What's the saddest you've ever got over the death of a fictional character? (WARNING, spoiler city)

Gonta’s execution in New Danganronpa V3. It was kind of unfair for Kokichi to trick Gonta into “mercy killing” Miu and avoid punishment. Hell, Kokichi is the first Danganronpa character I genuinely hated after this part of the game.

Speaking of V3, I wasn't even that upset about the death of Kokichi himself when it swung around...until much later, when I realised just what kind of character he really was and why he was killed in the first place. And subsequently felt like my soul was ripped out while rewatching it.

I didn't cry at that, but it was a close one.

Back on topic, I think the only time I've ever actually cried because of a fictional character was Arthur Morgan's death at the end of Red Dead Redemption 2, because damn that hurt.
The moment I finished the epilogue I looked up the location of his grave, visited it (on the horse I named after him at that), cried, and actually had to put down the controller for a while. Now I can't even listen to the OST because of it, so yeah that's a thing.

Zane's death in Ninjago made me so sad... Also, Nya's...

Edited by Andrei_Bondoc on Jul 24th 2019 at 4:11:52 PM

Prowl's death in Transformers: Animated made me low-key depressed for years...

It made me even hate the franchise and even Animated itself for quite a while.

But then I got over it, and it's one of the reasons why Animated is now my favorite part of Transformers and television as a whole.

Black Widow and Iron Man in Avengers: Endgame. With the first one, I knew one of them had to die so the other could get the Soul Stone but... I didn't think it would be her. I was expecting it to be Clint! And with the second one... oof. I really wanted Tony to survive and see his daughter grow up but NOPE! Apparently that wasn't going to happen! Special mention also goes to Nina Tucker in the first FMA anime (God I wanted to strangle her POS father after that) and Saya in Black Cat. Fuck you, Creed. Just... fuck you. Also, I haven't recorded it yet, but I have a feeling Mondo Owada's execution is going to hit me pretty hard as well...

Edited by ReikoKazama on Jul 25th 2019 at 1:44:32 AM

The only death I've ever truly cried at was Shion in No 6, but the one that makes me the saddest is Noriaki Kakyoin in JoJo's Bizarre Adventure: Stardust Crusaders. His backstory was painfully relatable to me and he was only seventeen! He never graduated high school! He only felt alive in the last fifty days of his life! His parents will never know what happened to him!. Unlike Shion, he isn't resurrected.

The original Brachiosaurus' death in Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom. It was bad enough with Fridge Horror in regards to dinosaurs not saved from Nublar, But showing us one of the most peaceful, majestic, lovable and iconic dinosaurs, scared and dying while crying for help was heartbreaking... Fuck, I am crying as I write this post.

Hank, on Breaking Bad. I felt like somebody I knew had passed.

Star Trek: Nemesis may have been an objectively bad film, but I'd be lying if I said my mom and I didn't bawl when Data dies.

Larry Zito's death in Miami Vice. I sobbed through the end credits and most of the second half of the two-parter, which is surprising because I almost never cry over fiction.

Whatever someone has trashed online. It's sad getting over something you like.

Back to Dangan Ronpa, Ryoma from V3. He lost all his friends, family, home, and life and the most fucked up part of all of that is that his whole life was a lie anyway. That’s definitely why the infamous twist hit me so hard.

I still cry over the horse from Neverending Story.

So do I. :(

I didn't cry during Stoick's death in How to Train Your Dragon 2, but I was extremely gloomy, especially since he'd been such an important character for a while.

A close second would be Leafie's Heroic Sacrifice in Leafie, a Hen into the Wild. Hoo-boy, Greenie is not going to take it well when he finds that his mother died in his absence.

Edited by Segal991 on Jun 29th 2023 at 10:10:51 AM

We have a new one, ladies and gentlemen! Matsu's death from the Near Future chapter of Live A Live was the closest a game has ever come to making me cry. Honourable mentions also go to the other two disciples, in my case Yun and Hong from Imperial China, a majority of the crew, especially Huey from the Distant Future and the entire fucking tragedy that was the Middle Ages chapter, especially having to kill Streibough following his betrayal and watching Alethea subsequently kill herself to be with him. Fuck that chapter, man...

Edited by ReikoKazama on Jul 1st 2023 at 3:07:47 AM

When Jadzia Dax dies in Star Trek: Deep Space Nine, I cried into my spaghetti.

Stitch almost dying in Lilo & Stitch 2: Stitch Has a Glitch.

I cried as a kid reading a book version of Mickey's Christmas Carol when it shows Scrooge's grave.

On that note, Tiny Tim's death in the Bad Future still makes my eyes water to this day.

Anyway, Bunny's death in The Powerpuff Girls (1998) made me cry as a kid.