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- Busou Renkin has many ridiculously sad moments, especially since it gets more emotional each time Kazuki "dies". But the entire episode "No One Can Ever Replace Him" is undoubtedly a Tear Jerker.
- Let's go through in order (Spoilers ABOUND); He dies in the first episode as the setup, not too emotional as he comes right back--and we don't know him yet. After many battles along with many allies (several of these rather tear jerking on their own), he then finds himself in a battle to the death with his MENTOR! He loses, and tears are shed all around. He survives barely, then goes on a quest to find a way to save himself and stop the big bad. He finds out that he can do ONE or the OTHER but not both. But he finds a third option, which falls apart when the bad guy is just to strong to be powered down by the phlepotonium. He then sacrifices himself by launching both himself and the big bad TO THE MOON! Followed by a full episode of Tear Jerkery.
- Special mention should go to just before Kazuki figures out what his Third Option is going to be. He's just found out that there is a way to nullify the power of Victor-Type beings, but the item in question isn't ready yet, and to make it worse; there's only one of them in existence. He's given the above mentioned choice; use it to stop the rampaging Victor, and save the world, or use it on himself like he originally intended, and not have to worry about hurting anyone in his monster form. To add to the drama, Kazuki's friends and allies all made sacrifices so he could use the cure on himself (his mentor was even hospitalized, possibly even permanently injured), and Kazuki even promised that if he couldn't find a way to stop himself from becoming a monster forever like Victor, he would kill himself; this is the only reason the Alchemist Army stopped trying to kill him. When he goes back to school to see his friends one more time, he winds up on the roof, and contemplates that there really is no choice, as there is only one option he could live with. We're then treated to the saddest, most heartfelt tearjerker of a line in the entire series: "I'm going to save the world...but who's going to save me?"
- Shusui and Ouka's backstory is horribly creepy, but it's also this. They were raised by a lady named Mayumi Hayasaka; she kept them locked away in her home, and had them play "wedding games" among other things. When Mayumi passed away there, the twins (who were really young and sheltered, so they didn't really understand the concept of death) played with her corpse until it was rotten. Then they were found and rescued by others... and it turns out Mayumi was the lover of their dad and kidnapped them away from their parents. Who then rejected the kids, no longer considering them their children. They were Street Urchins until Shusui had an encounter with Dr. Butterfly and Moonface, and they were taken in by the L. X. E. Wow.