Ah, Metropolis's ending...personally, the whole scene made me feel a bit sad, but I was focusing on all the little details the animators had put in. Plus, there's this one longshot where Tima just walks up to Kenichi and shoves him off the ledge, and it was so horribly comical that it broke the mood for me.
So a song can count for this, too...? Well, last year about this time, I had started to get into the music of
Miki Matsubara. I found her because she sang the Gu-Gu-Ganmo opening and ending themes, and fell in love with her voice, but I hadn't known at the time that she sang the Ganmo theme as "Suzie Matsubara". Late one night, I did some research and finally got her real name, but also I found that she had died in 2004.
I was listening to her debut song
Stay With Me. I just turned into putty.
Regardless, I started collecting her music, and even though I've gotten interested in a number of other people and shows recently, I always have a soft spot for Miki. But I just can't listen to Stay With Me, or I'll think about that night and bawl.