Best 294 quotes in «manga quotes» category

make pasta, not war.

Mamoru, each & every one of us have stars in our hearts, & you know that the star is shining when you feel that heat…-Usagi/Sailor Moon

- Makino:"Is being silent and suppressing your own feeling really being thoughtful of the other person? is it right to end this way? - Tsukasa:"of course not alright. that's stupid. in that case it like it never happened.

Manga represents and extremely unfiltered view of the inner workings of their creator's minds. This is because manga are free of the massive editing and "committee"-style production used in other media like film, magazines and television. Even in American mainstream comics, the norm is to have a stable of artists, letterers, inkers, and scenario writers all under the control of the publisher. In Japan, a single artist might employ many assistants and act as a sort of "director," but he or she is usually at the core of the production process and retains control over the rights to the material created. That artists are not necessarily highly educated and deal frequently in plain subject matter only heightens the sense that manga offer the reader an extremely raw and personal view of the world. Thus, of the more than 2 billion manga produced each year, the vast majority have a dreamlike quality. They speak to people's hope, and fears. They are where stressed-out modern urbanites daily work out their neuroses and their frustrations. Viewed in their totality, the phenomenal number of stories produced is like the constant chatter of the collective unconscious -- and articulation of the dream world. Reading manga is like peering into the unvarnished, unretouched reality of the Japanese mind.

Man takes up the sword in order to shield the small wound in his heart sustained in a far-off time beyond remembrance. Man wields the sword so that he may die smiling in some far-off time beyond perception.

Maybe all people who do bad things…are just really lonely.

Maybe it's impossible to live life without any regrets. Even when you know the future... you'll still mess up." (p.163)

Maybe you should evolve too! Making everything your fault is the stupid way out...and you shouldn't waste your brain. Why do you think that way, huh? You must not be seeing the whole picture. What do you want anyway? Shouldn't you be striving for yourself?

May today's short moments of joy become treasured memories in the future.

Most fairy tales are warnings against human pride and cruelty. Purity always has its opposite…if humans had no impurities, they could never be considered pure. It’s like you and me.

Oggi quei giorni sembrano ingenui e lontani. In metropolitana non si leggono più i manga, come una volta, i giapponesi sono assorbiti da altre letture, e smartphone e tablet hanno sostituito la carta. Eppure… eppure resterà immutata la necessità di storie, di visoni. Cosa cerchiamo in un racconto? Una coperta di Linus che ci riscaldi durante il nostro viaggio. […] Abbiamo bisogno di storie, per affrontare la vita, il dolore. Per curarci.

My feelings for you...are like the stillness of the sand...they make no sound...as they're washed away.

.. no matter how we grieve over our bad luck, nothing will happen. We have to smile and believe that tomorrow will be better than today.

My love for Neo-Tokyo is a bulbous mass of post-human organic circuitry. Cyperpunk is my mother tongue. My love is a man-machine interface gun.

No matter how awful the world is... you must be strong of will. The direction your life takes... is for you alone to decide.

Now who wants me to drink their blood first? No pushing, now!

Once you question your own belief, it's over." -Naruto Uzumaki

Once you’ve tasted “love” from human flesh, you’re forever hooked. And mermaids have quite a voracious appetite for love.

Osaka: Ah Get to ponderin' when Christmas rolls around. Y'all know Rudolph the Red Nosed Reindeer? That's messed up, y'know? Saying his nose will help light the way at night ain't no way t'make him feel better about it. If you told a bald fella you needed the light reflecting off his head to see, he'd like to punch you. Santa's a cruel bully.

OK. Yoga position 99.

Oh this? It's a 'bookworm.' They live in books, and they love to eat important or valuable words.

Our everyday lives may in fact be a series of miracles...

People are the world's strangest creature.

Please don't talk into the middle of other people's crotch!

Please... Don't make me a murderer.

Pour créer un avenir meilleur il existe plusieurs chemins.

—Qué calentito. ¿Dónde has estado? —Trabajando. —No sabía que trabajaras. —Bueno, cada día en un sitio distinto. —Vaya... No lo sabía. —Hoy estuve vendiendo tartas frente a la estación, vestido de Papá Noel. —Papá Noel... ¿Eh? ¡¿Papá Noel?! ¡¿TÚ?! ¡JA, JA, JA! Para mí, tú eres el único Papá Noel.

