History Tearjerker / DiamondInTheRoughTouhou

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* According to those who have messaged Spaztique, this page qualifies.
** To elaborate, [[FromBadToWorse the climax]] accounts for a third of the entries on this page, while [[DownerEnding the ending]] accounts for '''''half''''' '''of the tearjerker entries''', both smashing in those sweet, sweet SadnessTropes and NightmareFuel tropes.

* The [[ShowWithinAShow Movie-Within-A-Movie]], ''A [[PunnyName Majcher]] Mistake''. Starts off as a goofy miniature version of Diamond In The Rough, until [[spoiler:the main character starts murdering children in exchange for sex]], and then [[spoiler:[[RapeIsASpecialKindofEvil rapes Keine]]]] while [[SoundtrackDissonance jaunty Yoshi's Island music plays]].
* Kaguya getting killed by [[spoiler: Brolli]] through an air embolism in episode 10. Brolli's claims of [[KicktheDog "She'll be fine, she's immortal!"]] doesn't make things any better.
* The backstory of [[spoiler:Vic Chaos]] and [[BroadStrokes the truth]] about Arturo and Yuuka. If you didn't hate Arturo the first time, you '''REALLY''' will, this time.
** What's worse is that Yuuka's worst fears came true. [[spoiler: That not only did she get blamed for this incident but also had her flower field, which she let Arturo rape her to protect, burned to the ground]]. And if that wasn't bad enough [[spoiler: she was trying to amend her mistake by letting the human village children survivors live there. Even [[MyGodWhatHaveIDone Vic was horrified when he saw the death he and Mokou caused]]]].
** And also his absolute downfall of what he became. He can barely sleep, fearing Yukari may visit him again. There is absolutely nothing he can do, because who would believe that he went to a fantasy realm and became a killer? People would treat him like a lunatic hobo because the truth would be so outlandish that it would be impossible to find someone that would actually believe in him, not even the tin-foiled conspiracy theorists. [[spoiler:Even if WordOfGod says that he would work to convince kids to not accept Yukari's offer, what exactly he can do about it? It's pretty established those kids who become gappies are nearly hopeless and why should they listen to a lunatic hobo?]]
* A mild one but in episode 12 when Tenshi reveals to Momoi [[spoiler: that she hid that she knew that Brolli was a Gappy from him, in order to manipulate him into involving all of Gensokyo in an incident]]. She starts crying, but just says that [[BlatantLies she doesn't care about doing what she has to do.]]
* The destruction of [[spoiler:the Scarlet Devil Mansion]] and the outcome of the battle between the Diamondback beasts and [[spoiler:Flandre]]. To elaborate, [[spoiler:Hydrus orders the mansion destroyed so they can pin Flandre under the rubble, and when Flandre screams this voids spell card rules, Lepus hypnotizes her and screams, "Screw Spell Card Rules!" While she's stuck, the rest of the beasts gut the entire mansion from the inside, crushing Flandre. The rest of the Scarlet Devil Mansion crew, especially Koakuma, are devastated.]]
* Brolli finally [[spoiler:calling home to his parents]], only to realize [[spoiler:[[YouCantGoHomeAgain going home is no longer an option without serious consequences]]: his cat died since he left him unattended, he has been expelled from school and wanted for truancy, and his parents think Brolli just ran away to Japan "for fun," effectively disowning him]].
* Nitori giving into Brolli's demands and [[spoiler:giving away the weapons of the Kappa Valley so he can make more swords, even though he has more than enough; as Brolli walks away, even Nitori thinks they're doomed.]]

