"Before we go any farther, I guess I should introduce myself. My name's Makoto Naegi. As you can see, I'm nothing but a hopelessly average high school student. So I can't even say I'm your "everyday hero" type. Even among the average, I'm completely average. That's just who I am. Anyway, I figure it's always good to introduce yourself right off the bat. But you know, if I have any kind of "strong point," so to speak... I'd say I'm a little more gung-ho than other people. I mean look at me. I'm completely ordinary, but still... Here I am, standing in front of the anything but ordinary Kibougamine Academy. I still can't believe I'm standing here. I wonder if someone like me can survive in a place like this..."

"If I don't do something, everyone's gonna be consumed by despair...! You claim there's no hope left in the world. But if despair is contagious like you say... ...the so is hope! I'll use my own hope to plant seeds of hope inside everyone else!"

"The killing game would still continue... Because the mastermind wouldn't let it end. For those of us who were still alive, our worst fear and despair kept on multiplying... It was the kind of despair that felt like a blind puppy in hell had more of a future than us... All of our courage, our effort, our friendship... It felt like it amounted to nothing at all. ...It was the worst kind of despair."

"I'm going to carry them with me the rest of my life. How could I possibly "move past" something like that? Leon... Sayaka... I'll carry them with me forever. I'll carry their memories with me whenever I go!"

"Hmm... Even though they're all ultimates, they each have their own individual sort of...um...something."

"Y'know.... if 'Thursday' was pronounced like 'Thuarsday'... that'd be pretty funny."