History TearJerker / SilverSpoon

* [[spoiler: Butadon (Pork Bowl) being taken away to be slaughtered.]] Even Tokiwa shed a tear for the poor thing.

** It becomes worse after he [[spoiler:collapses after all the hard work he has done for the Yezo High Festival and ends up in the hospital]]. They aren't ''just'' distant. Hachiken's dad doesn't have faith in what his son chose for his education. In fact, the bacon that he sent to his family? [[spoiler:He didn't approve of it.]] It's heartbreaking. And Shingo? Let's say that he is also distant from his father.

* The stunned looks on everyone's faces - [[spoiler:teammates, audience, friends and family watching from home, and Komaba himself]] - when [[spoiler:the champion team wins the qualifying match against Yezo High at the last minute]]. The moment drags on for ''pages'', and it's absolutely agonizing to watch as the consequences of what just happened sink in for everyone.
** [[spoiler: Followed up by Komaba's quietly dignified thank-you-for-everything to his equally devastated teammate, ''and'' the reveal that he didn't show up to school the next day...or the next ''week''.]] [[SarcasmMode Twist the knife harder, Arakawa, we're not crying tears of]] ''[[TearsOfBlood blood]]'' [[TemptingFate yet!]]
** [[TemptingFate Yet]], [[FromBadToWorse indeed]]. A few chapters later, it was revealed [[spoiler: that the Komabas have been on the verge of losing their farm to bankruptcy for months. The loss damaged Komaba's chances of going pro at exactly the wrong moment, forcing him to drop out of school and find work to support his family]].
** The look on several of the character's faces as [[spoiler:Komaba's]] family cows are being sold off in episode 9 of season 2, all while sad music plays.
* Aki [[spoiler:bravely setting aside her own grief and]] telling Hachiken, with a beautiful and well-chosen metaphor, that he can't fix all his friends' problems and needs to [[spoiler: let the Komabas sort out their own fates]] before he gets dragged in and badly hurt.

** It becomes worse after he [[spoiler:collapses after all the hardwork he has done for the Yezo High Festival and ends up in the hospital]]. They aren't ''just'' distant. Hachiken's dad doesn't have faith in what his son chose for his education. In fact, the bacon that he sent to his family? [[spoiler:He didn't approve of it.]] It's heartbreaking. And Shingo? Let's say that he is also distant from his father.

* Chapter 99: The Komaba twins' determination to succeed ''without'' the help of their brother so that '''they'll''' be the ones looking after both their mother and brother really was heart breaking, considering that they're only barely into elementary school and already mature enough to understand the hardships their family is going through and are willing to sacrifice their childhood to attain a greater good! Manly tears inevitable.

* Aki [[spoiler:bravely setting aside her own grief and]] telling Hachiken, with a beautiful and well-chosen metaphor, that he can't fix all his friends' problems and needs to [[spoiler: let the Komabas sort out their own fates]] before he gets dragged in and badly hurt.

** All of the above was hinted in the Pizza Oven Arc when Yugo's middle school home teacher comes to visit him. The teacher was worried because the last time he had seen Yugo, has was the perfect picture of the overburnt student, with no life beyond studying, in total disconcert and despair when asked about life aspirations beyond that, one bad grade from snapping into {{hikikomori}}. It says something when the ''teacher'' is more concerned about the poor kid's mental wellbeing than his own family.

* It becomes apparent that Hachiken's parents are very distant. After a few ''months'' away from home, his only interaction with them is short text messages composed of one or two school-related questions. Later, Hachiken ends up lost in the woods after dark and his first thought is how Mikage's family will be mad at him for missing out on work. Even [[JerkWithAHeartOfGold Ichiro]] tells him that they'll mostly be worried about him being lost in the woods after dark.

*** There's more to worry about if you think about it.. Remember that Japan has one of the highest rates of suicides committed by students because of their grades. He was worried that, at the rate Yugo was going, the poor boy would've eventually killed himself.

** It becomes worse after he [[spoiler:collapses after all the hardwork he has done for the Yezo High Festival and ends up in the hospital]]. They aren't ''just'' distant. Hachiken's dad doesn't have faith in what his son chose for his education. In fact, the bacon that he sent to his family? [[spoiler:He didn't approve it.]] It's heartbreaking. And Shingo? Let's say that he is also distant from his father.

*** He wasn't just worried about Yugo become a recluse. Remember that Japan has one of the highest rates of suicides committed by students because of their grades. He was worried that, at the rate Yugo was going, the poor boy would've eventually killed himself.

** Latest episodes show that his mother is at least caring enough to be considered a normal parent, and actually shows up at school to see how he's doing, and is relieved to see that he's in good hands. Just that her parenting style is more "free range" in a sense, as evident from Hachiken's older brother.

