Anime Quotes About Hope

Not optimism — hope is the harder thing, held deliberately by characters with good reason to abandon it.

A line from the ending — shown on the character page, behind a spoiler shield.
Euphemia li Britannia Code Geass The contrarian read
A line from the ending — shown on the character page, behind a spoiler shield.
Izuku Midoriya My Hero Academia What the line costs later
“People are more susceptible to miracles than logic.”
Lelouch Lamperouge Code Geass The contrarian read
A line from the ending — shown on the character page, behind a spoiler shield.
C.C. Code Geass Read against the character's own history
A line from the ending — shown on the character page, behind a spoiler shield.
Kakashi Hatake Naruto The strongest objection, answered
A line from the ending — shown on the character page, behind a spoiler shield.
Kabuto Yakushi Naruto The contrarian read
A line from the ending — shown on the character page, behind a spoiler shield.
Tsunade Naruto Read against the character's own history
“You just used your right hand — I did it!”
Gon Freecss Hunter x Hunter What the story had to build
“Dreams breathe life into men and can cage them in suffering. Men live and die by their dreams. But long after they have been abandoned, they still smoulder deep in men's hearts.”
Griffith Berserk Set against another series
“You know, I had a feeling it would turn out like this, that something like this might happen. But even so, I did hope...”
Corkus Berserk The strongest objection, answered
A line from the ending — shown on the character page, behind a spoiler shield.
Madoka Kaname Puella Magi Madoka Magica The strongest objection, answered
A line from the ending — shown on the character page, behind a spoiler shield.
Madoka Kaname Puella Magi Madoka Magica The contrarian read
A line from the ending — shown on the character page, behind a spoiler shield.
Madoka Kaname Puella Magi Madoka Magica What the line costs later
A line from the ending — shown on the character page, behind a spoiler shield.
Homura Akemi Puella Magi Madoka Magica What the line costs later
A line from the ending — shown on the character page, behind a spoiler shield.
Kyoko Sakura Puella Magi Madoka Magica Read against the character's own history
A line from the ending — shown on the character page, behind a spoiler shield.
Kyoko Sakura Puella Magi Madoka Magica The strongest objection, answered
A line from the ending — shown on the character page, behind a spoiler shield.
Mami Tomoe Puella Magi Madoka Magica What the line costs later
A line from the ending — shown on the character page, behind a spoiler shield.
Mami Tomoe Puella Magi Madoka Magica The strongest objection, answered
A line from the ending — shown on the character page, behind a spoiler shield.
Kyubey Puella Magi Madoka Magica The case against this line
“That is our Fairy Tail!! We don't live like we have already died, like you do!! We live with our lives on the lines, you bastard!! If you don't have the courage to change things then you might as well just die!!!”
Natsu Dragneel Fairy Tail The case against this line
“I am already used to taking on the same sins. For a Fairy Tail Mage, the true sin is averting one's eyes... and no longer being able to believe in anyone!”
Natsu Dragneel Fairy Tail The contrarian read
“If I trust their words, it's enough to keep me alive.”
Shinji Ikari Neon Genesis Evangelion The strongest objection, answered
A line from the ending — shown on the character page, behind a spoiler shield.
Misato Katsuragi Neon Genesis Evangelion The contrarian read
A line from the ending — shown on the character page, behind a spoiler shield.
Rei Ayanami Neon Genesis Evangelion Set against another series

The sage's shelf

If hope is the thread you are pulling, the book worth your time is Man's Search for Meaning by Viktor Frankl. 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 Hope

Themes that travel with hope

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