History TearJerker / SengokuBasara

* Oichi's story mode in ''Heroes''. Starting from witnessing Nagamasa's death, and then being told to do atrocities by her brother Nobunaga, no matter how much she begged that she didn't want to (Nobunaga, you S.O.B), until eventually she fell into madness and became possessed by her own dark powers, killed her brother and his whole army, then regained her self, breaking down in tears...and got crushed by the collapsing temple. All with a heart-wrenching song "Nemure no Hana" by her seiyuu MamikoNoto to end it.

** Mitsunari cradling Hanbe as he succumbs to his tuberculosis in Hanbe's drama route. Mitsunari begins to break down in tears during the battle between each other in the game.

** When Katsuie [[spoiler:[[MurderTheHypotenuse kills Nagamasa]]]] in Oichi's story. Oichi [[spoiler:sees his dead body]] and goes [[UnstoppableRage insane with anger]], manifesting an authoritative voice not unlike her brother Nobunaga in a stark contrast to her normal [[TheWoobie fragile tone]]. Katsuie's dialogue with Oichi during this is heartbreaking as he begins to realize that Oichi will never be his, dead love rival or not.

* If you kill both Hideyoshi and Hisahide before Keiji can arrive in the Toyotomi Reminisce Struggle, Keiji lets out a pretty soul-crushing cry off-screen and says that he couldn't do anything. You don't feel very proud of yourself for doing it afterwards.

** Katsuie and Sakon's anime routes are probably the most upsetting of the game. You really have to [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=icNn_rmbb4c see them]] to [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2Mui7IdKIB4 cry along with them]]. [[spoiler:Context - Katsuie is finally set free by Nobunaga, which shatters the last of his resolve and leads him to murder both Oichi and Nagamasa, but he eventually decides to let Yoshiteru to do what he wants with him as he believes he has nothing left to live for if things can't go back to the way they were. Hideyoshi and Hanbe have been killed by Ieyasu's forces, leaving Mitsunari in an uncontrollable trance of rage and bloodlust. Sakon wants to calm him down and bring him back to reality from the denial that H&H are dead, but Mitsunari believes that Sakon is really a spy of Ieyasu's in Sakon's form to assassinate him and will not calm down unless 'spy' Sakon dies.]]

** Katsuie and Sakon's anime routes are probably the most upsetting of the game. You really have to [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=icNn_rmbb4c see them]] to [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2Mui7IdKIB4 cry along with them]]. [[spoiler:Context - Katsuie is finally set free by Nobunaga, but allows Yoshiteru to do what he wants to him as he believes he has nothing left to live for if things can't go back to the way they were. Hideyoshi and Hanbe have been killed by Ieyasu's forces, leaving Mitsunari in an uncontrollable trance of rage and bloodlust. Sakon wants to calm him down and bring him back to reality from the denial that H&H are dead, but Mitsunari believes that Sakon is really a spy of Ieyasu's in Sakon's form to assassinate him and will not calm down unless 'spy' Sakon dies.]]

* From the ''Bloody Angel'' manga, Mitsunari [[KillTheOnesYouLove stabbing Hanbe]] [[ShootTheHostage after he was taken hostage]] and then [[CradlingYourKill holding him as he dies]]. All accompanied by a flashback revealing that Hanbe had ''asked'' him to do this. Mitsunari can't help but fulfil his master's orders, but doing so clearly devastated him.
* Ieyasu shedding a SparklingStreamOfTears after Tadakatsu's HeroicSacrifice in the first season of the anime. [[spoiler: Thankfully, Tadakatsu gets an UnexplainedRecovery. ''Twice.'']]
* Season 2 pretty much made anything and everything involving Keiji a tearjerker:
** Keiji ends up fighting Toshiie to prevent the Maeda Clan (who have allied with Toyotomi) from conquering Kenshin's land of Echigo and extending Toyotomi's influence. Keiji wins, but the victory isn't satisfying at all, leaving Toshiie critically injured, Matsu crying and Keiji struggling to hold back his own tears.
** Keiji pleading with Hideyoshi in the penultimate episode to stop the war he's waging and [[WeUsedToBeFriends turn back to the way he used to be]]. Hideyoshi not only ignores him, but runs him over with his horses. Keiji lies on the ground for the remainder of the season.
** In Hideyoshi's dying moments, he, Keiji and Hanbe (who died earlier) meet up in a sort of DreamLand and enjoy the breeze together. Hideyoshi goes on to explain why he did what he did - Keiji's the only person he knows who can live freely in happiness, and not everyone can live that way. So he believed he had to forsake everything weak in order to find strength - including his feelings and his past. But it turned out he was a bit of a hypocrite - [[TragicKeepsake Keiji's charm]], which belonged to Nene and went missing a few episodes back, was actually given to Hideyoshi by Yumekichi and he had been holding onto it ever since. Even during his battle with Date. When the cause that he killed Nene for was about to die along with him, he told Keiji that he was no longer worthy of having it and somehow passed it onto him even though they were kilometers apart from each other, believing that his lover's charm was better in Keiji's hands. Keiji sheds a SingleTear as the charm appears in his hand, and calls him a stubborn fool before he finally passes away.