Raaah! I’mma save my family! Gaaah! Is that it, Yuichirou? Saving your family. That is all the reason you need to live. That desire alone is enough for you. Aaaah…how fascinating indeed.

«Regrets»... I regret how timid and meek I was back then... always telling myself that I couldn't do anything, never even daring to try. That's definitely something I regret. " (p.330)

Sex with love is an illusion, y'know!!

She's not tsundere. She's just an unpleasant woman.

Shigure: "Lemme guess; you lost your temper and yelled at her again, right? You know, you shouldn't do that if you're just going to regret it. Not too bright, now is it?" Kyo: "Save your breath. I'm just not meant to get along with other people. Period. End of story." Shigure: "Oh sure, some people just aren't. But you're not one of them. You lack experience, that's all. For example, I'm sure you could smash this table to bits with your bare hands. But I'm equally sure you could punch the table without breaking it. And why is that? Because I know your training has taught you to control your fists... at least I should hope so, after four months of fighting bears and-" Kyo: "I didn't fight bears!" Shigure: "My point is, it takes just as much training to get along with people. Only, training by yourself in the mountains won't do you any good. You need to surround yourself with others. As you get to know them, of course you take the chance that you'll end up hurting them, or they'll end up hurting you. One of those things might very well happen. That's the only way we learn... about others, and about ourselves. You're a black-belt in martial arts, but I'd guess you still a white-belt in social skills. Someday, you're going to meet someone that truly wants to be your friend, and you, theirs. But it if you don't keep training, you won't be ready when that happens." Kyo: "It'll never happen, anyways!" Shigure: "Uh-uh! Never say never." Kyo: "Ok, fine. Maybe if I meet someone with brain-damage... or something." Shigure: "That's the spirit!

Shigure: "That's lovely. She’s so... how shall I say it? By putting it into words I'm afraid the nobility of it all would only be obscured." Yuki: "Of what?" Shigure: "You know, she's so spunky!" Kyo: "You sick bastard!

So then do you think it's true that he killed someone? And what about the part where he wishes he could die?" "If it IS true that he killed someone, that's bad." In any case, "it seems like something is bothering Shuji" was now a contender for the Understatement of the Century.

Soul: As a cool guy, I'm used to seeing naked women. Blair: That explains the nosebleed

Spoiling stories… is an unforgivable sin in this world.

Start Living before YOU start Dying

stealing chocolates

Strength is not just about brawn, but also brain. I know because I've had to use brute strength and willpower to live through my entire life.

Suzuya, my cosmos. You cannot let your universe be sullied.

Talent is something you bloom, Instinct is something you polish.

—Tenga novia o no, da lo mismo. —No tienes ni idea. —¡Pues claro que sí! ¡Cuando te gusta alguien eres feliz sólo con estar con él! Cualquier tontería te hace feliz y es divertida. ¡Con eso es suficiente! ¡No hace sentir mal! Quien no tiene ni idea eres tú.

Thank you for not growing to hate humans.

Thatz: "Why'd you have to get him all worked up? He'll drag us into it. Rune: "You're just lazy, Thatz.

The class president was... getting a different kind of rush hour squeeze.

The cold feel of the leather... Peeking at the world from my other eye... It was strangely exciting...

The cycle of life only goes one direction, not even alchemy can change that" -Ed Elric

The empty husks of the dead have arisen,and the crave the flesh of the living

The gods lie. They lie because it's the best they can do. We reach out for their lies and we keep on living.

The Japanese have two words: "uchi" meaning inside and "soto" meaning outside. Uchi refers to their close friends, the people in their inner circle. Soto refers to anyone who is outside that circle. And how they relate and communicate to the two are drastically different. To the soto, they are still polite and they might be outgoing, on the surface, but they will keep them far away, until they are considered considerate and trustworthy enough to slip their way into the uchi category. Once you are uchi, the Japanese version of friendship is entire universes beyond the average American friendship! Uchi friends are for life. Uchi friends represent a sacred duty. A Japanese friend, who has become an uchi friend, is the one who will come to your aid, in your time of need, when all your western "friends" have turned their back and walked away.