Most of my friends knows that I’m a fan of tragedies. This might make me sound like some kind of sadistic person that enjoys watching people suffer, so I guess I should state that what I mean to say is that I like watching emotional shows. Movies like Forrest Gump, and Saving Private Ryan would fall into my category of “emotional shows”.

Anyway, since I’ve filed this under “Anime”, surely, I must be talking about some animation series I’ve been watching recently that’s touched me emotionally. Actually, this isn’t really the case, per se. I was actually clearing up my hard drive in anticipation of backing up the second half of ローゼンメイデン・トロイメント because my brother stopped half way when I stumbled upon my Chrono Crusade folder. Needless to say, I felt compelled to watch the final episode once again since it really touched me when I finished it back in September of last year.

I almost cried. I wanted to, though.

I came close, really. I did one of those “hacking chokes” and it was obvious that the perimeters of my visibility was slightly blurred. I didn’t get this reaction when I watched the ending last year but this time was different…for some odd reason. This is the closest I’ve come to crying in the last couple of years, I’ve had similar reactions from watching movies and other television or Japanese animation series, but nothing enough to bring me down to a “hacking choke”.