Top 100 Natsuki Takaya Quotes (2025 Update)

1. “The sun will shine again. No matter how painful and hard the rain may beat down on me.”

— Natsuki Takaya

2. “Just be yourself and you’ll be fine.”

— Natsuki Takaya

3. “Don’t get lost. Give it a try. Go find the place that you’re wishing for.”

— Natsuki Takaya

4. “Because even the smallest of words can be the ones to hurt you, or save you.”

— Natsuki Takaya

5. “Those who hurt others will also hurt themselves.”

— Natsuki Takaya

6. “Let’s try our best? I hope that someday the many, many tears that were shed will be worth it.”

— Natsuki Takaya

7. “Everytime you fall down or take the wrong path, it isn’t wasted. You will surely develop and grow over time.”

— Natsuki Takaya

8. “It’s all very simple. But maybe because it’s so simple, it’s also hard.”

— Natsuki Takaya

9. “I want to believe that I’m not wrong. I want to believe that life isn’t full of darkness. Even if storms come to pass, the sun will shine again. No matter how painful and hard the rain may beat down on me.”

— Natsuki Takaya

10. “Human beings are strange creatures. As people come across one another they produce various outcomes. Good things, sometimes. And other times, bad.”

— Natsuki Takaya

11. “I wish I could’ve lived my life without making any wrong turns. But that’s impossible. A path like that doesn’t exist. We fail. We trip. We get lost. We make mistakes. And little by little, one step at a time, we push forward. It’s all we can do. On our own two feet.”

— Natsuki Takaya

12. “People aren’t born with kindness, it grows with them...”

— Natsuki Takaya

13. “It’s okay. Calm down. Listen. We never asked you to do more than you can handle, and we’re not going to. There’s a difference between trying your best and trying too hard. When you want help, ask for help. And quit... apologizing for everything!”

— Natsuki Takaya

14. “I want to believe that memories, even sad and painful ones, should not be forgotten forever.”

— Natsuki Takaya

15. “Sometimes, I just want to run away from it all – Fruits Basket.”

— Natsuki Takaya

16. “He gets hurt by the smallest touch. It’ll be okay, as long as there will finally be a day. Eventually, one day. It will be good if all our burdens would finally be released. I really hope you can do it. I hope you two can both live happily.”

— Natsuki Takaya

17. “Being left behind, or leaving behind... I wonder which hurts more.”

— Natsuki Takaya

18. “If you think of someone’s good qualities as the umeboshi in an onigiri it’s as if their qualities are stuck to their back! Maybe the reason people get jealous of each other is because they can see so clearly the umeboshi on other people’s backs.”

— Natsuki Takaya

19. “No. Never. I have to try my best or I’ll become worse and worse. Even if I can’t make up with them. Even if they all ignore me. I still have to try my best.”

— Natsuki Takaya

20. “And if when everything ends, nothing is left in my hands... that’s alright.”

— Natsuki Takaya

21. “A sixth sense cannot make up for a total lack of common sense.”

— Natsuki Takaya

22. “If there is anything you can do, it may just be to smile for them. Because when you smile, the world seems just a little kinder. For you to just be yourself is a very important thing, I think.”

— Natsuki Takaya

23. “That’s why I won’t give up! I’ll continue to move forward because I believe!”

— Natsuki Takaya

24. “I know. Just like there are kind places- I know. I know I haven’t made it out of this yet. It’s not over. It will come back again and again. The crushing injustice will keep harassing me. It will try to swallow me up. I hate this... it’s hard... but even so, I’m done with looking down. Your life is yours, and yours alone.”

— Natsuki Takaya

25. “Momijii Sohma: Kyo’s got the hots!!”

— Natsuki Takaya

26. “You may be an idiot but I don’t think you’re a fool.”

— Natsuki Takaya

27. “I can’t get the words out. I have to gather my courage. Courage... it’s time to be brave. I’m not going to put the lid back on. This feeling... can’t be stopped anymore. It’s time to be brave.”

— Natsuki Takaya

28. “I love the stars. Because they can’t say anything. I love the stars. Because they do not judge anyone.”

— Natsuki Takaya

29. “I want to live with all of my memories, even if they’re sad memories. I believe that if I stay strong, someday I’ll overcome the pain, and then I’ll be glad that I have those memories. I believe that there are no memories that are okay to forget.”

— Natsuki Takaya

30. “My happiness comes from the kindness of those around me.”

