The Real Gio

“You were almost right. But unfortunately, Horikita, you were wrong about one thing. Right now, just for this moment, I'll tell you. I have never thought of you as my friend. I've never cared about you as a classmate. In this world, winning is everything. Your methods don't matter. I don't care what I have to sacrifice. As long as I have my victory in the end, I'll be fine.You, Hirata - no, all other people are nothing more than tools. I was complicit in what drove you to this. So, don't blame yourself, Horikita. You were useful to me.”
― Syougo Kinugasa, ようこそ実力至上主義の教室へ 3 [Youkoso Jitsuryoku Shijou Shugi no Kyoushitsu e (Novel) 3]

“The Eighty-Six weren’t buried in graves. There could be no graves when there were no casualties. Even collecting their remains was forbidden. Pigs masquerading as humans were denied the right to rest in peace, or even the right to mourn their dead comrades.”
― Asato Asato, 86—EIGHTY-SIX, Vol. 1 [Light Novel]

“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

“his raison d’être was to never flee in the face of death.”
― Asato Asato, 86—EIGHTY-SIX, Vol. 5: Death, Be Not Proud