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7	ManlyTears in anime and manga.
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9	* Coach Kataoka in ''Manga/AceOfTheDiamond'' sheds tears at the end of the second season, as he thanks the retired third years of the Seidou baseball team for their continued support to their juniors, [[spoiler:since he feels their victory in the Fall Tournament wouldn't have been possible without their help]].
10	* In ''Manga/AhMyGoddess'', Tamiya and Ohtaki both shed ManlyTears whenever they're around when Keiichi does much of anything significant. Or when they're praised by the former club president.
11	* Tokaku Azuma breaks down in the final episode of ''Manga/AkumaNoRiddle'' [[spoiler: when she seemingly kills Haru.]]
12	* Akira at the end of Episode 23 of ''Anime/AquarionLogos'', [[spoiler:when he finally remembers Maia is the reason why he wants to become a savior.]]
13	* In ''Manga/ArataTheLegend'', it's hard to find a male character who doesn't cry. [[JerkWithAHeartOfGold Kannagi]] cries after his best friend, [[spoiler: Akachi]], dies in his arms, Yorunami cries when he realizes [[spoiler: his mother was harsh with him because she wanted him to become strong]], Kugura cries when [[spoiler: he recovers from amnesia and remembers his only living family member, his older brother Eto, as he is being devoured by Kadowaki's hayagami]], Yataka cries [[spoiler: as he begs Hinohara to save Princess Kikuri]], and Hinohara, being the character most sympathetic to other people's pain as well as having a past of bullying, cries several times during the series.
14	* The ''Manga/Area88'' manga uses this trope several times.
15	** Shin sheds tears when Mickey's F-14 is shot down by Farina's land carrier, thinking his best friend has died.
16	** Greg sheds tears when Campbell and Jensen die in combat.
17	** In a later issue of the manga that did not make it stateside, a dying Nguyen tells Mickey about his violent birth and traumatic life in Vietnam. When Nguyen dies, Mickey is moved to tears.
18	** In another manga issue that didn't make it stateside, [=McCoy=] is on the verge of tears upon watching [[spoiler:Shin sign a second mercenary contract after returning to Area 88.]]
19	* Otonashi and Naoi in ''Anime/AngelBeats'', especially in Episode 13. [[spoiler:The normally arrogant Naoi starts crying as he thanks Otonashi for helping him find peace.]] Later, Otonashi ends up sobbing while [[spoiler:holding Kanade in his arms and telling her he loves her. It's even worse once she finally disappears.]]
20	* Nagisa, Karma, and the rest of Class 3-E after [[spoiler: Koro-sensei's assassination]] in Chapter 177 of ''Manga/AssassinationClassroom''.
21	* ''Rivers'' are shed in ''Manga/AttackOnTitan''. It doesn't make any of the crying characters seem weak in the least, it only gets across [[TearJerker how desperate and emotionally overwhelming their situation is]].
22	* Kimura-sensei from ''Manga/AzumangaDaioh'' cried as he bid farewell to his graduates.
23	-->'''BUT KAORIN AND I WILL BE TOGETHER FOREVER!!!'''
24	* In ''Manga/BattleRoyale'', Hiroki Sugimura weeps over his friend Takako Chigusa as she slowly dies from a gunshot wound, maintaining his stoic expression despite the tears flowing down his face.
25	** Subverted near the end of the series when Hiroki has every reason to cry after [[spoiler:fighting viciously to protect his love interest, only to be mortally wounded and forced to see her shot in front of him]]. Yet his remaining eye is devoid of tears.
26	* ''Manga/{{Berserk}}'':
27	** [[spoiler: Guts [[https://pic2.taadd.com/comics/pic4/4/16068/466963/Berserk638160.jpg suffers]] a [[https://encrypted-tbn0.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn%3AANd9GcTRX8msSY4XxA39whhmSDO_pjrDPY11kLpoUA&usqp=CAU breakdown]] in the midst of consummating his relationship with Casca when he relives his childhood rape and murder of his adoptive father Gambino and express it all to Casca who is dumbfounded being the first person to ever to see this side of Guts and only one to hear his dark past. Guts expects her to be disgusted but [[SugarWiki/CrowningMomentOfHeartWarming Casca just hugs him]] and thanks him for telling her saying now they've both shown their weaknesses to each other]].
28	** [[https://encrypted-tbn0.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcR0hWbf9177vZXoyOWudIMzYcjm_UiBXkxupw&usqp=CAU He also cries]] when he sees [[spoiler:how horribly mutilated Griffith was after his year-long torture.]]
29	** Of course then there's Guts BerserkerTears [[https://media1.tenor.com/images/d0b09f86fd992f3d77dd046a4e39a761/tenor.gif?itemid=9027702 during the Eclipse]] which is to be expected in that [[spoiler:nearly all of his allies have been devoured by horrific demons, his former best friend, now demonic DarkMessiah, is brutally raping his love interest in front of him, he just finished ''hacking one of his arms off with a broken sword'', and [[CrapsackWorld his life just sucks in general]].]]
30	** Also occurs ''after'' the Eclipse, when Guts is reeling from the absolute horror of all that has happened. He runs away from Rickert and Erica, sprinting through fields and woods, as each friend that he lost fills his mind. Before long, BloodyTears for the dead and for Casca are streaming down his face.
31	** Guts's first tears shown in the manga was during the Black Swordsmen arc when Theresia blames for her monster father's death, at first Guts just praises her anger but as he limps away, Puck sees [[https://steamuserimages-a.akamaihd.net/ugc/94979010559227275/C987F05B6722140BD4A395CB9B10C9FA70647BDB/ tears welling up in his eyes]] though Guts ashamed wipes them away despite Puck trying to console him. This was one of the first times we see that Guts is not just a brutal and pitiless AntiHero but a deeply troubled and tragic individual.
32	*** Later during the Lost Children arc, there is a [[SingleTear slight tear]] in his eye and smile when Puck returns to him, he reconciles that he can't remain tense with Puck around.
33	** There's also the time when Guts breaks free of the [[ScaryImpracticalArmor Berserker's Armor]]'s control when Schierke reminds him of Casca, causing Guts to break free and immediately run to Casca. When he stops and she and Farnese his scarred and burned face, if you [[https://78.media.tumblr.com/4dead390b43fcc7d10b37ad6d2b9ed6a/tumblr_ov3szoGqRn1r2to8go1_r1_1280.png look]] closely there's a tear welling up in his eye.
34	*** Remember: true [[TestosteronePoisoning testosterone-poisoned]] badasses aren't afraid to cry.
35	* Rentaro breaks down at the end of ''Literature/BlackBullet'' when Enju thinks about the death of their comrades, with Rentaro worrying that he might lose Enju.
36	* Skewered brutally (as LighterAndSofter tropes tend to be) in ''Manga/BlackLagoon'', where the [[ThoseWackyNazis neo-Nazis]] break down and start blubbering like infants at their leader's [[StylisticSuck cheesy]] speech.
37	** Then played straight later. ''Nobody'' is laughing at Rock for crying over how messed up Gretel is. To elaborate for those of you who don't care about spoilers: [[spoiler:the way she chooses to go about thanking a man who shows her kindness is to proposition herself to him. It's implied (s)he's undergone some kind of horrible genital mutilation. Oh, yeah, and even if that's not the case-- Gretel is around ten, and the fact is the only way the girl can think of thanking him is SEX. Not a nice kiss on the cheek, not a flower s/he picked, not a cherished toy. Sex.]] [[TearJerker No, Rock isn't crying manly tears... those are humanly tears]].
