Anime Quotes About Justice

Characters arguing about what is owed and to whom — usually while doing something that settles the argument for them.

“The real evil is the power to kill people.”
Soichiro Yagami Death Note The strongest objection, answered
A line from the ending — shown on the character page, behind a spoiler shield.
Soichiro Yagami Death Note What the story had to build
A line from the ending — shown on the character page, behind a spoiler shield.
Rem Death Note The contrarian read
“There is no such thing as objective information, Zero. Journalism is, after all, a human creation.”
Diethard Ried Code Geass What the story had to build
“At times the life of a single man is worth more than that of a million, I thought that'd be common sense to a soldier.”
Diethard Ried Code Geass The case against this line
A line from the ending — shown on the character page, behind a spoiler shield.
Sajin Komamura Bleach What the story had to build
“Cutting down a man who's done nothing wrong; is that what you spent all those years honing your skills for?”
Jin Samurai Champloo What the story had to build
“From a historical point of view, warriors who have lost what they were protecting, and further betrayed by those they were protecting, are losers.”
Treize Khushrenada Mobile Suit Gundam Wing What the story had to build
A line from the ending — shown on the character page, behind a spoiler shield.
Chang Wufei Mobile Suit Gundam Wing What the line costs later
“But I'm going to fight you, OZ. Even if I've got to do it on my own.”
Chang Wufei Mobile Suit Gundam Wing Read against the character's own history
A line from the ending — shown on the character page, behind a spoiler shield.
Lelouch Lamperouge Code Geass What the story had to build
A line from the ending — shown on the character page, behind a spoiler shield.
Kallen Kozuki Code Geass Read against the character's own history
“This isn't divine judgment. It's the work of some childish killer who's playing at divine retribution, that's all.”
L Death Note The strongest objection, answered
A line from the ending — shown on the character page, behind a spoiler shield.
Ryuk Death Note What the line costs later
“Hey, whatever happened to thou shalt not kill?!”
Vash the Stampede Trigun What the story had to build
“Sometimes the answers just crash down from heaven.”
Nicholas D. Wolfwood Trigun The contrarian read
A line from the ending — shown on the character page, behind a spoiler shield.
Sosuke Aizen Bleach What the story had to build
A line from the ending — shown on the character page, behind a spoiler shield.
Scar Fullmetal Alchemist The strongest objection, answered
“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.
Schneizel el Britannia Code Geass What the story had to build
A line from the ending — shown on the character page, behind a spoiler shield.
Euphemia li Britannia Code Geass What the line costs later
“Shinobi are all merely tools in the hands of destiny. No point in wondering whether it's right or wrong. It just is. It's the same in the Village Hidden in the Leaves.”
Kakashi Hatake Naruto The strongest objection, answered
“You can't change the world without getting your hands dirty.”
Lelouch Lamperouge Code Geass What the story had to build
“People are more susceptible to miracles than logic.”
Lelouch Lamperouge Code Geass The contrarian read

The sage's shelf

If justice is the thread you are pulling, the book worth your time is To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee. 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 Justice

Themes that travel with justice

The sage's shelf