i <3 too many anime gals, and i <3 them all for many different reasons...
Osaka (Azumanga Daioh)
Nagisa Furukawa & Kotomi Ichinose (Clannad)
Konoka Konoe, Haruna Saotome, & Satsuki Yotsuba (Negima)
Minahi Tohno (Air)
Tina Foster (Ai Yori Aoshi)...
yeah, Grave of the Fireflies made me cry a lot. Air, Clannad, and Zero no Tsukaima's 2nd season did it too. I cried different tears for Azumanga Daioh.