Depressing and Sad Anime Quotes

Here you can find some of the most depressing and sad anime quotes. The quotes and sayings we get from anime are fictional and based on characters, but just as often they are telling about universal truths. Here is the list with so many sad and depressing anime quotes.

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• “I’ll never resent you, or hate you, or hurt you. Not ever. Not you or anyone. I’d rather die. So If I’m killed, I’ll face my killer with a smile. And I’ll tell them that it’s okay, because it won’t be their fault for doing it. It’ll just be that they don’t know any better. I’ll die hopeful, that my death might have helped them… to understand someday.”
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• “If you aren’t remembered, you never existed.”
  -Mizuki Alice
  
  
• “I’m fine, except… It’s a terrible day for rain.”
  -Roy Mustang
  
  
• “I don’t have any goals for the future. So long as I can get out of my home and far away, I don’t care.”
  -Yuugo Hachiken
  
  
• “I always wanted to apologize to you. I endured and lived on just for that.”
  -Lucy

More Depressing Anime Quotes

• “The thing I wished for destroyed my whole family. I brought all this suffering down on my family because I made a wish for my dad without knowing what he really wanted.”
  –Kyoko Sakura
  
  
  
• “Nagisa, wait, Nagisa, not yet. Come on, let’s talk, just… just for a little bit, okay? You don’t have to say anything. Just listen. Come on, you have to look at our baby. She looks like a cute little monkey, doesn’t she? See?
  She’s so tiny. Here, I’m gonna call her name, okay? Ushio. Hey, it’s Daddy. Ushio? This is Mommy, see? Look at her, see? She’s ignoring me. Guess she doesn’t understand yet. I bet she’ll grow up before we know it. She’ll be starting school. We’ll have to go clothes shopping with her. We’ll have open house and school festivals to go to. We’ll do it all as a family. Even though… Even though I used to make fun of that stuff when I was growing up… Nagisa?
  Nagisa! Here, it’s Ushio’s cheek! Come on… Hey… Nagisa, you told me you’d always be by my side. You said we’d always be together. You promised me that, remember? Over and over again. We both promised… That was my only dream… Nothing good ever happened to me until I met you. I thought I had a crappy life, but even someone useless like me finally found something to live for. Right, Nagisa? R-Right? Nagisa, NAGISA!!!”
  -Tomoya Okazaki
  
  
  
  
• “I don’t just want to die: I want to die happy.”
  -Hampnie Hambart
  
  
  
• “I haven’t done anything yet. Getting depressed and losing confidence is way too egotistical.”
  – Sorata Kanda
  
  
• “They were weak. That’s why they died. We were weak, too. That’s why we couldn’t save them.”
  -Nine
  
  
  
  
• “Humans die. Animals die. Plants die. Even soul reapers die. It’s the arch of the universe. Everything that comes to life eventually ceases to exist.”
  –Baraggan Louisenbairn
  
  
  
• “Even if I’m worthless, and carry demon blood… thank you, for loving me!”
  -Portgas D. Ace
  
  
  
  
• “If I had faith, then I could blame all the bad things on God. Then I’d be sure it wasn’t my fault.”
  -Nakahara Misaki
  
  
  
• “It is impossible to not hurt someone. Humans unconsciously hurt others by simply existing. Whether you are alive or dead, you keep hurting people. Getting involved will hurt them, but trying not to get involved might hurt them too. But if it’s someone you don’t care about, you won’t notice you’ve hurt them. What’s important is your awareness of it. It’s because you care about them, that you feel like you’ve hurt them. Caring about someone means being resolved to the fact that you’ll hurt them. The more people care for each other, the farther out of reach certain things get. But that’s not something to be sad about, I think it’s probably something to be proud of.”
  – Shizuka Hiratsuka
  
  
  
• “I don’t want to forget today. I want to remember the time I spent with you today – even the little things. But even more than that, I don’t want to stop being friends with you! If that day comes then I won’t be happy even if I’m able to remember you.”
  -Kaori Fujimiya
  
  
  
