Anime Quotes About Family

The people you did not choose, and what characters owe them — including the ones who decide the answer is nothing.

A line from the ending — shown on the character page, behind a spoiler shield.
Milly Thompson Trigun What the line costs later
“And maybe I wouldn't have been! Making the decision to die is something only an idiot does!”
Alphonse Elric Fullmetal Alchemist Read against the character's own history
“No, you're wrong, brother. You've got it backwards. You see I can tell that you're the one. You're suffering much more than I.”
Hinata Hyuga Naruto The contrarian read
“You're the one who's all torn up about the fate of the main and side branches of the Hyuga clan.”
Hinata Hyuga Naruto What the story had to build
A line from the ending — shown on the character page, behind a spoiler shield.
Charles zi Britannia Code Geass What the story had to build
A line from the ending — shown on the character page, behind a spoiler shield.
Schneizel el Britannia Code Geass Read against the character's own history
A line from the ending — shown on the character page, behind a spoiler shield.
Nunnally vi Britannia Code Geass What the line costs later
A line from the ending — shown on the character page, behind a spoiler shield.
Nunnally vi Britannia Code Geass What the story had to build
A line from the ending — shown on the character page, behind a spoiler shield.
Charles zi Britannia Code Geass What the line costs later
A line from the ending — shown on the character page, behind a spoiler shield.
Euphemia li Britannia Code Geass The case against this line
“It was... like heaven. I had snugly little Mareep wool shorts, cute little Mareep wool mittens, a scarf of course and the most adorable Mareep wool stocking cap you've ever seen. My schoolmates were so envious they beat me nearly every day.”
James Pokémon Read against the character's own history
A line from the ending — shown on the character page, behind a spoiler shield.
Itachi Uchiha Naruto What the line costs later
A line from the ending — shown on the character page, behind a spoiler shield.
Itachi Uchiha Naruto The case against this line
A line from the ending — shown on the character page, behind a spoiler shield.
Shou Tucker Fullmetal Alchemist The strongest objection, answered
A line from the ending — shown on the character page, behind a spoiler shield.
Shou Tucker Fullmetal Alchemist What the story had to build
A line from the ending — shown on the character page, behind a spoiler shield.
Light Yagami Death Note What the line costs later
A line from the ending — shown on the character page, behind a spoiler shield.
Ryuk Death Note What the line costs later
A line from the ending — shown on the character page, behind a spoiler shield.
Soichiro Yagami Death Note What the line costs later
A line from the ending — shown on the character page, behind a spoiler shield.
Soichiro Yagami Death Note Read against the character's own history
A line from the ending — shown on the character page, behind a spoiler shield.
Portgas D. Ace One Piece What the line costs later
“See this tattoo? That's our mark. And it's my pride.”
Portgas D. Ace One Piece Read against the character's own history
A line from the ending — shown on the character page, behind a spoiler shield.
Portgas D. Ace One Piece What the story had to build
A line from the ending — shown on the character page, behind a spoiler shield.
Eren Kruger Attack on Titan What the line costs later
A line from the ending — shown on the character page, behind a spoiler shield.
Inosuke Hashibira Demon Slayer What the Japanese does

The sage's shelf

If family is the thread you are pulling, the book worth your time is East of Eden by John Steinbeck. It says in three hundred pages what the quotes above say in a line each, and the three approaches feed each other.

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Anime Quotes About Family

Themes that travel with family

The sage's shelf