History TearJerker / AngelBeats

* The Credits of the last episode. If you have somehow kept a dry eye through all of Episode 13, this will be the final nail in your coffin. [[spoiler: In most of the credits sequences we see the SSS members appear on screen, one by one. In the finale, the credits start with everyone already there, including, for the first time, Angel. But this time, they]] ''[[spoiler: fade]]''. [[spoiler: It goes down the line and ends with Naoi, then Hinata, then Yuri...and then, just about the time the viewer realizes that Otonashi and Angel are smiling at each other...Angel fades...and finally, Otonashi.]] Bravo, Key.

* The scene when Otonashi fills out his organ donor card. The way he still keeps going, even though he's pretty much already gone.

* Episode 10. [[spoiler: With an emotional song to go along with it, after Hinata proposes to Yui there is a montage of their imagined life falling in love. It ends with a shot of Yui's baseball helmet and bat. On the ground. Yui is gone.]]

** The parts of the third episode that [[ADayInTheLimelight focuses on Iwasawa]]. [[spoiler:And her disappearance.]]

** The final episode is by far the worst.[[spoiler: The graduation scene was sad enough, with everyone leaving and quite likely never going to see each other again. But then, Kanade and Otonashi stay behind and go outside, where Otonashi confesses that he loves Kanade, and asks her to stay with him to help whoever enters the world after all of them. Unfortunately for everyone, she declines (though she does reciprocate the feeling), and reveals that her last regret is not being able to thank the donor of the heart transplant she received - and that donor happens to be Otonashi. They embrace, and there is an ensuing combination of Kanade thanking Otonashi over and over again and Otonashi ''screaming'' "KANADE! PLEASE DON'T DISAPPEAR! KANADE----!", finally ending on a SkywardScream of Kanade's name after she's finally vanished. The accompanying [[SugarWiki/AwesomeMusic music]] doesn't help in the ''slightest''. (The after-the-credits scene of them meeting in a next life helps a bit (depending on your definition of "help" - it might make you cry more); but it's almost like the producers were watching the final product and realised that that was just too much, and threw together something at the last minute to mitigate the pain.)]] The worst punch comes right after [[spoiler:she disappears and Otonashi spends a few seconds ''desperately'' clawing at the air where she just was walking away]].

** The final episode is by far the worst. [[spoiler: The graduation scene was sad enough, with everyone leaving and quite likely never going to see each other again. But then, Kanade and Otonashi stay behind and go outside, where Otonashi confesses that he loves Kanade, and asks her to stay with him to help whoever enters the world after all of them. Unfortunately for everyone, she declines (though she does reciprocate the feeling), and reveals that her last regret is not being able to thank the donor of the heart transplant she received - and that donor happens to be Otonashi. They embrace, and there is an ensuing combination of Kanade thanking Otonashi over and over again and Otonashi ''screaming'' "KANADE! PLEASE DON'T DISAPPEAR! KANADE----!". The accompanying [[SugarWiki/AwesomeMusic music]] doesn't help in the ''slightest''. (The after-the-credits scene of them meeting in a next life helps a bit (depending on your definition of "help" - it might make you cry more); but it's almost like the producers were watching the final product and realised that that was just too much, and threw together something at the last minute to mitigate the pain.)]] The worst punch comes right after [[spoiler:she disappears and Otonashi spends a few seconds ''desperately'' clawing at the air where she just was walking away]].

* Also, the end of episode 12. [[spoiler: Yurippe resists accepting her past and disappearing, but then we get this little gem from her siblings.]] It does NOT help that the depressing ending theme plays over this exchange.

** The end of episode 10 with that [[spoiler:could-have-been love story between Hinata and Yui]], ''especially'' with that sad song playing in the background. Damn you, Maeda!
** The end of episode 12 when [[spoiler: Yuri breaks down in to tears while the ending theme plays in the background]].

