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* The scene between Sheen and Feli in chapter 37 of ''Miserable''. Admit it - you have no soul if you did not THINK of shedding a tear when you read that!
** To elaborate: Sheen, who (aside from injuring Bell) has done nothing wrong throughout the Games and focused his entire being on helping Feli, [[spoiler: suffering an agonizing, drawn-out death]] while wondering what’s going to happen to her when he’s gone. [[TemptingFate Thought it couldn't be sadder?]] Guess again. Feli arrives. Sheen hopes she doesn’t notice him because [[LetThemDieHappy he wants his last memory of her to be happy.]] She sees him, however, [[PleaseDontLeaveMe begs him not to leave her,]] [[AwLookTheyReallyDoLoveEachOther hugs him despite her fear of blood]], and actually [[LastKiss kisses him]]. All while he’s internally apologizing for leaving her defenceless and wishing he didn’t have to die for her to love him back.
** To elaborate: Sheen, who (aside from injuring Bell) has done nothing wrong throughout the Games and focused his entire being on helping Feli, [[spoiler: suffering an agonizing, drawn-out death]] while wondering what’s going to happen to her when he’s gone. [[TemptingFate Thought it couldn't be sadder?]] Guess again. Feli arrives. Sheen hopes she doesn’t notice him because [[LetThemDieHappy he wants his last memory of her to be happy.]] She sees him, however, [[PleaseDontLeaveMe begs him not to leave her,]] [[AwLookTheyReallyDoLoveEachOther hugs him despite her fear of blood]], and actually [[LastKiss kisses him]]. All while he’s internally apologizing for leaving her defenceless and wishing he didn’t have to die for her to love him back.
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* The scene between Sheen and Feli in chapter 37 of ''Miserable''. Admit it - you have no soul if you did not THINK of shedding a tear when you read that!
** To elaborate:Sheen, who (aside from injuring Bell) has done nothing wrong throughout the Games and focused his entire being on helping Feli, [[spoiler: suffering an agonizing, drawn-out death]] while wondering what’s going to happen to her when he’s gone. [[TemptingFate Thought it couldn't be sadder?]] Guess again. Feli arrives. Sheen hopes she doesn’t notice him because [[LetThemDieHappy he wants his last memory of her to be happy.]] She sees him, however, [[PleaseDontLeaveMe begs him not to leave her,]] [[AwLookTheyReallyDoLoveEachOther hugs him despite her fear of blood]], and actually [[LastKiss kisses him]]. All while he’s internally apologizing for leaving her defenceless and wishing he didn’t have to die for her to love him back.
** To elaborate:
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* The entirety of the ending is a mixture of this and CrowningMomentOfHeartwarming. [[spoiler: Igris and Amer both put their lives on the line so that the other has a chance of getting home, and when Igris dies,]] it isn't without having settled his debts with the world and letting his loved ones know how much they mean to him.
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* The entirety of the ending is a mixture of this and CrowningMomentOfHeartwarming.SugarWiki/HeartwarmingMoments. [[spoiler: Igris and Amer both put their lives on the line so that the other has a chance of getting home, and when Igris dies,]] it isn't without having settled his debts with the world and letting his loved ones know how much they mean to him.
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*** Then, to twist the knife even further, Feli returns to camp and [[spoiler: is promptly killed by Magya.]] Many readers’ hearts were broken that day.
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*** Then, to twist the knife even further, Feli returns to camp and [[spoiler: is promptly killed [[MercyKill by Magya.]] ]]]] Many readers’ hearts were broken that day.
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* The emotional farewells Bella and Cattie give Ivan become this once the reader gets far enough to realize [[spoiler: they won’t ever see their brother again.]]
* Drius isn’t particularly likeable, but the fact that [[spoiler: his death]] leaves a two-year-old go grow up without a father is still tragic.
* Riben’s backstory. The poor kid lost his older sister [[spoiler: (China, from Horrible)]] in the Games when he was only five years old, causing him to withdraw into depression and self-imposed isolation for most of his life up until his reaping. His only comfort is the fact that he’ll be able to join her in death, and [[spoiler: even that gets thwarted.]]
* Drius isn’t particularly likeable, but the fact that [[spoiler: his death]] leaves a two-year-old go grow up without a father is still tragic.
