History TearJerker / LiveALive

* The Near Future begins with Akira telling the story of how he saw his father dead and how he saw the light dying from his eyes. It gets worse when we get to the end of the chapter. As Matsu lays dying from Matango overdose in trying to control Steel Titan, Akira reads his mind to which Matsu reveals the truth -- ''he'' killed Akira's father in a stand-off, and the shame of this caused him to quit the Crusaders and raise Akira.
** Taeko's voice starts breaking down as she begs Lawless to rest, but knows that deep down that he's going to die.

** If Lei is the Successor and you initially try to refuse to let her join the battle against the Indomintable Fist, she becomes surprisingly vulnerable as she admits that she [[ItsAllMyFault feels responsible]] for Yun and Hung's deaths, as they died trying to protect her.

* The Distant Future chapter features a guy named Huey, [[TheWoobie who the game goes out of its way to make sure suffers]]. For starters, his girlfriend left him for the pilot, who went out of his way to KickTheDog and remind him of this fact. Then when Kirk bites it, he's accused of killing Kirk to get his girlfriend ''by said girlfriend''. When the Behemoth breaks out and attacks Rachel, [[HeroicSacrifice he distracts it, dying in the process]]. After his death, you enter his room and find that he took exams to be a captain on his computer. The very next message? [[YankTheDogsChain Greetings. We regret to inform you that you did not pass the exam for qualification as a ship captain. The next exam period is in six months.]] ''[[UpToEleven Then]]'' you enter the captain's quarters and read his assessment of the crew. Guess whose name is on the list for being fired? Oh, and his ex-girlfriend doesn't survive the chapter either, [[SenselessSacrifice so his death was pointless]].

** If you kill Oersted right after defeating Pure Odio, turns out when he still held his sanity, Oersted still loved Alicia as he uttered her name in death. And in turn, some of your protagonists, especially either the Xin Shan Quan inheritors or Masaru, makes a sad remark that either Oersted is kind of relatable despite having to strike him down for punishment and wonders if that's quite the right thing to do. Worse, while Lucretia would recover, the heroes destroyed their only chance to live their own lives in their own timeline, with their own lives. Pogo would never be with Beru again; the Earthen Heart inheritors cannot even pay respect to their Shifu anymore and their style would be forgotten due to their disappearance; Oboromaru will never be able to fulfill his promise with Sakamoto Ryoma (and he'll end up getting assassinated without Oboromaru to protect him) or take on missions from the Enma clan again; Sundown Kid will never see the people of Success Town flourishing again or do some usual friendly duel with Mad Dog with his renewed vigor again; Masaru won't be able to defend his title as the Strongest again as eventually his title will be taken away by that mysterious person due to his absence; Akira can never visit his orphanage, Toei and the Steel Titan again; Cube will never meet Kato and Darthe again, nor will he be able to witness Earth from his time period. They have to start from scratch. That's your neutral ending, folks. [[SarcasmMode A bit better than the bad ends, they said...]]

-->'''Oersted:''' "[[MyGodWhatHaveIDone Are these my hands, stained black with blood and sin?]]"

** It gets worse if you name Oersted after yourself. Kids back in 1994 tend to name their HelloInsertNameHere protagonists after themselves, meaning that they get to see in shock when they get '''broken down in what can be summed up as one of the most depressing and hopeless RPG scenarios in history and themselves turned into the villain'''. Mind you, back in the days, most RPG villains are {{Card Carrying Villain}}s or villainous {{Flat Character}}s and the hero of any fantasy setting is often unambiguously on the side of good or are a case of AdaptationalVillainy if the RPG in question was based on a real story, so this can come across as shocking.

** Alethea is absolutely ''ashamed'' of herself, her sprite looking like she's in perpetual mourning. If she didn't kill herself or said she loved Streibough, who knows if Oersted would've been able to find peace? And the worst part is that she ''knows'' that it's all her fault and she will have to carry this sin for the rest of eternity.

* [[FridgeHorror If you took out the]] [[DeathAsComedy comedy from these scenes]], the moments where [[TheyKilledKennyAgain Watanabe's father]] gets killed may make him feel less like a [[TheChewToy Chew Toy]] and more of a [[TheWoobie Woobie]]. The Near Future chapter is the most brutal, as not only does Akira personally know this Watanabe, he later finds out why he's at the orphanage; [[ReforgedIntoAMinion Cindelman turned his father into the Liquid Human W-1]], and after having to destroy him, [[DyingAsYourself his last words were]] him asking how his son was at the orphanage. It's presumed Akira [[AwfulTruth never tells Watanabe the fate of his father]].

