History TearJerker / DuelingTriggerFinger

** If you're a fan of the Ishtar siblings--or even if you aren't--what befalls them is bound to make you cry. [[YankTheDogsChain On the brink of starting a new life]], they are instead [[FromBadToWorse kidnapped by Junko]]; Ishizu is tortured into becoming a Remnant, Odion is killed, and Marik is mentally broken so that his SuperpowerEvilSide takes over again.

!!Chapters

[[AC: Battle City Arc]]

** Watching Chiaki continue to get up and duel against Yami Bakura's shadow game despite her injuries qualifies when it isn't being out and out NightmareFuel. If it were not for [[spoiler:the illusions of her friends encouraging her to stand back up and fight]], the whole chapter would have been a DownerEnding.
** As Chiaki lies down on the ground, seemingly lost all the will to fight back while the shadows prepare to take her; we take a glimpse of her past with her parents. At first everything is all sweet and heartwarming where we see how Chiaki's passion for gaming developed, but as the years go by this has caused her parents to neglect her to only play with another, thus making them no better than the other opponents Chiaki has defeated.
*** You thought things would get better with the introduction of Duel Monsters? Not one bit, overtime Chiaki became better than her parents in Duel Monsters as much as any other game that at one point she overhears her parents admitting that they don't have fun playing with her anymore now that she's surpassed them. This revelation breaks the poor girl's heart so badly that she locks herself inside her room to cry herself to sleep.

** Just seeing everyone grieving over the comatosed [[spoiler: Sonia]] at the medical wing especially her classmates. Special mentions go to Gundham who is left an utter emotional wreck that it jeopardizes his focus during his duel with Mai, and to Mikan who despite her talent - feels utterly helpless when it comes to trying to wake [[spoiler: Sonia]] up.

** Watching Kaiba hesitate to [[spoiler:attack Chiaki directly with Obelisk]] will make your lip quiver like you wouldn't believe. [[spoiler:Since, despite the fact that he will never admit it, Kaiba has finally made a friend in Chiaki, and he doesn't want to see her get hurt]].

[[AC: Virtual World Arc]]

** [[spoiler:Hajime duels The Stern Mystic, a representative of the Steering Committee, for his freedom from the Kamukura Project...and loses. Not from cheating, not from bad luck, just from being outplayed. And making it even worse is that [[HopeSpot he comes within a hair of winning]]. Watching him go from [[OhCrap confidence to desperate denial to cold horror]] is heartbreaking. And the cherry on top is the last scene, where his mind is ripped out of his body and sent to the Steering Committee, with the implicit statement they're going to start [[DeathOfPersonality lobotomizing him]] ''early''.]]

** Makoto's reaction when [[spoiler: Noah petrifies Komaru before his eyes]]. Considering the promise he made to his parents and how he's been constantly worrying about her safety throughout the Virtual World arc, the very idea that he failed on his promise will make your heart ache.

** Chiaki [[spoiler:reaches Hajime, opens the pod, and comes face to face with Izuru. After hearing him say that he's 62% integrated and telling them to leave so he can finish, she begins sobbing because Hajime is gone. That's sad enough, but what's even worse is when she starts ''blaming herself'', wailing that her talent [[LonelyAtTheTop drove him away like it did everyone else]].]]

** [[spoiler:Nagito sadly laughing that all he's good for is being a stepping stone when he [[HeroicSacrifice sacrifices his deck master]] to save Chiaki in the duel with Izuru. Even worse is that he doesn't even acknowledge that he ''did'' do good in the duel by getting first blood. He just sees his failures.]]
** [[spoiler:Chiaki realizing she's about to lose. She begins crying, but instead of being sad that she's going to lose, as Izuru thinks, she's sad that she can't save Hajime. Cue Chiaki throwing herself at Izuru, hugging him and begging through the tears to let her save him. [[ILetYouWin He does]], which turns what is otherwise a plainly tear-jerking moment into a heartwarming one too.]]
** [[spoiler:Izuru wondering what's going to happen to him as he DisappearsIntoLight. As he points out, he didn't ask to be created, and got to be alive for less than an hour before being kicked out of Hajime's body. He might die, might get stuck in the virtual world, who knows? And unlike in canon, where he finds the unknown interesting, he can't help finding it frightening. [[SympathyForTheDevil Even Chiaki, who wanted Hajime back, is sad for him]].]]

