Anime Quotes About Self Doubt

Characters who cannot make themselves believe the encouraging thing, and stories that decline to fix that quickly.

“My legs moved on their own! I don't know why, though!”
Izuku Midoriya My Hero Academia The contrarian read
“If the whole world has gone crazy, then I'll believe in myself and keep on fighting.”
Heero Yuy Mobile Suit Gundam Wing Set against another series
“I'll win! I'll win and be like Deku too!”
Ochaco Uraraka My Hero Academia What the story had to build
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
“My 'Deku' isn't always going to mean 'useless!' Kacchan, my 'Deku' means 'You can do it!'”
Izuku Midoriya My Hero Academia What the Japanese does
“It doesn't matter what your Quirk is if you've got a chivalrous heart!”
Eijiro Kirishima My Hero Academia The case against this line
“All the effort is pointless if you don't believe in yourself!”
Might Guy Naruto The case against this line
“I mustn't run away.”
Shinji Ikari Neon Genesis Evangelion The case against this line
A line from the ending — shown on the character page, behind a spoiler shield.
Gendo Ikari Neon Genesis Evangelion What the line costs later
“In battles, the ones who get in the way are not the ones that have no power. They are the ones that have no resolve for battle.”
Rukia Kuchiki Bleach The strongest objection, answered
A line from the ending — shown on the character page, behind a spoiler shield.
Orihime Inoue Bleach What the line costs later
A line from the ending — shown on the character page, behind a spoiler shield.
Yuji Itadori Jujutsu Kaisen The case against this line
A line from the ending — shown on the character page, behind a spoiler shield.
Asuka Langley Soryu Neon Genesis Evangelion Read against the character's own history
“No I can't! I've never even seen anything like this before! There's no way I can do this!”
Shinji Ikari Neon Genesis Evangelion The strongest objection, answered
“Hinata. You really... do you really believe that's true? I may look strong to you, but all I ever do is mess things up. I act tough because I'm so frustrated. But underneath it all I just feel like I'm a huge failure.”
Naruto Uzumaki Naruto Read against the character's own history
“All men are not created equal.”
Izuku Midoriya My Hero Academia What the story had to build
“I wanted to believe, so much that I'd become a slave.”
Kallen Kozuki Code Geass What the story had to build
A line from the ending — shown on the character page, behind a spoiler shield.
Mao Code Geass The contrarian read
“They say that the nail that sticks up is the one that gets hammered down.”
Kakashi Hatake Naruto What the Japanese does
A line from the ending — shown on the character page, behind a spoiler shield.
Kabuto Yakushi Naruto The contrarian read
A line from the ending — shown on the character page, behind a spoiler shield.
Kabuto Yakushi Naruto Read against the character's own history
“Fear. That is what we live with. And we live with it everyday. Only in death are we free of it.”
Neji Hyuga Naruto The contrarian read
“Don't use such strong words -- It makes your weakness all the more apparent.”
Sosuke Aizen Bleach The case against this line
A line from the ending — shown on the character page, behind a spoiler shield.
Edward Elric Fullmetal Alchemist The case against this line