History TearJerker / CardcaptorSakura

* Don't forget [[spoiler: Sakura crying in Syaoran's arms after she pulls her own IWantMyBelovedToBeHappy on Yukito and encourages him to hook up with his beloved Touya. She's almost completely [[StepfordSmiler happy and cheery]] when speaking to Yukito himself, but once she's with Syaoran in the park, she explains what she just did, and then she starts crying and saying that even if she did the right thing, and she doesn't regret it, it still ''hurts''...]]

* Any scene where [[CryCute Sakura cries]] is just heartbreaking to the point where you just want to hug her every time something heartbreaking happens. (And thus was [[{{Moe}} a concept born]], really.)

** Sakura is heartwrenching here. She isn't just crying because she was on the verge of losing Yukito and Yue because of her lack of power, but also because of how badly she misjudged Touya. Whenever Kero brought up the possibility that Touya was on to them, Sakura dismissed it out of hand, saying that if her brother knew what she was doing, he'd tease her mercilessly. Come to find out that he ''did'' know all along, kept her secret, ''and'' and let her take care of matters herself.

* Sakura's DisneyDeath in the elevator in Episode 57. Just the close up shot of Syaoran's very still face as he repeats the image of falling to her supposed death over and over. His face contorts in heartbreak, like he's ready to break down. Instead we get this for the very first time:

** [[spoiler: The build up to this makes the entire episode painful to sit through. Syaoran is blatantly guilt ridden at having to break the news to Meiling and is only more pressured when she arrives to Tomeda to hasten it. Even Tomoyo, who was gleeful at the thought of Syaoran confessing to Sakura, notices the moment Meiling has put it all together and feels bad. Knowing she will get her heart broken, she cryptically offers herself as a shoulder to cry on when the news is broken.]]

* Any scene where [[CryCute Sakura cries]] is just heartbreaking to the point where you just want to hug her every time something heartbreaking happens.

* Also, "Sakura and Her Memories of Her Mother." [[spoiler: Especially when Sakura cries happy tears after seeing that the cause of the troubles was ''not'' her mother's spirit. ]]
* And the Final Judgement, [[spoiler: before Kaho's [[{{Reset Button}} Bell of the Moon]] eliminates Sakura's loss to Yue, and she and everyone she knows forgets whomever they loved the most]].
** Adding to that, [[spoiler: Sakura is in the spot where Yukito's house is and crying, and she starts to hear the voices of her friends call out her name for a few seconds. Then the Song Card fades in and starts singing Tomoyo's song. Soon, silhouettes of Tomoyo, Li, her classmates, Kero, Toya, and Yukito appear behind her, and sing along. Doubles as a Crowning Moment of Heartwarming.]]

** Given [[spoiler: Meilin's]] {{Scrappy}} status at the start (although she later graduated to JerkWithAHeartOfGold), it was quite a shock when hearing her heartbroken sobs sent this horrible shiver up this troper's spine. Couldn't help but cry in concert with poor [[spoiler: Meilin]] after that.
** And props to the voice acting, because many times when this is done, the crying comes off as hysterical and gut-wrenching, sure, but with [[spoiler: Meilin]] it was the kind of ugly sobbing that sounds like it's torn out of [[spoiler: her]] very being.

** Manga version step up on Yue's part, where he cries out that he'd rather sleep in the book forever, and he doesn't want to wake up anymore.

* Sweet lord... The end of the episode with The Mirror had me bawling. That particular card starts as a trickster with shades of JerkAss, but when [[spoiler: Touya shows her genuine affection]] ''and'' [[spoiler: she's so guilty after her HeelFaceTurn that she drops Sakura hints about her identity so she can seal her as atonement]], she becomes TheWoobie. Poor, poor Mirror card. * sob*

-->'''Madoushi:''' [[spoiler: ''Is Clow Reed really dead?]]
-->'''Sakura:''' ''*wordlessly nods*''
-->'''Madoushi:''' [[spoiler: ''...But...I waited...*sadly begins to dissolve into water*'']]

* Also, "Sakura and Her Memories of Her Mother." [[spoiler: Specially when Sakura cries happy tears after seeing that the cause of the troubles was ''not'' her mother's spirit. ]]

* Another mix of TearJerker and IWantMyBelovedToBeHappy in the series is [[spoiler: Meiling's return to Japan, where breaks off her engagement to Syaoran and tells him to go for Sakura, but then she bawls her heart out on Tomoyo's lap because she loves both Sakura and Syaoran too much to hate them for her heartbreak.]]