38	* ''Manga/{{Bleach}}'':
39	** After Ichigo defeats Renji in the Soul Society arc, Renji grabs Ichigo and begs him to save Rukia. The manga however is ambiguous and does not actually show tears.
40	** When [[DespairEventHorizon a betrayed Ichigo]] thought he was [[spoiler:stabbed in the back by [[EtTuBrute Isshin]], but [[BaitAndSwitch it was actually Rukia]] giving him back his Shinigami powers.]]
41	** [[spoiler:Byakuya,]] after the Gotei 13 gets the crap kicked out of them, launches into one of the most impassioned speeches of any character in the entire manga which stands out as much for the character it's coming from as the fact he's quite literally been ripped to shreds and his only concern is that someone who has the power to protect the last of the shinigami still left alive takes on the burden of doing so. The scene alone is shocking enough, but the tears that accompany the speech really ram home the situation.
42	** [[spoiler:Kenpachi Zaraki]] sheds a SingleTear when he thinks he is about to die without ever achieving his goal of defeating the first opponent he ever admired: [[spoiler:Retsu/Yachiru Unohana]].
43	* ''Manga/CaptainTsubasa'': In the ''Road to 2002'' arc, Kojiro Hyuga's debut match in the Juventus ends with him being subbed without even finishing the first half, after he gets neutralized by Parma's defense in ''every'' play, due to his unbalanced body. Despite winning his opponent's respect, he leaves the field without a word in tears, realizing how far below the European players he is.
44	* [[spoiler:Jeremiah]] cries ''blood'' when he [[spoiler:pulls his HeelFaceTurn]] in ''Anime/CodeGeass''. And before that, [[spoiler:he cries when he talks to Viletta in the Picture Dramas.]]
45	** [[Characters/CodeGeassLelouchLamperouge Lelouch Lamperouge]] himself does this more than once especially when [[spoiler:a woman important to him, be it Euphie or Shirley, dies]]. He definitely puts the "hero" part back into AntiHero...
46	*** Subverted when he believes Suzaku to have betrayed him to Schneizel. He tears up and starts screaming in anguish in an undignified, hysterical way.
47	*** Also when he believes [[spoiler: Nunally to be dead]] he is in such a state of shock that he doesn't seem to register it when Rolo repeatedly tells him.
48	** [[spoiler: [[Characters/CodeGeassSuzakuKururugi Suzaku Kururugi]] cries silently as he, dressed as Zero, kills Lelouch]]. Subverted when [[spoiler: Euphie died, when Suzaku was more InelegantBlubbering material before he calmed down and got dangerous.]]
49	*** He cried in relief after his classmates were saved from the JLF.
50	** Due to MemeticMutation it has been said that Kallen also cries ManlyTears, don't believe it? Look at the scene where [[spoiler:Lelouch is killed by Suzaku dressed as Zero]]. Everything about her posture, her eyes, and the restraint in her voice screams ManlyTears.
51	* ''Manga/CryingFreeman'' is about a controlled/brainwashed (it becomes unclear which) assassin whose true nature only appears whenever he kills someone, whereupon he sheds tears.
52	* Makoto Naegi in ''Anime/Danganronpa3TheEndOfHopesPeakHighSchool'' breaks down crying after he wakes up to find [[spoiler:his cinoabuib and LoveInterest, Kyoko, dead ([[DisneyDeath or so it seems]]), having been (near) killed via a HeroicSacrifice while he slept.]] Next episode, he tries to get up and move on, only to have to stop and start crying again because he's still in shock and pain.
53	** In the same episode, Kyosuke Munakata breaks down crying [[spoiler: after learning that his girlfriend Yukizome was already [[BrainwashedAndCrazy tainted with despair]] and later in the following episode upon discovering his best friend Sakakura's corpse after Sakakura shut down the switch that spread the poison [[HeroicSacrifice at the cost of his life]].]]
54	** In the same anime, Izuru Kamukura, [[TheStoic of]] [[AmbiguouslyHuman all]] [[BrokenAce people]], quietly sheds some after [[spoiler:his former girlfriend Chiaki bleeds out in front of him. Worse, the only reason she's his "former" girlfriend is that he lost his memories of her, and it's implied watching her die caused them to return.]]
55	* In the final episode of ''Manga/DeathNote'', [[spoiler:Matsuda goes absolutely berserk and shoots Light four times after it's revealed he is Kira, all with tears running down his face.]]
56	* ''Anime/DigimonFusion'', influenced by the super robot genre as it is, naturally has a very powerful moment of this. In the fight against [=NeoVamdemon=], Shoutmon DX displays this trope. What happened was that the numerous Lopmon the villain had fused to himself in a grab for immortality had willingly sacrificed their existence in order to give Shoutmon and Greymon the power to Xros together and escape, and DX explains that he's going to keep his promise to stop [=NeoVamdemon=] from hurting anyone ever again, then beats the hell out of the bastard.
57	** A few episodes earlier, Taiki was on the verge of this trope when the purified Grademon sacrificed himself to help the heroes in a defiant act against his former master.
58	* ''Manga/DrStone'': Senku briefly sheds tears at [[spoiler:his father's grave]] before recomposing himself and returning to the village.
59	* ''Franchise/DragonBall'':
60	** In one of the more emotional scenes in the series, Vegeta of explains his life and motivations as Goku readies to fight Frieza, telling Goku that Frieza destroyed their entire race. Then, he breaks down in tears when he reveals that Frieza promised to [[SadisticChoice spare his father if he (Vegeta) joined him]], and then, when Vegeta complied, he [[YouSaidYouWouldLetThemGo killed him anyway]].
61	** Of course, Vegeta's story about the promise to spare his father and subsequent rationalizing of how he became such an evil person doesn't exist in the manga or Japanese version of the anime. Instead, he tells Goku that even though the Saiyans served Freeza loyally, he killed them because he feared that they would become too strong to control.
62	*** Both versions are still one of the [[TearJerker best scenes in the series]].
63	** Gohan at the start usually cries whenever things go bad, only to trigger an UnstoppableRage. But his first instance of Manly Tears is when Cell took him to the breaking point, which [[TranquilFury unlocked Super Saiyan 2.]] In this case (pictured above), the fact that he is crying only makes it that much more badass.
64	** [[TheStoic Piccolo]] also had his moment, the first time he [[RedemptionEqualsDeath sacrificed]] [[TakingTheBullet himself]] for Gohan.
65	** Goku interestingly is one character who is almost never shown crying, whether it's keeping up his perpetual optimism or unlike other characters he doesn't believe in letting his emotions out in this fashion it's never elaborated on. Goku has only been shown crying four times in the series.
66	*** First time is when Goku sees his dead Grandpa Gohan again during the Fortuneteller Baba saga, he burst into tears and clings to his grandpa crying that he looked everywhere on Mount Paozu and couldn't find him. Bulma is moved to tears herself expressing that she's never seen Goku like this.
67	*** The second time is when Krillin is killed by Tambourine, Goku clutching his friend’s body is overcome with grief as tears start in his eyes. Goku then becomes enraged still crying he says Krillin didn't deserve this before going on a RoaringRampageOfRevenge after Tambourine.