[[AC: Battle City Finals]]

** At the start of the chapter, we get a brief glimpse to Gundham's childhood where it is revealed that not only did his father walk out on him and his mother, but his fellow peers also shunned and mocked him for spending most of his time with animals.

** As Yugi and Kaiba's duel intensifies; Kaiba's increasing obsession to prove his superiority over Yugi spurns Chiaki to worry that Kaiba may return to his previous self - the kind who did anything to be on top no matter how ammoral his actions were, no matter who he hurt along the way. Seeing how deep Kaiba's rivalry with Yugi also reminds her heavily on how many of the opponents she defeated in gaming have undergone darker paths all in their desire to defeat her. Once again it makes the young gamer muse and wonder why is it that for many people: Winning was everything.

** If you're a fan of [[spoiler:the Ishtar siblings]]--or even if you aren't--what befalls [[spoiler:them]] is bound to make you cry. [[spoiler:[[YankTheDogsChain On the brink of starting a new life]], they are instead [[FromBadToWorse kidnapped by Junko]]; Ishizu is tortured into becoming a Remnant, Odion is killed, and Marik is mentally broken so that his SuperpowerEvilSide takes over again.]]

[[AC: Orichalcos Arc]]

** Poor Mahiru has it hard: Not only is she still recovering from the trauma of being stuck in the Shadow Realm AND the idea of how much Sonia and Gundham suffered while they were there, but she also has to bear with the fact that [[spoiler: her friend Sato had just lost her soul to the Orichalcos courtesy of Natsumi.]] And to top it all off, the chapter ends with her [[spoiler: losing ''her'' soul to Hiyoko, who had just finished claiming the souls of her relatives.]] And when you factor in the timeline: All of this just happened within a ''month''.

** The ending of the chapter: As if she hadn't suffered enough already in the story and even prior to that, [[spoiler: after Chiaki loses to Nagito; Hajime arrives a little too late as he watches his girlfiend lose her soul. Chiaki can only mutter softly to Hajime right before the light leaves her eyes. Honestly just the sight of Chiaki in such a state is heartbreaking enough.]]
** Then there is Nagito's reaction to all of this: [[spoiler: In spite of his FaceHeelTurn, he never really ''wanted'' to defeat Chiaki and take her soul as he genuinely believed he was trying to uplift her to becoming something greater, even willing to wager his own soul into doing so. All of this results in him lashing out at Hajime, and you cannot help but feel for Nagito at that moment.]]

*** As if this was bad enough, there is the feeling of hopelessness her classmates feel about her situation because no matter what they do, they too are unable too help Sonia. [[spoiler: Is it any wonder Gundham pulled his FaceHeelTurn when Dartz presented him with the option to help her?]]
** Akane's heartbroken reaction upon seeing [[spoiler: Nekomaru losing his soul]]. Even as [[spoiler: Nekomaru]] tries reassuring her that he will be all right, all Akane can do is panic and cry for him not to [[PleaseDontLeaveMe leave her]]. It's even sadder when you consider how this exchange is almost identical to the one in canon when [[spoiler: Nekomaru took a hit for Akane against Monokuma that left him in a fatal state.]]

** [[spoiler:Ibuki's departure from the arc is just heartbreaking to read. When she realizes she's about to lose her soul to the Orichalcos she comes down with a case of OOCIsSeriousBusiness and tells Joey to take care of the band for her, all while telling him she had lots of fun being his friend. She then caps it off by WaxingLyrical to a Music/{{Kamelot}} song and telling Joey that he's warm [[DiedInYourArmsTonight as her soul is finally taken]]. That sound you hear is the sound of your heart cracking before it shatters in agony]]. Even if StatusQuoIsGod and we know it's going to be fixed by the end of the arc, this moment still hits heavy for a lot of people.
** After [[spoiler: Fuyuhiko loses his soul to the Orichalcos during his and Peko's duel against Gurimo and realizing she has no way to defeat Gurimo, Peko can only feel helpless as Gurimo finishes her off to join her young master.]]

