Anime Quotes About Loneliness

On being the strongest, the last, or the only one, and why fiction treats those three as the same condition.

A line from the ending — shown on the character page, behind a spoiler shield.
Faye Valentine Cowboy Bebop The contrarian read
A line from the ending — shown on the character page, behind a spoiler shield.
Julia Cowboy Bebop The strongest objection, answered
A line from the ending — shown on the character page, behind a spoiler shield.
Gren Cowboy Bebop Read against the character's own history
“You're a team player. A save-the-day superhero. I hate people like you.”
Hiei YuYu Hakusho What the line costs later
A line from the ending — shown on the character page, behind a spoiler shield.
Younger Toguro YuYu Hakusho The strongest objection, answered
“Trusting someone not to hurt you...how idiotic is that?”
Crona Soul Eater Read against the character's own history
“Do you want to know where the real hell is hiding? It's inside your head.”
Crona Soul Eater Set against another series
A line from the ending — shown on the character page, behind a spoiler shield.
Kotomi Ichinose Clannad Read against the character's own history
“Hello. How do you do? I'm Kotomi Ichinose of 3-A. I love to read; books I mean.”
Kotomi Ichinose Clannad The strongest objection, answered
A line from the ending — shown on the character page, behind a spoiler shield.
Yuri Nakamura Angel Beats! What the line costs later
“As they played the game...I waited for someone to call "onigiri." But no one called. I was very little then. I had almost forgotten about that. But they knew...there would never be room for an onigiri...in a fruits basket.”
Tohru Honda Fruits Basket What the Japanese does
“Being away from everyone else may be lonely, but being away from you will be even lonelier.”
Tohru Honda Fruits Basket Read against the character's own history
A line from the ending — shown on the character page, behind a spoiler shield.
Akito Sohma Fruits Basket Read against the character's own history
A line from the ending — shown on the character page, behind a spoiler shield.
Momiji Sohma Fruits Basket What the line costs later
“So? It's not like there's anyone waiting at home for me.”
Naruto Uzumaki Naruto Read against the character's own history
“No one ever sees me for who I am... Just who I'm related to. And I hate it!”
Konohamaru Naruto What the story had to build
“Kids without families always grow up selfish. That, and lonely. Being scolded by your folks doesn't even compare!”
Sasuke Uchiha Naruto The strongest objection, answered
“That being said... I never had a home or place I wanted to go. The only time I felt at ease...is with you, Bucciarati.”
Leone Abbacchio JoJo's Bizarre Adventure Read against the character's own history
A line from the ending — shown on the character page, behind a spoiler shield.
Anya Alstreim Code Geass What the story had to build
A line from the ending — shown on the character page, behind a spoiler shield.
Anya Alstreim Code Geass The strongest objection, answered
“That woman's a mystery, even to me.”
Crocodile One Piece What the story had to build
A line from the ending — shown on the character page, behind a spoiler shield.
Sabo One Piece Read against the character's own history
A line from the ending — shown on the character page, behind a spoiler shield.
Trunks Dragon Ball Z Read against the character's own history
A line from the ending — shown on the character page, behind a spoiler shield.
Mugen Samurai Champloo Read against the character's own history

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If loneliness is the thread you are pulling, the book worth your time is Kokoro by Natsume Soseki. 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 Loneliness

Themes that travel with loneliness

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