Anime Quotes About Redemption

What a character does after the worst thing they have done: penance, a change of course, and a debt with no stated total.

“Watch me.”
Enji Todoroki My Hero Academia The strongest objection, answered
A line from the ending — shown on the character page, behind a spoiler shield.
Katsuki Bakugo My Hero Academia What the line costs later
“It's okay if you don't forgive me. I don't want your forgiveness, I want to atone.”
Enji Todoroki My Hero Academia What the story had to build
A line from the ending — shown on the character page, behind a spoiler shield.
Keigo Takami My Hero Academia The strongest objection, answered
A line from the ending — shown on the character page, behind a spoiler shield.
Suzaku Kururugi Code Geass What the line costs later
A line from the ending — shown on the character page, behind a spoiler shield.
Vash the Stampede Trigun The strongest objection, answered
A line from the ending — shown on the character page, behind a spoiler shield.
Scar Fullmetal Alchemist What the line costs later
A line from the ending — shown on the character page, behind a spoiler shield.
Tim Marcoh Fullmetal Alchemist What the line costs later
“It's never too late to reform one's ways.”
Kurama YuYu Hakusho The case against this line
A line from the ending — shown on the character page, behind a spoiler shield.
Vash the Stampede Trigun What the line costs later
A line from the ending — shown on the character page, behind a spoiler shield.
Tien Dragon Ball What the line costs later
A line from the ending — shown on the character page, behind a spoiler shield.
Thorfinn Vinland Saga What the line costs later
A line from the ending — shown on the character page, behind a spoiler shield.
Thorfinn Vinland Saga What the story had to build
A line from the ending — shown on the character page, behind a spoiler shield.
Hild Vinland Saga The contrarian read
A line from the ending — shown on the character page, behind a spoiler shield.
Hild Vinland Saga What the story had to build

All 58 themes

The sage's shelf

If redemption is the thread you are pulling, the book worth your time is Les Misérables by Victor Hugo. 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 Redemption

Themes that travel with redemption

The sage's shelf