Shungiku Nakamura Quotes & Sayings

I won't tell him. I won't tell him that in my whole life, no one have ever made my heart beat like he does. It hurts too much to say this.
- Ritsu Oonodera - (Sekai-ichi Hatsukoi) — Shungiku Nakamura

You know ... you like me more than you think you do.
Takano Masamune — Shungiku Nakamura

Maybe the reason I believe reality is crueler ...
... is because I've never really loved?
There was a time when I believed that ...
... "Hard work will pay off." or "Your feelings will always reach them."
I don't know if it's a blessing or a curse ...
... that I found out that that's a myth.
What should I do ...
If that's what it means to become an adult,
it's not necessarily unfortunate, but really mundane.
But it's not like I'm being negative,
I just turned my back and I am moving forward ...
-Onodera Ritsu — Shungiku Nakamura

To be loved out of sympathy is more devastating than to be rejected.
-Shinobu — Shungiku Nakamura

If I give up now, nothing will have changed. -Onodera Ritsu — Shungiku Nakamura

I tried hard. I gave it my best.'
That's the enthusiasm we don't need, the sort that doesn't produce results. The more you're cornered, the more important it is ...
... to make your decisions based on reality and not your personal feelings.
- Takano to Onodera — Shungiku Nakamura

The moment you challenged me, you had already lost.
-Usami — Shungiku Nakamura

The person I love right now is the present you.
-Takano Masamune — Shungiku Nakamura

There's so much I want to talk about with you ... so why can't I get it out, I wonder ... ?
I want to reach you ... But the harder I try, the worse it winds up going!
This is how it always for me ... when it comes to you.
- Takano Masamune from Sekaiichi Hatsukoi by Nakamura Shungiku — Shungiku Nakamura

How many people do you think get to do the thing they love for work? -Takano Masamune to Onodera Ritsu — Shungiku Nakamura

I am always, always watching you. And I'll be waiting here for your feelings to catch up on my own. — Shungiku Nakamura

No, pause! I just went into totally stupid girly virgin mode!!
~Takahashi Misaki — Shungiku Nakamura

For you it's not a matter of can or can't do. Once you say you're going to do something, you do everything to make it happen. That's why I wasn't worried. I've always liked that about you.
- Takano to Onodera — Shungiku Nakamura

Don't get any funny ideas
When all is said and done, you're still artificial (a thing) ... Not human. Don't make the mistake of falling in love with one. — Shungiku Nakamura

Takano Masamune- Sometimes I think delinquents are people ... who still have hope that things can still get better if they just put up an SOS sign. But I don't even have the will to lift that sign anymore. — Shungiku Nakamura

Even when the thing I want most is right in front of me ... I keep thinking about how I'll just wind up losing it in the end ...
Kisa Shouta(Sekaiichi Hatsukoi)Vol.6 ch.4 — Shungiku Nakamura

To everything that comes near you, I am jealous.
-Usagi — Shungiku Nakamura

Takano Masamune- " Maybe it's just me being rebellious, but...when I'm shown something so innocent and pure, it forces me to see the filthy part of myself even more and it pisses me off...it makes me want to break him. — Shungiku Nakamura

Don't you dare try to die again without asking my permission! — Shungiku Nakamura

The pain... the pleasure... and the shame all drive me crazy. — Shungiku Nakamura