** When it turns out that killing Brolli would resolve the incident, virtually every character is willing to [[AssholeVictim kill him]] [[PayEvilUntoEvil without question]], even [[spoiler:Reisen]], who must [[spoiler:kill him to save herself and their child (knowing he'll go to Hell) or die with him]]. Then [[spoiler:Reimu of all people [[WhatTheHellHero tells them to stop.]]]]
** In the wide scope of things, the Tenshi vs. Brolli battle is sad for some because [[spoiler:Tenshi used to be one of Brolli's [[FightingYourFriend friends]]]]. Imagine if [[spoiler:the person you used to go fishing and playing with caused an entire war to get a ton of people killed]], and that sums up this whole mess in a nutshell.
** The fate of [[spoiler:[[SceneryGorn the Kappa Valley]]]], with a smidge of horror. To hammer in the point, [[spoiler:[[AllForNothing the dead kappa at Nitori's feet is the same one who told her not to give her stuff to Brolli]]]]. And then, [[spoiler:the team that comes to save the survivors are [[CavalryBetrayal forced to kill the survivors]] when they start attacking Brolli]].
** [[spoiler:Sanae]]'s betrayal, which often causes most viewers to turn against [[spoiler:Sanae]] afterwards.
** The [[spoiler:Myouren Temple]] ambush. That's right: [[spoiler:the Myouren Temple, led by Byakuren, who is known in fandom[[note]]canonically, her friendship level is only Medium[[/note]] as one of the nicest characters in Touhou, is forced to gun down Reimu, Sakuya, and Youmu before they save Brolli, who poses an existential threat to the youkai]]. And to make it worse, [[spoiler:it seems Byakuren staged the hostage situation so Reimu and co. would not find out the truth, so shooting them was only a last resort]].
** Brolli's last stand against Tenshi, where he will not only take Tenshi out to stop the incident, but [[spoiler:[[HeroicSuicide let himself die in the process so Gensokyo can feel safe]]]]. The whole time, Brolli is [[ManlyTears crying his eyes out]], knowing [[TearsOfFear he's not only going to die]], but [[DeaderThanDead he's going to Hell once he does die]].
** Brolli's actual death. Whether or not you think he deserves it, the reactions from [[spoiler:Aya, Momiji, and Reisen]] don't make things better.
** Nitori [[spoiler:returning from Youkai Mountain to frame Aya and Momiji for friendly fire when they were really just trying to save Brolli]].
* Brolli's trip across the Sanzu River, where he [[spoiler:realizes he left behind Reisen, he will go to hell, [[ArsonMurderandJaywalking he loses his beret after Komachi said he could keep it]], and when Komachi comes to collect the tax based on how many lives he's touched, he can only give her a thirty mon coin (in comparison, the worst criminals get at least 10000).]]
** Watching [[spoiler:Brolli's beret sink into the Sanzu River]] gets many viewers, and [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gUVdl2qCAEU the music]] really drives home the fact Brolli's end is near. Though, some of them joke about how people feel more sorry for [[spoiler:[[CompanionCube the beret]]]] than [[spoiler:Brolli himself]].
*** [[spoiler: '''[[NotTheChosenOne Brolli]]''': [[HeelRealization I'm not a colonel.]] [[BrokenHero I was gapped here]] [[LateToTheRealization by Yukari.]]]]
* '''[[DownerEnding The Epilogue]]'''. After all that heartache and trauma, [[spoiler:[[TheBadGuyWins all of the villains get away unpunished]] because Brolli was the one considered the big threat, so they are treated like heroes. Meanwhile, all of the "heroes" [[NoGoodDeedGoesUnpunished are punished]] or cross the DespairEventHorizon.]] And it all gets [[FromBadToWorse exponentially worse]] as it goes...

** Reimu, who absolutely hates Gappies, [[spoiler:[[IWishedYouWereDead actually mourns Brolli]] for his attempt to do good]]. Meanwhile, Marisa, who welcomed Brolli into Gensokyo [[spoiler:shrugs Brolli's death off as another expendable Gappy Stu.]]
** Aya and Momiji [[spoiler:are dishonorably discharged from the tengu army and Aya loses funding for the Bunbunmaru Press after being framed by the kappa for treason]].
** Nitori [[spoiler:is treated as a big hero, and the only survivor to know that Nitori is responsible for the Kappa Valley massacre is called a liar.]]
** Sanae [[spoiler:realizes she is indirectly responsible for the deaths of thousands of tengu and kappa in order to save Gensokyo and her shrine from Brolli, only to learn from Tenshi he was an ordinary kid like her.]] Even worse, [[spoiler:Sanae can't do a thing to Tenshi or else she will reveal the truth about the incident to everyone. If the truth got out that thousands died to kill an innocent boy, it would cause an uproar that would make the previous incident look tame. In other words, Tenshi will get away with both causing the incident ''and'' indirectly dragging Sanae across the MoralEventHorizon with her, and there's nothing she can do about it.]] To twist the knife even further, [[spoiler:it turns out Kanako and Suwako were the ones to convince her to do it in the first place.]]
** Tenshi, despite her smug satisfaction for [[spoiler:outsmarting Sanae and the Myouren Temple]], [[spoiler:[[FightingYourFriend didn't want to kill Brolli]]]]. [[spoiler:Brolli was one of her friends, but she saw his death coming anyway for being an untrustworthy Gappy Stu.]] So, she killed him to [[spoiler:[[CruelMercy give him a dignified and heroic death before the rest of Gensokyo could plot a much more sinister death]]]].
** Sakuya wakes up at the Scarlet Mansion, when Remilia reveals that [[spoiler: she didn't send Sakuya to help with the incident, but to get her out of the way with the rest of the incident resolvers so she could aid in Brolli's death]]. In a FreezeFrameBonus, looking at [[spoiler:Byakuren's face]] reveals [[spoiler:she ultimately regrets her decision, and because Tenshi has blackmail on the Myouren temple, there is nothing she can do. Sakuya quietly mourns Brolli as Remilia shrugs it off, insisting that it's payback for the destruction of her mansion. Meanwhile, Patchouli considers doing a similar incident to get rid of Marisa, but Byakuren declines.]]

