History TearJerker / SenranKagura

* Katsuragi's story. All of this time she has been looking for her parents who were also ninjas as well and they are are alive. [[spoiler:Until in Shinovi Versus, she had to defeat Yozakura or her parents will be killed, [[SadisticChoice however Yokazura would only accept defeat if Katsuragi killed her.]] She takes the risk of sacrificing her parents, her loved ones who she had been looking for since she was a child and had the opportunity to see them again, because she knew that her parents would not want her to make such a decision.]] Honestly, you can't help but want to give the harassing blonde a hug.
** Also counts as heartwarming, after Yokazura realizes that Katsuragi's parents [[spoiler:are the same shinobi she and the Gessen Girls' begged to not kill Kurokage.]] She not only realizes Katsuragi's pain, but how Kurokage would feel if she died, and finally accepts defeat.
** The way the anime shows Katsuragi's story is hard to watch: [[spoiler:It shows her as a little as she can do nothing as her parents are taken away, leaving her on the rainy grass, unable to anything other than bawling her eyes out.]] It's even part of the OP.
* Really? No mention of the climax of Skirting Shadows with [[spoiler:the end of Crimson Homura's final boss fight. Whenever you finish a mission as Asuka, it always ends with her jumping with joy, doing a short twirl and end off with a playful salute along with the congratulatory music. ....None of that happens here. She is completely still; her face is contorted with sorrow with no sound other than the wind.]]
** Same thing with Crimson Girls on the other side with [[spoiler:the end of the final boss fight against Ultimate Asuka. Whenever you normally finish a mission as Homura, it always ends with a BadassArmfold after sheathing her katanas before a smug smile along with the congratulatory music. No such thing here, just Crimson Homura clenching her fist as she looks at the blood-red sky, the wind blowing as sorrow overtakes her before being consumed into Orochi's body, begging Asuka, her friend and rival to free her and her Hebijo friends. Thankfully, they all get better.]]
* The deaths of [[spoiler:''everyone in the other schools'']] in the Hebijo route of Shinovi Versus. [[spoiler:All of their last words involve them either pitifully begging for their lives, tearfully apologizing to their fallen comrades, or desperately insisting they can still fight even as they bleed out. We've been following these girls for almost a dozen games, and now they're gone, all because of Miyabi's single minded obsession with restoring Hebijo's honor.]]
** [[spoiler:Ikaruga's death deserves a special mention. She actually manages to survive her battle with Murasaki long enough to warn Yomi about Murasaki's power before collapsing from her wounds, her last words before finally bleeding out tearfully telling Yomi that she believes in her. Murasaki's casually mocking her for surviving only to show up and saw a few words before dropping dead does ''not'' help.]]

* The ending of the first episode of the anime's second season. Asuka is ambushed by Gekko and Senko, who reveal they've taken the rest of her Hanzo team hostage, and proceed to utterly demolish her in battle. The episode ends with a thoroughly defeated Asuka crumbling to the ground and crying broken tears.
* A more Meta example is the future of the series being murky as a result of [[ExecutiveMeddling Sony's new policies on sexual content]], first affecting Burst Re:Newal's localization with it's removal of Intimacy mode and now trapping the much anticipated 'Senran Kagura 7' further in DevelopmentHell. It's gotten so bad that beloved series producer Kenichiro Takaki has left Marvelous to start an entirely new multimedia project. Though he is still sticking around to help make the game, he won't be as involved with it and will leave the rest of the work to Marvelous. Takaki has promised that the game will release eventually, but given the current landscape for games with {{Fanservice}} on Sony platforms, it will not be the same [[{{Vaporware}} assuming that it even gets released in the first place]]...

** Same thing with Crimson Girls on the other side with [[spoiler:the end of the final boss fight against Ultimate Asuka. Whenever you normally finish a mission as Homura, it always ends with a BadassArmfold after sheathing her katanas along with a smug smile along with the congratulatory music. No such thing here, just Crimson Homura clenching her fist as she looks at the blood-red sky, the wind blowing as sorrow overtakes her before being consumed into Orochi's body, begging Asuka, her friend and rival to free her and her Hebijo friends. She gets better, though.]]

** Same thing with Crimson Girls on the other side with [[spoiler:the end of the final boss fight against Ultimate Asuka. Whenever you normally finish a mission as Homura, it always ends with a BadassArmfold after sheathing her katanas along with a smug smile along with the congratulatory music. No such thing here, just Crimson Homura clenching her fist with sorrow as she looks at the blood-red sky, the wind blowing as sorrow overtakes her before being consumed into Orochi's body, begging Asuka to free her and her friends. She gets better, though.]]