* Sakura witnessing Clow's death is a double TearJerker: [[spoiler: not only you get Clow saying goodbye to his creations, you get to see Sakura's face when she hears Kero and Yue claim no one will ever be as good as him.]] ''Ouch''.
** Manga version step up on Yue's part, where eh cries out that he'd rather sleep in the book forever, and he doesn't want to wake up anymore.

-->'''Sakura:''' ''*wordlessy nods*''

[[caption-width-right:320:I’m not really sure why it is – I feel like tears are going to fall. But if I cry or make a sad face, I’m sure Yukito-san would be troubled.]]

* The second movie has the Nothing Card systematically erasing everyone Sakura cares about from existence.

* The scene where [[spoiler: Touya willingly sacrifices his powers and transfers them to Yue, both to have Yue protecting Sakura ''and'' to keep his beloved Yukito by his side.]] Made even "better" when [[spoiler: Yue warns him that he won't see Nadeshiko's spirit again, and Touya says it's okay because being able to see her but not tell anyone else that she's there caused him pain.]] The kicker? [[spoiler: When the power transfer is done and Touya passes out in the fully recovered Yue's arms, he hears some noise and uses a gust of wind to open the door. ''It's Sakura, who has heard everything, and [[TenderTears is sobbing]] [[HeroicBSOD her heart out]] because she blames herself for [[HeroicSelfDeprecation not being powerful enough to sustain Yue]]''. And then she tearfully vows to protect Touya forever, like he has done to her]] Waaaaah!

** Adding to that, [[spoiler: Sakura is in the spot where Yukito's house is and crying, and she starts to hears the voices of her friends call out her name for a few seconds. Then the Song Card fades in and starts singing Tomoyo's song. Soon, silhouettes of Tomoyo, Li, her classmates, Kero, Toya, and Yukito appear behind her, and sing along. Doubles as a Crowning Moment of Heartwarming.]]

* "Sakura and the Calendar of Memory", wherein [[spoiler: Nadeshiko's great-grandfather Masaki reconciles with Fujitaka, after Sakura learns of their relationship and gets him a birthday present]].

-->'''Madoushi:''' [[spoiler: ''...But...I waited...*sadly begins to dissolve into water*'']]

* From the first [[TheMovie movie]], Madoushi's [[spoiler: finally accepting the fact that Clow Reed is dead...and realizing hat no, she will ''never'' get to confess her love to him. Her dialogue makes it worse.
-->'''Madoushi:''' ''Is Clow Reed really dead?
-->'''Sakura:''' ''*wordless nods*''
-->'''Madoushi:''' ''...But...I waited...*sadly begins to dissolve into water*'']]

* For a one-episode character, Youko was a massive {{woobie}}. Almost any girl who likes her classmate in secret and is too shy to tell him/her can identify with her struggles, specially when [[spoiler: Touya politely turns her down... and like Sakura would do later, she takes it as well as possible, but still can't help crying.]]

* Sweet lord... The end of the episode with The Mirror had me bawling. That particular card starts as a trickster with shades of JerkAss, but when [[spoiler: Touya shows her genuine affection]] ''and'' [[spoiler: she's so guilty after her HeelFaceTurn that she drops Sakura hints about her identity so she can seal her as atonement]], she becomes TheWoobie. Poor, poor Mirror card. * sob*

* "Sakura and the Calendar of Memory", wherein [[spoiler: Nadeshiko's great-grandfather Masaaki reconciles with Fujitaka, after Sakura learns of their relatiosnhip and gets him a birthday present]].