Which anime destroyed you emotionally?

 

On a Reddit forum, members have started an intense debate about which anime has managed to destroy them emotionally in the deepest way. The question, simple but loaded with meanings, has provoked an avalanche of answers and personal reflections. The thread that has captured the attention of hundreds of users, each sharing their deepest experiences and feelings about the series that have impacted them in a significant way.

The ability of a story to destroy a person emotionally lies in several factors. First, building deep and complex characters can create an intense emotional connection with the viewer. When these characters face hardship, suffering, or loss, viewers feel that pain almost as their own. Empathy and identification with the characters are crucial elements for a story to have a deep emotional impact.

Another key factor is the narrative and the development of the plot. Stories that address universal themes such as love, loss, friendship, and self-improvement can resonate deeply with viewers. Well-crafted plots that take the characters through intense emotional arcs, with unexpected twists and heartbreaking moments, are capable of leaving a lasting impression on the audience.

Music and animation also play an important role in the emotional impact of an anime. Stirring soundtracks can amplify the emotions of a scene, while the quality of animation can make dramatic moments more vivid and realistic. The combination of music, visuals, and narrative can create an immersive experience that leaves a deep emotional mark.

In addition, the viewer's personal context can influence how they perceive and react to a story. Individual life experiences, relationships, and emotional states can cause certain stories to resonate differently with each person. An anime that tackles a topic that a viewer has personally experienced can have a much greater impact because of that personal connection.

• «Two years ago, after watching a post in r/anime, I watched the movie 'My Sister Momoko'. It is about a boy and his sister with mental and physical disabilities, and was apparently made to raise awareness about people and children with disabilities. The plot mainly revolves around the protagonist who is jealous of all the attention his parents give his sister and gradually discovers and comes to understand why she needs that extra attention."
• «A Silent Voice".
• «Clannad: After Story".
• «Grave of the Fireflies".
• «Violet Evergarden comes to mind immediately."
• «My Roommate Is A Cat  : I cried in every episode. It was ridiculous."
• «Angel Beats. It was labeled as a comedy."
• «Your Lie in April".
• «Shin Sekai Yori."
• «I have a list of 12 completely different shows (though 14 entries in total, since Gintama appeared three times) that made me cry so much that I literally threw up, so yes, those. With Gintama taking the greatest credit for appearing three times."
• «Cyberpunk Edgerunners seemed to me to be an allegory about drug addiction and I agree that destroyed me as well."
• «Frieren. They did a great job touching emotional points with flashbacks and perfectly placed cuts. The songs resonated with me a lot and I found myself crying at the end of most episodes and then, as if to make fun of me, the ending theme starts with 'And I'm alright'. No, I'm not well. I'm crying ugly right now, thank you."
• «Hibike! Euphonium".
• «Plastic Memories, Hanamatsuri, Akudama Drive, Your Name".
• «100% Banana Fish. I knew it was going to make me cry, but I didn't know how much emotional damage it was going to cause me."
• «A Silent Voice. His message always sends me in a spiral. I haven't been able to see her twice. Fruits Basket also always makes me emotional, but not for the reasons one might think. It's the relationship between Kyo and Tohru that affects me. They give me hope that one day I will find a love like that. I also get excited to see them."
• «The last part of Assassination Classroom. The last assistance made me cry for an hour."
• «I don't have a weak stomach for this, one day my sister wanted to watch a show called 'Kotaro Lives Alone'. It had a weird style, so I thought it was a comedy, in the end, this hit me really hard."
• «Maquia: When the Promised Flower Blooms, this movie brought me to tears."
• «Watching Your Lie in April every week was a festival of tears."
• «To Your Eternity. The last episode of the first season destroyed me."
• «Made in Abyss is pretty high on the list. After finishing the second season, I felt exhausted from crying, honestly."
• «Plastic Memories and Sukasuka".
• «Angel Beats and Clannad come to mind."
• «Clannad, Violet Evergarden, Angel Beats, Anohana."
• «Angel Beats promised comedy, and he definitely delivered it. But there was a lot that was not announced."
• «Anohana. When I think of her, a deep sadness overwhelms me for a few seconds."
• «Anohana always beats me up because I lost my best friend in high school, and I always think about how we would interact now if we had reached this age together. It destroys me."
• «Your Name, the latest episode of Assassination Classroom, some episodes of The Rising of the Shield Hero, how they treat it is something that I identify with on a personal level, I'm not saying I was sexually accused or anything, but I was accused of things that never happened and I basically lost all my friends and some family members."
• «Assassination Classroom and, to a lesser extent, Akame-Ga-Kill".
• «A Place Further than the Universe, episode 12 broke me."
• «Sword Art Online, Guilty Crown, and Darling in the Franxx".
• «I cried like a baby at the end of Space Patrol Luluco because all I could think about was how beautiful a pure, innocent love is."
• «Out of nowhere, but Orimiya season 1. I saw her one night when I was in a bad emotional state and it made me so depressed that I called work to say I wasn't going. Which is silly because it's not a sad anime at all. He was just so jealous of their relationship that it turned into depression."
• «Aside from classics like Your Name and A Silent Voice, a very recent one was Mushoku Tensei's Father's Day episode. That really hit me like nothing had in a long time. I just sat there and watched and that stayed with me for a day or two."
• «I don't know what this excitement is, but I'm not the same after finishing season 3 of Hibike Euphonium. Weeks have passed and I feel different. It's like no void I've had before."
• «Saikano broke my heart and I could only think that the author was a heartless bastard who deserved the worst. It was too painful to see the tragedy of the protagonists. Especially with the series finale."
• «The Day I Became a God. I had so many tears in my eyes during the climax that I couldn't read the captions, so I had to pause and cry in awkward silence until I could pull myself together."
• «I haven't seen this one mentioned, there are several others that also had a profound impact on me, but none more than 86. In my opinion, it is the best visual representation of war trauma that I have seen in any medium, without exception."
• «When I was a newbie watching anime, Kokoro Connect traumatized me, lmao. I can't stand anything that reminds me of NTR, lmao. Good times."

Source: Reddit