** Hideyoshi's monologues during his last stage in his drama route. Before he dies from his illness, Hanbe told Hideyoshi he should find another right arm to take his place should he fall in battle - Hideyoshi persists in believing that the only man suitable of being by his side is Hanbe, as he's the only friend he has.
** Katsuie and Sakon's anime routes are probably the most upsetting in the game. You really have to [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=icNn_rmbb4c see them]] to [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2Mui7IdKIB4 cry along with them]]. [[spoiler:Context - Katsuie is finally set free by Nobunaga, but allows Yoshiteru to do what he wants to him as he believes he has nothing left to live for if things can't go back to the way they were. Hideyoshi and Hanbe have been killed by Ieyasu's forces, leaving Mitsunari in an uncontrollable trance of rage and bloodlust. Sakon wants to calm him down and bring him back to reality from the denial that H&H are dead, but Mitsunari believes that Sakon is really a spy of Ieyasu's in Sakon's form to assassinate him and will not calm down unless 'spy' Sakon dies.]]
** Matabe's backstory is possibly this. [[spoiler:Matabe used to be a prominent and sane member of the Toyotomi, as well as a good figher. He was incredibly confident until he suffered his first defeat at the hands of Kenshin - #2 in his revenge book. This is where his mind started to break down. Eventually the Date troops tried to siege Odawara and, working under the Ishida forces, Matabe ignored the orders who were given to him, went to attack the Date on his own and was defeated. This caused people in the Toyotomi army to laugh at him and deride him, and that's when he snapped. When he fights Kenshin, Kenshin tries to bring him back to his senses but doesn't succeed, and regrets that he wasn't capable of saving him. Soon he's hunting down Masamune, his #1. During the Date stage, he's talking as if he was back in Odawara during his first meeting with Masamune, and that if he would defeat him this time his failure would be reset and he could be recognized again by Hideyoshi and Hanbe as the former's real "Left Arm"...Masamune notices it too and feels pity since he's clearly off his rocker at this point.]]
** When Katsuie [[spoiler:[[MurderTheHypotenuse kills Nagamasa]] ]] in Oichi's story. Oichi [[spoiler:sees his dead body]] and goes [[UnstoppableRage insane with anger]], manifesting an authoritative voice not unlike her brother Nobunaga in a stark contrast to her normal [[TheWoobie fragile tone]]. Katsuie's dialogue with Oichi during this is heartbreaking as he begins to realize that Oichi will never be his, dead love rival or not.

** Mitsunari cradling Hanbei as he succumbs to his tuberculosis in Hanbei's drama route. Mitsunari begins to break down in tears during the battle between each other in the game.
** Hideyoshi's monologues during his last stage in his drama route. Before he dies from his illness, Hanbei told Hideyoshi he should find another right arm to take his place should he fall in battle - Hideyoshi persists in believing that the only man suitable of being by his side is Hanbei, as he's the only friend he has.
** Katsuie and Sakon's anime routes are probably the most upsetting in the game. You really have to [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=icNn_rmbb4c see them]] to [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2Mui7IdKIB4 cry along with them]]. [[spoiler:Context - Katsuie is finally set free by Nobunaga, but allows Yoshiteru to do what he wants to him as he believes he has nothing left to live for if things can't go back to the way they were. Hideyoshi and Hanbei have been killed by Ieyasu's forces, leaving Mitsunari in an uncontrollable trance of rage and bloodlust. Sakon wants to calm him down and bring him back to reality from the denial that H&H are dead, but Mitsunari believes that Sakon is really a spy of Ieyasu's in Sakon's form to assassinate him and will not calm down unless 'spy' Sakon dies.]]
** Matabei's backstory is possibly this. [[spoiler:Matabei used to be a prominent and sane member of the Toyotomi, as well as a good figher. He was incredibly confident until he suffered his first defeat at the hands of Kenshin - #2 in his revenge book. This is where his mind started to break down. Eventually the Date troops tried to siege Odawara and, working under the Ishida forces, Matabei ignored the orders who were given to him, went to attack the Date on his own and was defeated. This caused people in the Toyotomi army to laugh at him and deride him, and that's when he snapped. When he fights Kenshin, Kenshin tries to bring him back to his senses but doesn't succeed, and regrets that he wasn't capable of saving him. Soon he's hunting down Masamune, his #1. During the Date stage, he's talking as if he was back in Odawara during his first meeting with Masamune, and that if he would defeat him this time his failure would be reset and he could be recognized again by Hideyoshi and Hanbei as the real "Left Arm" of Hideyoshi...Masamune notices it too and feels pity too for how off the rocker he went.]]

