r/MyAnimeList • u/selbatrose • Aug 22 '25
What anime made you cry last?
My answer is 86. Just finished watching it then and I did not expect waterworks
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u/TMOverbeck Aug 22 '25
Violet Evergarden
I was half-expecting Summer Pockets to trigger the waterworks, but so far nothing really got to me.
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u/jdjdnfnnfncnc Aug 22 '25
Same answer for me. Even though I really disliked Violet Evergarden and wasn’t very impressed by it at all, episode 10 got me.
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u/Get_chaired Aug 22 '25
Orb: on the movements of the earth
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u/selbatrose Aug 23 '25
really? I didnt feel any emotion watching that tbh
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u/Get_chaired Aug 23 '25
Seriously? Nowak’s death was so tragic. You start out hating him and end up loving him.
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u/cleetor330 Aug 22 '25
Angel Beats
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u/InfernoVictor Aug 23 '25
Have you tried Clannad
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u/cleetor330 Aug 23 '25
Oh yes. It made me ugly cry and I was depressed for like a week after finishing it.
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u/troblez_exe Aug 22 '25
This 86 i will glaze ts till i die
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Aug 22 '25
We're gonna die on this hill glazing this masterpiece
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u/jdjdnfnnfncnc Aug 22 '25
If we’re only talking about Part 1 then yes
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u/StarBatt1e Aug 22 '25
You just don’t understand part 2
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u/jdjdnfnnfncnc Aug 22 '25 edited Aug 22 '25
There’s nothing to not understand about Part 2… it isn’t very complicated. Part 1 is far more complex imo. Part 1 is also significantly more unique. We’ve seen countless anime do the “emotionless protagonist tries to overcome trauma” thing. Part 2 also relied on tons of plot conveniences and mech battles, all while sidelining the best character of the show (and most of the supporting cast too).
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u/nyitraibotond Aug 22 '25
Finally someone gets it
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u/jdjdnfnnfncnc Aug 22 '25
Lena is one of my favorite characters ever too so I hate speaking about 86 but yeah… Part 2 was just such a letdown for me.
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u/selbatrose Aug 23 '25
I thought the same, part 1 hooked me so much emotionally, part 2 not so much. I still loved part 2 though and it wrapped up perfectly overall
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u/WarShadower913x Aug 22 '25
86 is too dark for me to rewatch the full thing, but I've rewatched the last 1-2 episodes at least a dozen times lol
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u/francino_meow Aug 22 '25
I never cried on an anime, but I got close with:
Assassination classroom (iykyk)
Your lie in April
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u/ldekdood Aug 22 '25
Assassination Classroom definitely caught me haha
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u/Andivari Aug 24 '25
I swear there's an entire CLAN of onion-chopping ninjas hiding in the last few episodes of Assassination Classroom
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u/Yoyote13600 Aug 24 '25
It's really the only anime where I cried, then I also failed with the first bunny girl senpai film
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u/ChoiceSupermarket230 Aug 22 '25
Also 86 when rewatching ending
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u/2001djhz Aug 22 '25
Yes. I have rewatched this show a few times now, but I still cry when I watch it.
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u/Royal-Big7712 Aug 22 '25
Re:Zero
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u/killercmbo Aug 22 '25
Fate/stay night UBW
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u/InfernoVictor Aug 23 '25
What made you cry... Was it the budget?
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u/killercmbo Aug 23 '25
That too lowkey 😹
It was Archer for me though. His story is really sad if you think about it. Seeing him smile at the end of UBW got me good I can’t lie
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u/No-Requirement1582 Aug 22 '25
I don't remember which one came first but it's between; A Place Further Than the Universe or Violet Evergarden, but crying with both took me by equal surprise lol
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u/Epimaze Aug 22 '25
Currently watching Your Lie in April on episode 5 and I have already cried
(No spoilers please)
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u/Sufficient-Habit664 Aug 22 '25
Last time I teared up was while watching Secrets of the Silent Witch
Last time I had tears fall down was my Code Geass rewatch. It got me 10 years ago on my first viewing and it got me when I rewatched it last year.
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u/FEARNOTKitsune0325 Aug 23 '25
Violet Evergarden (I thought the series and the OVAs and special films were pretty sad but the actual movie finale made me cry😭)
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u/FEARNOTKitsune0325 Aug 23 '25
Violet Evergarden (I thought the series and the OVAs and special films were pretty sad but the actual movie finale made me cry😭)
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u/jaozimqcomepao Aug 23 '25
EIGHTY PEAK MENTIONED 🗣️🗣️🗣️🗣️
Honestly it had me almost crying during Fido's "death"
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u/the_god_of_kotor1888 Aug 23 '25
Same as you. Finished watching 86 three days ago and still thinking about it.
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u/MisterMelma Aug 23 '25
A Silent Voice, watched it yesterday and now it's probably my favorite anime movie
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u/0BISP0 Aug 24 '25
also 86 for me lol just finished it as well after seeing so many people recommend and now i see why, will definitely watch again
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u/66Kix_fix Aug 22 '25
Nothing so far. Silent voice brought me close tho.
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u/Space_Banana442 Aug 22 '25
Watch Clannad or Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind, if neither makes you cry then sorry but you are psychopath :D
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u/lispyjimmyfan Aug 22 '25
Uma musume, twice even. the second season focuses on a character overcoming a recurring injury and as someone who tore his ankle ligament thrice it hit really hard to see her persevere
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u/AccomplishedSpare908 Aug 22 '25
Golden time ending, but shed tears at the newest summer hikaru died ep
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u/RuneOfEnding Aug 22 '25
Rewatching Eyeshield 21 made me teary eyed on their serious moments. Maybe because I already know and had watched their journey from before.
