Kafka Asagiri > Quotes

“Do not pity yourself. If you wallow in self-pity, life will be an endless nightmare.”
― Kafka Asagiri, 文豪ストレイドッグス 7 [Bungō Stray Dogs 7]

“This story is not for people who are good at living. In this world, there exist people who are so good at living that they do not need a "story" at all. They are the ones who think stories are, after all, just a pastime for your hobbies, that they are not necessary for life, and therefore it is a waste to spend money on such things. I did not assume such people to be my readers from the beginning. I cut them off. On the other hand, there are certainly people who need stories like oxygen still. I always hope that Bungo Stray Dogs will become the oxygen for such people. They are the "lost ones" that Dazai talked about.”
― Kafka Asagiri

“I always lose the things I don’t want to lose the most. That’s why I don’t feel anything anymore. The moment you get your hands on something worth going after, you lose it. That’s just how things are. There is nothing worth pursuing at the cost of prolonging”
― Kafka Asagiri, Bungo Stray Dogs, Vol. 2

“Be on the side that saves people. If both sides are the same, then choose to become a good person...You might not see a great difference between right and wrong, but saving others is something just a bit more wonderful.”
― Kafka Asagiri

“Human lives are not equal in their worth. The proof? People are sad when a good person dies, and happy when an evil person dies. And for me, a human's life has no worth. I am not, and neither do I plan to become, a saint who preaches about the value of human lives. Still... You have killed too many people.”
― kafka asagiri, 文豪ストレイドッグス外伝 綾辻行人VS.京極夏彦

“You sound like you're certain he's human."

"I am." Dazai sighed, smiling. "There's no way I could hate a man-made character string this much.”
― Kafka Asagiri, 文豪ストレイドッグス ＳＴＯＲＭ ＢＲＩＮＧＥＲ [Bungō Stray Dogs: Storm Bringer]

“Emotions are at the center of a person’s being. But what exists in the center of the world are not emotions. Nothing exists in the center of the world……so don’t chase emotions, Akutagawa. Don’t chase the beast known as yourself. Stand on your two legs, don’t cling to somebody else, stay calm and tough. If you don’t, you won’t survive.”
― Kafka Asagiri

“I'm not even human. Something as sophisticated as a heart wouldn't suit me.”
― Kafka Asagiri, 文豪ストレイドッグス ＳＴＯＲＭ ＢＲＩＮＧＥＲ [Bungō Stray Dogs: Storm Bringer]

“A life with someone you can say good-bye to is a good life, especially when it hurts so much to say it to them.”
― Kafka Asagiri, 文豪ストレイドッグス　ＢＥＡＳＴ

“True loneliness is the comet traveling alone through the universe, surrounded by vacuous space and nothingness at absolute zero. It would never have the chance to be seen by someone or approached by another. This dismal silence would simply continue for eons.”
― Kafka Asagiri, 文豪ストレイドッグス ＳＴＯＲＭ ＢＲＩＮＧＥＲ [Bungō Stray Dogs: Storm Bringer]

“Night has fallen, and morning will come too,” Kenji said while gazing at the paddy field. “Spring will arrive, and Autumn too. Everything is split in halves. The grass grows, trees wither, animals are born, and they die……when you live with the land, you slowly come to understand that nature is made up of halves. When something bad happens……when a storm or erosion happens, we feel like bad things will only continue. But in truth, the good and the bad, they are all part of nature……part of living. That’s how everyone in the village thinks.”

“I do not understand,” Akutagawa said, looking at the same scenery. “So fortune and misfortune are equal halves? Do you want to say the same thing to my comrades who died in the slums?”

“That is why you’re the half that’s left, Akutagawa-san.” Kenji looked at Akutagawa. “You survived. And with a very powerful Ability, too. Everybody passed on their good halves to you, I’m sure.”
― Kafka Asagiri

“He's sharp-witted with a mind like a steel trap. And he's just a child—a sobbing child abandoned in the darkness of a world far emptier than the one we're seeing.”
― Kafka Asagiri, 文豪ストレイドッグス 太宰治と黒の時代 [Bungō Stray Dogs - Dazai Osamu to kuro no jidai]

“I wanted to scream, but I had no throat. I wanted to cry, but I had no eyes. My entire body trembled so violently that it felt like it was going to shatter into a million pieces. I continued to run away from myself. But you can't run away from yourself. Nobody can.”
― Kafka Asagiri, 文豪ストレイドッグス　ＢＥＡＳＴ

“The death of a person is not some number. Everyone’s lives must have meaning. What’s written here is something you could never feel from the words ‘four dead.’ It’s their breath.”
― Kafka Asagiri, 文豪ストレイドッグス 太宰治と黒の時代 [Bungō Stray Dogs - Dazai Osamu to kuro no jidai]

