History TearJerker / GuiltyGear

* [[spoiler: As of -REVELATOR-, '''Bedman's entire existence'''. He and his sister were born with a condition that caused their minds to accelerate and grow at a rapid pace, but this rendered their bodies ill and frail because they couldn't keep up with the speed at which their minds processed information. To save their lives, their parents had no other option but to put them into a permanent state of sleep. Their minds, however, had accelerated to the point where they could potentially kill people from the dream world, because the dream world is, in fact, the Backyard. The Universal Will found him and lured him into becoming her pawn in exchange for the Absolute World. He was tricked into believing that the "Absolute World" meant that he could see his sister again and be able to leave a lasting mark on reality without the need for killing. Ariels used him as her personal assassin, but he continued rolling with it because the ends justified his means. His entire motivations are then shattered by Robo-Ky, and he is defeated by Venom. He declares his intentions to use his remaining life to tend to the victims, but Ariels reveals her deception in a sickeningly cruel fashion, and reveals that the Absolute World is one in which all of humanity is destroyed and replaced with her "perfect humans". Bedman flies into a rage at his betrayal and the weight of his sins finally dawning on him, and defiantly but futilely tries to defeat Ariels. He then dies by turning into stone and crumbling away, regretfully crying that he has to atone.]]

* Axl's predicament in ''-REVELATOR-''. [[spoiler: In his Arcade Mode story, he finds out that both he and I-no, who are time travelers, aren't even human. They're beings called "magical foci" which are formed in the Backyard from people's deepest desires, and have the ability to change the course of the future. Because of their immense, world-altering power, they are seen as "errors" by the Backyard. Jack-O' then reveals to him that he cannot go back to his own timeline, because that possibility no longer exists. The current world has rendered it impossible, and if he does decide to do something to change that, then the current world will be destroyed - erased from the flow of time and overwritten by Axl's decision. He spends the entirety of Story Mode in a deep depression, completely lost on what to do until the very end, where he chooses the current world over his dream of seeing his girlfriend Megumi again. He bursts into tears as he saves Sol.]]

* Elphelt's Episode Mode story in -REVELATOR-. Full stop. [[spoiler: At first, it seems like she's forgotten everything and has returned to her original programming of finding true love, but being forbidden by the Universal Will to actually fall in love. In her sub-boss fight, it's revealed that all of her experinces from the 1st fight onwards have been a simulation. She is presented with a simulation of Sol that acts absolutely nothing like him, until Bedman decides he has had enough of Ariels' simulation and pleads with Elphelt in a heartfelt manner to not wake up from the dream-state she's in. Elphelt doesn't listen, and when she wakes up, '''she is inside of Justice, acting as her core'''.]]

** Other fans see this scene as {{Narm}} because's of Sol's cry and the choice of BGM. While some [[YaoiFangirl fans]] [[ShippingGoggles see this]] [[ILetGwenStacyDie differently.]] ([[FoeYay And they can't be blamed]])

* [[spoiler:The flashback of the destruction of Japan. ''No one was happy''. The scientist who'd be known as That Man turned Aria into the Justice that destroyed Japan because of desperation that an unknown force is coming out from Japan and would wipe out humanity. We saw how That Man sounded full of anguish as he overrode the command for Justice to unleash the Gamma Ray on Japan, and in the end [[IDidWhatIHadToDo apologized for what he had to do.]] Compounding on this, Aria was utterly devastated at the damage she caused.]]

** [[spoiler: Recent information regarding -REVELATOR- reveals that her best was not enough. She's gone right back to her original programming, complete with a new look. She now wears a prisoner's uniform, has white hair, and talks in an emotionless, robotic fashion again.]]

* [[spoiler:The flashback of the destruction of Japan. ''No one was happy''. The scientist who'd be known as That Man turned Aria into the Justice that destroyed Japan because of desperation that an unknown force is coming out from Japan and would wipe out humanity. We saw how That Man sounded full of anguish as he overrode the command for Justice to unleash the Gamma Ray on Japan, and in the end [[IDidWhatIHaveToDo apologized for what he had to do.]] Compounding on this, Aria was utterly devastated at the damage she caused.]]

* Elphelt's fate. [[spoiler: After being stopped by Sol, she begins to disappear. Despite being shielded by Absolute Defense: Felion, Sol continues punching at it in order to jog her memory and bring the Elphelt that they all know back. After coming to her senses, she attempts to self-destruct as her last act of having free will, but is stopped by Ramlethal, who finally gains emotions and tells her to hold out hope that they will save her. With tears in her eyes, Elphelt ascends into the sky and vanishes, saying she will do her best.]]

