Ai-Ren/Tear Jerker

"Why would you recommend this /a/? My eyes are like a broken faucet."

—an /a/non after reading Ai-Ren

Ai-Ren is perhaps one of the best manga to read if you want to finish with something in your eye. Or in your heart. It's that kind of story.

• This is the story of a terminally ill teenage boy who gets an Ai-Ren - an artificial person designed to provide companionship for people with terminal diseases - who has an even shorter lifespan than he, and their love.
• Chapter 40.5 has one:
  • Today... let's sleep in a bit longer... ok?
    • This troper has registered just to say that this was the biggest tear jerker moment since the passing of his grandmother.