* Riben’s backstory. The poor kid lost his older sister [[spoiler: (China, from Horrible)]] in the Games when he was only five years old, causing him to withdraw into depression and self-imposed isolation for most of his life up until his reaping. His only comfort is the fact that he’ll be able to join her in death, and [[spoiler: even that gets thwarted.]]
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* [[spoiler: Cuba dying]] to buy some time for Nada to escape the Careers, as well as her inner monologue as she runs away, grief-stricken and terrified but unwilling to let him die in vain.
** Later, her indirect mention of [[spoiler: Cuba]] when she notes that not all of the people who want her to survive are still alive.
* [[spoiler: Anglynn]] freezing to death in a crack in the ice, abandoned by everyone, even [[spoiler: her imaginary friends.]]
* Ermine’s growing insanity as she comes to realize just how helpless she really is to keep her allies alive – and begins to fear that [[ThereCanBeOnlyOne she might not even want them that way.]]
* It’s understandable under the circumstances, but Holland admitting to Nada’s face that she’d have no qualms with knifing her in the back to ensure her own survival can sting. It’s doubly bad when one remembers that Nada’s previous ally literally [[spoiler: gave up his life to save her.]]
* [[spoiler: Cisca]] killing [[spoiler: Italo]], who merely looks at her in shock and bewilderment before dropping dead. This doubles with her [[ExtremeMeleeRevenge horrific dismemberment]] by Ermine in the previous chapter, which is especially awful seeing as [[spoiler: Cisca]] had essentially been the Careers’ TokenGoodTeammate up until this point and even her murder of [[spoiler: Italo]] was done more out of instinct than anything else.
** To make matters even worse, this is followed by Riben tugging Ermine away from the nearly-dead [[spoiler: Cisca]], tear-stricken at the death of one ally and the other’s descent into madness.
* The following exchange of dialogue between Ermine and Riben, when Ermine goes into a HeroicBSOD following [[spoiler: Italo’s death]]:
--> Riben: If... If you don't mind me bringing it up, weren't you the one that said to never give up, even if you don't know what you're fighting for?
--> Ermine: Yes, I did. But don’t you worry – I know what I’ve been fighting for. And he’s dead now.
* [[spoiler: Ermine’s]] death, arguably a DeathByDespair as she seemed to be dealing with [[spoiler: the poison]] fairly well before [[spoiler: Italo died]] but completely lost her will to live afterwards. Seeing such a strong-willed and resourceful person emotionally shrivelling away to nothing is frightening, to say the least.
* Turk’s rage over [[spoiler: Romania’s]] death, and his subsequent killing of [[spoiler: Holland.]]
* [[spoiler: Nada’s]] death. It’s heartbreaking to see this shy, gentle girl futilely attempt to defend herself against a much stronger opponent before being stabbed in the throat. To the credit of her killer, Turk, not even he wanted to do it, noting that there was “no good reason” to kill her (other than them being the final two) and almost being unable to deal the final blow when he noticed her crying.
* The revelation that [[spoiler: Turk]] died after all, despite everything he had done to keep himself alive.
** The fact that he is remembered only as “a fighter, a killer, a popular tribute” is also saddening, as he was more than a mere Capitolian lapdog and, while he enjoyed brawling, refrained from killing until the very end (and even then did so only out of necessity).
** Later, her indirect mention of [[spoiler: Cuba]] when she notes that not all of the people who want her to survive are still alive.
* [[spoiler: Anglynn]] freezing to death in a crack in the ice, abandoned by everyone, even [[spoiler: her imaginary friends.]]
* Ermine’s growing insanity as she comes to realize just how helpless she really is to keep her allies alive – and begins to fear that [[ThereCanBeOnlyOne she might not even want them that way.]]
* It’s understandable under the circumstances, but Holland admitting to Nada’s face that she’d have no qualms with knifing her in the back to ensure her own survival can sting. It’s doubly bad when one remembers that Nada’s previous ally literally [[spoiler: gave up his life to save her.]]
* [[spoiler: Cisca]] killing [[spoiler: Italo]], who merely looks at her in shock and bewilderment before dropping dead. This doubles with her [[ExtremeMeleeRevenge horrific dismemberment]] by Ermine in the previous chapter, which is especially awful seeing as [[spoiler: Cisca]] had essentially been the Careers’ TokenGoodTeammate up until this point and even her murder of [[spoiler: Italo]] was done more out of instinct than anything else.
