One Piece is adapting its most tragic backstory, and it released a scene that is sure to make most fans cry uncontrollably.

One Piece just punched its audience in the gut with one of the saddest TV episodes of the year, and fans are losing their minds.

When someone mentions “shojo anime,” most people think of sparkling romances, school days, blushing protagonists navigating first loves, or gentler fantasy worlds, with the leading exceptions being ...