** The final episode is by far the worst. [[spoiler: The graduation scene was sad enough, with everyone leaving and quite likely never going to see each other again. But then, Kanade and Otonashi stay behind and go outside, where Otonashi confesses that he loves Kanade, and asks her to stay with him to help whoever enters the world after all of them. Unfortunately for everyone, she declines (though she does reciprocate the feeling), and reveals that her last regret is not being able to thank the donor of the heart transplant she received - and that donor happens to be Otonashi. They embrace, and there is an ensuing combination of Kanade thanking Otonashi over and over again and Otonashi ''screaming'' "KANADE! PLEASE DON'T DISAPPEAR! KANADE----!". The accompanying [[CrowningMusicOfAwesome music]] doesn't help in the ''slightest''. (The after-the-credits scene of them meeting in a next life helps a bit (depending on your definition of "help" - it might make you cry more); but it's almost like the producers were watching the final product and realised that that was just too much, and threw together something at the last minute to mitigate the pain.)]] The worst punch comes right after [[spoiler:she disappears and Otonashi spends a few seconds ''desperately'' clawing at the air where she just was walking away]].

** Otonashi's origin story also qualifies.
*** Especially the part that is told in Episode 9.

** The final episode is by far the worst. [[spoiler: The graduation scene was sad enough, with everyone leaving and quite likely never going to see each other again. But then, Kanade and Otonashi stay behind and go outside, where Otonashi confesses that he loves Kanade, and asks her to stay with him to help whoever enters the world after all of them. Unfortunately for everyone, she declines (though she does reciprocate the feeling), and reveals that her last regret is not being able to thank the donor of the heart transplant she received - and that donor happens to be Otonashi. They embrace, and there is an ensuing combination of Kanade thanking Otonashi over and over again and Otonashi ''screaming'' "KANADE! PLEASE DON'T DISAPPEAR! KANADE----!". The accompanying [[CrowningMusicOfAwesome music]] doesn't help in the ''slightest''. (The after-the-credits scene of them meeting in a next life helps a bit (depending on your definition of "help" - it might make you cry more); but it's almost like the producers were watching the final product and realised that that was just too much, and threw together something at the last minute to mitigate the pain.)]]
*** The worst punch comes right after [[spoiler:she disappears and Otonashi spends a few seconds ''desperately'' clawing at the air where she just was walking away]].
** [[spoiler: The other epilogue has Otonashi actually stay behind in "Purgatory" to help other souls move on. Alone. Even worse, it seems that he's [[IronicEcho waiting for someone...]]]]
*** [[spoiler: The scene where he sits alone in the council room was especially moving, especially if you see the pictures pinned on the board.]]
** The parts of the third episode that [[ADayInTheLimelight focuses on Iwasawa]]. [[spoiler:And her disappearance.]] * sniff*
*** Hopefully you're reassured, [[spoiler:Episode 9, Angel confirmed that when you move on, you go to a higher plane of existence.]]
*** Then again, who says it's the truth?
*** Keep in mind, [[spoiler:Kanade has no more inside knowledge than anyone else in the series. She's just been there a while and come to her conclusions based on observation. But she doesn't ''know'' any more than we do.]]
*** If we are to believe [[spoiler: TheStinger]], then we can (hopefully...) assume she's right.

...It's written by Jun Maeda...[[TearJerker what did you expect?]]

** Must.... choke... back.... ManlyTears!

...It's written by Creator/JunMaeda...[[TearJerker what did you expect?]]

