"Everything eventually faces destruction.…" — Tatsumi Quote

"In this world, there are crimes too depraved to ever be forgiven."

— Tomio Ookawa · Shiki

"Making someone I hate suffer feels really great!!"

— Megumi Shimizu · Shiki

"Death is terrible for anyone. Young or old, good or evil, it's all the same. Death is impartial. There is no especially terrible death. That's why death is so fearsome. Your deeds, your age, your personality, your wealth, your beauty... They are all meaningless in the face of death."

— Sunako Kirishiki · Shiki

"At first, everyone is disgusted. Afraid to bear the sin of killing people. Afraid to receive punishment for replenishing themselves with the life of another. But, once you realize that you won't be punished for killing people, you get used to the guilt pretty soon. The guilt of using humans for food. Aren't humans the same?"

— Mutou Tohru · Shiki

"It's not that I'm on the side of humans. I just really don't like you guys."

— Yuuki Natsuno · Shiki

"If I was the protagonist in this story, I'm sure someone would come save me. It would be like a miracle. But I have no one to save me. There is no god who would grant me a miracle. I'm a murderer, after all. But I've done nothing bad. All I did was feed myself. If I hadn't, I would have starved to death. Would it have been better that way? Am I evil because I didn't let myself starve to death? Give me an answer, Muroi-san! I didn't willingly become such a creature. But if I have a life, shouldn't I treasure it? Is that a sin? Muroi-san! This is what it means to be abandoned by God."

— Sunako Kirishiki · Shiki