Anime Quotes that Hold Weight in Our Hearts

So, this editorial has been on my heart for a long time, actually. I remember watching the season of the Mugen Train arc of the Demon Slayer anime and seeing Kyojuro Rengoku blaze on the screen and into our hearts. He became not only my favorite Hashira of the Demon Slayer Corps but a character that impacted the rest of the characters and the narrative of the anime adaption (and later the manga series when I went back to re-read the beginning and finish it). There was an underrated quote from the fiery and passionate man that I remember marveling on and writing down in one of my many notebooks that I later came back to and created the skeletons of this editorial. As I was outlining this piece, I kept coming back to words that anime characters were dropping that touched me and stayed with me. Boom there’s the tweet. Boom, there’s the post: Anime Quotes that Hold Weight in Our hearts aka those quotes from anime characters that just hit differently! Enjoy! Spoilers for the following anime series and in some part their manga series as noted: Demon Slayer, Jujitsu Kaisen, and Skip Loafer.

Rengoku Kyojiro, Demon Slayer: “It Was An Honor To Be Born To Such A Person As You!”

Now, I KNOW we have all committed Rengoku’s “Set Your Heart Ablaze” speech to our hearts and memory. With that, he sealed the deal of becoming not only my favorite Hashira of all of Demon Slayer but also one of the most impactful characters of the entire series. There was one quote that I have also never fo…