  
• “I bet dead people are easier to get along with.”
  -Crona
  
  
  
• “It’s just like changes in the notes and passports. You may find it hard to adjust to at the beginning, but you get used to it eventually. Time is very depressing after all… Both happiness and sadness fade away with time.”
  – Detective Conan
  
  
  
  
• “Why should I apologize for being a monster? Has anyone ever apologized for turning me into one?”
  -Juuzou Suzuya
  
  
  
  
• “Having happy and beautiful memories won’t always bring you salvation. The more beautiful a memory is, the more painful it can become.”
  -Isla
  
  
  
  
• “Remember what you said before? A normal person with a gun will wind up doing something he never thought himself capable of? No one in this world can truly hold himself separate from violence. Guns are literally within reach of anyone. Sadly that’s where we put our faith, in bullets rather than human kindness.”
  -Koko Hekmatyar
  
  
  
• “Things would have been so much better back then. If we had heard each other’s voices. I hate myself. I was selfish, and I never thought about anyone else’s feelings. Since then, my classmates have all looked down on me. I’ve lived for 17 years, and I haven’t lived one of them as a good person. The only time I heard your voice was when we got into that fight.
  
  And what pisses me off the most is the fact that I haven’t changed at all since back then! But… But now, I think I can understand what you were saying… Nishimiya. Me and you… Can we be… friends? Sh*t! I went way too far! I was just gonna apologize and get out of here! Why the hell did I end up asking her to be friends? Why did I even say that? Jeez, that’s so embarrassing! How can you even say that?”
  -Shouya Ishida
  
  
  
  
• “The loneliest people are the kindest. The saddest people smile the brightest. The most damaged people are the wisest. All because they don’t wish to see anyone else suffer the way they did.”
  -Jellal Fernandes
  
  
  
  
• “I do not need a Heaven. However, if I must go to Heaven then please, God, do not divide Heaven in two. Please do not divide the robots from the humans.”
  -Yumemi Hoshino
  
  
  
  
• “When I get bigger, big enough to go somewhere by myself, I want to go to a land that’s far away. I want to go to a faraway island. I want to go to an island that has no people. I want to go to an island that has no pain or sadness. There are no adults, children, classmates, teachers or my mom on that island. On that island, I can climb a tree when I want to climb, swim in the sea when I want to swim, and sleep when I want to sleep. In the island, I think about the town that I left behind. Kids go to school, as if nothing has changed. Adults go to the office, as if nothing has changed. Mom eats, as if nothing has changed. When I think about the town without me, I feel a sense of relief. I want to go far, far away.”
  -Kayo Hinazuki
  
  
  
• “Are you listening god? The thing is, mom and dad don’t like each other anymore. And it’s my fault for being such a useless daughter.”
  -Hatori Shikishima
  
  
  
  
• “War is not heroic. War is not exhilarating. War is full of despair. It’s dark. It’s dreadful. It’s a thing of sorrow and gloom.”
  -Izuru Kira
  
  
  
  
• “We are neither beasts nor slaves! We are human!”
  -Squealer
  
  
  
• “Weaklings will stay weak forever. But weakness is not evil, since human beings are weak creatures to begin with. Alone, you feel nothing but insecurity; that’s why we form guilds, that’s why we have friends. We walk together in order to live a strong life. The clumsy ones will walk into more walls than the others, and it may also take them longer to get there. If you believe in tomorrow and put yourself out there, you can naturally obtain your strength. That’s how you will be able to smile and live strong.”
  – Makarov Dreyar
  
  
• “The scariest thing about killing people is getting used to it! When you kill someone and realize you won’t be punished… That’s when people forget all about punishment.”
  -Rentaro Satomi
  
  
  
  
• “Death isn’t kind. It’s dark and black and as far as you… As far as you can see you’re all alone. There’s no one else.”
  -Mei Misaki
  
  
  
  
• “I always, always wondered: I was born to die, so what was my reason for existing in this world?”
  -Yuuki Konno
  
  
  
