30 Day Anime Challenge: #25 – Saddest Anime Death
July 5, 2018Welcome, one and all, to my continued journey through the 30 Day Anime Challenge. We’re now at day 25, which means that we’re looking at … the saddest anime death.
Hmm. There are a lot of deaths in anime. Some of them have surprised me, but a lot of them just wash over me in many ways. As to the saddest though … I’m going to delve into FullMetal Alchemist for this one
Maes Hughes. He was always one of those characters that you expected to get hurt at some point. Kind, caring, family man that supported his friend and would fight to the hilt on his behalf. He was the character that you knew would get injured, causing the hero to start questioning the path he’s taking, only to use his friend’s resolve to help his own. And then he died. He died, leaving the photo of his family behind. And then they showed the funeral, with his young daughter in tears because she couldn’t understand why they were burying Daddy. That hit hard.
But what about all of you? What was your saddest anime death?
Full Metal Alchemist is an anime that is now at the highest spot of my to watch list, so I will in all likelyhood watch it very soon. Probably in July…will prepare myself for this death lol.
The saddest death for me was Kaori in Your Lie in April…that used up about two boxes of tissues 😂😂
It’s definitely worth watching. Great story and animation with a fantastic cast of characters. I’ve nto actually seen Your Lie in April yet. Is it recommended?
Really looking forward to watching it, it’s a series that has been on my to watch list for ages. As for your question: I think this will answer it lol: https://raistlin0903.wordpress.com/2017/04/27/your-lie-in-april-anime-tv-series-2014/
LOL. I’ll have a read once my phone wants to play ball. I’m editing a ton of positives in there though :p
This one is definitely sad. So full of emotion from him as well as his friends and family.
Every version I’ve seen was so well executed too. A real heart wrenching moment in the story.
The funeral scene, with the daughter, that you mentioned is what makes this death so devastating. Back when I started to collect anime I remember finding Wolfwood’s passing in Trigun to be very sad.
I’ve still not seen Trigun. How is it?
I suspect it may not have aged well, but I thought it was decent back when I watched it. You might like it if you enjoy space westerns.
I haven’t seen too many space westerns, but it’s a genre that always felt like it should work well. I don’t mind of things look fairly aged, and style the older tropes and trappings at least have the potential to have a nostalgic effect.
Full Metal Alchemist used to be my favourite, gonna start watching it again.
We actually just started a rewatch of Brotherhood here 🙂
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