Hellsing/Tear Jerker

• The death of Pip Bernadotte. Your only consolation is the immediate Crowning Moment of Awesome that follows as Seras takes a level in badass, and the Unstoppable Rage commences.
  • The OVA somehow managed to make this even more tragic, with the blind Seras desperately trying to find him, and pathetically grasping at the wall when he slips to the ground, dead.
    • And the kiss. Pip kisses Seras as he dies. And then teases her. I...just...-I... this trooper needs to find a secluded place to go cry her eyes out now.
  • This troper was already crying at Pip's speech to his men. It was impossibly badass, yes, but it was clear that they knew they were going to die.
• Father Anderson's death is painful. Even Alucard is taking it hard, having to be chided for crying by the dying priest, and Iscariot members, some of whom he probably even raised, are visibly falling apart, especially Yumie. Then Walter, having officially gone evil, has to come in and ruin the moment, driving Yumie into full berserker rage and killing her without a care just seconds after he ground what was left of Anderson's ashes under his boot.
• The single panel that Alucard tried to convice Anderson to not become a monster like him. You can see how much it hurt him to see such a "great warrior" reduced to what he see is the worst punishment possible and how much he regrets that single moment of rage against god.
  • The OVA managed to ramp it Up to Eleven with Alucard looking, for once in the whole series, very human. He lost all the Large Ham he and other characters had been exploding with, and seemed to genuinely be pleading with Anderson to not become like him. Damn.
• This editor teared up when Alucard absorbs Schrodinger and begins to fade from existence. Emphasized even further when he smiles warmly at his master Integra who orders him not to leave before he goes poof, the only thing left behind is the Hellsing pentacle.
• Underrated Admiral Penwood performing a genuine Heroic Sacrifice, and telling the other staff members to leave the soon-to-be-invaded base. Only for them all to volunteer to stay behind and die with him, organising a last line of defence, rather than leave him. It makes up for EVERY cowardly action made by Penwood.
• This troper had just finished watching Death Note when she read the manga chapter "Castlevania." Words cannot express how perfect/wrong her headspace was for that flashback. It made Alucard The Woobie, for Christ's sake. Also, Integra having to give the order for Walter's execution was brutal.
  • Realizing that the real Vlad the Impaler probably wasn't that different from his Hellsing version is worse. As is asserting that in spite of everything he did for his people and for Christianity (seriously, the guy was pretty much a martyr) today he remains mostly remembered as a Complete Monster.
• Rip Van Winkle's death was this troper's saddest part of Ultimate. The fact that she knew that Alucard would tear her to shreds and actively tried to run from him made her death so depressing. Her being Affably Evil made her interesting, but to see that she had enough common sense to realize that she stood no chance against Alucard made it hard to watch him pretty much rape her as he killed her.
• How is this gem from the TV version not in here? In episode 10, when Ferguson dies.

Seras: "IN THE NAME OF GOD, IMPURE SOULS OF THE LIVING DEAD SHALL BE BANISHED INTO ETERNAL DAMNATION!!!" Ferguson: Amen.

• And then there are the credits of OVA 8 that show Anderson with the very young Heinkel, Yumie, and Enrico Maxwell. Yumie and Heinkel seemed to be examining their weapons for the first time. Enrico was simply reading from the Bible, possibly under Anderson's instruction. They all looked fairly happy, like a group of friends. Tear Jerking because, earlier in that OVA Maxwell had been killed by his own teacher. Said teacher then became a monster while his students Yumie and Heinkel had to watch. Also, later in the manga, Yumie and Anderson would both die in front of Heinkel. Which would leave her all alone. Yikes.
• After the reveal of Walter's betrayal, Integra gives the order to Alucard to kill him. In the final panel of the order, she looks absolutely crushed.
  • And then just before the fight, Seras thanks him for everything he's done for her, and just for a brief moment Walter actually looks like he might be regretting his decision.