• “Forget about revenge. The fate of those who seek revenge is grim. It’s tragic, You will end up suffering and hurting yourself even more. Even if you do succeed in getting revenge, the only thing that remains is emptiness.”
  – Hatake Kakashi
  
  
  
• “All this time, I seriously thought that it’s better to die than to live your life alone.”
  -Kirito
  
  
  
• “I’m such a hopeless idiot. All this time and I haven’t grown up one bit. I thought maybe the rain would wash away some of this gloom that’s been following me… but right now, every drop that hits my face is even more depressing.”
  – Edward Elric
  
  
  
• “Rock, if you think about it, other than this, what do we really value in life? God? Love? Don’t make me laugh. When I was a brat, crawling around in that shithole city, it seemed God and Love were always sold out when I went looking. Before I knew better, I clung to God and prayed to Him every single night — yeah, I believed in God right up until that night the cops beat the hell out of me for no reason at all. All they saw when they looked at me was another little ghetto rat. With no power and no God, what’s left for a poor little Chinese bitch to rely on? It’s money, of course, and guns.”
  –Revy Rebecca

Saddest Anime Quotes

• “The past makes you wanna die out of regret and the future makes you depressed out of anxiety. So by elimination, the present is likely the happiest time.”
  – Hachiman Hikigaya
  
  
• “It’s okay to feel depressed. It takes time to overcome things. And then, by taking that time, you just start moving forward again. That’s just what humans do.”
  – Mondo Oowada
  
  
• “I finally get a bouquet and it’s a goodbye present. That’s depressing.”
  – Chihiro Ogino
  
  
• “The thing I wished for destroyed my whole family. I brought all this suffering down on my family because I made a wish for my dad without knowing what he really wanted.”
  – Kyoko Sakura In Madoka Magica
  
  
• “Stress makes you bald, but it’s stressful to avoid stress, so you end up stressed out anyway. In the end, there’s nothing you can do.”
  – Gintoki Sakata
  
  
• “Loneliness is a sickness that leads to death.”
  – Holo The Wise Wolf
  
  
• “Lord Jiraiya only had praise for you. He was always boasting about you, saying you were like his own grandchild. He had faith that you were the one who would inherit his will, and truly believed that you would one day be a great Hokage. Lord Jiraiya will always watch over you. Even this very minute, he’s watching from somewhere. He wouldn’t be happy seeing you sad like this. So…be your usual self, the one he praised so much. Don’t stay depressed forever. For Lord Jiraiya himself, one of the Legendary Sannin…acknowledged you as his promising student!”
  – Iruka Umino
  
  
• “Even though I’m bitter over losing, even though I’m depressed, even though my ankle hurts, and my eyes are smeared with tears…even though I’ve never felt worse…I wonder why the stars are sparkling like this.”
  – Tsubaki Sawabe
  
  
• “I always believed that everyone in this world was far nicer and smarter than me. That no matter how unlikeable they seemed to be, they still had a good conscience and had justifiable circumstances for acting the way they did. That’s why I hated myself for being so timid and depressed when I didn’t even have any good reason for doing so. …But now I see that there actually are people who’re despicable in every way and don’t blink twice at ruining another’s life. Now that I think about it, it’s almost strange. Why don’t most people try to kill other people? How can they just stand by and let the scum have their way without the slightest indifference? Maybe my expectations were too high. I’m only disappointed because I expected something from them. But the answer was quite simple all along. There’s no such thing as a decent human being in this world. Not a single one. I did what I had to do. And I feel quite refreshed after doing it. That’s why I can say that this world could afford to be a little more chaotic.”
  – Punpun Onodera
  
  
• “Was I able to live inside someone’s heart? Was I able to live inside your heart? Do you think you’ll remember me at least a little? You’d better not hit “reset!” Don’t forget me, okay? That’s a promise, okay? I’m glad it’s you, after all. Will I reach you? I hope I can reach you.”
  ― Kaori Miyazono
  
  
• “If you let yourself get depressed, you’d be making light of the people who trust and follow you.”
  – Ogami Rei
  
  
• “If you don’t like how things turned out, then try to change it. And then if it still doesn’t work out, that’s when you can be depressed.”
  – Nanana Ryuugajo

Well I guess that was one of those ten quotes in here that wasn’t that depressing and sad.