* Both ending themes count as this when you factor FridgeBrilliance into the equation. [[spoiler: Both songs are actually about Sol pining away for [[TheLostLenore Aria]] and lamenting about how he could [[YouCantGoHomeAgain no longer bring back the past]]. In fact the end theme for the console version, ''Icarus'', seems like just any generic sad song about shattered dreams and a lost love at first until you reach Story Mode and are treated to a flashback where [[GenkiGirl Aria]] asks Sol if he ever wondered how it felt to be like a bird, and instead gets treated to a short debate between Frederick and That Man on the merits of idealism and romanticism vs. realism and stoicism. The guy likely never got over how much of a hardcase he had been to her owing to his secular existentialist philosophy and is now merely living out his days filled with regret.]]

* Both ending themes count as this when you factor FridgeBrilliance into the equation. [[spoiler: Both songs are actually about Sol pining away for [[TheLostLenore Aria]] and lamenting about how he could [[YouCantGoHomeAgain no longer bring back]] [[the past]]. In fact the end theme for the console version, ''Icarus'', seems like just any generic sad song about shattered dreams and a lost love at first until you reach Story Mode and are treated to a flashback where [[GenkiGirl Aria]] asks Sol if he ever wondered how it felt to be like a bird, and instead gets treated to a short debate between Frederick and That Man on the merits of idealism and romanticism vs. realism and stoicism. The guy likely never got over how much of a hardcase he had been to her owing to his secular existentialist philosophy and is now merely living out his days filled with regret.]]

!Guilty Gear XX (and revisions)

* The heartwarming moment with Sin and Ramlethal when they look up at the night sky is interrupted by Bedman, who makes his entrance by [[spoiler:killing the poppy Ramlethal was caring for, all to teach her the meaning of the word "replacement" and show her that she is unique. He creates a new puppy for Ramlethal, bearing the same likeness as the original, but unlike the first puppy it doesn't bite her. Ramlethal notices and points out that it's not the same as the one she grew to care for, nearly having a breakdown. Even Bedman himself is shaken at what he had to do.]]

!Post X series

* Testament's profile is enough to help you shed a tear. It is stated that prior to his Gear conversion, he was actually a kind, charitable man who loves children and has taken in several orphans in the past. His hatred of violence even borders on phobia and he believes that people should not be punished, but rather, be reformed. Then you suddenly remember the part where he was converted into a Gear unwillingly and was forced to kill humans as his conscious mind tried to resist.

* Testament's profile is enough to help you shed a tear. It is stated that prior to his Gear conversion, he was actually a kind, charitable man who loves children and has taken in several orphans in the past. His hatred of violence even borders on phobia and he believes that people should not be punished, but rather, be reformed. Then you suddenly remember the part where he was converted into a Gear unwillingly and was forced to kill humans as his conscious mind tried to resist.

* Ky's story post ''Accent Core'' as narrated by the short stories. [[spoiler:He and Dizzy were living happily and expecting their first child when the government calls him and practically "volunteered" him to be their puppet king. When he refused, they told how they ''know about Dizzy.'' In Sol's story, Ky was even described as someone who looked really unhealthy and stressed. When Sol was beating Ky after a heated meeting, Ky and Dizzy's toddler son, Sin (the cause of said beating; bringing the kid into the world just made the lives of Sol '''and''' Ky harder as far as the bounty hunter was concerned), pleads with Sol to stop hurting his dad, since he knows Dizzy cries when such things happen; Ky cries at the scene, and Sol couldn't bring himself to continue. Later on, Ky and Dizzy lets go of their beloved child and entrusts him to [[ParentalSubstitute Sol]] for his own safety.]]

* Ky's story post ''Accent Core'' as narrated by the short stories. [[spoiler:He and Dizzy were living happily and expecting their first child when the government calls him and practically "volunteered" him to be their puppet king. When he refused, they told how they ''know about Dizzy.'' In Sol's story, Ky was even described as someone who looked really unhealthy and stressed. When Sol was beating Ky after a heated meeting, Ky and Dizzy's toddler son, Sin (the cause of said beating; bringing the kid into the world just made the lives of Sol '''and''' Ky harder as far as the bounty hunter was concerned), pleads with Sol to stop hurting his dad, since he knows Dizzy cries when such things happens; Ky cries at the scene, and Sol couldn't bring himself to continue. Later on, Ky and Dizzy lets go of their beloved child and entrusts him to [[ParentalSubstitute Sol]] for his own safety.]]

* Ky's story post ''Accent Core'' as narrated by the short stories. [[spoiler:He and Dizzy were living happily and expecting their first child when the government calls him and practically "volunteered" him to be their puppet king. When he refused, they told how they ''know about Dizzy.'' In Sol's story, Ky was even described as someone who looked really unhealthy and stressed. When Sol was beating Ky after a heated meeting, Ky and Dizzy's toddler son, Sin (the cause of said beating; bringing the kid into the world just made the lives of Sol '''and''' Ky harder as far as the bounty hunter was concerned), pleased with Sol to stop hurting his dad, since he knows Dizzy cries when such stuff happened; Ky cried at the scene, and Sol couldn't bring himself to continue. Later on, Ky and Dizzy let go of their beloved child and entrusted him to [[ParentalSubstitute Sol]] for his own safety.]]

