The Real Gio

“I knew all about fear born through pain. I knew the terror and misery of being a loser. I’d seen people destroyed by it before my eyes, time and time again. But eventually, I stopped feeling fear. Instead, I just felt cold, because I’d come to realize that no matter how much suffering or despair others experienced, the same would never happen to me.”
― Syougo Kinugasa, Classroom of the Elite (Light Novel) Vol. 7

“commander of the rescue forces would go on to tell the Republic’s president and high officers, “If you hated colors that much, you may as well have dyed your flag white.”
― Asato Asato, 86—EIGHTY-SIX, Vol. 1 [Light Novel]

“If we have to die, we’ll live each day without regrets—always smiling in the face of death. That was our one and only form of resistance.”
― Asato Asato, 86—EIGHTY-SIX, Vol. 4: Under Pressure

“I never doubted that you’d reach our final destination. I worried that contacting you or coming to see you would make it seem like I didn’t believe you could do it on your own.” “You remembered.” “Of course I did.” Shin said it with his usual placid tone, as if it was nothing at all, but there were no other words in the world that could have made Lena happier. He’d remembered—he’d believed in her and that she would catch up to them someday. Lena bit her lip. If there was ever a time to say what needed to be said, it was now, and if she didn’t take the opportunity, she’d likely never be brave enough again.”
― Asato Asato, 86—EIGHTY-SIX, Vol. 4: Under Pressure