** To make matters even worse, this is followed by Riben tugging Ermine away from the nearly-dead [[spoiler: Cisca]], tear-stricken at the death of one ally and the other’s descent into madness.
* The following exchange of dialogue between Ermine and Riben, when Ermine goes into a HeroicBSOD following [[spoiler: Italo’s death]]:
--> Riben: If... If you don't mind me bringing it up, weren't you the one that said to never give up, even if you don't know what you're fighting for?
--> Ermine: Yes, I did. But don’t you worry – I know what I’ve been fighting for. And he’s dead now.
* [[spoiler: Ermine’s]] death, arguably a DeathByDespair as she seemed to be dealing with [[spoiler: the poison]] fairly well before [[spoiler: Italo died]] but completely lost her will to live afterwards. Seeing such a strong-willed and resourceful person emotionally shrivelling away to nothing is frightening, to say the least.
* Turk’s rage over [[spoiler: Romania’s]] death, and his subsequent killing of [[spoiler: Holland.]]
* [[spoiler: Nada’s]] death. It’s heartbreaking to see this shy, gentle girl futilely attempt to defend herself against a much stronger opponent before being stabbed in the throat. To the credit of her killer, Turk, not even he wanted to do it, noting that there was “no good reason” to kill her (other than them being the final two) and almost being unable to deal the final blow when he noticed her crying.
* The revelation that [[spoiler: Turk]] died after all, despite everything he had done to keep himself alive.
** The fact that he is remembered only as “a fighter, a killer, a popular tribute” is also saddening, as he was more than a mere Capitolian lapdog and, while he enjoyed brawling, refrained from killing until the very end (and even then did so only out of necessity).
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* The victor's final fate. [[spoiler: Riben is punished for not killing anybody by being forced to watch his parents tortured to death while his father screams that he hates him, he finally meets a girl he loves, only to have her executed as well, ends up a broken shell of a man, forbidden to form close relationships with anyone and addicted to morphling, and is hinted to die in the Quarter Quell.]]
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* Feli’s panic attack during the Pre-Games, when she realizes she’s in the same room as Lovi was. It’s made even worse by the stylists’ complete indifference to her plight.
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* Feli’s panic attack during the Pre-Games, when she realizes she’s in the same room as Lovi [[CynicismCatalyst Lovi]] was. It’s made even worse by the stylists’ complete indifference to her plight.
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* Shiran’s mother begging, screaming and attempting to fight off the Peacekeepers as her only surviving son is reaped for the Games. It’s especially heartbreaking seeing as she lost [[DeadLittleSister Igris]] mere years earlier, and the two siblings bear a strong resemblance to each other.
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* Feli’s panic attack during the Pre-Games, when she realizes she’s in the same room as [[DeadLittleSister Lovi]] Lovi was. It’s made even worse by the stylists’ complete indifference to her plight.
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* Bell telling her family she loves them before going to bed on the first night, just in case she dies before morning. [[Spoiler: She does.]]
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* Bell telling her family she loves them before going to bed on the first night, just in case she dies before morning. [[Spoiler: [[spoiler: She does.]]
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* [[Spoiler: [[spoiler: Norge’s]] death – even if it allows [[spoiler: Shiran]] to win, it’s still tragic that he failed both in [[spoiler: protecting Ise]] and in returning home to his mother.
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* When Plutonia refuses to let Shiran drown [[spoiler: and dies because of it]].
* The scene between Sheen and Feli in chapter 37 of ''Miserable''. Admit it- you have no soul if you did not THINK of shedding a tear when you read that!
* And then there's also Norge, still fighting to protect Ise, even after [[spoiler: the latter dies and only the readers [[AccidentalMurder know what really happened…]]]]
* The scene between Sheen and Feli in chapter 37 of ''Miserable''. Admit it- you have no soul if you did not THINK of shedding a tear when you read that!
* And then there's also Norge, still fighting to protect Ise, even after [[spoiler: the latter dies and only the readers [[AccidentalMurder know what really happened…]]]]
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* The scene between Sheen and Feli in chapter 37 of ''Miserable''. Admit it- you have no soul if you did not THINK of shedding a tear when you read that!