** Reisen [[spoiler:crosses the DespairEventHorizon after Brolli's death, confining herself to her bed and, despite mentioning how much she loved being in Gensokyo rather than the Lunar Capital, wishes she never left]]. Then, just when you think nothing worse can happen, it does: [[spoiler:because Brolli is so much more powerful than Reisen]], [[spoiler:[[AssPull Eirin informs Tewi that Brolli's DNA is trying to override hers]]]], [[spoiler:[[DiabolusExMachina eventually causing her to]] [[ConvenientMiscarriage miscarry]] [[TragicStillbirth their child]]]]. [[spoiler:Since Tewi had spent the movie teasing Reisen over her romance with Brolli, Eirin forces her against her will to deliver the news.]] The last shot we see is an outside view of the House of Eternity seen for the page image (originally used in a gag when [[spoiler:Brolli first slept with Reisen and presumably got her pregnant]]), leading to this ambiguity: [[spoiler:we don't know if Tewi told her the news or if Reisen found out on her own...]]
** Counting also as NauseaFuel, Yukari [[spoiler:now has Brolli's body, hung up in a [[ImAHumanitarian meat locker]] next to [[TheReveal every other child she's gapped in]]]].
** And finally, for the grand finale! The fate of the beasts: [[spoiler:Lepus, Velupe, and Hydrus will forever be [[FateWorseThanDeath locked in Brolli's body as it decays over time]], without death or hope of escape, as the [[AndIMustScream lack of space crushes them for eternity]].]] Particularly heartbreaking is Lepus: the [[EnsembleDarkhorse most likable of the Diamondback beasts]] is [[spoiler:reduced to a sobbing mess at the thought he is going to die. However, when Velupe reveals they're going to be trapped forever, all Lepus can do is scream until he is muffled by Brolli's collapsing mind]].
** When it finally cuts back to Brolli, [[spoiler:he is so far past the DespairEventHorizon that he is ''begging'' to be sent to Hell. Shiki then reveals because he actually feels regret and remorse over his actions, [[AssPull he gets one more chance]], just as long as he realizes that it's not what he has, but ''who he is'' that matters. As he's being reincarnated, Brolli asks 'Who am I?' and Komachi says 'For how much you cared about Gensokyo, I'll tell you who you are, you WERE different!' and hugs Brolli.]]

* When looked at from a wide view, the fact ''everyone'' is responsible for Brolli's death and the incident that caused it. Initially, Yukari promises Brolli power, which lures him to Gensokyo. Once he's there, Marisa entices Brolli into selfishness and Reimu pushes him away from doing the right thing. Then, [[spoiler:Sanae lures him away from Reimu by being a fellow outsider, despite her lack of knowledge, and Reisen lures him away from Yukari, teaching him that maybe giving into the luxury of Gensokyo is a good idea]]. As a result of Brolli's resulting hedonism, [[spoiler:Aya is forced to publish a news article on Brolli to detail his weaknesses to protect the Tengu Village, the Moriya Shrine goddesses must employ Tenshi and the Myouren Temple to protect their shrine, Tenshi must make a giant incident to get back at the people who want to kill Brolli, the Myouren Temple must mask the fact they're trying to kill Brolli to keep their followers, and Nitori is too much of a pushover to say no to Brolli taking the Kappa Valley's weapons]]. Ignoring that Yukari was the original cause by gapping in Brolli, the ensuing chaos of the ending is [[EverybodyDidIt everyone's fault]].

* [[IdiotPlot When looked at from a wide view, the fact ''everyone'' is responsible for Brolli's death and the incident that caused it]]. Initially, Yukari promises Brolli power, which lures him to Gensokyo. Once he's there, Marisa entices Brolli into selfishness and Reimu pushes him away from doing the right thing. Then, [[spoiler:Sanae lures him away from Reimu by being a fellow outsider, despite her lack of knowledge, and Reisen lures him away from Yukari, teaching him that maybe giving into the luxury of Gensokyo is a good idea]]. As a result of Brolli's resulting hedonism, [[spoiler:Aya is forced to publish a news article on Brolli to detail his weaknesses to protect the Tengu Village, the Moriya Shrine goddesses must employ Tenshi and the Myouren Temple to protect their shrine, Tenshi must make a giant incident to get back at the people who want to kill Brolli, the Myouren Temple must mask the fact they're trying to kill Brolli to keep their followers, and Nitori is too much of a pushover to say no to Brolli taking the Kappa Valley's weapons]]. Ignoring that Yukari was the original cause by gapping in Brolli, the ensuing chaos of the ending is [[EverybodyDidIt everyone's fault]].

* Kaguya getting killed by [[spoiler: Brolli]] through an air embolism in episode 10. Brolli's claims of [[KicktheDog"She'll be fine, she's immortal!"]] doesn't make things any better.

