Top 40 Inio Asano Quotes (2025 Update)

1. “Freedom without any purpose feels a whole lot like boredom.”

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2. “Isn’t it better to regret things you’ve done, than regret things you’ve never even tried?”

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3. “I love her so much I could bite her tongue off and kill her.”

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4. “Right now my life has an expiration date determined by my bank balance. Can I find something before my time is up?”

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5. “I have no idea what to do with myself. And while I wait for my epiphany, I feel the toxins collecting in my body.”

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6. “Dream big, everyone! Because dreams are free! But don’t forget to be realistic about your abilities and financial needs. Otherwise you’re in for some serious disappointments in life!”

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7. “I think that what people who’ve committed crimes need isn’t punishment, but rather the knowledge of the pain of being forgiven.”

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8. “People change, and as the years go by, so do our environments. I think it’s alright for there not to be a “proper” way of living. But I do believe that instead of trying to be satisfied on just one answer and blocking out the rest, searching for more answers, despite the pain they may bring, is a much more honest way of living.”

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9. “Who cares what we dream about? Just getting through each day is hard enough.”

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10. “I bet even this little boy will grow up to be an adult before he realizes. He’ll just become an adult like that. Whether he accepts it or resists until the end is a big fork in the path of life, I suppose.”

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11. “I’m a coward who can only open my heart to someone obviously inferior to me!”

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12. “It really was a good night, Punpun.”

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13. “Boys... I hope you all just die.”

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14. “Humans, as long as they live, have an emptiness inside them that can never be filled.”

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15. “Life is full of ups and downs and clowns.”

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16. “If there were a place lower than here, it would surely be hell.”

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17. “If pretending to know was childish and pretending not to know was adult, then Punpun thought that he was still probably just a child.”

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18. “I wondered if the Demon that whispered “Why not be free?” was Freedom itself.”

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19. “Punpun was just fine again today.”

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20. “Happiness” describes moments, and it’s never permanent.”

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21. “You were scared they were going to laugh at you, right? So let them! People who discourage others will never find their own happiness!”

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22. “I told you it’s pointless talking about ifs and if nots. But... I do think it’s nice if there could come a time where we could have fun talking about if and if nots, no matter how pointless it is... You know, I feel really happy right now. I’m so glad I was able to meet you in this life. Thank you.”

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23. “To Punpun, the seemingly unmeaningful words, “See ya,” spoken by Sachi were magical words that transformed the next day into a day worth living.”

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24. “Nothing’s going to change if you’re just thinking about it. No matter how much you worry about someone else’s problems... you can’t fix it for them.”

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25. “If only the last dozen years were just a dream my younger self was having, how wonderful that would be.”

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26. “Well... I say that but what I really wish for, is this peacefully insignificant days, could just continue on forever.”

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27. “Standing there in the cold wind... I began to doubt if any of it had ever been real. God. The magic box. The talking butterfly. And if that were true, what an empty world this was.”

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28. “Have you ever, for even a second, thought about how hard it is for people like me just to stay alive?”

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29. “We were like visitors to some strange planet.”

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30. “What do you think are the most important things in life? Money, dreams, sympathy towards others... Yes, they’re all important things as well... But the most important thing is responsibility for your own actions.”

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31. “Besides... I’m very old and I can’t remember things too well anymore. When my letters come back to me, it makes me feel like my wife still remembers me.”

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

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33. “It’s fine with me if you believe your God will save you! But I’m saying you shouldn’t shove your beliefs on other people!”

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34. “Today is the first step of our new lives.”

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35. “Anyway, I think the two of you should be free to do whatever you want right now. When you’re young, you think the only way to happiness is the hard road... but it’s actually much simpler than that.”

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36. “When I was little, people often misread the Kanji in my name as Mon-De... So the boys flipped it around and called me De-Mon, as in The Devil. Demons plague humanity, but I wasn’t doing anything wrong. Ever since, I’ve been uncomfortable with how people cheerfully unite against perceived enemies”.”

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37. “Don’t suddenly disappear.”

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38. “This horde of rubes strolled into Tokyo thinking it holds hope and possibility!! They totally believe they’re gonna be respectable human beings!! But in mere months, all these scumbags will run dry of confidence and hope and become broken wrecks whining incessantly on twitter!!”

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39. “The energy of the town threatened to suck me into it, and realized how much weaker I was than before. Everyone has trouble living. I know that. But the present me is nearly powerless in this city.”

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40. “Who cares if you have a dream, right? It’s hard enough just to live a normal life.”

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41. “It’s very peaceful. Like perhaps the life of a ghost. Carefree and without worry. I naturally let the wind take me forwards when it blows. Exactly where I’m headed to... is of no real concern to me. But eventually, when it’s my time to leave, I’d like to vanish like an insignificant bubble, and fade away from everyone’s memories as well.”

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42. “You don’t have to repay kindness immediately. You can pay it back slowly.”

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43. “As I said ‘See you later,’ I knew in the corner of my mind we’d never see each other again.”

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