Quotes / Sworn Brothers

Anime & Manga

Simon: ...But...we're not related.
Kamina: That doesn't matter one bit! You and I are soul brothers — brothers of the spirit.

— Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann, Episode 1

"You may have come from different parents, enjoyed different upbringings, but nevertheless you are indeed brothers."

— Shiro, Assassination Classroom

"You guys ever heard of this? When men share cups of alcohol, they become "brothers"! We might not be able to be crewmates when we become pirates, but we'll be able to tie our bonds together as "brothers"!! No matter what we do or where we are, these bonds will never break...!! And so, from this day forward, we are brothers!!"

— Portgas D. Ace, One Piece

Comic Books

Kara: Here — mix my blood with yours.

Thara: What're you—?

Kara: I don't know if it was voices or Rao or luck, but you saved my life. As did this flower. As long as we each hold onto a piece of it, we'll be sisters.

Thara: Sisters?

Kara: Blood sisters. Bonded... best friends. Forever. No matter what.

— The Hunt for Reactron

Films — Animation

Puss: Never alone, always together...
Humpty: ...Humpty and Puss...
Both: ...Brothers forever.

— Puss and Humpty baptizing each other after founding Bean Club in Puss in Boots (2011),

Literature

The twins whispered to each other for a moment, then Joe spoke up. "Might as well make it stick," he said. He drew his remaining knife and, grasping the blade be- tween thumb and forefinger so that only the point was exposed, he jabbed himself in the fleshly upper part of his left arm. "Blade for blade!"

Ertz's eyebrows shot up. He whipped out his newly acquired blade and cut himself in the same location. The blood spurted and ran down to the crook of his arm. "Back to back!" He shoved the table aside and pressed his gory shoulder against the wound on Joe-Jim. Alan Mahoney, Hugh Hoyland, Bobo: all had their blades out, all nicked their arms till the skin ran red and wet. They crowded in, bleeding shoulders pushed together so that the blood dripped united to the death.

"Blade for blade!"

"Back to back!"

"Blood to blood!"

"Blood brothers, to the end of the Trip!"

—Orphans of the Sky

"We three — Liu Bei, Guan Yu, and Zhang Fei — though of different families, swear brotherhood, and promise mutual help to one end. We will rescue each other in difficulty; we will aid each other in danger. We swear to serve the state and save the people. We ask not the same day of birth, but we seek to die together. May Heaven, the all-ruling, and Earth, the all-producing, read our hearts. If we turn aside from righteousness or forget kindliness, may Heaven and Human smite us!"

— The Peach Tree Oath, Romance of the Three Kingdoms

Video Games

"I've battled next to every man and woman here, and the bonds of sweat are stronger than those of blood."

— Skjor, The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim

Western Animation

Stewie: Blood brothers? What the devil is that?
Brian: Well, it's an ancient ritual where two friends intermingle their blood, thus sealing a bond even deeper than friendship.

—Family Guy, "Herpe the Love Sore"

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