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please suggest me a very sad anime

Buwako

Buwako

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i havent really cried HARD to a piece of media since the time i first watched osana reimu in 2023 and i wanna be sad like that again so suggest me some sad anime so i can cry pls 🥺

also i guess it doesnt HAVE to be anime specifically but i'd prefer if its something like that (i'll still check it out though)
 
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KKHTA lowkey has a sad ending, it may not be an anime but its close to it, since it's an animated manga.

Jojo's Bizarre Adventure part 6 could make one cry too at the end but it's not explicitly sad (unless you liked the character who died there). But there are 2 important characters, Jotaro and Dio, and to know who even they are you need to watch part 3 (for Dio part 1 is also necessary) to know what "stands" even are you also need to watch part 3, and in part 3 there is Joseph Joestar and to know who even he is you need to watch part 2, also there is a mention in early episodes that Jolyne's father, Jotaro, didn't save Jolyne from prison, and to know why you need to watch part 4, part 5 is completely skippable but it's epic.
 
Out of the 7 Anime I definitely know I watched, I'd say Mushishi.

It's been a while since I last watched it (still haven't finished it), but it follows Ginko, a Mushishi who goes around and cures people of mushi, a third lifeform between life and death. It's an anthology series, so there's no big story arc between the episodes. I don't remember every episode, but some can get sad. It's quite mystical and nature-ous, kinda like a more grounded Touhou. (I watched before I became a Gensokyo-er)

For stuff I haven't watched, I'd say Grave of the Fireflies. I've heard it's one of the saddest things out there.

(It's not an anime, but the music video for Nekko by King Gnu was one of the saddest things I watched. I'd give it a watch if you WANT to cry)
 
I'll keep watch on this thread as I would want to know about some too.
But, really the only suggestion I have is good ol' Higurashi. Higurashi is very dark, but it gets pretty sad later on (especially when the characters' circumstances are revealed more). Just depends on whether you'd find it sad enough. Be warned though, Higurashi can be pretty gorey, so if you don't like that sort of thing, just ignore my suggestion.
Also, I definitely get you with Osana Reimu. Very few stuff could get me as sad as watching that. It's such a beautiful work...
Ah, another suggestion I have I just remembered, is To Your Eternity. Especially the first season. That was really the first show to make me cry in a couple years, back when I first started watching anime around 2022.
 
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Naprzeciw said:
KKHTA lowkey has a sad ending, it may not be an anime but its close to it, since it's an animated manga.

Jojo's Bizarre Adventure part 6 could make one cry too at the end but it's not explicitly sad (unless you liked the character who died there). But there are 2 important characters, Jotaro and Dio, and to know who even they are you need to watch part 3 (for Dio part 1 is also necessary) to know what "stands" even are you also need to watch part 3, and in part 3 there is Joseph Joestar and to know who even he is you need to watch part 2, also there is a mention in early episodes that Jolyne's father, Jotaro, didn't save Jolyne from prison, and to know why you need to watch part 4, part 5 is completely skippable but it's epic.
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i literally just finished part 6 last night lol
 
You said anime so uh, most I can think of is probably Takopi's original Sin or Lain, but both are probably depressing not sad
I think the best thing to rival You Reimu has to be Mother 3, but that's a jrpg
 
Osana Reimu is the last thing that I had bitch cried too as well, lol; Was a blubbery mess for about two hours afterwards, such a sorrowful yet beautiful story. I'd personally recommend skipping the sequel Reireimu, it's a poorly done follow-up that didn't even make me well up throughout it's bloated runtime. The same studio did make another series called Suikasen, though I can't confirm how much of a tear-jerker it is.
 