* A mild one but in episode 12 when Tenshi reveals to Momoi [[spoiler: that she hid that she knew that Brolli was a Gappy from him, in order to manipulate him into involving all of Gensokyo in an incident]]. She starts crying, but just says that [[JustSandinMyEyes she doesn't care about doing what she has to do.]]

** The fate of [[spoiler:[[SceneryGorn the Kappa Valley]]]], with a smidge of horror. To hammer in the point, [[spoiler:[[AllForNothingthe dead kappa at Nitori's feet is the same one who told her not to give her stuff to Brolli]]]]. And then, [[spoiler:the team that comes to save the survivors are [[CavalryBetrayal forced to kill the survivors]] when they start attacking Brolli]].

* According to those who have messaged Spaztique, '''this page alone.'''
** To elaborate, [[FromBadToWorse the climax]] accounts for a third of the entries on this page, while [[DownerEnding the ending]] accounts for '''''half''''' '''of the tearjerker entries''', both extremely dense in SadnessTropes and NightmareFuel tropes.

* The [[ShowWithinAShow Movie-Within-A-Movie]], ''A [[PunnyName Majcher]] Mistake''. Starts off as a goofy miniature version of Diamond In The Rough, until [[spoiler:the main character starts murdering children in exchange for sex]], and then [[spoiler:[[MoralEventHorizon rapes Keine]]]] while [[SoundtrackDissonance jaunty Yoshi's Island music plays]].
* Kaguya getting killed by [[spoiler: Brolli]] through an air embolism in episode 10, and no her being immortal does not make okay. Her pained face when she is gasping for air is particularly heart wrenching.

** And also the FridgeHorror of what he became. He cannot even sleep, fearing Yukari may visit him again. There is absolutely nothing he can do, because who would believe that he went to a fantasy realm and became a killer? People would treat him like a lunatic hobo because the truth would be so outlandish that it would be impossible to find someone that would actually believe in him, not even the tin-foiled conspiracy theorists. [[spoiler:Even if WordOfGod says that he would work to convince kids to not accept Yukari's offer, what exactly he can do about it? It's pretty established those kids who become gappies are nearly hopeless and why should they listen to a lunatic hobo?]]
* A mild one but in episode 12 when Tenshi reveals to Momoi [[spoiler: that she hid that she knew that Brolli was a Gappy from him, in order to manipulate him into involving all of Gensokyo in an incident]]. She starts crying, and admits that she feel remorse doing this all to Brolli, [[KillTheOnesYouLove who she considers a friend]].

** FridgeHorror: [[spoiler: It is implied that his parents didn't even care about his own son]].

** When it turns out that killing Brolli would resolve the incident, virtually every character is willing to [[AssholeVictim kill him]] [[PayEvilUntoEvil without question]], even [[spoiler:Reisen]], who must [[spoiler:kill him to save herself and their child (knowing he'll go to Hell) or die with him]]. Then [[spoiler:Reimu of all people [[SugarWiki/HeartwarmingMoments tells them to stop.]]]]
** In the wide scope of things, the Tenshi vs. Brolli battle is sad because [[spoiler:Tenshi used to be one of Brolli's [[FightingYourFriend best friends]]]]. Imagine if [[spoiler:the person you used to go fishing and playing with caused an entire war to get you killed]], and that sums up the battle in a nutshell.
** The fate of [[spoiler:[[SceneryGorn the Kappa Valley]]]], with a dash of horror. To make matters worse, [[spoiler:the dead kappa at Nitori's feet is the same one who told her not to give her stuff to Brolli]]. To make things '''[[FromBadToWorse infinitely worse]]''', [[spoiler:the team that comes to save the survivors are [[CavalryBetrayal forced to kill the survivors]] when they start attacking Brolli]].
** [[spoiler:Sanae]]'s betrayal, which often causes most viewers to hate [[spoiler:Sanae]] afterwards.
** The [[spoiler:Myouren Temple]] ambush. That's right: [[spoiler:the Myouren Temple, led by Byakuren, who is known in fandom[[note]]canonically, her friendship level is only Medium[[/note]] as one of the nicest characters in Touhou, is forced to gun down Reimu, Sakuya, and Youmu before they save Brolli, who poses an existential threat to the youkai]]. And in a bit of Fridge Tearjerker, [[spoiler:it seems Byakuren staged the hostage situation so Reimu and co. would not find out the truth, so shooting them was only a last resort]].

** Brolli's actual death. Whether or not you think he deserves it, the reactions from [[spoiler:Aya, Momiji, and Reisen]] do not help one bit.

* Brolli's trip across the Sanzu River, where he [[spoiler:realizes he left behind Reisen, he will go to hell, he loses his beret after Komachi said he could keep it, and when Komachi comes to collect the tax based on how many lives he's touched, he can only give her a thirty mon coin (in comparison, the worst criminals get at least 10000).]]

