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4* Mafuyu's decision to stay with Kirie as she guards the Hellgate for all eternity and keep her from falling to despair and loneliness is oddly touching, even though it's a huge TearJerker for Miku. Especially so when you see Kirie's reaction and compare it to the brave face she was trying to put on just a few moments earlier when she told them to save themselves and leave the gate to her.
5** While not canon, getting the GoldenEnding on Xbox is even more touching: Miku and Mafuyu escape together, seemingly leaving Kirie to her lonely duty once more. Credits roll. Cue Kirie's lover suddenly appearing next to her, followed by them sharing a long-needed hug.
6* "Miku... thank you. For everything."
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9* Xbox's exclusive ending, "Promise." Mio manages to save Mayu from falling into the Abyss. In doing so, Yae's spirit leaves her body and apologizes to Sae for leaving her behind. The shrine maidens then hold hands and fall into the Abyss together, their souls finally at peace. As Mio and Mayu leave the village, the spirits of the other villagers watch serenely as several crimson butterflies rise into the sky, and Mio promises that she will never leave Mayu alone again.
10* In a TearJerker sense, Sae's reaction to Yae (Mio) returning to the village to complete the ritual with her.
11-->''"You came for me after all. Please hurry, I'm right below you. I know you might not make it in time, but I'll wait for you until the very end."''
12* Deep Crimson Butterfly's "Shadow Festival" ending, [[BittersweetEnding bittersweet]] as it may be. Death is ''nothing'' to Mio and Mayu if it means [[YouAreWorthHell they can]] [[TogetherInDeath be together]].
13** "[[CallBack This time, we fall]] [[YouAreNotAlone together]]." Aww...
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16* In the "Photograph" ending, Rei can be seen hugging a newly awakened Miku.
17** Kei is also shown introducing Mio to Rei and Miku if he had the Echo Stone Earrings that helped save his life. Not only is it absolutely adorable, Mio also gets to meet the two people who indirectly helped her uncle save her life.
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19!!VideoGame/FatalFrameMaskOfTheLunarEclipse
20* The spirit of Choushiro Kirishima fulfilling his promise to Ruka’s mother and saving her by putting the mask on Sayaka when Ruka is unable to. Kirishima smiles at Ruka as he can see she is safe, and he accomplished his job before moving on to the afterlife.
21* Ruka finally remembers her father's face for the first time in ten years when she sees his smiling ghost at the end.
22* After completing the game on Hard or Nightmare, the "Photograph" ending shows Madoka forgiving Misaki, and Misaki returns to the world of the living.
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25* Yuri’s relationship with Hisoka and how they met: Hisoka stopped Yuri from committing suicide just in time, hugging her and taking her back to her shop, giving her a cup of coffee. This gets a sweet parallel when Yuuri saves Hisoka from becoming a sacrificial pillar; she gives Hisoka a cup of coffee when she brings her back to the shop. Hisoka is a bit like Yuri's surrogate mother.
26* Ren and his assistant Rui have a good relationship already, though Rui is sometimes annoyed by Ren's behavior, but Ren seems to form a new appreciation for her over the course of the game, between seeing her endangered by the spiritual activity from the mountain and seeing his own ancestor lose two important women (or, well, girl in one case) in his life. This culminates in the post-credits scene, where Ren looks after Rui while she sleeps, telling her she needs her rest. [[ShipTease Aw.]]
27* Miu's whole subplot is to do with trying to reunite with her long lost mother, and if you get her good ending, her story ends with her and her mother Miku peacefully sleeping side by side.
28* And finally, this is the first game in the series where the biggest designated WoobieDestroyerOfWorlds of the game actually gets the sympathetic hug she deserves. In BOTH endings.
29-->'''Ouse''': ''(In the good ending as she is shedding TearsOfJoy)'': I am glad that I could meet you.
30* As painful as it is, but even in the bad ending, the interaction between Yuuri and Ouse is heartwarming: as both Ouse and Yuuri had lost their family in tragedies, had seen ghosts since then, were forced to see the horrible fates of hundreds of people and feared nothing more than dying all alone, Ouse opens her arms for a hug and tells Yuuri that if she comes to her, she will never be alone again. While horrible, especially for Hisoka, it is a very touching scene when Yuuri hugs Ouse back and both slowly descend into the Nightspring, for the first time fully understood and content in the knowledge that they will never be alone again, not even in death.
31--> '''Ouse:''' That man is who I want to live with.\
32'''Ouse:''' But you are the one I want to die with.
33** While being full of ValuesDissonance, being chosen by a grand miko to join her in a ritual is a big deal. Yuuri being specifically chosen by Ouse to join her and be by her side shows the amount of respect Ouse has for her.
34* While encouraging Yuuri to embrace her suicidal desire, it is extremely touching when Ouse clearly rebuffs Yuuri's most depressing fear:
35-->'''Yuuri:''' I am alone.\
36'''Ouse:''' YouAreNotAlone.
37* The post-mortem marriage. A room in the house of marriage shows it's walls covered with all the sacrifices who were successfully chosen by a man and thus got to spend eternity with someone else. While the process involves death, it is not only comforting to know that the women weren't suffering eternity alone, but that there were men willing to join one of them.
38** Even more so because the bride will be covered in the Black Moisture. The potential groom chooses her image from before her sacrifice and is then confronted with the blackened corpse. If he is still willing to marry her, then she will return to her beautiful, living self, they marry and then go into the coffin together. At least one hundred men had stood to their choice and decided to spend eternity with one of the sacrificed women.
39** While Ouse doesn't accept it in the end, it is bittersweet that Asou is willing to join her without hesitation when given the chance. He wanted nothing more than to be with her.
40* Shiragiku's endings. No matter the choice, she will let Asou go of her own free will to allow him to live the life she could never have. A flashback shows how she remembers him fondly as the only person of the whole village that always saw her as nothing but a fellow kid and a friend while she wishes him a long and happy life.
41* The story featuring [[VideoGame/DeadOrAlive Ayane]] saving Tsumugi from Mount Hikami and its ghosts. [[OutsideContextProblem Ayane herself]] is at a severe disadvantage in dealing with ghosts rather than other people this time, but she pushes on to save a stranger because it's the right thing to do. At least two cutscenes have Ayane tell Tsumugi that the latter's sister cares deeply for her, which becomes poignant when you remember Ayane's hatred of her own sister; perhaps she doesn't want Tsumugi to follow that path.

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