Afton

“I gained another friend.”
― Tsugumi Ohba, Death Note, Vol. 6: Give-and-Take

“Truth is stranger than fiction," as the old saying goes. When I watch a documentary, I can't help crying and then I think to myself, "Fiction can't compete with this."

But when I mentioned this to a veteran manga artist friend of mine he said that "fiction brings salvation to characters in stories that would otherwise have no salvation at all."

His words strengthened the conviction of my manga spirit.”
― Hiromu Arakawa, Fullmetal Alchemist, Vol. 12

“Friends are connected by their souls, you can't just rinse something out that has been deeply instilled into your sou”
― Hiromu Arakawa

“There’s no such thing as a painless lesson, they just don’t exist. Sacrifices are necessary; you can’t gain anything without losing something first. Although, if you can endure that pain, and walk away from it you’ll find that you now have a heart strong enough to overcome any obstacle. Yea, a heart made fullmetal.”
― Hiromu Arakawa