Anime Quotes About War

Soldiers, generals and the teenagers handed a cockpit. Lines about why wars start, what fighting does to the people who do it, and why ending one is harder than winning it.

“I choose the hell of humans killing each other over the hell of being eaten.”
Levi Ackerman Attack on Titan What the line costs later
A line from the ending — shown on the character page, behind a spoiler shield.
Eren Yeager Attack on Titan What the line costs later
“There is nothing more beautiful than a warrior with no distractions. One could say he is the closest thing to God.”
Treize Khushrenada Mobile Suit Gundam Wing The contrarian read
A line from the ending — shown on the character page, behind a spoiler shield.
Chang Wufei Mobile Suit Gundam Wing What the line costs later
A line from the ending — shown on the character page, behind a spoiler shield.
Lelouch Lamperouge Code Geass The case against this line
A line from the ending — shown on the character page, behind a spoiler shield.
Nagato Naruto The strongest objection, answered
A line from the ending — shown on the character page, behind a spoiler shield.
Riza Hawkeye Fullmetal Alchemist Read against the character's own history
“Stake your lives on this fight! Our survival demands that we stake our lives on this fight! And to survive, is to be victorious!”
Griffith Berserk The case against this line
“It's not that I want to fight... but I do want to protect this ship. Because of the people on board.”
Kira Yamato Mobile Suit Gundam SEED What the line costs later
“My mother was at Junius Seven, which was only a PLANT for agriculture. Countless people, including children, died instantly from the nuclear attack. Did you expect me to sit back and do nothing?”
Athrun Zala Mobile Suit Gundam SEED Read against the character's own history
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.
Rau Le Creuset Mobile Suit Gundam SEED Read against the character's own history
A line from the ending — shown on the character page, behind a spoiler shield.
Rau Le Creuset Mobile Suit Gundam SEED The contrarian read
“It's the same for us all. You won't find too many people who wish to fight for no reason at all. We fight because unless we fight, we cannot protect.”
Mu La Flaga Mobile Suit Gundam SEED Set against another series
A line from the ending — shown on the character page, behind a spoiler shield.
Mu La Flaga Mobile Suit Gundam SEED The strongest objection, answered
“The choices we're making may be one of evil as well. For we call for peace, but with weapons in our hands. Nevertheless allow us to break this chain of endless conflict. Give us strength.”
Lacus Clyne Mobile Suit Gundam SEED The strongest objection, answered
A line from the ending — shown on the character page, behind a spoiler shield.
Cagalli Yula Athha Mobile Suit Gundam SEED What the story had to build
A line from the ending — shown on the character page, behind a spoiler shield.
Andrew Waltfeld Mobile Suit Gundam SEED The contrarian read
“There is no meaning in fighting a war unless one can end it in victory.”
Patrick Zala Mobile Suit Gundam SEED What the line costs later
A line from the ending — shown on the character page, behind a spoiler shield.
Patrick 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.
Alex Louis Armstrong Fullmetal Alchemist Read against the character's own history
“But we don't do this for a pittance. We smash the chests open and seize every last coin within.”
Askeladd Vinland Saga What the story had to build
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.
Thorfinn Vinland Saga Read against the character's own history

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If war is the thread you are pulling, the book worth your time is All Quiet on the Western Front by Erich Maria Remarque. 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 War

Themes that travel with war

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