** Later when Jose's life was endangered Dizzy used her power to save her. Jose, having her sight restored was shocked to see Dizzy's real appearance and yelled at her, [[HorribleJudgeOfCharacter "Demon! Go back to the forest!"]] Later however, Jose felt guilty and wanted to apologize.

** This is even sadder when you consider that Sol and Ky outwardly dislike each other and cannot get along. But this is maybe because Ky who's around 13-14 is seen as naive by a lazy, but more experienced Sol.
** Other fans see this scene as {{Narm}} because's of Sol's cry and the choice of BGM. While fangirls, as we expect, [[ShippingGoggles see this]] [[ILetGwenStacyDie differently.]]
* As expected of drama [=CDs=] which are [[DarkerAndEdgier considerably darker]] than the main games' storyline, we have another sad moment with Millia in the ''Night of Knives'' where she breaks down crying after learning that Zato agreed to [[MoralEventHorizon assassinate a 2-year old king]] to save her life. She is horrified to realize how much she misjudged Zato's true character.

* Ky's story post ''Accent Core'' as narrated by the short stories. [[spoiler:He was happy living with Dizzy and expecting their first child when the government calls him and practically "volunteered" him to be their puppet king. When he refused, they told how they ''know about his wife.'' In Sol's story, Ky was even described as someone who looked really unhealthy and stressed. When Sol was beating Ky after a heated meeting, his toddler son, Sin (the cause of said beating; bringing the kid into the world just made the lives of Sol '''and''' Ky harder as far as the bounty hunter was concerned), asked Sol to stop hurting his dad; Ky cried at the scene. Later on, Ky and Dizzy let go of their beloved child and entrusted him to Sol for his own safety.]]

* Ky's story post ''Accent Core'' as narrated by the short stories. [[spoiler:He was happy living with Dizzy and expecting their first child when the government calls him and practically "volunteered" him to be their puppet king. When he refused they told how they ''know about his wife.'' In Sol's story, Ky was even described as someone who looked really unhealthy and stressed. When Sol was beating Ky after a heated meeting, his toddler son, Sin, asked Sol to stop hurting his dad. Ky cried at the scene. Later on, Ky and Dizzy let go of their beloved child and entrusted him to Sol for his own safety.]]

* Ky's story post ''Accent Core'' as narrated by the short stories. [[spoiler:He was happy living with Dizzy and expecting their first child when the government calls him and practically "volunteered" him to be their puppet king. When he refused they told hi they ''know about his wife.'' In Sol's story, Ky was even described as someone who looked really unhealthy and stressed. When Sol was beating Ky after a heated meeting, his toddler son, Sin, asked Sol to stop hurting his dad. Ky cried at the scene. Later on, Ky and Dizzy let go of their beloved child and entrusted him to Sol for his own safety.]]

'''That Man''': ''Not at all. But that girl... [[TheAtoner You and I both]]... [[CallBack already killed her.]]''

** What's worse, right before That Man [[VillainousRescue sends Sol out of the now-sealed off Backyard]], Sol's conversation with That Man has the latter [allude to [[spoiler:Justice's death at Sol's hands back in the first game]]. Therefore, Sol's scenario plays out as such: [[spoiler:Your lover is converted into what is intended to be the next step in human evolution (heavily implied to be a unwitting conversion at that) but loses her memories in the process and is subsequently horrified by the evils mankind is capable of, turning against her creators and causing 100+ years of genocide in which Japan is all but wiped off of the map. And who has to put her down? You do, using the powers you gained from also being converted against your will. Five years later, you have to do the same to her pitiable clone, who spends most of the game acting like a dutiful child running errands for her "Mother" and later breaks, going into a maddening rage once she fails at that task.]]

* The Drama CD that shows how Dizzy and Testament met is full of heartwarming moments. But more importantly, we see how Dizzy suffered prior to GGX. One example of a {{Tearjerker}} moment is when Dizzy meets a blind girl named Josephine who was lost in the forest (probably abandoned by her parents since nobody's looking for her.) When Dizzy comforts the girl, her wings are touched accidentally. After being called an angel, Dizzy sobs as she knows that she seen as demon by others and apologized to Josephine as she couldn't help her get her sight back.

** Other fans see this scene as {{Narm}} because's of Sol's cry and the choice of BGM. While fangirls, as we expect,[[ShippingGoggles sees this]] [[ILetGwenStacyDie differently.]]
* As expected of Drama CD's which are [[DarkerAndEdgier considerably darker]] than the main games' storyline, we have another sad moment with Millia in the ''Night of Knives'' where she breaks down crying after learning that Zato agreed to [[MoralEventHorizon assassinate a 2-year old king]] to save her life. She is horrified to realize how much she misjudged Zato's true character.

--> Valentine: ''It's okay, Frederick...'' (Valentine fades away)
--> Sol: ''[[WhamLine Aria?!]]'' (Left alone in the dimension)

--> Valentine: ''Frederick... It's okay...'' (Valentine fades away)
--> Sol: ''Aria...?'' (Left alone in the dimension)