History TearJerker / Shiki

* [[spoiler: While some of the Shinki such as Tatsumi are shown to be rather sadistic, most are shown to be rather decent people when they aren't eating people, best shown by the loveable Tohru and genuinely affable Sunako who clearly aren't happy about what they have to do to survive. Instead of being shown to be an awesome ability, being a Shiki seems more like a horrible eternal curse.]]

* [[spoiler: Tohru's and Ritsuko's death]] is arguably one of the saddest in the series.

* [[spoilers: While some of the Shinki such as Tatsumi are shown to be rather sadistic, most are shown to be rather decent people when they aren't eating people, best shown by the loveable Tohru and genuinely affable Sunako who clearly aren't happy about what they have to do to survive. Instead of being shown to be an awesome ability, being a Shiki seems more like a horrible eternal curse.]]

* [[spoiler: Even Megumi's first death is portrayed heartbreakingly, with her father breaking down at the thought of his daughter undergoing an autopsy, Toshio is clearly haunted by his failure to save a child and Kaori is utterly grief stricken over the situation(Which is made far harsher in hindsight when Shiki Megumi puts her through hell). Unlike her second death, Megumi at this point was mostly a decent young woman who had her life ahead of her before being killed as opposed to the blood thirsty psychopath she became at the end of the series, had she never been turned into a Shiki its more than likely she never would have ended up that way.]]

* [[spoiler: Even Megumi's first death is portrayed in a heartbreaking way, with her father breaking down at the thought of his daughter undergoing an autopsy, Toshio clearly haunted by his failure to save a child, Kaori's utter grief over the situation(Which is made far harsher in hindsight when Shiki Megumi puts her through hell). Unlike her second death, Megumi at this point was mostly a decent person.]]

* [[spoiler: Kyoko's death scene.]] She had know idea why [[spoiler: her own husband, Toshio, was conducting such horrible experiments on her, and eventually ''staking'' her. Her crying is soul crushing to listen to.]]

* Hell, the last couple of scenes that feature Tohru and Ritsuko in general. To see Tohru, who used to be such a squeaky-clean, wholesome nice guy, [[spoiler: order Ritsuko to ''kill Yasuyo'', her coworker and friend, insist that ''he will kill Yasuyo if Ritsuko doesn't'', and at one point actually ''attack'' Ritsuko when she tries to help Yasuyo escape]] is ''heartrending''!

* [[Megumi's death, especially in the anime.]]

* [[spoiler: Sotoba burning to the ground]]
* [[spoiler: Toru's and Ritsuko's death]] is arguably one of the saddest in the series.

* Hell, the last couple of scenes that feature Toru and Ritsuko in general. To see Toru, who used to be such a squeaky-clean, wholesome nice guy, [[spoiler: order Ritsuko to ''kill Yasuyo,'' her coworker and friend, insist that ''he will kill Yasuyo if Ritsuko doesn't,'' and at one point actually ''attack'' Ritsuko when she tries to help Yasuyo escape]] is ''heartrending!''

* The scene where [[spoiler:Hasegawa has to MercyKill Nao and the last other Shiki from the tunnels rather than let them burn alive in the sunrise]].

* The scene where [[spoiler:Hasegawa has to MercyKill Nao and the other Shiki when they begin burning up with the sunrise]].

* [[spoiler: Toru's and Ritsuko's death]] is arguably one of the saddest in the series.