Anime Quotes About Regret

Attention paid too late. Quotes about the specific ache of realizing what something was only once it is finished.

“Why didn't I try to get to know him better?”
Frieren Frieren: Beyond Journey's End What the story had to build
“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
“People can say whatever they want about me, but I've never done a single thing in my life that I regret.”
Roronoa Zoro One Piece Read against the character's own history
“We only traveled together for a mere ten years.”
Frieren Frieren: Beyond Journey's End What the story had to build
“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.
Zechs Merquise Mobile Suit Gundam Wing Set against another series
A line from the ending — shown on the character page, behind a spoiler shield.
Yuji Itadori Jujutsu Kaisen Read against the character's own history
A line from the ending — shown on the character page, behind a spoiler shield.
Eren Yeager Attack on Titan Read against the character's own history
“Whatever happens, happens.”
Spike Spiegel Cowboy Bebop The case against this line
“I'm just watching a bad dream I never wake up from.”
Spike Spiegel Cowboy Bebop 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
“When I was a cop this was my beat. I'm the Black Dog, and once I bite, I don't let go. I have no regrets about her, but I'll settle this score on my own terms.”
Jet Black Cowboy Bebop What the story had to build
“Because I have a use for you.”
Gendo Ikari Neon Genesis Evangelion The contrarian read
A line from the ending — shown on the character page, behind a spoiler shield.
Suzaku Kururugi Code Geass Read against the character's own history
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.
Kaname Tōsen Bleach Read against the character's own history
A line from the ending — shown on the character page, behind a spoiler shield.
Diavolo JoJo's Bizarre Adventure What the line costs later
A line from the ending — shown on the character page, behind a spoiler shield.
Greed Fullmetal Alchemist What the line costs later
“It's just like a child who hides the sheets after he wets the bed. You ran away... And you know it.”
Van Hohenheim Fullmetal Alchemist The contrarian read
“It's too late, Naruto. It's just too late. I can't turn back. Come, Naruto! If that's how it is, I'll just have to sever that bond.”
Sasuke Uchiha Naruto The contrarian read
A line from the ending — shown on the character page, behind a spoiler shield.
Misa Amane Death Note What the line costs later
“I hate stories like that. Men only think of their past right before their death, as if they were searching frantically for proof that they were alive.”
Jet Black Cowboy Bebop The strongest objection, answered
“The more righteous a guy was back in his youth, the more likely he is to fall for some young thing when he gets older.”
Faye Valentine Cowboy Bebop The case against this line

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If regret is the thread you are pulling, the book worth your time is The Remains of the Day by Kazuo Ishiguro. 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 Regret

Themes that travel with regret

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