Akira Ishida credited as playing...
Athrun Zala
- Athrun Zala: [to Shinn Asuka] Everyone who has cried over being powerless feels that way, I think. But, from the moment you take that power into your hand, you'll become the person who will make others cry. Don't you ever forget that.
- Athrun Zala: We will be going out into the battlefield again soon. Should you forget that at that time, losing yourself to your own selfish reasoning and sense of justice, you'll become a destroyer, using your power recklessly against others.
- Athrun Zala: You're not like that, right?
- [Special Edition]
- Athrun Zala: Something had started to sprout. Whether that was a good thing or a bad thing, we had yet to find out. But since time stops for no man, we have no choice but to move along. Because, likely, that is what it means to live.
- Athrun Zala: The Justice...
- Lacus Clyne: Yes.
- Athrun Zala: For me?
- Lacus Clyne: Possibly. That's for you to decide.
- Athrun Zala: Are you trying to tell me that I am nothing but a soldier?
- Lacus Clyne: That too is something for you to decide. It's scary when someone closes their mind. "This is it... That's all there is." They only see an end.
- [subtitled version]
- Athrun Zala: So that's when you came up with this idea? You thought to yourself, "If only I had the power. If only I could get the power."
- Shinn Asuka: Why are you saying this?
- Athrun Zala: Anyone who's ever cried because of their lack of power would think the same thing. Likely. But the moment you get that power, you become the one causing others to cry. Never forget that.
- Gilbert Dullindal: [to Athrun] I didn't want to put you in the ordinary chain of command... I'm sure you don't want that either. Just think of it as a measure for convenience. After all, its name, FAITH, suggests the pledging of loyalty. After all, you just have to pledge loyalty to your own beliefs and truths.
- Athrun Zala: Chairman...
- Gilbert Dullindal: You are someone who abides by what you believe regardless of current trends, and someone who is capable of fighting when it is necessary, aren't you?
- Mia Campbell: He said, "I am in need of your power now... for the sake of PLANT." That's why...
- Athrun Zala: It's not your power... but Lacus's that he needs.
- Mia Campbell: That's true. But for now... No. It's not only now, isn't it? Lacus-san is always needed by everyone. She's always so strong, pretty, and gentle. Mia isn't needed by anyone. That's why it's okay even if it is just for now. As long as I can be of help to the Chairman and the people, in place of Lacus-san who is not here, I am happy to do so.
- Yzak Jule: Come back, Athrun. There may be quite a few issues, but I'll do something about that. So, come back to PLANT. You're...
- Athrun Zala: But...
- Yzak Jule: Both he and I should have died a long time ago. But Chairman Dullindal said this: "The youths who got involved and killed in a war started by adults... Should we say they've sinned and punish them now? If we do that, who exactly will carry the future of PLANT? It is precisely because they have been through those tough times that I want them to be the ones to create a peaceful future." That's why I still don that military uniform, even now. Even thought that's the only thing I can do, I'm sure I can still make something out of it for the good of PLANT and for my friends who have passed away.
- Athrun Zala: Yzak.
- Yzak Jule: That is why you should do something as well. Are you planning to let all that power go to waste?