*** [[spoiler: '''[[ParodySue Brolli]]''': [[JerkassRealization I'm not a colonel.]] [[HeelRealization I was gapped here]] [[LateToTheRealization by Yukari.]]]]
* '''[[DownerEnding THE EPILOGUE]]'''. After all that heartache and trauma, [[spoiler:[[TheBadGuyWins all of the villains get away unpunished]] because Brolli was the one considered the big threat, so they are treated like heroes. Meanwhile, all of the "heroes" [[NoGoodDeedGoesUnpunished are punished]] or cross the DespairEventHorizon.]] And it all gets [[FromBadToWorse exponentially worse]] as it goes...

** Sanae [[spoiler:realizes she is indirectly responsible for the deaths of thousands of tengu and kappa in order to save Gensokyo and her shrine from Brolli, only to learn from Tenshi he was an ordinary kid like her.]] [[FromBadToWorse Even worse]], [[spoiler:Sanae can't do a thing to Tenshi or else Tenshi will reveal the truth about the incident to everyone. If the truth got out that thousands died to kill an innocent boy, it would cause an uproar that would make the previous incident look tame. In other words, Tenshi will get away with both causing the incident ''and'' indirectly dragging Sanae across the MoralEventHorizon with her, and there's nothing she can do about it.]] To [[FromBadToWorse twist the knife]], [[spoiler:it turns out Kanako and Suwako were the ones to convince her to do it in the first place.]]
** Tenshi, despite her smug satisfaction for [[spoiler:outsmarting Sanae and the Myouren Temple]], [[spoiler:[[KillTheOnesYouLove didn't want to kill Brolli]]]]. [[spoiler:Brolli was one of her friends, but she saw his death coming anyway for being an untrustworthy Gappy Stu.]] So, she killed him to [[spoiler:give him a dignified and heroic death before the rest of Gensokyo could plot a much more sinister death]].

** Reisen [[spoiler:crosses the DespairEventHorizon after Brolli's death, confining herself to her bed and, despite mentioning how much she loved being in Gensokyo rather than the Lunar Capital, wishes she never left]]. Then, just when you think nothing worse can happen, [[FromBadToWorse it gets infinitely worse]]: [[spoiler:because Brolli is so much more powerful than Reisen]], [[spoiler:[[AssPull Eirin informs Tewi that Brolli's DNA is trying to override hers]]]], [[spoiler:[[DiabolusExMachina eventually causing her to]] [[ConvenientMiscarriage miscarry]] [[TragicStillbirth their child]]]]. [[spoiler:Since Tewi had spent the movie teasing Reisen over her romance with Brolli, Eirin forces her against her will to deliver the news.]] The last shot we see is an outside view of the House of Eternity seen for the page image (originally used in a gag when [[spoiler:Brolli first slept with Reisen and presumably got her pregnant]]), leading to this FridgeHorror: [[spoiler:we don't know if Tewi told her the news or if Reisen found out on her own...]]
*** Also counts as [[ShockingSwerve a rather sudden twist]] [[AuthorTract just to drive home Spaztique's point]] [[DudeNotFunny about how Gappy Stu fics]] [[WordOfGod inevitably turn Gensokyo into a terrible, horrible place]].
** In a mix of horror and NauseaFuel, Yukari [[spoiler:now has Brolli's body, hung up in a [[ImAHumanitarian meat locker]] next to [[TheReveal every other child she's gapped in]]]].
** And finally, for the [[FromBadToWorse grand finale]], the fate of the beasts: [[spoiler:Lepus, Velupe, and Hydrus will forever be [[FateWorseThanDeath locked in Brolli's decaying body as it decays over time]], without death or hope of escape, as the [[AndIMustScream lack of space crushes them for eternity]].]] Particularly heartbreaking is Lepus: the [[EnsembleDarkhorse most likable of the Diamondback beasts]] is [[spoiler:reduced to a sobbing mess at the thought he is going to die. However, when Velupe reveals they're going to be trapped forever, all Lepus can do is scream until he is muffled by Brolli's collapsing mind]].
** When it finally cuts back to Brolli, [[spoiler:he is so far past the DespairEventHorizon that he is ''begging'' to be sent to Hell. Shiki then reveals because he actually feels regret and remorse over his actions, [[SugarWiki/HeartwarmingMoments he gets one more chance]], just as long as he realizes that it's not what he has, but ''who he is'' that matters. As he's being reincarnated, Brolli asks 'Who am I?' and Komachi says 'For how much you cared about Gensokyo, I'll tell you who you are, you WERE different!' and hugs Brolli.]]

*** [[spoiler: Brolli: [[JerkassRealization I'm not a colonel.]] [[HeelRealization I was gapped here]] [[LateToTheRealization by Yukari.]]]]

