plays coy, pretending not to recognize her and tells her a story about "a girl he used to know". Finally confessing that he was in love with Takako sixteen years ago. It's the way his voice cracks when he begs her to stop as she's walking away from him. It's like he's literally breaking apart inside.

* The final episode. Himeno and Hayate merge to battle the Tree of Fenrir and rescue Takako. Hayate repeatedly takes blows for Himeno until ultimately she is pinned down and unable to move, begging him to stop shielding her; he refuses to stop, and ends up sacrificing himself to protect her, using the last of his strength to cut her free before he collapses, then telling her to escape.

* From the first episode of the anime, Hayate's adamant refusal to find a new Prétear. [[spoiler: Though we wont learn exactly why till much later.]]

** The general way Himeno is treated by her fellow students, they all assume her father married Natuse just to get rich. They make their thoughts about her plain rather quickly.

** Himeno's depression upon returning to her families mansion:

** After the knights explain to Himeno what's going on, she refuses to believe them. Thinking their part of some mean-spirited prank. She then gets up and starts walking away, but pauses to drop this:

* The ending of episode 6, "Secret of Rouge", when Himeno learns that the Princess of Disaster [[spoiler: was the Prétear before her.]]
* Episode 7, Hayate revealing why the last Prétear [[spoiler: Takako]] became the Princess of Disaster. We're shown a flashback of the day it happened from his perspective. What's worse is that in Hayate's flashback, [[spoiler: Takako]] is replaced by ''Himeno''.

--> '''Hayate''': [[spoiler: Takako]], I appreciate what you have done.

** Himeno's emotional breakdown when [[spoiler: she's unable to become Prétear.]]

** After they'd spent the day bonding over their shared feelings of sadness and emptiness. Mawata spots Himeno being comforted by Hayate. Thinking Himeno had lied to her, poor Mawata runs off in tears.
* The moment in "Unreaching Melody", when Sasame finds and confronts [[spoiler: Takako.]] At first he plays coy, pretending not to recognize her and tells her a story about "a girl he used to know". Finally confessing that he was in love with [[spoiler: Takako sixteen years ago.]] It's the way his voice cracks when he begs her to stop as she's walking away form him. It's like he's literally breaking apart inside.
* [[spoiler: Mawata's breakdown]] in episode 11, "Eyes of Glass". Especially when [[spoiler: Sasame, whom she loved, ends up abandoning her for Takako. In front of her family. ''After Mawata snapped on them''. And then Takako steals Mawata's heart and makes her a BarrierMaiden by locking her in the Tree of Fenrir...]]
** To make things worse, right before that we had [[spoiler: Natsue's flashback to her first husband's death. Where Mawata was [[WiseBeyondTheirYears Wise Beyond Her Years]] and was the one comforting Natsue and Mayune]].
* In the second-last episode "Warmth, Once More", we get [[spoiler: Mayune, Natsue, Kaoru, and Himeno going to save Mawata from the Tree.]] We're shown clip after clip of them pulling on the vines surrounding her, calling her name. Even when Takako physically attacks them with lightning, and they've been pulling on regenerating vines for a long time, they still don't give up. And when you consider [[spoiler: Mayune and Kaoru]] were comic relief characters it deals an even bigger blow.

** Before that, there's also the scene where [[spoiler:Sasame is dying after protecting Takako. "Am I finally able to be your knight?" And then he actually dies, and Takako starts repeatedly calling out for him in despair]]. The particular piece of BGM that plays during that last moment makes things even worse. Let's just say most of the final episode is a TearJerker, until the TrueLovesKiss.
** ''Especially'' the TrueLovesKiss scene, with [[spoiler:everyone, and I mean ''everyone'' crying over Himeno's dead body. Even Mayune is sobbing, demanding to know why Himeno had to die, why she [[HeroicSacrifice did what she did]], and Hayate's line before he kisses her.]]

** After they'd spent the day bonding over their shared feelings of sadness and emptiness. Mawata spots Himeno being comforted by Hayate, thinking Himeno had lied to her, running off in tears.

** After they'd spent the day bonding over their shared feelings of sadness and emptiness. Mawata spots Himeno being comforted by Hayate, thinking Himeno had lied to her about being similar, running off in tears.

* Episode 7, Hayate revealing why the last Prétear [[spoiler: Takako]] became the Princess of Disaster. We're shown a flashback of the day of what happened to her from his perspective. What's worse is that in Hayate's flashback, [[spoiler: Takako]] is replaced by ''Himeno''.

** After they'd spent the day bonding over their shared feelings of sadness and emptiness. Mawata spots Himeno being comforted by Hayate, think Himeno had lied to her about being similar, running off in tears.

** Himeno's depression upon returning her families mansion:

** The general way Himeno is treated be her fellow students, they all assume her father married Natuse just to get rich. They make their thoughts about her plain rather quickly.

** ''Especially'' the TrueLovesKiss scene, with [[spoiler:everyone, and I mean ''everyone'' crying over Himeko's dead body. Even Mayune is sobbing, demanding to know why Himeko had to die, why she [[HeroicSacrifice did what she did]], and Hayate's line before he kisses her.]] ''"Please, let me see that smile again..."''

