History LoveHurts / AnimeAndManga

* Simon from ''Anime/TengenToppaGurrenLagann''. His first love, CoolBigSis Yoko, was in love with [[HotBlooded Kamina]], and he had a rather painful experience seeing her kiss him. [[spoiler:Seeing said kiss would lead to Simon suffering a HeroicBSOD, that resulted in [[BloodBrothers Kam]][[BashBrothers ina's]] death]]. His SecondLove, Nia, [[spoiler: ends up dying ''right'' when they get married]]. And whether you interpret the relationship between him and [[EvenTheGuysWantHim Kamina]] as HoYay or as HeterosexualLifePartners, it ''is'' undeniable that [[spoiler: Kamina's death hit him ''[[HeroicBSOD very]]'' hard]].

* ''Manga/TheDangersInMyHeart'': During his family's trip to Akita on winter break, Ichikawa ends up taking a fall and breaking his arm while out taking pictures of snow for his LoveInterest Yamada, who expressed wanting to go there during their hang-out in Shibuya. When they come back to school Yamada is put in charge of helping him around with his arm in a sling, but [[CuteClumsyGirl her repeated fumbling]], while comedic, starts being a blow to her self-worth. [[spoiler: Then it gets [[PlayedForDrama seriously worse]] when Ichikawa absentmindedly shows her a photo taken at the exact moment he fell. Yamada distances herself from Ichikawa out of guilt, and later loses the keychain he got from Akita as a gift for her. While the two are eating at her apartment, she shares her history of quitting activities and confesses to having ''recently'' developed a fear of one of her loved ones hating her for being an inconvenience.]] By the end of it, she seems to ''almost'' suggest that she’s been as anxious about her GuiltComplex as she is now because she’s in love until Ichikawa cuts her off.

* ''Manga/TheDangersInMyHeart'': During his family's trip to Akita on winter break, Ichikawa ends up taking a fall and breaking his arm while out taking pictures of snow for his LoveInterest Yamada, who expressed wanting to go there during their hang-out in Shibuya. When they come back to school Yamada is put in charge of helping him around with his arm in a sling, but [[CuteClumsyGirl her repeated fumbling]], while comedic, starts being a blow to her self-worth. [[spoiler: Then it gets [[PlayedForDrama seriously worse]] when Ichikawa absentmindedly shows her a photo taken at the exact moment he fell. Yamada distances herself from Ichikawa out of guilt, and later loses the keychain he got from Akita as a gift for her. While the two are eating at her apartment, she shares her history of quitting activities and confesses to having ''recently'' developed a fear of one of her loved ones hating her for being an inconvenience.]] She ''almost'' seems suggest that her being in love why she’s been as anxious about it as she is now until Ichikawa cuts her off.

** The Guts, Griffith, Casca LoveTriangle. Griffith has two love interests in Guts and Casca and has a fall back plan to marry Casca and have kids should his initial plans fall through. However, Guts and Casca become an item and talk of leaving Griffith behind who was crippled by torture. He snaps and tries to kill himself and ultimately ends up sacrificing everyone but guts and Casca and then Casca is raped in front of Guts by the only other man she loved. Currently, because of the rape Casca reverted to an infantile state and is incapable of returning the affection the love starved and broken Guts desires.

** ''[[Anime/MobileSuitGundamWitchFromMercury Gundam: Witch From Mercury]]'': The prologue shows Elnora losing her husband, Nadim, which drove her into the path of revenge by planning to have her daughter, Suletta, become the groom to her enemy's daughter, Miorine. In the show itself, [[spoiler:Elan #5 watches Norea getting sniped down by the Dominicus Corps despite his efforts to stop her from piloting the Gundam and killing everyone in school. Petra gets critically injured during Norea's attack on the school which drove Lauda to blame Miorine for everything that had to his family and friends, resulting in him hijacking Gundam Schwarzette to kill her]].

*** ''[[Anime/MobileSuitGundamWitchFromMercury Gundam: Witch From Mercury]]'': Despite the hardships and obstacles that they encountered in the show, [[spoiler:Suletta and Miorine survived and got married in the end.]]

* Sagara Sousuke from ''Lightnovel/FullMetalPanic'' towards Kaname. His whole HeroicBSOD in TSR was caused by being torn away from her after he developed an attachment and feelings for her. As [[spoiler: Gauron]] angrily notices, ever since falling in love, he seems to have a lot more conflicting feelings and doubts.

* When [[PatientChildhoodLoveInterest Misaki]] sees [[TheCasanova Jin]] and [[IdiotSavant Mashiro]] on their date in Episode 3 of ''LightNovel/ThePetGirlOfSakurasou'', it really breaks her heart. Later when the two are seen outside a {{Love Hotel|s}}, she decides to go home rather than interrupt them.

