"Having people acknowledge your existence…" — Hachiman Hikigaya Quote

"There's probably no one who's more of a realist than the unpopular loner. I have lived my life with the Three Nevers of the Unpopular: Never to hold (hope), Never to open (your heart), and Never to treasure (sweet words)."

— Hachiman Hikigaya · Yahari Ore No Seishun Love Come Wa Machigatteiru

"Is it wrong to do stuff by yourself? If someone worked hard on their own until now, why do they have to face rejection here?"

— Hachiman Hikigaya · Yahari Ore No Seishun Love Come Wa Machigatteiru

"Youth is a hoax. It's evil. People who make a big deal of their "youth", are just inviting trouble. They try to keep everything going on around them. For them, if there's something that has to do with their "youth", they jump at it without a second thought. From normal daily life, to rebelling against the view of society. If you fall in with them - lies, secrets, failure, and even crimes await you. But for them, it's just a spice of life. And if failure is also a mark of "youth", then isn't it ironic, that a person who failed to make any friends, is also technically leading his "youth"? Though I wonder if they would agree. Everything runs on their schedule. Let me be clear. The people who enjoy their "youth", will eventually fall apart."

— Hachiman Hikigaya · Yahari Ore No Seishun Love Come Wa Machigatteiru

"We do not give a starving man a fish. We teach him how to fish and make him independent."

— Yukino Yukinoshita · Yahari Ore No Seishun Love Come Wa Machigatteiru

"There are no inherently bad people. Everyone believes that, myself included. I don’t doubt the existence of virtue. And yet people bare their fangs when it seems they can profit. People will rationalize their own behavior whenever they become tainted with evil Someone you praised as “cool” until yesterday is “stuck up” today"

— Hachiman Hikigaya · Yahari Ore No Seishun Love Come Wa Machigatteiru

"Do you know the phrase “enough specks of dust creates a mountain”? Or maybe “three heads are better than one.” In other words, when people gathered together, they become even stronger and more secure. However, we were a group of failures who had gathered to do pointless things."

— Hachiman Hikigaya · Yahari Ore No Seishun Love Come Wa Machigatteiru