* [[spoiler: Mawata's breakdown]] in "Eyes of Glass". Especially when [[spoiler: Sasame, whom she loved, ends up abandoning her for Takako. In front of her family. ''After Mawata snapped on them''. And then Takako steals Mawata's heart and makes her a BarrierMaiden by locking her in the Tree of Fenrir...]]

--> '''Himeno''': I really like the "we need you" speech. But I don't believe a word of it. You plan on tricking me, right? You pan to make me feel needed, then when I believe you'll drop me like a stone and laugh right? I may be stupid, but I'm not ''that'' stupid.

* The moment when Sasame finds and confronts [[spoiler: Takako.]] At first he plays coy, pretending not to recognize her and tells her a story about "a girl he used to know". Finally confessing that he was in love with [[spoiler: Takako sixteen years ago.]] It's the way his voice cracks when he begs her to stop as she's walking away form him. It's like he's literally breaking apart inside.
* [[spoiler: Mawata's breakdown]]. Especially when [[spoiler: Sasame, whom she loved, ends up abandoning her for Takako. In front of her family. ''After Mawata snapped on them''. And then Takako steals Mawata's heart and makes her a BarrierMaiden by locking her in the Tree of Fenrir...]]

* In the second-last episode, we get [[spoiler: Mayune, Natsue, Kaoru, and Himeno going to save Mawata from the Tree.]] We're shown clip after clip of them pulling on the vines surrounding her, calling her name. Even when Takako physically attacks them with lightning, and they've been pulling on regenerating vines for a long time, they still don't give up. And when you consider [[spoiler: Mayune and Kaoru]] were comic relief characters it deals an even bigger blow.

--> '''Mean Girl'': (''talking to Yayoi'') You know her story don't you? Her father is a penniless drunk who married Ms. Mayuni's mother for her ''money''.

* From the first episode of the anime, Hayate's adamant refusal to find a new Pretear. [[spoiler: Though we wont learn exactly why till much later.]]

** The general way Himeno is treated be her fellow students, they all assume her father married Natuse just to get her money. They make their thoughts about her plain rather quickly.

* From the first episode of the anime, Hayate's adamant refusal to find a new Pretear. [[Though we wont learn exactly why till much later.]]

* The moment when Sasame finds and confronts [[spoiler: Takako.]] At first he plays coy, pretending not to recognize her and tells her a story about "a girl he used to know". Finally confessing that he was in love with [[spoiler: with Takako sixteen years ago.]] It's the way his voice cracks when he begs her to stop as she's walking away form him. It's like he's literally breaking apart inside.

* In the second-last episode, we get [[spoiler: Mayune, Natsue, Kaoru, and Himeno going to save her from the Tree.]] We're shown clip after clip of them pulling on the vines surrounding her, calling her name. Even when Takako physically attacks them with lightning, and they've been pulling on regenerating vines for a long time, they still don't give up. And when you consider [[spoiler: Mayune and Kaoru]] were comic relief characters it deals an even bigger blow.

* [[spoiler: Mawata's breakdown]] in ''{{Pretear}}''. Specially when [[spoiler: Sasame, whom she loved, ends up abandoning her for Takako. In front of her family. ''After Mawata snapped on them''. And then Takako steals Mawata's heart and makes her a BarrierMaiden by locking her in the Tree of Fenrir...]]
** To make things worse, right before that we had [[spoiler: Natsue's flashback to her first husband's death. Where Mawata was [[WiseBeyondTheirYears Wise Beyond Her Years]] and was the one comforting Natsue and Mayune]]. How... [[IronicEcho ironic]], to say at least. And coupled with the aforementioned scene, a BIG ASS tear jerker.

** In the second-last episode, we get [[spoiler: Mayune, Natsue, Kaoru, and Himeno going to save her from the Tree.]] We're shown clip after clip of them pulling on the vines surrounding her, calling her name. Even when Takako physically attacks them with lightning, and they've been pulling on regenerating vines for a long time, they still don't give up. And when you consider [[spoiler: Mayune and Kaoru]] were comic relief characters it deals an even bigger blow.
** There's also the scene in the final episode after Himeno and Hayate merge to battle the Tree of Fenrir and rescue Takako. Hayate repeatedly takes blows for Himeno until ultimately she is pinned down and unable to move, begging him to stop shielding her; he refuses to stop, and ends up sacrificing himself to protect her, using the last of his strength to cut her free before he collapses, then telling her to escape.
*** Before that, there's also the scene where [[spoiler:Sasame is dying after protecting Takako. "Am I finally able to be your knight?" And then he actually dies, and Takako starts repeatedly calling out for him in despair]]. The particular piece of BGM that plays during that last moment makes things even worse. Let's just say most of the final episode is a TearJerker, until the TrueLovesKiss.
*** ''Especially'' the TrueLovesKiss scene, with [[spoiler:everyone, and I mean ''everyone'' crying over Himeko's dead body. Even Mayune is sobbing, demanding to know why Himeko had to die, why she [[HeroicSacrifice did what she did]], and Hayate's line before he kisses her.]] ''"Please, let me see that smile again..."''

*** Before that, there's also the scene where [[spoiler:Sasame is dying after protecting Takako. "Am I finally able to be your knight?" And then he actually dies, and Takako starts repeatedly calling out for him in despair]]. The particular piece of BGM that plays during that last moment makes things even worse. Let's just say most of the final episode is a TearJerker, until the [=~True Love's Kiss~=].