* And then there's also Norge, still fighting to protect Ise, even after [[spoiler: the latter dies and only the readers [[AccidentalMurder know what really happened…]]]]
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* The entire first half of chapter 34. [[spoiler: Eston is killed by Vahn]], prompting Amer to attack him in vengeance. [[spoiler: Vahn]] suffers a slow and extremely violent death, eventually reduced to sobbing and saying how he "just wanted to go home." To top it off, [[spoiler: Natalya arrives just in time to see her brother's mangled body, and Amer leaves, horror-struck over what he's done]].
* [[spoiler: Sve, fruitlessly pleading with Finni not to die, then closing her eyes once she's succumbed. Her SorryThatImDying moment adds to the tragedy—unable to bring herself to love him, this is the most she can do for him in her last moment.]]
* [[spoiler: Sve, fruitlessly pleading with Finni not to die, then closing her eyes once she's succumbed. Her SorryThatImDying moment adds to the tragedy—unable to bring herself to love him, this is the most she can do for him in her last moment.]]
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* The entire first half of chapter 34. [[spoiler: Eston is killed by Vahn]], prompting Amer to attack him in vengeance. [[spoiler: Vahn]] suffers a slow and extremely violent death, eventually reduced to sobbing and saying how he "just wanted to go home." To top it off, [[spoiler: Natalya Natalya]] arrives just in time to see [[spoiler: her brother's brother's]] mangled body, and Amer leaves, horror-struck over what he's done]].
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* [[spoiler:Sve, Sve]], fruitlessly pleading with Finni [[spoiler: Finni]] not to die, then closing her eyes once she's succumbed. Her SorryThatImDying moment adds to the tragedy—unable tragedy — unable to bring herself to love him, this is the most she can do for him in her last moment.]]
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* Shiran’s mother begging, screaming and attempting to fight off the Peacekeepers as her only surviving son is reaped for the Games. It’s especially heartbreaking seeing as she lost [[DeadLittleSister Igris]] mere years earlier, and the two siblings bear a strong resemblance to each other.
** Even more so, seeing as [[spoiler:
* Norge’s introductory chapter, in which he promises his grief-stricken mother that he’ll come home, and we learn that his father abandoned him as a child.
* The entire character of [[TheWoobie Paliss]] is basically a TearJerker in human form.
* Ise promising to win for his family, even if he has to kill people.
* Feli’s panic attack during the Pre-Games, when she realizes she’s in the same room as [[DeadLittleSister Lovi]] was. It’s made even worse by the stylists’ complete indifference to her plight.
** Not just during the pre-Games – practically any time Feli has a POV in the arena, the poor girl’s practically pleading for the viewers to get her out of there.
* The bloodbath deaths, particularly [[spoiler: Paliss]] being horrifically beaten to death by Journs.
* Bell telling her family she loves them before going to bed on the first night, just in case she dies before morning. [[Spoiler: She does.]]
* Sui [[spoiler: abandoning a mentally-scarred Tina]], knowing that there’s nothing she can do for her and it’s the only way to keep herself safe.
* Sheen’s unsuccessful attempts to make Feli trust him, from wearing himself to exhaustion searching the jungle for her to defending her from a mutt to giving up his food and water. He’s so obviously enamored with her, like a puppy-eyed little schoolboy, but because of the nature of the Games and all the trauma she’s been through, Feli remains completely unaffected by his kindness. Makes you wonder what their relationship could have been like if it hadn’t been for the horrible situation they’re in.
** Made even sadder by the fact that Feli, at one point, begins to realize that he’s not going to hurt her and that she may love him in return, but gives into her fear and continues to distrust him.
* The scene between Sheen and Feli in chapter 37 of ''Miserable''. Admit it - you have no soul if you did not THINK of shedding a tear when you read that!
** To elaborate: Sheen, who (aside from injuring Bell) has done nothing wrong throughout the Games and focused his entire being on helping Feli, [[spoiler: suffering an agonizing, drawn-out death]] while wondering what’s going to happen to her when he’s gone. [[TemptingFate Thought it couldn't be sadder?]] Guess again. Feli arrives. Sheen hopes she doesn’t notice him because [[LetThemDieHappy he wants his last memory of her to be happy.]] She sees him, however, [[PleaseDontLeaveMe begs him not to leave her,]] [[AwLookTheyReallyDoLoveEachOther hugs him despite her fear of blood]], and actually [[LastKiss kisses him]]. All while he’s internally apologizing for leaving her defenceless and wishing he didn’t have to die for her to love him back.