68	*** The third time and probably most epic time is during the non serial ''Anime/DragonBallThePathToPower'' movie when Android #8 is killed, Goku crying deeply lets out SkywardScream with pillar of Ki coming out of him. Goku also realizes the same must happen to his grandfather that he "had to go away too". The movie antagonist Officer Black mocks Goku's crying saying Android #8 was pathetic... [[BerserkButton big mistake]].
69	*** The fourth time and only time we see Goku cry as an adult is during the Tournament of Power in [[Anime/DragonBallSuper Super]] when Master Roshi's heart stops beating and Goku desperately tries to restart before just clutching Roshi in despair, fortunately the turtle hermit opens his eyes and reveals that he is okay. Goku despite not shown explicitly shown shedding tears, rubs his eyes and hugs his old master expressing his happiness that Roshi is well; Krillin who was overlooking the scene is openly crying.
70	** Future Trunks in ''Anime/DragonBallZTheHistoryOfTrunks'', when he finds Gohan's dead body after his last battle against the androids, [[BerserkerTears all the while as he screams and pounds the ground in sorrow]]. Made even more symbolic as it happens during a rainy scene.
71	* When Makoto first links to Ifurita in the ''Anime/ElHazardTheMagnificentWorld'' manga, he sees her memories of bring about TheEndOfTheWorldAsWeKnowIt. Every life she snuffed out, every country crushed, and the mind-destroying horror that made her shut down her emotions. He cries in sympathy for her, who had burned out her tears. The manga was made after the anime, and this scene is a definite improvement, where he had originally just shrugged it off as "weird."
72	* Manly tears are shed often in ''Manga/Eyeshield21'', mostly by Sakuraba Haruto. Used much more often, however, are ''pathetic'' tears shed by guys like benchwarmer Yukimitsu (who can't start no matter how much he tries), ace quarterback Harao (who knows he's just an average player who depends entirely on the defensive line), and the hard-boiled Habashira (who put forth a Herculean effort in the Fall tournament, only to find his teammates couldn't muster his level of enthusiasm.) And don't forget Poseidon's towering tough guy lineman Ohira, who is usually seen with streams of tears down his cheeks with no explanation.
73	* Happens a lot ''Manga/FairyTail''. Makarov and Laxus when the former [[spoiler:excommuncates the latter from the guild]]
74	** Natsu and Erza both cry after the latter attempts to [[spoiler:[[HeroicSacrifice sacrifice herself]]]], and again when [[spoiler:she survives]].
75	** Considering he always talks about being manly, no surprise Elfman has done this. The first when he saves Mirajane, and the second when [[spoiler:he and Mira are reunited with Lisanna]].
76	** In this anime/manga no arc comes to a pass without having at least one man cry, regardless of whether it's BerserkerTears, TearsOfJoy, or what.
77	* ''Manga/FistOfTheNorthStar'' is famous for this (especially in the case of Kenshiro, pictured on the main page), and the series is arguably the TropeCodifier. Before ''[=FotNS=]'', crying in anime was absolutely not manly. After ''[=FotNS=]'', a badass who cries is someone confident enough in himself that he does not mind showing his emotions, and indeed his emotions give him strength. Manly tears in this series are usually a prelude to incoming badassitude. Do note, however, that the main type of tears shed in ''Fist of the North Star'' is actually ''TenderTears'' from soft-hearted, sensitive, and kind men rather than this macho variety. It's also used in cases of HiddenDepths, such as when the formerly cold-hearted tyrant Souther regains his suppressed emotions in his dying moments following his climactic battle against Kenshiro.
78	** His previous incarnation, Kenshiro Kasumi of ''Manga/FistOfTheBlueSky'', is also given to shedding these tears.
79	* ''Manga/FullmetalAlchemist'': Roy sheds a single manly tear at the funeral of [[spoiler:his best friend Maes Hughes]], [[SandInMyEyes insisting that "it's raining"]] although the sky is clear.
80	** Subverted by [[spoiler:Wrath]] at the same funeral. At first glance, he is hiding his face with his hat and appears to be trembling due to crying, but he's actually just incredibly aggravated by a child's crying.
81	** Armstrong is the definition of this trope, both as a parody and a straight example. He simply cannot hold back his tears at [[spoiler:Hughes']] funeral.
82	*** Armstrong also gets these in a scene after using his alchemy to [[spoiler:[[MyGodWhatHaveIDone aid in the]] Ishval Extermination.]]
83	*** Proving to us over and over that underneath several tons worth of muscle, towering height, and tremendous alchemical skill (passed down through many generations!!!) that Armstrong is the biggest marshmallow amongst the entire Amestrian army. And we love him for it.
84	** Hohenheim suddenly opens the valves [[spoiler:on his one and only family picture]]. Boy, does he look desperate.
85	** After hearing Hohenheim offer himself to bring Al back and apologizing for not being there when his sons needed him, Ed told him to never say something like that again while fully acknowledging him as his dad and ''crying'' for the first time since the accident.
86	** An interesting example by Falman, who managed to combine this with TearsOfFear. Yes, he was scared shitless, shaking, and might have wetted himself... But standing up to [[OneManArmy someone who just demolished a whole squad and a TANK]] single-handedly takes brass tacks, no matter how pathetic you look. Lampshaded by Buccaneer, who told him not to cry like a little girl when he's acting like a man.
87	** In ''Anime/FullmetalAlchemist2003'', Scar cries when he admits he always wanted to tell his brother that he loved him, and soon after when [[spoiler:he is about to sacrifice himself to create the Philosopher's Stone]].
88	* After the death of [[spoiler:fellow warrior Nuriko]] in ''Manga/FushigiYuugi'', Tasuki is seen slumped by himself with tears pouring silently down his face. Tamahome himself breaks down in tears (and into a HeroicBSOD for that matter) when [[spoiler:Suboshi avenged his brother's apparent death by killing Tamahome's entire family]].
89	* The Count in ''Anime/{{Gankutsuou}}'' cries quite a few times but still manages to look badass most of the time when he does so.
90	* In ''Manga/{{Gantz}}'', during the climatic battle against the shapeshifting boss Nurarihyon, both Katou and the cowardly nerd shed tears when Yamazaki was killed trying to defend Katou from the laser shot by Nurarihyon, with the cowardly nerd guy crying the most even after killing Nurarihyon because he was touched by Yamazaki's sacrifice and Katou's bravery.
91	** Kurono also cried when [[spoiler:he discovered he was the sole survivor of the Buddha mission, mourning for the loss of his friend Katou and love interest Kei Kishimoto.]]
92	** And the most [[TearJerker heart-wrenching moment]], when Kei Kurono breaks down completely and sobs after [[spoiler:his girlfriend's murder.]]
93	* Guy Shishioh in ''Anime/GaoGaiGar FINAL'' has this when confronting a replica Mamoru, when his enemy destroyed his allies Goldymarg and Choryujin (though it's later revealed to be one DisneyDeath). It's immediately followed by uttering the legendary line [[Awesome/GaoGaiGar "Have you forgotten, Mamoru? Victory goes to...]] '''[[Awesome/MechaAnime ... THOSE WITH COURAAAAGGEEEE!!!!!!"]]''' and complete ass-kicking to the replica.
94	** Note ''why'' Guy is crying in this manly way: he doesn't know Mamoru is a Replijin. As far as he knows, his friend and sidekick has injured humans and killed two of his allies, and he is [[TearJerker apologizing to Mamoru for having to open up his trademark can of courage and rage.]]
