Anime Quotes About Hard Work
The genre's most-repeated promise, and the quotes that complicate it.
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“Power comes in response to a need, not a desire.”
Goku · Dragon Ball Z
What the line costs later→
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“Studying martial arts is no Sunday picnic.”
Master Roshi · Dragon Ball
The contrarian read→
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“Even a low-class warrior can surpass an elite, with enough hard work.”
Goku · Dragon Ball Z
The contrarian read→
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“Remember this pain, and let it activate you.”
Vegeta · Dragon Ball Super
Set against another series→
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“But, you will not go in there with hopes of winning the tournament the first time you compete. To do so would be arrogant!”
Master Roshi · Dragon Ball
Set against another series→
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“And arrogance is for fools, not warriors!”
Master Roshi · Dragon Ball
The case against this line→
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“It doesn't matter what your Quirk is if you've got a chivalrous heart!”
Eijiro Kirishima · My Hero Academia
The case against this line→
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A line from the ending — shown on the character page, behind a spoiler shield.
Rock Lee · Naruto
Read against the character's own history→
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“All the effort is pointless if you don't believe in yourself!”
Might Guy · Naruto
The case against this line→
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“Run into the setting sun. Run and suffer! But don't mess up your hair!”
Might Guy · Naruto
The strongest objection, answered→
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A line from the ending — shown on the character page, behind a spoiler shield.
Rock Lee · Naruto
The contrarian read→
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“And that's what I call using your head!”
Shikamaru Nara · Naruto
What the story had to build→
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“In battles, the ones who get in the way are not the ones that have no power. They are the ones that have no resolve for battle.”
Rukia Kuchiki · Bleach
The strongest objection, answered→
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“It's just so lovely! The smell of oil, the hum of the ball bearings, the rugged yet amazingly beautiful form created through anatomical engineering! Ahh, how wonderful you are... my automail!”
Winry Rockbell · Fullmetal Alchemist
Read against the character's own history→
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“The trick of real combat is that everyone is human.”
Lelouch Lamperouge · Code Geass
Set against another series→
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A line from the ending — shown on the character page, behind a spoiler shield.
Lelouch Lamperouge · Code Geass
The case against this line→
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A line from the ending — shown on the character page, behind a spoiler shield.
Nina Einstein · Code Geass
The strongest objection, answered→
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“Win or lose, you'll gain nothing if you don't give your all! That's true of both men and nations!”
Kyoshiro Tohdoh · Code Geass
Set against another series→
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“A ninja must see underneath the underneath.”
Kakashi Hatake · Naruto
The case against this line→
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“To be a shinobi you need more than strength and jutsu. You must acquire the judgment to make the right decisions. You must become smarter. The longer you remain a fool, the harder it will be for you to live in this world. That's reality.”
Jiraiya · Naruto
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“Did I mention all those ingredients I read off? Down at the market, a kid could buy every one of them for the spare change in his pocket. As it turns out, humans are pretty cheap.”
Edward Elric · Fullmetal Alchemist
What the story had to build→
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“A man who does not work has no right to eat.”
Olivier Mira Armstrong · Fullmetal Alchemist
The case against this line→
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“I'm here... ...to work my butt off and become the Wizard King.”
Asta · Black Clover
What the story had to build→
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A line from the ending — shown on the character page, behind a spoiler shield.
Goku · Dragon Ball
Set against another series→
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