*** Then, to twist the knife even further, Feli returns to camp and [[spoiler: is promptly killed by Magya.]] Many readers’ hearts were broken that day.
* Shiran’s admission that he does realize he’s most likely going to die, but he puts on a happy face for the benefit of his parents, himself, and his ally.
*[[Spoiler: Tina dying,]] still insane and barely comprehending what’s going on around her.
* Osso realizing – and accepting – that despite all his wealth, training and prestige, he’s likely going to die just like any ordinary tribute.
* Sui attempting to bury the guilt she feels over leaving Tina behind to die alone.
* When Plutonia refuses to let Shiran drown [[spoiler: and dies because of it]].
* Shiran being unable to fake a smile anymore after [[spoiler: Plutonia dies,]] he’s weakened by near-drowning, and he realizes his mother heard him say he’s going to die.
* The deaths of [[spoiler: Magya and Osso]] should count, especially since [[spoiler: Magya’s]] been completely devoted to [[MercyKill mercy killing]] throughout the Games, yet doesn’t even consider doing it to [[spoiler: Osso]] until it’s too late because she wants him to recover. Not only that, but as she herself dies, she realizes that, despite the pain, she’d rather live just a little bit longer.
** In addition, there’s her feeling of inadequacy over not being able to put all the other tributes out of their misery.
* Shiran, certain he’s going to die, taking solace in the fact that he’s getting second place like his big brother Igris, wondering if he’s made him proud and saying that he’ll “see him soon.”
* And then there's also Norge, still fighting to protect Ise, even after [[spoiler: the latter dies and only the readers [[AccidentalMurder know what really happened…]]]]
** Norge [[spoiler: accidentally killing Ise in a fit of rage,]] then repressing what he’d done (presumably because he couldn’t bear the guilt.)
*** Not only that, but the fact that he wasn’t just angry, but cracking under the pressure of protecting his little brother in a life-or-death situation and furious that Ise wasn’t doing enough to help himself.
* Shiran, too injured to move, being unable to do anything but wait for death as Norge grows closer and closer with “an axe and a mad look in his eyes.” True, [[spoiler: he ends up surviving,]] but if you don’t know that, it does nothing to ease the tension of the moment.
*[[Spoiler: Norge’s]] death – even if it allows [[spoiler: Shiran]] to win, it’s still tragic that he failed both in [[spoiler: protecting Ise]] and in returning home to his mother.
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*[[spoiler: Lili]] already giving up on living even before [[spoiler: Yao
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* The epilogue. Despite having won the Hunger Games, [[spoiler: Amer is now a broken man, and never really got over the guilt of killing others and losing his allies.]]
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* The epilogue. Despite having won the Hunger Games, [[spoiler: Amer is now a broken man, and never really got over the guilt of killing others and losing his allies.]]
* [[spoiler: Lili already giving up on living even before Angylnn supposedly killed her.]]
* [[spoiler: Lili already giving up on living even before Angylnn supposedly killed her.]]
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* And then there's also Norge, still fighting to protect Ise, even after [[spoiler: the latter dies and only the readers know what really happened…]]happened…]]
* Perdita's reaping. It's not bad enough that she's only twelve, but then she starts thinking about all the things she won't ever be able to do, including attending her upcoming birthday party with "roasting marshmallows and apple cider"...
* Raivis' memory of raiding the candy store with his brothers. There wouldn't be anything particularly sad about it—it's about as fluffy as something can be in the Brutal series—except for the fact that it's a flashback to a whole, happy family, before one member was killed and the other taken off to the same fate.
* Celladora, having to leave her boyfriend and not understanding what he means when he hopes she'll come back as herself.
* Feli, crying hysterically during her goodbyes to Lovi.
* The very concept of tributes who already lost family members to the Games being placed in an arena identical to that in which said family members died should qualify as a tear-jerker. Think of poor [[spoiler: Spain]], assaulted by memories of his sister's death, and Raivis, who goes into full-out panic mode when he thinks he's in the crater where his brother was killed.
* [[spoiler: Perdita, unable to even say goodbye to her family before Wiremu breaks her neck.]]
* Spain blaming himself for not saving [[spoiler: Perdita]], doubting his own morality and internally apologizing to her for "what the Capitol's done to us both."