* Really? No mention of the climax of Skirting Shadows with [[spoiler:the end of Homura's final boss fight. Whenever you finish a mission as Asuka, it always ends with her jumping with joy, doing a short twirl and end off with a playful salute along with the congratulatory music. ....None of that happens here. She is completely still; her face is contorted with sorrow with no sound other than the wind.]]

* Ikaruga's HeroicBSOD during the Hanzo scenario in ''Peach Beach Splash.'' The thought of graduating and leaving everyone behind at Hanzo Academy has left her ''very'' depressed.

* A more Meta example is the future of the series being murky as a result of [[ExecutiveMeddling Sony's new policies on sexual content]], first affecting Burst Re:Newal's localization with it's removal of Intimacy mode and now trapping the much anticipated 'Senran Kagura 7' further in DevelopmentHell. It's gotten so bad that beloved series producer Kenichiro Takaki has left Marvelous to start an entirely new multimedia project. Though he is still sticking around to help make the game, he won't be as involved with it and will leave the rest of the work to Marvelous. Takaki has promised that the game will release eventually, but given the current landscape for games with {{Fanservice}} on Sony platforms, it will not be the same..

* A more Meta example is the future of the series being murky as a result of [[ExecutiveMeddling Sony's new policies on sexual content]], first affecting Burst Re:Newal's localization and now trapping the much anticipated 'Senran Kagura 7' further in DevelopmentHell. It's gotten so bad that beloved series producer Kenichiro Takaki has left Marvelous to start an entirely new multimedia project. Though he is still sticking around to help make the game, he won't be as involved with it and will leave the rest of the work to Marvelous. Takaki has promised that the game will release eventually, but given the current landscape for games with Fanservice in Sony, it will not be the same..

* A more Meta example is the future of the series being murky as a result of [[ExecutiveMeddling Sony's new policies on sexual content]], first affecting Burst Re:Newal's localization and now trapping the much anticipated 'Senran Kagura 7' further in DevelopmentHell. It's gotten so bad that beloved series producer Kenichiro Takaki has left Marvelous to start an entirely new multimedia project. Though he is still sticking around to help make the game, he won't be as involved with it and will leave the rest of the work to Marvelous. Takaki has promised that the game will release eventually, but given the current landscape for games with fanservice in Sony, it will not be the same..

* A more Meta example is the future of the series being murky as a result of Sony's new policies on sexual content, first affecting Burst Re:Newal's localization and now trapping the much anticipated 'Senran Kagura 7' further in DevelopmentHell. It's gotten so bad that beloved series producer Kenichiro Takaki has left Marvelous to start an entirely new multimedia project. Though he is still sticking around to help make the game, he won't be as involved with it and will leave the rest of the work to Marvelous. Takaki has promised that the game will release eventually, but given the current landscape for games with fanservice in Sony, it will not be the same..

* A more Meta example is the future of the series being murky as a result of Sony's new policies on sexual content, first affecting Burst Re:Newal's localization and now trapping the much anticipated 'Senran Kagura 7' further in DevelopmentHell. It's gotten so bad that beloved series producer Kenichiro Takaki has left Marvelous to start an entirely new multimedia project. Though he is still sticking around to help make the game, he won't be as involved with it and will leave the rest of the work to Marvelous. Takaki has promised that the game will release eventually, but given the current landscape for games with fanservice in Sony games, it will not be the same..

* A more Meta example is the future of the series being murky as a result of Sony's new policies on sexual content, first affecting Burst Re:Newal's localization and now trapping the much anticipated 'Senran Kagura 7' further in DevelopmentHell. It's gotten so bad that beloved series producer Kenichiro Takaki has left Marvelous to start an entirely new multimedia project. Though he is still sticking around to help make the game, he won't be as involved with it and will leave the rest of the work to Marvelous. Takaki has promised that the game will release eventually, but given the current landscape for fanservice in Sony games, it will not be the same..

* A more Meta example is the future of the series being murky as a result of Sony's new policies on sexual content, first affecting Burst Re:Newal's localization and now trapping the much anticipated SK7 further in DevelopmentHell. It's gotten so bad that beloved series producer Kenichiro Takaki has left Marvelous. Though he is still sticking around to help make the game, he won't be as involved with it and will leave the rest of the work to Marvelous. Takaki has promised that the game will release eventually, but given the current landscape for fanservice in Sony games, it will not be the same..