95	** You forgot Episode 5 of FINAL. Guy has been [[BrainwashedandCrazy brainwashed by Palparepa's Chemical Bolts]], and has been sicced on GGG using a Replijin of [=GaoFighGar=]. Upon unleashing the Replion Hammer against his comrades, cue a close-up of his face in the cockpit (along with some [[HotBlooded trademark hot-blooded shouting]]. He's crying his golden eyes out.)
96	* In ''Manga/GirlsBravo'''s penultimate episode Miharu was kidnapped, and after other characters unsuccessfully tried to use GetAHoldOfYourselfMan to spear Yukinari into action he ran out of his house crying. He bumped into a [[TheVoiceless Voiceless]] RecurringExtra simply called The Boss who would randomly appear with his loudmouthed associate. After a bit of mocking by the associate, the boss was SuddenlySpeaking and gave TheHero a speech about when it is alright for a man to cry saying he had to earn his tears. This is what Yukinari needed to take action and rescue his girlfriend.
97	* In ''Manga/GingaNagareboshiGin'' and its sequel ''Anime/GingaDensetsuWeed'', It's not unusual to see badass dogs belonging to super tough breeds crying. One example is John, a powerful German shepherd who cries [[spoiler: tears of relief when Weed and his pack find him.]]
98	** Another is "Great", the Great Dame. He cries blood at one point.
99	* The men of the Kuroda family in ''Manga/{{Gokusen}}'' are all very sentimental when it comes to family matters. Of course, this is meant to be humorous, as it doesn't jive with their intense tough-guy image at all.
100	* Yuki in ''Manga/{{Gravitation}}'' does this at one point. Played rather amusingly when he has to lie down afterward because he hasn't cried in so long that it doing so gives him a headache.
101	* ''Manga/GTOTheEarlyYears'':
102	** The last scene of Chapter 68 is Ryuji grabbing hold of Eikichi and letting out an anguished scream at [[spoiler:Ayumi leaving]].
103	** Eikichi gets them in Chapter 154 when [[spoiler:Natsu dies]].
104	** Saejima cries in the next chapter when [[spoiler:Kamata announces he's leaving for the States]], though he tries to play it off as SandInMyEyes.
105	* ''Franchise/{{Gundam}}''
106	** In Episode 20 of ''Anime/GundamBuildDiversReRise'' has Hiroto, [[TheStoic of all]] [[BrokenAce people]], shed these [[spoiler: after telling his team about his DarkAndTroubledPast which culminated in the death of [[ILetGwenStacyDie Eve]] and his last-minute refusal to [[Anime/GundamBuildDivers shoot down Riku and stop him from reaching Sarah]]. It takes a kiss on the cheek and a CooldownHug from May for him to finally feel comfortable sharing his pain with the team.]]
107	** ''Anime/MobileSuitGundam'' has a particular example with both the hero and the villain. The woman that both Char and Amuro loved was killed when she [[TakingTheBullet took the bullet]] for Char. While mileage may vary on whether you consider the hero bawling like a baby for this trope, few can deny that seeing a couple of tears run under Char's mask was heartrending.
108	** [[spoiler:When Lockon dies]] in ''[[Anime/MobileSuitGundam00 Gundam 00]]'', not only does the audience cry, but so do the Gundam Meisters (especially Tieria).
109	*** In the second season, [[ShootTheDog Setsuna is forced to kill]] [[ManchurianAgent Anew]]... the same Anew Lockon confessed to an episode earlier. Absolutely nothing in the series trumps [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UdzPjR8VFnc#t=2m58s Lockon's reaction after the credits]] in terms of sheer emotional impact.
110	** In ''[[Anime/MobileSuitGundamSeed Gundam SEED]]'', both Athrun and Cagalli cry after the reality of [[spoiler:Kira's apparent death]] hits them. Athrun is crying because [[spoiler:he just killed his best friend]] and Cagalli is crying [[spoiler:because her brother is now dead at Athrun's hand and she cares for Athrun too much to kill him in revenge.]]
111	** ''Anime/MobileFighterGGundam'' has plenty of manly tears. The most powerful undoubtedly had to be the ones Master Asia shed as he was dying and underwent HeelRealization, as well as the tears Domon shed to mourn his master's death.
112	*** A mere episode before that Domon was [[spoiler:forced to put both his brother and his other mentor down to stop the Devil Gundam's rampage.]]
113	*** [[spoiler:KYOOOJIIIII!]]
114	** ''[[Anime/MobileSuitGundamWing Gundam Wing]]'' has Trowa quietly asking himself what the strange liquid droplets that are floating in his cockpit are after he destroys Deathscythe.
115	* In ''Manga/{{Hellsing}}'', badass vampire Alucard [[spoiler:breaks down and [[https://thumbs.gfycat.com/BriefGrizzledGrasshopper-small.gif cries tears of blood]] after his final battle with Anderson, who used one of the nails of the True Cross to become a "Monster of God". Alucard preludes his tears by screaming how both of them were the same; how Alucard's folly in regards to religion led to becoming an immortal monster and how Anderson made the same foolish decision (albeit in the opposite direction). This more than anything shows Alucard isn't pure evil, and deep down is really a TragicMonster. Anderson himself notes it saying “monsters don’t cry”]].
116	* ''Manga/HikaruNoGo'' has Fujiwara no Sai, who dates back to [[JidaiGeki the Heian era]]. He comes across as a silly prat and AgentPeacock prone to OcularGushers at the slightest pretext, but by the standards of his original time, he would have been seen as the definition of manliness because of it.
117	* Deconstructed in ''Manga/IchiTheKiller'', as protagonist Ichi is usually meek and neurotic... Until [[BerserkerTears he starts crying]]. When that happens, '''''[[UnstoppableRage RUN.]]'''''
118	* Inuyasha of ''Manga/InuYasha'' sheds manly tears when his estranged former love permanently dies in his arms. Also when his poisoned and dying TrueCompanions are cured at the last minute after he had lost all hope for them. Then again, this episode is ''called'' [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin "Inuyasha Shows His Tears For The First Time"]].
119	* ''Manga/JoJosBizarreAdventure'' since it's inspired by Fist of the North Star has a multitude of ManlyTears.
120	** Jonathan Joestar sheds quite a few, like when his [[MentorArchetype Mentor Zeppeli]] dies and [[https://pm1.narvii.com/6848/a63cd84935db4c24350355a7b2f9cb86d0c24eefv2_00.jpg even]] when his ArchEnemy Dio seemingly dies. Much like Kenshiro, Jonathan [[TenderTears cries]] for even his most hated enemy because of the connection they shared.
121	** Joseph Joestar despite his reckless crazy attitude has a soft heart like his grandfather, as seen when he [[https://i.imgur.com/v7jszr0_d.webp?maxwidth=640&shape=thumb&fidelity=medium cries after discovering his uncle Speedwagon was still alive]] and [[spoiler: his reaction to his friend Caesar Zeppeli being killed, though [[https://thumbs.gfycat.com/GloomyQuerulousDrongo-size_restricted.gif these tears]] become BerserkerTears]].
122	** Esidisi, who often cries to let out all his emotions, as well as to regain focus and control, before fighting Joseph.
123	** Jean-Pierre Polnareff, being an EmotionalBruiser, is the master of Manly Tears. He usually likes to throw a thumbs-up along with it as well. Usually anyone who provokes him into doing it is going to get a ''massive'' ass-kicking afterwards.