** Reisen [[spoiler:crosses the DespairEventHorizon after Brolli's death, confining herself to her bed and, despite mentioning how much she loved being in Gensokyo rather than the Lunar Capital, wishes she never left]]. Then, just when you think nothing worse can happen, [[FromBadToWorse it gets infinitely worse]]: [[spoiler:because Brolli is so much more powerful than Reisen]], [[spoiler:[[AssPull Eirin informs Tewi that Brolli's DNA is trying to override hers]]]], [[spoiler:[[DiabolusExMachina eventually causing her to miscarry their child]]]]. [[spoiler:Since Tewi had spent the movie teasing Reisen over her romance with Brolli, Eirin forces her against her will to deliver the news.]] The last shot we see is an outside view of the House of Eternity seen for the page image (originally used in a gag when [[spoiler:Brolli first slept with Reisen and presumably got her pregnant]]), leading to this FridgeHorror: [[spoiler:we don't know if Tewi told her the news or if Reisen found out on her own...]]

*** Also counts as [[ShockingSwerve a rather sudden twist]][[AuthorTract just to drive home Spaztique's point]]] [[DudeNotFunny about how Gappy Stu fics turn Gensokyo into a terrible, horrible place]].

*** Also counts as a rather suddeny ShockingSwerve [[AuthorTract just to drive home Spaztique's point]]] [[DudeNotFunny about how Gappy Stu fics turn Gensokyo into a teribble, horrible place]]...

** Reisen [[spoiler:crosses the DespairEventHorizon after Brolli's death, confining herself to her bed and, despite mentioning how much she loved being in Gensokyo rather than the Lunar Capital, wishes she never left]]. Then, just when you think nothing worse can happen, [[FromBadToWorse it gets infinitely worse]]: [[spoiler:because Brolli is so much more powerful than Reisen]], [[spoiler:[[AssPull Eirin informs Tewi that Brolli's DNA is trying to override hers]]]], [[spoiler:eventually causing her to miscarry their child]]. [[spoiler:Since Tewi had spent the movie teasing Reisen over her romance with Brolli, Eirin forces her against her will to deliver the news.]] The last shot we see is an outside view of the House of Eternity seen for the page image (originally used in a gag when [[spoiler:Brolli first slept with Reisen and presumably got her pregnant]]), leading to this FridgeHorror: [[spoiler:we don't know if Tewi told her the news or if Reisen found out on her own...]]

** Reisen [[spoiler:crosses the DespairEventHorizon after Brolli's death, confining herself to her bed and, despite mentioning how much she loved being in Gensokyo rather than the Lunar Capital, wishes she never left]]. Then, just when you think nothing worse can happen, [[FromBadToWorse it gets infinitely worse]]: [[spoiler:because Brolli is so much more powerful than Reisen]], [[spoiler:[[Asspull Eirin informs Tewi that Brolli's DNA is trying to override hers]]]], [[spoiler:eventually causing her to miscarry their child]]. [[spoiler:Since Tewi had spent the movie teasing Reisen over her romance with Brolli, Eirin forces her against her will to deliver the news.]] The last shot we see is an outside view of the House of Eternity seen for the page image (originally used in a gag when [[spoiler:Brolli first slept with Reisen and presumably got her pregnant]]), leading to this FridgeHorror: [[spoiler:we don't know if Tewi told her the news or if Reisen found out on her own...]]

** Reisen [[spoiler:crosses the DespairEventHorizon after Brolli's death, confining herself to her bed and, despite mentioning how much she loved being in Gensokyo rather than the Lunar Capital, wishes she never left]]. Then, just when you think nothing worse can happen, [[FromBadToWorse it gets infinitely worse]]: [[spoiler:because Brolli is so much more powerful than Reisen]], [[spoiler:Asspull Eirin informs Tewi that Brolli's DNA is trying to override hers]], [[spoiler:eventually causing her to miscarry their child]]. [[spoiler:Since Tewi had spent the movie teasing Reisen over her romance with Brolli, Eirin forces her against her will to deliver the news.]] The last shot we see is an outside view of the House of Eternity seen for the page image (originally used in a gag when [[spoiler:Brolli first slept with Reisen and presumably got her pregnant]]), leading to this FridgeHorror: [[spoiler:we don't know if Tewi told her the news or if Reisen found out on her own...]]

** Reisen [[spoiler:crosses the DespairEventHorizon after Brolli's death, confining herself to her bed and, despite mentioning how much she loved being in Gensokyo rather than the Lunar Capital, wishes she never left]]. Then, just when you think nothing worse can happen, [[FromBadToWorse it gets infinitely worse]]: [[spoiler:because Brolli is so much more powerful than Reisen]], [[spoiler: Asspull Eirin informs Tewi that Brolli's DNA is trying to override hers]], eventually causing her to miscarry their child]]. [[spoiler:Since Tewi had spent the movie teasing Reisen over her romance with Brolli, Eirin forces her against her will to deliver the news.]] The last shot we see is an outside view of the House of Eternity seen for the page image (originally used in a gag when [[spoiler:Brolli first slept with Reisen and presumably got her pregnant]]), leading to this FridgeHorror: [[spoiler:we don't know if Tewi told her the news or if Reisen found out on her own...]]

