Weekly Discussion #371 - Favorite Emotional Moments

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It's time for a general thread! This month's topic is about emotional moments in visual novels. Many of the popular visual novels were likely due to some very memorable emotional moments, whether heartwarming, sad, or outright depressing. What are your some of your personal favorite emotional moments in visual novels? Be sure to include spoilers when necessary.

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[u/ukukf]

The last goodbye in Utawarerumono Mask of Truth.

This one : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gIXotULfoqs&t=72s&ab_channel=FairyFantasy

[u/[deleted]]

The part in Steins;Gate where They are reading Suzuha's letter with her apologising about failing to find the IBM 5100.

[u/EsShayuki]

Fata Morgana no Yakata... But I really can't say any of them without spoiling anything. The most memorable one was the ending to me, though.

[u/L_V_R_A]

Grab any scene from the last third of Muv Luv Alternative, those all make the list for me.

Higurashi Episode 7: The club gets captured and killed by Takano. Rena’s brave last words are something along the lines of “you’ll never be Oyashiro-sama, Oyashiro-sama is already with us.”

Majikoi, Wanko’s route. After the end of the tournament. Damn.

[u/m0lnarr → u/L_V_R_A]

I still have the opinion that Higurashi Chapter 7 has one of the most powerful and emotional endings in all fiction. I can mention it alongside a few other titles, but even a year later I still remember it vividly.

[u/ejennsyahmixcel]

Little Busters whole Refrain routes beats my heart too hard. I wanted to talk about some of the scenes, but everything from the end of Rin route it outright throw my bus of emotion down a cliff of despair.

I even debated to myself if it is alright to abuse the Ctrl button back then. I just can't see despair.

That added with Haruka and Kanata routes being one of the moments where it shatters much of my heart.

[u/Nick_BOI → u/ejennsyahmixcel]

In the latter portions of Refrain I was sobbing, will never forget it.

[u/Sonikdium]

There are two routes that particularly hit me really really hard bcoz of my personal circumstances and I could actually relate to the things happening there on a more inter-personal level.

One part was Kazuko crying after losing to Chris and when Momoyo hugs Kazuko after finding her And the whole ordeal of hard work vs natural talent in Kawakami Kazuko(Wanko) route in Majikoi.

And the other part being When Sachi reads her parent's letter at the end of Sachi route in Grisaia no kajitsu.

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The entirety of Kazusa's true route in WA2 was one continual gut punch.

[u/ForlornPenguin]

I think it will probably be the "crying in Daddy's arms" scene from CLANNAD for me. Everything about it is so moving and powerful. It's just beautiful.

God, I wish I could read that VN for the first time again.

[u/[deleted]]

The ending of Tomoyo After: The typing scene, with harmony with sorrow playing in the background

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Baldr's Sky: Chinatsu Route: Kadokura Eiji vs Kou. Father figures are rare in VN, and a good and caring father who is also a Hero of Justice is even rarer.

[u/Sekerka]

From the ones I've read so far, the end of Amane's route in Fruit of Grisaia when she receives the "free pass to heaven" card from her granddaughter

Honorable mention to the end of common route in Sakura no Mori Dreamers.

[u/m0lnarr]

The epilogue of G senjou no Maou. I ugly cried when all of that happened. I cannot hear the song ''Close your eyes'' now without crying.

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[u/amousss → u/[deleted]]

What phone ringing???