Remember a long while ago, how I said I was saving an even sadder moment for later in this challenge? Well here it is. If you watch the following scene and don’t shed a tear, you are not a human being. I think that should be a test. If any one individual can see this and not cry at least one bucket, they do not qualify as “human”. For those wondering, it is from CLANNAD. If you have yet to watch CLANNAD, stop reading right here because this will literally ruin the story for you. I’m not kidding. Seriously, go away.
You’ve been warned.
The Death of Okazaki Ushio
Remember that little girl from so many days ago, crying in her daddy’s arms when she lost her first gift? Yeah. She dies. Not spectacularly, not in any amazing fashion. She dies in her father’s arms only shortly after they are reunited.
She, like her mother, became very ill. So ill that she had to stay home all the time. Her father, Tomoya, quit his job so he could take care of her. A job he got specifically to help himself and take care of Nagisa. This moment, to me, is the most quintessentially heart-wrenching moment of all-time in an anime. This death defines all sad deaths. No other death even comes close, really.
Don’t believe me? Check it out yourself:
Try not to cry too hard, ok?
JeoS 