* The ending of the first episode of the anime's second season. Asuka is ambushed by Gekko and Senko, who reveal they've taken the rest of her Hanzo team hostage, and proceed to utterly demolish her in battle. The episode ends with a thoroughly defeated Asuka crumbling to the ground and crying broken tears.

* The endings from ''Reflexions'' that reveal the girls are so weighed down by their IJustWantToBeNormal desires that they ended up trapped inside a shinobi barrier created by their subconscious. When the player helps free them, [[ButNowIMustGo they have to return to being shinobi and leave]].

* Also from ''Estival Versus'', the Gessen girls and their final farewells with Kurokage and Miyabi's final meeting and parting with her mother. The entire last 1/4 of the story mode is full of these moments.

** [[spoiler:Ikaruga's death deserves a special mention. She actually manages to survive her battle with Muraski long enough to warn Yomi about Murasaki's power before collapsing from her wounds, her last words before finally bleeding out tearfully telling Yomi that she believes in her. Murasaki's casually mocking her for surviving only to show up and saw a few words before dropping dead does ''not'' help.]]

* Really? No mention of the climax of Portrait of Girls with [[spoiler:the end of Homura's final boss fight. Whenever you finish a mission as Asuka, it always ends with her jumping with joy, doing a short twirl and end off with a playful salute along with the congratulatory music. ....None of that happens here. She is completely still; her face is contorted with sorrow with no sound other than the wind.]]

* Really? No mention of the climax of Portrait of Girls with [[spoiler:the end of Homura's final boss fight. Whenever you finish a mission as Asuka, it always ends with her jumping with joy, do a little twirl and end off with a playful salute along with the congratulatory music. ....None of that happens here. She is completely still; her face is contorted with sorrow with no sound other than the wind.]]

* Pretty much any scene between Ryobi and her temporarily resurrected sister Ryoki. That she told Ryoki that she wished Ryoki would die on-mission shortly before she actually did die on mission has lead her to no small amount of grief.

** [[spoiler:Ikaruga's death deserves a special mention. She actually manages to survive her battle with Muraski long enough to warn Yomi about Murasaki's power before collapsing from her wounds, her last words before finally bleeding out tearfully telling Yomi that she believes in her. Murasaki's casually mocking her for surviving only to show up and saw a few words before dropping dead does ''not'' help.]]

* Katsuragi's story. All of this time she has been looking for her parents who were also ninjas as well and they are are alive. [[spoiler:Until in Shinovi Versus, [[SadisticChoice she either had to kill Yozakura or her parents will be killed.]] She takes the risk of sacrificing her parents, her loved ones who she had been looking for since she was a child and had the opportunity to see them again, because she knew that her parents would not want her to make such a decision.]] Honestly, you can't help but want to give the harassing blonde a hug.

* The deaths of [[spoiler:''everyone in the other schools'']] in the Hebijo route of Shinovi Versus. [[spoiler:All of their last words involve them either pitifully begging for their lives, tearfully apologizing to their fallen comrades, or desperately insisting they can still fight even as they bleed out. We've been following these girls for almost a dozen games, and now they're gone, all because of Miyabi's single minded obsession with restoring Hebijo's honor.]]

* Katsuragi's story. All of this time she has been looking for her parents who were also ninjas as well and they are are alive. [[spoiler:Until in Shinovi Versus, [[SadisticChoice she either had to kill Yozakura or her parents will be killed.]] She takes the risk of sacrificing her parents, her loved ones who she had been looking for since she was a child and had the opportunity to see them again, because she knew that her parents would not want her to make such a decision.]] Honestly, you can't help but want to give the harassing blonde a hug.

* Katsuragi's story. All of this time she has been looking for her parents who were also ninjas as well and they are are alive. [[spoiler:Until in Shinovi Versus, she either had to kill Yozakura or her parents will be killed. She takes the risk of sacrificing her parents, her loved ones who she had been looking for since she was a child and had the opportunity to see them again, because she knew that her parents would not want her to make such a decision.]] Honestly, you can't help but want to give the harassing blonde a hug.

** Not to mention Katsuragi's story. All of this time she has been looking for her parents who were also ninjas as well and they are are alive. [[spoiler:Until in Shinovi Versus, she either had to kill Yozakura or her parents will be killed. She takes the risk of sacrificing her parents, her loved ones who she had been looking for since she was a child and had the opportunity to see them again, because she knew that her parents would not want her to make such a decision.]] Honestly, you can't help but want to give the harassing blonde a hug.