1 episode
Zero2: The Jian, also known as "the bird that shares wings,"
Zero2: only possesses one wing.
Zero2: Unless a male and female pair lean on each other and act as one,
Zero2: they're incapable of flight.
Zero2: They're imperfect, incomplete creatures.
Zero2: But for some reason,
Zero2: their way of life
Zero2: struck me as profoundly beautiful.
Zero2: It was beautiful,
Zero2: I felt.

8 episode
Hiro: I'd never spared much thought for how girls felt before now...
Zorome: Why bother? They're weirdo whack jobs.
Hiro: Yeah, I don't get them at all.
Hiro: But that's exactly why I started wanting to know more about her.
Hiro: That way, I might be able to offer her more support.
Mitsuru: If you're talking about Zero Two, you're barking up the wrong tree.
Mitsuru: She's the ultimate pistil.She doesn't need your support.
Hiro: No, Zero Two is a normal girl.
Hiro: And it's not just her.
Hiro: Pistils let us stamens handle all the controls,
Hiro: but their frail bodies are the ones bearing the brunt of each battle.
Futoshi: Oh, yeah. That must be rough.
Hiro: Even so, they connect to the FRANXX and do their best,
Hiro: placing all their trust in us.
Hiro: Watching her like that really made me think...
Hiro: I want to be stronger and take better care of her.
Gorou: Well, the girls are always giving it their all in battle.
Gorou: And if we ogle them while they are...
Futoshi: Of course they'd hate it.
Zorome: Hey, I'm a man, too.
Zorome: Even I feel the need to look after my partner and take care of her.
Zorome: And I don't wanna see any of them in pain, either.
Gorou: That means there's only one thing for us to do.

Kokoro: H-Hey, you know what?
Kokoro: I really think this can't go on!
Kokoro: There are things that we can't do alone, but can do if we work with the boys!
Kokoro: And there are lots of things like that, aren't there?
Kokoro: Piloting the FRANXX is one of them!
Kokoro: Yeah, the boys are perverts, and I have no idea what goes through their heads.
Kokoro: Boys and girls are nothing alike, but that's why it's good for us to be together!
Kokoro: After all, that's how... uh... it's born, I think.
Kokoro: You know, like... the future, hope, and stuff.
Kokoro: So... so...
Ichigo: It's really unusual for you to be so assertive.
Ikuno: Yeah, it surprised me.
Ichigo: What you said did sting, though.
Ikuno: We can't just be the ones who complain all the time.

Gorou: We won't survive unless we all get to know each other better.
Gorou: Let's make up, guys.

9 episode
Ichigo: Even though you can't do anything without me...
Gorou: But that doesn't mean you had to do this alone!
Ichigo: You're wrong.
Ichigo: Maybe we can't win alone, but the two of us together can, remember?

11 episode
Mitsuru: Believing in someone will only get you betrayed!
Mitsuru: I was a fool for expecting anything from him!
Mitsuru: Why?
Mitsuru: Why make that promise if you were going to forget about it?
Kokoro: You were deeply hurt, huh?
Kokoro: So deeply that one normally wouldn't be able to recover.
Kokoro: But, you know,
Kokoro: I've betrayed and hurt someone, too.
Kokoro: I've even broken a promise.
Kokoro: I'm not the nice, gentle girl that you all think I am.
Kokoro: So if someone were to betray me,
Kokoro: I don't think I'd have any right to complain or blame them for it.
Mitsuru: So I should forgive him, too?
Kokoro: That's for you to decide.
Kokoro: What I'm trying to say is,
Kokoro: these things happen with us.
Kokoro: We're not perfect like the adults.
Kokoro: But still, I want to have relationships with people.
Kokoro: I want to laugh and cry together with others.
Ikuno: Hurry up, Mitsuru!
Kokoro: I believe in you, Mitsuru.
Mitsuru: What are you...

17 episode
Kokoro: No. We're the same as any other animal.
Kokoro: It's what we've done since ancient times.
Kokoro: That's how all living things have kept their species going for thousands of years.
Kokoro: So, well...
Kokoro: That must be why we have boys and girls.
Kokoro: This may be selfish of me,
Kokoro: but I want to leave a mark—leave something behind before I'm gone.
9a: Leave a mark?
Kokoro: Yes.
Kokoro: We've lived our lives believing our only purpose was to ride the FRANXX into battle.
Kokoro: But you know what?
Kokoro: That might not be true!
Kokoro: We could carry new lives and leave them here for the future.
Kokoro: When I learned about that, I was so happy...
9a: Disgusting.
9a: You are absolutely disgusting.
9a: This is ridiculous.
9a: Humans have evolved and cast their reproductive functions aside in the process.
9a: Reject that, and we'll all have to go back to conforming to one gender.
Kokoro: B-But...
9a: Doesn't the thought often cross your mind?
9a: That gender is a pain, an annoyance that's only tolerated to operate the FRANXX?
9a: And that's all it really is.

18 episode
Ikuno: Why am I like this?
Ikuno: I hate being like this!
Ichigo: Oh... She's just like I used to be.
Ikuno: Ichigo?
Ichigo: There's nothing wrong with being a pain.
Ichigo: I'm a pretty big one myself.
Ichigo: We're all complicated, difficult, and a pain.
Ichigo: But, y'know, I've started thinking that we're fine this way.
Ichigo: I get the feeling that going through all of this is what life is all about.
Ikuno: I probably won't be able to give up very easily.
Ikuno: I don't often take no for an answer.
Ichigo: Yeah, I know.
Ikuno: Thank you, Ichigo.