YuyuFumo said:
Osana Reimu is the last thing that I had bitch cried too as well, lol; Was a blubbery mess for about two hours afterwards, such a sorrowful yet beautiful story. I'd personally recommend skipping the sequel Reireimu, it's a poorly done follow-up that didn't even make me well up throughout it's bloated runtime. The same studio did make another series called Suikasen, though I can't confirm how much of a tear-jerker it is.
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Works of art like Osana Reimu are most certainly hard to come by and don't typically last for very long if any more of it is made.
I'm a aspiring story writer, so I'd need to figure out the best ways for those sorts of emotions to be elicited if I ever seek to make scenes with heavy emotional weight similar to what Osana Reimu does right.
 
YuyuFumo said:
Osana Reimu is the last thing that I had bitch cried too as well, lol; Was a blubbery mess for about two hours afterwards, such a sorrowful yet beautiful story. I'd personally recommend skipping the sequel Reireimu, it's a poorly done follow-up that didn't even make me well up throughout it's bloated runtime. The same studio did make another series called Suikasen, though I can't confirm how much of a tear-jerker it is.
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i barely remember anything from reireimu tbh
 
Buwako said:
i barely remember anything from reireimu tbh
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There are so many things about that dumpster fire that frustrate me to this day. Osana Reimu is a prime example of developing emotional investment in its characters and using that to pile drive the watcher when the final act occurs. Reireimu's character and plot development is basically non-existent and expects you to have the same guttural reaction at the end, which is nearly impossible without relying on its predecessor as a crutch. The series also has worse pacing than JoJo part 3, with lots of things occuring for the sake of occuring and not having any meaningful impact on the plot (doesn't really help when Reireimu is THREE HOURS LONG when Osana Reimu did way more in only 100 minutes).

The worst part of it all was the sequence where Yukari explains to Reimu all the symbolism behind Osana Reimu's ending. The studio literally treated the audience as if they were too retarded to understand why the cards fell the way they did, and it put such a sour taste in my mouth because I'm a very big proponent of 'show, don't tell' storytelling. The ending of Reireimu had potential, but then they introduced the multiverse plotline and just fucking ruined it all; I turned it off at that point and haven't gone back since.
 
YuyuFumo said:
There are so many things about that dumpster fire that frustrate me to this day. Osana Reimu is a prime example of developing emotional investment in its characters and using that to pile drive the watcher when the final act occurs. Reireimu's character and plot development is basically non-existent and expects you to have the same guttural reaction at the end, which is nearly impossible without relying on its predecessor as a crutch. The series also has worse pacing than JoJo part 3, with lots of things occuring for the sake of occuring and not having any meaningful impact on the plot (doesn't really help when Reireimu is THREE HOURS LONG when Osana Reimu did way more in only 100 minutes).

The worst part of it all was the sequence where Yukari explains to Reimu all the symbolism behind Osana Reimu's ending. The studio literally treated the audience as if they were too retarded to understand why the cards fell the way they did, and it put such a sour taste in my mouth because I'm a very big proponent of 'show, don't tell' storytelling. The ending of Reireimu had potential, but then they introduced the multiverse plotline and just fucking ruined it all; I turned it off at that point and haven't gone back since.
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I watched Reireimu at one point, but I never ended up finishing it.
Though, I just wanna say that I definitely agree with you on the "show, don't tell" storytelling narrative. It can be beautifully done, especially when done right.
I do also remember seeing about how the creators had introduced the multiverse aspect into things, and that most certainly takes away the message that Osana Reimu told. Osana Reimu's story is beautiful because of how it told the characters' stories and how bittersweet it's ending was for those characters. It was sad, but still had some amount of hope for Rumia and Reimu to move on despite all they went through.
Adding on to that story was not wrong in itself, but it would ultimately become moot since they decided on the wrong direction for that story to head towards.
If a story is done right the first time, unless there is more that could genuinely become better in further telling the story, then that story should be left as-is.
 
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doesn't really help when Reireimu is THREE HOURS LONG when Osana Reimu did way more in only 100 minutes
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damn, was it really 3 hours long? i thought i watched it in one sitting, but maybe not, cause thats normally something i would break into parts
 
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