** While Pogo's Chapter is [[Funny/LiveALive comedic gold]], [[TearJerker the chapter moves into heartrending territory]] after Pogo saves Beru from Zaki the first time. The trio jumps for joy, until Pogo's Chieftain says that Beru can't stay in the tribe. Pogo tries to defend her, which angers the Chief, [[TheExile resulting in getting himself, Gori, and Beru exiled.]] Fortunately, at the end of the chapter, after the trio, along with [[HeelFaceTurn Zaki]]'s help, kill Odo, the [[HeelRaceTurn Ku and Pogo's Tribe make peace,]] [[EarnYourHappyEnding allowing for the trio to come home.]]

** While Pogo's Chapter is [[Funny/LiveALive comedic gold]], [[TearJerker the chapter moves into heartrending territory]] after Pogo saves Beru from Zaki the first time. The trio jumps for joy, until Pogo's Chieftain says that Beru can't stay in the tribe. Pogo tries to defend her, which angers the Chief, [[TheExile resulting in getting himself, Gori, and Bel exiled.]] Fortunately, at the end of the chapter, after the trio, along with [[HeelFaceTurn Zaki]]'s help, kill Odo, the [[HeelRaceTurn Ku and Pogo's Tribe make peace,]] [[EarnYourHappyEnding allowing for the trio to come home.]]

*** It gets sadder when you realized that Pogo, due to coming from an era where the smartest person alive has the mental power comparable to a present day kindergartener, is pretty much a child in both the physical and mental sense. It could be possible that he himself doesn't fully (if at all) understand the pain Odio, or Oersted in this case, has been through and is only acting nice because it's just in his nature to be kind to (what could very well be in his P.O.V.) a fellow caveman in suffering even though he could never comprehend why he's sad.

** It gets worse if you name Oersted after yourself. Kids back in 1994 tend to name their HelloInsertNameHere protagonists after themselves, meaning that they get to see in shock when they get '''broken down in what can be summed up as one of the most depressing and hopeless RPG scenarios in history and themselves turned into the villain'''. Mind you, back in the days, most RPG villains are {{Card Carrying Villain}}s or villainous {{Flat Character}}s and the hero of any fantasy setting is often unambiguously on the side of good, so this can come across as shocking.

-->'''Lawless:''' Sometimes you gotta own up to your mistakes, consequenes be damned. Am I...am I right? ''(collapses)''

-->'''Lei:''' Shifu? '''[[SkywarmScream SHIFU!!!!]]]'''

** Yun's scenario is made worse because the only reason he survived is that he ''ran away'' (as in he and Shifu had to stop Sun Tzu Wang), knowing that Hong and Lei were outmatched. Imagine how much guilt he's carrying for being the SoleSurvivor.

-->'''Lei:''' Shifu? SHIFU!!!!

** While Pogo's Chapter is [[Funny/LiveALive comedic gold]], [[TearJerker the chapter moves into heartrending territory]] after Pogo saves Beru from Zaki the first time. The trio jumps for joy, until Pogo's Chieftain says that Beru can't stay in the tribe. Pogo tries to defend her, which angers the Chief, [[TheExile resulting in getting himself, Gori, and Bel exiled.]] Fortunately, at the end of the chapter, after the trio, along with [[HeelFaceTurn Zaki]]'s help, kill O-D-O, the [[HeelRaceTurn Ku and Pogo's Tribe make peace,]] [[EarnYourHappyEnding allowing for the trio to come home.]]

** If you play this chapter with Oersted/Odio as the protagonist and win against the heroes without using Armageddon, it reveals that even after falling as hard as he did, Oersted has finally realized that it is LonelyAtTheTop. He visits places like the courtyard where he and Streibough dueled, the nearby village, the dungeon he and Uranus were imprisoned, and Hashhe's grave, implying that deep down, he still longs for his friends and the past days when he was still happy with his life. The last shot is Oersted hanging his head in loneliness and the words "Sad End" or (in the remake) '''"Alone, Victorious. Thus ends his tale."'''. Pretty powerful, even for someone who curses humanity.

** At the end of said scenario, after the pupil eventually proves himself/herself capable of kicking Ou Di Wan Lee's ass, the Master tells him/her how proud he is and dies due to his wounds from Ou Di's assassins, in front of the pupil, rejoining the dead pupils. The pupils' reactions would really invoke sadness, especially when said pupil is Lei, who usually presents herself as a headstrong, impulsive girl, broke down screaming and for once called him 'Master', not just 'Gramps'. In the remake, you can hear Lei's voice wavering as she realizes that he's going to die.

