Tear Jerker / Osu! Tatakae! Ouendan

• "Over the Distance" in the first game has the recently passed Ishida fight with the angels in heaven because he needs to make amends with his wife. He is granted three hours back on Earth to do it. The level's a lot less Hot-Blooded than the rest of the game, and the loud whistles are replaced with soft beeps.
• "Believe". Rina Shiratori is a rising figure skating star. Her little sister, Mana, is jealous that Rina is better than her, and wishes she would just disappear. That night, Rina dies from a car collision. At her funeral, Mana deeply regrets what she said, which leads to this scene as shown in the page's image:
  Mana: I want to see sis Rina again!
  • The stage then follows Mana on her journey to win gold in Rina's place, all the while using her departed sister's skates. If you manage to do well in all stages, Rina's ghost will appear next to Mana and say one final goodbye.
  • If you successfully complete the song, the Asahi Ouendan team is shown to be crying.
• "Glamorous Sky", the second bonus stage of Ouendan 2, where you help a young boy confess his love to his crush before she moves away. Especially if you do well because then she responds that she feels the same way, and you get a final picture of the boy waving goodbye to her, with tears in his eyes. That stage has also made the song into a Tear Jerker as well.
• Every Downer Ending you can get if you get a Game Over in both games. You even get a haiku from the character lamenting their failure. Let's count them all:
  • From Ouendan:
    • "Loop & Loop": Tsuyoshi fails the exam and cherry blossoms fall as he slumps over in failure.
      I've tried for three years,
      Only to have fallen like
      Sakura petals
    • "It's Guts!!": The thief escapes with the money and not only that, but Biridon loses his last race and is forced into a disgraced retirement.
      I have lost again.
      Only things of me that fly
      Are my lofty dreams
    • "Melody": Shin loses the race to Shizu's father and as a result he can't be Shizu's husband.
      Summer festival
      Celebrates tonight's defeat
      With great fireworks
    • "Koi no Dance Site": While everyone is celebrating, Yamagata Sachiko is left all alone overworking on the night.
      Time to celebrate,
      But why am I the one who's
      Working overtime?!
    • "Atsuki Kodou no Hate": Mizutani is left on his class crying, after failing to gain the respect of his students and with the chalkboard full of insults and mocking draws of him.
      A hot-blooded youth
      Is but a thing of the past.
      Now is not that time
    • "Thrill": Ryu wins and Wakana kisses him. Torao slumps over in defeat.
      Between a rival,
      Or one who has lost at love,
      Which one will you choose?
    • "Kokoro Odoru": Unable to create anything except rubbish, Seizan-sensei's personal exhibition ends up as a huge disappointment.
      Though it is not soil,
      If you knead trash, you will get
      Mountains of rubbish
    • "Linda Linda": Unable to sell any ramen on his restaurant, Tanaka is forced to close it.
      Just not good enough?
      How could my own ramen be
      Just not good enough?
    • "Neraiuchi": Cleopatra's pyramid is barely finished and Antony rejects her out of her fatness.
      Don't throw me away,
      'Cause tomorrow I am sure
      To get into shape
    • "Over the Distance": Ishida doesn't make it in time to apologize to Ryouko and the Angel guides him to the paradise as he sadly accepts his time has come. You don't even get a haiku or Pose of Supplication for this one.
      "Ishida-san... I'm sorry to say it's time."
    • "One Night Carnival": The bacteria on his stomach resist the good germs and unable to contain himself anymore Kouji rushes to the bathroom and missing out his important concert.
      I hit the toilet,
      And I lose my chance to be
      A great soloist.
    • "Taisetsu na Mono": Iijima loses the election to J-Yama, and everyone in the town is hypnotized and wearing a ridiculous afro.
      Now I realize,
      No matter where I look, it's
      Nothing but afros
    • "Taiyou ga Moeteiru": Ichirou loses the battle, his daughter still hates him and he is left all alone slumped on the ground looking for his glasses.
      Ichirou-man has
      Only failures to his name.
      My apologies.
    • "Shanghai Honey": Dan and Joe fail to save the city from the rampaging robots and are covering each other out of fear as they surround them, unable to do anything to stop the menace.