** All of the above was hinted in the Pizza Oven Arc when Yugo's middle school home teacher comes to visit him. The teacher was worried because the last time he had seen Yugo, has was the perfect picture of the overburnt student, with no life beyond studying, in total disconcert and despair when asked about life aspirations beyond that, one bad grade from snapping into hikkikomori. It says something when the ''teacher'' is more concerned about the poor kid's mental wellbeing than his own family.

** [[TemptingFate Yet]], [[ItGotWorse indeed]]. A few chapters later, it was revealed [[spoiler: that the Komabas have been on the verge of losing their farm to bankruptcy for months. The loss damaged Komaba's chances of going pro at exactly the wrong moment, forcing him to drop out of school and find work to support his family]].

** [[TemptingFate Yet]], [[ItGotWorse indeed]]. A few chapters later, it was revealed [[spoiler: that the Komabas have been on the verge of losing their farm to bankruptcy for months. The loss damaged Komaba's chances of going pro at exactly the wrong moment, forcing him to drop out of school and find work to support his family]].

** [[spoiler: Followed up by Komaba's quietly dignified thank-you-for-everything to his equally devastated teammate, ''and'' the reveal that he didn't show up to school the next day...or the next ''week''.] [[SarcasmMode Twist the knife harder, Arakawa, we're not crying tears of]] ''[[TearsOfBlood blood]]'' [[TemptingFate yet!]]

** [[spoiler:Followed up by Komaba's quietly dignified thank-you-for-everything to his equally devastated teammate, ''and'' the reveal that he didn't show up to school the next day...or the next ''week''.] [[SarcasmMode Twist the knife harder, Arakawa, we're not crying tears of]] ''[[TearsOfBlood blood]]'' [[TemptingFate yet!]]

** [[TemptingFate Yet]], [[ItGotWorse indeed]]. A few chapters later, it was revealed [[that the Komabas have been on the verge of losing their farm to bankruptcy for months. The loss damaged Komaba's chances of going pro at exactly the wrong moment, forcing him to drop out of school and find work to support his family]].

** [[spoiler:Followed up by Komaba's quietly dignified thank-you-for-everything to his equally devastated teammate, ''and'' the reveal that he didn't show up to school the next day...or the next ''week''.]] [[SarcasmMode Twist the knife harder, Arakawa, we're not crying tears of]] ''[[TearsOfBlood blood]]'' [[TemptingFate yet!]]

** [[spoiler:Followed up by Komaba's quietly dignified thank-you-for-everything to his equally devastated teammate, ''and'' the reveal that he didn't show up to school the next day...or the next ''week''.]] Twist the knife harder, Arakawa, we're not crying tears of ''blood'' yet!

** [[spoiler:Followed up by Komaba's quietly dignified thank-you-for-everything to his equally devastated teammate, ''and'' the reveal that he didn't show up to school the next day.]] Twist the knife harder, Arakawa, we're not crying tears of ''blood'' yet!

* The stunned looks on everyone's faces - [[spoiler:teammates, friends and family watching from home, and Komaba himself]] - when [[spoiler:the champion team wins the qualifying match against Yezo High at the last minute]]. The moment drags on for ''pages'', and it's absolutely agonizing to watch as the consequences of what just happened sink in for everyone.

** All of the above was hinted in the Pizza Oven Arc when Yugo's middle school home teacher comes to visit him. The teacher was worried because the last time he had seen Yugo, has was the perfect picture of the overburnt student, with no life beyond studying, in total disconcert and despair when asked about life aspirations beyond that, one bad grade from snapping into hikkikomori. It says something when the ''teacher'' is more concerned about the poor kid's mental wellbeing than his own family.

** It becomes worse after he [[spoiler:collapses after all the hardwork he has done for the Yezo High Festival and ends up in the hospital]]. They aren't ''just'' distant. Hachiken's dad doesn't have faith in what his son chose for his education. In fact, the bacon that he sent to his family? [[spoiler:He didn't approve it.]] It's heartbreaking. And Shingo? Let's say that he is also distant from his father.

** It becomes worse after he [[spoiler:collapses after all the hardwork he has done for the Yezo High Festival and ends up in the hospital]]. They aren't ''just'' distant. Hachiken's dad doesn't have faith in what his son chose for his education. In fact, the bacon that he sent to his family? [[spoiler:He didn't aproved it.]] It's heartbreaking. And Shingo? Let's say that he is also distant from his father.

* It becomes apparent that Hachiken's parents are very distant. After a few ''months'' away from home, his only interaction with them is short text messages composed of one or two school-related questions. Later, Hachiken ends up lost in the woods after dark and his first thought is how Mikage's family will be mad at him for missing out on work. Even [[JerkWithAHeartOfGold Ichiro]] tells him that they'll mostly be worried about him being lost in the woods after dark.

* [[spoiler: Butadon (Pork Bowl) being taken away to be slaughtered.]] Even Tokiwa shed a tear for the poor thing.