One of the things that pretty much can summarize the entire game from start to finish, is a constant string of these. It's difficult to get far in the game without running into these, and more often than not they chain together. The game's few Moments of Awesome often are also these as well. There are some specific to certain routes, and others that are encountered regardless of route.
Warning: As these will be drawing examples straight from the game and the given routes, there are obviously spoilers in abdundance. You have been warned!
Tatsuki's Route
- Tatsuki revealing that he's working on an airplane. The Heartwarming moment here is there he says that he made a promise to fix it so he could not only fly himself (something that, even as a dragon, he cannot do), but also fly Hiroyuki as well. It's implied he's been steadily working on this airplane in his spare time when not working on his dad for the last five years, just for Hiroyuki.
- During the festival, Tatsuki winds up getting a little drunk again, but rather than just getting immediately frisky, he instead takes Hiroyuki aside away from the festival, where he confesses that he loves Hiroyuki, or at the very least, likes him very much. Considering how good of friends they've been during the entirety of the vacation, helping him work at his father's place by taking a part-time job there, the fact he's slightly inebriated doesn't tarnish the impact of his confession. The fact that Tatsuki's rather gentle with Hiroyuki on the first kiss despite his usual drunken behavior is impressive.
- Picking the 2nd option I believe gives you the first sex scene, in which Tatsuki lets Hiroyuki top.
- Doubling as an MoA, the second time Hiroyuki tries flying the airplane, and it works. While Hiroyuki's in it, Tatsuki asks him where he'd like Tatsuki to take him. Hiroyuki says he'd like to see the ocean beyond the mountain. And Tatsuki does just that.
- During the get-together after the successful flight, Tatsuki takes Hiroyuki aside for a moment and tells him he wants to build a house for him. But that's not the Crowning moment, no, that happens when Tatsuki flat-out proposes to Hiroyuki right there by asking him if he'll live with him in the house he's going to build for him. All the while Tatsuki is trying to act stoic with a heavy blush on his face.
- The night before Hiroyuki has to leave, Hiroyuki and Tatsuki go to a hillside to watch a meteor shower. After some discussion, Tatsuki starts to get a little amorous again. Hiroyuki immediately asks if Tatsuki has been drinking again. The answer? No. This leads into the second sex scene, which is in itself a crowning moment because of how gentle Tatsuki is, is also helped by the music which preceeds it (though the second scene itself is played in silence). Afterwards, they watch the meteor shower in each other's arms. It doesn't get much more romantic than that.
Kouya's Route
- Kouya's concert, considering everything that has led up to this point, the climax of Kouya's storyline is extremely satisfying.
- Running after and comforting Kouya after he reads the letter from his mother by the riverside, promising that Hiroyuki will be his strength and shoulder some of his burden. There were implications earlier that Kouya has had a crush on him for a while which Kouya confirms later in the route, but given how often Kouya brings up this moment later in the route, this is heavily implied to be the moment that Kouya falls in love with him completely.
- Kouya is a little annoyed that he and Hiroyuki got separated from the rest of the group during the Festival, to which Hiroyuki comments that he had a lot of fun just being able to spend time with Kouya.
- Then, shortly thereafter, is the relationship moment between you and Kouya where he's building the courage to tell Hiroyuki he's in love with him. Both the festival examples are awfully sweet...until Torahiko suddenly interrupts (though he didn't see anything)
- Kouya's emotional breakdown at the band practice, a couple days before his big concert. is a Tear Jerker no doubt, but the scene turns into one of these. Hiroyuki consoles him again, like by the riverside, and Kouya realizes that he shouldn't shoulder the burden of his promise to his mother from the rest of his band, and the realization of just how burdened he is leads to him crying into his chest. Hiroyuki successfully get him to realize and confront what's bothering him, and it's obvious he's extremely touched. It also helps that this leads to his Relationship Upgrade later that night.
- A smaller example is his bandmates' reactions. They didn't see Kouya's breakdown, since he left the room, but they figured out what had happened, but don't hassle him about it and comfort him over it the next day.
Shin's Route
- Fixing Shin's trust issues and the romance between you or Hiroyuki and Shin is one of the most heartwarming things in this game.
- The going away party Shin throws for you the day before you leave at the end of the game. It's good to see the normally moody and distant Shin smiling and having fun with the rest of Hiroyuki's friends.
- For that matter, any time the moody Shin smiles, before or after character development, will have you feeling good.
- Shin's goodbye kiss, where he kisses Hiroyuki in front of everyone, which shows how far he's come since Hiroyuki first arrived in town. Goes into Funny Moments when he plays up the Funny Foreigner aspect of it to screw with the other friends' heads by pretending it's a Foreign Farewell.
Shun's Route
- At the end of his route, Shun asks Hiroyuki if he can come over to his house when his winter break starts. Hiroyuki says yes and that he will be glad to see Shun again. Also from what the end of his route implies, it sounds like Hiroyuki will definitely be coming back to Minasato to see Shun and the others again.
- Gaku might be a creep but he definitely does care a lot about Shun. Case in point, when he found out that Shun collapsed from the pressure of being Miko for the festival, not only did he leave work and drive all the way to Minasato just to bring dinner to Shun & Hiroyuki at home, he later took Shun's place as Miko to take the burden off of him, even despite his own estrangement from their family and their traditions.
- Shun reconciling with his grandfather, not just because it lifts the weight off his shoulders that he'd been carrying for quite some time, but it also helps pave the way for Gaku mending his own relationship with Iwao, enough so that he moves back to Minasato to be closer to his family.
Kounosuke's Route
- At the end of his route before Hiroyuki leaves Minasato, Kounosuke gives him a picture to remember everyone and the village. While on the bus, Hiroyuki discover that he actually gave him another picture. On the back of it, he wrote that he left it so that Hiroyuki promises to be the Uke the next time they meet again and have sex and to not forget it.
Juuichi's Route
- Before Hiroyuki leaves Minasato, Juuichi gives him his trademark jacket, both as a token of their newfound relationship and also as a piece of assurance that Hiroyuki will come back to Minasato so that he can return it someday.