** It seems like the emotional train refuses to stop for Sonia - who upon reuniting with her long-lost older brother Rafael, hears from him that he is not coming back with her and also reveals that he is working for Dartz. That's already two men Sonia holds dear who have sided with her enemies, as if Sonia doesn't already have enough on her mind with her mental trauma.

** Rebecca's loss to [[spoiler: Nagito, causing her to lose her soul in the process.]] Say what you will about Rebecca (pre or post CharacterDevelopment), but the feeling of being unable to [[spoiler: save your grandfather and help your crush]] is really disheartening.
** Yami in the midst of the Orichalcos' temptatiton and his competitive streak getting the better of him, activates the Seal of Orichalcos and somehow this fic makes that event sadder than it is in canon. Because unlike in canon: [[ImpliedLoveInterest Tea]] is actually present to see him under the Orichalcos' influence which reminds her of how the Pharoah used to act during the earlier events of the manga continuity.

** Despite spending the majority of her page-time being a BrattyHalfPint Jerkass, Hiyoko pleading for mercy as she loses her soul following her defeat to Yukizome really serves to show what a frightened child she really is. Made worse when her suppposed "father figure" Dartz appears before her - all to tell her she has [[YouHaveOutlivedYourUsefulness served her purpose and can now take pride of being offered to the Great Leviathan.]] Even Yukizome and the rest of Class 77-B cannot help but pity Hiyoko and be horrified by her fate.

** While some of it may have been his fault due to his poor decisions, you cannot help but feel for Rafael as he gets subjected to a ''massive'' HannibalLecture by Junko herself where she proceeds to emotionally and mentally torture him by analyzing his entire character and story like an open book all as part of her ploy to [[BreakThemByTalking break him down]] that eventually all [[spoiler: Rafael]] can do is figuratively scream for her to stop.

** Both Nagito and Gundham feel ashamed of their FaceHeelTurns and as a result, do not join in on the festivities with the rest of their classmates requiring Hajime and Chiaki, and Sonia and Kazuichi to console them respectively.
** Hiyoko being disowned by her family. If you are familiar with Japanese culture and the emphasis they have on family: This makes her predicament completely awful. No matter what she did this arc, it is hard to not feel sympathy when Chisa spills to her the bad news.
** To say absolutely ''nothing'' about Rafael's fate. Much like the [[spoiler: Ishtar siblings before him]], Rafael was all set on a road of rediscovery/redemption as he returns to Novoselic...[[spoiler: only to be abducted by Junko who has ''not'' forgotten their session back during the battle against Dartz as she plans to make him another remnant.]]

[[AC: Canada Nationals]]

** For a character death seen as merely an off-mention side note, considering the [[JerkAss character]] in question: Rex's reaction to Weevil's death really does drive the point home that no matter what kind of person Weevil was, he still had friends and loved ones who were utterly devastated by his death.

[[AC: Despair Arc Part 1]]

[[AC: Kaiba Corp Grand Prix]]

* Even if you don't care about Zigfried, [[spoiler:Leon's reaction to his death is extremely heartwrenching to some]].

* Chapter 133: Class 77-B gets back from the Grand Prix to discover Ryota Mitarai dead from malnourishment. It's a ''painful'' whiplash from the happy conclusion of the tournament.

!!General
* On a meta level, the very fact that the ''Danganronpa'' side of the crossover is an inevitablity. While the story is still at its infancy and is still lighthearted in tone regarding the ''Yu-Gi-Oh'' side of things; it still brings a large sense of sadness that sooner or later, [[NothingIsTheSameAnymore nothing will ever be the same for this universe.]]

* Even if you don't care about Zigfried, [[spoiler:Leon's reaction to his death is extremely heartwrenching to some]].