** [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ugbVFUXB8Fs Katsuie's theme in general is this]]. The amount of emotion packed into it is bound to choke up the ears.

** Katsuie and Sakon's anime routes are probably the most upsetting in the game. You really have to [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=icNn_rmbb4c see them]] to [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2Mui7IdKIB4 cry along with them]]. [[spoiler:Context - Katsuie is sent out to fight Yoshiteru by Nobunaga, but allows him to do what he wants to him as he believes he has nothing left to live for. Hideyoshi and Hanbei have been killed by Ieyasu's forces, leaving Mitsunari in an uncontrollable trance of rage and bloodlust. Sakon wants to calm him down and bring him back to reality from the denial that H&H are dead, but Mitsunari believes that Sakon is really a spy of Ieyasu's in Sakon's form to assassinate him and will not calm down unless 'spy' Sakon dies.]]

** In Hideyoshi's dying moments, he, Keiji and Hanbe (who died earlier) meet up in a sort of DreamLand and enjoy the breeze together. Hideyoshi goes on to explain why he did what he did - Keiji's the only person he knows who can live freely in happiness, and not everyone can live that way. So he believed he had to forsake everything weak in order to find strength - including his feelings and his past. But it turned out he was a bit of a hypocrite - [[TragicKeepsake Keiji's charm]], which belonged to Nene and went missing a few episodes back, was actually given to Hideyoshi by Yumekichi and he had been holding onto it ever since. Even during his battle with Date. When the cause that he killed Nene for was about to die along with him, he told Keiji that he was no longer worthy of having it and somehow passed it onto him even though they were kilometers apart from each other, believing that his lover's charm was better in Keiji's hands. Keiji sheds a SingleTear as the charm appears in his hand, and calls him a stubborn fool before he finally passes away.

* Ieyasu shedding a SparklingStreamOfTears after Tadakatsu's HeroicSacrifice in the first season of the anime. [[spoiler: HeGetsBetter. [[/spoiler]]

* Ieyasu shedding a SparklingStreamOfTears after Tadakatsu's HeroicSacrifice in the first season of the anime. [[spoiler: HeGetsBetter]]

* Ieyasu shedding a SparklingStreamOfTears after Tadakatsu's HeroicSacrifice in the first season of the anime.

* Oichi's story mode in ''Heroes''. Starting from witnessing Nagamasa's death, and then being told to do atrocities by her brother Nobunaga, no matter how much she begged that she didn't want to (Nobunaga, you S.O.B), until eventually she fell into madness and became possessed by her own dark powers, killed her brother and his whole army, then regained her self, breaking down in tears... and got crushed by the collapsing temple. All with a heart-wrenching song "Nemure no Hana" by her seiyuu MamikoNoto to end it.

*** Even Oichi's JokeWeapon is a TearJerker. The shadow hands she uses wear cute hand puppets of Nagamasa, with the flavor text, "Don't you remember why you're crying?"

-->'''Kojuro''': After having gone through so much... I suppose it was beginning to get a little tedious.

* And despite its name, ''UTAGE'' proves devastatingly depressing at points - no wonder they included so many comedy characters, it was to balance out Hisahide, Sasuke and Kojuro's stories!

* From the ''Bloody Angel'' manga, Mitsunari [[ShootTheHostage stabbing Hanbe after he was taken hostage]] and then [[CradlingYourKill holding him as he dies]]. All accompanied by a flashback revealing that Hanbe had ''asked'' him to do this. Mitsunari can't help but fulfil his master's orders, but doing so clearly devastated him.
* Ieyasu sheds a SparklingStreamOfTears after Tadakatsu's HeroicSacrifice in the first season of the anime.

** Keiji ends up fighting Toshiie to prevent the Maeda clan (who have allied with the Toyotomi) from conquering Kenshin's land of Echigo and extending Toyotomi's influence. Keiji wins, but the victory isn't satisfying at all, leaving Toshiie critically injured, Matsu crying and Keiji struggling to hold back his own tears.

** As if she hasn't been through enough, there's Oichi's Eastern Army ending, where she breaks down because she can't remember the precious thing she lost (i.e. Nagamasa). Then she quietly goes to sleep, since that's the only comfort she can find.