** Reisen [[spoiler:crosses the DespairEventHorizon after Brolli's death, confining herself to her bed and, despite mentioning how much she loved being in Gensokyo rather than the Lunar Capital, wishes she never left]]. Then, just when you think nothing worse can happen, [[FromBadToWorse it gets infinitely worse]]: [[spoiler:because Brolli is so much more powerful than Reisen]], [[spoiler: Asspull Eirin informs Tewi that Brolli's DNA is trying to override hers]], eventually causing her to miscarry their child]]. Since Tewi had spent the movie teasing Reisen over her romance with Brolli, Eirin forces her against her will to deliver the news.]] The last shot we see is an outside view of the House of Eternity seen for the page image (originally used in a gag when [[spoiler:Brolli first slept with Reisen and presumably got her pregnant]]), leading to this FridgeHorror: [[spoiler:we don't know if Tewi told her the news or if Reisen found out on her own...]]

** Reisen [[spoiler:crosses the DespairEventHorizon after Brolli's death, confining herself to her bed and, despite mentioning how much she loved being in Gensokyo rather than the Lunar Capital, wishes she never left]]. Then, just when you think nothing worse can happen, [[FromBadToWorse it gets infinitely worse]]: [[spoiler:because Brolli is so much more powerful than Reisen, [[Asspull Eirin informs Tewi that Brolli's DNA is trying to override hers]], eventually causing her to miscarry their child]]. Since Tewi had spent the movie teasing Reisen over her romance with Brolli, Eirin forces her against her will to deliver the news.]] The last shot we see is an outside view of the House of Eternity seen for the page image (originally used in a gag when [[spoiler:Brolli first slept with Reisen and presumably got her pregnant]]), leading to this FridgeHorror: [[spoiler:we don't know if Tewi told her the news or if Reisen found out on her own...]]

** Reisen [[spoiler:crosses the DespairEventHorizon after Brolli's death, confining herself to her bed and, despite mentioning how much she loved being in Gensokyo rather than the Lunar Capital, wishes she never left]]. Then, just when you think nothing worse can happen, [[FromBadToWorse it gets infinitely worse]]: [[spoiler:[[Asspull because Brolli is so much more powerful than Reisen, Eirin informs Tewi that Brolli's DNA is trying to override hers, eventually causing her to miscarry their child]]. Since Tewi had spent the movie teasing Reisen over her romance with Brolli, Eirin forces her against her will to deliver the news]].]] The last shot we see is an outside view of the House of Eternity seen for the page image (originally used in a gag when [[spoiler:Brolli first slept with Reisen and presumably got her pregnant]]), leading to this FridgeHorror: [[spoiler:we don't know if Tewi told her the news or if Reisen found out on her own...]]

** Reisen [[spoiler:crosses the DespairEventHorizon after Brolli's death, confining herself to her bed and, despite mentioning how much she loved being in Gensokyo rather than the Lunar Capital, wishes she never left]]. Then, just when you think nothing worse can happen, [[FromBadToWorse it gets infinitely worse]]: [[spoiler:because Brolli is so much more powerful than Reisen, [[Asspull Eirin informs Tewi that Brolli's DNA is trying to override hers, eventually causing her to miscarry their child]]. Since Tewi had spent the movie teasing Reisen over her romance with Brolli, Eirin forces her against her will to deliver the news.]] The last shot we see is an outside view of the House of Eternity seen for the page image (originally used in a gag when [[spoiler:Brolli first slept with Reisen and presumably got her pregnant]]), leading to this FridgeHorror: [[spoiler:we don't know if Tewi told her the news or if Reisen found out on her own...]]

** Reisen [[spoiler:crosses the DespairEventHorizon after Brolli's death, confining herself to her bed and, despite mentioning how much she loved being in Gensokyo rather than the Lunar Capital, wishes she never left]]. Then, just when you think nothing worse can happen, [[FromBadToWorse it gets infinitely worse]]: [[spoiler:because Brolli is so much more powerful than Reisen, Eirin informs Tewi that Brolli's DNA is trying to override hers, eventually causing her to miscarry their child. Since Tewi had spent the movie teasing Reisen over her romance with Brolli, Eirin forces her against her will to deliver the news.]] The last shot we see is an outside view of the House of Eternity seen for the page image (originally used in a gag when [[spoiler:Brolli first slept with Reisen and presumably got her pregnant]]), leading to this FridgeHorror: [[spoiler:we don't know if Tewi told her the news or if Reisen found out on her own...]]