124	** Though usually expressing himself through anger and annoyance when not otherwise stoic, not even Jotaro Kujo is immune, sporting a TearfulSmile in the part three finale.
125	** While his eyes only well up subtly in the manga, in the anime adaptation of part 5 Giorno openly weeps [[spoiler: as he relays the news that it was too late for him to save Narancia. Mista also cries and lets out a SkywardScream.]]
126	** The series has several other memorable and impacting cases of this trope, including, but not limited to [[spoiler: Josuke's TearsOfJoy upon finding out that Okuyasu wasn't killed by Killer Queen's attack in part 4,]] and [[spoiler:Johnny witnessing the death of Gyro Zeppeli in part 7.]]
127	* ''Manga/{{Kaiji}}'': [[spoiler:"He stayed quiet all the way down!"]]
128	* ''Kaiji 2'': Rousing speeches and dramatically built-up victories and defeats make manly tears a ''Kaiji 2'' staple. As the series goes on and the stakes and emotions boil over, there are episodes where Kaiji is literally crying the whole time because he's so fried out of his mind by what's happening. Considering the circumstances, it's justified: [[spoiler:if Kaiji wins his last gamble, he'll be rich and can save several friends that sacrificed their freedom just so he could have the chance ''to gamble''. If he loses, he'll be imprisoned as a virtual slave in an [[EvilInc underground work camp]], sentenced to work 16 hours a day in brutal conditions for something like ten dollars a day to pay off his debt. Kaiji's debt (through very little fault of his own) is such that he will be [[FateWorseThanDeath stuck there for life until his body gives out]].]]
129	* Happens a few times in ''Manga/KamenRiderSpirits''. The most powerful is the one with [[Series/KamenRiderV3 Shiro Kazami]]. Trapped in an illusion showing his departed family inviting him to go with them, he declined at the last moment, letting go of his dead little sister's hand and doing his henshin pose. In the middle of it, the reader is shown an image of him shedding a single tear, which carries on to the mask of V3. It was ''awesome''.
130	** Muraeda Kenichi is fond of this, HotBlooded, and a lot of manly tropes in general.
131	* ''Anime/KillLaKill'':
132	** [[NaiveEverygirl Mako Mankanshoku]] just might be the first feminine character on this page. [[AlwaysMale Yes people,]] [[GirlyBruiser feminine.]] In Episode 7, [[spoiler: she goes from RagsToRiches by being president of her school’s Fight Club [[JustForFun/IThoughtItMeant (no]] [[Literature/FightClub relation),]] [[PyrrhicVictory but loses the warm family life that she originally had]] in the process.]] When her status gets threatened and [[spoiler: she [[DeadlyGraduation has to defeat her best friend in order to not only keep her position but to advance all the up to the cream of the crop]], she performs an EvilCostumeSwitch, [[ClothesMakeTheSuperman effectively becoming]] [[RealWomenDontWearDresses a tomboyish,]] [[Manga/JoJosBizarreAdventure JoJo-esque]], JapaneseDelinquent EmpoweredBadassNormal. The entire fight, which lasted for hours, Mako was having a classic ConflictingLoyalties [[FightingFromTheInside battle inside herself]] convincing herself to be as WillfullyWeak as possible.]] [[http://theglorioblog.files.wordpress.com/2013/11/vlcsnap-2013-11-14-15h00m20s245.png This is the face that she makes]] when she finally stops in her tracks and breaks down into InelegantBlubbering.
133	** A more straight example comes from [[UndyingLoyalty Ira Gamagoori,]] the [[LargeHam Largest Ham]] [[NoIndoorVoice in a]] WorldOfHam. When [[spoiler: he loses to Ryuko,]] he cries so hard that [[spoiler: he tries to commit {{Seppuku}}. [[InterruptedSuicide Satsuki stops him]], saying that he [[IronicEcho ‘must wipe away his own tears.’]]]]
134	* ''Manga/{{Kinnikuman}}'': After coming in fourth in the first Choujin Olympics, Ramenman tearfully begs Kinnikuman to win the tournament and make the battle they had fought something he could be proud of. In the manga, he cried TearsOfBlood.
135	* In Episode 9 of ''Anime/{{Kiznaiver}}'', Katsuhira cries when hugging Noriko [[spoiler: after regaining his memories. And he cries again at the end of Episode 10, complete with SkywardScream.]]
136	* ''Franchise/LupinIII'':
137	** Goemon cries these in ''Anime/LupinIIIDragonOfDoom'' while watching a kabuki play.
138	** ''Anime/LupinIIICrisisInTokyo'': A samurai is not complete without his soul. Goemon, when he finally gets his ''Zantetsuken'' back, even cuddles his sword. Awww...
139	* The ''Mazinger'' trilogy is another TropeCodifier. Males in this series were prone to burst into tears and it did not diminish their badassery at all:
140	** ''[[Anime/MazingerZ Kouji Kabuto]]'' has several VERY memorable tears moments. One is at the beginning when his grandfather dies in his arms. Another happened in the Mazinger vs Great General of Darkness movie, when [[spoiler:he was crying in his bedroom at night, thinking he was going to die at the next battle.]] Other three are in the ''[[Anime/{{Mazinkaiser}} Mazinkaiser vs the Great General of Darkness movie]]'', [[spoiler:with Loru Lori and Dr. Morimori's {{Heroic Sacrifice}}s, and when he finally defeats ALL the Mikene Empire and tearfully screams "My dead friends... I AVENGED YOU ALL!"]]
141	** ''[[Anime/GreatMazinger Tetsuya Tsurugi]]'' also got his moments. One of them was [[spoiler:when his adoptive father died.]]
142	** ''[[Anime/UFORoboGrendizer Duke Fleed]]'' also shed them often, usually as he remembered his murdered friends. A very memorable moment he shared with Kouji was [[spoiler:after Emperor Vega's death.]] Kouji and Duke (and Hikaru and Maria) shed tears in relief, thinking the nightmare was at last over.
143	* ''Manga/Monster1994'':
144	** Tenma, mostly as a result of [[HeroicBSOD seeing his friends murdered]] and such.
145	** The moments where Johan cries are some of the most epic moments in the series, such as the time he hears Karl's story and [[spoiler:when Nina states that he cried offscreen in Bonaparta's cabin [[http://browse.deviantart.com/art/Don-t-Cry-291263153 (dramatized in this fan comic)]]]]. However, the fact is that, more often, [[TearsOfFear he induces others to cry]], if they aren't under such duress from his MindRape that all they can do is [[DespairEventHorizon stare bleakly into the abyss of their meaningless existence]].
146	** [[TinMan Wolfgang Grimmer]], who is seeking to regain his lost emotions, manages to cry twice in the series, and both times are {{tearjerker}}s. [[spoiler:The first time, he cries for the sake of an orphan who thought he was unwanted and was on the brink of suicide to show how much he truly cares for him, and the second time, he manages to cry for his long-dead son, something he was previously unable to do.]]
147	* Izuku Midoriya’s tears in ''Franchise/MyHeroAcademia'' usually don’t count, but in the dark Deku arc, it definitely counts when Class 1-A finally manage to reach through the emotional walls he’s built and convince him that he needs to let them help in his fight.
148	** Aizawa’s count when he finds out one of his best friends is now a Nomu and breaks down with the strain of urging the guy to break through and assert his consciousness and failing. He blames it on his dry eye issue.