** Not just [[spoiler: Perdita]]. He does a fair bit of thinking about [[spoiler: the girl he accidentally killed back home]], as well as unintentionally frightening Lovi into hysteria. Seeing such a nice guy honestly believe he's a terrible person is nothing short of heartbreaking.
*** Speaking of Spain and Lovi, how about [[spoiler: her nearly killing him in his sleep, seemingly being unable to do it, and then accidentally dropping the hammer and concussing him anyways]]? Or trying in vain to [[spoiler: wake him up before they're both killed]]? For all the grumbling she does about him, her panicked internal monologue towards the end of the story reveals that she truly does care.
* China being abandoned [[spoiler: to die alone]], as well as the guilt this causes Fronce.
* [[spoiler: Taberah's last thoughts being for the father she couldn't save.]]
* It's difficult to find something in Amer's story arc that isn't a tearjerker. The only thing in the world the guy wants is to be a hero, but he ends up failing in every regard: being unable to save any of his friends, losing his humanity to a murderous rage, killing two people and [[spoiler: winning at the cost of Igris' life]], left to deal with his guilt and memories nearly alone. If that's not tragic, I don't know what is.
* [[spoiler: Raivis dying from the cyan vine's poison]] as his friends can only watch in horror. Amer's desperate attempts to save him make it even worse.
* The entire first half of chapter 34. [[spoiler: Eston is killed by Vahn]], prompting Amer to attack him in vengeance. [[spoiler: Vahn]] suffers a slow and extremely violent death, eventually reduced to sobbing and saying how he "just wanted to go home." To top it off, [[spoiler: Natalya arrives just in time to see her brother's mangled body, and Amer leaves, horror-struck over what he's done]].
* [[spoiler: Sve, fruitlessly pleading with Finni not to die, then closing her eyes once she's succumbed. Her SorryThatImDying moment adds to the tragedy—unable to bring herself to love him, this is the most she can do for him in her last moment.]]
* Amer, unable to so much as look at the death recap because he can't bear seeing the faces of his dead allies and victims.
* Sve and Natalya, completely losing the will to live after [[spoiler: the deaths of their love interests. There's also the way in which they FaceDeathWithDignity, holding each other's hands as they jump into the fire "and the peace beyond."]]
* Amer's reaction to Igris telling Fronce to "go die." It might be a casual line to them, but Amer has lost friends, and to him, it's extremely DudeNotFunny [[spoiler: Also doubles as HarsherInHindsight, seeing what happens to Fronce in a few chapters…]]
* He might be a bit of a self-centered idiot, but it's impossible not to feel something for Rome when [[spoiler: he's stabbed in the back by his ally/love interest and dies croaking out her name]].
* In another example of SympathyForTheDevil, Ania being tormented by nightmares of the people she's killed.
* [[TheStoic Igris]] actually crying over [[spoiler: [[VitriolicBestBuds Fronce's]] death, and finally bringing himself to [[AwLookTheyReallyDoLoveEachOther call him his friend.]] ]]
* [[spoiler: Gries dying, thinking that she "lost after all."]]
* The entirety of the ending is a mixture of this and CrowningMomentOfHeartwarming. [[spoiler: Igris and Amer both put their lives on the line so that the other has a chance of getting home, and when Igris dies,]] it isn't without having settled his debts with the world and letting his loved ones know how much they mean to him.
* The epilogue. Despite having won the Hunger Games, [[spoiler: Amer is now a broken man, and never really got over the guilt of killing others and losing his allies.]]
* Perdita's reaping. It's not bad enough that she's only twelve, but then she starts thinking about all the things she won't ever be able to do, including attending her upcoming birthday party with "roasting marshmallows and apple cider"...
* Raivis' memory of raiding the candy store with his brothers. There wouldn't be anything particularly sad about it—it's about as fluffy as something can be in the Brutal series—except for the fact that it's a flashback to a whole, happy family, before one member was killed and the other taken off to the same fate.
* Celladora, having to leave her boyfriend and not understanding what he means when he hopes she'll come back as herself.
* Feli, crying hysterically during her goodbyes to Lovi.
* The very concept of tributes who already lost family members to the Games being placed in an arena identical to that in which said family members died should qualify as a tear-jerker. Think of poor [[spoiler: Spain]], assaulted by memories of his sister's death, and Raivis, who goes into full-out panic mode when he thinks he's in the crater where his brother was killed.