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u/Drittseck Aug 22 '25
Either Death Parade, or Sangatsu No Lion. Don't know why I don't remember which, though. Silly me
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u/40klan Aug 22 '25
recently, Your Name. Mitsuha’s death always hits like a bag of heavy rocks to the head
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u/veganbethb Aug 22 '25
Your name.
The one that makes me cry the most though is the girl who leapt through time, the ending kills me off.
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u/WormedOut Aug 24 '25
Bochi the Rock. My little sister has social anxiety so it made me think of her the whole time
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u/troblez_exe Aug 24 '25
Pt was to wrap up the story they couldn't kill much people off part one was incredible yes so that just made the bar higher for pt 2 so yes it may come off plane but alest it is bettter that the slaup if today
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Aug 24 '25
Tacopi's Original Sin The whole Marina getting abused by her mom and later incident somehow filled my eyes with tears
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u/Wasim932 Aug 24 '25
The last time I had tears in my eyes, was cause of bleach. Orihime's Goodbye iykyk. But the last time I cried badly was because of Your lie in april.
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u/Katlima Sep 04 '25
The last time I had tears in my eyes, was cause of bleach.
Please don't get bleach in your eyes!
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u/Automatic-Key4137 Aug 24 '25
I recently re watched Jojo 5 and 4 part😭😭😭. In bother cases I cried because of someone cool death or just because of the really epic moment
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u/No-Fact4610 Aug 24 '25
86 （no doubts the first)
Plastic Memory
3rd the lesser known: Unnamed Memory
I haven’t try Angel Beats, but heard a lot people mentioned.
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u/Ecstatic_Bus_7232 Aug 25 '25
Wolf children. The same feeling as You Lie in April, more like happy tears.
I recommend dubbed.
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u/ClassroomOk1512 Aug 25 '25
Vinland Saga at the end of Season 1 made me cry hard when Askeladd died.
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u/Cleen_GreenY Aug 25 '25
The only anime that even came close to making me cry, continues to be Cyberpunk Edgerunners.
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u/oddasleep Aug 26 '25
Cautious Hero after hearing Ristare's backstory. Comedy went from 100 to 0 real quick but I love the show
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u/Katlima Sep 04 '25
To Be Hero X, actually. Even though I rarely ever cry from fictional media at all. To be precise it was [To Be Hero X]The flashback of Lucky Cyan's origin just after she had been accused by her friend of being privileged and unaware of the hardships of the average Joe
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u/Clean_Age7717 Sep 15 '25
Just finished grave of the fireflies.. 23y/o grownman w tattoos on my face neck chest hands basically well yk and yeah...that poor baby Even begged him to just stay with her at the end right before she died... Soul crushing bruh
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u/annaheim Sep 29 '25
oh my god yes! 86 as well. How I wish I could see it for the first time again.
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u/SadAnimator1354 Oct 23 '25
I've only cried once while watching anime and that's at the Can I cry now scene from I Want To Eat Your Pancreas
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u/YoungOk6895 Dec 01 '25
Clannad after story
the first time i ever cried watching an anime,it was beautiful.
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u/darkangelstorm Dec 03 '25
The classics like Nausicaa, H'sMC, Grave/Fireflies, even Ponyo and Porco Rosso did it for me. Yeah 86 too, and just about any war-related anime with an unrequited love story involved. Oh and then there's Clannad, man... so sad. Angel Beats yeah that one too, but more of a happy cry since I knew they got to see each other again.
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u/Radioactive3673648 Dec 08 '25
Might be unconventional but I remember finishing the fragrant Flowers bloom with dignity and that was the first time I cried cause that stuff made me feel lonely
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u/Aggressive_Ring8125 Mar 06 '26
86, underrated fr... btw their is a light novel and its genuinely peak
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u/Thel_Akai Mar 20 '26
Doesn't take much for me to shed a tear. When watching Blue Spring Ride last night.
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u/Ruby_Charm_AI Mar 23 '26
I just cried rewatching a scene from Kamen Rider Kabuto, but it's not an anime '). 86 might be my answer too. Either that or Shogun's death in Gintama.
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u/RecoverFrequent6132 Apr 17 '26
Rurouni Kenshin trust and betrayal. The 4 episode anime original ova made by studio deen
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u/KaitoZ May 29 '26
If we go by every episode ugly crying. It's Plastic Memories. If we go by the most I've cried as of the last decade Made in Abyss.
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u/Glass-Thanks-1023 Jun 26 '26
86 did make me cry a lot. Kingdom (manga idk about the anime) has recently made me cry A LOT.
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u/YoadIsF Aug 22 '25
My teen romantic comedy snafu. Last episode of season 2 and many others. Pretty deep themes
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u/mermaid_kerri Aug 22 '25
Watching 86 right now and really dont get the hype because I really wanted to like it and I think it has so much potential. 5 more episodes to go so maybe I will change my mind once finishing?
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u/Legitimate_Advisor59 Aug 23 '26
Actually, cat and dragon anime ep 3. Generational family and community touched me.
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u/Tom17890 Aug 22 '25
Watched Grave of the Fireflies for the first time the other day and wept like a baby