* {{Narm}}: Subverted. The scene where Kyon speaks to [[spoiler:Nagato's severed head]] ''could'' have been this, but the way it's handled makes it very [[TearJerker poignant]] instead.
* NauseaFuel: See [[spoiler:NoPeriodsPeriod]].
* ParanoiaFuel: Of course...
* ShockingMoments: By the end of chapter 3, it becomes high, Everest high.
* TearJerker: Holy god.
** Seeing the SOS Brigade, usually associated with happiness, friendship, and love, being torn apart at the seams in the most horrifying way possible.
** [[spoiler:The deaths of Haruhi and Yuki, as well as Rika's HeroicSacrifice.]]
*** What's worse, [[spoiler:according to WordOfGod, [[SenselessSacrifice Yuki's response directly afterward was correct.]]]]
** In ''Tsukuribanashi'', the scene where it finally sinks in that Mikuru is terrified of Kyon after he hurt her (hallucinating that she was Rena).
** The ending of ''Tsukuribanashi'', especially [[spoiler:Haruhi]]'s death and "Don't leave me."