* Minor, compared to what the rest of the series has on offer, but the ending of Episode 5 strikes a rather sombre tone (especially considering [[MoodWhiplash that the rest of the episode is mostly wacky hijinx]]). The SSS successfully sabotages Angel's exams, resulting in her getting removed as StudentCouncilPresident. The SSS puts on another attempt at Operation Tornado but, to everyone's surprise, Angel ignores them and doesn't try to stop them, instead making her way to the cafeteria and buying a ticket for mapo doufu. Before she can use it on a meal, the wind from the concert blows the ticket out of her hands and she can do nothing except helplessly watch it fly away. The waterworks start when Otonashi realises that [[spoiler: mapo doufu is Angel's TrademarkFavoriteFood - after suffering through an awful day at SSS's hands, the poor girl was just trying to enjoy some comfort food and they robbed her of even that. It's even worse when you realise [[GoodAllAlong Angel was trying to help the SSS (and everyone else in the school) the whole time]].]]

* Minor, compared to what the rest of the series has on offer, but the ending of Episode 5 strikes a rather sombre tone (especially considering [[MoodWhiplash that the rest of the episode is mostly wacky hijinx]]). The SSS successfully sabotages Angel's exams, resulting in her getting removed as StudentCouncilPresident. The SSS puts on another attempt at Operation Tornado but, to everyone's surprise, Angel ignores them and doesn't try to stop them, instead making her way to the cafeteria and buying a ticket for mapo doufu. Before she can use it on a meal, the wind from the concert blows the ticket away and she can do nothing except helplessly watch it fly away. The waterworks start when Otonashi realises that [[spoiler: mapo doufu is Angel's TrademarkFavoriteFood - after suffering through an awful day at SSS's hands, the poor girl was just trying to enjoy some comfort food and they robbed her of even that. It's even worse when you realise [[GoodAllAlong Angel was trying to help the SSS (and everyone else in the school) the whole time]].]]

** Or that the title [[spoiler:refers to Kanade's beating heart, which was once Otanashi's and would most likely be "Angel's Beats" if rendered in proper english.]]

* The ending of episode 6 definitely qualifies.This troper cried at this episode, it became difficult for her to watch the episode because being compared to a more talented sibling hits home

* The ending of episode 6 definitely qualifies.

This troper cried at this episode, it became difficult for her to watch the episode because being compared to a more talented sibling hits home

*** The worst punch comes right after [[spoiler:she disappears and Otonashi spends a few seconds ''desperately'' clawing at the air where she just was]].

** ''Ichiban no Takaramono'', the insert song played during two of the saddest scenes in the whole show. [[KeyVisualArts Which is saying something.]]

* For me, it was the scene when Otonashi fills out his organ donor card. The way he still keeps going, even though he's pretty much already gone.

...It's written by JunMaeda...[[TearJerker what did you expect?]]

* This series has quite a few TearJerker moments, considering everyone's already dead and they all had shit pasts when they were alive, but [[spoiler:the disappearances of BOTH main vocalists of Girls Dead Monster in]] episodes 3 and 10 get special mention out of a million. Episode 10 especially because it gets you out of nowhere with [[spoiler: Hinata accepting Yui's proposal, the explanation of how he'll marry her, the visuals of the would-be love story and Yui's disappearance, all too beautiful-but-tearjerking song by Yui.]] Even girls will cry manly tears, if they don't flat-out bawl - the men have already shed their fair share.

** And the fifth episode as well. If you didn't at least feel a little bit sad, YOU HAVE NO SOUL.

[[caption-width-right:350:[[FanNickname Bro]][[TheMessiah tonashi]] working his magic.]]

* [[FridgeLogic That moment when you realize what has been staring you in the face all along]]: [[spoiler:"My soul, ''your beats''"]] That's right [[spoiler:the OPENING]] is a {{foreshadowing}} TearJerker.

*** [[spoiler: The scene where he sits alone in the council room was especially moving, especially if you see the pictures pinned on the board]]

*** The worst punch comes right after [[spoiler:she disappears and Otonashi spends a few seconds ''desperately'' clawing at the air where she just was]].

* That moment when you realize what has been staring you in the face all along: [[spoiler:"My soul, ''your beats''"]] That's right [[spoiler:the OPENING]] is a {{foreshadowing}} TearJerker.

** And then realize the commercial break eyecatch is a heartbeat monitor.