Kamen Rider Kabuto/Tear Jerker

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Kamen Rider Kabuto is a part of a massive franchise created by Shotaro Ishinomori (who also created Cyborg 009) and produced by the Toei Company. Sure, you might have people wearing bug-suits to kill Worms, but trust me, there are moments that are guaranteed to make you bawl. Need an example of depression from toku? Look no further than what happens on Kamen Rider Kabuto:

• The truth about Kagami's younger brother in episode 4. Enough said.
• Episode 22, when Makoto sacrificed himself to protect Kagami from ZECT detonating Worm eggs. I can't imagine how Kagami felt after watching a six-year old boy die from the blast. Well... he is actually a Worm, but that's beside the point.
• Daisuke Kazama is forced to kill Rena Mamiya when she reverts to the Uca Worm and threatens to kill Gon.
  • One can argue that Rena's "performance" in front of an empty house in Episode 40 is mind-numbingly depressing as well.
• When Tendou finds out that his sister Hiyori is in fact a Native that prefers to be with Souji Kusakabe (Dark Kabuto, he draws dangerously close to abandoning his battle against the Worms altogether.
• Kamashiro Tsurugi (aka Kamen Rider Sasword) turning into the Scorpioworm in front of Misaki in Episode 45 was not only scary but also depressing when you realize that this killed any hopes for him to get the girl.
  • And then, in episode 46, Tsurugi realizes the truth not only about himself, but also how he killed his sister when he was still the Scorpioworm.
    • The result? He tears his gifts to Misaki, throws away a christmas cake, and breaks down at a beach. He then believes that the only way to get over this tragic discovery is to kill himself by pretending to become hellbent on destroying ZECT. Boy does it suck to be Tsurugi in episode 46.
    • It's even worse if you remember that Kagami knew all this time that Tsurugi was a worm and yet never told Misaki when he was going out with her.
• Speaking of which, the scene from episode 46 when Tsurugi tells Misaki his dream date with her is absolutely gut-wrenching.
  • The worst part? This heartbreaking monologue came just as Hyper Kabuto (Tendou Souji) was preparing to finish Tsurugi despite Misaki's pleas to keep him alive. God damn you Tendou for killing the best character in the entire series.
  • And last, but certainly not least, Tsurugi dies in his butler Jiiya's arms. The last exchange between the two? "Is it okay if I go to sleep?" "Of course. Please don't worry about a thing. Jiiya will always be by your side." Fuck...
    • Somehow, the fact that this episode aired on Christmas Eve makes all of the things that happen to Tsurugi even more gut-wrenching to the viewers.
• Episode 48... oh boy, Episode 48... sniff...
  • First, we get flashbacks that show Dark Kabuto being converted into a Native and forced into brutal experimentation WHEN HE WAS JUST A YOUNG BOY.
  • And when you think it couldn't get any worse, Kageyama kicks the bucket promising to be by his Aniki's side... Damn.
    • It's even more depressing when it was Yaguruma/Kick Hopper that had to kill Kageyama with his Rider Kick when Kageyama's necklace turns him into a Native.
• Souji Kusakabe's Heroic Sacrifice in the finale... Japanese households must have ran out of Kleenex when the kids watched that scene on TV Asahi's SUNDAY KIDS BLOCK.
• The fact they stopped using clock-up in the last 20-30 episodes was pretty sad.
  • Not all the time though, there were some battles in clock up, like the final battle between Kabuto and Dark Kabuto.
• The MOVIE of all things when Hiyori dies just after she and Kagami had been announced to be wed. Both Kagami and Tendo suffer from an enormous Heroic BSOD from this.