149	* ''Manga/{{Naruto}}'':
150	** Might Guy and, of course, his student and protege Rock Lee manage to be comical parodies ''and'' moving [[https://encrypted-tbn0.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn%3AANd9GcQHJiY-pdUcUxPfoKhe-rc_RJc5JjN8BbwQUiHYMyOqvBRDsl_S straight examples]] of this, depending on the circumstances.
151	** It turns out Guy's father was also like this as a flashback from Guy's childhood showed.
152	** After Haku dies, Naruto angrily and tearfully lets loose on Zabuza for his lack of compassion for someone who cared so much bout him... only for Zabuza to turn around, revealing that he's ''[[http://livedoor.blogimg.jp/satorionechan-koishi/imgs/6/6/669fdd79.jpg openly weeping]]''.
153	** Naruto himself exemplifies the trope. He cries when he thinks that Gaara dies. He cries after Jiraiya dies. [[TearsOfJoy He cries in relief]] after learning that he did not harm [[LivingEmotionalCrutch Hinata]] or the rest of the villagers while under the control of the nine-tailed fox. He cries when he meets his long-dead father, and later mother, in his mind.
154	** Shikamaru also [[NotSoStoic lets some out]] when Asuma dies.
155	*** Even before that, he also cries when he discovers that the other members of the Sasuke Retrieval Team will make a full recovery, after failing their mission in bringing Sasuke back to Konoha.
156	** [[TheBigGuy Chouji]] also cried when Shikamaru did above. Chouji's one of the weepier ninja: it also happens in Part I after the Jirobo fight, and in Shippuuden, when Chouji breaks down in tears after discovering Chouza (his father) [[TakingTheBullet took a hit for him]], and again when Tsunade reveals that Chouza is actually alive.
157	** The [[LargeAndInCharge ridiculously huge]] Raikage [[OcularGushers lets out quite a lot]] when he thinks his brother has been kidnapped, and everyone in the room joins in upon seeing it.
158	** Gaara sheds a single tear after failing to convince Sasuke to abandon his revenge and actually breaks down when his father tells him that his mother actually ''did'' love him dearly, instead of [[DeathByChildbirth dying]] cursing his name, as Gaara had previously been told.
159	** Even ''[[TheStoic Sasuke]]'' tears up when Madara tells him about how [[AloofBigBrother Itachi]] was actually a good guy, ''right after Sasuke killed him''.
160	** Itachi was downright ''sobbing'' to the point of hesitating when he tries to kill his own parents (due to having been forced into a SadisticChoice) to the point that the latter have to urge him to go ahead and finish the job.
161	** Minato weeps, first in happiness when his wife Kushina successfully gives birth to Naruto, and later in a more heartbreaking example, when he and Kushina [[ImpaledWithExtremePrejudice are impaled by the Kyuubi's claw]] while saying their last goodbyes to their literally just-born son. Their last [[MoodWhiplash first and last moments]] together are not only insanely tearjerking, but also heartwarming.
162	* Chapter 279 of ''Manga/NegimaMagisterNegiMagi'': [[spoiler:Negi does this when [[ObiWanMoment Rakan dies]]. Chisame even more so, showing more emotion than [[SugarAndIcePersonality she ever did before]].]]
163	* ''Manga/OnePiece'' deserves mention here, as each and every one of the male protagonists, [[BeyondTheImpossible up to and including the skeleton who specifically said he was]] [[UnableToCry physically incapable of crying]], has at least one instance of Manly Tears to their name.
164	** Some especially good examples are when Iceberg finds out that Franky survived being run over by the Sea Train when Sanji leaves the Baratie and Luffy and Usopp after their duel.
165	*** Though averted just as often as not. It got the TropeCodifier for InelegantBlubbering.
166	** The Going Merry's [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MAytEIgqlPA funeral]].
167	** Zoro being near perpetual [[TheStoic stoic]] doesn't seem to believe in crying as he is [[MenDontCry against]] letting his emotions out, his defeat at the hands of Mihawk and subsequent vow to Luffy is the only time since his friend Kuina passed that Zoro has been seen crying in the series.
168	*** Zoro along with Sanji were the only crewmates who didn't cry at [[spoiler: Going Merry's viking funeral while the rest of the males did]], with that said the anime did give Zoro some goofy tears at seeing what a good brother Ace is to Luffy and even InelegantBlubbering when he sees Kokoro is a mermaid though both are non-canon.
169	** Of course, Franky deserves special mention, being brought to tears rather easily (and always being in denial of it).
170	** Upon successfully escaping Impel Down, the entire getaway crew shed ManlyTears for [[spoiler:Bentham, after he stayed behind in secret to trick the guards into opening the Gates of Justice.]]
171	** [[spoiler: Ace's death in Luffy's arms, Ace himself cries and thanks Luffy for going so far to save him and dies smiling while '''all''' the [[BadassCrew Whitebeard's pirates]] including Whitebeard and Garp openly weep and then cry again Whitebeard himself dies. Luffy doesn't cry, no he goes [[HeroicBSOD completely catatonic]] and cries and falls into [[DespairEventHorizon despair]] later when he wakes up.]]
172	** Jimbei cries when [[spoiler:Ace dies]], when [[spoiler:his captain Fisher Tiger dies]] and again when [[spoiler:Nami forgives him.]]
173	** Even ''Arlong'' cried when [[spoiler:Fisher Tiger died]], as with the rest of [[spoiler:Fisher's crew.]]
174	** King Neptune breaks down at [[spoiler:the death of his wife Queen Otohime]], even going to a TroubledFetalPosition. The three princes upon witnessing [[spoiler:their mother being shot and dying.]]
175	** In a flashback in the Dressrosa arc, not even badass men like Kyros and King Riku can hold in tears of joy when their daughter/granddaughter is born.
176	** Still in the Dressrosa arc, [[spoiler:after Doflamingo is defeated, Kyros bursts into TearsOfJoy. He's also one of the rare cases where it overlaps with InelegantBlubbering, as considering all the crap he's fought through, and how he spent ten years being UnableToCry due to being a toy, he lets out all the manly tears he couldn't shed at once.]]
177	** Usopp and Franky let out some tears when they learn the whole Mink tribe let themselves get gassed, tortured, and maimed to protect one Ninja.
178	** Sanji ''cries four times'' in the Whole Cake Island arc, completely understandably as he is forced to [[FakeDefector separate]] from Luffy and Nami, is betrayed and mocked by Pudding, reunites with Luffy and then finally cries to his captain that he wants to come back to the crew when Luffy demands that he tell him what he really feels.
179	*** In the same arc Luffy was moved to tears when he learned that Sanji the unrivaled womanizer had refused to marry an attractive girl and instead had chosen to return to his crew.
180	** Even [[BreakoutVillain Charlotte Katakuri]], an unadulterated hardcore badass, cries when he discovers his sister Brulee was attacked and permanently scarred [[RevengeByProxy because of him]].
181	** Inuarashi sheds a tear remembering Oden in Wano.
182	** Inuarashi again, along with Kin'emon, Kanjuro, Raizo, and Kawamatsu burst into tears at Yasuie’s execution at Orochi’s hands. Even a hardass like [[TheCynic Ashura Doji]] is on the verge of breaking down at the loss of his friend and actually does so in the anime.