** Even worse, in the Final Chapter you can mind read a bunch of spirits in Akira's dungeon from Oersted's time. One of the spirits is the little boy from the small village who still believed in Oersted even at the very end. Oersted thought there was no one left that believed in him as a hero and became Odio... but there was. The little boy never stopped believing.

** Playing the epilogue with him as the protagonist and winning reveals that even after falling as hard as he did, Oersted has finally realized that it is LonelyAtTheTop. He visits places like the courtyard where he and Streibough dueled, the nearby village, the dungeon he and Uranus were imprisoned, and Hashhe's grave, implying that deep down, he still longs for his friends and the past days when he was still happy with his life. The last shot is Oersted hanging his head in loneliness and the words "Sad End". Pretty powerful, even for someone who curses humanity.

** If you kill Oersted right after defeating Pure Odio, turns out when he still held his sanity, Oersted still loved Alicia as he uttered her name in death. And in turn, some of your protagonists, especially either the Xin Shan Quan inheritors or Masaru, makes a sad remark that either Oersted is kind of relatable despite having to strike him down for punishment and wonders if that's quite the right thing to do. Worse, while Lucretia would recover, the heroes destroyed their only chance to live their own lives in their own timeline, with their own lives. Pogo would never be with Bel again; the Xin Shan Quan inheritors cannot even pay respect to their Shifu anymore and their style would be forgotten due to their disappearance; Oboromaru will never be able to fulfill his promise with Sakamoto Ryoma (and he'll end up getting assassinated without Oboromaru to protect him) or take on missions from the Enma clan again; Sundown Kid will never see the people of Success Town flourishing again or do some usual friendly duel with Mad Dog with his renewed vigor again; Masaru won't be able to defend his title as the Strongest again as eventually his title will be taken away by that mysterious person due to his absence; Akira can never visit his orphanage, Toei and the Buriki Daioh again; Cube will never meet Kato and Darth again, nor will he be able to witness Earth from his time period. They have to start from scratch. That's your neutral ending, folks. [[SarcasmMode A bit better than the bad ends, they said...]]
** It gets worse if you name Oersted after yourself. Kids back in 1994 tend to name their HelloInsertNameHere protagonists after themselves, meaning that they get to see in shock when they get '''broken down in what can be summed up as one of the most depressing and hopeless RPG scenarios in history and themselves turned into the villain'''. Mind you, back in the days, most RPG villains are {{Card Carrying Villain}}s or villainous {{Flat Character}}s and the hero of any fantasy setting is often unambiguously on the side of good, so this can come across as shocking.

** At the end of said scenario, after the pupil eventually proves himself/herself capable of kicking Ou Di Wan Lee's ass, the Master tells him/her how proud he is and dies due to his wounds from Ou Di's assassins, in front of the pupil, rejoining the dead pupils. The pupils' reactions would really invoke sadness, especially when said pupil is Lei, who usually presents herself as a headstrong, impulsive girl, broke down screaming and for once called him 'Master', not just 'Gramps'.

** Alethea is absolutely ''ashamed'' of herself, her sprite looking like she's in perpetual mourning. If she didn't kill herself or said she loved Streibough, who knows if Oersted would've been able to find peace? And the worst part is that she ''knows'' that it's all her fault.

** Alethia is absolutely ''ashamed'' of herself, her sprite looking like she's in perpetual mourning. If she didn't kill herself or said she loved Streibough, who knows if Oersted would've been able to find peace? And the worst part is that she ''knows'' that it's all her fault.

* It gets worse if you name Oersted after yourself. Kids back in 1994 tend to name their HelloInsertNameHere protagonists after themselves, meaning that they get to see in shock when they get '''broken down in what can be summed up as one of the most depressing and hopeless RPG scenarios in history and themselves turned into the villain'''. Mind you, back in the days, most RPG villains are {{Card Carrying Villain}}s or villainous {{Flat Character}}s and the hero of any fantasy setting is often unambiguously on the side of good, so this can come across as shocking.

* It gets worse if you name Oersted after yourself. Kids back in 1994 tend to name their InsertNameHere protagonists after themselves, meaning that they get to see in shock when they get '''broken down in what can be summed up as one of the most depressing and hopeless RPG scenarios in history and themselves turned into the villain'''. Mind you, back in the days, most RPG villains are {{Card-Carrying Villain}}s or villainous {{Flat Character}}s and the hero of any fantasy setting is often unambiguously on the side of good, so this can come across as shocking.