Anime Quotes About Restraint

Restraint is the decision to withhold a response that is available. These quotes concern refusing unnecessary killing and accepting blows without retaliation. The refusal has a particular setting; it need not establish a promise never to fight.

“But I'm not gonna fight back, so you just hit me as much as you're gonna and let me get out of here!”
Kazuma Kuwabara YuYu Hakusho What the story had to build
“He just got some grog on me, that's all. Needless killing doesn't make you a man.”
Shanks One Piece What the line costs later
A line from the ending — shown on the character page, behind a spoiler shield.
Whis Dragon Ball Super The contrarian read
“You defeated them all without one fatal blow. You are still naive.”
Orochimaru Naruto The case against this line
A line from the ending — shown on the character page, behind a spoiler shield.
Goku Dragon Ball Z The case against this line
A line from the ending — shown on the character page, behind a spoiler shield.
Athrun Zala Mobile Suit Gundam SEED What the story had to build
A line from the ending — shown on the character page, behind a spoiler shield.
Light Yagami Death Note The case against this line
A line from the ending — shown on the character page, behind a spoiler shield.
Goku Dragon Ball Z The strongest objection, answered
“Don't be absurd! It's enough because you're losing! You've come here to destroy us!”
Vegeta Dragon Ball Z The strongest objection, answered
“I told you. I will only fight with Goku.”
Android 16 Dragon Ball Z The strongest objection, answered
A line from the ending — shown on the character page, behind a spoiler shield.
Edward Elric Fullmetal Alchemist The case against this line
A line from the ending — shown on the character page, behind a spoiler shield.
Gluttony Fullmetal Alchemist The strongest objection, answered
A line from the ending — shown on the character page, behind a spoiler shield.
Sesshomaru Inuyasha The strongest objection, answered
A line from the ending — shown on the character page, behind a spoiler shield.
Piccolo Dragon Ball Z The strongest objection, answered
A line from the ending — shown on the character page, behind a spoiler shield.
Edward Elric Fullmetal Alchemist The strongest objection, answered
A line from the ending — shown on the character page, behind a spoiler shield.
Scar Fullmetal Alchemist The contrarian read
“Please forgive me. But I hoped it would offer you and the other Britannians a better understanding of the Chinese Federation.”
Li Xingke Code Geass The strongest objection, answered
“Then we'd be breaking our treaty with them, risking an international incident.”
Suzaku Kururugi Code Geass What the story had to build
“And the moment we did that they'd say we killed their empress. We have to let the High Eunuchs make that last mortal blow.”
Kanon Maldini Code Geass The contrarian read
A line from the ending — shown on the character page, behind a spoiler shield.
Suzaku Kururugi Code Geass The strongest objection, answered
A line from the ending — shown on the character page, behind a spoiler shield.
Cell Dragon Ball Z What the story had to build
A line from the ending — shown on the character page, behind a spoiler shield.
Android 18 Dragon Ball Z The case against this line
A line from the ending — shown on the character page, behind a spoiler shield.
Krillin Dragon Ball Z What the story had to build
A line from the ending — shown on the character page, behind a spoiler shield.
Majin Buu Dragon Ball Z The strongest objection, answered