History TearJerker / SamuraiWarriors

** Legend of the Akechi: Akechi Mitsuhide successfully defeats both the Hashiba and Oda clans after his betrayal and has gathered a group of loyal vassals in Motochika, Munenori, Sakon, and Koshosho. However, in battle against the Mori clan led by Takakage, Gracia (who is the Strategist for that battle) comes up with a good strategy on paper but which, unbeknownst to her, has a glaring hole that the Mori has taken advantage of before. The end result is that at a crucial point in the battle, Motochika, Munenori, and Sakon are all assassinated and while the battle is won, the knowledge that it was her strategy which led to the deaths of the three ends up scarring her badly. Though some other fans may deem this instead as a WhatAnIdiot moment for both Gracia and/or Mitsuhide.

* The first true tearjerker is Battle of Nagashino. If you think Takeda's side of Nagashino was always hopeless in the previous games (except for some alternate scenarios where Shingen lived and thus become commander instead of Katsuyori), this game has just notched this UpToEleven. The ''sheer'' hopelessness for the Takeda is reflected by [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V3ZfvDNPBDI&list=PLhHL5Gs1wmD0W4UQL3HVaGdyatDZMakd5&index=15 this track]] while you're ForcedToWatch Takeda's key retainers are ruthlessly massacred by batallion of riflemen '''''one by one''''', including Masayuki's two older brothers! Seriously, the whole stage is basically "PlayerPunch: The Game".

* Kojiro Sasaki's ending. Full stop. Kojiro succeeded in killing Musashi Miyamoto, he proceeds to mock the Greatest Swordsman in All the Land by gloating that he oh-so deserved the "beautiful death" Kojiro gave him. But as Kojiro saw that Musashi didn't respond or listen to his gloating, he stops and asks "You're not really...gone?" This would ultimately prove to be Kojiro's DespairEventHorizon, eventually asking to himself "[[MyGodwhathaveIdone What have I...?]]"

* Sanada chapter ending. While we know that Yukimura is pretty much doomed, we get to see [[AdultFear Nobuyuki's eye filled with sheer horror of his little brother rushing to his death]]. Cue to a flashback where the two siblings were sparring during childhood... only to switch to the same place in the present, where Nobuyuki mourns for Yukimura (and his voice goes from shaking to crying) while promising to protect the future they created.

* No's death at the [[WhamEpisode Retreat of Kanegasaki]], beforehand, it was customary for her to die with Nobunaga at Honnoji but in this version instead she is killed during the retreat, TakingTheBullet for Nobunaga to save his life. We had seen her go from a cold, stoic, individual who obeyed her Father's commands without question to someone who can smile and laugh having fallen in love with Nobunaga and dying in his arms. Her death is the start of Nobunaga's descent from an Idealistic Hero who wants to save the land to becoming The Demon King he is known for.

* Hanbei's death also hits pretty hard in this iteration, especially after playing as him in the two battles that lead up to. He will ''not'' give up until Kanbei is rescued, even though going to battle is what ultimately extinguishes the rest of his life force. Doubly so if you trigger his unique objective titled, "My Final Duty."

* Hanbei's death also hits pretty hard in this iteration, especially after playing as him in the two battles that lead up to. He will ''not'' give up until Kanbei is rescued, even though going to battle is what ultimately extinguishes the rest of his life force.