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.
Kaworu Nagisa Neon Genesis Evangelion What the story had to build
A line from the ending — shown on the character page, behind a spoiler shield.
Kozo Fuyutsuki Neon Genesis Evangelion The strongest objection, answered
A line from the ending — shown on the character page, behind a spoiler shield.
Yui Ikari Neon Genesis Evangelion The case against this line
“In your time, I'm no longer here. But I am here today, and I'll always be cheering for you right here. Cheering for you, my only self.”
Faye Valentine Cowboy Bebop What the story had to build
A line from the ending — shown on the character page, behind a spoiler shield.
Radical Edward Cowboy Bebop What the line costs later
“There's nothing to believe in. Nor is there a reason to believe.”
Vicious Cowboy Bebop The case against this line
“I can talk trash to people and even touch them! To be alive is a wonderful thing!”
Yusuke Urameshi YuYu Hakusho Read against the character's own history
“They can't hear words unless they're asleep, but you can communicate feelings to living people when they're on the same emotional wavelength. See? You reached Kuwabara with your feelings.”
Botan YuYu Hakusho What the story had to build
A line from the ending — shown on the character page, behind a spoiler shield.
Maka Albarn Soul Eater The contrarian read
“If you just did nothing because you thought it wouldn't help, then you'd end up doing less than nothing, for nothing would change and nothing would end.”
Kira Yamato Mobile Suit Gundam SEED The strongest objection, answered
“Whatever human beings have begun, other human beings can then put a stop to.”
Lacus Clyne Mobile Suit Gundam SEED Set against another series
A line from the ending — shown on the character page, behind a spoiler shield.
Cagalli Yula Athha Mobile Suit Gundam SEED Read against the character's own history
“Just find something. Just find something new that's fun or happy. Come on, let's get going. We start to walk up...the long...long...uphill climb.”
Tomoya Okazaki Clannad What the story had to build
“Will you go out with me, Nagisa? I love you, Nagisa. So I... I wanna spend every day of my life together with you!”
Tomoya Okazaki Clannad The case against this line
“Fun things...Happy things...They can't all possibly stay unchanged. Even so, can you go on loving this place?”
Nagisa Furukawa Clannad What the story had to build
“No matter how cold and distant people may become, on the inside something warm and precious always remains, something that never changes. To me, that's what family is like.”
Tomoyo Sakagami Clannad The strongest objection, answered
A line from the ending — shown on the character page, behind a spoiler shield.
Hideki Hinata Angel Beats! Read against the character's own history
“But I've always admired people who could do a German Suplex! It's a cool move! I wanna hold you down until I win!”
Yui Angel Beats! The strongest objection, answered
A line from the ending — shown on the character page, behind a spoiler shield.
Tohru Honda Fruits Basket What the story had to build
“I won't ask what you wish for. I only hope it comes true by your own two hands.”
Yuki Sohma Fruits Basket What the line costs later
“Someday... no matter how cold it is now... the snow will melt. Without fail.”
Hatori Sohma Fruits Basket What the story had to build
A line from the ending — shown on the character page, behind a spoiler shield.
Akito Sohma Fruits Basket The strongest objection, answered
“For there to be pain, there has to be kindness. For darkness to stand out, there has to be the sun.”
Kyoko Honda Fruits Basket The case against this line
“Just as no matter how hard you try to keep it away... despair will attack you again and again. In the same manner hope will return to you. Again and again.”
Kazuma Sohma Fruits Basket The strongest objection, answered

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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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