Quotes!

[BobDaDuck]

Well this has probably been done before but I didn't see it ^-^

Favorite quotes from bishoujo games? Only one I ever played in depth was Kanon but I can remember two from there I clearly enjoyed.

Amnesiacs are not known for their reliable memory.

and

They're called miracles because they don't happen.

What are some of your favorite quotes?

[GreatSaintLouis]

Originally Posted by BobDaDuck

What are some of your favorite quotes?

Tomorrow, and tomorrow, and tomorrow,
Creeps in this petty pace from day to day
To the last syllable of recorded time,
And all our yesterdays have lighted fools
The way to dusty death. Out, out, brief candle!
Life's but a walking shadow, a poor player
That struts and frets his hour upon the stage
And then is heard no more; it is a tale
Told by an idiot, full of sound and fury,
Signifying nothing.

[Haeleth]

Wow, GSL, you must have hacked my backup server! How else did you get your hands on my translation of Makoto's epilogue? :P

Back on topic, I've always been rather partial to... well, most of the things Shiori says, in fact. Particularly her assessment of Tabasco: 「人類の敵です」

I'm also fond of the lies various heroes tell girls who foolishly ask them for help in lessons. ONE's Kouhei's translation of "The party was concluded with three cheers" into the Japanese equivalent of "The party was wiped out by three cheerleaders" is a classic, as is Sense Off's hero's explanation of the relevance of Goliath to a maths lesson: [ゴリアテは]１９世紀初頭にゴリとアテの兄弟が提案した、無矛盾な命題など存在し得ないという公理だ

(Hard to translate. Roughly, "[Goriate is] the axiom proposed by the brothers Gourry and Athe at the start of the 19th century, which states that no proposition can exist that is not inconsistent." Except it's funnier in Japanese.)

[GreatSaintLouis]

Originally Posted by Haeleth

Wow, GSL, you must have hacked my backup server! How else did you get your hands on my translation of Makoto's epilogue? :P

Well, you know... I've always found Kanon to be one of the classics of western literature.

EDIT: Part of the literary canon, so to speak.

人類を無礼（ナメ）るな！

It's not from a visual novel per se, but I like the quote from Ghost in the Shell: Innocence:

"We weep for the cry of a bird, but never the blood of a fish. Blessed are those who have voice."

Originally Posted by Haeleth

Wow, GSL, you must have hacked my backup server! How else did you get your hands on my translation of Makoto's epilogue? :P

Damn.. we've been spoiled early! ^^;

[Claudio]

The only ones I can remember right now are

"And after saying that, he jumped from our 'taxi', that stupid man" (boy am I glad I bought Ever17 instead of Wind)

And, certainly,
"Why ... did everything break ...?"

「渚のお腹はコックピットではない。」

「じゃ、あいつを呼ぶか」
「待て�あれの封印を解くのか�？」
「ああ��って、なんの封印をだよっ！！」
「おまえ、なんのことかわかって言ってんのかよ！」
「おまえの親族ってことだろ？」
「わかってて、なんで封印なんだよ！」
「いや、おまえの親族って封印されてるっぽいじゃん」

「ＹＯ！ＹＯ！オレは岡崎！オマエはっオマエは�チョンマゲ！」

「(ﾋﾟ----ｯ)歳の女性をちゃん付けで呼ぶなああぁっ！」

「これで明日からまた遅刻�なんて椋を裏切るようなことしたら�縮むからね」
「�何がだ�？」
「１．背、２．髪、３．寿命、４．１～３全部」
「とりあえず、好きなのを選ばしてあげる。オススメは４よ」

「本じゃなくて、おまえを送るの」
「えっ、あ」
「でも�生き物そのまま送ったら、たぶん怒られるの」
「死んでればいいって問題か？」
「そういう問題じゃないと思うの。小さく切って、きちんと箱に��」
「その場合、品名はどう書くんだ？」
「バラバラ死体」

「てめぇ、今度から秋生様と呼べぇっ！」
「まぁまぁ、秋生さん」
「秋生様だっつーのっ！」

「なんだ、渚か。渚に何か用か。まだエッチなことすんじゃねぇぞ、てめ。アソコ切っちまうぞ」

「これぞ、男の仕掛ける、恋という遊技�ボーイズラブゲームってやつかな」

「早苗さんと僕、付き合ってんだからねっ」
「��悪い�今、幻聴が聞こえた。もう一回いってくれる？」
「早苗さんと僕は、付き合ってるって言ったんだよっ」
「あのさ�今の言葉がもし日本語なら、ものすごい事実を言ってることになるんだけど」
「ああ、今のマサイ語で、『僕、ひとりでお留守番できるよ！』って意味だよ」
「ああ、やっぱり。えらいねぇ、春原は」

「ありがとう、渚ちゃん。来てくれて、うれしかったよ」
「おまえ、これから死ぬキャラみたいだな」

「この僕の心に巣くう凶暴なもの、それはまさしくモンスター�」
「種類はスライムな」
「そう�スライム。スライムの春原だ！」
「って、ぜんぜん恐くねぇよっ！」

「お前に�レインボー。」

Yay Clannad.

... thats no quote! thats a speech!

I'm pretty sure theres a limit to how long a "quote" can be before its not much of a quote anymore...

[Haeleth]

Nah, not all quotes are quotable. Most dictionaries of quotations seem to have entire poems in them where they're famous enough that kids used to have to memorise them or whatever.

BTW, where game quotes are concerned, I've always been quite fond of Kanonsense's sayings page -- not only is it a collection of all the most famous lines from Kanon, but it also contains suggestions for how to use them in everyday conversation.

Originally Posted by kouryuu

... thats no quote!

Yeah, it's a bunch of them. :P

[gp32]

以上。

[Carl]

Tomoya: (Make a pose like you're bowling and proclaim "Tomoyo-san… from now on, every morning, please make breakfast for me!")

Sunohara: (All right!)

Sunohara struck a pose like he was bowling a ball

From there he ran forward slowly, and with beautiful form followed through.

Sunohara: "Tomoyo-san… from now on, every morning, please make breakfast for me!!"

Sunohara: "...wait, was there any reason for me to make this pose----!!"

Tomoya: "Not really"

Sunohara: "If there isn't, don't make me do it------!!!!"



Sorry for the crappy translation, I would have just retyped out the Japanese text, but I'm not sure the pronunciation of several of the kanji.

[l|ammamama]

Almost all of those Sunohara vs Tomoyo scenes were quote-worthy.


And when faced with:

蹴り返す
よける

Who wouldn't choose the first option?



for great combo