Anime Quotes About Love

Confessions, refusals and the lines said at the last possible moment. Anime treats love as a decision with a price, and the quotes here show who paid it.

“You're just like Griffith! Your dream is everything to you! You only think about yourself! You don't give a damn whether or not I'm around, do you?!”
Casca Berserk The contrarian read
“The thing I could not stop gazing at and thinking about wasn't Griffith, kneeling in the snow defeated for the first time and devastated by it. It was you, watching you walk away from us and never look back.”
Casca Berserk Read against the character's own history
A line from the ending — shown on the character page, behind a spoiler shield.
Homura Akemi Puella Magi Madoka Magica The case against this line
A line from the ending — shown on the character page, behind a spoiler shield.
Shinji Ikari Neon Genesis Evangelion What the line costs later
“Man survives by forgetting his memories, but there are some things a man should never forget. Yui taught me about the irreplaceable things. I come here to confirm that.”
Gendo Ikari Neon Genesis Evangelion Read against the character's own history
A line from the ending — shown on the character page, behind a spoiler shield.
Gendo Ikari Neon Genesis Evangelion What the line costs later
A line from the ending — shown on the character page, behind a spoiler shield.
Rei Ayanami Neon Genesis Evangelion The case against this line
A line from the ending — shown on the character page, behind a spoiler shield.
Spike Spiegel Cowboy Bebop What the story had to build
A line from the ending — shown on the character page, behind a spoiler shield.
Julia Cowboy Bebop What the story had to build
A line from the ending — shown on the character page, behind a spoiler shield.
Julia Cowboy Bebop The strongest objection, answered
“What's the point of being alive if Keiko has to get killed for it?”
Yusuke Urameshi YuYu Hakusho Set against another series
“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
A line from the ending — shown on the character page, behind a spoiler shield.
Akio Furukawa Clannad What the line costs later
“Little coward! Alright, then...I'll just have to tell her myself...By landmine...What I'm talking about. IS. SANAE'S BREAD!!!!!”
Akio Furukawa Clannad The contrarian read
“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.
Kyo Sohma Fruits Basket Read against the character's own history
A line from the ending — shown on the character page, behind a spoiler shield.
Shirley Fenette Code Geass The contrarian read
A line from the ending — shown on the character page, behind a spoiler shield.
Whitebeard One Piece The contrarian read
“What's come over me?! I can't help doing whatever Luffy asks!”
Boa Hancock One Piece The case against this line
“Please... just call me Hancock.”
Boa Hancock One Piece What the line costs later
“Well, I guess it is kind of a stupid approach, isn't it? I know that...you're right, it's true. It is very sloppy of me. But you know what? I made a promise. If I put out even one flame of life, it would make her sad.”
Vash the Stampede Trigun Read against the character's own history
A line from the ending — shown on the character page, behind a spoiler shield.
Goku Dragon Ball The case against this line
A line from the ending — shown on the character page, behind a spoiler shield.
Casca Berserk The strongest objection, answered