This is an odd thing to post about, isn't it?
Exactly what it says on the tin, which character deaths in any anime/game/movie/book/whatever had the most impact on you, and why?
Also, considering the nature of this kind of topic, please put all entries in spoiler tags, some people may not have seen one of the series you might be listing yet, and consideration is always nice.
Anyhoo, my (current) choices:
Exactly what it says on the tin, which character deaths in any anime/game/movie/book/whatever had the most impact on you, and why?
Also, considering the nature of this kind of topic, please put all entries in spoiler tags, some people may not have seen one of the series you might be listing yet, and consideration is always nice.
Anyhoo, my (current) choices:
Ushio and Nagisa's deaths are two of the most well-known in all of anime, and watching them still gives many people the feels. However, I've never seen the anime (not the whole thing, anyway), and instead I experienced them through the original VN (well, the HD steam re-release, but close enough). However I will say that, at least in terms of the presentation in the VN, Nagisa's hit me harder, probably because after going through her route a second time and then going through after story, I had about 20 hours of attachment to her, and seeing her die after all that time is something the anime isn't able to do because it doesn't have enough time to deal with that (being an adaptation of almost all of the routes and all).
However, the anime version of Ushio's death is far more powerful than in the VN to me, mainly because of Tomoya's verbal pleas and body language. By the point it happens, Ushio has been sick for a while and Tomoya realizes she has very little time left. In the game he just stays there holding her and then we cut back to the Illusionary World. In the anime, he is openly grieving and calling out for some kind of god/spirit/whatever to save his daughter, much like Akio did for Nagisa when she was a child. At that point, you can either say he died of a broken heart, or he just laid down and let himself freeze to death.
However, the anime version of Ushio's death is far more powerful than in the VN to me, mainly because of Tomoya's verbal pleas and body language. By the point it happens, Ushio has been sick for a while and Tomoya realizes she has very little time left. In the game he just stays there holding her and then we cut back to the Illusionary World. In the anime, he is openly grieving and calling out for some kind of god/spirit/whatever to save his daughter, much like Akio did for Nagisa when she was a child. At that point, you can either say he died of a broken heart, or he just laid down and let himself freeze to death.
I'm not even sure if I should call this a death, since everyone in the show is already dead and all, but it comes close enough. Yui was a fun character right from when she made a splash in episode 4 by accidentally lynching herself, being one of the most energetic members of the cast. The reason why this one hit me so hard is because of why she's so energetic. She was rendered quadriplegic by a car accident as a young child, and dreamed of doing the athletic things she saw on TV. Otonashi spends the entirety of episode 10 helping her enjoy the activities she never got to in life, and the last step needed to help her move on comes from Hinata (who she spent a large amount of time fighting with) as he promises to marry her when they meet again in their next lives.
And to make the punch even more powerful, the montage shown before she disappears is not of the past or of the "good times." It's a montage of what Yui is looking forward to in her next life, seeing Hinata again and ending up with him. Helped immensely by the piece in the background, My Most Precious Treasure.
If you want to see the scene in question, here are the subbed and dubbed versions:
And to make the punch even more powerful, the montage shown before she disappears is not of the past or of the "good times." It's a montage of what Yui is looking forward to in her next life, seeing Hinata again and ending up with him. Helped immensely by the piece in the background, My Most Precious Treasure.
If you want to see the scene in question, here are the subbed and dubbed versions: