Day 9 Saddest anime scene

[sara_tanaquil]

A lot of the other ones are hard, but this one? No competition.

Fushigi Yuugi, Episode 33. If you've seen FY, you know why. (Is there any point in trying to avoid spoilers in this meme?)

Link is a MAJOR SPOILER. (I actually found the scene that immediately precedes this one even sadder ("Open your eyes!"), but couldn't find a subtitled version on youtube -- and the dubbed version was just painful to watch in a whole different way.)

Comments

[collarnojutsu.livejournal.com]

I think it's largely generational. Some kids watching FMA probably weren't around for FY. Also, the newer the show sometimes the fresher the wound.

And can I admit something? I mean, this is so dumb, because, you know, I've watched the whole of every FY thing like 6 times, plus the manga of course, and I was SUPER MEGA OMG OBSESSED with it, but I kind of... forgot they died. I mean, of course if I thought about it, I'd remember, but like.. I know what happened after so at first I was like, "Wait, Nuriko died...? OMG WTF BRAIN!?" (It's kind of like knowing the Senshi die, because you know they come back to life with the moon crystal? I DON'T KNOW, I'M STUPID, LEAVE ME ALONE.)

Also? FMA ... yeah, that's a big ACK. (But is it EVER easy when characters you like die? I mean, it's always sad.)

I was vaguely and semi-thinking of Grave of the Fireflies (among other things) when I posted my comment above to W_10_00. I didn't mention it specifically though because I haven't seen it myself. And I won't watch it either. I have movies I know will be kind of sad, and I'm prepared for those, but not Grave of the Fireflies.