• “It would be enough for the depressing things in life to only exist in reality.”
  – Shiori Misaka
  
  
• “How long are you gonna sit in front of me sobbing your little eyes out?! It’s depressing!”
  – Sohma Rin
  
  
• “I’d rather have my physical pain exceed my mental pain than the other way around. By hurting myself just enough, I could turn my attention to that.”
  – Kusunoki
  
  
• “Cry when you’re sad. Laugh when you’re happy. Get angry when you don’t like something. Depend on someone when you’re depressed. Care for yourself before you care for others. Don’t hate anyone. Be proud of yourself. Stay loyal when you fall in love.”
  – Otonashi Maria

Even when sad anime quotes seem so depressing they might help you get out of the misery.

More Heartbreaking and Depressing Anime Quotes

• “People like us aren’t qualified to be involved in a dramatic incident such as a suicide. No matter how depressed you are or how much pain you’re in, you have to return to your routine, daily life. Even if you don’t come back, you’ll just end up dying in vain. A dramatic death isn’t befitting of us.”
  – Kaoru Yamazaki
  
  
  
• “I think death is equally terrible for everyone. Young people, old people, the good, the bad; it’s always the same. It’s rather fair in its treatment. There’s no such thing as a particularly terrible death, that’s why it’s frightening.”
  – Sunako
  
  
• “There is no way to train your heart to be invulnerable.”
  – Lubbock
  
  
• “If you really wanna help me, you should try putting yourself in my shoes for a change.”
  – Sayaka Miki
  
  
• “Things would have been so much better back then. If we had heard each other’s voices. I hate myself. I was selfish, and I never thought about anyone else’s feelings. Since then, my classmates have all looked down on me. I’ve lived for 17 years, and I haven’t lived one of them as a good person. The only time I heard your voice was when we got into that fight.
  And what pisses me off the most is the fact that I haven’t changed at all since back then! But… But now, I think I can understand what you were saying… Nishimiya. Me and you… Can we be… friends? Sh*t! I went way too far! I was just gonna apologize and get out of here! Why the hell did I end up asking her to be friends? Why did I even say that? Jeez, that’s so embarrassing! How can you even say that?”
  – Shouya Ishida
  
  
• “Living is anxiety and pain. It’s continuing to think, continuing to choose.”
  – Alcor
  
  
• “No matter how many good deeds you perform, your past sins cannot be erased.”
  – Sheele
  
  
• “You idiot. You’d gotten yourself up in a tizzy about romance, right? “Love” you experience in that state is just self-delusion. There’s no point in getting depressed over love like that.”
  – Kyouya Sata
  
  
• “When do you think people die? When they are shot through the heart by the bullet of a pistol? No. When they are ravaged by an incurable disease? No. When they drink a soup made from a poisonous mushroom? No! It’s when… they are forgotten.”
  – Dr. Hiruluk
  
  
• “I wish people who say: “I’d rather die” would actually die before they say it. So that they’ll know how I feel.”
  – Subaru Natsuki
  
  
• “No matter how hurt someone is, they’re meant to overcome it and try to go forward.”
  – Mirajane Strauss
  
  
• “I think there times people have to die… even if I don’t like it.”
  – Armin Arlert
  
  
• “It’s not like something is going to happen because I believe in it. Sometimes you end up worse off because you believed in something too much. There are times it’s tough to believe in something.”
  – Eureka
  
  
• “I wish people who say: “I’d rather die” would actually die before they say it. So that they’ll know how I feel.”
  – Subaru Natsuki
  
  
• “Happy birthday, Ann. You’ve lived for 20 years now. That’s amazing. But remember that even adults are allowed to complain sometimes. Whenever you’re feeling down, remember that I am with you. Ann. I will always, always be watching over you.”
  – Clara Magnlia (Ann’s Mom)
  
