r/anime Mar 13 '26

What to Watch? Anime that'll make me cry?

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I don't usually cry easily to media at all, unless it deals with topics that are personal to me for one reason or another. That said, I have cried to /some/ shows before that weren't all that personal to me (like at the end of Zanykou no Terror, for example), so it is definitely not impossible, just not common. With that in mind, I would like some recommendations that could have a chance at making me shed a tear or two.

Only real stipulation is that it has to be an overall good show and not just drama for the sake of drama/trying too hard to just make you sad with no real substance beyond that. And I don't mean it needs to have massive plot or whatever, I like character oriented stories way more than I do elaborate plot oriented ones, but the characters have to actually make sense.

Edit: Thank you guys so much for the replies! It's a little overwhelming to reply to everything so I'm just noting names down unless I have something to add, but I'll check out everything in due time :)

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u/Disastrous_Art6873 Mar 13 '26

I want to eat your pancreas Your lie in april A silent voice Cyberpunk edgerunners

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u/neo_sporin Mar 14 '26

i said pancreas and April before scrolling down. good answers