* [[spoiler: Perdita, unable to even say goodbye to her family before Wiremu breaks her neck.]]
* Spain blaming himself for not saving [[spoiler: Perdita]], doubting his own morality and internally apologizing to her for "what the Capitol's done to us both."
** Not just [[spoiler: Perdita]]. He does a fair bit of thinking about [[spoiler: the girl he accidentally killed back home]], as well as unintentionally frightening Lovi into hysteria. Seeing such a nice guy honestly believe he's a terrible person is nothing short of heartbreaking.
*** Speaking of Spain and Lovi, how about [[spoiler: her nearly killing him in his sleep, seemingly being unable to do it, and then accidentally dropping the hammer and concussing him anyways]]? Or trying in vain to [[spoiler: wake him up before they're both killed]]? For all the grumbling she does about him, her panicked internal monologue towards the end of the story reveals that she truly does care.
* China being abandoned [[spoiler: to die alone]], as well as the guilt this causes Fronce.
* [[spoiler: Taberah's last thoughts being for the father she couldn't save.]]
* It's difficult to find something in Amer's story arc that isn't a tearjerker. The only thing in the world the guy wants is to be a hero, but he ends up failing in every regard: being unable to save any of his friends, losing his humanity to a murderous rage, killing two people and [[spoiler: winning at the cost of Igris' life]], left to deal with his guilt and memories nearly alone. If that's not tragic, I don't know what is.
* [[spoiler: Raivis dying from the cyan vine's poison]] as his friends can only watch in horror. Amer's desperate attempts to save him make it even worse.
* The entire first half of chapter 34. [[spoiler: Eston is killed by Vahn]], prompting Amer to attack him in vengeance. [[spoiler: Vahn]] suffers a slow and extremely violent death, eventually reduced to sobbing and saying how he "just wanted to go home." To top it off, [[spoiler: Natalya arrives just in time to see her brother's mangled body, and Amer leaves, horror-struck over what he's done]].
* [[spoiler: Sve, fruitlessly pleading with Finni not to die, then closing her eyes once she's succumbed. Her SorryThatImDying moment adds to the tragedy—unable to bring herself to love him, this is the most she can do for him in her last moment.]]
* Amer, unable to so much as look at the death recap because he can't bear seeing the faces of his dead allies and victims.
* Sve and Natalya, completely losing the will to live after [[spoiler: the deaths of their love interests. There's also the way in which they FaceDeathWithDignity, holding each other's hands as they jump into the fire "and the peace beyond."]]
* Amer's reaction to Igris telling Fronce to "go die." It might be a casual line to them, but Amer has lost friends, and to him, it's extremely DudeNotFunny [[spoiler: Also doubles as HarsherInHindsight, seeing what happens to Fronce in a few chapters…]]
* He might be a bit of a self-centered idiot, but it's impossible not to feel something for Rome when [[spoiler: he's stabbed in the back by his ally/love interest and dies croaking out her name]].
* In another example of SympathyForTheDevil, Ania being tormented by nightmares of the people she's killed.
* [[TheStoic Igris]] actually crying over [[spoiler: [[VitriolicBestBuds Fronce's]] death, and finally bringing himself to [[AwLookTheyReallyDoLoveEachOther call him his friend.]] ]]
* [[spoiler: Gries dying, thinking that she "lost after all."]]
* The entirety of the ending is a mixture of this and CrowningMomentOfHeartwarming. [[spoiler: Igris and Amer both put their lives on the line so that the other has a chance of getting home, and when Igris dies,]] it isn't without having settled his debts with the world and letting his loved ones know how much they mean to him.
* The epilogue. Despite having won the Hunger Games, [[spoiler: Amer is now a broken man, and never really got over the guilt of killing others and losing his allies.]]
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* The scene between Sheen and Feli in chapter 37 of ''Miserable''. Admit it- you have no soul if you did not THINK of shedding a tear when you read that!
* And then there's also Norge, still fighting to protect Ise, even after [[spoiler: the latter dies and only the readers know what really happened…]]
* The scene between Sheen and Feli in chapter 37 of ''Miserable''. Admit it- you have no soul if you did not THINK of shedding a tear when you read that!
* And then there's also Norge, still fighting to protect Ise, even after [[spoiler: the latter dies and only the readers know what really happened…]]