  
• “When you are miserable, you need something that is even more miserable than you to feel good about yourself.”
  – Lucy
  
  
• “Was I able to live inside someone’s heart? Was I able to live inside your heart? Do you think you’ll remember me at least a little? You’d better not hit ‘reset!’ Don’t forget me, okay? That’s a promise, okay? I’m glad it’s you, after all. Will I reach you? I hope I can reach you.”
  -Kaori Miyazono

10 Last Depressing Anime Quotes

• “You are extremely afraid of any kind of initial contact aren’t you? Are you that afraid of other people? I know that by keeping others at a distance you avoid a betrayal of your trust, for while you may not be hurt that way, you mustn’t forget that you must endure the loneliness. Man cannot erase this sadness, because all men are fundamentally alone.”
  -Shinji Ikari
  
  
  
  
• “They call certain methods of fighting good and others evil, acting as if there were some nobility to the battlefield. Such illusions, perpetrated by heroes throughout history, have led countless young men to their bloody deaths, all for the sake of this valor and glory.”
  -Kiritsugu Emiya
  
  
  
  
• “Reality is cruel, so I’m sure lies are a form of kindness. Thus, I say kindness itself is also a lie. I always ended up with these expectations, and I always ended up with these misunderstandings. Before I knew it, I stopped hoping. A highly-trained loner is once bitten, twice shy. As a veteran on this battlefield of life, I’ve gotten used to losing. That’s why I will always hate nice girls.”
  -Hachiman Hikigaya
  
  
  
  
• “The two of us aren’t so different. My whole life I’ve desired from others. i felt bitter to the people around me and I closed off my heart. And a heart that lets nothing in, will become empty before you realize it.”
  -Mei Aihara
  
  
  
  
• “See, there’s the pie chart. If you look, you can see clear as day that the happy times – the times when you think “How fun! I’m glad I’m alive” – don’t make up even one tenth of life. I’m working this out properly with a calculator, so there’s no mistake.”
  -Misaki Nakahara
  
  
  
  
• “I think death is equally terrible for everyone. Young people, old people, the good, the bad; it’s always the same. It’s rather fair in its treatment. There’s no such thing as a particularly terrible death, that’s why it’s frightening.”
  -Sunako
  
  
  
  
• “There’s nothing special about being born. Not a thing. Most of the universe is just death, nothing more. In this universe of ours, the birth of a new life on some corner of our planet is nothing but a tiny, insignificant flash. Death is a normal thing. So why live?”
  -Johan Liebert
  
  
  
  
• “Kakarot… please… destroy Frieza… He made me what I am. Don’t…let him… do it… to anyone else. whatever it takes… Stop him… Please.”
  –Vegeta
  
  
  
  
• “It was over 20 kilometers from home, but I always felt so light on my way home from the hospital. It was a happy feeling, as though I was riding with that warmth of the hospital. If it were a color, it might be yellow. It gave me so much strength. It felt great.”
  -Akira Midousuji
  
  
  
  
• “There are people in this world who don’t understand that what they consider a harmless prank can deeply hurt someone else.”
  -Mio Nishizono

Video with sad and depressing anime quotes

Even though sad anime quotes might be depressing they are not bad. As the great Greek philosopher, Aristotle pointed out tragedy and poetry which anime is a part of is used to experience pain and suffering and difficult things without actually experiencing them directly on your own body. In that sense, sad anime quotes, literature, and videos can be used as a kind of cleansing.

Some of the greatest anime quotes come from specific series like Dragon Ball Z and other anime productions. When you see an entire episode you will get the anime expecting great quotes. Here we just have a few of all the great ones.

Below you get a video on some very sad anime quotes.

And just one more sad anime quote before you can have another look at our other quotes:

• “I hate humans. I find the thought that I’m from the same species to be depressing.”
  – Koko Hekmatyar

Kind of tragicomic isn’t it. Well it was a long list with some of the saddest anime quotes and most depressing quotes of all time.