* When looked at from a wide view, the fact ''everyone'' is responsible for Brolli's death and the incident that caused it. Initially, Yukari promises Brolli power, which lures him to Gensokyo. Once he's there, Marisa entices Brolli into selfishness and Reimu pushes him away from doing the right thing. Then, [[spoiler:Sanae lures him away from Reimu by being a fellow outsider, despite her lack of knowledge, and Reisen lures him away from Yukari, teaching him that maybe giving into the luxury of Gensokyo is a good idea]]. As a result of Brolli's resulting hedonism, [[spoiler:Aya is forced to publish a news article on Brolli to detail his weaknesses to protect the Tengu Village, the Moriya Shrine goddesses must employ Tenshi and the Myouren Temple to protect their shrine, Tenshi must make a giant incident to get back at the people who want to kill Brolli, the Myouren Temple must mask the fact they're trying to kill Brolli to keep their followers, and Nitori is too much of a pushover to say no to Brolli taking the Kappa Valley's weapons]]. Ignoring that Yukari was the original cause by gapping in Brolli, the ensuing chaos of the ending is [[EverybodyDidIt everyone's fault]].

Added based on the reactions of test viewers. Tearjerker moments from released episodes will be out in the open. Tearjerker moments from the movie will be in a separate folder.

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** When it turns out that killing Brolli would resolve the incident, virtually every character is willing to [[AssholeVictim kill him]] [[PayEvilUntoEvil without question]], even [[spoiler:Reisen]], who must [[spoiler:kill him to save herself and their child (knowing he'll go to Hell) or die with him]]. Then [[spoiler:Reimu of all people [[HeartwarmingMoments tells them to stop.]]]]

** In a case of [[{{FridgeHorror}} Fridge Horror]]/[[{{FridgeBrilliance}} Brilliance]], the Cirno Day screening forgot to include the Epilogue scenes for Mokou and Kaguya, implying they had died permanently thanks to the incident. While [[ThrowTheDogABone this wasn't the case]], and is actually one of [[HeartwarmingMoments the brightest moments in the ending]], many of the people present at the Cirno Day screening were more freaked out than intended.

** When it finally cuts back to Brolli, [[spoiler:he is so far past the DespairEventHorizon that he is ''begging'' to be sent to Hell. Shiki then reveals because he actually feels regret and remorse over his actions, [[HeartwarmingMoments he gets one more chance]], just as long as he realizes that it's not what he has, but ''who he is'' that matters. As he's being reincarnated, Brolli asks 'Who am I?' and Komachi says 'For how much you cared about Gensokyo, I'll tell you who you are, you WERE different!' and hugs Brolli.]]

** Reisen [[spoiler:crosses the DespairEventHorizon after Brolli's death, confining herself to her bed and, despite mentioning how much she loved being in Gensokyo rather than the Lunar Capital, wishes she never left]]. Then, just when you think nothing worse can happen, [[FromBadToWorse it gets infinitely worse]]: [[spoiler:because Brolli is so much more powerful than Reisen, Eirin informs Tewi that Brolli's MartyStu DNA is trying to override hers, eventually causing her to miscarry their child. Since Tewi had spent the movie teasing Reisen over her romance with Brolli, Eirin forces her against her will to deliver the news.]] The last shot we see is an outside view of the House of Eternity seen for the page image (originally used in a gag when [[spoiler:Brolli first slept with Reisen and presumably got her pregnant]]), leading to this FridgeHorror: [[spoiler:we don't know if Tewi told her the news or if Reisen found out on her own...]]

** The Myouren Temple [[spoiler:successfully convinces Remilia that the celestials really were holding Sanae hostage and that Sakuya's belief that the Moriya Shrine and the Myouren Temple were co-opping the incident is a delusion]]. In a FreezeFrameBonus, looking at [[spoiler:Byakuren's face]] reveals [[spoiler:she ultimately regrets her decision, and because Tenshi has blackmail on the Myouren temple, there is nothing she can do]].

** [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4n3T849_R_U The]] [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1aaB1aBRSlc accompanying]] [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zjyvp1l-dNc music]]...

** Aya and Momiji [[spoiler:are dishonorably discharged from the tengu army and Aya loses funding for the BunbunMaru Press after being framed by the kappa for treason]].

* Brolli finally [[spoiler:calling home to his parents]], only to realize [[spoiler:[[YouCantGoHomeAgain going home is no longer an option without serious consequences]]: his Cat died since he left him unattended, he has been expelled from school and wanted for truancy, and his parents think Brolli just ran away to Japan "for fun," effectively disowning him]].

** Aya and Momiji [[spoiler:are dishonorably discharged from the tengu army and Aya loses the Bun Bun Maru Press after being framed by the kappa for treason]].