— Natsuki Takaya

31. “Because if you stay true to yourself and live your life boldly, someday you might be able to meet someone who will want to eat takoyaki with you more than anyone else.”

— Natsuki Takaya

32. “Life is like a fruit basket. You can eat some of it or wast it and throw some of it out. Only you can chose on wat to do with that fruit basket.”

— Natsuki Takaya

33. “Give them back! Give my tears back, right now – – with interest!!”

— Natsuki Takaya

34. “I know it’s not good to be weak and helpless. But I don’t think it’s good to be too strong either. In our society, they talk about survival of the fittest. But we’re not animals. We’re human.”

— Natsuki Takaya

35. “There would never be room for an onigiri in a fruits basket.”

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36. “Just as all good things, happy things, fun things must come to an end... scary and sad things will also come to an end. Always. Even if you can’t believe it when it happens, please... please don’t give up. Live. I want you to live. You might make mistakes or lose your way... but please... please live. Don’t ever stop moving forward. Please... that’s all I ask. Don’t give up. Even if... I’m no longer at your side.”

— Natsuki Takaya

37. “You can’t be born again, but you can change.”

— Natsuki Takaya

38. “Even if you’ve never experienced the wonderful things in life, only after something has been contaminated and marred will it become a beautiful thing. Pain can be healed with gentle care, darkness can be removed with sunlight. Don’t underestimate the small things. Everything is significant.”

— Natsuki Takaya

39. “I’m still willing to continue living with the burden of this memory. Even though this is a painful memory, even though this memory makes my heart ache. Sometimes I almost want to ask God to let me forget this memory. But as long as I try to be strong and not run away, doing my best, there will finally be someday... there will be finally be someday I can overcome this painful memory. I believe I can. I believe I can do it. There is no memory that can be forgotten, there is not that kind of memory. Always in my heart.”

— Natsuki Takaya

40. “You flounder through life, struggling desperately so you won’t drown, even though you would float if you’d just relax.”

— Natsuki Takaya

41. “Shigure Sohma: Tohru’s very cute in a sweet sort of way. Hatori Sohma: For some reason when you say that it reeks of something illegal.”

— Natsuki Takaya

42. “It’s frightening that there’s no guarantee that I’ll be loved.”

— Natsuki Takaya

43. “Partings are the beginnings of new meetings. Beginnings happen because there are endings.”

— Natsuki Takaya

44. “If you didn’t have someone to hate, you wouldn’t know what to do with yourself, would you?”

— Natsuki Takaya

45. “Momiji Sohma: Are you sure? Shigure said it hurt really bad. Hatori Sohma: Yes, well, I did that on purpose. Shigure Sohma: Oh, Ha’ri, you’re killing me! Why would you be so cruel? Hatori Sohma: It seemed to be the only way to shut you up at the time.”

— Natsuki Takaya

46. “It would be so great if it were possible to go through life without making a single mistake but there is no such path. Falling, tripping, losing the way, making mistakes, little by little, walking one step at a time, this is the only way.”

— Natsuki Takaya

47. “It might be a good idea... to start washing the laundry right at your feet. Of course it’s important to think about what lies ahead, too... but if you only look at what’s down the road... you’ll get tangled in the laundry at your feet and you’ll fall, won’t you? You see... it’s also important to think about what you can do now, what you can do today. And if you keep washing things one day at a time... you’ll be done before you know it. Because fortune is looking out for you.”

— Natsuki Takaya

48. “But... I think... I want to live with all my memories. Even if they’re sad memories. Even if they’re memories that only hurt me. Even... even if they’re memories that I’d rather forget. If I keep them and I keep trying, without running away... if I keep trying, then someday... someday I’ll be strong enough that those memories can’t defeat me. I believe that... I want to... believe that. Because I want to think... that there’s no such thing... as a memory that’s okay to forget. -Momiji.”

— Natsuki Takaya

49. “It’s lonely to say goodbye. Very lonely. Please. Cry with me. Maybe there’s nothing we can do about this. But at least, for now... cry with me. Like your entire body... is screaming at the sky. Like it’s raging against the world. I lost something. And I don’t have a single guarantee. The fear of living in this world again after that... I have only a shred of hope to sustain me. So I want you at least... to cry. Cry. Cry with me. Like the day you were first born into this world.”

— Natsuki Takaya

50. “Who called the idiot brigade?”

— Natsuki Takaya