Kida: This is where you say, "Even if it's impossible for me, I'll make it happen with the power of love."

Jason Miao on anime stock characters: At this point, I wonder if it’s because I’ve gone past being jaded to the point where I enjoy this sort of stuff even more. Or is it because I’ve experience so much pulp Japanese culture through manga, anime, and video games that things would be weird without these stereotypes… and then I try hard to force these stereotypes in maybe unfair ways. Or maybe Kobe Bryant is just tsundere for Phil Jackson.

Misaka Mikoto: "Don't get the wrong idea; I didn't hold back on the electricity because I would have trouble sleeping if you died."

Keiri: "Introducing melodrama into K-ON! is like adding a drop of soya sauce into milk. It spoils it."

Dullahan: "Because the world isn't as cruel as you take it to be."

Simon: "People come to the city to seek change, but things don’t change that easily. Even if you’re in a different location, you’re still the same old you."