“Odasaku," Dazai said softly. "Forgive me.”
― Kafka Asagiri

“The reason why Ango and I were able to be by his side was that we understood the solitude that surrounded him, and we never stepped inside it no matter how close we stood. But in that moment, I kind of regretted not stepping in and invading that solitude.”
― Kafka Asagiri, 文豪ストレイドッグス 太宰治と黒の時代 [Bungō Stray Dogs - Dazai Osamu to kuro no jidai]

“Your birth itself was a mistake. We're the same. Is there really a point to suffering through all that pain for a life that isn't even real?”
― Kafka Asagiri, 文豪ストレイドッグス ＳＴＯＲＭ ＢＲＩＮＧＥＲ [Bungō Stray Dogs: Storm Bringer]

“Upon the tainted sorrow,
no hope nor want of anything.
Upon the tainted sorrow,
to idly dream of death.”
― Kafka Asagiri, 文豪ストレイドッグス ＳＴＯＲＭ ＢＲＩＮＧＥＲ [Bungō Stray Dogs: Storm Bringer]

“Even Dazai had forgotten to breathe as he watched the storm that was Chuuya decimate the battlefield.”
― Kafka Asagiri, Bungo Stray Dogs, Vol. 7 (light novel): Dazai, Chuuya, Age Fifteen

“You aren't human. You're 2,383 lines of code.”
― Kafka Asagiri, 文豪ストレイドッグス ＳＴＯＲＭ ＢＲＩＮＧＥＲ [Bungō Stray Dogs: Storm Bringer]

“I won't go back to the darkness! I am going to live! Is it really so wrong of me to want to live?!”
― Kafka Asagiri, 文豪ストレイドッグス 55Minutes [Bungō Stray Dogs 55 Minutes]

“Dazai’s expression as he placed a finger on his forehead and approached the enemy—that of a child about to burst into tears—remained burned into my eyes.”
― Kafka Asagiri, 文豪ストレイドッグス 太宰治と黒の時代 [Bungō Stray Dogs - Dazai Osamu to kuro no jidai]

“Where should I direct this burning resentment, this feeling beyond despair? Who should I curse if I do not even believe in a god?”
― Kafka Asagiri, 文豪ストレイドッグス　ＢＥＡＳＴ

“The more violent this war becomes, the more the deceased start to just look like numbers. How many died yesterday? How many died today? The line between human losses and those of money and equipment begin to blur. There is no individual, no soul, and no dignity to death. But you're fighting back against that.”
― Kafka Asagiri, 文豪ストレイドッグス 太宰治と黒の時代 [Bungō Stray Dogs - Dazai Osamu to kuro no jidai]

“Then why did he kill them?" Chuuya's tone gradually sharpened like a gemstone on the verge of cracking.

"I believe verbalizing the answer would be meaningless."

"Answer me!" shouted Chuuya, still staring at the floor. "You're a machine, aren't you? Then give me a perfect, objective answer!

Adam remained silent for a few seconds with a blank look on his face, much like how a human being would hesitate. However, he eventually replied: "Because of you, Chuuya.”
― Kafka Asagiri, 文豪ストレイドッグス ＳＴＯＲＭ ＢＲＩＮＧＥＲ [Bungō Stray Dogs: Storm Bringer]

“Not a single soul opened their mouth as their eyes were glued to the stage. They forgot to make expressions. They even forgot who they were as they gazed intently at the play. The power of performance was making the audience forget they were there—taking them somewhere far away.”
― Kafka Asagiri, 文豪ストレイドッグス 探偵社設立秘話 [Bungō Stray Dogs Tanteisha Setsuritsu Hiwa]

“Maybe that's what you wanna do, but don't shove your beliefs down my throat. 'Cause that ain't how I feel at all.”
― Kafka Asagiri, 文豪ストレイドッグス ＳＴＯＲＭ ＢＲＩＮＧＥＲ [Bungō Stray Dogs: Storm Bringer]

“He had British features.”
― Kafka Asagiri, 文豪ストレイドッグス 55Minutes [Bungō Stray Dogs 55 Minutes]

“In the center of that hell—Chuuya was suffering.”
― Kafka Asagiri, 文豪ストレイドッグス ＳＴＯＲＭ ＢＲＩＮＧＥＲ [Bungō Stray Dogs: Storm Bringer]

“However, no matter how brilliant an ideal may be, if the path to realization is too far, then the light at the end is nothing more than an illusion, and those ideals—meaningless. Thus, the quickest path to fulfillment is inscribed on the first page of my notebook: "Do what must be done.”
― Kafka Asagiri, 文豪ストレイドッグス 太宰治の入社試験 [Bungō Stray Dogs Dazai Osamu no Nyūsha Shiken]