Wolf's Rain

“When are we born? When do we die? Why are we born? Why do we die? The world has been destroyed and we've fallen countless times, always resurrecting from the ashes as Paradise. It has happened before, and it will happen again. An endless cycle of life and death. The world is a Paradise that was opened by someone, but this era too is almost at an end. We have acquired the means to exceed our natural span of life, never suspecting that the world itself was finalized in its existence. This knowledge has left me in despair, my fate has fallen and scattered like the petals of a dying flower, like the blast from a sand storm it has been worn down and weathered away. As if to be purified, the world will be encased in ice so that it can return to the beginning once more. Paradise is a world that is opened by someone...”

“I don't have anywhere to go back to. All we can do is keep moving forward.”

“Dying or getting killed isn't something unnatural. Living aimlessly without a purpose is.”

“Even if Hell is where we're headed. You people might not have found it, but we're going to. We will find Paradise.”

“I've got nowhere to go back to. So all I can do is move forward.”

“Everyone's gonna die. It's a natural part of life. But if life has no purpose, you're dead already.”

“You're a strange one, all right. But having pride doesn't count for much if you're dead, you know?”

“I smelled something: The scent of a Lunar Flower. It was coming from this city.”

“[talking to Kiba, who is being held in a cage] Man, you really screwed up. I mean, I've seen one of us get hurt before, but never this badly. And you're caught, too.”

“[to Toboe] I wanted to take you to paradise.”

“I finished Hige off. I don't want to move any more either. I knew it from the beginning, I knew it somewhere in my heart. That's why I led a spontaneous life. I was confident after having met you... that I wasn't the one who would open Paradise. [groans]”

“[tsume bites into his neck] Let's meet up again in Paradise.”

“Can you do me a favor? Could you kill me with your fangs? Can you still not forgive me? Am I still a traitor?”

“That hot dog must've fried your brain!”

“*to Hige* Coming from you, that sounds kind of fishy.”

“We would not have met, and the flowers will protect you. Kiba, because you protected this one, the flowers will return and bloom once more. So when the world is reborn, and Paradise opens, we will meet again. This one will be waiting for you. Find this one. And this time, the Paradise you hoped for will be...”

“They say there's no such place... as Paradise. Even if you search to the ends of the Earth, there's nothing there. No matter how far you walk, it's always the same road. It just goes on and on. But, in spite of that... Why am I so driven to find it? A voice calls to me... It says, "Search for Paradise."”

“Why? Why do humans always look to the sky? Why do you try so hard to fly when you don't have any wings? We'll run on our own legs.”