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A thread asking “What’s the most tear-jerking scene in anime history?” popped up on 5ch’s Nandemo Jikkyo G (Live/Anything Goes) board. Nominees ranged widely — “I’m tired, Patrasche” from Dog of Flanders, the clubroom scene after the school festival in K-On!, CLANNAD, Violet Evergarden, Toradora!, Re:Zero, Slam Dunk, and Trigun — with each poster championing whatever title hit them personally. One post naming K-On! sparked a mini-argument by claiming that “if that scene doesn’t make you cry, it proves you’ve never been in a club,” splitting opinion in the thread.
What people said
This one, for real.
No way that's #1.
Only shallow people with zero life experience cry at that one.
It's a tear-jerker, but not sure it's the best.
I know that one — that's the "full-spin reach," right? (pachinko slang for a flashy near-jackpot spin state)
I love the fan art of Chris losing it after realizing she's the one who killed him
"dear"
is hard to give up too
I like it because everything that follows feels so satisfying
Sounds like you've never done a club activity
but once it's over I hit level-2 depression
So when does "level-1 depression" kick in?
I like that better than the original manga
lol that says more about your life 🤣🤣🤣
Sorry, did I upset you by trashing your favorite anime lol?
That's way too oversimplified.
That itself is the cliché.
Definitely a One Piece diehard lol
That never even aired in the anime, and it wasn't a free throw either — you're way off
Yeah, it was so abrupt
That character was built up purely for the revenge arc too
Yeah, that one's great
Background and Key Points
Threads debating the “most tear-jerking scene ever” are a recurring staple on 5ch, and the titles that come up vary widely depending on each poster’s generation. This time the lineup spanned everything from 1975’s Dog of Flanders to the 2010s’ Violet Evergarden. The friction in the thread came from several posts that named a specific scene and then flatly declared “if you don’t cry at this, you just lack life experience” — a stance that drew notable pushback around both K-On! and CLANNAD. There was also a correction regarding the Slam Dunk scene cited as iconic: a poster pointed out that the moment in question was actually never animated and only appears in the original manga, highlighting how the “famous scenes” people remember don’t always match what was actually adapted.
※This article is compiled and summarized from the 5ch (Nandemo Jikkyo G) thread “The Most Tear-Jerking Scene in Anime History wwwwwwwwwwwww.”
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