Inio Asano Quotes & Sayings

I have no idea what to do with myself. And while I wait for my epiphany, I feel the toxins collecting in my body. — Inio Asano

Happiness" describes moments, and it's never permanent. — Inio Asano

The animals known as human beings live in humongous condominium blocks, just going about their daily lives. I've come to realize that it's just a modern jungle.
And I'm the girl who's wandered into the forest. — Inio Asano

When you're sincere about doing something, you're stalked by the fear that there's no turning back. — Inio Asano

If only the last dozen years were just a dream my younger self was having, how wonderful that would be. — Inio Asano

I love her so much I could bite her tongue off and kill her. — Inio Asano

Uncle Yuichi: Something's moving up there? Hmm... I don't see anything. It was probably a satelite.

Punpun (with gums flapping): Could I have discovered a new planet?!

(long pause)

Yuichi: Yes! This could be a great discovery! If it really is a new planet... It'll be called Planet PunPun!

Punpun (slobbering again): Do you think I'll win the Nobel Prise?!

Yuichi: You sure are a greedy kid. — Inio Asano

People change, and as the years go by, so do our environments. I think it's alright for there not to be a "proper" way of living. But I do believe that instead of trying to be satisfied on just one answer and blocking out the rest, searching for more answers, despite the pain they may bring, is a much more honest way of living. — Inio Asano

Isn't it better to regret things you've done, than regret things you've never even tried? — Inio Asano

The energy of the town threatened to suck me into it, and realized how much weaker I was than before. Everyone has trouble living. I know that. But the present me is nearly powerless in this city. — Inio Asano

the path your life is stuck on and be free

It's a dark whisper calling to me.

But I'm not brave enough to listen. I'm old enough to know I don't have any special talents. So no matter how depressing... I have to suck it up... And live the life I have. — Inio Asano

Who cares what we dream about? Just getting through each day is hard enough. — Inio Asano

To Punpun, the seemingly unmeaningful words, "See ya," spoken by Sachi were magical words that transformed the next day into a day worth living. — Inio Asano

The world is drowning in weirdness and lies ... and here we are, so used to it that we're actually bored! — Inio Asano

The love song I wrote that day... I got embarrassed and never sang it for her.

Oh yeah... I'll sing it to her when I go home.

I'll go home.

I'll hurry home. — Inio Asano

I wondered if the Demon that whispered "Why not be free?" was Freedom itself. — Inio Asano

Standing there in the cold wind... I began to doubt if any of it had ever been real. God. The magic box. The talking butterfly. And if that were true, what an empty world this was. — Inio Asano

I think that what people who've committed crimes need isn't punishment, but rather the knowledge of the pain of being forgiven. — Inio Asano

... back then the sky seemed so vast.

And now the sky above me... is low, and narrow, and heavy. — Inio Asano

Nothing's going to change if you're just thinking about it. No matter how much you worry about someone else's problems.... you can't fix it for them. — Inio Asano

...he didn't know if he was Chuang Tzu who dreamed he was a butterfly, or a butterfly dreaming he was Chuang Tzu. — Inio Asano

I'm not some pure heart chasing after dreams. I know how difficult it is to live an ordinary life, having to overlook each other's shortcomings. — Inio Asano

So, Kurt Cobain kills himself at 27 and becomes a legend. People like that are one in a million. I'm just a normal human being. I agonize and suffer, but I also laugh all the time. People all die someday and disappear as if they never existed, but that's natural. I though I wasn't afraid of dying. No, NOBODY is actually afraid of dying itself. The pain of suffering lasts for an instant. What truly agonizes me... Is the thought of your crying face from far far across the entire galaxy. You were always prettiest when you smiled. — Inio Asano

I told you it's pointless talking about ifs and if nots. But...I do think it's nice if there could come a time where we could have fun talking about if and if nots, no matter how pointless it is...You know, I feel really happy right now. I'm so glad I was able to meet you in this life. Thank you. — Inio Asano

Well... I say that but what I really wish for, is this peacefully insignificant days, could just continue on forever. — Inio Asano

In town, there's a tiny beach that's never busy, not even in the summer.

I used to like walking there, looking for stuff.

Like old fireworks.

Or kelp.

A hat knocked off someone's head by the wind.

You basically never find what you were expecting to.

And maybe you weren't expecting to find anything right from the start... — Inio Asano

If there were a place lower than here, it would surely be hell. — Inio Asano

I bet even this little boy will grow up to be an adult before he realizes. He'll just become an adult like that. Whether he accepts it or resists until the end is a big fork in the path of life, I suppose. — Inio Asano

In our life there are moments when we have to move forward ... Regardless of how others may see us. Even if I make a mistake, I wont regret it! — Inio Asano

Right now my life has an expiration date determined by my bank balance. Can I find something before my time is up? — Inio Asano

I once lost something in precious in this place.

But I think it's by losing things...

... that we grow up to be adults. — Inio Asano

Today is the first step of our new lives. — Inio Asano

Punpun was just fine again today. — Inio Asano

You were scared they were going to laugh at you, right? So let them! People who discourage others will never find their own happiness! — Inio Asano

If pretending to know was childish and pretending not to know was adult, then Punpun thought that he was still probably just a child. — Inio Asano

Anyway, I think the two of you should be free to do whatever you want right now. When you're young, you think the only way to happiness is the hard road... but it's actually much simpler than that. — Inio Asano

Besides... I'm very old and I can't remember things too well anymore. When my letters come back to me, it makes me feel like my wife still remembers me. — Inio Asano

I always thought I wasn't afraid to die. No... No one is afraid of death itself. Your pain and suffering is over in an instant. What really makes me suffer... Is seeing you crying over me... From the darkness of the Milky Way.

I'm sorry... Please don't make that face. You look best when you're smiling, you know. — Inio Asano

We were like visitors to some strange planet. — Inio Asano

Freedom without any purpose feels a whole lot like boredom. — Inio Asano