Creativity of any kind, when it moves the soul of the world, hits hardest when it is relevant and heartbreaking.
Creativity of any kind, when it moves the soul of the world, hits hardest when it is relevant and heartbreaking. Anime has a habit of breaking its readers and viewers with its heartbreaking melancholy content that resonates deep in their hearts, causing emotional turmoil and creating connections with the characters in the despondent narration of their journey.
Here is a list of heartbreaking anime of all time known for putting viewers into their own emotional hell:
1.Orange
Even though it may seem like a mystery anime, it is filled with the saddest theme of friendship, death, separation, and bonding. Naho Takamiya is the protagonist who receives a letter from her future self announcing the tragic events that are about to follow her.
The letters are enigmatic and she must decode them within a set amount of time, otherwise she would lose her friend Kakeru to death. The heartbreak is alarmingly visible in every episode and gives a sad tinge to the characters’ tragedy.
2. Banana fish
Aside from the deep social commentary that the anime conveys, themes of incomplete friendships, separation, and heartbreak primarily play out in the episodes.
Eiji and Ash’s love for each other and its realistic portrayal make it all the more melancholy for viewers as it lacks the fictional coating of the usual Disney film. ‘Happy forever’.
Their remarkably different origins from which they emerge is the main factor in their separation from each other, which greatly contributes to their separation, and also results in the death of one of them, which is a terribly emotional turmoil. tragic to go through.
3. Plastic souvenirs
As the name suggests, the anime is a reminder of the futility of existence and the futility of the word “forever”. The basic plot is that humans have created real androids indistinguishable from humans. The main difference is their lifespan, in which case Android has a shorter lifespan.
The protagonist falls in love with one of these androids, who is only nine years old, as this is the maximum duration of it, they realize the futility of its duration and the theme of separation and melancholy persists.
4. Elfen lied
This is rendered as one of the most heartbreaking heavy anime that incorporates themes of blood and sadness, starting with animal abuse, torture, murder, existentialism of scientific experiments performed on humans, cruelty human and greed. Animal cruelty is another trigger warning theme featured by the anime.
5. Steins Gate
Although this anime is not known as one of the saddest anime, the emotional turmoil of the character Rintarou Okabe is enough to become a heartbreaking marathon while watching this.
His constant failures in trying to save two important people, the torn character is enough to make anyone break down and cry while watching the anime.
6. Your lie in April
Who doesn’t remember crying endlessly throughout the anime’s gradual ending? The heartbreaking and heartwarming memories that viewers share with this anime created their traumatic connection with it.
With strong and mature themes like parental abuse, parental neglect, losing parents at a young age, lifelong heartbreak and longing, falling in love and facing the same consequences as losing the person you love to death , these themes create the basis for your Lying in April.
Aside from these well-known tearjerkers, there are plenty of other anime to watch if you want a cathartic session to release your pent-up emotions, like Anohana: the flower we saw that day, Clannad, and Studio Ghibli’s most famous masterpiece – the Grave of the Fireflies.