      Let's just raise our hands.
      There's no point putting up a
      Futile resistance.
    • "Ready Steady Go": The meteorite impacts earth and we see the last moments of the Ouendan hugging each other completely helpless and scared seconds before their inevitable downfall.
  • From Ouendan 2:
    • "Zenryoku Shounen": Tsuyoshi Hanada's family laughs at him after being rejected for the last time.
      All I wanted was
      To find a job and earn my
      Family's respect.
    • "Real Life Real Heart": The choir club Yuria and Kaoruko are trying to save is abolished by the principal for good upon failing to recruit more members and live up to its former legacy.
      The tradition ends.
      We clasp our hands and offer
      Our condolences.
    • "Okuru Kotoba": Ebiyama's Sumo association loses for the last time, leaving his association closed and with many mouths to feed.
      In the harsh winter,
      My own weathered body slumps
      Under exhaustion
    • "Pop Star": The people of the island forces Kuroiwa to leave the island after he's unable to fix their problems. Not only that, but he can't go back to his old job after quitting it earlier.
      I couldn't do it.
      Being a doctor is hard
      In this time and age.
    • "Go My Way": Seizan-sensei angrily leaves the hot waters and Kaede is forced to leave her husband and her family out for disappointing them and losing such an important client.
      I have been chased out.
      Visiting my in-laws was
      Not as expected.
    • "Julia no Shoushin": Moriyama not only loses his store to Eagle, but also his lovely worker Misaki.
      My own ambitions
      Have been cut down to nothing
      With just my clippers.
    • "Vista": Zaiko's ship explodes and is forced to land on the moon, losing all his shoe stock in the explosion, and unable to return to the earth with his wife and son.
      My dream and stockpile
      Scatters into deep space like
      A pile of stardust.
    • "Shounen Heart": Unable to continue his adventure, Old Momotaro and his dog collapses from their age and monkey and the pheasant abandon them to their demise.
      Momotarou has
      Let his old age get to him.
      Now, a frail old man.
    • "Kibun Joujou↑↑": Gorou is unable to control himself and turns into a werewolf, resulting in being taken away in the dogcatcher's cage and sent away from his love.
      It's impossible
      To have a normal romance?
      Awooo, curse the gods!
    • "BANG! BANG! Vacance": Christine's fails the deadline, with nothing written on her novel besides a text on her computer lamenting for not being able to write anything.
      I have found romance,
      But the ink to pen it down
      Has already dried
    • "Bambina": Takuya wets his bed again, disappointing and angering his mother Shizu again and humiliated by his evil younger sister as she laughs at his accident.
      I am just a child,
      But on my bed, I can draw
      A map of the world.
    • "Believe": Mana retires after not living up Rina's legacy, lamenting herself from failing her as the coach is trying to console her. Like the prequel, there is no haiku or Pose of Supplication for this level.
      "I'm sorry, big-sister Rina..."
    • "Zoku": Nyaragon destroys Fuji Number 1 beyond repair and continues wrecking havoc throughout the city.
      The giant robot
      Has been reduced to nothing
      But a pile of junk.
    • "Music Hour": Moo successfully escapes as the housewives are unable to rescue Jin 2.
      Just as is written,
      Our star has disappeared
      Into the night sky.
    • "Monkey Magic": Monkey-kun gives up in it's a journey to return to his home, ends up broken and it's implied he will die, his last words those of regretting losing its owner.
      Collapsed and beaten,
      I can only recall my
      Days of being loved
    • "Glamorous Sky": Not only does Sakura reject Ken's confession, she reveals she's actually in love with his friend Gon-chan, much to his devastation.
      My first taste of love,
      Is filled to the brim with my
      Neverending tears.
    • "Samurai Blue": Packet-Man runs out of battery and falls down, unable to help Tarou in sending his important text to his wife.
      Today my email
      Somehow failed to deliver.
      I'll give up on it
    • "Countdown" & "Sekai wa Sore wo Ai to Yobun da ze": The Sun dies, and as the result, the Earth ends up frozen, leaving to the extinction of every life in the solar system, finalizing in seeing the Ouendan frozen up with a smile on their faces. Fail the very last stage and you get both teams frozen on your game over screen.

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