Recommendations Stories Which Aroused Poignant Feelings

Be warned that my request for recommendation is related to endings, so there might be spoilers included in this thread. Read on only if you're fine with it.

There are notable stories that didn't end happily, but even if it is sad, it was appropriate in the story's context. Some (or most?) chapters on Kino no Tabi (jp novel) was like this. Paradise Kiss (jp manga) too Then there's A Step into the Past (wuxia novel), Mulberry Song (short story), and Nirvana In Fire (tv drama). In the end, nobody got everything on their wishlist granted. Some of the best characters even might have died. But the end was just as it should; they matched well with the plot and characters and the world construct and everything.

So I wonder...
Are there any other novels with similar kinds of ending? Manga, TV drama or movies are also fine.

 

I was about to say school days (anime). But guess it doesnt count eh..

 

civilization blaster-http://myanimelist.net/anime/14075/Zetsuen_no_Tempest

 

Never finished it but a 1960? Wuxoa called A Deadly Secret

 

Yeah, i really love kino no tabi and A Step into the Past, a good story that make reader feel the feel, not just a satisfied teenager ending...
Hmm, i'm a little confused to what should i recommend you since your request is unusual and hard to find...

 

dude school days ending... holy shit

 

Bambi. I can't still get over it.

 

Seems not ^^

Thank you, I'll look for it

Jin Yong was it? I remember reading A Deadly Secret a long time ago, but forgot a large part of it now. Probably time to re-read. Thanks ^^

 

Korean Drama: Autumn in My Heart (2000)

When I first watched that drama, it made me cry several time. The story was so sad. So I took upon myself to share this wonderful tear-jerking drama with my family and my friends. It made them cry too. They all hated me afterward, hahaha.

 

Your lie in april

My heart still hurts man...

 

How about "5cm per second"?
This story really made my heart ache...

Spoiler: You might drop it if you open this

this story is romance story, but have ntr, and that ending... really make me cry

 

there is much betteer out there then that

 

Yep, it's difficult, couldn't find it tags or genres either :'(

Eh?

Haha, I'll check it out. Thanks ^^
I probably won't hate you though.

Now I remember I've got this one sitting on my laptop for a while now. Definitely will watch it. Thanks ^^

Ah, yes, I've watched that too. I remember it has beautiful scenes...perhaps I'll watch it again ^^

 

I wanna recommend Rewrite but it's a VN. The true route is great though. Having friend die, betrayed many people, fighting and kill someone who like a father figure, the world half destroy, etc while the ending is still satisfy with not over the top angst. It also got english patch so you might give it a try. Some of the normal route is a little shounenish, but the true route is really good so don't drop it half way. You could just press ctrl and fast forward anyway.

 

Agree ^^ but it is indeed poignant...

I've never tried outright VN...but it sounds great. Thanks, I'll check it out

 

guilty crown made me feel like shit at the end but it was really good.
if you havent watched it then angel beats

 

Well a word of warning that Rewrite take a lot of time to play through, but i too strongly recommend rewrite. At first i play it for the romance factor, but after playing through some of the routes i just wanted to continue reading romance or not. The story behind the settings of the world was quite captivating. The voice acting was superb in some parts too. But enough VN reviews.

Spiral - Suiri no Kizuna
This manga is the one that takes the that the cake, the feels that it invokes are on par with Rewrite or so i feel. I don't see a lot of people mentioning it but i personally recommend if you wanted to feel poignant, Its one of those things after you read , you just sit there feeling and doing nothing,

 

Oh yes, forgot another one... a jp movie...
1 litre of tears
Don't blame me if you ran out of tissue after watching it

 

Heard a lot about them myself. So they're really that good, eh...

I remember reading one or two volumes of Spiral about a decade ago, but then the author quit temporarily or something like that, and so I stopped reading it. Is it already finished now?

Haha, okay, thanks ^^ I've read the book, it was hopeless since the beginning, but there's a sense of "our spirit must not die", really tear-jerker

 

Chrono crusade (manga/anime)
Wolfs children ( movie)
Girl who leapt through time (movie)

I'll write more if I think of it.