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Elfen Lied. Both the manga and anime. While the anime is sadder, the addition of Lilium playing in the background makes it all the more of a tear-jerker.

There were only two written works that ever managed to make me cry. One was "The Passing of the Technomages: Casting Shadows" (a Babylon 5 novel) when Isabelle dies and the other was the ending of the Elfen Lied manga, both Kaede's final moments and when Kouta met the twins.

I've been close a few times more, but never really cried about any other book or manga.

Movies and series are a different matter though because of the music. Music just influences my emotions far more than pictures or words.