The "Death Office" is not a city hall but exists on the border between this world and the next world. It is a place where people who have died for various reasons such as suicide, murder, and death from illness can complete the procedures after their death. There are many episodes, some of which cannot be told without tears. This time, I would like to introduce some episodes that I think will make you cry! !
Tear-jerking episode 1: "Article 6: Rotten Duck"
Manga artist Tamotsu Hanawa is an unsuccessful 31-year-old manga artist. His editor suggests to Hanawa that he draw a manga based on a story. Hanawa, who wanted to draw his own world, hesitated and accepted the proposal. Thus, the manga "Duck Road", which was based on the original work by popular novelist "Togawa Alan", became a huge hit, and Hanawa joined the ranks of popular manga artists, but he had mixed feelings. He thought that the manga's success was all thanks to Togawa Alan.
Rotten Duck Part 2
One day, Hanawa lost almost all of his eyesight in a motorcycle accident and was never able to write manga again. Hanawa, who had fallen into the depths of despair, continued his rehabilitation but ended up jumping from a high place and falling to his death. The public reported it as a suicide, but in fact it was an accident. Hanawa had been unable to give up his passion for manga and was thinking of creating his own story. The public thought it was a suicide, but Togawa Alan, who had been providing the original story for many years, thought differently. Togawa, who had never met him, was the only one who understood Hanawa and was convinced that he had not committed suicide.
This is the tear-jerking part! !
A plot where a manga artist's life is cut short was also seen in another work, "GIANT KILLLING." The public thought Hanawa had committed suicide, but the only one who believed it was not suicide was the original author, who he had never met. Togawa, who had never met him but had spoken to him in the work, was the only one who knew that it was not suicide. That was a touching episode.
Tear-jerking episode 2: "Article 11: How to Live as a Crab"
Takaseki and Sao, the comedians of "Kanisubekaraku", get tickets to the finals of the award race. The innocent Takaseki was super excited, but the cool and surreal Sao was the same as always. Although he had always been that kind of character since high school, Sao had a reason why he couldn't be happy about it. It was because he had a hereditary disease and his body was in a state where he didn't know when he would die. On the day of the award race, Sao did not come to the venue. Even when Takaseki called, there was no response. Just when it seemed he was about to be disqualified, Sao appeared in a wheelchair. Sao, who was ill, had no material he could perform, so he had to perform a surreal, expert-level material that Sao had thought up, but Sao stayed on stage until the end.
How to Live as a Crab②
He lost the award race. His material was too surreal for the audience, but Sao later ran out of steam. Takaseki continued to work as a solo comedian, and on his debut stage performance he performed a material that followed Sao's material. That award race will remain in the hearts of many people as a legend of a comedian who continued on stage until his death.
This is the tear-jerking part!!
If this were to happen in real life, you would just cry. If they were to enter something like M1 despite their illness, lose, and then the next day the news of their death would come up, and you would just cry. But I think the people involved would hate to be teased about such sad stories. I can just imagine that, and it makes me cry.
Tear-jerking episode 3: "Article 21: Haruya Hayashi"
Influenced by his grandfather, who was an actor and performed in period dramas, young Hayashi continued to practice kendo, but one day his father began to avoid him. He didn't know why his father was acting like that, but after his grandfather's death, it was revealed that his real father was his grandfather. Young Hayashi was the child born as a result of an affair between his mother and grandfather. His father changed because his mother told him about it on her deathbed. This fact deeply hurt young Hayashi, but with the support of his kind older sister, he grew up seemingly without any distortion.
Haruya Hayashi②
When he was in middle school, he got angry at a female student who was relentlessly bullying his childhood friend Maria, and after punching her, he threw her off the second floor, which caused him to drop out of school. After that, he pursued the path of kendo, proposed to Maria, and got married. He gave birth to a daughter and everything was going smoothly, but one day a stranger asked him to break up with Maria. After finding out about Hayashi's birth, Maria was tormented by not knowing how to behave and began having an affair. Because he himself was born as a result of an affair, the daughter born from the affair was not his real child. Devastated and enraged by this fact, Hayashi kills his lover, his wife, and his daughter. He is then arrested, prosecuted, and sentenced to death, becoming an employee of the Death Office.
This is the tear-jerker part!!
After suffering so much because of betrayal, he is betrayed because of the first betrayal. Something in Hayashi breaks, and he snaps and kills everyone. However, both Hayashi and his childhood friend's wife are mentally cornered, and this is the act that makes him cry, as no one is truly evil, and this is a story that is completely hopeless. Will there ever be a day when Hayashi is saved?
Tear-jerking episode ④ "Article 35: Mother"
Izumi Ogino, who is undergoing fertility treatment, is worried about not being able to have children. Despite her efforts in fertility treatment, she has been anxious about not getting any results. She finally becomes pregnant and rejoices with her husband. However, she collapses due to placental abruption and is taken to the hospital. Although Izumi survives, her baby does not. A girl who cares about the baby approaches Izumi, who is in deep sorrow. The girl tells her that her husband says, "I'm glad you came to your mother."
This is the tearjerker! !
This work tells the story of a fetus who died in the exact opposite way to the many children who die without love, such as through abuse or suicide. The fact that she was unable to give birth to a child must have been a huge wound for her because she really wanted a child and was worried to death. It's so pitiful that it makes you cry. The girl who could see something didn't take any special care, so she must have really seen something.
【Death Office】Summary of tearjerker episodes
In the work Death Office, there are as many deaths as there are people, and as many stories as there are deaths. Some people died while being loved, and some died without being loved at all. Episodes told from completely different perspectives are sometimes contrasted, which is very interesting! Some are tearjerker because they look pitiful, and some are touching and tearful. It's as interesting as the famous game Valkyrie Profile, so please give it a read! I recommend it!