183	** [[spoiler:Shanks in a FlashBack [[https://encrypted-tbn0.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn%3AANd9GcSfH1sSbCc29vC4j7PAf1XzQWzuNhV98Xwj3A&usqp=CAU cries]] to his captain Gol D. Roger after the latter revealed something to him]].
184	** Kozuki Oden, easily one of the most hardcore badasses in the series, [[https://encrypted-tbn0.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn%3AANd9GcRWRGq5aZlowsVpW9M29ve11pKAjd77d10Q7Q&usqp=CAU has a crying fit]] upon hearing about his friend Roger’s execution, but his tears become joyful thinking about his friend's legacy. Oden later [[https://encrypted-tbn0.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn%3AANd9GcS3XSjw3nQD6m3AplBZ8c8681nbVbr6_hBmWg&usqp=CAU cries in frustration]] when Kaido and Orochi ravage his country for five years, his efforts to protect Wano’s citizens become futile and he swears to [[RoaringRampageOfRevenge make them pay]].
185	* In ''Manga/PokemonAdventures'':
186	** It looks like normally stoic Silver is about to burst into tears when saying how Gold performed a HeroicSacrifice to take down the BigBad and save them all... but it's subverted as Blue chooses ''that moment'' to declare that Silver's under arrest for a crime that happened at the beginning of the arc. [[spoiler:Thank god Gold lived and provided a FacialCompositeFailure wanted poster, pointing out that Silver doesn't look anything like the image there. Gold then further kills the mood by rubbing Green's ass, [[MySisterIsOffLimits enraging Silver enough to slug him]].]]
187	** Subverted (Averted?) with N's first appearance, as he looks more like he came out of a shoujo series. Many fans couldn't help giggling.
188	* [[StepfordSmiler Fuji Shuusuke]] cries in ''Manga/ThePrinceOfTennis'' anime when [[spoiler:he loses ''in an official match'' against Kuranosuke Shiraishi. ]]. Also at the U-17 Selection Camp [[spoiler:as he is effortlessly defeated by Tezuka in an unofficial match just before Tezuka leaves for Germany.]]
189	** [[BunnyEarsLawyer Kikumaru Eiji]] also cries when [[spoiler:he loses his beloved partner [[TeamMom Shuuichirou Oishi]] after the injured Oishi gives up his spot in the regulars to not be a burden on the team.]]
190	** And in the previews for the next [=OAVs=], [[spoiler:Oishi is seen screaming and crying his heart out, VERY possibly for Tezuka after the animated version of the Tezuka v/s Sanada match.]]
191	* ''[[Manga/RainbowNishaRokubouNoShichinin RAINBOW]]'' is known to turn on the manly tears fairly frequently. [[spoiler:Some examples include Anchan after he heard Mario's hand has been smashed, Mario after his friends went to great personal lengths to keep him from being sent to prison, and Joe when he hit rock bottom in his music career.]]
192	* [[PlayedForLaughs Parodied extensively]] in ''Manga/RanmaOneHalf'', usually when a character pulls off some sort of (unwilling!) sacrifice and the others [[ConverseWithTheUnconscious gather over his unconscious body to thank him for it]], to his immense annoyance.
193	** Played for drama when [[spoiler:Akane is thought to be dead]]. You see a single tear slide off Ranma's cheek and onto hers, before he starts crying harder and screams her name out of anguish.
194	* Lots of this in the manga of ''Manga/RikiOh''. One big moment of manly tears when [[spoiler:Nachi]] puts a gladiator out of his misery and Riki-Oh calls him out on it.
195	** The whole manga's about the debate of euthanasia.
196	* In ''Manga/TheRedRangerBecomesAnAdventurerInAnotherWorld'', Tougo is moved to tears when Idola promises to help him return to his world as part of achieving her dream of making the world a better place through magic. He even declares it must have been destiny that brought them together, embarrassing her with what sounds like a LoveConfession.
197	* ''Anime/RoninWarriors'' is ''extremely'' prone to this. Sometimes overlaps TearsOfRemorse, particularly in Kento/Shu and Shuten Doji/Anubis' cases. Also present during the final attack against the BigBad, during which four of the FiveManBand [[spoiler:thought they were also killing their leader]].
198	* At several points in ''Manga/{{Saikano}}'', multiple male characters, ''especially'' Shuji, are reduced to tears for various reasons.
199	* ''Manga/SaintSeiya'' uses this trope SEVERAL times. Specially in death or big revelation scenes. Like when [[spoiler:Ikki comes back to the group after his first death, when Shiryu loses his sight (twice, if we count Seiya collapsing in tears when told by the doctors there's nothing to do for Shiryu), when Cassius pulls an HeroicSacrifice to de-brainwash Aiolia and save Seiya, when Ikki defeats Shaka through TakingYouWithMe when everyone thinks Shiryu is gone for good...]]
200	** Shed in ''Anime/SaintSeiyaOmega'' by Kouga during his futile attempt to rescue Saori from Mars, right before [[spoiler:he gains the power of the Pegasus Cloth.]]
201	* Played for comedy, but shed fairly often by Harima Kenji on ''Manga/SchoolRumble''.
202	** In last chapter of Manga/SakigakeOtokojuku. No wonder considering the whole series is full of badass and manliness
203	* Averted in ''Manga/SlamDunk'' when [[spoiler:Mitsui breaks down after the gym fight, and when Sakuragi cries after the loss against Kainan]]. Played straight when [[spoiler:Shoyo loses and Fujima calmly but tearfully accepts his loss, and when Sakuragi remembers his DisappearedDad.]]
204	* In the fifth season of the ''Literature/{{Slayers}}'' anime, the normally [[DeadpanSnarker snarky]] and [[LonersAreFreaks distant]] chimera Zelgadis breaks down after learning that [[spoiler:he may never be able to revert back to his human state, ever. The fact that his own great-grandfather is telling him this makes it even worse.]] While only a few tears are shown, it's painfully obvious that he's wailing and distressed, and given his nature, it's painful to see.
205	* In ''Manga/ASilentVoice'' Shoya Ishida cries multiple times, first time being when he realises that Shouko Nishimiya the deaf girl he brutally bullied had been wiping the graffiti off his desk every day without him knowing, this is also the first time Shoya [[MyGodWhatHaveIDone regrets]] his treatment of her. The second time is when Miyoko Sahara one of the few people who were nice to Shouko, thanks him deeply viva a text message for reuniting her with Shouko and the day they all spend together, upon reading it Ishida cries himself to sleep. The third time is when he reunites with Shouko herself in their special spot at the bridge [[spoiler: after waking up from his coma that he got while falling off a building stopping Shouko’s suicide attempt]]. The fourth and [[SugarWiki/CrowningMomentOfHeartwarming most heartwarming]] example is [[https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=EroLWpDFfzs at the end]] when Shoya having gotten over his depression is finally able to look at other people's faces again. Looking around at people, his family, and all the new friends he has made, Shoya is overwhelmed with happiness and cries.
206	* Captain Juzo Okita from ''Anime/SpaceBattleshipYamato'', when he sees his son's picture.
207	* Okabe Rintarou, a.k.a. [[LargeHam Hououin Kyouma]], of ''VisualNovel/SteinsGate'' gets this a few times, particularly [[spoiler:on the numerous occasions where Mayuri dies]] and when [[spoiler:he and Kurisu resolve themselves to having to erase the D-mail that prevented her from getting stabbed in order to save Mayuri... [[TearJerker right after they've confessed their love to one another]].]]
