History TearJerker / ShadowHearts

* The game has ''two'' tearjerker endings: the bad one, where Yuri loses his soul and all his memories, basically becoming a non-entity under the care of Roger Bacon, and a "good" one, where he's killed before his soul is finished being devoured, granting him a more or less happy ending in death with Alice.

* Alice, Zhuzhen and Keith having to fight [[spoiler: Yuri, who has lost his soul after trying to fuse with the Seraphic Radiance. He's a shell of his former self, with none of the warmth, wit and sarcasm that Yuri was known for. It's especially hard seeing him attack his former allies without remorse.]]

** [[spoiler: Even worse Halley’s mother is Koudelka, even after everything she went through in her own game the poor woman just can’t catch a break.]]

** Lady. [[spoiler:Actually Grace Garland, Johnny's sister, who was killed alongside her brother in a car crash. Their grieving father attempted to bring them back to life using the Emigre Manuscript, but the ritual was botched, forcing Grace to surrender her Will to fully resurrect Johnny at the cost of turning her into an unemotional Malice creature running entirely on instinct]].
** Killer. All that is known about the man is that he was a serial killer. When we first see him, he's being chased by cops, slowed down by wounds; a lucky run-in with Lady saves his life, as she gives him a Kiss of Malice, healing his wounds and granting him powers. The ruthless and heartless murderer then dedicates himself entirely to Lady, protecting her and doing whatever he believes will make her happy, [[spoiler:even if that includes destroying the world, or doing a last stand to stop the party from reaching her before the completion of her plans until he breathes his last]].
*** And the culmination of their alliance? [[spoiler:Killer dies trying to stop the party from reaching Lady, protecting the only person he ever cared about and perhaps the only one who showed him any kindness. Lady tries to revive him with a Kiss of Malice, but it fails. The otherwise unemotional, almost robotic Lady battles the party, experiencing and expressing grief and anger over the loss as best as she can]].

* Yuri's confrontation with Foreign Minister Ishimura. The minister first bares his reason for stirring up war in Russia using Nicolai as his tool (he only wanted to protect Japan from the West) before stating that suffering in war is only temporary, which clearly angers Yuri. Yuri is about to unleash his fury when Ishimura's grandson, Kosuke, enters the scene, begging him to leave his grandpa alone. Yuri just pushes Kosuke aside before he finally starts to kick Ishimura's rear, all while delivering the following rant.
-->'''Yuri''': Don't you DARE beg for his[[note]]Kosuke's[[/note]] life!! What about the people you've sent to KILL in your name?! What about the children whose lives have been snuffed out by your soldiers?! How many parents have begged, just like you, for their children's lives?! They cried and begged and pleaded for their lives! And they were killed anyway. They tried to protect their homes, and they were killed anyway! How many people will you sacrifice for your stupid, petty ambitions?! Protecting them from the West, huh? Well, protect this! Doing it for your country, huh? Well here's what I think of that! I say you did it for yourself! Stupid, arrogant idiot! You should rot in hell! Rot in hell! Rot... in... hell... ''(breaks down and cries)''

-->'''Yuri''': Don't you DARE beg for his[[note]]Kosuke's[[/note]] life!! What about the people you've sent to KILL in your name?! What about the children whose lives have been snuffed out by your soldiers?! How many parents have begged, just like you, for their children's lives?! They cried and begged and pleaded for their lives! And they were killed anyway. They tried to protect their homes, and they were killed anyway! How many people will you sacrifice for your stupid, petty ambitions?! Protecting them from the West, huh? Well, protect this! Doing for your country, huh? Well here's what I think of that! I say you did it for yourself! Stupid, arrogant idiot! You should rot in hell! Rot in hell! Rot... in... hell... ''(breaks down and cries)''

And still, still it gets worse for her... As shown at the end of the game, Karin is sent to a point in history where she can be most happy after the battle at the end in time. Even though she won't get Yuri she ends up with most of her memory gone but in-front of Ben Hyuga, Yuri's father, a spitting image of Yuri and a far more traditional hero. Now this seems like a SugarWiki/{{Heartwarming Moment|s}}... at first... until you remember what Yuri said happened to his mother - she is going to be killed off by Dehuai, shortly after her husband and with Yuri in her arms.Which is ultimately going to be what missed him up so much in-the-first place. Damn, Karin just can't catch a break!

** Li Li's story was sad despite her killing innocent people. She loved her father and when he got lost at sea she sacrificed her voice to save his life. She now possesses his own gruff voice and became so ashamed about it as she can't confront the person she had fallen in love with. She was given a knife by the Sea Mother who told her in order to get her normal voice back she has to kill her father and everyday she tried but couldn't, not having the heart to kill her father. Sometime later her father was lost at sea again and Li Lil grieved, realizing she lost the chance to get her voice back, only for undead corpse of her father coming back from the sea. It turns out that her father wanted Ll Li to get her voice back and waited everyday since that day, going as far as coming back as a undead corpse if his daughter would just be happy. Li Li though couldn't do it and eventually drowned herself, taking her father's undead's corpse with her,.