7 Seeds depicts survivors from five teams awakened after a meteor wipes out humanity, tasked with repopulating Earth. Key themes include survival, human resilience, bonds forged in crisis, and moral dilemmas in apocalypse.
This curated collection of 25 canonical quotes from the anime and manga highlights character growth, emotional depth, and series arcs from awakening to reunions.
It’s hard to think of what to do when the optimistic guy is the one getting depressed
Episode 5 (Heavy Snow)
Semimaru Asai
Reveals Semimaru’s empathy amid group despair, marking shift from comic relief to supportive leader in early Summer B arc.
Living life is no different from playing baseball. You used all your strength, all your senses, and your intuition to play and win all those games. It was a fierce tournament, and right now is no different
Episode 5 (Heavy Snow)
Fubuki Samejima
Fubuki motivates Takahiro in crisis, drawing on sports past to instill perseverance, highlighting adaptation theme in Winter team battles.
When you wake up, you don’t know if you’re in heaven or in hell, but regardless, you wish to strongly keep surviving
Manga Chapter 1
Narrator (series premise)
Sets post-apocalyptic tone, emphasizing unyielding will to live central to all characters’ development across arcs.
The only stew you made… I wanted to cook it, but I don’t know how. Even though I ate it so often, I don’t know how
Manga (Semimaru at mother’s grave, early arc)
Semimaru Asai
Vulnerable mourning reveals family loss trauma, fueling his protective growth in peaceful Summer B moments.
We must accept our current situation and survive
Episode 6 (Grain Rain)
Mansaku Tsunomata
Spring team leader urges realism after cache find, underscoring acceptance as key survival theme in exploration arcs.
There’s no one on Earth who would be interested in me
Episode 3 (Light Snow)
Natsu Iwashimizu
Natsu’s self-doubt surfaces early, tracing her arc from insecure to confident through team bonds.
See? The line between good things and bad things is very thin. Most of the time, you can find them at the same place
7SEEDS Volume 21
Unknown character
Philosophical insight blurs morality in dire choices, connecting to ethical struggles in shelter and team conflicts.
You’re cut from the same cloth as I am, so maybe you’ll make it
Manga (Team Summer A arc)
Ryo to Ango
Ryo acknowledges shared ruthlessness, pivotal for Ango’s redemption amid brutal Summer A battles.
I Will Find You
Manga (early separation arc)
Arashi Aota
Arashi’s vow to Hana drives relentless search, embodying love’s endurance theme in separation arcs.
You can be strangely detached from all things human one minute and the next thing I know you have these incredibly intense human desires
Manga reference (adapted context)
Character reflection
Highlights internal conflicts in survival, mirroring characters’ emotional volatility post-apocalypse.
In killing, I use the sword I wear at my side. Am I the only one who kills people?
Manga moral dilemma (shelter arc)
Character debate
Questions indirect harm via power/money, tying to series’ exploration of survival ethics.
Natsu musters up her courage and apologizes to Matsuri
Episode context (friendship moment, mid-season)
Natsu Iwashimizu
Peaceful reconciliation fosters trust, advancing Natsu’s growth in interpersonal themes.
Semimaru asks Natsu if she did her best on her own… and then teases her about it
Manga (separation arc)
Semimaru Asai
Mentorship blend of praise/teasing builds Natsu’s independence during solo survival trials.
Tears of Blood: Any Acari X-sufferer ends up shedding these
Episode 10 (Cold Dew) context
Victims in affliction
Harrowing plague moment amplifies physical/emotional toll, deepening horror in mid-arc battles.
Don’t hurt Hana in front of Arashi, unless you want to be hurt
Manga (protective arc)
Arashi Aota
Triggers Arashi’s fierce defense, showcasing evolved protectiveness from peaceful romance roots.
Do not make any comments about Ango’s friends. Ango will attack you
Manga (Summer A loyalty)
Ango
Exposes Ango’s trauma-driven loyalty, key to his turbulent development across violent arcs.
When Matsuri confesses her feelings to Ryo… having children with him
Manga (ghost ship arc)
Matsuri Tendou
Vulnerable love amid chaos highlights repopulation duty clashing with personal desires.
Natsu confesses her feelings to Arashi, who returns them, in her illusion
Manga (illusion sequence)
Natsu Iwashimizu
Illusory closure aids real maturity, connecting unrequited love to broader resilience theme.
Ryo reveals that his reason for trying to kill Haru and Hana was… to protect him
Manga (Summer A revelation)
Ryo
Twisted friendship motive humanizes antagonist, pivotal in tense team confrontations.
Arashi is a sensitive and sweet guy, but he almost killed a schoolmate that threatened… his girlfriend
Flashback (pre-apocalypse)
Arashi Aota
Reveals pre-existing ferocity, contrasting peaceful moments with battle-ready evolution.
The most powerful and touching moments… What horrors did Team Summer A go through?
Season 1 overview (Ryugu Shelter)
Various (shelter horrors)
Culminates trauma in diary discovery, emphasizing despair-to-hope arc emotional weight.
Hana decides to search for Arashi after hearing that Aramaki met someone…
Episode 6 (Grain Rain)
Hana Sugurono
Drives proactive quest, symbolizing hope amid loss in Spring team’s exploratory phase.
On the ship, Hotaru’s cousin Hibari tells Natsu that Hotaru is slowly dying
Episode 9 (Lesser Heat)
Hibari Niigusa
Impending loss tests bonds, heightening urgency in multi-team convergence arcs.
Due to the tragic events… decide to reconcile with each other
Volume 12 summary
Team leaders
Post-betrayal unity marks growth from conflict to cooperation in late survival phases.
Despite all odds, Hana managed to survive Team Summer A’s assassination attempts and reunited…
Volume 22 summary
Hana Sugurono
Triumph over betrayal underscores resilience, culminating character arcs with reunions.