** ''[[Anime/MobileSuitGundamThunderbolt Gundam Thunderbolt]]'': On the Feddies' side, Io's girlfriend and commanding officer, Claudia, got too stressed out when she sends her men to die in the battlefield that she took up drugs to forget everything. [[spoiler:Then, her XO shoots her for being a horrible leader. And then, it turns out that she survives but is brainwashed by a group of Buddhist fanatics]]. On Zeon's side, Dr. Karla lost her boyfriend after he got killed by Io but she slowly moved on and became close to Daryl. She even stood by his side when he lost his remaining limbs. They didn't die in the end but [[spoiler:Karla went insane after she just watched her friends getting vaporized and got grabbed by a RX-77-2 Guncannon. Poor Daryl can't do anything about it as he hold her in his arms, watching her laugh like a child]].

** In the light novels Guren recalls the love story 500 years ago that led the Hiragi Clan to scorn the Ichinose Clan. Apparently, two Hiragi brothers were in love with a beautiful Ichinose girl. They both competed for her love with the younger brother winning her affections. The older brother responded by raping and impregnating the girl and castrating his younger brother. He then banished them from the clan which led to them having to create the Order Of Imperial Moon for themselves. The scorned brother could have defeated them but chose to let them live so they, their children, and their children's children would forever be looked down upon and humiliated by others as the lowly Ichinose clan. Also, since the younger brother was castrated by the older brother he couldn't even impregnate his wife and she would end up giving birth to the older brother's child.

** The fact that Mika has been with vampires for FOUR years all alone, with the same vampire who killed his beloved family in front of him, AND with an undeniable thirst for blood shows just how sad his circumstances are...not to mention learning that his entire family were experimented on and that his remaining family Yuu (whom he [[HoYay is implied to have feelings for]]) is exposed to the organization currently leading the experiment. There's also the StarCrossedLovers implications with circumstances threatening to keep them apart. Also, if Yuu becomes a complete demon imagine how Mika who cares greatly for Yuu would feel. Vampires can only retain humanity so long as they have human connections after all. If, for argument’s sake, Mika had his way right now and the two of them managed to run away, he would be able to save his precious Yuu-chan and maintain what’s left of his humanity for the time being, but at the same time, Yuu wouldn’t be able to retain his, knowing that he had betrayed and abandoned his comrades. They’re pulling in the opposite directions, so first they need to find a compromise. Luckily, Yuu is charismatic enough to possess a potent power of persuasion, and Mika is sensible enough to be willing to believe in Yuu and compromise, so they quickly found the common ground in the beginning of the chapter. But if, say, Yuu becomes a full demon, Mika might be be even worse off than Crowley, because not only would he lose his precious person, he would probably have to kill demon!Yuu-chan with his own hands, and it’s obvious that it would destroy him emotionally.

* Dokuro-chan from ''LightNovel/BludgeoningAngelDokuroChan'' is an ''extremely'' brutal and literal version of this. The Opening probably puts this best:

*** ''[[Anime/MobileFighterGGundam G Gundam]]'': Domon Kasshu [[spoiler: almost lost [[HotScientist Rain]] to the same Devil Gundam that caused the deaths of many others, including his beloved older brother. But he managed to save her and get her back... AnguishedDeclarationOfLove. Also, [[spoiler:Allenby escapes the fate of most BrainwashedAndCrazy women because the person who fights her is Rain, who has a Gundam equipped for precision ''and'' is a doctor. Rain brings her down without deadly force and defuses her, leaving her with just a brief hospital stay]].

* Pick practically ANY hero in ANY ''Franchise/{{Gundam}}'' series. If you don't believe me...

** And there's Viral, who is immortal and can't reproduce... [[spoiler: and whose greatest dream is to have a wife and child]]. [[TearJerker *sniff*]]

** Sanji literally rides this trope like a horse, not only are the bruises Nami leaves on him heart shaped, but tanking brutal beatings so a woman will be unharmed or a wedding dress won't get his blood on it, is all pain Sanji will accept. Even just glancing at Boa Hancock will turn Sanji to stone even when she wasn't even using her powers. [[spoiler: Sanji has more tragic examples of this in Whole Cake Island as he must give up on his crew, so that they and his [[ParentalSubstitute father-figure Zeff]] will survive. Even being forced to beat down Luffy and letting a heart broken Nami [[ArmourPiercingSlap slap him]] in the face and farewell him... further heart brake ensured Sanji when [[FaceOfAnAngelMindOfADemon Pudding]] the girl he was in a ArrangedMarriage with, had planned to kill him during the ceremony]].