A Shrine to Adorable Shin-Chan
Character Quotes

Interesting quotes from the characters of Pretear.

Himeno
- Just disappearing is simple, it's just giving up. (Ep.1)
- When I want you to be around... you’re not here. (Ep.5)
- Whether you’re a Knight, or Saihi.... I think there are some feelings that just can’t be repressed for those reasons. Even for me... If I were to love someone seriously, I don’t know what would happen. The good and evil of things just might no matter anymore. It may be that some things are unforgivable.... But to say that even your feeling of love is wrong.... I don’t think anyone has the right to say that. (Ep.10)
- Do you regret it? T-that you made me into Pretear... that you met me... I don’t regret it. I am glad that I became Pretear. Because I was able to meet you. (Ep.11)

Hayate
- Geez, there has to be a limit for lacking common sense! (Ep.1)
- What makes you so conceited? You’re still only half a Pretear! (Ep.3)
- Even while Takako was fighting the enemy, she was also fighting with herself. That’s what it looked like.. Fighting the enemy that dwells within one’s own soul, which we call “fear”. (Ep.7)
- We were all searching for Pretear, and we found you. In this vast world, I found you! (Ep.11)

Kei
- A strong being. “Thy name is woman”. (Ep.7)
- Naive thinking will lead you astray... its dangerous. (Ep.11)

Sasame
- No matter how much you hurt other people, it won’t heal the wound in your heart. (Ep.8)
- Upon the blue moonlight, a blinded love is frozen. Even if the entire world should lose its color, I shall not lose sight... (Ep.11)
- If I’m going to deceive myself, I’d rather play the fool. (Ep.11)
- Right now, you’ve lost sight of the sky in which you need to fly, and are resting your wings in a cage. But if you stay in the cage too long, you really won’t be able to fly anymore. If you gather up your courage, you can still fly. Its not as though you lost your wings. (Ep.11)

Mawata
- That is, why am I alive? It as if everything around me is somehow detached from myself. I cannot accept what is before me with an open heart, no matter what. Without knowing why I am alive, I have no choice but to live in heart break, day after day. (Ep.2)
- Don’t you dare say such selfish things to me! Someone like you could never know how I feel! (Ep.2)
- Wouldn’t it be nice if you could just go on living alone? Because if you’re alone, you can’t hurt anyone, and you never have to get hurt. (Ep.8)
- Nobody understands. I’m not special. No one understands that. No, they don’t even try to understand... (Ep.9)
- When father came home... Only then could I be dependent, cry-baby Mawata. When father passed away, I became all alone. All alone in this world... (Ep.9)
- You’re not my family. You’re just strangers who live in the same house. (Ep.11)
- You even think a child like that exists! Even if I wanted to cry, I couldn’t. No matter how lonely I was, or how sad, no one tried to understand. Ever since father died, I have always, always, always, always, always... ALWAYS BEEN ALONE! (Ep.11)

Saihi
- I don’t want a world like this. It should be destroyed. It should be destroyed! (Ep.7)
- The human heart is a fragile thing. No matter how much you try to fool yourself, the wound you have in your heart will continue to bleed with sadness. (Ep.7)
- So this is your soul? It shines with the color of despair, and so beautifully. (Ep.11)
- Now it has begun. The end of the world. (Ep.11)

Misc.
- Liefe... Its is the life in all things. Liefe.... The power which all living things carry. Both men and women... When Pretear’s liefe and a knight’s liefe are combined into one, a new power is born. (Narrator - Ep.1)
- If you don’t know the reason, then finding out is the first step to confrontation. If you’re just worrying yourself without knowing what it is, then you won’t get anywhere. Things are usually just that simple. (Mikage - Ep.6)
- I hope she doesn’t hurt herself by being so concerned about other people. (Karou - Ep.11)