208	* In ''Anime/StreetFighterIITheAnimatedMovie'', Guile doesn't cry when his ass is kicked by Bison, or when Chun-Li is hurt, but he sheds some manly tears of manliness when he thinks Chun-Li is dead.
209	* Kirito from ''Literature/SwordArtOnline'' has some moments. The best examples:
210	** When Kirito listens to [[spoiler: the recorded message that Sacchi left for him before she died. When she hums the Christmas song ''"Rudolph, the Red-Nosed Reindeer"'', he totally breaks.]]
211	** At the end of the Aincrad arc [[spoiler:Kirito apologizes to Asuna for not keeping his promise to take her back to the real world while sobbing.]]
212	** Finally, the most happy instance [[spoiler:at the very last episode of the anime, when Kirito and Asuna get reunited. Both shed tears of joy.]]
213	* Pegas in the ''Anime/TekkamanBlade'' finale. This is made even more badass by the fact that he is a ROBOT.
214	* ''Anime/TengenToppaGurrenLagann'' is arguably the TropeNamer, as it was the Gurren Lagann fanbase that coined the phrase "manly tears".
215	** Simon, in ''Anime/TengenToppaGurrenLagann'', has the full works: A RousingSpeech is given, Manly Tears are dramatically shaken away, and all set to a ThemeMusicPowerup.
216	** Kamina plays this straight when he finds his father's skeleton in the desert and for comedic purposes a couple more times.
217	** In the beginning of episode 26 when he [[spoiler:crushes one of the faces on the Anti-Spiral ships after Kittan's manly death]] he's [[http://randomc.net/image/Gurren%20Lagann/Gurren%20Lagann%20-%2026%20-%20Large%2001.jpg shown]] shedding tears of ''blood''.
218	** [[Film/AustinPowers When Simon gets teary, PEOPLE DIE.]]
219	** Take a look at the final scene of the episode where [[spoiler:Kamina]] dies. The way the rain is flowing down Lagann's face, it looks as if ''the mecha is mourning too''.
220	*** Mirrored again when [[spoiler:Kittan dies too]]. The Chouginga Gurren Lagann has spiral energy flowing down its cheeks as if it's crying.
221	* ''Manga/TerraforMARS'' has almost every one of the male characters crying at some point. Notable examples of Manly Tears include Shokichi Komachi and Akari Hizamaru. Shokichi cries for [[spoiler: his childhood friend after she is killed by a terraformar. He also cries while hugging his dying teammate Thien, who had overdosed on a drug that left him a human-sized locust.]] Akari cries rivers when he first learns his friend Yuriko, whom he loved, died before he could help her get an organ transplant. He cries again when admitting he loved her, though this time is also an example of InelegantBlubbering, as it is less than pretty. This time Akari's grief moves Shokichi to cry as well, as he is reminded of his own similar loss.
222	* Vash the Stampede from ''Manga/{{Trigun}}''. He frequently gets like this when donuts are involved. Though some (including characters from the show -- even including ''little kids'') would debate whether Vash's tears are ''manly'' or not. Wolfwood (during [[spoiler:his death scene in both the anime and the manga]]) and Knives (yes, he cries at one point in the manga, if you look closely: when he [[spoiler:embraces then ''crushes'' a dead plant, vowing to kill Vash and saying "Farewell, dear brother"]]) would be better examples.
223	** Vash's seiyuu, Onosaka Masaya, also voices the {{Cloudcuckoolander}} thief Isaac of ''Literature/{{Baccano}}!'', also prone to tears most manly.
224	* Syaoran in ''Manga/TsubasaReservoirChronicle'' cries (and then passes out) when he is treated to an extremely vivid replay of [[spoiler:Kurogane]]'s tragic past. It's doubly shocking since he's rather [[TheStoic stoic]] for a KidHero.
225	** Considerably more stoic in the anime version than in the manga, in fact; in the anime he really only seems to have one expression.
226	* Souichi from ''Manga/TheTyrantFallsInLove'' breaks down into tears after a long, impassioned rant to Morinaga on how he ''does'' have feelings and ''was'' hurt by Morinaga's attempt to disappear from his life, and also after saving Morinaga who managed to get himself trapped underneath an altar in a burning house, while berating him on not thinking about how he'd feel again (though he makes the excuse of splashing himself with water as a safety precaution).
227	* ''VisualNovel/UminekoWhenTheyCry'': Battler does this a lot from the first arc on. [[AFateWorseThanDeath It's pretty hard to blame him]], and part of the draw of the series is watching him [[BreakTheCutie be tortured way past the point he should have gone nuts]] [[{{Determinator}} and yet always in the end manage to pull himself together and keep going]].
228	* Tough guy [[spoiler:Tsume]] mourning [[TheWoobie woobie]] [[spoiler:Toboe]] in ''Anime/WolfsRain''. (Actually the tears are only part of his human illusion because he's a wolf, but they're necessary to show his emotions.)
229	* In another ''Creator/{{CLAMP}}'' example, despite [[{{Keet}} not being particularly manly]], Watanuki from ''Manga/XxxHolic'' doesn't cry often, even when his life starts veering into DeusAngstMachina territory. When he does, it's usually a TearJerker for the readers. It helps that whenever something awful happens to him, he always puts up with it without complaining and only cries when the bad stuff happens to others.
230	* ''Franchise/YuGiOh''
231	** Jonouchi/Joey from [[Anime/YuGiOh the original]] had these as well, after Yugi Muto [[spoiler:promised to give the prize money from his Duelist Kingdom victory to Joey to pay for his sister's eye surgery]]. He cries again [[spoiler:when Yugi attempts a HeroicSacrifice for him after Yugi wins against Jounouchi, who was BrainwashedAndCrazy and with their friend Anzu [[IHaveYourWife taken as a hostage]].]]
232	*** Yami Yugi has a mental breakdown after he [[spoiler:loses the duel to Rafael and Yugi's soul is taken by the Orichalcos.]] Later, when he [[spoiler:fights and beats a (seemingly) evil ghost-like Yugi in order to overcome his own darkness,]] he cries again, [[spoiler:[[TearJerker holding onto little Yugi and vowing to save him]].]]
233	** In ''Anime/YuGiOhGX'', everyone present starts openly crying when [[spoiler:Ryo/Zane [[HeroicSacrifice sacrifices himself against Yubel]] to snap Judai/Jaden out of his HeroicBSOD.]]
234	** ''Anime/YuGiOh5Ds'' Crow does this when he sees that his siblings have drawn him a picture of Crow which he hugs them.
235	*** Episode 57 has TheStoic Yusei shedding a tear as he confessed his guilt over [[spoiler:his father's research ruining his friends' lives.]]
236	*** We see him shed tears again in Episode 145 [[spoiler: when Bruno dies]], complete with him [[SayMyName shouting Bruno's name.]]
237	* ''Manga/YuYuHakusho'':
238	** Yusuke cries manly tears when [[spoiler:Genkai dies and when Kuwabara fakes his own death.]]
239	** Kuwabara does it too, when [[spoiler:Yusuke dies]].
240	** Tears flow down one side of Hokushin's otherwise stoic face as Yusuke fights Yomi in the Demon World Tournament, thinking of how [[TearsOfJoy proud]] Raizen would be to see Yusuke now.
241	* Essentially every kickass male in ''Manga/ZatchBell'' cries manly tears sooner or later. It's usually really awesome.

Context ManlyTears / AnimeAndManga