5 Most Melancholic Sad Girl Anime Characters, There's Yui!

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Who likes watching? anime sad? Especially if there are many characters there who have sad stories. Usually there are female characters which makes them a 'Sad Girl' in the anime story.

Not only in real life, it turns out that in the world of anime there are also people where they also experience the bitterness of life.

So, don't ever think that a character who looks happy is always in good condition. Maybe, behind that, they are experiencing sad events that we don't know about.

It's like if we idolize idol artists, they really look fine when they're on stage or meeting fans.

However, they actually harbor feelings of sadness deep within their hearts and the same goes for anime characters who may harbor feelings of sadness about the dark events they have experienced.

Well, if we discuss the anime character 'Sad Girl', actually there are many and every anime film or series must have a character Melancholy.

Therefore, in this article we will discuss the Top 5 'Sad Girl' characters who have sad stories and who are they?

Also read: 10 Most Popular Female Anime Characters, Super Kawai!

List of Sad Girl Anime Characters

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All Characters Sad Girl Anime (Source: Psychology Junkie)

As previously mentioned, this article will discuss 5 'Sad Girl' anime characters who have sad stories. Just take a look at the list below, okay?

Chihiro Ogino (Spirited Away)

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Chihiro Ogino (Source: Spirited Away)

For those of you who have watched Sprited Away, you definitely know this female anime character. Yes, he is Chihiro Ogino or better known as Sen.

Chihiro Ogino is a 10 year old protagonist in the anime Spirited Away. In the anime, he looks like a spoiled child and he is also very anti-social.

It turns out that his life changed after his parents entered the spirit world which was full of mysteries and challenges. In this regard, as a child he would go to save his parents from the spirit world.

When he entered the spirit world, he met another character named Haku and eventually Haku became a friend and mentor to Chihiro Ogino.

At first, Chihiro Ogino was a very pessimistic and fearful girl, but she turned into a brave, mature, diligent, kind and responsible girl when faced with difficult situations, one of which was in the spirit world.

In anime Spirited Away, Chihiro Ogino becomes an employee at a spirit bath led by an evil witch. However, he did it with great courage.

One of the sad stories is when he is about to separate from Haku and will leave his new friends in the spirit world, so this story makes Chihiro Ogino become melancholic after being abandoned by his parents in the spirit world.

Kaori Miyazono (Your Lie in April)

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Kaori Miyazono (Source: Your Lie in April)

The Sad Girl character in the next anime is Kaori Miyazono who is famous in the anime Your Lie in April. Maybe those of you who have watched this anime will know this beautiful character.

In the anime Your Lie in April, he is a violinist or violin player who accompanies Kousei Arima as the main character here.

Actually, Kaori Miyazono's character is a cheerful, energetic and very enthusiastic girl and this is coupled with her talent for playing the violin so that her personality is quite complex.

Apart from that, Kaori Miyazono is a strange girl in the eyes of her friends and she is also said to be a naughty girl because she often never obeys existing rules and norms.

But behind that, she is a cute girl who is brave in any situation.

As Kousei Arima's friend, he will help Kousei to continue to be brave in playing music and encourage him to continue playing music.

There is a sad story that Kaori Miyazono has, where it turns out she has a serious illness which she has been hiding all this time.

Of course, this incident had an emotional impact on Kaori and Kousei because of Kaori's illness so that they both became Melancholic characters in this anime, including Kaori Miyazono.

Also read: 5 Recommended Sad Anime Films 2023, Will Make You Cry Brutally!

Yukari Yukino (The Garden of Words)

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Yukari Yukino (Source: Fandom)

Next is Yukari Yukino who has a melancholy nature and makes her a Sad Girl in the anime The Garden of Words. He is a 27 year old literature teacher at Takao Akizuki's school.

In the anime The Garden of Words, he tries to find an escape from his life and almost every day he visits the Shinjuku Gyoen Garden which brings him together with a student who likes him, namely Takao Akizuki.

Yukari Yukino is described as a mysterious and very secretive girl, apart from that she also looks very elegant and graceful because of her role as a teacher.

As a teacher, of course Yukari Yukino acts as a mentor and teacher for Takao Akizuki so that gradually Takao's attitude will change in the anime.

One of the events that made him melancholic was, apart from him venting his emotions about his life problems.

Apparently, she also became a Sad Girl character when she felt like she disappointed Takao Akizuki when she expressed her feelings for him.

Menma (Anohana: The Flower We Saw That Day)

Menma (Source: Pinterest)
Menma (Source: Pinterest)

The Sad Girl character in the next anime is Menma who is in the anime Anohana: The Flower We Saw That Day who is the spirit of a child there.

Basically she is a cheerful and cheerful girl, but she has a happy past because she was accompanied by her friends.

Well, his sad story began when he had an accident and died and left behind his friends who always accompanied him. His friends felt guilty and lost while he was still alive.

After his death, he came back to life as the spirit of a small child with white hair and white clothes covering his tiny body.

Even so, he is still like Menma before he died, always cheerful, gentle and affectionate towards his friends.

The sad story of the film Anohana focuses on the life of Menma, who made his friends feel guilty when he was still alive and had not had time to grant his last wish.

In the end, they tried to accept his departure, which indirectly made their friends become melancholy.

Yui (Angel Beats!)

Yui (Source: Wallpaper Flare)
Yui (Source: Wallpaper Flare)

The last Sad Girl anime character is Yui from the anime Angel Beats! In this anime, she comes back into the world after her death and becomes a high school student at Afterlife School.

Yui's personality is described as a cheerful, energetic and enthusiastic girl in living her new life after passing away.

She is a member of SSS (Afterlife Battlefront) and is a girl who is talented in music.

Yui's sad story begins when she is searching for the meaning of life in the world of Afterlife.

One day he wanted to learn to play the guitar, but his hand was so badly injured that he couldn't play it.

Apart from that, he wants to learn to cook and even though he doesn't have cooking skills, he will continue to try within his limitations.

One of Yui's saddest important moments was when she made the sacrifice of giving her healthy organs to people who needed them.

This moment is quite tragic for her and this will provide satisfaction, benefits and happiness for Yui.

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